On Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:19:57 -0500
Dale wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > I've promised myself for years since my apprentice days that I would
> > one day built a valve amp from a kit. There's something about the
> > warm glow from the tubes on a winter night that is appealing :-)
> > I'd better
> I'd better
> hurry up and get on with it, I read that decent quality valves are
> becoming scarce and are generally only available from (what used to be)
> the USSR.
There's a huge market for valves for guitar amps. I think supply is safe enough.
Alan McKinnon wrote:
> I've promised myself for years since my apprentice days that I would
> one day built a valve amp from a kit. There's something about the warm
> glow from the tubes on a winter night that is appealing :-) I'd better
> hurry up and get on with it, I read that decent quality val
Modern version
http://www.babeland.com/hitachi-magic-wand/d/2487
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 21, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:52:17 -0400
> Michael Mol wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Alan McKinnon
>> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:25:49 -0400
On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:52:17 -0400
Michael Mol wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Alan McKinnon
> wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:25:49 -0400
> > Michael Mol wrote:
> >
> >> Guys, this fell into politics, one of those categories of things
> >> you don't discuss in polite company. Not t
Michael Mol wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Dale wrote:
>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>>> Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 16:18:34 schrieb Dale:
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 01:51:49 schrieb Dale:
>> Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
>>> On 09/1
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:25:49 -0400
> Michael Mol wrote:
>
>> Guys, this fell into politics, one of those categories of things you
>> don't discuss in polite company. Not that I'm accusing anyone of being
>> polite,
>
> Phew, glad to hear tha
On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:25:49 -0400
Michael Mol wrote:
> Guys, this fell into politics, one of those categories of things you
> don't discuss in polite company. Not that I'm accusing anyone of being
> polite,
Phew, glad to hear that last bit. You had me worried for a second, what
with my reputat
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Dale wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>> Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 16:18:34 schrieb Dale:
>>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 01:51:49 schrieb Dale:
> Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
>> On 09/18/2012 11:03 PM, Dale wrote
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 16:18:34 schrieb Dale:
>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>>> Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 01:51:49 schrieb Dale:
Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
> On 09/18/2012 11:03 PM, Dale wrote:
> And every day I hear about them finding more
Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 16:18:34 schrieb Dale:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 01:51:49 schrieb Dale:
> >> Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
> >>> On 09/18/2012 11:03 PM, Dale wrote:
> >>> And every day I hear about them finding more oil and gas that they
> >>> did
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 01:51:49 schrieb Dale:
>> Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
>>> On 09/18/2012 11:03 PM, Dale wrote:
>>> And every day I hear about them finding more oil and gas that they
>>> didn't know was there before.
>
> I am sure everybody would love to he
Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 September 2012 10:28:44 Dale wrote:
>
>> I bet it is what we used to call a class AB amp.
> I bet you're right, now that you remind me of what I used to know.
I don't know its power output but I bet it sounds good at low sound
levels. On the class AB scale,
Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 01:51:49 schrieb Dale:
> Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
> > On 09/18/2012 11:03 PM, Dale wrote:
> >> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:53:53 -0500
> >>>
> >>> Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> When I moved in with my GF, her electric bill shoot up to the
On Wednesday 19 September 2012 12:45:42 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Holy sweet mother of god. 96W???
>
> What you got in that thing? Thermionic tubes (aka valves)?
I was surprised too, so I took care to ensure I was only measuring that
beast, and not something else in the house as well.
--
Rgd
On Wednesday 19 September 2012 10:28:44 Dale wrote:
> I bet it is what we used to call a class AB amp.
I bet you're right, now that you remind me of what I used to know.
> 96 watts on standby. That doesn't sound like standing by as much as
> it is ready to make noise. lol Is it old or new? I
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:57:17 +0100
Peter Humphrey wrote:
> I have an audio amplifier downstairs that consumes 96W on standby.
> Now that _is_ excessive. Keeps that corner of the room warm though.
Holy sweet mother of god. 96W???
What you got in that thing? Thermionic tubes (aka valves)?
-
Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 September 2012 01:23:54 Dale wrote:
>
>> 96 watts for standby is excessive for sure. What the heck is that
>> thing doing with all that power? O_O
> In a word: wasting it!
>
> I think it must be a class-A amplifier, or whatever the modern equivalent
> is.
On Wednesday 19 September 2012 01:23:54 Dale wrote:
> 96 watts for standby is excessive for sure. What the heck is that
> thing doing with all that power? O_O
In a word: wasting it!
I think it must be a class-A amplifier, or whatever the modern equivalent
is.
