1: Inmate Central, RE: So you got me inspired... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-23, 04:56:28 (71.232.142.235)
One couple we've been friends with since college are life-long foodies. They have three different smokers including a pretty expensive electric one. Their go-to is a Green Mountain pellet smoker. They .......

2: Inmate Central, It's not the corporations, it's the consumers (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-22, 06:59:22 (71.232.142.235)
Don't blame the big retailers for giving consumers what they want. Most people don't care about country of origin. They just want to buy as cheaply and conveniently as possible. If you give somebody t .......

3: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Congrats (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-22, 06:36:10 (71.232.142.235)
It's a high quality product, and if you ever need service Simaudio is great about that. They service in-house and take care of all the border-crossing hassle for you. One of these days, I'm probably g .......

4: Inmate Central, I could use a good paring knife recommendation as well (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-21, 11:54:51 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

5: Inmate Central, RE: I'd take the Spanish version over the Chinese ... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-21, 11:52:45 (71.232.142.235)
My go-to knife is a Henckels Twin Signature 7" Santoku. It's second or third tier, but still made in Germany. I love the handle shape and it only needs sharpening once a year. My sister-in-law found i .......

6: Inmate Central, Sweet for ribs, vinegar for pulled pork (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-21, 10:55:01 (71.232.142.235)
I like a Kansas City style sauce on ribs, but for pulled pork it's North Carolina style sauce and only a little bit of it, just enough to make it a little bit wet but not saucy. I can't get into South .......

7: Inmate Central, A lot of people are remodeling, renovating, or building additions (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-21, 08:51:51 (71.232.142.235)
My brother in-law is a residential architect and he has been swamped ever since last spring, almost all improvements to existing properties. Home builders have to compete for the same materials and la .......

8: Inmate Central, Same everywhere due to COVID-19 (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-21, 08:43:52 (71.232.142.235)
Urban real estate markets were booming before the pandemic. You might think that job losses would slow it down, but prices are still going up in most urban areas because supply is so tight. The invent .......

9: Inmate Central, Slow cooker is good for braising (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-21, 08:07:10 (71.232.142.235)
My favorite thing to make in the slow cooker is lamb shanks Also short ribs And shredded taco meat, from chuck roast or pork butt Sometimes beef stews Basically, if I'm braising meat and the cook time .......

10: Inmate Central, RE: Picnic vs butt (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-21, 05:24:24 (71.232.142.235)
Sounds like there might be a little more flavor with the picnic. I'm going to try it next time. I also find the boneless butts come out drier when smoking. I only use them in the winter when we're cra .......

11: Speaker Asylum, Racing motorcycles and now taking a break (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-20, 16:26:07 (71.232.142.235)
See below .......

12: Inmate Central, Picnic vs butt (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-20, 16:15:39 (71.232.142.235)
I'm curious about what you like about the picnic vs. a bone-in butt. I've only tried butts. But they come in various sizes so it's not clear to me what differentiates the dividing line between the two .......

13: Inmate Central, Thanks for the reminiscing (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-20, 05:21:06 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

14: Inmate Central, Good stuff, my kids like it (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-20, 05:19:16 (71.232.142.235)
I'll make a very spicy Sichuan or Thai dish for me wife and I, and BBQ pork fried rice for the kids. In the summer, I'll use left over smoked BBQ. In the winter, I'll make Char Siu pork. .......

15: Inmate Central, RE: One thing sure ... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-19, 11:45:48 (71.232.142.235)
My grandparents lived on the lake shore in Sea Breeze, and winters there were no fun. Grey, raw, and blustery most of the time. So I know what you mean. I grew up in Fairport. We tended to have more s .......

16: Inmate Central, Well, I don't think so (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-19, 10:57:48 (71.232.142.235)
Those lawmakers did what their constituents wanted. Polls show that the majority of Republicans were in favor of overturning the election results and nearly a majority were in favor of storming the Ca .......

17: Inmate Central, I grew up there and I miss it (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-19, 09:40:10 (71.232.142.235)
I miss the snow. We're not getting as much here in NH anymore. And I miss the lake, the parks, the nice suburban villages, the lack of traffic. Not so much the city though, it's too segregated, like a .......

18: Inmate Central, The whole point of democracy is to make that unnecessary (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-19, 09:22:38 (71.232.142.235)
Long ago, we freely entered into an agreement about how we will be governed, how we will select the people who will govern us, how we will come up with the laws that we live by, and how we will change .......

19: Inmate Central, I think tackling has gotten safer in recent years (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-18, 11:29:57 (71.232.142.235)
EDIT: I head this morning that Mahomes concussion was caused by the helmet to helmet hit, not ground contact. But now that I've watched it from different angles it looks more likely to be the ground c .......

20: Inmate Central, If I were a betting man, which I'm not (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-18, 11:08:48 (71.232.142.235)
I'd put my money on Green Bay as well. But the Bucs defense did give them fits during their regular season game. It was Rodgers worst game of the year by far. So I expect the championship game will be .......

21: Inmate Central, This is far more dangerous than ISIS (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-18, 10:34:38 (71.232.142.235)
ISIS was brutal, and jihadism is a serious threat. But neo-fascism is far, far greater threat, both in the US and globally. We just saw Trump try to overthrow the democratically elected government of .......

22: Inmate Central, It's easier to play well when surrounded by talent (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-18, 05:27:27 (71.232.142.235)
Henne played for some weak teams. The Dolphins under Tony Sparano were pretty mediocre, and when he started for the Jags, they were downright awful. I'm not saying he's starter material, but on a team .......

23: Inmate Central, It's nice to see defense step forward in the playoffs (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-18, 05:14:15 (71.232.142.235)
The Packers offense rolled over the Rams. And the Bucs offense rolled over Washington. Otherwise there's been a lot of good defense, and I like to see that. I can't wait to see the Packers and Bucs pl .......

24: Inmate Central, Well, what do you think the bad PR was all about? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-17, 13:45:40 (199.46.188.17)
nt .......

25: Inmate Central, Propaganda has a dictionary definition. It's pretty easy to spot. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-17, 13:07:44 (199.46.188.17)
Perhaps not in your case since you seem to have a history of accepting whatever the Russian state media tells you without questioning its truth or motivation. And Trump was not banned for his politica .......

26: Inmate Central, No you are not (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-17, 10:59:22 (199.46.188.17)
I'm pretty sure the framers of the Constitution did not intend the First Amendment to compel private business owners to distribute propaganda on behalf of government officials. What the President want .......

27: Inmate Central, RE: Unbelievable (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-16, 10:55:30 (71.232.142.235)
^^^ There is your hypocrisy. The hypocrites are those who play the civil liberties card only when it suits their ends. If Twitter were my platform, I'd want it to be open to political views from dif .......

28: Inmate Central, I do not see hypocrisy here (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-15, 13:12:00 (71.232.142.235)
Uganda is ruled by an old revolutionary warlord trying to hold onto power and be ruler for life. Museveni started showing anti-Democratic tendencies about 15 years ago, and they get worse every electi .......

29: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Many years ago I compared the Plinius 9100 and Simaudio i-5 (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-14, 09:49:44 (199.46.188.21)
Speakers for comparison were Focus Audio FS-688 and Quad 988. I thought the Plinius 9100 had a more laid back presentation. It was not overtly warm, not rolled off at all, but very easy to listen to. .......

30: Inmate Central, Agree (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-13, 09:09:49 (71.232.142.235)
If the penalty was limited to 15 yards, receivers on deep routes would be getting mugged regularly. I noticed the officiating was relatively light-handed in the wild card weekend games, and the teams .......

31: Inmate Central, RE: Remember someone Paid for this Ad ........................... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-12, 09:30:06 (71.232.142.235)
Or someone hacked a server .......

32: Inmate Central, I never really saw him as the franchise QB in Philly (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-12, 06:46:04 (71.232.142.235)
I was shocked when they gave him a record-breaking deal last year, after two years in a row where he got injured and Nick Foles came in to save their season. Wentz hasn't played consistently well sinc .......

33: Inmate Central, That sounds like a hosting problem (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-12, 05:57:23 (71.232.142.235)
I know Facebook and other photo sharing sites modify your uploaded images because they're trying to reduce bandwidth and storage space. Is that what you're referring to? You can avoid that by hosting .......

34: Inmate Central, Fired for benching Wentz (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-12, 05:03:12 (71.232.142.235)
It became obvious this season that Pederson was not a believer in Carson Wentz. If anyone was unsure of that, I think Pederson made it clear by wanting to see Nate Sudfeld get some playing time. So th .......

35: Inmate Central, RE: What processor did you select? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-11, 13:19:51 (71.232.142.235)
For others viewing here, all photo parameters get squelched on the internet -- a lot of pixel data is scrubbed off. The original pic has a lot more finesse to it than can be seen here. I'm not much .......

36: Inmate Central, Did you watch the TB-Wash game Sat night? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-11, 09:14:35 (71.232.142.235)
Brady looked sharp as ever, even on the longer throws. I was impressed. .......

37: Inmate Central, I know the area a little bit (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-11, 07:36:28 (71.232.142.235)
I was stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB for four years when I was in my 20s. I used to drive through NE Ohio half a dozen times a year to visit my family in Western NY and my wife's family in central .......

38: Inmate Central, RE: A lot of QBs chuck the ball around in garbage time. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-11, 07:12:55 (71.232.142.235)
I read this morning that Big Ben has a $41M cap hit next year if he stays and doesn't restructure. If they cut him, they don't have to pay his roster bonus or salary, saving them $19M and bringing his .......

39: Inmate Central, "It's not food porn" No kidding! (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-11, 06:56:38 (71.232.142.235)
Given his notorious camera skills, I'm sure it's not. Seriously though, he might have a good reason for the age restriction, but whatever it is, you can't draw views to an age restricted cooking show. .......

