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  1. J Sigmo

    My UPS Caught Fire Last Night

    Surely you're not suggesting that those evil plastic cups be used! Heaven forbid! ;) Oh, wait. Plastic cups are OK, it's only the straws that are bad, I guess. While it makes sense to take reasonable precautions with any electrical devices, something to realize is that people seem to be...
  2. J Sigmo

    $2M House Install (est. 1925)

    That is a classy-looking mount. :) Does it provide a waterproof area in which to make up the connections? Or would you need to drill a larger diameter hole into which the connectors can be stuffed, and then find a way to waterproof and seal the hole up around the wires?
  3. J Sigmo

    $2M House Install (est. 1925)

    And, check the stone. Depending on what kind it is, it may drill cleanly and without danger of fracturing. Limestone is often prized for construction because it does "work" easily without fracturing. You may be surprised at how easily a good hammer drill with a good bit, or a regular drill...
  4. J Sigmo

    Ok I have 2 options Advise

    I believe the comment above about the cameras in your first system is not that they're made in China, but that they're models built for the China market, not international or US. Thus, they'll have hacked firmware, which may not work properly, and which will "brick" the cameras if you try to...
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    $2M House Install (est. 1925)

    A few Arlos, some double-stick tape, the Krylon touch, and it's done! Be sure to put a few down in the basement wine cellar so you can see the ghosts and the walking skeleton. But beware the in-floor vat of acid! House on Haunted Hill (1959) Seriously. When I saw this house, it immediately...
  6. J Sigmo

    Setting up NetTime Time Sync Tool on Windows 10

    Good point about the SD card backups not having any time stamps. I have never installed an SD card in any of my cameras because I figure climbing up on a ladder and disassembling the camera to get at the card would be a royal pain. Then again, in the event of a burglary, if they stole one's...
  7. J Sigmo

    Setting up NetTime Time Sync Tool on Windows 10

    In my case, most of my cameras cannot contact my router because they're on a separate physical network that uses a second Ethernet port in the BI PC. However a few of my cameras are on the internet-connected network, via the other NIC of the BI PC because they are branched off of cable runs...
  8. J Sigmo

    I want a "sort of new" laptop.

    I'm still unclear on how one would attach a PCIe or SATA device to this mobo. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place. Where's the connector one would use for that? Or do you need the special adapter cable spoken of earlier in the thread? And... I doubt you're getting yours back any time...
  9. J Sigmo

    out with the old in with the new

    You may always have some issues with autofocus because of the hardware cloth (chicken wire) in the background. Those nice, distinct vertical and horizontal lines will always be attractive to the autofocus system, and it will try to make them be sharp, while ignoring the foreground. If there's...
  10. J Sigmo

    I want a "sort of new" laptop.

    I really need to play with and learn Linux. I received and installed the two 8Gig RAM modules today. All seems to work just fine. I think that's the max you can install in this little laptop, so I've got it pretty well maxed out for what I'll want now. It really is nice to finally have a...
  11. J Sigmo

    Door checker

    Maybe he left his personal stash in his car when he brought it in for some work, and he needed to retrieve it. Then, as long as he was there, he decided to do a bit of burglary. :)
  12. J Sigmo

    House explodes

    It sounds like five homes were left uninhabitable by the blast. Joint Release: Five homes deemed "unable to occupy" after Labor Day explosion - Casper, WY Oil City News
  13. J Sigmo

    Impatient Driver Gets Himself Killed

    Two wrongs don't make a right. But three rights makes a left!
  14. J Sigmo

    House explodes

    Yeah. We're about 1.15 miles away, and it made our house creak, like a small earthquake or a sonic boom. It got all of the neighbors out of their houses here. Several houses right next to the one that exploded have fairly bad structural damage, and there was at least one water main break from...
  15. J Sigmo

    Door checker

    A friend of mine was going to school in the downtown area of Denver, CO, the "capitol hill" area. Nasty neighborhood! He said you learned to not only leave your car unlocked, with NOTHING of value in it, but you also wanted to leave your windows all rolled all the way down, and the glove...
  16. J Sigmo

    House explodes

    I'm not sure if it's kosher to post a link to a FB post or not, but here goes: This is not my video. But someone got some security camera footage of this house exploding earlier today not too far from my place. I'm not sure what sort of camera system the poster used. I live a little over a...
  17. J Sigmo

    I want a "sort of new" laptop.

