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13:26
I HATE THE WINTER!
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
i'd repeat my usual "f' this, i'm moving to vegas" but i hear the bellagio fountains froze last week, so... maybe it'll be miami for now on
13:42
Anybody brave enough?
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Q: What can make this sound? (wave file included)

Sandra SchlichtingI live in an apartment where there each night and sometimes also in the day are these tick sounds from the pipes that goes to the radiators. Here are two recordings of the sound in wave format. You need to turn up the volume quite a lot to hear it. file2 and file4 In file2 there is ~4 seconds b...

i'd answer, but i'd fear i'd make him look like an ass with a snarky response
@lsiunsuex I meant, brave enough to open the files.
oh oh oh
there was a movie where people died when they heard a specific sound - maybe this is one of those sounds
14:06
I was more worried about computer viruses, but now I'm worried about dying.
Also, I was slightly worried about the sounds at night, in an apartment.
squeak-squeak... squeak-squeak...
14:41
interesting take on a resume
15:31
the stigma of a crappy brand name
looking at Hyundai's
Genesis R-Spec is 348hp for $33,000 - thats as fast as my friends BMW 3 series for like half the price
I rather like my Sonata
not a bad looking suv
15:48
sure as heck isn't 70 and sunny out there today
@lsiunsuex you don't buy a bmw to go fast
if all you want is to go fast buy a lancer or something and rice it out
been there done that - ust to own / run a car club
16:18
Anybody know what green valve stem covers on a car means? I'm not sure if it means the tires are filled with nitrogen, or that they have pressure sensors in/on them.
the tires are filled with nitrogen
i have green valve stems on my prius
though when i got new tires at sears, they filled them with regular air as they dont sell nitrogen
Can I top them off with regular air?
u could
obviously you begin to loose the value of filling them with nitrogen
Actually. I had the tire repaired, I wonder if they filled it with regular air instead.
That might explain why it's a bit low.
you'd have seen a big (in buffalo) praxair tank on the property with a green sticker on it
nitrogen is trucked in usually - not pumped through pipes
(ust to work for praxair)
16:23
Nitrogen "compresses" less in the cold, right?
yes - it has less temperature sway
I'm going to say they used regular air, and the cold temps are causing the tire to read a bit low.
thats why formula 1 cars use nitrogen - from the start of the race till they change tires, the temperature of the tires doesn't sway as much as using regular air giving a much more consistant fill
for sure - its been so cold outside - mine are reading low right now - always do in the winter till i fill them
Maybe I'll take it to the dealer, and have them fill it with nitrogen instead.
what kind of car?
16:26
Dang tire repair shops.
Silverado.
and it had nitrogen filled tires? huh.
I think Chevy does it with all their vehicles now.
Or they are trying to increase the mileage rating from 1MPG to 2MPG.
(speaking of mpg) the wife is quite upset i'm looking to get rid of the prius because of gas prices
no other car comes close except for a chevy volt maybe - and forget about good mpg in an suv
Can't move drywall, plywood, appliances, stone, sand, dirt, etc. with a prius. I think of it as a convenience tax. Maybe I do pay a ton for fuel, but when I need to haul something, I don't have to ask to borrow a vehicle.
or rent a truck from HD
agreed - PITA
16:33
If I had to rent a truck every time, I'd pay way more than I do for fuel.
does chevy still make the truck that the back wall folds down and you can extend the bed into the back seats?
think it was the avalanche
always thought that was cool
there it is
you know the weird thing about pressure sensors in tires, apparently on at least some cars they don't do that anymore and just measure the rotation of the wheel with the ABS sensors, and if they notice the wheel is turning at a different rate, it must be low on pressure, so send an alarm to the console about low pressure
@Tester101 some actual auto shops will do nitrogen, check with your mechanic. Mine does (though I haven't gone that way, and it's really not cold enough here to be worth it)
16:51
Considering that air is already 78% nitrogen, I never saw the point, just refill the tires with regular air if you need more.
Quick question if anyone has any input. I need some sort of molding to be strong enough to hold glass, be my specific demensions, and be resistant to heat from a few light bulbs. Any ideas?
@Tester101 this is why at some point in the next year or two I'm buying a 20-25 yr old truck....
@ZeroStack growing weed is still illegal in the states :)
@ZeroStack dimensions? thickness of glass?