40: Inmate Central, Restructure or cut? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-11, 05:41:57 (71.232.142.235)
As I expected, the Steelers made a furious attempt at a comeback. And if their defense hadn't given up those two long drives in the 4th quarter, or if they had forced a turnover, it would have been cl .......

41: Inmate Central, Good! (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-10, 18:28:11 (71.232.142.235)
I'm still hoping for Bills vs. Browns in the AFC championship game. And if by some miracle the Bills make it to the Super Bowl, I hope they face the Buccaneers just to see the reactions here in New En .......

42: Inmate Central, Glorious for a Brown fan right now (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-10, 18:03:24 (71.232.142.235)
EDIT: Sorry, I meant "Browns" fan. Anyway, still 28-0 after three turnovers. I'm sure the Steelers will mount some kind of comeback in the 2nd half, but I think the hole is too deep. Speaking as a Bil .......

43: Inmate Central, Nobody said he did (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-10, 10:01:42 (71.232.142.235)
Brady was a two-year starter at Michigan, beat Ohio State, and won two BCS bowls, including beating Alabama in the Orange Bowl. If he wasn't such a wet noodle at the starting combine, he'd have been d .......

44: Inmate Central, Compared to Josh Allen he did (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-10, 08:25:00 (71.232.142.235)
That was the standard tinear set in his query. Harvard isn't even an FBS school. But I don't think you can compare Hodges' play to what Heinicke did in a playoff game against a team with a good pass r .......

45: Inmate Central, You really can't make this stuff up (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-10, 08:00:00 (71.232.142.235)
Bullethead doing a cooking show??? LOL And it's age-restricted too. Is this supposed to be food porn? Seriously, who makes an age-restricted cooking show, you expect that to get views? I didn't watch .......

46: Inmate Central, Ryan Fitzpatrick, John Wolford (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-10, 07:44:00 (71.232.142.235)
Fitz was a 7th round pick from Harvard Wolford, who started for the Rams last night, went undrafted from Wake Forest If you look at the list below, there's quite a few backup quarterbacks in the leagu .......

47: Inmate Central, He played shockingly well (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-10, 07:14:28 (71.232.142.235)
Heinicke single-handedly kept Washington in the game, because Gibson was ineffective and their defense was AWOL. If only they had cut their losses with Dwayne Haskins earlier and given Heinicke a chan .......

48: Inmate Central, Yeah, and the election result could be fraudulent too (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-10, 06:31:01 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

49: Inmate Central, The Bills were out-played and got very lucky yesterday (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-10, 06:20:55 (71.232.142.235)
They made a couple of clutch fumble recoveries, and one huge defensive stop on 4th and goal. The Colts kicker also shanked a 33-yarder. If any of those plays went the other way, it probably would have .......

50: Inmate Central, I get 69 over-the-air channels here (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-10, 06:01:50 (71.232.142.235)
We cut the cable cord several years ago, and I just updated my antenna config in 2019. I've got a high gain UHF antenna pointed towards the Boston towers 40 miles South of me where most of the major s .......

51: Computer Audio Asylum, You need a MS update because those files are part of Internet Explorer (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-09, 08:29:21 (71.232.142.235)
The Adobe Flash uninstaller just removes Adobe's install, which is used by third party browsers. From Windows 8 on, Flash is incorporated into Internet Explorer, which is an essential component of Win .......

52: General Asylum, Minimal/no expense if you convert incrementally, like the manufacturing sector has (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-06, 07:09:43 (71.232.142.235)
Nobody has ever suggested converting everything at once. When you create a new product design, you design in metric. When you replace old tooling, you change dimensions to fit metric parts, and so on. .......

53: General Asylum, Move to a metric country (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-06, 06:00:14 (71.232.142.235)
I lived in Australia for 3 years. Unlike Canada and the UK, which still hang on to bits of the old system for certain things, Australia went all-in on the metric system. When I first got there, I was .......

54: General Asylum, Most Americans can't avoid the metric system (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-06, 05:13:03 (71.232.142.235)
Anyone who has tools and maintains or repairs stuff needs to double up on some tools and deal with metric fasteners. Anyone who works in health care, science, engineering, or manufacturing uses the me .......

55: Inmate Central, If ABS engaged, you were braking hard enough to lock the wheels (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-06, 04:24:21 (71.232.142.235)
So if you didn't have ABS, you would have locked the wheels. Locked wheels don't generate as much friction, and it's pretty hard to make any evasive maneuver with locked wheels. So ABS probably saved .......

56: Inmate Central, Your current car doesn't have CAN Bus? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-05, 09:19:31 (71.232.142.235)
According to the list below, Chevy started using CAN bus on the Cobalt in 2005. That's not a complete list of manufacturers and cars. There are others floating around the internet. It seems the whole .......

57: Inmate Central, And the Giants have no reason to cry over it (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-05, 08:50:24 (71.232.142.235)
The Giants went 6-10 and still had the gall to complain about somebody else tanking their playoff chances. Effen babies. .......

58: Inmate Central, I'm going to give Pedersen the benefit of the doubt (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-05, 08:43:46 (71.232.142.235)
Jalen Hurts was ineffective, 7/20 for 72 yards over three full quarters. He had a pick, he should have been picked a couple of other times, and he missed targets, including a wide open receiver in the .......

59: Inmate Central, ABS can't save you once you're sliding sideways, but neither can braking without ABS (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-04, 17:29:21 (71.232.142.235)
What you said is "If you whale on the brake pedal hard enough even with ABS, the car will still skid." That isn't true. If you're going straight and level in the snow and stomp on the brakes, ABS will .......

60: Inmate Central, The coefficient of static friction can never be less than the coefficient of kinetic friction (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-04, 16:25:53 (71.232.142.235)
Basic physics dictates that you can't stop in a shorter distance by locking and skidding the wheels than you can by keeping the wheels rolling right at the threshold of lockup. The only question is wh .......

61: Inmate Central, I'm pretty sure I could not beat current generation ABS (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-04, 16:18:23 (71.232.142.235)
I know that on my first motorcycle with ABS, a 1993 BMW with first generation ABS actuator tech, I could beat the ABS in the dry if I had a practice run to judge where the threshold of lockup was. But .......

62: Inmate Central, The RT story doesn't attribute that quote to Seattle (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-04, 14:20:30 (71.232.142.235)
That quote comes from a Tweet that went viral last year. Here's a little summary from the perspective of the side defending it: https://mathedcollective.wordpress.com/2020/07/09/attack-on-brittany-ma .......

63: Inmate Central, It's not distorted. It is misleading, but maybe not intentionally so (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-04, 14:14:00 (71.232.142.235)
There has been a fair bit of viral internet controversy around this topic over the last couple of years, and RT picked a couple quotes that you can Google to find the highlights. I don't think their l .......

64: Inmate Central, And here's the proposed math ethnic studies framework from Seattle (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2021-01-04, 13:31:46 (71.232.142.235)
https://www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/socialstudies/pubdocs/Math%20SDS%20ES%20Framework.pdf The above includes RT's quote. And the quote "The idea of 2 + 2 equaling 4 is cultural and beca .......

65: Inmate Central, Got the star treatment before he had a chance to grow up (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-29, 11:15:03 (71.232.142.235)
The NYC media dug into his background when they thought the Giants were going to draft him. His father treated him like a prodigy from a very young age, and from the 3rd grade on he groomed him as a f .......

66: Inmate Central, Flagstaff is more my kind of place (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-29, 10:50:53 (71.232.142.235)
In terms of weather, scenery, and recreation anyway. I'd still miss the culture of a larger population area though. .......

67: Inmate Central, Your top-10 list is driven by suburban sprawl (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-29, 10:03:37 (71.232.142.235)
It seems like a recipe for more generic suburban housing tracts, more strip malls, more big box retail, more chain restaurants, more traffic, longer lines and bigger crowds at the places and events I' .......

68: Inmate Central, I forgot to answer the question: No (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-29, 09:20:50 (71.232.142.235)
The Chiefs have Kelce and their receiving corps is deeper overall. They also have a better rushing attack. Devin Singletary has been a bit of a disappointment for the Bills this year. He's having some .......

69: Inmate Central, Sorry Pats fans, that was the most satisfying game I've watched in years (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-29, 08:58:42 (71.232.142.235)
The Bills had already won the division, and the Patriots were never in contention for a playoff spot, so both teams could have treated it like a throwaway game. But both teams came out playing with th .......

70: Inmate Central, Posting this for contrast, from JJ Watt (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-28, 16:52:50 (71.232.142.235)
This is how JJ Watt responded to a media question about how they could get it up again after an awful loss to the Bengals where he and his defensive teammates gave up 540 yds and career days to Brando .......

71: Inmate Central, When players have an outstanding game, they should be acknowledged (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-28, 09:09:25 (71.232.142.235)
I watched the game and the announcers didn't start heaping praise on Rodgers until the game was essentially over. He's one of the best quarterbacks of all time, in perhaps his best season ever, and he .......

72: Inmate Central, One thing about those Patriots, they actually paid for their own stadium (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-22, 14:50:19 (71.232.142.235)
I've gone sour on NCAA athletics. The big programs have nothing to do with education. The kids with athletic scholarships aren't managed by an academic department, they are managed by the athletics de .......

73: Speaker Asylum, Have you considered a kit? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-22, 14:24:44 (71.232.142.235)
Parts Express has 4 subwoofer kits based on a 10" Dayton driver. Two are partial kits with just the driver, front baffle, and bracing for under $200. You build the rest of the sealed enclosure. There' .......

74: Inmate Central, Finally an updated Sienna (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-22, 11:09:44 (71.232.142.235)
Too bad they hit it with an ugly stick. The side profile is OK, but the front grille looks hideous and the rear end isn't that great either. I'm glad they're staying in the minivan game though. We hav .......

