Sittin On Tha Toilet

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Topic author: wasssup1990
Subject: Sittin On Tha Toilet
Posted on: Nov 23 2011 08:28:27 AM
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How on earth does this get you 40,000,000 views?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYW6C44zo24

Well I suppose everyone can relate to it.
As a matter of fact Sittin On Tha Toilet now. Not.

A Delorean getting repossessed and clearly a Micheal Jackson fan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRTiZxNSjow

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Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Nov 24 2011 03:10:14 AM
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Well, have you ever heard of a website named 4chan.org? Well in the /b/ forum they probably spammed it at some point.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Nov 25 2011 12:45:18 AM
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Wow that website is full of... Is there a screening process of images before they are published on that website? I know of some truly bad websites but I won't post them. I'm surprised they are still up.

I remember someone once posted pr0n images directly onto this forum. They got deleted pretty quickly.

BTW, regarding your "Snooze -tube" thread:
That video was recorded about an hour's drive out of Melbourne (the populated areas).
The song's name is Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen Sehen ("Do you Want to See the Bed in Flames?"). Not my cup of tea IMO.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Nov 26 2011 10:43:04 AM
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There are several questions which come to mind after seeing that video:

-How does it get to 40,000,000 views?
-What kind of idiot actually makes such a recording?
-What is the weight carrying capacity of a normal toilet. Based on this video, it's significant.

And was this seriously the first time you've heard of 4chan? The /b/ forum is basically anything goes.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Nov 27 2011 01:45:07 AM
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And was this seriously the first time you've heard of 4chan? The /b/ forum is basically anything goes.

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Nov 27 2011 10:23:35 AM
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Gotta figure that the Bieber song as so many views because people just sit there and hit "Play" over and over again. Or set the thing as their home page or something equally as stupid. Not really sure how the view counter works either. I think it increments even when someone doesn't watch it all the way through.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Nov 28 2011 12:27:22 AM
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Gotta figure that the Bieber song as so many views because people just sit there and hit "Play" over and over again.

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I think it increments even when someone doesn't watch it all the way through.

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Dec 03 2011 10:54:16 AM
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That's what happens. Even on Britney Spears's music videos I read comments of people watching, or at least pushing F5 over and over again to get the view-counts up. I can only imagine what would have happened if YT was around when BS's career started. Billions of views by now. Oops off topic.

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I think the view-count increments on page refresh but I have seen counters go backwards so YT probably has countermeasures for view-count spammers. I often see the counter get stuck at 303 and then suddenly jump up to some high value, which I suppose is one of their countermeasures at work. They have to give accurate view-counts because advertisers want accurate numbers. I believe the video channel's owner can actually see the "unique" view-count which is probably just a sum of views from unique IPs.

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It does as far as I know, but the channel owner can see where in the video people are leaving, which is quite interesting. The "attention curve" as I call it, starts off at some high value and then drops off as the video continues to play, or as people lose attention/interest. You've got your own channel Aaron, look up video statistics on one of your videos; they provide a lot of interesting and probably useful information.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 05 2011 03:17:13 AM
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I don't even know why a person would do that. What does it matter how many views a video gets? Besides, that's just going to show in YouTube Insight that 99% of views only watched the first 10 seconds.

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Originally posted by Aaron Cake
I remember reading a few years ago about how YouTube works in the backend, and it explained the backwards counters. Turns out that the counters are not real time, and depending on which cache server you view from, the count may differ. It's only synced up at set times. According to Insight, the views correspond to a view of the page. Then there is further data available for how long people watched.

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Originally posted by Aaron Cake
YouTube just changed their interface. I don't like it. There doesn't seem to be a way to generate any reports across a series of videos, only individually. That makes it fairly useless other than a curiosity for a person with 60+ videos.

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Dec 10 2011 10:54:58 AM
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Apparently it's because Britney fans want to get more views than Lady Gaga, like it's some kind of competition. I personally don't give a rat's arse.

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Yes not too long ago my Gmail changed in appearance, and now YouTube. I like the new Gmail interface and I'm not fussed about the change. I haven't had enough time to explore YT yet.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 11 2011 12:00:09 AM
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They must have a shocking amount of time on their hands.

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Though it is amusing that that Britney Spears needs cheap tricks to have more views than Gaga.

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Dec 11 2011 10:28:54 AM
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Yeah, I know. Gaga and Bieber have the benefit of the existence of social media and YouTube. Gaga at least makes some very good videos. Bieber seems to be a master of taking advantage of YouTube to push his crap. Rather, I bet his publicist is more than anything. At least Gaga could have existed outside of YouTube. We can't say the same about Bieber.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 12 2011 01:22:12 AM
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Yes, Gaga's music videos are good, if not at least a bit weird. In comparison I think BS has the most memorable music videos over LG. The red catsuit and catholic school girl uniform just to name a couple. So sec-seeee!

Of course I can't go without plopping some pictures here from her year 2000 VMA performance.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5RV99DoJaE&feature=related


I was right up at the front...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkfGGRuN9Tg
... only I was 8 years late.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 12 2011 10:00:20 AM
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Oh hell no. He has wrecked one of my favorites.

The Cardigans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC9zfQbe1EQ&feature=related

Bieber:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJi-OMaOptc

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Dec 12 2011 2:59:22 PM
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/Everybody Stand Back/
I know regular expressions.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 13 2011 12:26:49 AM
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/Everybody Stand Back/
I know regular expressions.

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Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Dec 16 2011 8:49:47 PM
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/Everybody Stand Back/
I know regular expressions.

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My response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wdHxyGcLoQ

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 17 2011 08:27:10 AM
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Why boogieman whyyyyyyyy!!!!!

Now I'm gunna have that tune ringing in my head all night.

Try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mQaIMYIvYU

My sis showed me it. Now we go around on our bike trips yelling out "You're a fucking a wizard harry! You're going to go to Hogwarts and do spells 'n shit."
In a Scottish accent.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Dec 17 2011 10:54:36 AM
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Those pictures of the Beiber have literally given me mightmares. Those images are wrong on just so many levels.

I'm not sure whether to congratulate the knowledge of regular expressions, or say "My condolences".

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 18 2011 03:37:14 AM
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Those pictures of the Beiber have literally given me mightmares. Those images are wrong on just so many levels.

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Dec 18 2011 10:19:16 AM
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It's funny you should mention Uranium, because I've been trying to get some Uranium ore for a while but United Nuclear has been sold out for months...And now that I just checked the site a minute ago, they are once again fully stocked with Uranium ore and other radioactive samples! Sweet! I'll be placing an order after the Christmas season for some ore, radioactive samples, and a few other random bits. It will be nice to be able to use the stuff in a small display with my vintage cold ware era Geiger counters.

Last night I dreamed I was playing a game show in a mall, nothing about Britney Spears nor Justin Bieber.

But I did have an unpleasant Bieber encounter this past summer. I was just leaving Stratford after picking up a PC at a local pharmacy that needed a Windows repair/reload. Waiting at the intersection of I believe Huron and Ontario to head out of town, I'm staring at a green light and unable to move because there's a crowd clogging the other side of the intersection. I'm thinking "What causes a crowd of 12 year olds?". Then I saw it: Justin Fucking Bieber. Apparently, crossing the street is such an extraordinary event for Justin Bieber that it causes every 12 year old girl in a 50KM radius to descent on the area and offer him encouragement.

That's OK though, because later in the summer Selena Gomez was playing at the JLC in London, which is right on my route home. As she was exiting her trailer to sign autographs I drove by slowly and yelled "Justin Bieber has a vagina!". About 30 prepubescent girls wanted to kill me.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 21 2011 09:32:36 AM
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It will be nice to be able to use the stuff in a small display with my vintage cold ware era Geiger counters.

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Apparently, crossing the street is such an extraordinary event for Justin Bieber that it causes every 12 year old girl in a 50KM radius to descent on the area and offer him encouragement.

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That's OK though, because later in the summer Selena Gomez was playing at the JLC in London, which is right on my route home. As she was exiting her trailer to sign autographs I drove by slowly and yelled "Justin Bieber has a vagina!". About 30 prepubescent girls wanted to kill me.

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Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Dec 22 2011 12:56:06 AM
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Those pictures of the Beiber have literally given me mightmares. Those images are wrong on just so many levels.

I'm not sure whether to congratulate the knowledge of regular expressions, or say "My condolences".

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Dec 24 2011 10:52:01 AM
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Cool! Apparently you can pick up old Geiger Counters from e-bay.
Here's one I just found:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/INTRIGUING-1950s-COLD-WAR-ERA-PROSPECTING-GEIGER-COUNTER-NUCLEAR-DECOR-/370542922572?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5646144b4c#ht_2288wt_1141

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If I were him I would consider those crazy and frantic 12 year-olds a major turn off, and that's probably a large percentage of his fan-base (young girls). Girls that looked more in-control of their emotions... now that would turn me on.
This event so reminds me of my primary school (elementary school) years. I had girls literally chasing me around the school yard. They wouldn't leave me alone! They kept jumping on my back and they wanted me to carry them. They were always asking me to 'draw' on there backs with my finger when we were sitting on the floor in the class room. When I stopped 'drawing' on their backs, they told me to keep going. Hehe! WTF!

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LOL! You know, if you type "justin bieber pussy" into Google, there's a good chance someone has already Photo-Shopped a picture of that. Now that would be traumatizing.
Yep! I am right. The second picture. It's a good thing I quickly forget my dreams/nightmares.

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Aaron, be prepared for your next JB encounter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icnRMW6P9nc&list=FLHezsNexmJE7rhNlxPKhTCg&index=24&feature=plcp

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Also, have you noticed an outbreak of infected computers lately? With that Antivirus virus that's impossible to get rid of?

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Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Dec 24 2011 2:17:52 PM
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Also, have you noticed an outbreak of infected computers lately? With that Antivirus virus that's impossible to get rid of?

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 28 2011 11:41:52 AM
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On the 25th we got smashed by hail stones. The weather was weird: Warm @ 30C. We have a plastic corrugated verandah roof in the backyard that I was standing under. I felt some water drops on my head and then I looked up to see several holes had been made by the hail. I was hit on the wrist by one hail stone which hurt and I still have a small bruise. The average size of the hail stones in the area would probably be around 1/2 to 3/4 the size of a golf ball. Some were sharp, some were smooth. Three of our floodlights were also smashed to pieces and a few of our solar lights. One of my dog's is old and senseless and he has his own safe kennel to sleep in but I couldn't hear him barking (he wasn't in his kennel) until I saw him. So I ducked out from cover to bring him under cover. I covered the back of my neck with one hand and grabbed him with the other. He was fine but that's when I got hit on the wrist. My hearing was temporarily affected by the noise.

Trees were stripped of their leaves and cars were dented.

I have been preoccupied but if I get a chance I'll upload some video and/or pictures.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 29 2011 10:19:48 AM
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Prometheus
Director: Ridley Scott

Looks good.

Trailer music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2IfFUdy8Uw

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jan 02 2012 10:13:01 AM
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Saturday at about 3:05PM, I was cutting some rusted metal off the Cosmo. I stopped for a moment, just as the whole shop shook for about 2.5 seconds. The floor seemed to wobble and items on the shelves rattled. Afterwards I went outside to see if some huge vehicle had driven by or the construction next door had collapsed. But nothing, so I made some calls and found out that others felt it as well. We had an earthquake. A bit unusual considering that much of Ontario sits on a massive rock shelf called the Canadian Shield. It tends not to move.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 03 2012 12:50:44 AM
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Yeah that's pretty weird that you got an earthquake. I have experienced about two tremors in Melbourne and I have lived here my whole life. They each lasted no more than 3 seconds I guess. Japan also received a 7.0 recently and well New Zealand has been having after shocks since their deadly earthquake.

Fault lines:

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Jan 04 2012 6:25:13 PM
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Did we feel the same quake? What I felt and heard I could only describe as a giant sonic boom. It was huge. It wasn't too ground shaking, but my house did shake a bit. But since sonic booms are very illegal and Fort Lewis dispatches when they happen, I almost doubt it. Last time I felt two was when the president was in the state.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Jan 04 2012 6:33:08 PM
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Did we feel the same quake? What I felt and heard I could only describe as a giant sonic boom. It was huge. It wasn't too ground shaking, but my house did shake a bit. But since sonic booms are very illegal and Fort Lewis dispatches when they happen, I almost doubt it. Last time I felt two was when the president was in the state.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 04 2012 9:06:31 PM
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Something of interest:
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/bigmap/index.phtml

Reply author: JUAN DELA CRUZ
Replied on: Jan 06 2012 08:48:09 AM
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2012... It Ain't the end of the World?

LOL!

Happy New Year johnny!

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 07 2012 02:16:56 AM
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2012... It Ain't the end of the World?

LOL!

