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by Princess Die
Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:16 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Vizio VW46L issue
Replies: 23
Views: 9477

Re: Vizio VW46L issue

Poorly-vented or heat-sinked components can reach their thermal threshold just about instantaneously. Agreed... If you had a can of cold-spray you could chill components near the backlight control sections to see which ones reproduce the problem. It could be something insidious like a poor solder j...
by Princess Die
Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:49 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: So who's been on these forums longer than I have?
Replies: 77
Views: 4152

Re: So who's been on these forums longer than I have?

"Seems like we've got a whole lot of folks who joined in 2002. (Myself included.)" Hey, 2002 was a good year! I had a 2 year-old and the wife had another in the oven. Had been working in MRI physics for years at that point and my home "lab" was still in my basement of the unit of...
by Princess Die
Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:25 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: I bought an AR-15!!!
Replies: 39
Views: 6894

Nice buy...I've always wanyed to get one, but the wife and kids keep my disposable funds fund too low. Kinda agnostic on the M-14/M-16 debate...I want them both, but I'll take the 16 first...although a fiberglass-stock "wintermodel" M-14 would be tough to pass up. Do you have a smaller vid...
by Princess Die
Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:17 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Joining the Religion & Politics Forum
Replies: 421
Views: 423937

Bring it! :P ( Pretty Please! )
by Princess Die
Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:36 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Brush up on your ladies skills!
Replies: 71
Views: 16556

"chloroform..." :lol: bwahahaha that rocks! :) Kinda reminds me of the joke: "Why are Mike Tyson's eyes red after sex???" "Mace" Gotta agree with G.G. pick-up lines are just horrible...any girl you get with one...probably isn't worth having. Waaaay back in the day befor...
by Princess Die
Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:51 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Wireless Electricity
Replies: 44
Views: 8332

Liquidsquid: Under "normal" antenna radiation, you could be losing 37db or more making the jump from conductor to air/free space. Staying in the near-field region, and ther are probably as many formulae for that distance versus wavelength as you have fingers, you are avoiding ( somewhat ) ...
by Princess Die
Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:20 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Wireless Electricity
Replies: 44
Views: 8332

Opios: "The resonant frequency depends on coil diameter, shape, loop spacing, load impedance" Word. I didn't get to look at the actual paper, but I am not suprised at all. Welcome to the black art of RF coils... Precicion, hi-Q stuff like this would have to to built to pretty demanding spe...
by Princess Die
Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:45 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Wireless Electricity
Replies: 44
Views: 8332

Also...add the fact that even at 40% ( which is great for wireless )that is hideously less efficient than AC wired distribution. That wasted power would have to be made up with more coal, uranium/plutonium, and oil. Also, the efficiency and safety of such a wireless system would be radically differe...
by Princess Die
Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:25 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Wireless Electricity
Replies: 44
Views: 8332

"40%...ick..." Dude...40 percent is pretty damn good for what in other circumstances would be dealing a homogenious isotropic radiation pattern. Assuming they aren't playing games with the effciency measurements, that is..say 40 % relative to some x dBi figure... *yawn* Gotta love how an I...
by Princess Die
Thu May 03, 2007 7:20 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Saltwater Aquariums
Replies: 8
Views: 1500

Misty, having had aquariums before, I know that salt water ones are really cool, but they are also not easy to keep balanced. I would recommend starting with a freshwater tank...10 gallons...for a while with some easy fish...tetras, mollies...just to get the feel for handling one. Then go with a sal...
by Princess Die
Tue May 01, 2007 9:39 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Heroes
Replies: 730
Views: 151441

"they should learn how to use their powers"

damn straight...Peter can stop time...so why not freeze Sylar in his tracks and fry him???

It was nice to see him born-again HARD and ready/able to go mano-a-mano against Sylar though...I am dying to see Sylar get schooled!!!
by Princess Die
Tue May 01, 2007 5:22 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Heroes
Replies: 730
Views: 151441

"heroes delivers. again."

wow...you can say that again...I ended up watching the last 10 minutes three times on the DVR...

Talk about "always leave them wanting more"...
by Princess Die
Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:13 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Heroes
Replies: 730
Views: 151441

Did anybody happen to watch the preview for Episode 19 in slow motion??? I caught it accidentally while rewinding and talking to my sister on the phone. She was bummed because she thought Peter was going to get killed… I was just telling her that I thought Peter was going to open an Industrial-Stren...
by Princess Die
Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:49 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Vista required reading: memory management
Replies: 34
Views: 9566

Regardless of how "exotic" and proactive the memory managers are in Vista...the fact remains that recommended minimums are now in the 512-1024MB range, with 2048MB being *preferred*...yes, yes, RAM is cheap...but all the overhead Just for the OS...something, that is basically along the lines of an X...
by Princess Die
Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:14 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: do we have any metalheads here at TR?
Replies: 62
Views: 21451

""mano-a-mano". Or so I wished.. But I did had my suspiscions.. which were horribly confirmed by the video" :lol: Bwahahaha! Yes, I know what you mean...Du Hast is one of my favorites to listen to in the gym...and then I had to see the lyrics translated along some photos :o I just close my eyes and ...
by Princess Die
Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:43 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: do we have any metalheads here at TR?
Replies: 62
Views: 21451

"Du Hast is pretty tame" "I still thought it was cheesy." Yes, that's what I was trying to say...a nice guitar set ruined by a "Deicide-dork gear"-wearing goof whining about his lost lover...like I said... Country Music meets goth Pet Shop Boys :lol: Also on my favorites list...Slayer's cover of Iro...
by Princess Die
Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:32 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: do we have any metalheads here at TR?
Replies: 62
Views: 21451

"Rammstein...cheesy"

Trust me...you don't really want to know the lyrics...*especially* my favorite tune: Du Hast.