75: Inmate Central, I've got a few (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-22, 09:22:36 (71.232.142.235)
I've got a few Rokus, a couple of older ones on the bedroom and patio TVs and a Roku Ultra on the living room set. I also have a 4K Sony OLED with Android TV. And an Nvidia Shield TV, which is Android .......

76: Speaker Asylum, Not many 10" choices for a small vented box, but here's one (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-21, 13:24:31 (71.232.142.235)
HiVi F10 at Parts Express Fs = 28Hz Vas = 2.78 ft^3 Qts = 0.31 Opting for SBB4 alignment would give you 1.17 ft^3 box volume and f3 = 47 Hz. Here's another that might work: Goldwood GW-10PC-8 In ad .......

77: Inmate Central, RE: Nice, with a downside. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-21, 08:43:07 (71.232.142.235)
Brady has only had two bad games with his new team, against the Saints and Rams. At the rate he's going, he is likely to finish the season with around 4400 yards, 35+ TDs, and 100 rating. Granted, his .......

78: Speaker Asylum, Do you mean Linn Audio of NH? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-21, 08:10:47 (71.232.142.235)
This? https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/50482374/the-acropolis-speaker-system-linn-audio-of-new-hampshire The proprietor/designer David Linn passed away a few years ago. I remember the ads. Eno .......

79: Inmate Central, Smile (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-20, 15:21:41 (71.232.142.235)
Now, if the Bills can just sweep them next week, I'll be happy with the season. I know the Pats were a long shot this year with the opt outs and uncertainty at QB, but it's still refreshing to see the .......

80: Inmate Central, That was an embarassing effort by the Broncos (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-20, 08:13:56 (71.232.142.235)
The Broncos pass coverage looked bloody awful, meanwhile their own WRs couldn't get open. And their kicker kept knocking them wide right. .......

81: Speaker Asylum, RE: Tube volume is not what matters (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-20, 07:57:05 (71.232.142.235)
The difficulty in applying the simple spring/mass oscillator as an analogy is that the port dimensions don't just determine the mass, they also determine the equivalent spring constant. As you increas .......

82: Speaker Asylum, What design is this? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-19, 15:09:22 (71.232.142.235)
It would be helpful to know what driver and design you're working with. I really wonder whether you're starting with a valid design. The box and port dimensions are unusual to say the least. A basic c .......

83: Speaker Asylum, Tube volume is not what matters (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-19, 12:41:25 (71.232.142.235)
For the same tuning frequency, as you increase the cross sectional area of the port(s), the length also has to increase. .......

84: Digital Drive, RE: volume & oversampling: separate vs combined? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-18, 12:19:53 (71.232.142.235)
That might be nothing more than how somebody decided to draw the diagram. As long as the bit depth is sufficient to avoid loss, I don't think it matters whether the digital filter used for volume cont .......

85: Speaker Asylum, It's not a matter of size but tuning (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-18, 12:13:10 (71.232.142.235)
There's no physics that dictates small woofers = high Q or vice versa. You can make an over- or under-damped alignment with any driver size. The tradeoffs are sensitivity, bass extension, and output. .......

86: Inmate Central, RE: "merely a question of priorities" Exactly (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-17, 13:09:57 (71.232.142.235)
That comment comes from an anecdote a friend of mine shared with me. We were both Air Force ROTC cadets and got engineering degrees, me electrical and him aerospace. And we both left active duty servi .......

87: Speaker Asylum, Lintons are fart boxes (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-17, 11:38:57 (71.232.142.235)
No I haven't heard them. Have you? The reviews say enough. You don't even have to read between the lines. View YouTube Video .......

88: Inmate Central, "merely a question of priorities" Exactly (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-16, 14:14:05 (71.232.142.235)
The two most important things in Alabama are football and church. I have anecdotal stories that I won't bore you with, but my impression is that Auburn and Bama are the two most revered institutions i .......

89: Inmate Central, I know they say not to put a spy on Jackson (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-15, 11:31:54 (71.232.142.235)
But it sure seemed like the Browns could have used one last night. You'd think they would be wise to the fake hand off play the Ravens run every series, but they kept falling for it over and over. You .......

90: Inmate Central, Good. Now they should fire Gase. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-07, 14:00:46 (71.232.142.235)
I developed a real dislike for Gregg Williams way back when he was HC for the Bills, long before his bounty systems came to light. He should never have been reinstated. Although I don't feel sorry for .......

91: Speaker Asylum, Good point about used. Also consider Contour S1.4 LE. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-07, 13:27:30 (71.232.142.235)
Special 40s are great bang for the buck at $3k new. At $2k used, it's a no-brainer vs. the Evoke 20. But coming from Harbeth, I think the Contour S1.4 LE might be a better option for Mr Blue Sky. It's .......

92: Speaker Asylum, Don't make that switch without auditioning (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-06, 06:03:31 (71.232.142.235)
If you're interested in Dynaudio, skip the Evoke 20. I'm a Dynaudio fan and follow impressions of their speakers posted on several different forums. While people seem to be pretty happy with the Evoke .......

93: Inmate Central, Statistically, it's safer to be an NFL player than an average Joe (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-02, 16:09:40 (71.232.142.235)
The protocols that the NFL mandated have mostly been followed, and so far they've resulted in lower COVID-19 positive rates in the NFL than in the general population. If they weren't playing a season, .......

94: Inmate Central, Nah. The season's been pretty successful so far. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-02, 11:07:45 (71.232.142.235)
The lack of fans in the seats hasn't ruined the TV viewing experience. There's only been a handful of postponed games, and most could have been played on schedule anyway, minus a few players and staff .......

95: Speaker Asylum, Yes, but I think you will need EQ (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-01, 12:14:24 (71.232.142.235)
I'm seconding what Brian and Story said. Replacing the amp will "work" in the sense that it can provide comparable output. But performance may vary from the how the speaker was designed in terms of ba .......

96: Inmate Central, An NFL mistake. The Ravens should play on schedule, with whoever they've got, or forfeit. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-12-01, 09:22:44 (71.232.142.235)
The NFL set a bad precedent by re-arranging schedules to accomodate the Titans' outbreak earlier in the season. They're making it worse now by giving the Ravens extra time. And the decision to make th .......

97: Inmate Central, Or maybe you're lying (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-10-31, 10:22:01 (71.232.142.235)
Chicago daily cases have been continuously climbing throughout the pandemic and are now much higher than in the spring. Chicago daily deaths have also been climbing throughout the pandemic and are als .......

98: Computer Audio Asylum, Thanks (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-10-30, 08:19:43 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

99: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Mostly not, but sometimes very much yes (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-10-29, 05:20:55 (71.232.142.235)
I didn't know there was a DVD-Audio version. I see a Hybrid SACD + bonus DVD bundle (not DVD-A). Is that the one you mean? .......

100: Computer Audio Asylum, Mostly not, but sometimes very much yes (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-10-28, 16:04:50 (71.232.142.235)
Like Cut-Throat said, I always have the internet handy to look things up. That's fine for things like credits. But sometimes I miss the artwork, pictures, commentary, jokes, and other media that artis .......

101: General Asylum, RE: I did not realize Paul was back at Goodwin's (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-10-23, 09:58:32 (71.232.142.235)
Fidelis is accessible. They're in a strip mall, it's all one level, and there's ramps to get over the curb. They have demo rooms ranging from small to medium-large. Some are pretty good, but nothing t .......

102: General Asylum, RE: I did not realize Paul was back at Goodwin's (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-10-22, 14:34:06 (71.232.142.235)
I wonder who is running the store now. I've met a few other guys there who seemed to be more into the system integration and custom install side, so I've no idea what they're like and can't remember t .......

103: General Asylum, I did not realize Paul was back at Goodwin's (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-10-22, 12:31:44 (71.232.142.235)
I purchased equipment from Paul and can echo what everybody is saying, he was the kind of audio salesman that I wish they all were like. It was only about a year ago that I called Goodwin's about a Li .......

104: Speaker Asylum, I don't see it that way (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-08-21, 08:22:05 (71.232.142.235)
Go back and read Tre's first post. John was trying to say that one side stays fixed and the other side does all the pushing and pulling, but that is not a physically accurate way to describe how the c .......

105: Speaker Asylum, It's not my strawman and I'm not the one perpetuating it (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-08-21, 07:22:00 (71.232.142.235)
Please go back and read the original post. George put forth the strawman, questioned it, and asked us to explain/comment. The strawman is that the red terminal alone determines how the loudspeaker res .......

106: Speaker Asylum, Ah, got me (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-08-20, 14:36:06 (71.232.142.235)
I once used (and still have on hand) a Parasound A23, so I guess I can't say I've only owned differential amps. .......

107: Speaker Asylum, RE: What is the interaction of the loudspeaker and amplifier? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-08-20, 11:54:34 (71.232.142.235)
A lot of amplifiers have a differential output stage, in which case neither binding post is at a constant voltage i.e. ground. With a differential output stage, the voltage at the black post is just t .......

108: Speaker Asylum, You sure about "most"? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-08-20, 11:39:45 (71.232.142.235)
Not counting AVRs, every audio amplifier I've ever owned has had a differential output stage. Even if you're right and I'm an exception, it doesn't matter one bit to the OP's question because the spea .......

109: Inmate Central, How the hell is day care safer than school? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-08-01, 13:26:51 (71.232.142.235)
At school, students work on tasks. At school, students are (mostly) expected to stay at their desks/tables. At school, students are expected to refrain from playing with each other and horsing around. .......

110: Speaker Asylum, RE: That's what I call a clickbait product (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-08-01, 11:56:48 (71.232.142.235)
Of course there are fantastically wealthy people around, but nobody is going to be fooled by such a blatantly fictitious product. That image is a joke. Besides, who leaves >$4M of solid gold sitting a .......

