Re: Photographer sues actress for potentially defaming social media post calling him a "Creep’" - Yesterday

QuoteBlankity Blank QuoteN-OS X-tasy! First, I see nothing in the language of her post that refers to him, directly or indirectly, as a child molester. She never went there. QuoteShe then posted a clip of the confrontation to her millions of followers on Instagram with the caption: “Paparazzi shooting KIDS. Go ‘practice’ your photography on ADULTS! Creep! Laws need to change! This is stal

Re: Warning! Do not drop acid before an MRI - Yesterday

QuoteSarcany With the earplugs and darkened room, I could nap in a MRI machine. I find MRIs pretty relaxing. I've only had one MRI... and I did fall asleep during it. Noise didn't bother me at all.

Re: I offended a floral designer today by calling her a florist - Yesterday

Can’t please anybody these days.

Re: ‘ Fry’s Electronics going out of business, shutting down all stores ‘ - Yesterday

Quotehal The ONLY reason I want a working Frys around is for buying new TVs. The deliver and there is an issue, I can return it to the store. Returning gigantic boxes over the mail is just not workable... We have Costco for that. Superior experience in every way.

Re: Photographer sues actress for potentially defaming social media post calling him a "Creep’" - Yesterday

Quoterjmacs Quotehal I'm not a fan of anyone in this story Photographing youth sports is not tantamount to exploitation, nor is it an indication of creepiness. He wasn't hiding in the drop ceiling of a gymnasium where kids in gymnastics or wrestling apparel were practicing. He was taking pictures of a football game, on a public field, in clear view of everyone present. This man did nothing wron

Re: Photographer sues actress for potentially defaming social media post calling him a "Creep’" - Yesterday

Quoterjmacs Hilary 'Karen' Duff is the creep here. "OK, then I will just post this to my 15 million followers on Instagram and let people know how creepy it is that this is what you're choosing to do on your Saturday morning." I've seen no sourced reporting that identifies the photographer as a paparazzo, or any indication that he had any idea that a famous person's child was play

Re: ‘ Fry’s Electronics going out of business, shutting down all stores ‘ - Yesterday

QuoteCary I used to love Fry's when I lived in LA, mostly Woodland Hills. Last time in LA - late 2019 - I was in the area, so stopped in. Had my older son (27) with me, and had told him how much I enjoyed browsing there. The store was empty - hardly any merchandise, hardly any employees, hardly any customers. Parking lot was empty. It was like a dead man walking. My son looked at me like I

Re: ‘ Fry’s Electronics going out of business, shutting down all stores ‘ - Yesterday

QuoteRgrF My son is in seventh heaven visiting Harbor Freight Tools, kinda like I use to feel visiting/shopping the Star War's sci-fi themed Fry's in Burbank. FTFY. And Burbank was my favorite, too.

Re: Any networking nerds? How should I test my ethernet cables? - 2 days ago

QuoteC(-)ris None of the cheap testers is going to tell you any meaningful data other than if there are crossed or shorted wires. You need a $5k Fluke to give you interference and other cable issues. Yeppers.

Re: Tiger Woods injured in rollover car crash, extracted with 'Jaws of Life' - 2 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac QuoteN-OS X-tasy! I believe the accident occurred a litter further down the hill from the intersection of Hawthorne and Blackhorse -- the circled area in the photo below is where I think the accident most likely occurred. What photo “below”? I’m seeing an aerial photo above your post, and there’s no “circled area” in it. I posted a photo at the end of my previous pos

Re: Tiger Woods injured in rollover car crash, extracted with 'Jaws of Life' - 2 days ago

QuoteBuzz That's just a few miles south of his old childhood stomping grounds. Hopefully no more bad news comes out of this. == Which was where?

Re: Tiger Woods injured in rollover car crash, extracted with 'Jaws of Life' - 2 days ago

QuoteMikeF Shows probable path in one of the videos: Based on the shape of the median opening that appear in that video, it looks like the accident occurred a bit farther south on Hawthorne than I first thought, just past where it runs off the top of the photo I posted.

