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by StefanVonS
Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:33 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Home A/C Air Handler
Replies: 29
Views: 6492

Re: Home A/C Air Handler

If it is spontaneously stopping, then I'm less inclined to think it is the capacitor. Sounds like you may be on to it with suspecting the relay. When the fan is stopped, can you check voltage to the fan at the board? See if you can get a universal control board to replace it with. If it solves the p...
by StefanVonS
Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:18 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Home A/C Air Handler
Replies: 29
Views: 6492

Re: Home A/C Air Handler

Fairly common cause of blower motor and condenser fan motors failing to spin up is the capacitor. Super cheap to replace and easy to check. Most meters have a capacitor test function.
by StefanVonS
Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:59 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Microsoft Windows 10 Gratis Upgrade Plans
Replies: 48
Views: 8214

Re: Microsoft Windows 10 Gratis Upgrade Plans

Microsoft Blog post from January 21st indicates the upgrade will be free, for the first year the OS is released, to Windows 7, 8.1, and 8.1 Phone users.

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/01/21/the-next-generation-of-windows-windows-10/
by StefanVonS
Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:50 am
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Lightswitch - "Relaxed" Search Question
Replies: 3
Views: 4836

Re: Lightswitch - "Relaxed" Search Question

For anyone in the future encountering this, here was the solution: C#: char[] separators = { ',', ';', ' ' }; if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(searchWords) { string[] words = searchWords.Split(separators, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); query = query.Where(a => words.Any(b => a.Description.Con...
by StefanVonS
Sun Dec 14, 2014 6:29 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Lightswitch - "Relaxed" Search Question
Replies: 3
Views: 4836

Re: Lightswitch - "Relaxed" Search Question

if it helps clarify at all, this is how I was constructing this search when I could use SQL: searchWords = Split(txt_Search) If UBound(searchWords) = 0 Then strSQL = "SELECT * FROM Items WHERE Items.Description LIKE '*" & txt_Search & "*' OR Items.Barcode LIKE '*" & t...
by StefanVonS
Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:00 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Lightswitch - "Relaxed" Search Question
Replies: 3
Views: 4836

Lightswitch - "Relaxed" Search Question

Hey guys! Building an app using Lightswitch to automate inventory and ordering. Running into a problem with searching for inventory by description. In SQL, I would concat LIKE statements using the OR operator, but in Lightswitch, I'm at a complete loss. My google-foo is quite good, but I'm coming up...
by StefanVonS
Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:24 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Earthquakes.
Replies: 38
Views: 6239

Re: Earthquakes.

Latest update: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10914143 TL;DR : Quakes moving further South. Strike-Slip quakes Cook Strait quake forecasts *Magnitude 6+: This week: 21%. This year: 51% *Magnitude 5.0-5.9: This week: 90%. This year: 99.9% *Magnitude 4.0-4.9: This we...
by StefanVonS
Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:23 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Windows 8 Beta
Replies: 26
Views: 4393

Re: Windows 8 Beta

Holy tangent bat man!
by StefanVonS
Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:06 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Buzzing breaker panel
Replies: 16
Views: 66488

Re: Buzzing breaker panel

Please call an electrician. Won't take long for them to diagnose and I personally wouldn't find it worth the risk to let it go. I had a water-heater breaker go bad and damn near set fire to the wall. I just happened to wake up and smell the smoke in time.
by StefanVonS
Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:21 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Getting a Blu-ray playerto work in Windows
Replies: 9
Views: 2089

Re: Getting a Blu-ray playerto work in Windows

OP, if you go with Total Media Theatre, also download the patch that disables Auto Refresh Rate Switching. They were trying this feature as a beta, but seems to cause stuttering more often than not. I gave PowerDVD a fair shot, and it was always broken more often than not. There is not one nice BluR...
by StefanVonS
Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:38 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Quality kitchen utensils?
Replies: 28
Views: 14267

Re: Quality kitchen utensils?

Another vote for Wusthof. Their gourmet line isn't full tang, but the Classic line feels excellent in the hand. Easy to sharpen yourself too. Great knives all around.
by StefanVonS
Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:48 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: AS3: Setter question
Replies: 16
Views: 5004

Re: AS3: Setter question

Thanks for all the replies. I ended up going the route of continuing to separate the classes. If for any reason at this point, it's to help me learn AS3. The part I was missing in communicating between the classes was the parent/child relationship. By adding MovieClip(parent.parent).playerposx(this)...
by StefanVonS
Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:29 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: AS3: Setter question
Replies: 16
Views: 5004

Re: AS3: Setter question

How do you handle compartmentalizing it all, or do you not? For example, if I wanted to switch the level after completion, do I just copy and paste all the player/enemy logic instead of using classes?
by StefanVonS
Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:28 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: AS3: Setter question
Replies: 16
Views: 5004

Re: AS3: Setter question

Lol, thank you for your guidance none-the-less. Very much appreciated.
by StefanVonS
Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:16 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: AS3: Setter question
Replies: 16
Views: 5004