111: Speaker Asylum, That's what I call a clickbait product (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-31, 11:20:45 (71.232.142.235)
You announce a fictitious product, something so outrageously overpriced that you don't have to worry about anybody actually wanting to buy it, but with something unique unique about it, some sort of h .......

112: Inmate Central, OK, so don't buy American products then (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-31, 08:44:18 (71.232.142.235)
You can start by not buying our agricultural products and raw materials. We could save our resources like soil, aquifers, rivers, forests, and so on for our own future benefit, instead of depleting th .......

113: Inmate Central, Hey, I agree. Wow (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-31, 08:07:33 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

114: Inmate Central, You mean, like YOU didn't bother to read it and understand it? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-31, 08:04:54 (71.232.142.235)
It was not just severe cases. You took the 'S' from the designation of the virus (SARS-COV-2) and misinterpreted it. You also claimed there was a problem with self-selection, but the participants were .......

115: Inmate Central, How is a conversation about an election NOT political? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-30, 17:03:53 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

116: Speaker Asylum, What mhardy said (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-30, 07:27:20 (71.232.142.235)
Granite provides rigidity and mass loading, but has no damping. If you can think of a material, somebody has probably tried making a speaker cabinet out of it. In many cases, I think it's just to diff .......

117: Critic's Corner, He'll be the first of many I think (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-29, 11:28:34 (71.232.142.235)
I've always been surprised by the relatively large number of people trying to generate income in a relatively small market. One reason why there's so many people out there writing about high end audio .......

118: General Asylum, A guess (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-29, 10:06:17 (71.232.142.235)
Triodes have internal negative feedback inherent to their design. No external feedback circuit should be required around it, but technically, you could say it has feedback. .......

119: Amp/Preamp Asylum, To clarify (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-29, 09:04:38 (71.232.142.235)
I agree that if you split the signal at the frequency which divides the power equally in halves, then bi-amping can double the power. But with two A23s, that's still no more power than a single A21. A .......

120: Inmate Central, RE: The German study (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-29, 04:38:41 (71.232.142.235)
It is a scary result though it's also a small study. The methodology is also somewhat self selected and uses severe cases: "This is a prospective observational cohort study of 100 patients diagnosed .......

121: Inmate Central, RE: Man, that's a LOT of... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-28, 12:37:54 (71.232.142.235)
But Bill, as you should know by know, the virus only takes people who were going to die soon anyway. .......

122: Inmate Central, The German study (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-28, 12:34:31 (71.232.142.235)
The Fonarow editorial was just one of the papers posted yesterday. Here is the other, from a sample of 100 recovered patients in Germany: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2 .......

123: Inmate Central, Well, better than nothing I guess (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-28, 08:07:52 (71.232.142.235)
At least that should keep the kids from touching each other and passing notes and stuff around. And catch some of the droplets if kids pull their masks down. Not sure how some of them are going to see .......

124: Speaker Asylum, Honestly (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-27, 14:28:35 (71.232.142.235)
Price-wise, I think you're aiming a little too low. Considering the kind of system you're used to enjoying, I think you need to set your sights just a little bit higher. If it has to be something new, .......

125: Inmate Central, RE: Sexual orientation is different from gender (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-27, 14:00:43 (71.232.142.235)
I think it's kind of like Maslov's hierarchy. As far as needs go, being comfortable in your own skin is at a lower level than love and intimacy. .......

126: Inmate Central, Not that long ago (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-27, 13:43:17 (71.232.142.235)
I first heard it around Memorial Day I think, on a YouTube video. Aside from YouTube videos, my wife has seen it on Facebook and I've heard it at work. I've started using the analogy because most of t .......

127: Inmate Central, Of course it was the Marlins (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-27, 11:27:07 (71.232.142.235)
And of course the NBA "bubble" is in Disneyworld. I think I'm finally ready to admit that there's not going to be any football. The Tour de France is normally my sporting highlight of the year. But no .......

128: Inmate Central, For anyone who isn't familiar with the slang (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-27, 10:31:57 (71.232.142.235)
Dropping dong refers to pulling the mask down so your nose is sticking out over the top. .......

129: Inmate Central, The mask rule is no different from the others (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-27, 08:07:34 (71.232.142.235)
I grew up in Western New York state, and I remember when New York first mandated the wearing of seat belts in the early 80s. It was controversial and many people refused to use them. It took a decade .......

130: Inmate Central, Sexual orientation is different from gender (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-27, 06:27:56 (71.232.142.235)
Sexual orientation is different from gender Some women are attracted to women Some men are attracted to men You really can't get your head around that? .......

131: Inmate Central, The world is not black and white (2nd try) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-27, 06:25:35 (71.232.142.235)
Sexual orientation is not just homo and hetero, it's a spectrum. Gender is not just male and female, it is also a spectrum. Gender is about masculinity and femininity, not what sex organs you have. Ev .......

132: Inmate Central, There's a difference between sex and gender (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-25, 16:19:13 (71.232.142.235)
Gender is strongly correlated with what chromosomes you have, but it's not strictly determined by that. The fact that you call it role playing indicates you don't understand gender at all. The reality .......

133: Inmate Central, I'm still on the fence here (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-25, 15:45:54 (71.232.142.235)
My town of 33k people currently has 25 active cases. A month ago we were in the low 30s. Most are in long term care facilities. BUT... State-wide, an upward trend has emerged over the last two weeks. .......

134: Inmate Central, There are lots and lots of districts with ZERO cases in the surrounding community (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-25, 13:38:54 (71.232.142.235)
Like I said the last time this topic came up, in-person education is safe in some areas and dangerous in others. A single policy for all doesn't make sense. .......

135: Inmate Central, It's different here (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-25, 12:45:25 (71.232.142.235)
Around here, when traffic is moving, if you try to merge at the end of the ramp going 45 you'll cause people to take evasive maneuvers and maybe cause an accident. Even the semis exiting tight clover .......

136: Inmate Central, How little are you willing to live with? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-25, 12:22:15 (71.232.142.235)
My first car was a Ford Escort with all of 88 horsepower and a 5-speed manual. It would happily (albeit noisily) cruise on the highway at 80 mph. On long trips I would average over 40 mpg. It had enou .......

137: Inmate Central, RE: NEVER had a problem with Wells Fargo... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-24, 13:39:42 (199.46.188.14)
As far as the uninvited credit card scandal, this was more to do with employees defrauding the company to win bonuses than a strategy of management. Did management incentivize fraud? Likely not inten .......

138: Inmate Central, RE: Future Questions? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-24, 13:23:49 (199.46.188.14)
So where IS the money? Typically it is invested making jobs. and funding other money making activites which ALSO provide jobs. It often isn't invested in making jobs. Look at Microsoft, Apple, Berks .......

139: Inmate Central, The real question is, who would buy? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-24, 12:36:59 (199.46.188.14)
If Jeff Bezos was shot in the head and all of his assets seized and sold off and all his bank accounts emptied and distributed to the bottom 25% of America. Who would cry? Do the same thing to every .......

140: Inmate Central, This article makes the case otherwise (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-24, 12:20:31 (199.46.188.14)
Note I don't agree with Rod on the larger argument, just responding to your contention that the tech companies employ tiny amounts of workers. The gist of the article below is that today's tech giants .......

141: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Unlikely (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-24, 06:39:24 (71.232.142.235)
These Parasound amps are not current limited into a 4 ohm load, they have more paralleled output transistors than they probably need. The power supply is the limiting factor, so you're not likely to g .......

142: Inmate Central, Mortgage brokers (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-24, 06:22:30 (71.232.142.235)
I was wondering the same thing. When it comes to mortgages, a lot of people use mortgage brokers who may be steering them to Wells Fargo, either because of competitive rates, or because Wells Fargo is .......

143: Inmate Central, Thanks for the links (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-23, 11:15:34 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

144: Inmate Central, Highly trained scientists are not immune to bias (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-23, 11:12:45 (71.232.142.235)
Public policy in response to COVID-19 can't help but be caught up in politics. Henaghan writes for The Spectator and has been arguing against the pandemic response from the beginning. I don't know abo .......

145: Inmate Central, Sorry, thought you were talking about your post (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-22, 15:19:41 (71.232.142.235)
FWIW, Tom Jefferson was a co-author of an article condemning a Cochrane review of HPV vaccine a couple years ago. It resulted in a big shakeup at Cochrane including a co-author (who was also a board m .......

146: Inmate Central, It's too bad, because they always seemed pretty full (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-22, 14:47:28 (71.232.142.235)
Most of my A380 miles were on the Kangaroo Route, first through Singapore and then Dubai (both had their merits). Occasionally I'd fly SYD to/from LAX or DFW. Business class was always fully sold and .......

147: Inmate Central, Denis Rancourt has no connection to Cochrane (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-22, 13:28:19 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

148: Inmate Central, They have quite a history, but I'll take the A380 (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-22, 12:10:52 (71.232.142.235)
I've flown the upper deck on the 747 a couple of times between Chicago and Tokyo. That was nice. But otherwise the 747 is kind of meh. Once I'd flown the A380 I started trying to avoid 747 flights. Ha .......

149: Inmate Central, Some of that comes from media portrayal (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-22, 11:28:15 (71.232.142.235)
I won't deny that the US is in a really crazy state of affairs right now. However, when I've lived and traveled overseas, I've noticed differences in how the media portrays the US. In some places it's .......

150: Amp/Preamp Asylum, By bridging the amp, you cut the damping factor in half (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-22, 10:52:50 (71.232.142.235)
You may have heard the myth that bridging gives you quadruple the power. The reality for most amplifiers is more like double. If you think you can benefit from doubling the power, it would be better t .......

