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Uhh, will get a clean shave and iron my suit, for the divorce hearing on the 15th-eleman (February 12, 2016, 02:21 PM)
At 10.30 a.m. EST (3.30 p.m. GMT) today, press conferences are being held around the world to announce the latest findings regarding gravitational waves from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).
First theorized by Einstein 100 years ago, gravitational waves are predicted ripples in space-time caused by massive events or objects in the universe. But no detection has ever been made, as the ripples are incredibly tiny and almost impossible to detect.
Is that all set to change, though? You'll find out later today. You can watch a webcast of the press conference being held in Washington D.C. live below from 10.30 a.m. EST.
Yeah but why use ad-ridden MediaFire when Mega is far superior and free?
Or any other number of free cloud file hosting, like OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.-Deozaan (February 09, 2016, 02:25 PM)
1. I use DuckDuckGo instead of Google. Is the search engine configurable?
2. I use a Mac. I'm assuming this is a Windows application?
3. We have ad filters at work. All I see at the download link is a bunch of "Access blocked - content alert" windows and a download link. Like... LOTS of content blocked. MediaFire? Eww.
4. Where are notes stored? Cloud? Local? USB? Are they plain text? RTF? HTML?-AzureToad (February 08, 2016, 04:20 PM)
Chemically luminescent plastic light sticks that you bend to break the inner glass vial and shake to give a greenish light that's good for several hours, is non-electric and safe around gasoline spills, and waterproof-holt (February 05, 2016, 09:32 PM)
OMFG *FacePalm* You have got to be kidding me?!?
NEVER Trust a Sensor to do an EyeBalls job!-Stoic Joker (February 05, 2016, 11:20 AM)
I read somewhere that if a person wants to pull over off the side of a road and sleep off 'one drink too many' while remaining in the vehicle, they can still charge you with a technical DUI if the car keys are in the car, so the suggestion was to put the keys on the road under the car; don't know how good the advice is, and I don't drink; so comment--anyone?-holt (February 05, 2016, 09:32 PM)
BTW your car is a beaut.-holt (February 05, 2016, 09:32 PM)
And don't forget to prudently check the pressures on the car tyres at cold every couple of weeks, and on the spare tyre every couple of months, maintaining the latter at a few PSI above its highest normal recommended operating pressure (front/back tyres tend to have different recommended pressures).-IainB (February 05, 2016, 06:19 AM)
Seeing as it's a new car you're may not have to really worry much about this aspect:
I know from using jump leads between cars that the quality of the cables and connectors make a huge difference, i.e. cheaper ones sometimes work, but often dont, for no obvious reason.-tomos (February 05, 2016, 05:47 AM)
I would recommend a green laser pointer or two - they're cheap, and if you are out of sight of the road for some emergency, the beam could help locate where you are. Or use it for a star pointer (as my son calls it) and point out the constellations before you head off to sleep.-x16wda (February 05, 2016, 05:10 AM)
5-in-1 Solution
1) LED floodlight.
2) Battery jump starter (comes complete with jump start leads).
3) 150W 240V AC inverter to power laptops etc.
4) USB DC 5V 800mA output - to power mobile phones, tablets etc.
5) DC 12V car cigarette lighter output socket.
Features & Specifications:
Lumen Output: 2200 lumens.
Light Source: LED.
Run Time: High - 9 hours. Low - 21 hours.
Battery: 12V 14Ah SLA.
There is a lot of software that allow you to retrieve your Windows product key:I downloaded NirSoft from your link to its home page and installed it, and McAfee went totally bonkers and blocked installation and execution even though I told it to 'allow'; twice, and I still can't get nirsoft to run. mcafee is very annoying.
HowToGeek has an article about this.
MagicJellyBean - you might have to look for an older version that supports XP, seems to have been bundled with adware, nowadays.
NirSoft - one of the places to look first on any piece of software that accesses core Windows functionality, the other one is SysInternals. Both offer suites of their software. Get both of them!
Belarc Advisor - oldie, but goodie.
SIW - I use this one in my own arsenal of portable tools.-Shades (February 04, 2016, 05:36 AM)-holt (February 04, 2016, 08:03 PM)
I'll certainly keep you updated on this though but if you have any thoughts on how you would like it to work, please let me know - Any ideas are very welcome-Stephen66515 (January 17, 2016, 03:38 AM)
What mouser said about being able to edit docs using the CMS system sounds important and useful -- at the same time, the option of being able to work with one's preferred tools (e.g. for editing) and then with minimal fuss update/post would be nice.
On a separate note, I may have missed it, but is there a link or three to be examined for a sneak preview?-ewemoa (February 03, 2016, 05:09 PM)
And another half-k poster: xtabber reached 512
[ Invalid Attachment ]-Ath (February 02, 2016, 01:37 AM)
Sounds great Stephen (& mouser of course)One thing I am still really excited about is the prospect of seeing the site constantly updated by anybody who writes articles for DC. These will all be given a nice place to live on the main website rather than just a forum post, and the writers can keep things up-to-date far more easily through their own Editor Admin Page!
If anybody has any questions, then feel free to ask and I will happily answer!-Stephen66515 (February 02, 2016, 02:02 AM)
1) will there be the ability to comment on/below articles?
2) will wiki-type pages be a possibility? (apologies if discussed before, I havent reread thread...)-tomos (February 02, 2016, 03:38 AM)
