Posts by Scarecrow

1) Message boards : Cafe SETI : College Football (Message 1733442)
Posted 10 Oct 2015 by Scarecrow
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Now I am bumping this thread for our annual Badger/Cornhusker rivalry.

I reckin' this will draw Ole Scarecrow out of the cornfield...



On Wisconsin!


Contrary to popular beliefs, we Cornhuskers, in fact, love badgers. It's just hard to eat a whole one in a single sitting.



2) Message boards : Cafe SETI : misc electronics thread (Message 1715427)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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it says 'provide for the General Welfare' in the US Constitution in Article 1, Section 8


I'm pretty sure 'General Welfare' wasn't intended to include TV's, computers and toys.
3) Message boards : Cafe SETI : misc electronics thread (Message 1715387)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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Sure glad I've worked 36 years and paid in over $63,000 so far, so those that have contributed zip can live well.
4) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part II You wouldn't believe what they found! (Message 1715139)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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There was a song called eye in the sky

And a Wheel in the Sky
5) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part II You wouldn't believe what they found! (Message 1715114)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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Ever had the feeling that someone was watching you?


Eye in the sky
6) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe (Message 1714788)
Posted 17 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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Little girl makes a new friend in Omaha
7) Message boards : Cafe SETI : misc electronics thread (Message 1714229)
Posted 17 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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I'll jump in with my experience as a TV repair do-it-yourselfer. When we got married my wife had/has an LG flatscreen. Shortly after getting married and moving, the remote quit working. After verifying the remote itself was in fact functional, and finding numerous reports of the IR receiver being a weak spot in that LG model, I found a new IR board for $7 locally and swapped it out. Fixed it... once again could keep my carcass parked on the couch and change channels with the remote. For about two weeks... then the same dead remote symptoms returned. Long story short, it seems the problem all along was a dirty/sticky switch in a jack on the back of the TV, the jack being for an LG hard wired plugin remote. After scrounging a repair manual online I found that if there is a wired remote plugged in, it shuts down the infrared receiver, all from a flakey little reed switch there in the wired remote jack. A little canned air and some contact cleaner and the IR remote has worked fine for a year and a half so far. I guess maybe I should have RTFM to start with. :)
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (99) Server Problems? (Message 1714139)
Posted 17 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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For the last 90 minutes I'm getting only...

Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks

Server can't open database

Project has no tasks available
9) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (99) Server Problems? (Message 1714132)
Posted 16 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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Replica is back, sort of. 94,538 seconds behind master.

Heck, in just 26 hours it'll be all caught up. :)
10) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (99) Server Problems? (Message 1713742)
Posted 16 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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Not running AP here, 20 wu's uploaded and reported. Account page shows 6 of those from 5 hours ago as still in progress. The other 14 that have been uploaded & reported, as well as several new ones that have been downloaded do not appear in the list. I think until the replica DB comes back online the info shown will be rather stale.
11) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe (Message 1713603)
Posted 15 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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Bit warm across the pond is it?

Especially for us fat old men hell bent on going fishing.

Hmm fishing, that's where you sit in a boat drinking beer all day isn't it? :)

Exactly! And if done properly, you aren't bothered by any fish. :)
12) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe (Message 1713600)
Posted 15 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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Bit warm across the pond is it?

Especially for us fat old men hell bent on going fishing.
13) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe (Message 1713586)
Posted 15 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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NOAA Valley NE
Temperature 92° (21°C)
Humidity 49%
Wind Speed S 8 G 12 mph
Barometer 29.97 in
Dewpoint 70°F (21°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Heat Index 98°F (37°C)
Last update 15 Aug 3:15 pm CDT

Central air, don't fail me now! Cold front to the north will improve things, just have to survive the wind/rain/hail/tornadoes when it passes tomorrow.
14) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe (Message 1713456)
Posted 15 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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Pretty sure that was photo shopped Bill! And you are a little stirrer you know :-)

I think a Polar Bear can climb a tree but only if Chuck Norris is there to give it a boost up.
15) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe (Message 1712801)
Posted 14 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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But it is rumoured that Albert does have certain problems.


I wonder is he still a lumberjack and still OK?
16) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe (Message 1712793)
Posted 14 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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Just because the next door neighbour supposedly wears lingerie reading

Size 34 medium
Warm wash 40C
Do not bleach
Warm iron
St Michael brand


Is that Albert, or the other neighbor to the west?
17) Message boards : Science (non-SETI) : The Dark Side (Message 1710442)
Posted 9 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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thanks Chris I can't see anything that stands out but mmmmmmm then again on closer look ....................

After zooming in, the only anomoly I could find was that there are only 2 Walmarts on that entire side of the moon.
18) Message boards : Science (non-SETI) : The Dark Side (Message 1710261)
Posted 9 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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Photo of Earth and "the dark side" of the Moon from a million miles away.
Photo from NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR).

19) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe (Message 1710124)
Posted 8 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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Some people shouldn't be allowed to breed, and some should be banned from being pet owners.


I'd venture that if one belongs in one of those groups, they automatically belong in the other.

"You can't fix stupid" - Ron White, 2006
20) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe (Message 1709938)
Posted 8 Aug 2015 by Scarecrow
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The moose was a very dark brown in colour...


Sort of... ummm... gravy colored, eh?


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