151: Inmate Central, All-cause mortality during COVID-19: No plague and a likely signature of mass homicide by government response (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-22, 09:07:11 (71.232.142.235)
You might want to check out the background of the author. He was fired from the University of Ottawa in 2009. The subject line is another of his recent writings. The article you posted was yanked from .......

152: Inmate Central, RE: All the good places I'd want to live in are either too expensive or there's no work (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-22, 08:35:54 (71.232.142.235)
I'm a long way from retirement, so I won't presume to relate. But I can imagine being torn between family, sentiment, and adventure. For now though, we need to save for my kids' education and our reti .......

153: Inmate Central, So how did they evaluate short-term efficacy? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-21, 16:44:21 (71.232.142.235)
Did they conduct human challenge trials? Human challenge trials would be pretty damn unethical considering there is no cure or consistently effective treatment for COVID-19, so I kind of doubt they di .......

154: Inmate Central, All the good places I'd want to live in are either too expensive or there's no work (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-21, 08:01:59 (71.232.142.235)
One good thing we have going for us here in the US is that there are plenty of nice places to be where the cost of living is low but jobs are available to those with skills. .......

155: Inmate Central, I've heard that before, but never experienced it (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-21, 07:42:31 (71.232.142.235)
It always seems to be the Canadians and Aussies making these claims, but I certainly haven't experienced anything like that. I used to travel to the UK frequently for work, and lived there for a summe .......

156: Inmate Central, Now that's a clean egg (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-21, 06:30:51 (71.232.142.235)
I assume that was fairly new. Every year around Thanksgiving time, before I put the cover on for winter, I dump my leftover charcoal in and do a high temp self-cleaning burn. But it never looks as fre .......

157: Inmate Central, I'm sorry to hear that (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-21, 05:48:14 (71.232.142.235)
Here's a couple of recent articles on blood type: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/14/1005173/blood-type-covid-19-coronavirus-infection/ https://hms.harvard.edu/news/covid-blood-type In sho .......

158: Inmate Central, If only, man. If only (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-21, 05:13:17 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

159: Inmate Central, I'm with you for the most part (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-21, 05:12:40 (71.232.142.235)
I don't count cook time as effort unless I'm constantly tending to it. If you look at it in terms of effort per pound of food, smoking and roasting big pieces of meat are near the bottom end of the sc .......

160: Inmate Central, And the sanwiches came out great (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-21, 04:19:03 (71.232.142.235)
Three slices per sandwich, maybe 1/4-1/3 lb. Re-heated slowly in the microwave at 10% power. Then drizzled with a little bit of tangy BBQ sauce and topped with cheese, a bit of onion and lettuce. The .......

161: Inmate Central, I'll see how the sandwiches come out first (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-20, 15:42:03 (199.46.182.21)
We mostly ate from the small end last night, which came out really moist and flavorful. But a direct grilled tenderloin comes out better with less effort. The loin is the perfect size for slicing into .......

162: Inmate Central, Perhaps it's because I like my burgers simple (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-20, 15:17:18 (199.46.182.21)
Sometimes just patty, bun, and a slice of swiss cheese. Other times just patty, bun, and some black pepper. If I get one at work, I'll usually keep the lettuce and onion it's served with and occasiona .......

163: Inmate Central, What about all the countries who are right now proving them wrong? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-20, 15:00:47 (199.46.182.21)
If somebody told you the sky is green, would you believe them, or would you go have a look at the sky? Do me a favor and check out the world map at the site below. Select "Daily Cases" on the bottom r .......

164: Inmate Central, This is why I don't pay attention to so-called experts unless they have data to back it up (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-20, 14:39:59 (199.46.182.21)
All one has to do to refute the seasonality argument is look at the top ten countries in daily new cases right now: 1. USA (in summer) 2. India (in summer) 3. Brazil (equatorial) 4. South Africa (in w .......

165: Inmate Central, RE: I've had three in the last 10 years: Black & Decker, Ryobi, and EGO (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-20, 14:07:00 (199.46.182.21)
I got the Ryobi from Home Depot around the same time as you. I don't remember the year exactly, but it wasn't the first year on the market. So 2015 is my guess. I still have it in the garage. One of t .......

166: Inmate Central, I accidentally had one at work (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-20, 13:07:28 (199.46.182.21)
The grill station at the cafeteria where I work switched to Beyond Meat products last year. I had no idea it happened because I paid no attention to the advertising signs they had put up, and I rarely .......

167: Inmate Central, AND THE RESULTS ARE... OKAY (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-20, 08:25:15 (71.232.142.235)
Brined 5 hours in water + kosher salt + maple syrup + BBQ rub + some fresh herbs I had around. I didn't bother to inject. I seasoned it well with leftover dry rub I made for my last butt. Cooked indir .......

168: Inmate Central, I've had three in the last 10 years: Black & Decker, Ryobi, and EGO (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-20, 06:24:27 (71.232.142.235)
The Black & Decker was just a weed eater, with the motor in the cutting head and the non-removable battery built into the handle. I think it was 18V. It was all plastic and relatively lightweight and .......

169: Inmate Central, Don't worry, it's safe (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-19, 14:28:32 (71.232.142.235)
Check out the document below from the USDA. See table 1 on page 19. It lists the minimum cooking time vs. temperaturs for the elimination of Trichinella. With a sous vide setup, you can safely cook po .......

170: Inmate Central, According to the gov't, 145F is the safe temp for fresh pork, same as for beef (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-19, 13:54:38 (71.232.142.235)
See below .......

171: Inmate Central, I've had good luck with tenderloins (not smoking) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-19, 11:40:04 (71.232.142.235)
First I sear them on all sides directly over hot coals, then set up an indirect cook until they hit 140-145F. They will still have some pink in the center, which puts some people off, but they come ou .......

172: Inmate Central, RE: BBQ guys: best method for pork loin (not tenderloin)? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-19, 11:11:47 (71.232.142.235)
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't have the stuff to make porchetta. That will probably have to wait for winter. I'm kicking myself for not buying bacon. I usually make a pork crown roast for East .......

173: Inmate Central, Sorry, can't take a pic, it's already in brine (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-19, 11:08:27 (71.232.142.235)
But it's about 5" wide, 3" thick, and 16" long. Half a loin, not a tenderloin. I'll be doing indirect, probably more like 250-275 than 325. Normally I smoke with wood chunks, but it looks like I used .......

174: Inmate Central, Thanks, will give it a shot (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-19, 10:54:03 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

175: Inmate Central, BBQ guys: best method for pork loin (not tenderloin)? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-19, 08:06:15 (71.232.142.235)
I've cooked lots of tenderloins, but never a loin roast, because every time I've eaten one at someone else's house, it's been flavorless and usually kind of dry. But the store was out of tenderloins, .......

176: Inmate Central, Source? Data? What population is this? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-19, 06:33:08 (71.232.142.235)
I'm guessing this is annual deaths, because the numbers are in the right order of magnitude, but where? These are definitely are not US numbers. The latest death rate in the US pre-COVID-19 was 863.8/ .......

177: Inmate Central, Most airlines are not leaving middle seats empty or enforcing masks (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-18, 11:11:46 (71.232.142.235)
Last I checked, Delta and Jet Blue were the only major airlines who were keeping middle seats empty. American, United, and Spirit are booking up to full capacity. The others are somewhere in the middl .......

178: Inmate Central, I don't have cable, but I've seen a few episodes (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-18, 10:44:30 (71.232.142.235)
I'm usually not in a rush. My normal routine for baby backs is 3-1-1 at 225F. 3 hours smoking, then 1 hour wrapped in foil, then back on the grate for 1 hour with a mop sauce (I use a thinned out BBQ .......

179: Inmate Central, RE: Eight Hours (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-18, 07:55:22 (71.232.142.235)
I do brisket once a year. Compared to pork butt, which you can be careless with and it still tastes good, brisket seems to require more effort and attention. My friend loves to cook brisket on his off .......

180: Inmate Central, Great in some places, bad in others (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-18, 07:38:34 (71.232.142.235)
There's been a huge decline in deaths in the metro areas that were worst hit early in the pandemic. That's driving the overall decline. But that's no comfort to people living in metro areas that are i .......

181: Inmate Central, RE: I don't think so. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-18, 07:24:51 (71.232.142.235)
Nobody (after Wuhan) follows the super-conservative quarantine everybody just in case approach you were suggesting. If somebody tests positive, they'll estimate when they were first contagious and wh .......

182: Inmate Central, Looks good (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-18, 06:36:37 (71.232.142.235)
I've always done butts for pulled pork, low and slow around 225-ish. It's been ages since I cooked a picnic. Is the different cut the reason for cooking at 300F, or is it because you like to cook & ea .......

183: Inmate Central, RE: As promised, pulled pork Friday (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-18, 06:27:37 (71.232.142.235)
Eight hours is actually a pretty fast cook. When I do a full size Boston butt for a party or cookout, which is usually 8-11 lbs, it takes 12-16 hours at 225F on my Big Green Egg. I'll start the fire a .......

184: Inmate Central, You're WAY overstating it (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-17, 15:17:39 (71.232.142.235)
When somebody tests positive for COVID-19 and they visited a supermarket within the last few days, we don't close down the supermarket and quarantine all the employees and every customer who passed th .......

185: Inmate Central, It's bonkers if you think about it (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-17, 14:20:48 (71.232.142.235)
If you make 25% of the population stay home, how's that going to work for the economy? Not only would your strategy kill and/or permanently injure a lot of people for no good reason, it would also doo .......

186: Inmate Central, Moreover (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-17, 14:05:31 (71.232.142.235)
If we're not successful in creating an effective vaccine, those 50 and older can't stay isolated forever. We could have 25% of the population sheltering at home for a year, only to emerge and THEN cat .......

187: Inmate Central, Does the entire team have to quarantine for 14 days? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-17, 11:19:12 (71.232.142.235)
I would say yes, and on top of that, the team forfeits any games they were scheduled to play during the quarantine period. That would give everyone involved with a team some serious motivation to take .......