Happy New Year johnny!

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jan 07 2012 10:17:19 AM
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I think it's supposed to end on December 23rd of 2012, or maybe the 22nd. Either way all the people I've talked to who think the world will end on that date strangely aren't willing to sign over to me all their possessions, effective Dec. 24th, 2012. How very odd.

What I'd like to know is what gives those predicting the apocalypse automatic authority? Seems to me that someone predicting something crazy would automatically be considered crazy and ignored...yet the opposite seems to happen.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 08 2012 05:40:04 AM
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Either way all the people I've talked to who think the world will end on that date strangely aren't willing to sign over to me all their possessions, effective Dec. 24th, 2012. How very odd.

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What I'd like to know is what gives those predicting the apocalypse automatic authority? Seems to me that someone predicting something crazy would automatically be considered crazy and ignored...yet the opposite seems to happen.

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jan 08 2012 10:38:43 AM
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Based on the success of previous apocalypse predictions, zero, I'm not holding my breath that anything other than daily life happens in 2012. I'm of the opinion that anyone who believes anything apocalyptic is going to happen in 2012 is barking mad, and/or stupid.

As for ET sightings, those people would have to prove that there have been ET sightings in the past, because I'm thinking no. Unless the aliens have figured out a way to bypass physics as we know them, then the distances involved are just too great and there's very little chance of practical interstellar travel. Kind of sad, because it means no Star Trek future for us. Now CERN has demonstrated the possibility of neutrinos moving faster than light, which does open up the possibility of interstellar travel, but until it can be confirmed and applied to something a bit bigger, it's still in the realm of ain't gonna happen.

I think there's going to be more sun spots in 2012...probably some suicide cults of people who are assuming the world is over...and that's about it. Maybe Bieber will get another tattoo.

On another note I was in Canadian Tire this past Friday afternoon buying smoke detectors, because they had them on clearance for $5 each. $5 is pretty good for an ionization smoke detector, complete with 9V battery. As I was putting some in my basket there were two other people at the bin stocking up. I turned to them and asked:

"Anyone else here buying smoke detectors to harvest the Americium-241 for use as a radioactive source in experiments?"

The question was met with a bunch of blank stares.

"Oh, just me then?"

Someone backed away.

Then I smiled and went over to pay for my purchase.

Reply author: JUAN DELA CRUZ
Replied on: Jan 08 2012 10:55:28 AM
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Happy New Year Also to everyone in this forum. . .

The Mayan said the rupture will be on DECEMBER. 21, 2012

I have read some articles over the internet telling that in THAT specific day ALSO something or "extraordinary event" will happen based on different aspects such as document of the ancient civilization.

Maybe, the ancient civilization KNOW something that we didn't know... OR we also know it from the start but we keep on ignoring IT.

But of course, I DON'T BELIEVE THEM THAT'S FOR SURE! ..their just a Human just like us! Who have a lot of knowledge, technology and advancement in their hand and use it in the wrong way just to satisfy ourselves and now predicting of the time when the world that we know will come to an end?? And as the time goes by ..forgotten what is the REAL reason why WE are All here! wtf*
The end will come thats for sure because of our CARELESSNESS and SELFISHNESS in this planet where we live.

We can see alot of signs of drawback of what we had done in this World - flashfloods, Stronger hurricane/cyclone/typhoon, diseases, fammine, etc. (you name it!)


I only believe that our CREATOR knows when will be the right time... and I KNOW FOR SURE HE WILL SAVE US for OUR Sins.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Jan 09 2012 11:34:36 PM
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It has to do with the Mayan Calendar ending. It's not like it can go on forever. The Mayans didn't say that's when the rapture will happen.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 10 2012 05:57:19 AM
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It has to do with the Mayan Calendar ending. It's not like it can go on forever. The Mayans didn't say that's when the rapture will happen.

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"Anyone else here buying smoke detectors to harvest the Americium-241 for use as a radioactive source in experiments?"

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 11 2012 05:06:20 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17DPJHNVx2Q&feature=fvst

Too lazy to smoke cigarettes yourself? Let this gadget do it for you! It's the healthier alternative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoBGau9623I&feature=related

Ahhhhh that's better. I needed some refreshment from that "world ending" crap.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jan 11 2012 10:24:41 AM
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Maybe, the ancient civilization KNOW something that we didn't know... OR we also know it from the start but we keep on ignoring IT.

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And as the time goes by ..forgotten what is the REAL reason why WE are All here! wtf*
The end will come thats for sure because of our CARELESSNESS and SELFISHNESS in this planet where we live.

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I only believe that our CREATOR knows when will be the right time... and I KNOW FOR SURE HE WILL SAVE US for OUR Sins.

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It has to do with the Mayan Calendar ending. It's not like it can go on forever. The Mayans didn't say that's when the rapture will happen.

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Yep, that's about all I've heard too, in closeness to reality. People have a tendency to blow things way out of proportion. The calender ends, the world doesn't. Dahhh! I wonder how many of these "world ending" things I have to go through before I'm twelve feet under. What's with this fascination about the world ending? If only we could just fly off into space to escape a threat we didn't have the ability to stop - this whole "world ends" thing becomes obsolete.

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Hehe. Did you buy any duct tape this time?
'Duct tape', 'radioactive source', 'experiments', 'Justin Bieber' - never use them in the same joke.

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No duct tape, but it did remind me of this:
http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html

Proof evolution sometimes runs backwards. They say the sores on his skin are from constant radiation exposure. I postulate that it's from all the meth he smoked on order to think what he was doing was a good idea!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17DPJHNVx2Q&feature=fvst

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It won't be long before all Macs look like that. If Apple continues down their current path of restricting the user more and more, all Macs will contain only a single button marked "Do Stuff" then pressing it will launch a series of predefined tasks that complete without any user input.

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Too lazy to smoke cigarettes yourself? Let this gadget do it for you! It's the healthier alternative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoBGau9623I&feature=related

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 14 2012 09:27:01 AM
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I got back from a 39km bike ride a few hours ago. Took about 5 hours. I almost skidded off into a river. I was going fast down a slope and at the bottom there was dry dirt in the crest of a sharp corner. The back tire lost grip and slid left while I was tilted right. I quickly released the rear break and shifted my weight forward and luckily my rear tire returned to its position.

EDIT: Some people were interested in the route we took. So here is an image that is pretty self explanatory. Sorry about the shit quality.
The graph at the bottom is the elevation profile.

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jan 15 2012 10:47:46 AM
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What software did you use to map that route?

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 15 2012 11:51:20 PM
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What software did you use to map that route?

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 16 2012 10:23:51 PM
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Eleven of the world's best drivers cars, dragging. Why? Because they can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDP7Pty8Qnw

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jan 17 2012 11:31:51 AM
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I used the Google Earth software.
http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
I wasn't carrying a GPS tracking device, I plotted the route manually from my memory when I got home. I thought you would be interested in this Aaron because I remember you talking about going on a bike ride with your trailer that you made.

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Eleven of the world's best drivers cars, dragging. Why? Because they can.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDP7Pty8Qnw

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 17 2012 9:39:41 PM
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Cool! I need to go bike riding more often.

My mother used to cover about 100km in 6 hours on dirt tracks. She'd go everywhere and not just in Melbourne, but all over the country and on islands around the country. Sometimes she'd have to carry her bike because the terrain was unrideable and even throw her bike over a fence to continue her journey.

My next goal is to ride all the may down to the beach. As you can see from the map I posted, I almost got there. I won't be taking the long way though.

No promises but I hope to post some pictures as well.

See ya.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 19 2012 01:50:24 AM
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LMFAO!

Some authoritively voiced door-knocker was trying to convince my dad to change his electricity company. While that was happening a telemarketer called to which I answered. They wanted to know if we had an internet connection and if we download stuff. I said "Of course!". The woman wanted to know what kind of stuff I downloaded, so I said "Videos" naturally. My father had just finished with the door-knocker and I gave him the "The facial expression" letting him know it's another telemarketer. I handed over the phone to him and he continued the conversation by saying that he likes to download pornography videos of the "fat woman" variety. The telemarketer wanted him to turn on his computer. She asked him what he saw on the screen to which he replied "a fat woman doing naughty things to herself". Keep in mind that he was doing this in a funny voice. The telemarketer asked him if the computer had finished starting to which he replied "it's a 1981 XT, it takes forever to start!". Long story short, "You you wanna sucka my dik?" and then he hangs up. The person on the other end of the line (India perhaps) was also laughing.

I don't know what they were trying to sell me but it was clear from the get-go that I didn't need it. They have no idea who they are talking to. All of the computer I have made and maintain, all work like clockwork.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 19 2012 10:33:23 AM
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Alrighty then, about my bike rides. I can't be bothered to post pictures so I made friggin video instead!

It's just a mish mash of footage which ends with a bang in a "WTF?" moment.

http://youtu.be/25ekJKAJkg0

Enjoy!

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jan 21 2012 10:28:33 AM
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Long bike rides are great, and it's really only recently that I've started heading out of the city on a regular basis. Before about a year ago I'd basically stick to the bike paths (London does have a lot of them, and they all sort of start 2 blocks from my house) and exploring around the city. 2 days before the Port Stanley ride I followed one of the paths to the end, continued outside the city, rode a bit loop via country roads, found an abandoned nursing home, and ended up covering, like you, 39KM.

I noticed you don't have a light, nor any kind of speedometer/odometer? I can get not having a bicycle computer, but NO LIGHT?! It's actually illegal here to ride at night without front illumination, rear and side reflectors. Well, also without a helmet to but that's not enforced. You may or may not be able to see it in the pictures but there are two 75W fog lights mounted to my handle bars, with a battery pack made of 2 x 12V 7AH batteries in a box at the back. They light up the trails quite well.

We get those telemarketing calls as well, though sadly never when I'm home. I'd really like to fire up a Windows 98 virtual machine and then just play absolutely dumb as they ask me to do stuff. There are YouTube videos of people keeping these douchebags on the line for 2 - 3 hours!

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 22 2012 03:09:45 AM
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Prior to December, I hadn't even touched a bike for about a year. There were so many times I wanted to ride but I just couldn't find the time. Besides, the best times to bike ride are when it's not cold and raining so now is the best time anyway.

I think I would really have to plan ahead if I were to ride out of Melbourne. The city covers a wide area and I'm not sure if I have built up enough stamina to ride for that long.

Yeah I only have reflectors on my bike. I'm not familiar with the bike laws around here but I think riding without a helmet is illegal but not enforced, just like in London. I always wear a helmet regardless of the laws. I have ridden past cops on that bike and they didn't pull me up about anything. The cops here are more concerned with things that have an engine in them. When it's dark is when I'm on my way back home and when I take the shortest paths (roads). There is plenty of illumination so I don't have much of a need for a light - just adds more weight. Do you see that coiled up lock that I have on my bike? Well, SOMEONE lost the key and I can't get it off without breaking it. Damn.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jan 22 2012 09:44:36 AM
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Good morning gents, it never ceases to amaze me how Mr. Cake is always talking about something that inevitably catches my attention.
What kind of 75W fog light did ya jimmy on your bike sir? I was looking at some LED style lights for my motorcycle when found some decent low draw spot and flood lights at ADVMONSER.COM and I got an idea to try and jimmy a pair out of an old housing fitted with some LEDs from SUPERBRIGHTLED.COM for my bicycle. So after months of watching your videos and years of reading your posts on rx7club.com I thought I would peruse your forum and I am glad I did.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jan 22 2012 10:49:26 AM
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Prior to December, I hadn't even touched a bike for about a year. There were so many times I wanted to ride but I just couldn't find the time. Besides, the best times to bike ride are when it's not cold and raining so now is the best time anyway.

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I think I would really have to plan ahead if I were to ride out of Melbourne. The city covers a wide area and I'm not sure if I have built up enough stamina to ride for that long.

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Yeah I only have reflectors on my bike. I'm not familiar with the bike laws around here but I think riding without a helmet is illeg abbut not enforced, just like in London. I always wear a helmet regardless of the laws. I have ridden past cops on that bike and they didn't pull me up about anything. The cops here are more concerned with things that have an engine in them. When it's dark is when I'm on my way back home and when I take the shortest paths (roads). There is plenty of illumination so I don't have much of a need for a light - just adds more weight. Do you see that coiled up lock that I have on my bike? Well, SOMEONE lost the key and I can't get it off without breaking it. Damn.