--
Rgds
Peter
Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
> On 09/18/2012 11:03 PM, Dale wrote:
>> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:53:53 -0500
>>> Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>>>
When I moved in with my GF, her electric bill shoot up to the roof (I
brought my 46" LCD TV, PlayStation 3, and in total 5 compu
On 09/18/2012 11:03 PM, Dale wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:53:53 -0500
>> Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>>
>>> When I moved in with my GF, her electric bill shoot up to the roof (I
>>> brought my 46" LCD TV, PlayStation 3, and in total 5 computers and
>>> other electronics).
Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 September 2012 22:03:15 Dale wrote:
>
>> My biggest expenses, refrigeration and heating/cooling. I have a
>> large fridge, two deep freezers, two window A/C's for summer and a
>> large heater for the winter. Compare any of those to my computer,
>> the compute
On Tuesday 18 September 2012 22:03:15 Dale wrote:
> My biggest expenses, refrigeration and heating/cooling. I have a
> large fridge, two deep freezers, two window A/C's for summer and a
> large heater for the winter. Compare any of those to my computer,
> the computer is a rounding error. My ma
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:03:15 -0500
Dale wrote:
> My biggest expenses, refrigeration and heating/cooling. I have a
> large fridge, two deep freezers, two window A/C's for summer and a
> large heater for the winter. Compare any of those to my computer, the
> computer is a rounding error. My main
Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:53:53 -0500
> Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>
>> When I moved in with my GF, her electric bill shoot up to the roof (I
>> brought my 46" LCD TV, PlayStation 3, and in total 5 computers and
>> other electronics). After a couple of months of shock of seeing
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:53:53 -0500
Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> When I moved in with my GF, her electric bill shoot up to the roof (I
> brought my 46" LCD TV, PlayStation 3, and in total 5 computers and
> other electronics). After a couple of months of shock of seeing the
> electric bills, we sta
Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Dale wrote:
>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>>> Am Montag, 17. September 2012, 12:57:49 schrieb Dale:
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 16. September 2012, 20:39:36 schrieb Dale:
>> The important part is about 'if yo
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Dale wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>> Am Montag, 17. September 2012, 12:57:49 schrieb Dale:
>>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
Am Sonntag, 16. September 2012, 20:39:36 schrieb Dale:
> The important part is about 'if you are unsure about this, say N her
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am Montag, 17. September 2012, 12:57:49 schrieb Dale:
>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>>> Am Sonntag, 16. September 2012, 20:39:36 schrieb Dale:
The important part is about 'if you are unsure about this, say N here'.
Well, I don't think I need USB remote wakeu
Am Montag, 17. September 2012, 12:57:49 schrieb Dale:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, 16. September 2012, 20:39:36 schrieb Dale:
> >> The important part is about 'if you are unsure about this, say N here'.
> >> Well, I don't think I need USB remote wakeup or anything so I don't
> >> t
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Peter Humphrey
wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 September 2012 02:13:14 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Peter Humphrey
>>
>> wrote:
>> > I resent the kernel's insistence on deciding when my monitor should
>> > be switched off. I'm perfectly c
On Tuesday 18 September 2012 02:13:14 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Peter Humphrey
>
> wrote:
> > I resent the kernel's insistence on deciding when my monitor should
> > be switched off. I'm perfectly capable of doing that myself, thank
> > you very much.
>
> Well
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Peter Humphrey
wrote:
> On Monday 17 September 2012 22:22:50 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>
>> I believe that's the beauty of options like CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND. If
>> you leave the machine running crunching numbers (of whatever), with
>> USB_SUSPEND the devices not use
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Peter Humphrey
wrote:
> On Monday 17 September 2012 22:22:50 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>
>> I believe that's the beauty of options like CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND. If
>> you leave the machine running crunching numbers (of whatever), with
>> USB_SUSPEND the devices not use
On Monday 17 September 2012 22:22:50 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> I believe that's the beauty of options like CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND. If
> you leave the machine running crunching numbers (of whatever), with
> USB_SUSPEND the devices not used (say, the backup disk you transfer
> to the results of your
Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> You don't leave the monitor turned on and disable the power off
> features of it, right?
< raises hand > I leave mine on unless I turn off my puter too.