188: Inmate Central, RE: That article reads like the Enquirer... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-17, 10:05:19 (71.232.142.235)
You can quibble with the numbers, but during flu season we don't see hospitals at max capacity full of flu cases. We don't see freezer trucks lined up to store bodies because the morgues are full. And .......

189: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: If feel so inadequate ... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-17, 07:38:43 (71.232.142.235)
The original justification for oversampling was to be able to implement a really steep reconstruction filter. But you don't have to go beyond 8x to implement a steep filter, and even the steepest filt .......

190: Computer Audio Asylum, They're all FIR filters (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-17, 07:22:16 (71.232.142.235)
FIR filters are linear phase and have constant group delay, same at all frequencies. Filters 3,4, and 6 all have short impulse responses. Filter 3 has the steepest roll-off, but it's still not that st .......

191: Inmate Central, RE: That's not going to happen... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-16, 15:37:36 (71.232.142.235)
Public schools saved a ton on operating costs in the 3 months they were closed, and nobody got a tax refund for the savings, so they should be able to afford some PPE. But assuming COVID-19 and the re .......

192: Inmate Central, RE: Kids are germ bags... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-16, 15:25:06 (71.232.142.235)
They need to have a zero tolerance policy about sick kids and screen them daily before they come in the door. It's got to be like the company I work for. Our policy since March has been that if you're .......

193: Inmate Central, We just received guidance from the state (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-16, 13:07:19 (71.232.142.235)
Our state released guidelines for re-opening schools on Tuesday. It offers a lot of good recommendations and guidance, but the state is steering clear of making policy decisions, leaving it up to the .......

194: Critic's Corner, Thanks, I'll check it out (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-16, 09:07:41 (71.232.142.235)
The retail price is no obstacle. I don't subscribe to any magazines anymore because of all the unwanted marketing that goes along with it. But when there's something of interest, I'll buy at the newss .......

195: Inmate Central, This one is easy to debunk (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-16, 08:55:28 (71.232.142.235)
The web site you linked highlighted two sentences which were not the point of the article. The focus of the article is whether masks are beneficial in hospital settings for health care workers who are .......

196: Inmate Central, The surge in cases there has nothing to do with the rally, unless you believe in time travel (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-16, 08:17:57 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

197: Inmate Central, Making excuses for his own failures - that's what it sounds like to me (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-16, 06:41:04 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

198: Critic's Corner, What was the scope of the article? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-16, 06:23:26 (71.232.142.235)
I'm not a subscriber to TAS. Normally I avoid all those buyer's guide/directory/recommended components issues like the plague. But a "Loudspeaker Designer Roundtable" sounds like something I might wan .......

199: Inmate Central, How can a surge that started on 6/8 be caused by an event on 6/20? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 18:39:59 (71.232.142.235)
Rod has a good point on this one. It takes 5 days or so after an exposure for the first symptoms to show up, then people get tested, then the test results come back. It's at least a week before the pe .......

200: Inmate Central, That is not evidence that protests don't spread the virus (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 14:48:21 (199.46.188.17)
Let me try to sum up the paper one more time in the simplest way possible: 1. Protests = less social distancing 2. Non-protesters avoiding going out because of the protests = more social distancing 3. .......

201: Inmate Central, I'm not challenging the study's data and conclusions (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 14:09:19 (199.46.188.17)
But the study does not support the claim that protests don't spread the virus. In fact, the study presumes the opposite, that the protests did spread the virus, but their effect was offset by more non .......

202: Computer Audio Asylum, That's correct (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 12:57:17 (199.46.188.17)
The D90's clocks are 45.1584 MHz for multiples of 44.1k (including DSD), and 49.1520 MHz for multiples of 48k. That's nothing out of the ordinary. For years, ESS Sabre DACs have been using a 100 MHz m .......

203: Inmate Central, Can you imagine if that happened at sea? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 12:44:57 (199.46.188.17)
It would be every sailor's worst nightmare. Has anyone reported the root cause of the fire? .......

204: Computer Audio Asylum, For PCM, 128x (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 09:01:58 (71.232.142.235)
The AKM DAC's default is 128x. The master clocks in the D90 are fast enough to do 128x oversampling of a 384KHz sample rate input, falling to 64x oversampling at the maximum input sample rate of 768 K .......

205: Inmate Central, When are you going to start reading the suff you post before jumping to conclusions (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 08:04:35 (71.232.142.235)
Here's the first paragraph of the study conclusions: This study is the first to empirically examine the linkage between the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and the spread of COVID-19, which has been .......

206: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Does it have a 'zero oversampling' mode? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 07:28:54 (71.232.142.235)
Everything is oversampled in the AKM DAC, but there is a "super slow" filter mode that is very nearly a straight pass-through. .......

207: Computer Audio Asylum, They are using the filters built into the AKM DAC (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 07:11:00 (71.232.142.235)
Mode 1 and Mode 3 are both sharp roll-off, but they are not brick wall. They only differ in delay, so they should be indistinguishable. Mode 2 and Mode 4 are both slow roll-off. Again, they only diffe .......

208: Inmate Central, The problem with counting the protests (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 06:35:00 (71.232.142.235)
Although the protests were large, they were still just a tiny percentage of the population, hundreds out of hundreds of thousands, thousands out of millions, etc. Unless you test the protesters, and c .......

209: Inmate Central, You have to consider the numbers (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 05:52:03 (71.232.142.235)
There's ~20 million people in the NYC metro area. The number of protesters is unknown, but it's in the thousands or tens of thousands. That's a 1000:1 difference. There very well could have been a spi .......

210: Inmate Central, Here's a tip (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-15, 05:43:08 (71.232.142.235)
Partially inflate the tube before you begin, just enough to get it into a round, tubular shape. Then insert the tube into the tire before you put the tire on the rim. The outward pressure will help ke .......

211: Inmate Central, Some failed restaurant owners are poor managers (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-14, 18:24:01 (71.232.142.235)
I don't know who has been running K-Pauls since Paul died, but there's plenty of people who get into the business but don't know how to run a business. I've always been amazed at how some restaurants .......

212: Inmate Central, RE: To clarify... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-14, 18:19:28 (71.232.142.235)
The ring molded into the sidewall is called the "bead" and it should lock into place once there is enough pressure. That's called "seating the bead." Once seated, the bead will stick to the rim even i .......

213: Inmate Central, RE: I don't believe in the supernatural but if I did... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-14, 16:16:45 (71.232.142.235)
It's hard for me to imagine a wheel so far out of true that the tires and tubes can't be mounted. I've seen old 70s banana seat kids bikes with wheels an inch out of true, but with new tires. I think .......

214: Computer Audio Asylum, Good to know (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-14, 12:44:33 (71.232.142.235)
I thought Seagate was the only company doing this, and only in their consumer high capacity drives. I guess I haven't been paying attention to what's been happening in storage for the last year. Curre .......

215: Inmate Central, We're lucky not to have lost a single one around here (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-14, 11:21:14 (71.232.142.235)
But now some of the local restaurants and bars are completely blowing off the restrictions, probably desperate to make as much as they can in case there's a second round of closures. But in doing so, .......

216: Inmate Central, Same here (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-14, 11:16:53 (71.232.142.235)
Our old favorite restaurant was like that, adult and kid friendly. They had good quality food and creative dishes, prices were reasonable, they had a large bar room with dining tables and cheap drinks .......

217: Inmate Central, Good point (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 18:33:31 (71.232.142.235)
I was thinking in general terms about eating while traveling, and not specifically what to do during the pandemic. Given you said the last three months, I'd stick to fast food as well, drive-through i .......

218: Inmate Central, If you're not super pressed for time, you can get off the interstate (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 18:21:18 (71.232.142.235)
I've driven mostly E-W routes, not N-S, but in general, I've noticed there's plenty of diners and truck stops that are just a very short distance away from an exit. .......

219: Inmate Central, That's classic trademark squatting, he'll lose (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 16:06:53 (71.232.142.235)
The US doesn't have a simple "first-to-file" trademark system like many countries do. Our system is use-based. A trademark has to be commercialized and kept in use. This guy put up basic static webpag .......

220: Inmate Central, Talking about SARS-CoV-2, not rabies (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 12:05:01 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

221: Inmate Central, Whining won't, but policies can (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 10:16:09 (71.232.142.235)
Voluntary compliance with guidelines and recommendations has failed miserably is large parts of this country. Things have gone better in places where the rules have been mandatory, but generally not e .......

222: Inmate Central, You, acting alone, can't keep yourself safe (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 09:53:11 (71.232.142.235)
Not unless you're going to spend all your time outside the home suited up in full hospital-grade PPE. Infectious diseases don't care about your doctrine of personal responsibility. The personal safety .......

223: Inmate Central, How do you separate the effects of mask wearing from social distancing and isolation? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 09:42:49 (71.232.142.235)
You can't. Wearing masks is a well accepted best practice, but so is hand washing, disinfecting surfaces, staying home, social distancing in public, quarantines, contact tracing, etc. There's no way t .......

224: Inmate Central, There is nothing beyond "suspected" with any transmission mechanism (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 09:31:47 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

225: Inmate Central, RE: No studies I'm aware of have shown it's transmitted by touch. That (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 09:30:19 (71.232.142.235)
See the latest WHO report below. Transmission via contaminated surfaces is a suspected mechanism for virus spread, but there's no conclusive evidence that it spreads that way. There is evidence that t .......

226: Inmate Central, Hydraulic discs are awesome (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 09:09:03 (71.232.142.235)
IMHO, disc brakes are the best thing to happen to cycling since hood mounted shifting (STI, etc.) About 10 years ago I bought a MTB with mechanical discs, which were great except they required careful .......