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Good morning gents, it never ceases to amaze me how Mr. Cake is always talking about something that inevitably catches my attention.
What kind of 75W fog light did ya jimmy on your bike sir? I was looking at some LED style lights for my motorcycle when found some decent low draw spot and flood lights at ADVMONSER.COM and I got an idea to try and jimmy a pair out of an old housing fitted with some LEDs from SUPERBRIGHTLED.COM for my bicycle. So after months of watching your videos and years of reading your posts on rx7club.com I thought I would peruse your forum and I am glad I did.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jan 22 2012 11:01:11 AM
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please don't ever ask me to excuse you or otherwise apologize to me in any way! Back in the old days men would climb mountains to hear from a guru like yourself and the fact that you hook a brother up with such goddamn great info so quick......ok well I am done gratuitously kissing your ass but dude, you rock. That setup looks hardcore and there ain't nothing wrong with the pics, although I can see how a perfectionist like yourself might think there was. I wonder if the LEDs could produce the same strength beam as the conventional bulbs. I am going to order a bunch of replacement bulbs for my KLR650 so maybe we can coordinate and I can order a test bulb for your setup and we can test them side by side. If of course that sort of thing interests you.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 10:00:58 AM
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I appreciate the kind words.

There are some very strong LEDs out there these days, strong enough to be used as headlights by Audi and other OEMs. In most cases the colour spectrum is closer to daylight so they are more efficient for our eyes. The only problem seems to be price. Some Googling has not shown any decent LED fog light for under $150, when you can often get the incandescent version for $5-$10 on sale. I don't think a single LED bulb will do the job in a housing designed for incandescent since there is limited space. Normally the LED "bulbs" are a group of LEDs. Quite a lot of them in most of the off road fog lights I've seen.

FWIW, I briefly had a Schwinn LED bicycle light, which sucked. All it was good for was projecting a weak dot a few feet from the bike. That's what prompted me to make this system.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 11:10:41 AM
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Since we're on the topic of LEDs...

Last month my dad wanted me to convert his pillar mounted (sphere style) Verandah light to use LEDs. He wanted the light to harvest solar energy during the day and store the energy in batteries mounted in the light's base. He also wanted the light to turn off and turn on automatically in day-light and night-light respectively. It looks really nice.

During the design stage of the project I was comparing many different types of LEDs. Having done this research I estimate I could design, build and install a high-power/high-brightness LED on my bike along with its supporting circuitry for around $50 to $70. The LED input power is appropriately approximated to be around 10 Watts. Equivalent luminous intensity (not flux) can be compared to a 75 Watt incandescent light bulb.

Many of the powerful LEDs I have seen have a "viewing angle" of 120deg but 80% and above of their luminous flux intensity is beamed within an angle of 80deg according to the graphs given in their datasheets.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 11:17:51 AM
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I hear ya man and you are totally right about not being able to get anything durable and totally functional for under $150. I was looking at superbrightled dot com like I said in my earlier post for some kind of cheap alternative.

Some nice but pricey examples included:

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&category=MLED&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2Ffloodlight.htm#photos

Overkill for a bike at 24v power requirement but a good consideration for a boat or RV or garage:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&category=MLED&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2Ffloodlight.htm#photos

These 1 & 3 watt Landscaping LEDs don't look too bad but at between $35 - $50 it's not exactly a bargain:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2Fspl-3watt.htm

Then there is this bad boy for $120
http://stores.intuitwebsites.com/hstrial-QualiRegResou/-strse-40/1000-Lumen-Waterproof-Bike/Detail.bok

But I dunno, me thinks your solution trumps them all since I already have a nice small deep cycle battery that would be perfect to mimic your design with. Anyway, I will have to see what kind of prices I will get for a set of low profile fog lights but these are the ones I have sourced online:

http://www.princessauto.com/pal/product/8194706/Driving/fog-Lights/Xtreme-Driving-Lights

For $12 and whatever it costs to mod another bulb and the wiring....now THAT would be frugal!

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 2:03:30 PM
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Since we're on the topic of LEDs...

Last month my dad wanted me to convert his pillar mounted (sphere style) Verandah light to use LEDs. He wanted the light to harvest solar energy during the day and store the energy in batteries mounted in the light's base. He also wanted the light to turn off and turn on automatically in day-light and night-light respectively. It looks really nice.

During the design stage of the project I was comparing many different types of LEDs. Having done this research I estimate I could design, build and install a high-power/high-brightness LED on my bike along with its supporting circuitry for around $50 to $70. The LED input power is appropriately approximated to be around 10 Watts. Equivalent luminous intensity (not flux) can be compared to a 75 Watt incandescent light bulb.

Many of the powerful LEDs I have seen have a "viewing angle" of 120deg but 80% and above of their luminous flux intensity is beamed within an angle of 80deg according to the graphs given in their datasheets.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 4:38:35 PM
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Since we're on the topic of LEDs...

Last month my dad wanted me to convert his pillar mounted (sphere style) Verandah light to use LEDs. He wanted the light to harvest solar energy during the day and store the energy in batteries mounted in the light's base. He also wanted the light to turn off and turn on automatically in day-light and night-light respectively. It looks really nice.

During the design stage of the project I was comparing many different types of LEDs. Having done this research I estimate I could design, build and install a high-power/high-brightness LED on my bike along with its supporting circuitry for around $50 to $70. The LED input power is appropriately approximated to be around 10 Watts. Equivalent luminous intensity (not flux) can be compared to a 75 Watt incandescent light bulb.

Many of the powerful LEDs I have seen have a "viewing angle" of 120deg but 80% and above of their luminous flux intensity is beamed within an angle of 80deg according to the graphs given in their datasheets.

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Hey bud, I am sure they don't have Canadian Tire stores in Australia but this local hardware store (sometimes referred lovingly as crappy tire) has these:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/3/HouseHome/Lighting/OutdoorSecurityLighting/PRD~0524887P/HeathZenith+Motion+Sensor+Solar+Powered+LED+Security+Light.jsp?locale=en

I was thinking that you could mod it so that the solar panel is located out of sight and in the path of south facing sunlight and I know on these units you can disable the sensor so that it just operates automagically with the light sensor only essentially turning it on or off based on the availability of sunlight. You might have to fashion some kind of light diffuser so it shines evenly in a round glass bulb but I could see how something like this would easily work for the application you are describing.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 4:51:41 PM
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These pictures were taken on the 25th of December, 2011. The solar panel has since been rotate 90deg and placed on the side of the pillar to maximize sunlight exposure.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 4:59:34 PM
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Awesome work. Just remember that you can always use a strip of lexan or acrylic to protect the solar panel. I did that with a panel that kept getting smashed on my boat and it worked out pretty good.

I love solar power\heating devices, I only wish the rest of the world would adapt quickly to the solar invasion. Check this out, I want to create one of these for my garage and shed, looks simple enough.

http://cansolair.com/

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 5:05:33 PM
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Hey Aaron, when you get a sec bud, can you let me know if you do work on other peoples RX's? I am obviously willing to pay you for your time and effort. I have a 1990 non turbo that is pretty close to being done. She was painted two years ago and after watching your Cosmo videos, I am motivated to pull the carpet, clean up the floor panels and POR15 or rust paint it before laying down brand new carpet. I also want to tune it since she has been sitting for about two years. Outside of that, I installed two new doors with power windows and locks that I also need to wire up. Is this an idea you would entertain?

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 5:09:50 PM
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I am feeling generous. Here is the schematic. I don't do this very often.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 6:24:42 PM
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Totally awesome! This schematic goes into my 'elite' image repository. Where do you source your electronics supplies? Local shop or do you go online? I like how you designed two power modes without any actual resistance circuitry, so simple yet bang on with functionality.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 7:24:12 PM
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Totally awesome! This schematic goes into my 'elite' image repository. Where do you source your electronics supplies? Local shop or do you go online? I like how you designed two power modes without any actual resistance circuitry, so simple yet bang on with functionality.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jan 24 2012 7:29:01 PM
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Cool, thanks man. You really taught me something today!

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 28 2012 02:04:24 AM
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I think this might be in the interest of most people here.

Tomorrow I will attending a "Defensive Driving Program". I am not required to do this program by law but I'm doing it to enhance my skills.

I will be driving the Subaru Forester 2011.

Here is a video showing the kind of things I will be doing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P21lwEYY-D0&feature=context&context=G2cbaa58RVAAAAAAAABA

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jan 28 2012 10:32:00 AM
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Hey Aaron, when you get a sec bud, can you let me know if you do work on other peoples RX's? I am obviously willing to pay you for your time and effort. I have a 1990 non turbo that is pretty close to being done. She was painted two years ago and after watching your Cosmo videos, I am motivated to pull the carpet, clean up the floor panels and POR15 or rust paint it before laying down brand new carpet. I also want to tune it since she has been sitting for about two years. Outside of that, I installed two new doors with power windows and locks that I also need to wire up. Is this an idea you would entertain?

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I think this might be in the interest of most people here.
Tomorrow I will attending a "Defensive Driving Program". I am not required to do this program by law but I'm doing it to enhance my skills.
I will be driving the Subaru Forester 2011.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 29 2012 02:11:25 AM
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Snow? Hell, we don't get any here unless you go up a mountain and it's the right time of the year.

I just got back. It was a great experience. Clearly the Forester outperformed the other cars that were there when it comes to braking and control.

Performance aside, the day started at 8:30 and finished at 4:30. Emergency stopping, Chicanes and Obstacle avoidance were the main practical exercises. The day was also filled with theory lessons.

It would be great if all drivers experienced what I did today.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jan 29 2012 07:21:16 AM
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Hey Aaron, thanks for the FYI...I totally respect that. I'll just have to flex to get'r done. At least I have your website as a great resource and I will certainly pic your brain about aftermarket carpets.

Wassup, wassup? That sounds really cool....did you snag some pics by any chance? Were there any scantily clan women with large breasts on the scene? What other vehicle choices were there?

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 29 2012 09:32:33 AM
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Wassup, wassup? That sounds really cool....did you snag some pics by any chance?

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Were there any scantily clan women with large breasts on the scene?

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What other vehicle choices were there?

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jan 29 2012 1:20:11 PM
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man, after pushing through yet another Canadian winter, 35C sounds just about right!

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Feb 01 2012 1:27:01 PM
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Hello gents.....happy hump day!

http://player.vimeo.com/video/31481531?autoplay=1

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Feb 23 2012 2:46:00 PM
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Well that tears it, flying on a wing suit and base jumping with a puppy are now on my list of things to do before I die.

On another, more or less luminescent note, I ordered some Europium glow paint from United Nuclear and tried to make glow in
the dark clothes. Bought a pair of white jeans and a nice white shirt. However as soon as I opened the paint it was fairly obvious that it wouldn't work. It wasn't so much "paint" as it was "paste". Like an Elmer's glue type stuff, but gritty from the glow powder. Figuring I'd try anyway, I thinned it out with water (there were no instructions but I figured out it was water based) until it would spray, then loaded it into my little spray gun and started blasting a shirt. Coverage was terrible and I used 90% of the 4oz bottle (heavily cut with water) to get only a moderate coverage on the shirt, so I gave up after the gun clogged for the 3rd time. The paste was very gritty and the grit was clogging it up. What I ended up with was a vaguely glowing shirt, that obviously had the potential to be very cool, but would require a LOT more paint (maybe 5 bottles?) to be awesome. So I washed it out when I got home, and fired off an angry email to United Nuclear about the fact they should make it clear on their website that their glow paint isn't really paint, but in fact "gritty glow paste".

To their credit they got back to me quickly and explained that it was more of an artists paint, and not something that can be thinned and sprayed. I agreed and said that being the case, they should still include a note on their website so that others won't make the same mistake.

Now I won't let the dream of glow clothes die. I'm fairly sure that with a few bottles of the stuff, diluted just enough with water to soak clothes, that I could make glow clothes. But a better option may be to buy some of their Europium glow powder and then figure out some kind of binder to mix it with, so that I could dip clothes. Maybe all it would take is gelatin? Who knows...

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Feb 23 2012 7:22:14 PM
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I was so busy with college and work that I completely forgot your birthday, among other things like getting my tabs renewed (guess who reminded me). I bet you're so hurt. I hope it was a good one.

I've heard of people mixing the glow powder with hair gel and coming out with a cool result. I've even thought of trying it myself. Maybe if you soaked the clothes in the diluted paint/paste it might work somewhat.

That raceway looks fun. Nothing like what we have up here. But then again, it seems no one likes real racing anymore.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Feb 24 2012 09:17:45 AM
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UV Laser Painting

I bought one of those LED arrays from Element14 and I have to say that they are very bright. You wouldn't want to look directly at them. I think I will buy another but this time a higher CCT (Cool White) and roughly double the luminosity at the same electrical power input. Fortunately it happens to be no dearer. A video may be in the pipeline.

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That raceway looks fun. Nothing like what we have up here. But then again, it seems no one likes real racing anymore.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Feb 25 2012 8:41:33 PM
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Happy Belated Birfday Cake!

