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There's something about the file size and type, that youtube intentionally degrades the quality to reduce the file size. I think youtube has different account levels/types where it will or won't let you upload full HD quality video.

Living next to the Smoky's, we hear about problem bears fairly regularly. The park rangers shoo them away and relocate them which works sometimes, but like people, some bears are more stubborn than others. Most of the issues are people's fault, generally not storing food properly, or even baiting them in on purpose. But with the number of bears and how close people live now, the conflict is inevitable. Using dogs to scare bears away is interesting. The park doesn't allow dogs most places because they say dogs attract bears. Obviously some dogs were bred to hunt bears, and I have friends who do that so it seems pretty fuzzy. The few occasions I've encountered bears around here, the bear was either completely oblivious or terrified and ran away as fast as it could.

@Omega I wouldn't consider shooing a curious bear away to retraining per se, but it can work to reinforce the idea that where-ever they are isn't where they should be. Once a bear associates people with food there's not really much that can be done.... Or more accurately it's generally deemed not worth the effort.

http://www.thebeltman.net/www/htdocs/index.html I've got one and so does my wife. Mine's something like 10 yrs old now and still works fine.

@btq96r Being hungry.... ugh. I frickin' hate that. I've made no progress in several months, it seems I've reached one of those proverbial plateaus. Haven't gone backwards, but haven't gone forward either. Given my schedule, fitting in more time for exercise isn't terribly likely so that means I've got to pay more attention to my diet, and most likely trying to reduce my portion sizes, again. As @DT INC. said, the first few weeks kinda suck.

Who tries to retrain bears? I've never heard of that.

You can't fix stupid...

Put a vapor barrier under it... plastic sheeting at least 6 mil thick. And yes, if the price for a decent one is upward of $3000, I'd look hard at a detached garage instead.

Related to the "Unread Content".... you can bookmark that search. Just hit the "Unread Content" button then update your bookmark to that URL. It's generic and updates every time. Saves a few clicks.

Speaking of that, anyone else catch this? I thought it was pretty cool. http://www.history.com/shows/iron-and-fire/season-1/episode-2

I'd agree with that. There's just more white space... the dividers/borders between sections/frames are smaller and nearly white themselves. The wood border around the edges is smaller. Doesn't bother me, but obviously bothers some.

A friend at work has a small-ish Kubota and it's a darn useful little tractor. I think its a B2650 and in the 25-30 hp range. He's got the bucket, tiller, back hoe, and PhD attachments and it runs them all just fine.

Welcome!

Nice pic. Hope you took that with a 250mm lens.

Mmmmmmm.... fresh shrimp. Everybody gets cheat days every now and then, and I can't think of a better way to cheat. Once you get comfortable with the waking, add in a bit of strength training. You'd be surprised how much you can do with a couple 15lb Dumbbells, and how much difference it makes.

You can upload straight from a phone, see.... Can also pinch/zoom photos which you couldn't do with prior mobile version. Can also do emoji without having to know the code. Sweet!

Just a general thanks boss! Seems like a very smooth transition so far.

Another +1 for the mobile version. Big improvement.

Same here, the "remember me" box is checked but I had to log in again. But I didn't have to reset my password again. And I've never changed my screen name. Not a big deal, as like OS, it let me reset it to what it was before.

Made me reset my password for some reason, but otherwise its fine.

Think OJ will sell the knife now?  :ugh:

Maybe. If it was grounded. If the EMP was very low strength or released a long way off. But again, a big EMP is gonna kill so many other things, I'm guessing you'll have bigger worries than whether or not your electronics got fried.

Not much, unless you've downloaded a bunch of useful info onto it such that it will function without signal. Wasn't there a survival iPhone thread?

    As effective as it is now at blocking your cell phone signal.  That's why phones don't work real well in some metal buildings... the building is effectively a faraday cage.            Dirt will work as well as it conducts electricity.... so, you'd need a really, really long post hole digger. 

I'm certainly no expert, but all the discussion and variations are because a Faraday cage is typically designed for a very specific set of circumstances.  It's designed to provide shielding from a known energy source (lightning, RF, electromagnetic, etc.), that may be inside or outside the cage.   Cages work both ways.... sometimes they're to protect what's outside the cage, sometimes they're to protect what's inside it, so they're inherently different.    I assume what you want is to protect your electronics from an EMP generated by a nuclear explosion.  That would be a large source of electromagnetic energy.  The only people who've researched that and really know the answer of what works is the government, and they're not talking about it.  So unless you know the energy signature (amplitude, frequency, etc.) of an EMP, you can't really make one specifically to block it.    Your idea of layering a few metallic containers with insulation will work as well as anything else.  The aluminum foil would probably repel a pretty low energy EMP.  The higher the energy you wish to repel, the more massive the metal structure needs to be so it has enough electrons to effectively block/transmit the energy away from what's inside the cage.