227: Inmate Central, Not sure what you're point is (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 08:56:01 (71.232.142.235)
I agree that we've all said or done things that seemed rather harmless at the time (to us) but would be offensive now, sometimes because we were ignorant and sometimes because standards have changed. .......

228: Inmate Central, RE: Potentially a bit of good news (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 06:43:29 (71.232.142.235)
tinear posted that last week. My initial reaction was that it was just Sweden looking for any data that justified their approach. Sweden had a big surge of cases in June, for unexplained reasons, whic .......

229: Inmate Central, There's a tradeoff there too (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 06:29:06 (71.232.142.235)
I bought a gravel bike two years ago, and opted for Shimano 2x11 gearing with a compact double. I tried SRAM 1x, which was getting very popular/trendy on gravel bikes. But I didn't like it because of .......

230: Inmate Central, Derailleurs (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-13, 05:52:40 (71.232.142.235)
They are simple, proven, reliable, long lasting, lightweight, efficient, interchangeable, upgradeable, and any shop can work on them. The Pinion transmission looks like two motorcycle-style sequential .......

231: Inmate Central, It depends so much on where you are (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-12, 14:03:06 (71.232.142.235)
If I lived where Gak! does, I wouldn't hesitate for a second to send my kids to school. On the other hand, if I lived in metro Phoenix, Miami, LA, Houston, etc. there's no way in hell I'd put my kids .......

232: General Asylum, Neither libraries or Goodwill are taking donations here (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-12, 11:03:41 (71.232.142.235)
The library is only open by appointment. Goodwill is open, but nobody is buying, so they've stopped taking donations until they can reduce inventory. .......

233: General Asylum, To me that's faffing (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-12, 11:00:40 (71.232.142.235)
To each his own obviously. I can't say I ever had an appreciation for the collecting, organizing, or handling of physical media. For me, it was just a necessary step to get the music playing. And now .......

234: Inmate Central, You can use a Presta tube on a Schraeder rim with an adapter (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-12, 07:07:05 (71.232.142.235)
The last bike I had with a Schraeder valve was a BMX'er in the early 80s. Even my kids' bikes have Presta valves. Anyway, you need something like this: https://www.amazon.com/SunLite-Sunlite-Rim-Grom .......

235: Inmate Central, So true, except maybe audio equipment (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-12, 06:41:36 (71.232.142.235)
Friday was my wife's birthday. The last few months have been tough with working full time plus watching the kids, so I wanted to splurge a little on something she's been wanting for some time: an outd .......

236: Inmate Central, Different timelines though (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-12, 06:26:04 (71.232.142.235)
It was Rod's son that was exposed on the 4th or 5th, not Rod. If his son got infected, Rod's clock doesn't start until his son is shedding enough virus to be contagious. Fortunately, it sounds like he .......

237: Inmate Central, Saddles are a very personal thing (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-11, 10:23:53 (71.232.142.235)
The conventional wisdom I've always heard is that the more you ride, and the more aggressive your position, the more you'll like a minimally padded saddle. And vice versa: the less you ride, and the m .......

238: Inmate Central, Rod, did you talk to your doc? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-11, 09:41:03 (71.232.142.235)
That would be my first port of call. If your son's friend tested positive on Monday, I'm surprised you haven't already heard from a contact tracer. It takes some time after exposure for someone to bec .......

239: Digital Drive, What metadata provider does EAC use now? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-10, 14:56:41 (71.232.142.235)
One of the reasons why I purchased dBpoweramp was for access to commercial metadata providers, and a nice UI where you could compare & combine multiple metadata search results. That was a huge plus wh .......

240: Inmate Central, John Deere (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-10, 10:50:15 (71.232.142.235)
Farmers are already up in arms regarding John Deere's license agreements. But they keep buying anyway. The same is going to happen with cars. Buyers eager to enjoy their new vehicle won't bother readi .......

241: Inmate Central, Until you need a new car (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-10, 10:40:50 (71.232.142.235)
Vehicle tracking and data logging are already technologies you can't avoid by buying a no-frills car. .......

242: Digital Drive, The batch converter is very useful (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-10, 06:52:51 (71.232.142.235)
For just the reason you mentioned. Some vehicle head units support FLAC and some don't. And sometimes I'll need a little more compression to fit everything I want to fit onto a particular USB stick or .......

243: Inmate Central, Wow (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-08, 19:20:39 (71.232.142.235)
In every single place I've ever lived, outdoor eating was overwhelmingly preferred by customers as long as the weather was tolerable. Is SF really that different, or are you just an indoor guy? ::: TO .......

244: Inmate Central, Re: Hospitals, probably because they were put into serious financial trouble by the first round (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-08, 18:43:29 (71.232.142.235)
In most states, any hospital that wasn't full of COVID-19 patients lost most of its revenue from mid-March through mid-May (and some until mid-June) because they cancelled all elective procedures and .......

245: Inmate Central, Well, that explained the situation in March & April (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-08, 16:45:32 (71.232.142.235)
But you'd think we would have learned something since then. It's not solely a problem with the Federal Government, because the states that are panicking now failed to prepare when they had the chance .......

246: Inmate Central, I felt pretty OK with outdoor dining up until indoor dining resumed (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-08, 12:13:59 (71.232.142.235)
As soon as indoor dining resumed, our two favorite restaurants were packed. They may be technically staying within the 50% capacity limit based on fire code, but they are not following the 6 foot tabl .......

247: Inmate Central, Did you look at the infection rates? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-08, 11:08:11 (71.232.142.235)
See link below. Sweden saw a big increase in new cases starting in early June. Daily new cases reached their peak of the pandemic on June 23 and have only dropped a little bit since then. And it's not .......

248: Inmate Central, RE: Sweden and hope: it's all based on a non-peer reviewed study on T-cells. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-08, 10:30:51 (71.232.142.235)
If the level of immunity in Sweden is increasing, shouldn't their test positive rate be going down, not up? .......

249: Inmate Central, Multiple factors (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-08, 09:14:12 (71.232.142.235)
Sweden does have many mandatory rules including travel restrictions, a ban on gatherings of more than 50, a ban on visits to assisted care facilities. There was a ban on sports, that has since been li .......

250: Inmate Central, Few people have ever heard a high powered automatic weapon before IRL (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-07, 16:34:46 (71.232.142.235)
Contrary to what we've see in movies and 1980s TV, automatic weapons are pretty scarce on the street. But a lot of firecrackers come in strips that can be lit with one fuse and go off in rapid success .......

251: Critic's Corner, Nordost already markets an audiophile anti-static spray (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-07, 13:51:10 (71.232.142.235)
Maybe there's another market specifically for disinfectants. .......

252: Inmate Central, Yeah, but we're gaining on those ahead of us (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-06, 11:29:55 (71.232.142.235)
This pandemic is a long, long way from being over. Europe has taken the hardest hit so far, but they got their shit together and reduced the spread of the virus to a manageable level, and then opened .......

253: Inmate Central, Why should his opinion count for anything? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-06, 10:58:43 (71.232.142.235)
Dearlove has no background or expertise in virology and no data or facts to back up his opinion. He left the intelligence service 16 years ago, so even if somebody at MI-6 knows something, he wouldn't .......

254: Inmate Central, I'm not in the medical field (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-06, 08:01:24 (71.232.142.235)
So I'll just spread unsubstantiated rumor that I may or may not have heard from someone that may or may not have known what they're talking about. But I'm not in the medical field, so I take no respon .......

255: Inmate Central, Not it's not (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-05, 13:42:05 (71.232.142.235)
OK, they ran a race. But Formula 1 has been dead for years. They've tried all sorts of contrived things in vain attempts to make the outcome less predictable. They've tried to make rules that encourag .......

256: Computer Audio Asylum, Benchmark DAC1 (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-04, 10:18:12 (71.232.142.235)
Remember that one? It was a wretched sounding thing, but they sold a ton of them because it had the best measurements of the day. Amir and his followers are wasting their time obsessing over noise and .......

257: Computer Audio Asylum, It would be pointess on a home network (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-04, 09:55:31 (71.232.142.235)
A hard drive is fast enough for a 1 Gig Ethernet or wifi connection. You wouldn't notice any difference in speed. It would just cost more. .......

258: Inmate Central, Is that old data? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-03, 08:18:25 (71.232.142.235)
I immediately noticed Michigan was the most negative change in new cases, but new cases in Michigan have actually been growing since June 10. Also Maryland has been flat for the last three weeks, but .......

259: Inmate Central, Single pump, there's your problem (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-02, 05:43:13 (71.232.142.235)
I have a Remington AirMaster 77 with iron sights and use some cheap pointed pellets I got at Walmart about 15 years ago (Crosman?) The rifle takes a maximum of 10 pumps, and I usually give it 8. It ea .......

260: Inmate Central, Unless you're a Tesla shareholder, who cares about market cap? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-01, 16:24:31 (71.232.142.235)
They haven't yet turned a profit on an annual basis, but they did have a very promising Q4 2019. Still, Tesla sells a tenth as many cars as the big guys and has about 1/6 the revenue. So their market .......

261: Inmate Central, Wow (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-01, 15:06:40 (71.232.142.235)
That sure is better than quarantining in a motel! What are you in quarantine for? Vacationing somewhere? It looks like you're already on vacation. .......

262: Inmate Central, You're made your point (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-01, 14:29:44 (71.232.142.235)
The same point again and again. Low D contributes adversely to Covid-19 outcomes. We get it, OK? .......

263: Inmate Central, Aw, cute little furry buggers - until they decide to nest in your home (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-07-01, 12:45:49 (71.232.142.235)
I could care less about holes in my yard. I've got a woodchuck living under my deck and chipmunks in my stone retaining walls. The woodchuck (and bunnies) help clear my lawn of unwanted flowers and we .......

