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  1. I started using Huntington web bank back when it first started back in the late 90s. We were one of the first customers to register. It has evolved a great deal wince then and is very nice today.
  2. Nope. I hang out on 23, not 21.
  3. I'm a big fan of AverDigi stuff. Their 4 channel DVR is the EB1304. Don't forget the hard drive. You can get the 1304 cheaper in IDE, not SATA, but the IDE HDs in CCTV sizes (1TB) are very expensive and SATA are cheap. http://www.apexcctv.com/p-493-eb1304net-sata-avermedia-dvr.aspx Don't worry about it being 4 channels and you might want to upgrade later... Just add another 1304 and run them in parallel. RG59 siamese (video and power) http://www.amazon.com/Siamese-Cable-Video-Power-Black/dp/B004SOLNGO/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1342222796&sr=1-1&keywords=rg59+siamese Crimp tool and BNC ends: http://www.amazon.com/Evertech-Professional-Coaxial-Crimping-Tool/dp/B0082CNESI/ref=sr_1_8?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1342222839&sr=1-8&keywords=rg59+bnc+crimp Power supply for all cameras (don't use wall warts near the cameras - use this type of power supply with a UPS - they cut power, you're still in business.) http://www.amazon.com/VideoSecu-Channel-Distributed-Security-Surveillance/dp/B002P35S84/ref=sr_1_2?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1342222919&sr=1-2&keywords=cctv+dc+power+plug Power pigtails (connect the camera to the power wire on the siamese cable http://www.amazon.com/VideoSecu-Security-Camera-Pigtail-Cables/dp/B000S7AQF4/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1342222985&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=cctv+dc+power+pigtail I love these cameras... http://www.amazon.com/Indoor-Outdoor-2-8-12mm-Varifocal-Metallic/dp/B001TLSS4O/ref=sr_1_12?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1342223051&sr=1-12&keywords=vandal+dome Full 4-channel system about $1200. This is the bare minimum I would recommend. The big kits you see on woot or in the warehouse club for $300 are trash and you won't get the video quality you need.
  4. I used to ride motorcycles. Then I took an arrow to the knee. (sorry)
  5. Who is *we*? Chase? Because that would directly contradict madcat...
  6. I have no doubt that a 4x4 sheet if ANYTHING smacking you in the face at freeway speed would probably be fatal to a helmetless rider.
  7. To clarify, I wonder if you have anything to back up the fact that you say it is untrue. not saying you're wrong, just wondering if it's better or newer information than what I have. I hope they fixed that by now, because when this information was given to me by a senior manager in New York - this was 6 years ago, though. Wasn't JPMC called before congress to defend its credit card practices with an advance warning from the govt that they stop any practice they couldn't defend. That led to massive changes in billing concepts such as Universal Default etc. JP knew that the gub'mint was working on the credit card reform legislation. (next time you are a day late on your electric bill and your credit card interest rate does NOT jump to 29.99% can thank Obama and the 111th Congress) So, whereas some think that the sun shines out of Jamie Dimon's butt... Some of us have reasons to believe different. Don't get me started on Dimon's pre-meltdown subprime bluff.
  8. +1 on how cool it would be to ride with no gear needed. Unfortunately, we live in a world of locks and burglar alarms and house alarms and car insurance and life insurance and health insurance because crap happens that we can't control and you're either ready for it or you're not.
  9. Not only did he keep it on its wheels while getting to the shoulder, he stated that the impact of the drywall made him black out. He took a half-sheet of drywall to the face at freeway speed which left him dazed enough to black out and not form memories after the impact, and STILL got it to the shoulder safely... Someone needs to reach out to him and give him the Badass OhioRiders Biker award. BOB for short.
  10. Black 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa ridden by a 34yo male from Marysville. A black fullsize pickup hauling building matierials shed part of its load (described as "building materials ... the size of half a drywall sheet") in the lane in front of the rider. The debris bounced off the road, struck the headlight/windshield of the bike and then hit the rider square in the visor, causing a minor neck injury. The rider was able to get the bike stopped otherwise safely on the shoulder. Was transported to DMH by EMS for minor injuries. Expected to recover. The pickup did not stop. No suggestion was made that the driver was even aware of the accident.