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Mar 10 2012 09:00:45 AM
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I bought one of these a few days ago:
http://www.asus.com.au/Notebooks/Superior_Mobility/ASUS_ZENBOOK_UX21E/

Bloody brilliant device. 128GB SSD using SATA3, Core i7, 4GB RAM, USB 3.0, HDMI, VGA, WiFi, BlueTooth blah blah blah.

A good benchmark was to see if this thing could play a BluRay movie, which it did without a problem. Also the sound quality from this thing is amazing. Battery life changes depending on what you do of course but in the lowest power mode you can probably get about 4-5 hours of constant usage. I haven't been unfortunate enough to run out of juice yet. Boot time is about 17 seconds and to get out of standby takes less than 2 seconds. The chassis is CNC milled from a block of Aluminium so it's quite rigid.

The display is very bright and can be seen easily outdoors but comparing the contrast to one of those Apple MacBook Air thingys it could be a little better. Still, this display is brighter.

Lucky for me, just after I bought it the prices increased.

I might post some pics if/when I get a chance.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Mar 10 2012 10:23:08 AM
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The one thing I don't get about those ultrabooks is why they also don't make them tablets. Just swivel the screen into tablet mode.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Mar 10 2012 9:56:48 PM
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Actually a tablet PC is what I was trying to avoid because I already have one. The price goes up when you want those features and I didn't want another tablet. Asus sell tablets as well but I took all factors into account and what I ended up with was this Ultrabook. The swiveling mechanism on some tablets is a likely point of failure and the screen as well since it's going to have pressure applied on it from the user. I wanted to eliminate those risks with this purchase. Actually my tablet is undergoing a warranty service right now but not related to the swiveling mechanism or the screen. Over the past four years I have bought three laptops each one except my new Ultrabook had to be shipped off for a warranty service. The Lenovo Y510 had a bad hinge because of faulty design and the HP touchsmart had a bad video chip. It goes to show that you should always buy the extended warranty. I have high hopes for this Ultrabook though. It's so robust and as far as I can tell only has two moving parts bar the keyboard and speakers - the fan and the hinge. The thing is pretty much solid metal. However, since this machine doesn't have any user replaceable parts it can cost an arm and a leg to get fixed should something go wrong. Which is another reason why you should buy an extended warranty.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Mar 12 2012 2:01:10 PM
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Check this out guys, your tablet PC conversation reminded me about this brainwave controlled skateboard that uses an IPAD as the human interface. I saw it on the Discovery channel this past weekend. The original used an XBOX 360 Kinect unit to enable the rider to use their hands as the gas and brakes but things like weather and sun spots would impair user input. So they went to this new interface that uses brain waves to interpret system commands. Check it out...pretty cool.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57383717-1/brainwave-controlled-skateboard-is-totally-mental/

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Mar 13 2012 04:49:41 AM
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That's an interesting device. I don't know much about brain wave reading but it's worth some investigation.

"Use the force, Luke!" - Control things with your mind.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Mar 13 2012 3:27:13 PM
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Solid state or coventional 7200 rpm jobbies?

Here are some good sources on Canadian prices:
http://canadacomputers.com/
http://canadacomputers.com/
http://www.tigerdirect.com/

And for those of you who like cheap gadgets from China:
http://www.dealextreme.com/

But a warning about deal extreme, sometimes shipping takes up to a month, but the prices on day to day junk gadgets are often way more than reasonable.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Mar 15 2012 04:37:42 AM
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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Mar 17 2012 10:35:22 AM
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I used lead free solder when I put the air system into the shop a few years ago. Though that was a plumbing application and not something like a circuit board that has a complete different set of stresses. The absolute worse part about lead free solder is that it won't mix with most leaded solders properly. Cleaning it all off without causing damage is a bitch.

This past week I set up a Toshiba Protege Z835 for a customer. What a hell of a machine! Ultrabook size, super thin, Core I7, 4 GB RAM, and I think a 128 GB SSD. The only thing that kept me from buying one also is the lack of a pointing nipple, and the fact it wasn't a tablet.

Hard drive prices have been high for a while. The good thing is that the prices are driving down those of SSDs, little by little. And once you go SSD, you never go back.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Mar 17 2012 10:03:01 PM
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Hard drive prices have been high for a while. The good thing is that the prices are driving down those of SSDs, little by little. And once you go SSD, you never go back.

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Mar 24 2012 10:33:06 AM
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I don't think we'll ever see spinning discs go away. It's hard to say whether SSDs are going to be standard right now, because when I look at my price lists SSDs aren't even a listed option for all but the absolute most high end systems. That said, I won't be installing a spinning disc in one of my systems ever again.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Mar 25 2012 12:26:24 AM
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Exactly! The only time spinning disks come into my life now are when I have no choice but to use them (HDD) because they can store the hundreds and thousands of GB I need to achieve what I want with my computers, plus they are cheap compared to SSDs. I very rarely use optical disks now. I store everything on large HDDs and everyone can get what they need through a 1Gb/s network connection. I have over 6TB of storage at the moment and I need more!

Years ago I went into a chilly server room at one of the universities where I live and a 1-3TB HDD was huge in physical size compared to what I can get now from my local computer shop for around $130 ($30 up since the start of the year).

All of the video rental places are closing down around here. I wanted to rent The Titanic BluRay but one place was closing down just up the road, and another didn't have it. I wanted to "back it up" on my HDD so that anyone could watch at any time.
Hmmm, maybe that's why the rental places are going out of business. Oops I did it again!
No, it's all these on-line video rental services that are choking the life out of the real stores.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Mar 25 2012 10:30:40 AM
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The video stores have been closing down here as well. Blockbuster declared bankruptcy and closed all their stores, and a number of the local chains have closed as well. They say it's because of Netflix and online rentals. Not sure if I believe that. The Netflix catalog for Canada is a wasteland and without a streaming box or something that can get it onto the TV screen, you are stuck in front of a computer watching.

I have friends who have "cut the cord" and cancelled their cable subscriptions. Works for about a month until they get tired of paying $1 per episode, the hassle of streaming to a TV, finding torrents, or just not being able to watch the same thing everyone else sees. My favourite method of acquiring movies is to just PVR them off of the movie channels. Then watch at my leisure. After putting a 500GB HD into my PVR it's good for several hundred recordings.

The new hybrid hard drives are pretty interesting. The tests Maximum PC have done has showed almost all the benefit of an SSD, but with the cheap capacity of a spinning disc.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Mar 25 2012 11:11:44 AM
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Sooooooo, I got two sets of LED lightbulbs to replace the signals on my KLR650. I got a set from superbrightled and I got another cheaper set off ebay at a quarter of the price. I am going to do a writeup for my adventure riding forum and I will post a watered down version for you guys here. But right off the bat, I can see that the conventional filament bulbs are brighter than the 45 LED tower bulbs I got. I have an old Canon AE1 with a light meter in it that I hope to use as some kind of qualitative measurement between three types of bulbs.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Mar 25 2012 12:06:59 PM
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The new hybrid hard drives are pretty interesting. The tests Maximum PC have done has showed almost all the benefit of an SSD, but with the cheap capacity of a spinning disc.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Mar 26 2012 08:31:35 AM
Message:

ENJOY!

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Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Mar 28 2012 02:03:55 AM
Message:

Well, I passed a cop today going twice the speed limit. And apparently not a single fuck was given because he didn't pull me over. The speed limit was 55mph. :D

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Mar 28 2012 03:33:52 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by Yerboogieman

Well, I passed a cop today going twice the speed limit. And apparently not a single fuck was given because he didn't pull me over. The speed limit was 55mph. :D

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Mar 28 2012 6:14:48 PM
Message:

Check your rectum for a horseshoe.

Cop was probably bangin a hooker in the back of the squadcar.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Mar 31 2012 10:29:26 AM
Message:

Well those last few were a bit random.

Do the LED bulbs have diffusers? It may be the highly directional nature of the LEDs which make them seem dimmer than an incandescent. Also the fact that the spectrum on an LED is so pure.

In reading about the motherboards and adapters that hybridize regular HDs with some flash, it seems that they aren't as reliable as I'd like. Weirdness with storage is not something I tolerate.

Several years ago I was BBQ'ing and got bored. I had some printers set up in the basement for review/testing so I started printing out funny pictures from the Internet, and stapling them to the garage wall. A few days later, most of interior of the garage was wallpapered with funny Internet pictures.

The officer was likely taking a nap or otherwise not paying attention. Or perhaps not in a position to get up and going quickly enough. Time to buy a lottery ticket.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Apr 06 2012 11:02:23 AM
Message:

This has got to be the funniest prank I have seen in months:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3rFO-OChXU

..and I could do with one of these alarm clocks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inudtxuzTyc&feature=channel

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Apr 07 2012 10:27:37 AM
Message:

I can only imagine if I was that passenger. I'd poke at the pilot a few times, ask if he's awake. Nope, not awake. OK, no problem. "It's my aircraft, I have control" and grab the stick. Call the tower, declare pan pan pan with an unconscious pilot, and ask for an approach.

Speaking of crashing, as I was driving to work on Thursday, I passed by this.





Wait...WHAT?!

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Apr 07 2012 12:23:03 PM
Message:

I know some people throw their old shoes up onto power lines... but cars? Well I guess you only get that over in Canada!

About two weeks ago this happened not far from where I live:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/man-rams-buses-bites-cop/story-e6frf7jo-1226308943349
I was going for a drive when I saw the traffic was backed up on Bell Street. I avoided the area.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Apr 08 2012 01:57:03 AM
Message:

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Apr 08 2012 08:28:27 AM
Message:

We've all seen Big Dog (the walking robot) but take a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b4ZZQkcNEo&feature=g-vrec&context=G2bf00e9RVAAAAAAAABA

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Apr 09 2012 1:17:03 PM
Message:

Dang, call me crazy but I have a pretty cool collection of car crash photos I have taken while commuting to work too! Will post a few when I get a second.

ON LEDs:
"Do the LED bulbs have diffusers? It may be the highly directional nature of the LEDs which make them seem dimmer than an incandescent. Also the fact that the spectrum on an LED is so pure."

Not sure what you mean by diffuser? The LEDs are cylindrical, I got these 45 LED jobbies:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2F1157_LED_spider_light.htm

They turned out to be really dim, I then purchased a 90 LED version of theses SMD forward firing LEDs. I think I should look up some multi-directional versions. The 90 LED version was only a touch dimmer that the conventional filament bulbs. But I am hoping the light meter will show the difference between the two bulbs.

I have a bunch of power supplies that I have already sold, there are about 8 remaining which I am willing to give away free to AARONCAKE.NET members. Let me know if there is anything you could use as I am going to dump them at my local electronics surplus shop within the next two weeks: http://liquidsurplus.webs.com/

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Apr 09 2012 6:55:43 PM
Message:

oh and by the way bro, your Cosmo vids are getting better and better....way to go!

I totally can't wait to see the finished product. It will make me free...lol

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Apr 12 2012 05:16:57 AM
Message:

I watched Titanic [1997] today in 3D. It's a bloody good movie which I havn't seen in several years. In the cinema, the girls in the rows behind me were crying and spilling their pop-corn everywhere. I have to say, when James Cameron says he put a lot of effort into making the movie look like it was shot in 3D, it really does show. I have heard that George Lucas's Star Wars Episode 1 wasn't all that 3D, but I haven't seen it in 3D myself. I suppose that if you want to see a proper 3D movie, just goto IMAX. Prometheus - the new alien movie directed by Ridley Scott - will be showing at IMAX as well as regular cinemas.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Apr 22 2012 10:42:49 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by eze

Not sure what you mean by diffuser? The LEDs are cylindrical, I got these 45 LED jobbies:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2F1157_LED_spider_light.htm

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They turned out to be really dim, I then purchased a 90 LED version of theses SMD forward firing LEDs. I think I should look up some multi-directional versions. The 90 LED version was only a touch dimmer that the conventional filament bulbs. But I am hoping the light meter will show the difference between the two bulbs.

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Originally posted by wasssup1990

I watched Titanic [1997] today in 3D. It's a bloody good movie which I havn't seen in several years. In the cinema, the girls in the rows behind me were crying and spilling their pop-corn everywhere. I have to say, when James Cameron says he put a lot of effort into making the movie look like it was shot in 3D, it really does show. I have heard that George Lucas's Star Wars Episode 1 wasn't all that 3D, but I haven't seen it in 3D myself. I suppose that if you want to see a proper 3D movie, just goto IMAX. Prometheus - the new alien movie directed by Ridley Scott - will be showing at IMAX as well as regular cinemas.

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Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Apr 22 2012 11:38:27 PM
Message:

So I saw a bumper sticker the other day, and it instantly reminded me of you, Aaron. It said,

"Honk if you love Hanson. Then run into a tree."

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Apr 23 2012 01:51:03 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by Yerboogieman

So I saw a bumper sticker the other day, and it instantly reminded me of you, Aaron. It said,

"Honk if you love Hanson. Then run into a tree."