@lsiunsuex hahhah no. I am building a fun project for a light system but i need something to hold the lights, hold my glass cover, and not melt due to the lights (only one will be lit at a time)
at least 6" deep, by at least 7" tall by at least 37" long.
glass would be at the edge, covering the lights - if that makes sense.
thickness 1/4"
16:57
so the glass is 7x37 at 1/4" thick?
no
the glass specific is 6x36"
i just need it slightly longer ( I think, correct me if im wrong) so it can hold the glass in place
confused - so you want the glass to float on the wall with a bracket? or the glass rests on a box thats screwed to the wall ?
originally I was thinking number 2
@lsiunsuex Honestly, not idea - just standard LED lights i presume.
I haven't gotten them yet
17:06
LED lights give off very little (if any) heat
so standard glass is probably fine
@lsiunsuex Thats what I was figuring.
Essentially this is what I want to do: I want to build a light fixture that will hold 5 lights in a row and having a switch to manually change each each light (so only is on at a time ).
The glass would then be over the top of the lights. Each light will designate a status, so there will be a separator between each light bulb
interesting
Does that make sense? or do I need to reword ?
it does but not sure what the question is then - LED lights will be fine against generic everyday homedepot glass - you could use pexiglass also
My question is if anyone knew of a good place to purchase the frame to the set up.
i dont want wood but it has to be strong enough to hold at least 10 lbs and I would like to hang it on a wall if possible
so I was thinking a plastic/fiberglass/metal molding?
17:17
ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20116274 5 cubes made out of wood that can be mounted to a wall
(people make stuff out of ikea furniture all the time)
hmmmm
that.... actually might work..
but its ikea...
I want it to last :P
17:42
those aren't individual cubes, that's a bookshelf
re: people make stuff out of ikea furniture all the time
 
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19:09
fellow hackers! i have a question!
This year we are excited to be able to offer you a way to easily collect students’ e-mail addresses during the exhibit fair. If you purchase use of a Lead Retrieval Scanner on the ASDA 2013 Mobile App you will be able to collect e-mail addresses electronically on any smart phone! The cost to you is just $250 per booth. This is the first ASDA national event this tool is available.

Each attendee’s badge will include a unique QR code to easily scan and retrieve the student’s name, school and e-mail address. The student’s e-mail address is only accessible using the purchased scanner license. A
do you think they're inteligent enough to encrypt the contents of the QR code or are they just fear mongering and I can write my own for my iPhone and capture the data without spending the $250
I wouldn't put the info in the QR, but a Primary Key Field. Then you collect those, and I'd send you the associated records.
@lsiunsuex if they weren't somehow encrypted you'd be able to just scan the qr with any qr scanner. But Chris is right. If they're doing it right the QR just ties back to a database field which you wouldn't have access to w/o the scanner.
now if you're smart you'll generate all possible QR codes and get all the email addresses whistles
QR codes do have the ability to store strings of text though
so their info (school, name, email) could very well be inside the QR code
if its really that small, it's better than me holding my phone up to them i guess - $250 wont break us, but gatta figure attending the event alone costs us $3000 not including flight / hotel / food / car rental /
@lsiunsuex well if you know your average conversion rate and your income/customer you can make the cost-benefit analysis :)
i know... and the one we went to last year in chicago helped - its just getting a touch excessive
these are the people that charge $1000 to rent a monitor for 2 hours...
19:20
@lsiunsuex wow, that's silly you can buy 5 for that price...
thats why we drove to chicago - threw my 27 inch imac in the trunk and used that - this is in atlanta - 24+ hour drive - we're flying
@lsiunsuex ah, my part of the world then :).
party @waxeagle 's house! can i bring 300 dental students? :)
@lsiunsuex I doubt you want to bus them 2 hrs north :)
whats the weather like in ATL first week of march anyways?
19:26
@lsiunsuex could be 20, could be 70, won't know until you get a forecast
was hoping for a break from the cold - thats quite the swing
probably in the 40s at night and 50s to 60s during the day, but equal chances its warm and gorgeous as freezing cold
Apparently this is the place to go in Atlanta: clermontlounge.net/Clermont_Lounge/Home.html
it's been unseasonably warm this year, but we've been starting to get some colder weather...I'd keep an eye on the forecasts, only way to really know around here...