Re: AS3: Setter question

As to your aside: thank you for that explanation, makes perfect sense. If you take a look at my edit above, I explain what happens if I try to instantiate a new Enemy class in "Player". This is probably where things are flying over my head. I have a symbol on the stage, gave it an instance...
by StefanVonS
Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:02 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: AS3: Setter question
Replies: 16
Views: 5004

Re: AS3: Setter question

You know, I thought of the whole instance vs class reference problem as well, but it still throws an error back when the Player class tries to send the variable to the enemy instance of the Enemy class. But perhaps its more telling: "Access of undefined property enemy." If I understand the...
by StefanVonS
Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:47 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: AS3: Setter question
Replies: 16
Views: 5004

Re: AS3: Setter question

Sorry, I didn't catch the edit. I'm actually very much new to OOP and this is my first foray into it. I think I'm getting lost where I don't know how much Flash is doing for me in the "background". If an object instantiated as "enemy" on the stage, which is anchored to the AS3 cl...
by StefanVonS
Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:38 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: AS3: Setter question
Replies: 16
Views: 5004

Re: AS3: Setter question

It is a symbol on the stage. It is exported for AS3 with the class "Enemy". The original code I posted is of Enemy.as in the same folder as Player.as All of it functions perfectly when set as public static, I just don't get why it has to be. I am finding so many examples of public setters ...
by StefanVonS
Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:28 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: AS3: Setter question
Replies: 16
Views: 5004

Re: AS3: Setter question

I declared the setter as static because when I call the function from another class, it fails with "Access of possibly undefined playerPosX through a reference with static type Class." if it is only declared as public, and not public static. My call in the other class looks like this: Enem...
by StefanVonS
Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:53 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: AS3: Setter question
Replies: 16
Views: 5004

AS3: Setter question

I thought the whole point of using a getter/setter is to keep the class's variables private. If I set the class variables as private and attempt to "set" them in the setter, function acts like they don't exist. Only way I could get it to work was to set the variables to as "public sta...
by StefanVonS
Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:01 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: AS3: Multiple key presses allows violation of if/then
Replies: 3
Views: 3283

Re: AS3: Multiple key presses allows violation of if/then

I love you guys... thank you!
by StefanVonS
Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:50 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: AS3: Multiple key presses allows violation of if/then
Replies: 3
Views: 3283

AS3: Multiple key presses allows violation of if/then

I'm on to learning AS3, and in trying to make a simple scroller, have run across a problem I can't fix and Google searches haven't been fruitful. At the current stage of development, this little app has an "inner boundary" where the player object is restricted. Attempting to move beyond, s...
by StefanVonS
Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:16 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: uh-oh..... well eh ha errgg! (system failure) UPDATE
Replies: 14
Views: 2181

Re: uh-oh..... well eh ha errgg! (system faulure)

Just throwing this out there as it happened to me and was very frustrating. A pin on the chipset heatsink had popped off, and I for the life of me couldn't figure out why it wouldn't boot. It would just stop after BIOS without any warnings or anything.
by StefanVonS
Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:28 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Battlefield 3 server
Replies: 80
Views: 10366

Re: Battlefield 3 server

Jon wrote:
Hey guys I'm unable to find the server in the server browser, was that fix from Dice applied allowing this server to show up?
Otherwise is it possible to manually connect somehow?


Lol, read the thread :) Server has been discontinued.
by StefanVonS
Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:02 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Photo Backups
Replies: 10
Views: 2989

Re: Photo Backups

Not sure on the file type/resolution best for photo scans, but I can recommend using a service like Carbonite, in addition to a Google Picasa account. I would think between the two cloud storage locations, your photos would be safe (and easy to share).
by StefanVonS
Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:01 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Brainstorming session: what broadcasts at 300MHz?
Replies: 23
Views: 8768

Re: Brainstorming session: what broadcasts at 300MHz?

Hams enjoy the fox hunt. You'll definitely find an enthusiast willing to hunt down the signal if you ask.
by StefanVonS
Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:27 am
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: AMD Support Request
Replies: 5
Views: 2649

Re: AMD Support Request

The tire brand Catalyst?
by StefanVonS
Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:11 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Huge Physics News
Replies: 70
Views: 9282

Re: Huge Physics News

That's exactly what I was thinking... :wink:
by StefanVonS
Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:34 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Huge Physics News
Replies: 70
Views: 9282

Re: Huge Physics News

Has anyone come up with a credible rebuttal to the GPS time-of-flight question? From the latest article: There are more checks of systematics currently under discussion, one of them could be a synchronisation of the time reference at CERN and Gran Sasso independently from the GPS (Global Positionin...
by StefanVonS
Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:08 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Strange Screen with XFX 6870 (resolved)
Replies: 36
Views: 6510

Re: Strange Screen with XFX 6870

FYI I had numerous issues with 11.10+ (BSOD, etc)
Rolled back to 11.9, and have had no problems since.
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