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If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.

EarDemon said:

If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.

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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.

WhiteBeard said:

Linux.

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WhiteBeard said:

And I would rather have an Android phone than an iPhone.

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Holy crap, we agree on something

My order of preference

1) Modern day Windows Phone or Blackberry
3) Android
4) flip phone
5) candy bar Nokia from 1999
5) Motorola StarTAC
6) Fisher Price phone with the smiley face
7) Two tin cans and a string
99) Apple iPhone

WhiteBeard said:

To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.

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For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.

I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.

HipKat said:

Holy crap, we agree on something

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I KNEW I felt some type of disturbance in the continuum earlier today....just wasn't sure what caused it.

EarDemon said:

For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.

I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.

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I'm sorry, but the Dock is optional. I run Arch Linux, and tbh, as someone without specific, niche needs like your radios, the GUI is really no different, and I worry less about my OS being infiltrated. The OS is less bloated; there is no OEM Software that I have to dig through to disable or remove; coding is not a massive pile of problems that require constant patching, and if there is a problem, I can easily fix it myself (ChatGPT is great for Linux or any programming issues), and setting it up to look the way I want it to does not take days/weeks. It takes barely an hour. Not to mention, a cold boot takes barely 30 seconds from Power on the being fully booted.

Ubuntu is a joke, btw

TRG would back this up better than I can, I'm sure

I have no OEM bloat, on CTO devices where I can access the drive, I order it with the smallest allowed drive and crack the device open throw the factory drive in the garbage and put in my own WD Black and install Windows from bootable media. For Windows bloat, I install Windows using the English - World option which limits preinstalled MS bloat.

Windows and Office features I wish to block, like CoPilot and Cortana, macro enabled Office files and others are blocked with GPOs.

Between keeping all software up to date, doing firmware updates, putting IoT devices on a separate VLAN, running Symantec Endpoint (say what you want about it, it's been good to me) and practicing safe hex, I'm vigilant but not paranoid about security.

With NVMe SSDs, my cold boot up time on all devices is under 30 secs as well. Fast boot disabled, BitLocker drive encryption enabled.

I have nothing against Linux, been paying with it on and off since 2004ish, it's just not the right solution for me.

Back on the Goliath Roller Coaster ... I'm interested to find more details as well ...
Like where on the track did this happen (somewhere I read that it was on the climb up the top), which is impossible ...

They really need to take that ride and add at the very least, seatbelts ...

The Park is opening back up on Friday, the ride will Not be opening ... personally, I would keep it closed until different type of restraints can be designed and installed (over the winter).

I find it hard to believe that this ride is even allowed to be running with the restraints that exist at the moment, there are other rides that use the same type and they have been shut down across the country.

You got to believe that every ride has at least 2 types of restraint systems in place.

I wonder what and when we will hear from the Manufacturer ... and whatever governing bodies control these ...

Just think, this is a Major Amusement Park .... I would not have any problem getting on the Roller Coasters I have rode ...

Imagine what these County Fairs and others like them, I would not be caught Dead on one of them ... they get put up and tore down every other week, where is the safety for those rides ... No Thank You.

Jimbo said:

Imagine what these County Fairs and others like them, I would not be caught Dead on one of them ... they get put up and tore down every other week, where is the safety for those rides ... No Thank You.

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The first roller coaster I ever road was one of those. I was terrified but I was with my friends and didn't want to wuss out. While in line I kept looking at the guys running the ride.....few teeth, not that bright looking....I just KNEW my life was over.

Jimbo said:

I would not be caught Dead on one of them

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Yet IF you were on one, you might be caught dead.

Jimbo said:

Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?

Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…

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Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.

don't you have to wait a certain amount off days before the auto hop kicks in

slow_poke_pete said:

don't you have to wait a certain amount off days before the auto hop kicks in

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I believe it's 24 hours. Two of the three show recorded Tuesday night (NCSI Origins and New York) already allowed auto hop. I watched Origins last night and it hopped through the commercials. If you look at my DVR listings (first picture), you see that they have the little kangaroo icon, yet NCIS does not. All recorded one right after another on the same channel.

ppappas said:

I believe it's 24 hours. Two of the three show recorded Tuesday night (NCSI Origins and New York) already allowed auto hop. I watched Origins last night and it hopped through the commercials. If you look at my DVR listings (first picture), you see that they have the little kangaroo icon, yet NCIS does not. All recorded one right after another on the same channel.

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i thought it was like a week wait time

slow_poke_pete said:

i thought it was like a week wait time

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Bobby said:

It depends upon who is the station owner and also the network.

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ppappas said:

That doesn't explain my situation. Three shows, same night, channel, network and station owner. What's even more strange, searching for NCIS, not its spinoffs, does not show next week's episode on channel 5 CBS even though I can see it if I scroll to next Tuesday.

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My post was in answer to slow_poke_pete's post. Not everyone gets next day autohop. I don't have an answer to your specific issue except it might show up tomorrow, or not.

Bobby said:

My post was in answer to slow_poke_pete's post. Not everyone gets next day autohop. I don't have an answer to your specific issue except it might show up tomorrow, or not.

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Sorry What I really don't understand is why search doesn't find it on CBS even though it's there and scheduled to record?

slow_poke_pete said:

don't you have to wait a certain amount off days before the auto hop kicks in

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Yes, for CBS it is 7 days before you get auto skip. I learned a while back it takes 6 skips on the remote per commercial break, till you hit the middle of the show, then it takes 8 to 10 skips for that one commercial break and then back to 6 skips for the rest of the show. Its the way they do most of their commercials. Even during the Soap it is set up similar. But if you skip to far, then skip back is 20 seconds. I watched a lot of CBS shows there for years, so I think it is still the same way today. Unless they add even more commercials to an hour.

MikeD-C05 said:

Yes, for CBS it is 7 days before you get auto skip. I learned a while back it takes 6 skips on the remote per commercial break, till you hit the middle of the show, then it takes 8 to 10 skips for that one commercial break and then back to 6 skips for the rest of the show. Its the way they do most of their commercials. Even during the Soap it is set up similar. But if you skip to far, then skip back is 20 seconds. I watched a lot of CBS shows there for years, so I think it is still the same way today. Unless they add even more commercials to an hour.

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Wow,
I'm glad I was with D* then ... they made it pretty simple.
FF=30 seconds
REV = 8 seconds

There was (at the time) 3:00 worth of commercials = 6 hits FF, done.

Now days I'm seeing they are showing 4 and 5 minutes worth of commercials in some cases, Yuck.

ppappas said:

Sorry What I really don't understand is why search doesn't find it on CBS even though it's there and scheduled to record?

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I find that Dish search is terrible. I can go to the guide, pick a program, search the exact name and it will say no matches. ?

It is obviose some people do not know the diffornece between auto skip and FF

Nebugeater said:

It is obviose some people do not know the diffornece between auto skip and FF

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IF you were referring to my post ...
Thats why I do all my Streaming Commercial FREE.

Right Down the Line - Gerry Rafferty

End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys

Draggin' The Line - Tommy James & The Shondells

Rick Island LINE-Johnny Cash

Rock And Roll All Nite - Kiss