  11. I heard from a senior manager at Chase that they do the same transaction re-arranging thing. Or did - The President's credit card reform shut a lot of that crap down. Allegedly they would allegedly processes your alleged withdrawals in descending size order to allegedly increase the chance that multiple alleged transactions would allegedly overdraw, leading to more alleged fees. (Allegedly ) ie You write checks for $20, $25 and $500. You have $500 in your account. The first two checks clear, the $500 one doesn't, you get zinged one time. What I was told Chase would do is process the largest check first, the $500 would clear, but BOTH the $25 and the $20 would overdraw, meaning they zing you twice for fees. You *know* that idea was presented with the preface; "I have a great idea to make our customers pay us more money for no extra work on our part..." (Huntington for 15 years, no problems, but never pissed them off either)
  12. Not even close. Now get off my lawn y'young whippersnappers.
  13. Dunno, he caged it that night. "The sweat will dry itself. The road rash is yours to keep."
  14. BBC World News (used to be BBC World Service I guess) or Reuters. They report world news for multiple countries without the unabashed political bias.
  15. Talked to a biker today - he saw me pull up on my vstrom and saw my gear (air jacket, back protector, overpants, gloves, boots and my Shoei modular helmet) He asked me about the back protector and why I wore it. He told me that if I was to wreck at any serious speed then I would die anyway so the gear is not worth it. He noted that I had patched of sweat from the back protector (didn't get a chance to tell him I only got sweaty under the back protector because I had to stand out in the sun for 20 mins in full gear 5 mins before he saw me). So then, to try to further convince me that gear is not needed, he told me he'd been riding for 35 years and has never needed gear; "And I've wrecked 12-13 times with no gear and I'm still here..." Well, I'm convinced... (Should I really be taking safety advice from a guy who's wrecked 12-13 times?) I told him that I ride an average of 7k miles a year and have been riding since I was 17 (20 years ago) and have never been down on the road. Never needed the gear yet, and I hope that every penny I spent on this gear turns out to be a waste of money...
  16. Fair enough. I wonder about less sophisticated open wireless folks (Scan for networks in a densely populated area and you use dot find at least one or two open). So the neighbor next door (or the guy war-driving) gets on your wireless, spoofs his MAC and starts exchanging copyrighted music - then the RIAA love letter arrives demanding $2k per song... They can prove it went to your IP but not that it went to your computer, or even that YOU did it.
  17. If so then why the need for subterfuge? Hmmm.... Related question... You ever had to deal with internet crimes traced to your IP range? Some anonymous customer downloading something they shouldn't and you getting the rap for it?
  18. Is it your intention for anyone to use them for free? Or are you in a location where unauthorized people cannot get close enough to use them?
  19. Are their IT guys clueless? There's a simple mathematical formula for figuring out if they they are clueless non-secured wireless router = clueless. Any questions? I'm looking for a VPN app for my droidx so I can log in to my router at my house from work (vpn out is allowed by the fw) and access my NAS drive and keepass etc.
  20. Doesn't the treaty only deal with foreign arms trades, not domestic? Hands up if you ever sold a gun internationally... Didn't think so.
  21. You heard right - no mp3 audio or gps voice directions but call clarity is great. Ideal would be to find one that does mp3 too. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2
  22. There is definitely more to the story than we are all imagining in ours heads. I am picturing two adults standing up, the female behind the male officer, placing her arms around his waist and the gun firing and the bullet hitting her chest. Could it have been a ricochet from concrete? Although a bullet bouncing at almost 180deg is going to have very little juice left... Was it more of a wrestling situation, or did the officer bend over away from the female (causing his IWB to cant towards the rear approaching horizontal?
  23. I use my in-helmet speakers (Scala TeamSet pro) for handsfree phone too, so speakers on the handlebars won't work.
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