Actually, I just tested the power save thingy and for some reason, mine
doesn't cut the monitor off. So, mine run
Michael Mol wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Dale wrote:
>> Michael Mol wrote:
>>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Dale wrote:
Michael Mol wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
> wrote:
>> Am Montag, 17. September 2012, 12:34:12 schrieb cov...@
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Peter Humphrey
wrote:
> On Monday 17 September 2012 16:57:49 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>
>> so what? is power managment not a good idea on a desktop
>
> Not on this one, no. It spends its life running BOINC applications. You
> know, contributing something back fo
On Monday 17 September 2012 16:57:49 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> so what? is power managment not a good idea on a desktop
Not on this one, no. It spends its life running BOINC applications. You
know, contributing something back for all the help I've gained.
--
Rgds
Peter
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Dale wrote:
> Michael Mol wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Dale wrote:
>>> Michael Mol wrote:
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
wrote:
> Am Montag, 17. September 2012, 12:34:12 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com:
>> OK,
Felix Kuperjans wrote:
> Dale wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I was doing a update a while back and noticed a ewarn, enotice or
>> something going by. I used the elogviewer to go back and dig it out.
>> This is what it says:
>>
>> Found sources for kernel version:
>> 3.5.0-gentoo
>> Checking for suitable ke
Michael Mol wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Dale wrote:
>> Michael Mol wrote:
>>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
>>> wrote:
Am Montag, 17. September 2012, 12:34:12 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com:
> OK, sorry if this is a dumb question, but I did search for
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Dale wrote:
> Michael Mol wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
>> wrote:
>>> Am Montag, 17. September 2012, 12:34:12 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com:
OK, sorry if this is a dumb question, but I did search for it using make
menuco
Dale wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I was doing a update a while back and noticed a ewarn, enotice or
> something going by. I used the elogviewer to go back and dig it out.
> This is what it says:
>
> Found sources for kernel version:
> 3.5.0-gentoo
> Checking for suitable kernel configuration options...
> ER
Michael Mol wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
> wrote:
>> Am Montag, 17. September 2012, 12:34:12 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com:
>>> OK, sorry if this is a dumb question, but I did search for it using make
>>> menuconfig, but could not actually find it! I have all my
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
wrote:
> Am Montag, 17. September 2012, 12:34:12 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com:
>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>> > Am Sonntag, 16. September 2012, 20:39:36 schrieb Dale:
>> > > Howdy,
>> > >
>> > > I was doing a update a while back and notice
Am Montag, 17. September 2012, 12:34:12 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, 16. September 2012, 20:39:36 schrieb Dale:
> > > Howdy,
> > >
> > > I was doing a update a while back and noticed a ewarn, enotice or
> > > something going by. I used the elogviewe
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 16. September 2012, 20:39:36 schrieb Dale:
>> The important part is about 'if you are unsure about this, say N here'.
>> Well, I don't think I need USB remote wakeup or anything so I don't
>> think I need this but at the same time, udisk is giving me notice
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 16. September 2012, 20:39:36 schrieb Dale:
> > Howdy,
> >
> > I was doing a update a while back and noticed a ewarn, enotice or
> > something going by. I used the elogviewer to go back and dig it out.
> > This is what it says:
> >
> > Found sources for
Am Sonntag, 16. September 2012, 20:39:36 schrieb Dale:
> Howdy,
>
> I was doing a update a while back and noticed a ewarn, enotice or
> something going by. I used the elogviewer to go back and dig it out.
> This is what it says:
>
> Found sources for kernel version:
> 3.5.0-gentoo
> Checking for
True... Had I only one computer, I would've gone the USB 3 route... 2 ext
HD, I backup to one for one or two weeks, then deposit the drive to an
off-site location, swapping it with the other HD, and use the second HD for
the next period.
Problem is, using a USB drive means I have to move it around
Pandu Poluan wrote:
>
>
> Kind of off-topic, but...
>
> For backups, I prefer a bunch of disks in a RAID configuration. After
> all, what good is an online backup system if the data becomes
> corrupted without me realizing it...
>
> I heard QNAP makes good ones. Or I can always make an LVM-based on
On Sep 17, 2012 10:21 AM, "Dale" wrote:
>
> Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Dale wrote:
> > [snip]
> >> The important part is about 'if you are unsure about this, say N here'.
> >> Well, I don't think I need USB remote wakeup or anything so I don't
> >> think I nee
Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Dale wrote:
> [snip]
>> The important part is about 'if you are unsure about this, say N here'.
>> Well, I don't think I need USB remote wakeup or anything so I don't
>> think I need this but at the same time, udisk is giving me notice
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Dale wrote:
[snip]
> The important part is about 'if you are unsure about this, say N here'.
> Well, I don't think I need USB remote wakeup or anything so I don't
> think I need this but at the same time, udisk is giving me notice that
> it should be there.
I'll p
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