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Apr 23 2012 02:11:14 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by Aaron Cake

quote:

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Originally posted by eze
[quote]Originally posted by wasssup1990

I watched Titanic [1997] today in 3D. It's a bloody good movie which I havn't seen in several years. In the cinema, the girls in the rows behind me were crying and spilling their pop-corn everywhere. I have to say, when James Cameron says he put a lot of effort into making the movie look like it was shot in 3D, it really does show. I have heard that George Lucas's Star Wars Episode 1 wasn't all that 3D, but I haven't seen it in 3D myself. I suppose that if you want to see a proper 3D movie, just goto IMAX. Prometheus - the new alien movie directed by Ridley Scott - will be showing at IMAX as well as regular cinemas.

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Never seen an IMAX 3D movie myself. I missed Avatar at the IMAX which I think I will always regret.

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Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Apr 24 2012 02:07:28 AM
Message:

I hope you don't like Katy Perry. Hanson does a lot of the background music for her.

Meanwhile... http://youtu.be/cHj8BDPogc4

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Apr 24 2012 04:54:16 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by Yerboogieman

I hope you don't like Katy Perry. Hanson does a lot of the background music for her.

Meanwhile... http://youtu.be/cHj8BDPogc4

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Apr 25 2012 5:13:25 PM
Message:

MMmmmm boobies

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Apr 28 2012 10:23:33 AM
Message:

You know, there are real life boobies on actual girls available at any time.

Plus Katy Perry annoys me. Don't quite know why, but she annoys me.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Apr 29 2012 12:03:45 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by Aaron Cake

You know, there are real life boobies on actual girls available at any time.

Plus Katy Perry annoys me. Don't quite know why, but she annoys me.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Apr 29 2012 1:42:34 PM
Message:

Hey Aaron, what kind of attachment are you using on your die grinder? I have been looking for something that I can use to clean up imperfections on metal like you do in your videos but I am having a hard time finding the tool. I checked at Home Depot and Crappy Tire but the attachments they have are all crappy despite being labled "automotive grade"

I am going to check Princess Auto today but if you an pass on the hint that would be greatly appreciated.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: May 05 2012 10:49:21 AM
Message:

Motor mouth = verbal diarrhea. The unending stream of consciousness blah blah blah where nothing actually gets communicated.

As for the die grinder, what you've seen on the videos are just cheap hardware store mounted grinding stones. They don't work well on low speed tools, and not very well on air grinders either because the cheap air grinders tend to slow down a lot under load.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 05 2012 1:02:17 PM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by Aaron Cake

Motor mouth = verbal diarrhea. The unending stream of consciousness blah blah blah where nothing actually gets communicated.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: May 06 2012 09:36:40 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by Aaron Cake

Motor mouth = verbal diarrhea. The unending stream of consciousness blah blah blah where nothing actually gets communicated.

As for the die grinder, what you've seen on the videos are just cheap hardware store mounted grinding stones. They don't work well on low speed tools, and not very well on air grinders either because the cheap air grinders tend to slow down a lot under load.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 06 2012 10:18:52 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by eze


And would you believe that in a giant outlet such as this one, there was not one model, car, plane or otherwise in the store.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: May 06 2012 1:13:01 PM
Message:

Bro, I hate to say it but it WAS Toys-R-Us.....fekkin unbelievable.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 07 2012 02:05:22 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by eze

Bro, I hate to say it but it WAS Toys-R-Us.....fekkin unbelievable.

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Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: May 09 2012 11:22:29 AM
Message:

Aaron, can you subnet an IPv6 address?

Reply author: eze
Replied on: May 09 2012 4:27:25 PM
Message:

Forgive me for interrupting...but yes.

http://www.exabyte.net/lambert/subnet/ipv6_subnet_masking.htm

Here is another good resource for ipv6

http://blogs.technet.com/b/ipv6/

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 10 2012 12:19:35 PM
Message:

This can be done with 4kB of code:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w_xEUoK79o

I have heard that the human gnome is equivalent to 1GB.
A quick search on Google: Click Here

Lets put this into perspective. The data you see below is 4kB in size, assuming each character is 1 byte and that you ignore the invisible newline characters at the end of every line.

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Amazing!

Reply author: eze
Replied on: May 13 2012 10:17:52 AM
Message:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NRQjUF3HA3E

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 14 2012 05:39:55 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by eze

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NRQjUF3HA3E

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: May 15 2012 5:45:31 PM
Message:

I am addicted to only two forums on the internet, this one and ADVRIDER and there is an ongoing thread for a group of riders out of Melbourne and one of them posted it. I have seen some crazy shiznitz on the interweb before but that one was one of the top five for sure!!!!

AARONCAKE FOR PRESIDENT!

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 16 2012 04:42:51 AM
Message:

I just took a look at http://advrider.com/ and there are some pretty cool pictures there. Reminds me of http://longwayround.com/

I only visit this forum. Even if I had more time on my hands, I still might only visit this forum. No particular reason, I just like chatting with peeps on the other side of the world.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: May 16 2012 12:11:47 PM
Message:

I hear ya....Aaroncake is a good resource for all sorts of useful knowledge but yes it is nice to have an Aussie for an online bud! Let's have a virtual beer!

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 16 2012 12:59:38 PM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by eze

I hear ya....Aaroncake is a good resource for all sorts of useful knowledge but yes it is nice to have an Aussie for an online bud! Let's have a virtual beer!

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: May 16 2012 5:18:05 PM
Message:

So, have you lived in Australia all your life bud?

Just wait until Aaron gets a spot on TV after getting discovered by some car enthusiast show producer...then we'll be lucky to get a word in here edge wise!

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 16 2012 10:43:32 PM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by eze

So, have you lived in Australia all your life bud?

Just wait until Aaron gets a spot on TV after getting discovered by some car enthusiast show producer...then we'll be lucky to get a word in here edge wise!

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 17 2012 07:35:16 AM
Message:

Here is a screenshot of a conversation that took place yesterday on my phone.

LOL!


Here is some other random crap. No surprise since this whole thread is full of random crap.

BTW this pic is old and I haven't played The Sims in years.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 18 2012 11:35:54 PM
Message:

Yeaaaaah I wanna dance with somebody!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy1RW2Atigc&feature=related
Hehe

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: May 19 2012 10:39:55 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by eze

All I gotta say is that motor-mouth's and plastic smiles are surely becoming the norm as mainstream media continues to brainwash the minds of young people into brainless phonies designed to constantly spend money on consumer goods as peddled by television reality shows and approved and further promoted by their equally brain dead peers.

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You know, I went to a giant toy store outlet the other day looking for a model Willy's army jeep because I think building or buying and restoring an old one is going to be my next project after the RZ350 racing bike is done this winter....And would you believe that in a giant outlet such as this one, there was not one model, car, plane or otherwise in the store.

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On another note - Aaron, I thought you might have been using die grinder attchements like these disc types: http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/6/Tools/PowerToolAccessories/SandingPolishingAccessories/PRD~0547416P/Mastercraft+11-piece+Flap+and+Polishing+Disc+Set.jsp?locale=en

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quote:

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Originally posted by eze

Just wait until Aaron gets a spot on TV after getting discovered by some car enthusiast show producer...then we'll be lucky to get a word in here edge wise!

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quote:

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Originally posted by wasssup1990

Here is a screenshot of a conversation that took place yesterday on my phone.

LOL!

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BTW this pic is old and I haven't played The Sims in years.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 21 2012 8:50:29 PM
Message:

Vacuumless Vacuum Cleaner !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNqhop7nNDs

Reply author: eze
Replied on: May 27 2012 08:01:33 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by wasssup1990

quote:

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Originally posted by eze

So, have you lived in Australia all your life bud?

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Yes. What about you?
BTW that last sentence in my previous post was a movie reference.

Later.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: May 27 2012 08:20:31 AM
Message:

Photobucket seems to work....HERE ARE YOUR RANDOM PICS FOR TODAY!!

Superhero motorcycles suits starting at $10,000???

Captain America


Tron


Battyman


OMG STORMTROOPERS!


MMMMMMMMMMmmmmmm imagine this as an electric conversion project!




WHO WANTS THAI FOOD?


No, seriously, that store is right on Dufferin Street next to Orfus not Orifice road. You just can't make this shit up I tell ya!

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: May 27 2012 11:00:05 AM
Message:

Thai Kok? Awesome. I pass a sign on my way to Aylmer or St. Thomas Ontario quite often advertising the "Mapleton Taxidermy and Cheese Store". Been meaning to stop and get a picture of my own for years. Found on on Flickr though:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jo-ghadban/3355654186/

quote:

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Originally posted by wasssup1990

Vacuumless Vacuum Cleaner !!!

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Nice little Geiger counter Aaron. In 2010 I performed some experiments with various radioactive samples at a university. I used an application specific, handheld computer to gather data from a sensor which was placed near the sample.

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What the hell Aaron! For some reason your site keeps adding that garble into my quote.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: May 27 2012 1:23:01 PM
Message:

That was a good one!!! lol

And forget conventional mainstream education Aaron, you got the brains to do whatever you want and you are young but it looks like you are focused so your success in life IMO is inevitable. I met a guy who grew up in my neighborhood in the 70's who designed a microchip and sold it to some U.S. based firm in the mid 90's and made millions, got to retire in his 30's. Never graduated high school.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: May 29 2012 03:50:26 AM
Message:

Hi buddies!

You guys crack me up. On a side note to that last sentence, I once had someone very confused when I used a similar sentence on them - lives in North America if I remember correctly. He thought I was talking about drugs. I had to explain it to him.

I've seen my fair share of oddly named businesses. From memory, one was called "Phat Kok".

Here's one located in my city:

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If you want to watch some Aussie humour, watch Kenny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljKxU8EXPOQ
I highly recommend it.

Back to work...

Reply author: eze
Replied on: May 29 2012 2:50:55 PM
Message:

MMmmmmm Kum Den, I hear their sticky buns are extra sticky

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jun 01 2012 08:36:06 AM
Message:

quote:

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Originally posted by eze

MMmmmmm Kum Den, I hear their sticky buns are extra sticky

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jun 03 2012 10:29:07 AM
Message:

Hey that Pigeon was filmed on the Toronto Subway System....the TTC announcement says Runnymede Station!

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jun 03 2012 11:17:00 AM
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Ugh, I just got sniped at the last minute on an eBay auction. That never happens to me, I'm usually the one sniping. My fault for not watching the auction during the last minute. There were all of two bids; mine and the bidder whom sniped me.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jun 03 2012 1:38:00 PM
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Karma ....lol

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jun 07 2012 03:07:33 AM
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Speaking of sniping, has anyone here played this game:
http://sniperelitev2.com/

It's friggin awesome!

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jun 08 2012 08:07:15 AM
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I watched Prometheus today. I thought it was great! Definitely my kind of movie.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jun 11 2012 11:26:09 AM
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It's too quite in here lately :) But I guess it is summer after all!

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jun 11 2012 1:30:39 PM
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Originally posted by eze

It's too quite in here lately :) But I guess it is summer after all!

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jun 11 2012 4:40:21 PM
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yeah, summer is pretty quick the rest of the time its at least chilly before it gets downright freezing f'n cold. But its a GREAT place to live. I have a buddy who migrated to Australia and he says that aside from some minor cultural and topology differences the two countries are very much similar.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jun 12 2012 02:35:42 AM
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Originally posted by eze

yeah, summer is pretty quick the rest of the time its at least chilly before it gets downright freezing f'n cold. But its a GREAT place to live. I have a buddy who migrated to Australia and he says that aside from some minor cultural and topology differences the two countries are very much similar.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jun 14 2012 02:24:41 AM
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Aaron, you recently said that you played the original SimCity game.

Take a look:
http://www.simcity.com/

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jun 16 2012 10:58:29 AM
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It starts to get cold around the end of October, and is generally warming up around mid-April. There's often a mid-winter warm streak as well. Last year was quite strange though because in February, we were seeing 20C days and there was almost no snow the entire winter (I think I used the snow blower once). Yeah, that's different than a climate in which probably no one has ever seen a snow blower. Cold for me starts at -30C, and in the same sense, hot starts around 30C. Then again I'm not really one to complain about or discuss the weather. Everyone else seems obsessed by it. I'm just concerned if it interferes with my plans.