I was just in ATL on business last month... we went to The Vortex bar and grill... it was pretty awesome
19:37
why don't they have an easy way to insulate interior walls?
@lsiunsuex you could just do a booth raffle, get a $50 amazon card and enter people via a business card left in a bowl. Tell them you'll email them on the last day if they won. Little less than $250 to run it, and you get all details on the business card, rather than just an email address. Make sure to have some paper/pens nearby for those without a business card.
@Aaron What do you mean? just use insulation?
@Aaron why would you insulate an interior wall?
sound, fire?
umm
exterior
plumbing and bedrooms are often insulated in nicer homes for sound, but they use fairly standard insulation.
19:39
@Aaron how do you define easy?
@Aaron It's likewise easy to insulate exterior walls... you lost me :D
without taking down the drywall and putting insulation in
@Aaron umm, minor difference :)
@Aaron cut a hole and blow it in
@Aaron I've seen a very clever approach: Cut a drywall strip at the top, blow in insulation, and cover it.
what about the studs?
19:40
You may even just put crown molding on
@Aaron A small hole every few inches.
@Aaron studs are vertical, one hole per cavity, 16" apart
doesn't it all just settle at the bottom?
Your main obstacles are vertical fire-breals
@Aaron you fill it
eventually you may end up with 1' gaps at the top of each cavity
19:42
top it off every year!
something tells me we'll do all the PUTting now and have nothing to talk about in 20 minutes :)
I'm going to start finishing the low-voltage at my home run this week
I had to order a bunch of shrink tube to set on the wire-wrap
but I'm pretty excited not to have a bunch of wires dangling
pfft... enough of the pre-PUT PUT, new topic, DD-WRT, good or bad? Now I'm walking away to make some hot coca
good, if I ever had a router I could use it on
19:45
buy a real firewall.
I'm saddled with MoCA because of the FIOS
also good: Tomato
never have a problem with my Apple routers - but their more expensive than a DD-WRT
Apple routers are actually quite good
sort of more on-topic that routers/firewalls, I am constantly amazed at how useless some of my friends are, even the technical ones I would expect more. case in point: this weekend my friend (ceo of tech company) was complaining about a slow draining sink - was going to call a plumber.. had no idea you could just remove and empty the trap
19:48
in part that's because apple uses proprietary communication protocols
I love my SonicWALL
which is why iPhones roam much better between APE's than non-apple routers
we use sonicwall in the office - when it works, its great - when its got a problem, i wanna kill someone
lsiunsuex - that's what I thought at first, then I started working with cisco... when its got a problem..ugh..
you can always solve it, but man sometimes you wish for simplicity
on the AP front I use cisco AP's - they have such better range than any of the consumer crap...
(and no I don't mean Linksys)
@Steven some stuff is just magic black boxes I guess, electricity, plumbing, gas, etc
19:51
sometimes the smell of the stuff that comes out of my traps makes me want to call a plumber :P
without giving out to much - our MPLS's are controlled by Cisco routers and the main office is on a sonicwall nsa - i agree - cisco can be great but you really gatta know your shit
@Steven I was actually being intentionally off-topic so we'd have something to talk about in 5 minutes :)
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I upgrading to an 802.11n router finally, and figured it was time to load my own firmware. The TP-LINK was on sale and is now waiting for me to brick it.
I like our ciscos:
19:57
GSR a bit too expensive for my home connection
@Aaron That's nice and all, but mine was cheap and much easier to mount on the wall over my washing machine
speaking of mounting things on the wall...
Welcome to Project Update Thursday
Might as well start 2 minutes early since everyone is ready :)
well, my last week and weekend gave me a new priority 1 project, extend sump pump outlets...
from where, to where?
I finally bought myself an impact driver, but I probably should have test driven some screws first.. first screw I drove right through a metal track
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Q: How do I test the functionality of a sump pump?

AaronThere is a sump pump in the basement, in a basin, with a power cord going into it, and a pipe going out of it. How can I test the various kinds of functionality of this setup? I can put a bucket of water into the sump and see if the pump starts - I suppose that tests the float switch, etc. How...

speaking of sump pumps
I never really got a great answer on this, or maybe I don't understand exactly what one is supposed to drain
does it only drain water that appears in the basement (so that the whole basement should be sloped towards the sump)? or does it drain water under the foundation that gets to the lowest point?