The english translation reads like country music meets goth Pet Shop Boys... :lol:

I just pretend that I never read them and enjoy the guitar action.
by Princess Die
Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:30 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: do we have any metalheads here at TR?
Replies: 62
Views: 21451

Metal head from way back... Mostly Metallica, Megadeth, Lazz Rockit ( their cover of Holiday in Cambodia still rocks ) from back in the day, some Lords of Acid, Lacuna Coil, Kidney Thieves ( not really metal ) Not really liking the newer stuff that sounds like guys gargling rocks...especially that o...
by Princess Die
Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:55 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Bout To Experience Coldest Temp Ever.
Replies: 43
Views: 9147

Coldest I experienced was here in Pittsburgh about 10 -12 years ago, it went down to -10F for a couple days with one night dropping to -25F. Cold. The day after the -25F day, it went up to +13F...it felt positively balmy after being outside in -25... I went in to work with an open jacket and no hat ...
by Princess Die
Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:16 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: This I Despise
Replies: 161
Views: 36183

36 :lol:

My way of saying "especially those <20" 8)
by Princess Die
Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:06 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: This I Despise
Replies: 161
Views: 36183

1 ) Rude People 2 ) People who assume you are: (pick one or more) a) stupid b) mentally unstable c) evil d) brainwashed e) deluded f) ignorant because you hold a contrary opinion about something or do not agree with them. 3 ) People who do not countenance disagreement at all...i.e.: "You *must* be a...
by Princess Die
Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:19 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: TR Members Picture Thread! *New*
Replies: 322
Views: 99289

Hoser:

Thanks man! :D Keep at it, you'll get there!

I need to stay in shape just to keep up with my kids! 8)
by Princess Die
Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:30 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: TR Members Picture Thread! *New*
Replies: 322
Views: 99289

Ok...I don't have many good pix because my laptop was stolen recently, but I have 2 things: A picture of my daughter and I going down Splash Mountain at Disney World last year...she was right on the cusp of laughing and crying...afterward she made me ride Space Mountain 4 times in a row... :D http:/...
by Princess Die
Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:12 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Battlestar Galactica Season 3
Replies: 20
Views: 5723

Just got Season 1 (US version) for my birthday last Monday! My wife rocks! :lol: I'm waiting to get Season 2 as a complete set rather than in two halves. Still speechless from the Season 2 finale...Jeeze...WTF, Over?!? That was just an incredible turn of fortune... I hope that it's not going to be s...
by Princess Die
Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:20 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Sad day
Replies: 39
Views: 4621

My condolences to you and yours.

My grandad died of emphysema at 69...it was pretty tough to watch.
by Princess Die
Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:02 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Engagement
Replies: 76
Views: 17016

Congrats! Your fiancee is a cutie...you guys will have good-looking kids...so long as they take after the wife :wink: God knows, that's the only reason my kids turned out as cute as they are... :cry: So you now have passed the first of the three marriage rings... The Engagement Ring Soon to pass the...
by Princess Die
Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:40 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Thoughts on "impossible" theory of weight gain?
Replies: 95
Views: 18328

Agreed. Average Scales are easily 1-2% tolerance....i.e.: up to 2-4lbs for a 200lb person... The nutritionist is off in the ozone...the only possible thing I can think of that makes sense is that he is trying to split hairs between your "permanent" weight...the mass of tissue: bone, muscle, fat, org...
by Princess Die
Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:11 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What "manly" activities are you doing today?
Replies: 85
Views: 18061

Ahhhm getting ready to down a few Sierra Nevadas tonight with my brother who is in town. ...

Also, deftly avoided the "honey-do's" that my wife had lined up for today... :lol:
by Princess Die
Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:16 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Post your desk!
Replies: 222
Views: 83503

thegleek : Doh! Yeah that picture is five years old...back in my first hovel in cube land...I'm on my fourth now. Good eyes, the larger box was a Compaq 233MMX, the smaller one was a P5-600. Not seen in the picture: an older-still P-133 and a DEC Alpha 21064 150MHZ boat-anchor. ;) The new cube's ri...
by Princess Die
Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:53 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Post your desk!
Replies: 222
Views: 83503

Cube 1.0:

Image

I'll have to update to Cube 4.0 which includes fabulous extras such as:

Lava Lamp
Plasma Globe
Gallilean Thermometer
62nd APS Challenge Coin
Hidden Web cam
Diploma from Miskatonic University

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