So they're bringing back SimCity. Hm, I don't know about that. SimCity 2000 had just about the right mix of fun gameplay vs. micromanagement. I couldn't deal with SimCity 3000 because it just turned into a chore to maintain every little variable. I hope that the new version has a "casual" and "crazy" mode so that us players whom want to just build infrastructure and watch a kickass city grow can do so.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jun 17 2012 01:54:11 AM
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Originally posted by Aaron Cake

It starts to get cold around the end of October, and is generally warming up around mid-April. There's often a mid-winter warm streak as well. Last year was quite strange though because in February, we were seeing 20C days and there was almost no snow the entire winter (I think I used the snow blower once). Yeah, that's different than a climate in which probably no one has ever seen a snow blower. Cold for me starts at -30C, and in the same sense, hot starts around 30C. Then again I'm not really one to complain about or discuss the weather. Everyone else seems obsessed by it. I'm just concerned if it interferes with my plans.

So they're bringing back SimCity. Hm, I don't know about that. SimCity 2000 had just about the right mix of fun gameplay vs. micromanagement. I couldn't deal with SimCity 3000 because it just turned into a chore to maintain every little variable. I hope that the new version has a "casual" and "crazy" mode so that us players whom want to just build infrastructure and watch a kickass city grow can do so.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jun 17 2012 07:35:50 AM
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That f*n sucks. I saw more evidence of these fires on the news today. As a citizen of your sister country, I feel for you Australia.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jun 17 2012 08:36:55 AM
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Originally posted by eze

That f*n sucks. I saw more evidence of these fires on the news today. As a citizen of your sister country, I feel for you Australia.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jun 19 2012 09:15:21 AM
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We just had a little tremor (5.3) about 2 hours ago. These things are very rare in Australia. I was mopping the kitchen floor when I felt the ground shake and the fridge wobble for a few seconds. The internet dropped out momentarily. A call to 000 (emergency services) was not answered - probably too many people calling.

The last tremor I remember feeling was about 10 years ago. I was looking into a bedroom from the hallway and the bed was wobbling - never seen anything like it.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/strong-tremors-rock-victoria/story-fn7x8me2-1226401623358

EDIT:
Actually... there was no earthquake...
I was doing an experiment in my workshop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apj4QSN8XQY&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLCE7C0CF960187891

Randomness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuTA7DYklRo&feature=related

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jun 23 2012 10:21:16 AM
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Last summer i was in the shop working on the Cosmo when we had a small earthquake. It was the result of a much larger earthquake in Ohio. Actually it was quite noticable and managed to rattle all the shelves and stuff on the benches, which is quite remarkable considering that this part of Ontario sits on some very old and stable rock. We don't get much movement.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jun 23 2012 4:40:07 PM
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That was YOU rockin' the shop buddy! COSMO MAKES ME FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE....EEEE........EE......E

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jun 24 2012 07:30:30 AM
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It must be pretty frightening if you're down a mine when the earthquake strikes.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Jun 25 2012 02:27:06 AM
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Originally posted by Aaron Cake

Last summer i was in the shop working on the Cosmo when we had a small earthquake. It was the result of a much larger earthquake in Ohio. Actually it was quite noticable and managed to rattle all the shelves and stuff on the benches, which is quite remarkable considering that this part of Ontario sits on some very old and stable rock. We don't get much movement.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jun 27 2012 12:13:56 PM
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I still think it was just seismic activity related to an accumulation of Cosmo restoring awesomeness that rocked the shop and inevitably the world! Hey Aaron, are you going to put the Cosmo into the car-show circuit?

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jun 30 2012 02:49:00 AM
Message:

Duke3d theme playing on 8 floppies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55cPr6LC8MM&list=FLHezsNexmJE7rhNlxPKhTCg&index=2&feature=plcp

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jun 30 2012 10:58:01 AM
Message:

The Doctor Who theme on eight floppy drives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enZ4P7Azxys

Bow ties are cool.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jul 01 2012 01:39:14 AM
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Yeah! This is one way to make money on YouTube.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jul 01 2012 10:40:09 AM
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Probably not a lot though. AdSense on YouTube is not a huge money maker from my experience. I think you need a lot of views and the type of audience that will click on anything as long as it's bright and flashy (kids, much of the adult population).

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jul 02 2012 12:33:41 AM
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I earn a surprising amount of money from website advertisements but from YouTube, not much. That's probably because I haven't been bothered to create content - just random shit.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jul 07 2012 10:52:16 AM
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This website earns enough, but far less than it did before the economy crashed. Advertisers are just spending a lot less on clicks, because people are spending a lot less on their products. YouTube earnings are low, quite low. Partly because I don't use interstitial ads. I hate those things. If I wanted to see commercials, I'd watch television (and not use my PVR to skip them).

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jul 08 2012 07:43:41 AM
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i just clicked on every ad twice. Do the clicks have to come from unique IP addresses in order to payout or should I just click everything like 50 times every time I visit your page? By the way, I got a standup sandblasting cabinet complete with media and an extra light for $200! I had to drive all the way out to Hamilton but in a Honda civic with a trailer it only cost me $25 in gas round trip. Check it out:




I am just amazed at how quickly it cleans up old parts to brand spanking new.




Quick shine on the bench grinder wire brush and voila



Like take these handlebar ends for example - Before sandblasting and after:



And then this is the part sandblasted and the other finished.



Both parts cleaned and ready for paint in just under 10 min. Would have cost me around $30 for both those parts if done in a shop and I have two sets of brake calipers, clutch and brake levers, handlebars and a butt load of engine parts to blast (i know I said the words butt and blast in the same sentence) so I think I did good. Been watching the online classifieds for about 3 months until this beaut came up so I just had to snag it.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jul 14 2012 10:46:17 AM
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Google detects click fraud (clicking on every ad twice ) and automatically cancels those clicks. The advertisers pay for those clicks so ads should only be clicked if there is genuine interest. That said if I Google something and see what I want in both a paid ad and the free results, I'll click the paid ad just so that the company knows their advertising is working.

That blast cabinet looks exactly like mine, except red while mine is blue. Nothing like media blasting to clean stuff up. I wonder how I ever wasted time with wire wheels before. The only thing I've found is that the suction blasting gun that comes with the cabinet is pretty week and just uses a load of air. So I drilled a big hole in mine and slipped in the nozzle from my 5 gallon pressure blaster.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jul 15 2012 09:23:23 AM
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on that note, have you ever clear coated bare metal? I am going to try it on these clip on handlebars using VHT clear coat.
Hope it keeps up and doesn't rust. Will keep you posted on the results.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Jul 16 2012 12:13:34 AM
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I had an old amplifier out in my garage that was black and I spray painted part of it red. Then I got tired of it and started sanding it. About mid way through, I stopped because I thought it looked cool with bare metal, red, and black and I clear coated it. No rust so far. That was around 3-4 months ago.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jul 21 2012 10:30:18 AM
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As long as the clear is quality I don't see any problems. A 2 part clear is likely what you want because regular spray can stuff dries with pores caused by the solvents evaporating. There is catalyzed clear available in a can from Eastwood though. You break a little glass ampule of the catalyst inside before you use it, and then have about an hour or so to spray. POR-15 is also available clear though if exposed to sunlight it will discolour.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Jul 24 2012 12:38:52 AM
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Awhile back I bought a can of a Duplicolor clearcoat and it was horrible. The nozzle would clog and since it was an "all direction" spray can, you couldn't clean the nozzle. So I bought the $1.99 stuff. (I forgot the brand) Works the same, easy to clean, and it works with my gun attachment. I still don't recommend the 99 cent crap at walmart though.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jul 27 2012 07:34:57 AM
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I found that if you keep a cap full of paint thinner and drop the spray head into it and clear it with the air nozzle from an air compressor to clear the hole, you can get some pretty decent results out of a rattle can. There is a decent article on it here: http://domlnator.tripod.com/id21.html and it is rather a pain to have to constantly go back and forth to ensure you don't have any paint spittle, drops or inconsistent spray but it is possible to get semi-pro results from a rattle can. It just takes five times longer so the moral of the story is.....get an HVLP spray gun which is my next step for sure. FYI: I have also found VHT clear to be a very good product. Out of the can, the clear is pretty tough, but if you can bake the parts after they have been coated, the finish is not only rock hard, it stands up rather well to chemicals such as brake fluid which is what I used to test the finish considering I am going to be coating the brake master cylinder. I will post pics as soon as I get a chance to snap them.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jul 28 2012 11:02:06 AM
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That's been my experience with VHT as well. Baking makes a huge difference in the quality and toughness of the finish. At this point I also have a cup of acetone readily available when using any spray can, especially the weld through primer. High solid counts mean the nozzles clock quickly so after use, a quick dip in acetone and blast of air helps tremendously.

The little spray gun I've used in the Cosmo videos (painting the engine parts) was about $30 at Princess Auto and I've likely used it 50 times since purchased. Some paints are only available in cans (like POR-15) so the gun is the only choice. Or if doing a large area or bunch of items with just basic hardware store paint, a can of Tremclad is $6 vs maybe needing 5 rattle cans. Of course to run a gun you need air, and that must be filtered dry air. Really for everyday painting it probably doesn't matter if a bit of compressor oil or moisture get into the gun. For POR-15 and other high end products, the air supply must be perfectly clean. A water/air separator at the compressor with a filter, and then a desiccant filter at the gun is necessary.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Jul 28 2012 1:15:28 PM
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Originally posted by eze

I found that if you keep a cap full of paint thinner and drop the spray head into it and clear it with the air nozzle from an air compressor to clear the hole, you can get some pretty decent results out of a rattle can. There is a decent article on it here: http://domlnator.tripod.com/id21.html FYI: I have also found VHT clear to be a very good product. Out of the can, the clear is pretty tough

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jul 29 2012 08:51:31 AM
Message:

Hey Aaron, are you still a fan of Mapquest or have you 'converted' to accept Google as your savior? :)

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jul 29 2012 11:05:32 AM
Message:

I too have purchases Nightshades, though only to use to tint the face of the shop clock.

Google maps has been my choice for a few years partially because it is integrated into the toolbar. Just visited Mapquest and yep, it basically does the same thing it always has. Just that Google maps integrates a lot more stuff like POIs, bicycle routes, etc. Plus reviews can be hilarious. Lookup Google reviews for your old high school.

Interestingly, mapping London to St. Thomas in Google maps as a bicycle trip picks almost the exact same route automatically that I did last week when I planned the same trip.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jul 30 2012 7:00:39 PM
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Hey Aaron, I went through all your links and reported all the bad ones...Hope you don't mind. I know your email probably looks like you've been spammed pretty bad but I thought you might want to trim the fat so to speak.

Some great links on the page but a lot of them are not working. Cheers (free of charge)

:)

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Jul 31 2012 10:30:23 AM
Message:

That's what that was.

Sadly links go out of date so quickly I've basically given up maintaining the links page. Not really relevant these days any with the Google.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jul 31 2012 11:55:41 AM
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Really sorry dude! I thought I was helping...

For the record, some of those working links are great.

Reply author: JUAN DELA CRUZ
Replied on: Aug 01 2012 5:01:33 PM
Message:

Hi guys,
I am seeking for a decent online money maker for extra' income (badly need it ). Please share me some tips how to start.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Aug 04 2012 10:30:31 AM
Message:

If making money online was as easy as a few tips, everyone would be doing it. Unless you consider just the old fashioned ways of making money that have moved online (selling on eBay, making stuff for Etsy, etc.) then the only real other way that doesn't involve selling something is to have a large and interested audience to which you can run advertising. But it takes a large number of people, at least 10,000 a day, to make it worthwhile. Building up that community is where the labor is.

Then again, there's always porn. Porn seems to make money.

Reply author: JUAN DELA CRUZ
Replied on: Aug 04 2012 11:46:11 AM
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Originally posted by Aaron Cake

If making money online was as easy as a few tips, everyone would be doing it. Unless you consider just the old fashioned ways of making money that have moved online (selling on eBay, making stuff for Etsy, etc.) then the only real other way that doesn't involve selling something is to have a large and interested audience to which you can run advertising. But it takes a large number of people, at least 10,000 a day, to make it worthwhile. Building up that community is where the labor is.

Then again, there's always porn. Porn seems to make money.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Aug 05 2012 10:43:30 AM
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No I'm not dead, just very busy.

Thought Aaron might like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1TvKV-wblw&feature=g-u-u

Oh and while I'm here:
http://myworld.ebay.com.au/wasssup199061

I'll be adding more over time so keep an eye open coz you might see something you like. A few antiques will be added soon.
Made $130 yesterday.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Aug 07 2012 12:19:32 PM
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Originally posted by Aaron Cake

I too have purchases Nightshades, though only to use to tint the face of the shop clock.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Aug 19 2012 10:53:11 AM
Message:

Hey Aaron, first off, I want to apologize again for unintentionally spamming you via the "report dead links" feature on your links page. I finally got around to pulling my 1990 (non-turbo) RX7 out of storage and although I didn't realize how much work I had left on the car, I am looking forward to having the car ready for spring now that I am almost finished my two stroke racing bike project. Quick question regarding carpeting...do I need to actually pull the dash to replace the carpet or can I just unbolt it and pull it an inch or two for clearance?