20:03
under the foundation, though some people tie other drains into them
like its not meant to pump out water that leaks on the surface of the basement..
my house it drains the water under the basement floor and obviously if there is water in the basement - but, if theres water in the basement, thats usually a sign something is wrong with the sump pump
Right, that's what I thought, under the foundation
So, how do I make sure the 'water paths' under the foundation are clear to the sump?
snake them
i.e, where can I pour water (beside the sump itself) to make sure that the system functions as designed?
look for a floor drain in the basement floor - or - you could pour water into the sump pump hole to make sure the sump pump works
20:07
I think he's asking how does he confirm that when its actually needed that water will flow into the put
pit
take a rain dance class, or have the fire dept stop by and hose the place down (you may need to light your siding on fire first).
pouring water into the pit should trigger the pump - that'll tell you if it works or not - if your concerned with pipes under the floor that carry water into the pit are clear, you'll need to snake them or get a plumbers scope
If you light your neighbor's roof, they might still hose down your place to prevent the fire from spreading. This way, you avoid damaging your own house.
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instead of testing drainage around the foundation, I'd look for signs of past water damage, discolored wood trim or framing, etc
I think its "path of least resistance" - if there is a pit that water can easily collect in, it will collect in the pit instead of say coming up through the concrete floor
20:10
On a completely unrelated topic, I just got a "My program won't compile. Java must be broken" complaint.
If there's no water damage, and the sump works, then you should be ok, unless you're talking about new construction
@Steven Yes, that's what I'm trying to figure out
@ChrisCudmore VTC OT
The basement walls are cinderblock mostly
well if you mean full of security holes, yes java must be broken
20:12
@Aaron do you have a perimeter drain inside or outside?
I'm not sure what that is
@BMitch sorry got a call. Currently the one that performs most of the work only protrudes from the foundation about 8 or so inches, thinking I'll give it another couple feet. The one that seldom gets used barely protrudes at all.
the 8" was enough at one point for it to hit the downslope of my hard, but now it's gotten to where it can pool up next to the foundation, thinking about running it out a bit and then into some perforated drainage pipe
@waxeagle ah, a self employing sump pump, perforated drain sounds like a good idea to me, water the flower beds.
@Aaron Are there openings on the side of the sump pit where water can drain into it?
I will investigate
If so, the one way to be sure is to have a plumber visit and scope the drain lines, verifying they haven't collapsed or become blocked
20:17
@BMitch Or, use this as an opportunity to convince the wife that you NEED to buy a scope RIGHT NOW!
and then start a side job scoping plumbing lines
pro tips from a plumber: sh*t flows downhill, and don't bite your nails.
@ChrisCudmore the scopes plumbers use are surprisingly expensive!
sh*t can also flow up hill if theres enough of it
in that case, don't wipe your nose
Milwaukee makes one for 299, with 3 and 8ft cables.
I don't know how long it will last, but it's not prohibitive.
20:24
@MatthewPK any PUT worthy details on your wiring project?
I actually have the 8ft one already
See if you can buy a cable extension.
It says it'll take up to 30 ft.
@ChrisCudmore you can't put those down sewers.. they are for looking in walls (running cable). they are way to rigid for pushing through pipes
tried looking a couple feet into a sectionof clay pipe with one of those (not that particular brand but very similar) and all I did was scratch the lens to the point it was no longer usable
20:26
The plumbing ones are usually 20+ feet long, and the high end ones include a locator device at the end so you can find where in the yard you need to dig
Also convenient for amateur proctology.
or this
20:32
was gonna say $534 on ebay ebay.com/itm/…
mid-range for $1.5k: ebay.com/itm/…
A plumbing company will have the high end one, which is why they don't have one on each truck.
and the 512 Sonde on the high end one means you can get a Sonde locator to find it: amazon.com/Schonstedt-XT-512-Sonde-Locator-soft/dp/B001DESY3C/…
My friend gave me an air compressor a year ago, and I recently got it out to make sense of it.
It has a bunch of fittings that are rusty, and I think they're not all compatible.
Maybe I should dump them and start over?
@JayBazuzi fittings are pretty cheap....
20:47
There are like 5 types of fittings. Does it matter which type I go with?