Re: Tiger Woods injured in rollover car crash, extracted with 'Jaws of Life' - 2 days ago

QuoteTodd's keyboard My memory is that stretch of Hawthorne is a steep descent. Used to drive it fairly frequently in high school. I think it was posted at 45mph back in the seventies. I received my only speeding ticket doing 59. (Again, it's a pretty steep downgrade. To my new-driver sensibility, I was coasting.) Wish Tiger the best. Todd's knock-on-wood keyboard I would classify it as m

Re: Tiger Woods injured in rollover car crash, extracted with 'Jaws of Life' - 2 days ago

QuotepRICE cUBE This map appears to be the intersection near the incident. I'm very familiar with that area - I used to live just a little farther up the hill. Based on the media accounts I've read, I believe the accident occurred a litter further down the hill from the intersection of Hawthorne and Blackhorse -- the circled area in the photo below is where I think the accident most lik

Re: Gender reveal goes awry - 2 days ago

QuoteRick-o From the article: "A man from Michigan was killed earlier this month after he was struck by shrapnel from "a small cannon type device" fired during a baby shower, police said." This was in the news around here a few weeks ago, and close to where I grew up. Seems to be too many of these accidents lately. Plus, the guy killed was just an innocent bystander. App

Re: Whatever happened to Small Dog? - 2 days ago

QuoteGareth Quotesekker Bummed they lost the ability to sell Apple refurbs. I wonder why OWC can but a small but excellent shop like Small Dog cannot? I believe OWC sells "OWC Refurbished" Macs, not Apple Refurbs. This is correct.

Re: the writing is on the wall?!....M1 Mac users report excessive SSD wear..... - 2 days ago

Quotefreeradical It might also depend upon how much RAM a machine has. If you get 16 GB RAM, you'll be hitting up the SSD less for use as virtual memory Oh, ho! ANOTHER reason why it was a good idea to spring for 16GB!

Re: Bloodbath - 2 days ago

QuoteCarnos Jax Not worried AT ALL about aTesla. For those waiting for a buying opportunity or are dollar cost averaging on TSLA, now would be a good time. AAPL, too.

Re: FAR And away?!....for those interested 'Allen v. Farrow' docuseries debuTTed last night..... - 3 days ago

QuoteBill in NC That reads like a fairly reasonable assessment of the whole situation.

Re: How to eat 40kg of chocolate and not get obese - 3 days ago

Quotevision63 White chocolate is the best chocolate. Git a rope.

Re: like a marth to a flame?!.....RIP: Martha Stewart..... - 3 days ago

Newt just gave Snoop Dogg a heart attack.

Re: Save those parts! Someday you can build your own 777 - 4 days ago

Re: Debris from United Airlines 777 rains down on Broomfield as plane makes emergency landing at Denver airport - 4 days ago

QuoteRAMd®d “I grabbed my wife’s hand and said, ‘We’re done.’ ” I guess he's one of those 'tell it like it is straight shooters'. I hope his wife filed for divorce as soon as they touched down. I was thinking something very similar. My ex-wife hated flying; in fact, it's safe to say she feared it. We had a Caribbean destination wedding -- the day we flew home was the sa

Re: Thursday in Texas - 5 days ago

I'm still amazed that that much of Texas got that much snow for that long.

Re: If you were given $1 million, what would you do with it? - 5 days ago

A nice bottle of single-malt Scotch.

Re: If you were given $0.0001 million, what would you do with it? - 5 days ago

A nice bottle of single-malt Scotch.

Re: 0 to 200MPH in 4.8 seconds (on a bicycle) - 6 days ago

QuoteRgrF Is there enough protective gear anywhere in the world to cushion a 206 MPHcrash? I was thinking more along the lines of protecting from road rash in the event of a fall. He's not going to collide with anything at top speed on that track except the track itself.

Re: 0 to 200MPH in 4.8 seconds (on a bicycle) - 6 days ago

That rider does not appear to be wearing nearly enough protective gear. QuoteGGD I'd like to see the other half, how he goes from 200MPH back down to zero. Yes, I was thinking the same — I wonder how long it takes him to stop.

Re: Supposed leaked Apple M1X CPU benchmarks - 6 days ago

Dammit — if they dropped that in a mini, I’d buy another one in a second.

Re: USB C hub without the kitchen sink?? - 6 days ago

Quotejonny 10 years ago, did your USB A hubs come with a few ADB’s for good measure? I’m leaving USB A behind (And have no use for HDMI).Just 4-6 USB-C sockets would be great. A USB-C hub that included an ADB port would be amazing.