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Aug 19 2012 10:59:49 AM
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Originally posted by wasssup1990

Thought Aaron might like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1TvKV-wblw&feature=g-u-u

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Sep 08 2012 07:50:03 AM
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I just had to post this one.

I heard it on the radio and then decided to go track it down.

Such a great sounding song and excellent music video.

They're Australian twins and they've been making music for about 13 years now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQzif_nVt0A&feature=BFa&list=FLHezsNexmJE7rhNlxPKhTCg

Fuk, I just can't over this song.

A joke a made up a few days ago:

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Why were most old computer mice male?
They had balls.

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Sep 15 2012 11:44:25 AM
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Originally posted by eze

Hey Aaron, first off, I want to apologize again for unintentionally spamming you via the "report dead links" feature on your links page. I finally got around to pulling my 1990 (non-turbo) RX7 out of storage and although I didn't realize how much work I had left on the car, I am looking forward to having the car ready for spring now that I am almost finished my two stroke racing bike project. Quick question regarding carpeting...do I need to actually pull the dash to replace the carpet or can I just unbolt it and pull it an inch or two for clearance?

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Originally posted by wasssup1990

I just had to post this one.
I heard it on the radio and then decided to go track it down.
Such a great sounding song and excellent music video.
They're Australian twins and they've been making music for about 13 years now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQzif_nVt0A&feature=BFa&list=FLHezsNexmJE7rhNlxPKhTCg
Fuk, I just can't over this song.

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Sep 16 2012 09:15:38 AM
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Brother please! A man with as much talent and as many awesome projects as you, does not need to apologize to a scrub like myself. But I appreciate the gesture all the same and really it is no big deal as it is obvious you are a busy dude. The fact that we are lucky to have access to a brain like yours over this forum in my opinion is priceless. So without further adieu here are a few updates from your favourite Torontonian midget:

I was working on a write-up that I promised you guys months ago measuring the lux emitted from two different LED bulb replacements for my motorcycle signals. My concern is that they are obviously not as bright as conventional bulbs but I didn't have any way to obtain a qualitative measurement considering the light meter in my old Canon AE1 left me with inconclusive results via its antique analogue meter so I went and purchased a 200,000 LUX digital light meter off ebay for just over 10 bucks:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/200-000-Lux-Digital-LCD-backlight-Pocket-Light-Meter-Lux-FC-Measure-Tester?item=251109080870&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D2084406605202034228#ht_4230wt_902

I hope to get a more accurate reading on the amount of luminous flux emitted from these white 45 and 90 SMD LED bulbs using this cheap ebay meter and then I want to compare the brightness of the white LEDs through amber signal lenses and then amber bulbs through the same signal lens.

Regarding my RX7, in honour of Aaron's RX-Tina, I am going to name my car Katrina because I got the car back when Hurricane Katrina hit and my basement flooded with the torrential rainfall we got at the same time as Katrina was beating on the Atlantic regions. The main reason (aside from a really nasty flood cleanup and subsequent insurance claim) the car has been neglected so long since is probably because I was dreading the carpet replacement with the dash removal and all, but with the guidance of all your ancient Mazda wisdom, I am going to rip that carpet out tonight. The last thing I did to the car before putting her in storage was a new stage 2 racing clutch and welding new floor panels to replace the old rusty ones. My plan is to clean up any remaining oxidation on the floor panels before POR15'ing the whole floor. I also have a seat mount that has to somehow be cut out because the bolt stud that holds the seat rail looks like it completely rotted out. I will take a pic and will need to illicit your gnarly and most anticipated opinion on what to do before hacking at it, most probably with a dremel cutting disc. But your work on youtube has really shed some light on fixing up these old birds so I am confident with your guidance I can do this! Especially the dry ice segment for removing the tar off the floorboards, priceless knowledge I tell ya, all thanks to you Aaron. Around the same time I put the car in storage, I was able to locate some mint stock seats and two new doors with power locks and windows, which got painted with the rest of the car before she went into storage. Its just too bad I didn't see the clip you made that converted manual windows to power windows before going through all the trouble, but I had already proceeded with getting the new doors mounted and painted them before I saw your clip on the power window mod using the manual window internals....brilliant dude!

So for a more complex and arduous method for adding power windows to your RX, see the following link:

http://wright-here.net/cars/rx7/mods/power_windows.html

Other than that....sorry for the freakin' novel here! Talk to you guys soon....hope you and our Australian syndicates are all well!

Peace out

Engin

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Sep 16 2012 10:47:04 AM
Message:

It will be interesting to hear about your LEDs because this past weekend (at EVFest in Toronto) there was a vendor selling LED headlights. It appeared to be just a round board with about 75 LEDs on it. Needless to say, I was slightly skeptical...

I've had to fix the rotted seat mount issue in my RX-7 years ago. Mine was caused by the bolt snapping off upon removal, and then a very poor attempt at drilling and tapping out the hole. Of course the tap broke, so the only option left was to cut out part of the mount and weld in a new piece. Come to think of it, I believe that was my first sheet metal repair and it took an entire weekend.

The easiest way to add power windows to an SA/FB/FC is to just buy the power window regulators. They bolt right into the non-power doors. Then you can rig up your own switches and harness (that's what I did when I added power windows to Tina) or use the factory stuff (but the switches suck).

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Sep 16 2012 1:15:28 PM
Message:

Aaron Cake is the Mazda Guru! Thanks man....we are not worthy!!!



Also, your eminence....for LED headlights (spot or flood) you might want to check out this guy, sells out of the U.S.

http://stores.intuitwebsites.com/hstrial-QualiRegResou/StoreFront.bok

There is a full thread of 2700 posts regarding these specific lights here:

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=607184

The lights are primarily used on motorcycles but are getting very good reviews based on their design, durability and relatively low power consumption in comparison to filament bulbs. I am planning on getting a set for my Kawasaki this December.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Sep 19 2012 04:34:53 AM
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Originally posted by eze


Aaron Cake is the Mazda Guru! Thanks man....we are not worthy!!!

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Sep 19 2012 11:54:51 AM
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I dunno.... some might call it a sense of humour? It's a Canadian thing dude.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Sep 23 2012 2:53:09 PM
Message:

Hope this latest creation doesn't 'weird' anybody out....

Notice how the guru is able to not only levitate a turbo unit while dreaming about a completed Cosmo, but he is also able to levitate a rotor while at the same time, separating all the apex seals for inspection....Awesome!!

LOL

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Sep 25 2012 5:56:45 PM
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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Sep 27 2012 11:51:42 AM
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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Sep 28 2012 08:24:21 AM
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Oh yeah. I'm drooling.

http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/mclaren-reveals-worlds-quickest-car-20120918-2637r.html

http://www.topgear.com/uk/PARIS-MOTOR-SHOW-2012/photos/the-mclaren-p1-revealed-full-details-2012-09-27

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcmzc895mDc

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Sep 29 2012 10:45:55 AM
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Originally posted by eze


Aaron Cake is the Mazda Guru! Thanks man....we are not worthy!!!

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There is a full thread of 2700 posts regarding these specific lights here:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=607184
The lights are primarily used on motorcycles but are getting very good reviews based on their design, durability and relatively low power consumption in comparison to filament bulbs. I am planning on getting a set for my Kawasaki this December.

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Originally posted by Yerboogieman

Am I the only one a little weirded out by that picture? It's nice and all, but yeah.

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Did you take pictures at EVfest this year? Or was it pretty much the same as last year?

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Originally posted by eze


Hope this latest creation doesn't 'weird' anybody out....
Notice how the guru is able to not only levitate a turbo unit while dreaming about a completed Cosmo, but he is also able to levitate a rotor while at the same time, separating all the apex seals for inspection....Awesome!!
LOL

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Sep 29 2012 5:36:10 PM
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what the hell about 'we're not worthy' don't you understand?? Of course you can use the pics, you can do whatever you want....you are the great Aaron cake! LOL! Let me know if you have any special requests and I will do my best to photoshop portay you in a light that comes close to capturing your wise and mechanical awesomeness! On a side note, yes I have lots of time on my hands, I did this at work so in my opinion it was time well spent. Also, no none of this shit shouldn't creep anybody out, I just think the wicked contributions you make to this site, rx7club and your willingness to help point people in the right direction do indeed make you a pretty cool dude... That needs to be acknlowledged. Add to that a most cheese whizzy sense of humour and voila....a fan club only seems inevitable :)

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Sep 30 2012 10:26:36 AM
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Haha, thanks! Apparently there is a fan club for me on Facebook but since I don't have a Facebook account I can't see it myself. Always happy to help out when time allows. Just this summer I've actually had a life (shocking, no?) so I've not spent as much time on the forums as usual. As much as I enjoy working on the Cosmo it will be nice to have it completed so that I can move on to the next phase of life and other projects.

As a random, yesterday I learned the terminal velocity of a cat in free-fall is 96 KM/H.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Sep 30 2012 10:43:07 AM
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I hear ya, I have a fake fecesbook account so I can stalk ex girlfriends :) Let me know if you want my credentials, I will PM you with them!

Too bad I forgot you were gonna be at EV fest or I would have come by to meet and greet. Could have gone out to grab you food too. Oh well, there is always next year.

To add to your randomness, apparently the highest AVG recorded drop for a cat without killing it is 32 stories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-rise_syndrome

WTF!

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Oct 06 2012 10:40:34 AM
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No one I talked to at the EV Fest mentioned my website, so if there were any there who had seen the site, they didn't make it obvious. I did meed the obligatory over-unity crazy people. My favourite one this year was a man designing a very efficient series of motors and generators (same thing, I know) and he would connect the 1.5KW generator shaft to the shaft of the 1KW motor. He kept saying that he's so close to getting more power out of the generator than he's putting into the motor. So very close...

Nah, I'm really not interested in anything to do with Facebook. Guess I could make a burner account but I just don't see the point. Bunch of chatter. If I want to see my friends I do it in real life.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Oct 12 2012 8:52:07 PM
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That's funny. I'll have to look it up again, but I joined the fan club, talked to the guy and he told me his username on here.

I have a couple facebook accounts for different reasons.

It would be nice if you did have a Facebook to keep us updated on smaller things. I guess that's what the forum is for sorta, but yeah.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Oct 12 2012 10:26:34 PM
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Ok gents, at long last, here is what I have setup as far as a LED lux measurement test:

I purchased two sets of LED bulbs, the first set off flea bay for a mere $9.99 with free shipping:
This bulb is about the same size as a conventional 12V automotive filament bulb.

120 LED 3528 SMD 1156 BA15S Pure White Fog Head Light Lamp Bulb DC 12V
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130592729021&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:CA:1123







The second set I bought for $25 each which came out to a whopping $58 bucks after tax and shipping from Superbrightleds.com

1156 LED Bulb - Single Intensity 45 SMD LED Tower

http://www.superbrightleds.com/search/led-products/1156-cw45-t/





You can see the 45 SMD LED tower bulb is just over half the size of the 120 SMD LED tower bulb and at 10x the cost.



My light meter finally came in yesterday fresh off the boat from Hong Kong like a rub and tug worker in cheap heels.



It measures in both FC = Foot Canlde (From Wiki: The name "footcandle" conveys "the illuminance cast on a surface by a one-candel source one foot away" and LUX (also from Wiki: luminous flux or luminous power is the measure of the perceived power of light).

Here it is measuring the light from my desk lamp:


So my question is, how far away should I have the light meter? One foot away using FC measurement? or at multiple distances using LUX units? I am going to conduct the tests using my motorcycle signals which illuminate solid instead of blinking if I pull the bulb on the opposite side signal which should make capturing the peak luminosity easier than if the light was blinking. The readings will be taken in my garage which is pitch black with the door closed and I will be taking measurements of both the 45 and 120 LED SMD bulbs against the standard 12V automotive filament jobbies.

The last step after obtaining those readings is to maybe order an amber set considering my signal light lens covers are amber going back to what you said Aaron about the less light possibly travelling through a different coloured lenses and comparing the two results. But really, the very last step of the test will be to measure the voltage draw of all the bulbs to complete the full spectrum of data.

If I could please get your educated opinions on how far back I should have the light meter in order to determine what the optimum bulb for use as motorcycles signals (without impeding or limiting light output) would be. Optimum being most bang for your voltage buck at a reasonable cost.

That is all for now

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Oct 13 2012 10:46:49 AM
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The exact distance is probably not important since you are comparing to a traditional bulb of the same style. Get a fridge box or something, paint the inside black and then mount the test bulbs at one end. Mount the meter through the wall at the other end and then test each pair of LED/incandescent bulbs.