@JayBazuzi what are you doing with the compressor?
I don't know yet. :-)
I will blow out my hoses before freezing weather.
I may rent a nailer when I put on my cement siding, but otherwise I'm not really intereted in air nailers.
connect the compressor and a water supply with a Y fitting and make your own snow making machine!
something like amazon.com/Ampro-A1460-Piece-Accessory-Milton/dp/B003YL4CHY/… gives you a bunch of quick connects to connect up whatever and a basic hand lever for air opening, it's slightly more tools than what my compressor shiped with
really just more quick connects
I saw that on Amazon. Some of the reviews were pretty bad, though.
20:53
people seem to have very strong opinions about compressors and fittings...
It's a makita mac5200
@waxeagle Well, They're WRONG!
besides making snow, what else should I do with a compressor?
@JayBazuzi fill your tires...repair calipers...
repair calipers!?
please explain
21:01
@JayBazuzi the instructions for rebuilding my honda civic's brake calipers involve using the compressor to gently blow out the piston and then using 30psi to blow out the cylinder. from there you replace o rings and put it back together :)
haven't done it yet, but that's actually why I bought my compressor
ahh, brake calipers. I was imagining the measuring tools!
@JayBazuzi not that I know of
I tried to use my compressor to blow lint out of my dryer, but I need a rigid extension of some kind...just the standard air gun isn't any use
@JayBazuzi brad nailer for trim work, blowing out computer parts, re-pressurize the expansion tank on the plumbing system, and, as mentioned, tires
also, blow off the coils on the refrigerator
@BMitch ooh I should put that on my list of things to do.
It might be a good blog post.
21:07
painting
for the dryer, I prefer sucking with the shopvac, and I also have the shopvac when blowing the coils on the refrigerator
@BMitch maybe I should try taht instead, I have one of those now too :)
There are lots of articles & videos on picking a compressor, but not much on fittings and uses.
In construction, it's usually for the nail guns, critical for any finish nailing
and I'm sure there are a hundred uses for them in auto repair
Probably nice for putting on snow tires, but there's not much call for those here.
21:11
filling up inflatable pool toys
bugging your cat/dog with
I pumped up the tire on my boat trailer with a bike pump once. That was a lot of work.
Next time, I jacked the trailer up off the ground first, then pumped the tire. Much easier.
But with a compressor, I'd put the work in to hauling that heavy machine over to the trailer. :-)
Or you can go all mythbusters and build a cannon
potato launcher!
For SCUBA!
most of the use of my pancapke compressor is for car tires
it is so much faster than the little 12V ones
21:16
@JayBazuzi huh, never been scuba diving, are the tanks filled with straight air using a standard car tire nozzle?
No, I think they are filled with special mixtures.
yes definitely special mixtures - depends on depth, etc.
yes, straight air - after making sure that the air intake is sufficently far enough away from any pollution-producing machines
@BMitch pretty sure they have to take the water vapor out
among other things
for normal rec diving
it's like "aviation oxygen", they just charge more for the product
21:17
I figured they would be higher in O2, water vapor makes sense
I'm thinking of using SCUBA just around the house, for cleaner breathing.
It's the new organic.
lol
still using a bucket with sand for a toilet? :P
sawdust. :-)
right how silly of me
21:19
And it's awesome.
I think Jay needs a sub panel for the air compressor
:)
lol
ooooh
gonna chop some firewood, back later.
speaking of stereotypes, I wonder how oscilatingcretin's murder room is going..
he's been coming up with some good advice:
Try putting some hot water in the tub. — oscilatingcretin yesterday
21:27
at least it wasn't 'try putting a warm body in the tub'
gotta run, have a good one everybody
@BMitch how is that still open?
it's a terrible question, but it hasn't received a single close vote
@BMitch I just gave it a poor man's close vote..
what it really needs is some clarification, and for that I'll give the benefit of a day or so before closing it as NARQ.
@BMitch better to close it early and reopen when clarified
21:41
@waxeagle wasn't there something about questions with no answers and no up votes getting automatically cleaned up?
@BMitch yeah, 30 days IIRC
/me wipes hands, my work here is done. :)
ok, you guilt tripped me into mod hammering them.
alright, since we started early, I'm going to end early....
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Now I can go back to searching for some new firmware for my router, lets see how long before I brick this thing

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