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    Stargate SG-1 Discussion

    I can't imagine that anyone over the age of 10 doesn't recognize Almond Roca and at least some of its dozens of related offerings. https://www.brown-haley.com/shop
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    Star Trek Discovery

    I guess you missed the part where the portal appeared to explode.
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    Turn Any Android Smartphone Into an FM Radio - Mini SDR Review

    My smart phone has an FM tuner built in.
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    Still thinking about a standard definition headend?

    Here's a topic that's time has long ago passed.
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    Spring Cleaning?

    I don't see them either. Previous and Next page are there but only the "Similar threads" appear now. I think that may have been a Xenforo change.
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    Star Trek Discovery

    In that mirror universes are all about "alternate personalities", it sort of fits.
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    That's a tough one given the exceptions that Congress cooked into the defintion of "unsolicited". You might check with the national party HQ to see if there isn't some way to get off their list of pigeons.
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    Star Trek Discovery

    Next Generation dipped their toe in the mirror universe with Thomas Riker (William Thomas Riker's transporter clone).
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    Our definitions of spam are probably different. If it is coming from Amazon, it isn't spam -- just e-mail that you don't want to read. Amazon allows you to select what they send at some level and you may simply need to update that selection. When I say spam, I'm thinking of truly unsolicited...
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    Then you either need a new e-mail address or a mail service that cleans out all the garbage and provides you with an exception list. Network Solutions may be talking the big talk but any self-respecting monitoring service should be trapping most of that spam.
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    Not only does the code exist but as they discover workarounds, they are "addressing" (disabling) them. The early solution was to scan for the executable file of the utility by file name but now they're going deeper. Flexibility will not be tolerated until two or major releases down the road...
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    My big concern with e-mail is that mess that is Outlook (or, as I prefer, Outluck) for those that are under Microsoft's Office curse. Webmail probably isn't as immune from attack as one might hope. E-mail remains a fairly big attack surface no matter how you do it. Unless your e-mail is being...
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    Anyone that is using Excel for data collection and manipulation deserves every moment of frustration they get. This is what web-based application software is for. The big benefit to web-based stuff (at least the applications that don't involve Microsoft tools) is that your data is independent...
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    Volts, Amps, and Watts — How should you measure electricity?

    By the same token, the electron you send isn't the one that appears at the other end of the conductor. Unlike a drain pipe, a conductor is always full of electrons. Resorting to hydraulics as an analog is a big step in the wrong direction as it requires much the same math as AC electricity...
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    If you don't use machine #3 to do anything other than your video applications (no e-mail, no web browsing, no web apps), you can run it as long as the hardware holds together (assuming other computers on the networks are maintained). If you run any Adobe software (and I mean any), make sure you...
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    Volts, Amps, and Watts — How should you measure electricity?

    The water pipe analogy works fairly well for DC but it doesn't begin to cover what's going on with AC. The point is that given the right tools and knowing which ones to use in a particular situation, you can figure out both.
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    Volts, Amps, and Watts — How should you measure electricity?

    Equating ohms with resistance when alternating current is in play suggests that you don't fully understand them either. Resistance alone is the domain of direct current circuits but since you're talking mostly about alternating current, the appropriate term is "impedance" (where imaginary...
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    Bill Walton R.I.P.

    I'm going to miss his style. He wasn't anything like the East Coast (overtly biased) color commentators and he had a never ending supply of fascinating stories to tell. At least he waited for the Pac-12 to trail off into the sunset. ;)
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    Bridging the Distance: Satellite Signals and Outsourced Software Development

    This sounds like a preemptive strike against an upcoming post about DIRECTV farming out firmware development.
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    Passkeys: is this finally the solution to the password problem?

    In that passkeys can be approximated with tools other than phones (much as TOTP has been incorporated into password managers), it has a future. The problem, as always, will be maintaining backups.
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    NICE AND EASY: What is a multiswitch?

    Practically speaking the multiswitch ship sailed a few years ago. No need to recycle old blog posts.
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    If I switch to DISH from DIRECTV on my boat, will I get my local channels back?

    This is a big, big reach. As DIRECTV goes back to moving HD channels to 101W, this is likely to be a loss for Ku dome users.
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    Auto Racing 2024

    Isn't there usually a NASCAR event on the same day as the Indy 500? I remember these as I also attend a boat racing event on the same day.
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    Is it time to upgrade your KVH satellite TV system?

    The last spot beam at 101W was turned off last week.
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    Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

    Mine dropped seven cents to $4.099. Redwood City is $4.899 so you're getting much closer to parity.