    That's interesting. I was actually thinking of updating the old laptop, though, just to make it useful for longer. But it would also be worth considering updating the new laptop, too, to get pro on it. I have several win 7 pro installs, so I could use one of those licenses to upgrade the...
  18. J Sigmo

    I want a "sort of new" laptop.

    I may try and see if I can put Win10 Pro on my OLD beast of a laptop. It's got win 7 pro on it now. I've already put extra money into the new little laptop with the bigger M2 SSD and the RAM I have on order. It's a nice machine, but knowing what I know now, and having spent extra money on it...
  19. J Sigmo

    Impatient Driver Gets Himself Killed

    It looks like everyone on that main road in that video is traveling quite fast. It does seem to me that the guy who pulled around the other car and drove right out into traffic was 100% at fault. I really do think his insurance will end up paying all of the bills and damage arising from this...
  20. J Sigmo

    I want a "sort of new" laptop.

    I thought about several ways to install the larger M2 SSD in mine. I could pull the original drive out, and, using a different PC and two external M2 cases, make a clone that way. I could just pull the original drive out, install the larger SSD in its place, and then use the media creation tool...
  21. J Sigmo

    I want a "sort of new" laptop.

    I will find, and post some pictures I took of the innards of one of the Core memory modules I salvaged from a Control Data computer. I couldn't bear to see them go to the landfill! RAM from when RAM was magnetic. :) Heres' the maintenance manual I found for this...
  22. J Sigmo

    I want a "sort of new" laptop.

    I think you're right. Going with a larger RAM module or modules might be a wise choice. The RAM modules aren't all that expensive right now. This unit won't need to have a lot of RAM, but you never know what the future will bring! Me, too! Things have gotten progressively better and...
  23. J Sigmo

    Doorbell location - potential problem

    Some of the doorbell/cameras come with a set of angled mounting plates so you can get the camera aimed to the left or right to various degrees. If the one you've got doesn't come with such angled plates, you could fabricate one to get the camera aimed over toward the door better. But digging...
  24. J Sigmo

    I want a "sort of new" laptop.

    I got it! The eagerly awaited little HP notebook PC from Best Buy arrived today. It's really thin and light compared to the old beast I have been using. It should be a pleasure to pack around by comparison. The display is great. Very sharp and crisp. I took a chance, and a few days ago, I...
  25. J Sigmo

    Impatient Driver Gets Himself Killed

    Reminds me of a common bumper sticker here: "Welcome to Wyoming. Consider everyone armed!"
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    Impatient Driver Gets Himself Killed

    About 8 years ago, I was driving home late at night from work, and came to a "TEE" intersection. I stopped at the red light, and when it turned green, I looked both ways, as you do, because, as they told us in Driver's Ed, back in the mid '70s, "You're just as dead whether or not you had the...
  27. J Sigmo

    My UPS Caught Fire Last Night

    One YouTube video leads to another:
  28. J Sigmo

    Is there a Blue Iris equivalent for Linux?

    I think what's gumming up this discussion is that we'd all like to know why you cannot run a Windows machine in this particular situation. It's none of my business, really, but if people understood the situation, they'd probably be more inclined to help. As it is, it seems mysterious, and...
  29. J Sigmo

    Impatient Driver Gets Himself Killed

    Unless, as @TonyR pointed out, a councilman or other bigwig lives there. Then the town will pay for it, for sure! ;)
  30. J Sigmo

    My UPS Caught Fire Last Night

    I'm sure I'm not the only one who remembers Carbon Tetrachloride fire extinguishing "bombs". Carbon tetrachloride - Wikipedia They were fairly common in refineries and other high fire-risk areas. You were supposed to throw them at the base of the flames, and when the glass broke, it would...
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