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GasBandit
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Well, no, when the time comes, I will actually do one or the other. Probably the latter. But it will harm the video if it doesn't get released shortly after my previous video, as it's sort of a "companion piece." GAH
The mechanic is claiming that the water pump went kaput and that's the problem. I don't believe him. He claims it was "pouring" fluid out, but when I pulled over, the space I waited for the tow truck in was bone day, and the flatbed after it was offloaded at the shop showed no leak, either.
GasBandit
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Got tired of the sag in the middle of the TV stand shelves. But a new one with more support runs as much as $200 even at Walmart. But but a KALLAX 2x2 unit is only $36 at IKEA. Three of them side by side, weighed down by records to eliminate floor leveling issues should work, right?
WRONG.
I knew going in that there wouldn't be enough space in the cubicles to hold any gear, but I thought there would be enough space on top if I stacked like I did on the old shelves. I thought wrong. Once I reattached the TV to it's pedestal instead of hanging on the TV stand, I found it took up almost all of the space on the middle cube, and even ran over into the other two. And when I placed the turntable and receiver at opposite ends of the unit, there was no room left to connect them or plug into the power strip.
SO...
I made an executive decision. Since I'm the only one in the house for now, it was concluded that the amount of TV viewing in relation to the space it was taking up meant that it could go away for now. Leaving all that empty shelf space for turntable, receiver, cassette deck, and CD player. And a little room to spare.
Only problem now is the speakers. I cut the original 6' lengths of wire to connect to the old configuration. Too short on one side. So to the Walmart I go for more. I hope.
WRONG.
I knew going in that there wouldn't be enough space in the cubicles to hold any gear, but I thought there would be enough space on top if I stacked like I did on the old shelves. I thought wrong. Once I reattached the TV to it's pedestal instead of hanging on the TV stand, I found it took up almost all of the space on the middle cube, and even ran over into the other two. And when I placed the turntable and receiver at opposite ends of the unit, there was no room left to connect them or plug into the power strip.
SO...
I made an executive decision. Since I'm the only one in the house for now, it was concluded that the amount of TV viewing in relation to the space it was taking up meant that it could go away for now. Leaving all that empty shelf space for turntable, receiver, cassette deck, and CD player. And a little room to spare.
Only problem now is the speakers. I cut the original 6' lengths of wire to connect to the old configuration. Too short on one side. So to the Walmart I go for more. I hope.
There's a lot of wall space for something like that...
I'm inclined to have it done professionally. One, they have the tools already on hand, like stud finders and such. Two, the work is guaranteed, where any screwup I might make that destroys TV, turntable, or both, is going to be a very expensive un-covered mistake. And three, they usually work in at least pairs. I'd be most likely trying to tackle the job solo.
Even with instructions and YouTube tutorials, I've never attempted this before. The potential for very expensive damage if I get it wrong is too great. I'm happy paying someone else who does this for a living $200 to come do it.[DOUBLEPOST=1472135059,1472134680][/DOUBLEPOST]There was another option my sister shot down for being too weird looking. I have a fourth 2x2 KALLAX. Thought of putting that in front of the middle unit with the turntable on it, then the TV on a riser on the back unit to clear the top of the turntable dustcover. Wouldn't cost as much at a wall mount no matter who did it.
I'm inclined to have it done professionally. One, they have the tools already on hand, like stud finders and such. Two, the work is guaranteed, where any screwup I might make that destroys TV, turntable, or both, is going to be a very expensive un-covered mistake. And three, they usually work in at least pairs. I'd be most likely trying to tackle the job solo.
Even with instructions and YouTube tutorials, I've never attempted this before. The potential for very expensive damage if I get it wrong is too great. I'm happy paying someone else who does this for a living $200 to come do it.[DOUBLEPOST=1472135059,1472134680][/DOUBLEPOST]There was another option my sister shot down for being too weird looking. I have a fourth 2x2 KALLAX. Thought of putting that in front of the middle unit with the turntable on it, then the TV on a riser on the back unit to clear the top of the turntable dustcover. Wouldn't cost as much at a wall mount no matter who did it.
It really als depends on your posture when looking. In, say, a hospital, you're lying down and it's no problem. From a lounge chair, same. From a regular c hair, looking up for prolonged periods really will give you a pretty sore neck.
Likely Friday too.
GasBandit
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Ohhhh no, she assures me she'll be back tomorrow. Otherwise I would have twisted her out like a bloody towel.
As long as your seating is suitable or you only watch in short periods then it's not a problem.
The pain points occur when you have to look in a way that puts your head off balance, so your neck muscles are working throughout the viewing session. Say you're sitting in a chair with no head support and the TV is well above eye level. You tilt your head back and your neck muscles get to hold that position for an hour or more.
If your couch has good head support or reclines, and/or you have pillows available to position your head, then it really doesn't matter where the TV is.
Holding your head off balance isn't much different than holding a weight in your hand extended away from the body. Sure, it's fine for short periods, but you don't want to be doing it for long periods of time, and if you do then you're likely going to be sore later.
Sister protested the extra shelf sticking out in the middle would look weird. So I did a test. Not quite as weird...
And access to the records on either side is unimpeded. Next steps are to acquire blocks, and get everything cleared out of the way before putting TV on elevated shelf. Maybe weighed down with extra blocks for stability.
And this is why you don't piss off one of the resident engineers in other threads.
And access to the records on either side is unimpeded. Next steps are to acquire blocks, and get everything cleared out of the way before putting TV on elevated shelf. Maybe weighed down with extra blocks for stability.
And this is why you don't piss off one of the resident engineers in other threads.
Saves the NSA the trouble of decoding it when they check your mails.
Older systems, or those written/designed/mandated by people with outdated ideas, may have reversible encryption, or directly store passwords plain. encryption, hashing, salting, and sensible password policies have yet to permeate through, and none of them get prioritized unless a leak happens or someone high up has a lightbulb moment. That's why one of my financial institutions wouldn't let me use a password longer than 8 characters (alphanum only, case INsensitive) until this year.
Me and two friends are actually working on a charity project to provide the surrounding county's charities with a case management system to replace the existing godawful one. Two days ago we finally got access to the old Oracle database (to migrate the data to our new one), and found that A: the database had a password that a 5-year-old would call stupid and B: passwords were stored plain in a varchar column.
Always remember, 1234, Password, UserName, and pass are amongst the most popular passwords, even on high security systems.
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I was trying to figure out if it was lens distortion or your floor. Guess that answers it.I did the grunt work. This was @stienman's idea. 4 8x8 blocks, $1.39 ea...
To get an idea how bad the floor is, When I leveled the turntable, the front left foot is nearly all the way in. The back right nearly all the way OUT.
And qwerty
Bit of both since I probably wasn't holding the phone exactly straight.
Nor perfectly still.Bit of both since I probably wasn't holding the phone exactly straight.
--Patrick
The "I got drunk" thread is occasionally funny
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Every. Single. Time.
ME: *says something humorous about kids being a pain or joke about being a dad*
EVERY OTHER PARENT IN EARSHOT: *blank stare* what? No our kids are angels and our lives are perfect and being a parent is incredible. I have no idea what you're talking about.
ME: *says something humorous about kids being a pain or joke about being a dad*
EVERY OTHER PARENT IN EARSHOT: *blank stare* what? No our kids are angels and our lives are perfect and being a parent is incredible. I have no idea what you're talking about.
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Just walk away mumbling about over-medicated parents.