The one thing I wonder though is whether the meter is sensitive to spectrum. The LED bulbs have a far narrower spectrum than incandescent which could affect readings. It certainly changes how people see LED light.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Oct 14 2012 2:33:17 PM
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Here are the responses from my cross post on ADV:

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=19811805#post19811805

Looks like you were right about the amber bulb emitting more light out of an amber lens than the white as well as the direction the light gets emitted that make the most difference in brightness.

I doubt a $14 light meter is going to even touch spectrum.

Reply author: BEatonNo1
Replied on: Oct 15 2012 12:18:25 AM
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Did you by chance measure the current these draw? Also has anyone said how reliable they are? This would be a nice thing to use in the anchor lite on the top of my boat. would be nice to only have to climb up there once. And they aren't nearly as expensive as the "marine" options I have seen.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Oct 17 2012 12:25:06 PM
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Sorry to interrupt the LED discussion but I just have to share this. I think a few tears came out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJckjhkG_4o&list=FLHezsNexmJE7rhNlxPKhTCg&index=1&feature=plcp

P.S.
My house is illuminated mostly by LEDs. No incandescents and only a few CFLs. If I get a chance I may post a few pics to show what they look like. I have a little 1W (or 3W, I forget) LED in the boot (trunk) of my car. My workshop has one of those corn-cob style LED lights which the manuf. claim is 20W but I haven't measured it to confirm. The future is now when it comes to LED lighting. Gotta love 'em.

EDIT: And another
http://www.news.com.au/national/ice-gives-daredevil-the-cold-shoulder/story-fndo4bst-1226498953517

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Oct 21 2012 10:47:20 AM
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Originally posted by eze

I doubt a $14 light meter is going to even touch spectrum.

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Originally posted by wasssup1990

Sorry to interrupt the LED discussion but I just have to share this. I think a few tears came out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJckjhkG_4o&list=FLHezsNexmJE7rhNlxPKhTCg&index=1&feature=plcp

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My house is illuminated mostly by LEDs. No incandescents and only a few CFLs. If I get a chance I may post a few pics to show what they look like. I have a little 1W (or 3W, I forget) LED in the boot (trunk) of my car. My workshop has one of those corn-cob style LED lights which the manuf. claim is 20W but I haven't measured it to confirm. The future is now when it comes to LED lighting. Gotta love 'em.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Oct 22 2012 12:35:49 AM
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I bought two 10W T8 LED tubes for the kitchen. Coming from China I didn't know what to expect. They turned out to be very good. The colour temperature is very white, not too warm and not too cool. They light up the whole kitchen better than the two 20W fluros that I had installed. They have an internal AC-DC switch-mode power supply that can operate from approximately 85VAC up to 250VAC. This means that if we have a brown-out (which we have), these lights will still produce full brightness down to 85VAC. I can't say the same for most CFLs, Fluro tubes and definitely not incandescents unless you have an off-grid backup supply.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/10W-T8-LED-Straight-Tube-Bulb-White-Light-Lamp-60CM-Bright-CE-ROHS-AC85V-250V-/280940645264?pt=AU_Lighting_Fans&hash=item41695e0b90

A working environment should have multiple light sources, period. Preferably each producing evenly dispersed light out of a wide area. If the light-source is up high then you can get away with the beam being more focused. Lightly coloured walls also help. I think this is all pretty obvious to us anyway.

I watch every one of this guy's videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym4O0z13HiM&feature=plcp

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Oct 23 2012 10:04:53 PM
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I have some more funny videos, all from the same Melbourne Today show.

This one never gets old. I curl up into a laughing ball every time I see it:
http://youtu.be/bSieJM33DOk

Attack of the Snakes:
http://youtu.be/Boewck8UPxw

You got a big one!
http://youtu.be/VmoRiscp6oY

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Nov 20 2012 09:35:21 AM
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Irrefutable evidence of "intelligent" life on Mars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mOxQghay9w

Reply author: SpaceBison
Replied on: Nov 30 2012 9:45:32 PM
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Hay guyz, what's going on up in here?

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Dec 01 2012 10:42:40 AM
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I for one welcome our new Martian gallus gallus overlords. On second thought...NUKE MARS!

Well, I happened to be on a conference call with a big wireless vendor yesterday aternoon that consisted of about 20 minutes discussing my network deployment, then an hour of discussing bee keeping and animal encounters during cable pulling jobs. It was a pleasant Friday afternoon.

Reply author: eze
Replied on: Dec 12 2012 5:11:56 PM
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Heya Fellas, sorry I seemingly dropped off the face of the internet! New kid, new job, just getting over a series of bad colds. Hows it going?

Love the Cosmo update Aaron, thanks for making it a long one! And I am totally honored you used my photoshop!!! And credit to boot... SAWEEEET :)

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Dec 21 2012 12:04:37 AM
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Well men, it's been an honor.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Dec 21 2012 03:08:26 AM
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We're still alive? o.O

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Dec 22 2012 10:24:21 AM
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Yeah, yet another apocalypse which turned out to be quite a nice, regular, and perhaps slightly routine day. SHOCKER

Sure hope that the TV networks do follow up shows with all those crazy people whom actually believed, in which they make fun of those people mercilessly.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 22 2012 11:02:22 AM
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Blah! End of the world my arse.

2013 here we come!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q2P4LjuVA8&list=FLHezsNexmJE7rhNlxPKhTCg&index=1

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 26 2012 8:22:25 PM
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Take a look at these two. Pretty funny.

http://www.news.com.au/world/an-elephant-ate-my-iphone/story-fndir2ev-1226543892058

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HqA0hDkL_8&list=FLHezsNexmJE7rhNlxPKhTCg&index=1

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Dec 29 2012 10:08:15 AM
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The Chinese news must be a well done fake. Even the most back-woods ignorant people would know that it wasn't a plant, just by the texture. There's nothing in nature that feels like sex-toy-silicone. Still funny as hell but just a bit too unbelievable.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 30 2012 03:21:42 AM
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Originally posted by Aaron Cake

The Chinese news must be a well done fake. Even the most back-woods ignorant people would know that it wasn't a plant, just by the texture. There's nothing in nature that feels like sex-toy-silicone. Still funny as hell but just a bit too unbelievable.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Dec 31 2012 08:22:42 AM
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wooo! Fireworks are everywhere and the city is covered with $2,800,000 of smoke. I climbed up onto the roof to see it. I used my telescope, not that I really needed it. Time to watch the TV recordings of both Sydney and Melbourne...

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Jan 06 2013 10:25:30 PM
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Happy new year to you too!

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 09 2013 12:28:24 AM
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Originally posted by Yerboogieman

Happy new year to you too!

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Reply author: JUAN DELA CRUZ
Replied on: Jan 10 2013 10:27:50 AM
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hi johnny. . Happy New Year!

its been a long time.. Are you still studying? Your pic was like a 'nuclear explosion' LOL

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 10 2013 11:14:25 AM
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quote:

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Originally posted by JUAN DELA CRUZ

hi johnny. . Happy New Year!

its been a long time.. Are you still studying? Your pic was like a 'nuclear explosion' LOL

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Reply author: JUAN DELA CRUZ
Replied on: Jan 27 2013 11:02:58 PM
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hi johnny. . .how is your website?

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Jan 28 2013 11:53:52 AM
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Originally posted by JUAN DELA CRUZ

hi johnny. . .how is your website?

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Reply author: eze
Replied on: Jan 28 2013 12:35:24 PM
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Help me OB1!!!

Aaron, have you ever fixed a broken hood release cable for a gen2 RX? Mine broke this weekend and the only posts I can find on RX7 Club pertain to the gen3 and advise to go through the driver side signal. Do you know if that fix would work for the Gen2? Let me know if you have any expertise in the matter please!!

Thanks

Reply author: JUAN DELA CRUZ
Replied on: Jan 31 2013 08:34:23 AM
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@johnny,
Goodluck to you pal, hope your interesting website will be done soon. . I am looking forward for it.

Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Feb 01 2013 12:26:38 AM
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Originally posted by JUAN DELA CRUZ

@johnny,
Goodluck to you pal, hope your interesting website will be done soon. . I am looking forward for it.

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Feb 03 2013 11:43:30 AM
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quote:

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Originally posted by eze

Help me OB1!!!
Aaron, have you ever fixed a broken hood release cable for a gen2 RX? Mine broke this weekend and the only posts I can find on RX7 Club pertain to the gen3 and advise to go through the driver side signal. Do you know if that fix would work for the Gen2? Let me know if you have any expertise in the matter please!!

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Originally posted by wasssup1990

My website is looking really sexy and all the pieces are coming together like a well cut jigsaw puzzle. I will probably synchronize the website sometime this weekend. The projects section will be almost complete but only one project will be there. I will add more projects as time goes on.

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Reply author: wasssup1990
Replied on: Feb 04 2013 06:42:13 AM
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quote:

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Originally posted by Aaron Cake

quote:

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Originally posted by wasssup1990

My website is looking really sexy and all the pieces are coming together like a well cut jigsaw puzzle. I will probably synchronize the website sometime this weekend. The projects section will be almost complete but only one project will be there. I will add more projects as time goes on.

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It's looking quite good with all the nifty fading, but one thing I did notice is that the links at the top are activated by script, so search engines aren't going to be able to navigate and it's a bit confusing for the user when the cursor doesn't change into a hand.

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Reply author: SpaceBison
Replied on: Apr 14 2014 04:48:02 AM
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Oh yeah! What's crackalackin' my shizznits? Holla!

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Apr 23 2014 10:08:57 AM
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Wow, been a while.

Not as much activity here as there once was.

I blame MySpace.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: Apr 23 2014 8:46:28 PM
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quote:

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Originally posted by Aaron Cake

Wow, been a while.

Not as much activity here as there once was.

I blame MySpace.

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Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: Apr 30 2014 10:20:44 AM
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I thought MySpace was making a comeback?

http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/32367.asp#multiview

Then again that makes about as much sense as the industry mouthpieces who say that Facebook is on the way out.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: May 02 2014 10:02:27 PM
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It actually is, but I'm not trying to race right into the Instagram or Twitter. I had Twitter, but it was pretty stupid. At least with Facebook it doesn't send you to a new page for EVERYTHING.

That's so Web 1.0 ;) lol

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: May 03 2014 10:12:20 AM
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Funny, I have no end of problems with Ajax based pages. Especially YouTube comments. Seems about half the time, the content arrives but the scripts do not. Or there is no indication the browser is running some JS parsing the whole page and all functions are not yet available. Or the wonderful YouTube "An error has occurred" error 75% of the time I click on Comments. Doesn't matter the computer, browser nor connection. What ever happened to just serving up HTML? And it's worse on a touch screen

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: May 03 2014 7:47:22 PM
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I just hate the new YouTube altogether. It has so many problems. Even on my six-core gaming PC I have problems with it. Half the time, these newer websites where EVERYTHING is java and shockwave crap, most of the links don't work. One of the reasons I love Wikipedia. It hasn't changed, and hasn't had to change because it works so well.

People nag about Facebook changing, but once you actually see the little shortcuts they do that most normal people wouldn't think of, it makes it a lot easier to use, and you can use the keyboard more instead of relying on the mouse. After messing with Linux, I'm all for keyboard shortcuts.

Reply author: Aaron Cake
Replied on: May 04 2014 10:44:49 AM
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You're preaching to the choir. So many websites are overloaded with "widgets" and things designed to give clueless web designers server side functionality on the client side, it's becoming a real problem. YouTube is unusable on single core PCs now if there are more than a few hundred comments. I struggle to see why comments need to be supplied by JavaScript.

I admit that I listen to a lot of Leo Laporte's podcasts, have for years. While not in it really for technical info it's interesting programming. But I dare you to visit Twit.TV with anything lower than a 4 core i7. It's so overloaded with "Web 2.0" that it takes 5 - 8 minutes to render on my old TC4200. I've since upgraded my laptop so it's not a big deal but it practically maxes out all 4 cores (i7) while it renders and the fan sure spins up.

I really can't comment on Facebook. I've only seen it a few times. But I hear you on keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts are one of the reasons (one of the many reasons) I will never stop using Blackberry.

Reply author: Yerboogieman
Replied on: May 17 2014 4:26:42 PM
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Haha, my old first gen AMD Phenom x4 PC loads it no problem. I load the Roku app on my TV occasionally without problems as well. When Youtube came out in 2005, before Google owned it, it was absolutely great. Sure there were other sites, but Youtube had no ads, free content, and no bloat.

I honestly don't understand the Javascript comments. Maybe we're just old. I'm 21 in two weeks. I like the cheap Nokia Windows phone so far. Not many apps, but it has the essential ones. The layout takes some getting used to but it's surprisingly fast. The battery lasts, 2days minimum with a lot of use.

Check out this Mac Plus on the Internet. http://hackaday.com/2013/12/13/putting-a-mac-plus-on-the-internet/

Aaron's Homepage Forum : http://www.aaroncake.net/forum/