264: Inmate Central, We've hit 96 already here in NH (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-30, 15:40:24 (71.232.142.235)
But we're in a moderate drought, so we haven't seen oppressive humidity yet. The max dewpoint I've seen so far is 65. Two years ago on Independence Day weekend we saw a rainforest-like 74 deg dewpoint .......

265: Inmate Central, True, but (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-30, 09:41:40 (71.232.142.235)
In places like LA, and California as a whole, the daily rate of new cases has continued to rise throughout the whole pandemic. But daily deaths peaked in late April and has been flat or slowly declini .......

266: Inmate Central, It's not THAT bad, we're #12 in cases and #9 in deaths per capita (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-30, 09:18:25 (71.232.142.235)
See link below. The top 8 countries in deaths per capita are all in Western Europe. Most of Europe has fewer cases per capita than the USA, but that's because the peak of the pandemic occurred earlier .......

267: Inmate Central, Restaurants and bars are becoming a problem (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-30, 08:11:39 (71.232.142.235)
My wife and I were spending a lot on take out to help keep a few of our favorite restaurants afloat. But as soon as they were allowed to resume indoor dining, the places filled right up again and they .......

268: Inmate Central, RE: Yeah, you can't buy a pool or spa around here, either... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-30, 05:55:13 (71.232.142.235)
The "expos" turned out to be nothing, just single dealer promotions in the showrooms of the two largest dealers in the area, not a traveling regional show like we saw the last time we were in the mark .......

269: Inmate Central, It seems the pool and spa industry is making a killing during this pandemic (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-29, 14:21:42 (71.232.142.235)
First it was TP and cleaning products. Then puzzles, games, and Legos. Then kitchen ware. But now that it's summer, apparently everyone wants a body of water at home. My wife and I have a 17 year old .......

270: Inmate Central, RE: Funny how you make assumptions.... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-29, 12:22:59 (71.232.142.235)
There's definitely selective outrage from different circles depending on who is gathering. Boston had large protests, but the majority of people were wearing masks or other face coverings. They set up .......

271: Inmate Central, Obviously, these things are meaningful to the protesters (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-29, 11:36:26 (71.232.142.235)
Otherwise, they wouldn't be targets of the protest movement. It seems to me that both sides are getting all worked up over symbols more than substance. I get that black people are frustrated and angry .......

272: Inmate Central, Hans Christian Heg too (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-29, 09:27:16 (71.232.142.235)
Last week the rioters in Madison, WI tore down a statue of Hans Christian Heg , the abolitionist and anti-slavery activist who died leading the Wisconsin volunteers in the Civil War. They dumped it in .......

273: Digital Drive, That's crazy talk :) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-27, 07:32:04 (71.232.142.235)
The main feature of Ayre digital is the very short minimum phase filter. That gives it a different sound than DACs which use a linear phase brick wall filter, like the Topping. If you like one, you pr .......

274: Inmate Central, Better to save statues than lives? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-27, 06:44:49 (71.232.142.235)
Ah, nevermind. You know what I'm going to say. .......

275: Inmate Central, I'm surprised it's not higher (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-27, 06:14:13 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

276: Inmate Central, Here in NH, 82% of deaths are in long-term care settings (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-27, 06:13:18 (71.232.142.235)
And we never exceeded our hospital capacity here, so we didn't end up needing the temporary facilities we set up or have to move any Covid-19 patients. .......

277: Inmate Central, NFL just announced that the start of training camp will go ahead as planned July 28 (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-25, 17:07:44 (71.232.142.235)
I definitely think they're going to start the season. There's momentum, money to be made, political support, and a blase attitude about the virus going around. I don't know if it will finish. A few ca .......

278: Inmate Central, Will a pause be enough? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-25, 13:32:16 (71.232.142.235)
Stopping the state from progressing to further phases of reopening was literally the least he could do. We're already seeing rapid growth with the current policies in place. What's going to reverse th .......

279: Inmate Central, If so, perhaps you can explain the pattern (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-25, 13:00:44 (71.232.142.235)
Other than keeping certain individuals on a tight leash because of past history e.g. Inmate51, I don't see much of a pattern. It seems like every couple of days I see a thread or sub-thread go out of .......

280: Inmate Central, I know there is a rule against it (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-25, 12:43:45 (71.232.142.235)
It was strongly enforced for a long time, then suddenly it was minimally enforced, if at all. People took that as a sign that political discussions were now permissible. And why wouldn't they? It's ob .......

281: Inmate Central, Reminds me of the GMO debate (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-25, 12:03:42 (71.232.142.235)
Sometimes FUD is more powerful than data. .......

282: Inmate Central, Why wow? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-25, 11:59:38 (71.232.142.235)
I'm kind of agnostic about most weeds, and the only ones I try to control are the really aggressive ones. I have a big problem with Blackberry that I deal with manually. But I wouldn't hesitate to use .......

283: Inmate Central, I wouldn't assume anything about the science because of a jury award (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-25, 11:10:32 (71.232.142.235)
I think it's obvious Bayer decided to settle because they were losing cases and juries were awarding excessive punitive damages. It was a pragmatic decision that doesn't necessarily indicate there's a .......

284: Inmate Central, The problem with that is nobody knows what is forbidden (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-25, 08:19:59 (71.232.142.235)
Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, the no politics rule was pretty consistently enforced here. Same for no personal attacks. Covid-19 quickly turned into a political issue, and Rod (and whoever else migh .......

285: Inmate Central, BSO concerts here are cancelled for the summer (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-25, 07:34:00 (71.232.142.235)
Even their outdoor venue, Tanglewood. They're still hoping to keep the fall season, but who knows. I'm with you on flying. Eventually I'm going to have to fly internationally again, but not any time s .......

286: Inmate Central, RE: Testing from the protests (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-25, 06:11:54 (71.232.142.235)
In Boston (closest city to me) they set up dozens of temporary test sites around the city last week, and asked anybody who attended the protests to come and get tested. 17600 were tested and there wer .......

287: Inmate Central, Well, I care (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-23, 12:16:28 (71.232.142.235)
Obviously enough other people cared to get the American Automobile Labeling Act passed. I consider country of origin (and sourcing if I can find the info) in every major purchase, and even some not so .......

288: Inmate Central, Thanks. Fixed (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-23, 11:46:02 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

289: Digital Drive, Masters could sound worse than HiFi if you don't have MQA decoding (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-23, 11:44:05 (71.232.142.235)
Even though the bit depth of the Masters files is 24 bits, you're not getting much more resolution than the 16-bit HiFi files because the lower bits are used to store the folded ultrasonic content in .......

290: Inmate Central, Which is more important to buyers, final assembly location or parts content by value? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-23, 11:26:07 (71.232.142.235)
I ask because the cars.com list only includes models where final assembly is done in the US. That excludes vehicles with high levels of domestic parts content, but where final assembly is done somewhe .......

291: Inmate Central, Thanks for the explanation (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-23, 11:05:51 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

292: Inmate Central, Missing posts bug? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-23, 08:13:45 (71.232.142.235)
I'm usually not surprised when threads get deleted here, but I just saw RGA's and srdavis2000's posts about Boston Legal/Denny Crane disappear. A bug perhaps? I can't imagine that needed a cleanup. :: .......

293: Inmate Central, Exactly (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-22, 14:28:07 (71.232.142.235)
Maybe we can skip another academic year and still recover, but if this is the beginning of a trend, there's going to be consolidation. Every internet-related sector has seen it. UoP could be the next .......

294: Inmate Central, Ithaca could remake itself into a tourist town (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-22, 14:18:12 (71.232.142.235)
Ithaca is fortunate in that respect, by virtue of location. But if the pandemic causes long term change, State College is fucked. They're going to feel like a lot of towns who lost their major employe .......

295: Inmate Central, Probably, but there will always be a demand for education to be filled by someone (we may not like) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-22, 13:57:36 (71.232.142.235)
Colleges and universities have been on a building spree for the last few decades. This may be the end of that wave. No more new student centers, athletic facilities, performing arts centers, parking g .......

296: Inmate Central, Vaccines were developed for both SARS and MERS (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-22, 13:30:26 (71.232.142.235)
SARS vaccines never made it to human trials because the virus was eradicated before then. But most countries are holding SARS vaccines in their arsenal/stockpile. MERS vaccines were developed as well, .......

297: Inmate Central, The previous two coronaviruses never reached that point (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-22, 13:24:50 (71.232.142.235)
I'm assuming you're talking about SARS and MERS. The spread of SARS was stopped very early in its spread, via traditional containment methods. There were about 8k cases total out of ~6.5B people in th .......

298: Inmate Central, RE: More pandemic fall-out that I hadn't thought about... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-22, 09:11:34 (71.232.142.235)
That's what I thought a month or so ago, but I was wrong. The pent-up demand is tremendous. My brother runs the food service operations for an all-inclusive resort in the Carribean. He was furloughed, .......

299: Inmate Central, RE: No tax dollars involved (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-20, 07:45:18 (71.232.142.235)
I understood that & flatly stated that they should stay out of the market period ... no buying of bonds from anyone, period. the fed only has taxpayer money to 'play' with and it doesn't belong in t .......

300: Inmate Central, Florida is an easy target to pick on (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-19, 04:31:03 (71.232.142.235)
Florida has a bad track record on Covid-19, starting with the mass crowds seen partying during spring break. They resisted issuing a stay at home order until April 1. They set guidelines for re-openin .......

301: Inmate Central, RE: I really don't care what you think! (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-19, 03:52:47 (71.232.142.235)
Read the guidance. It says to do exactly what you say you're going to do. See link below. Let me quote two bullets: People in California must wear face coverings when they are in the high-risk situat .......

302: Inmate Central, People need a little reminder than this isn't over yet (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-18, 16:30:07 (71.232.142.235)
Around here, I haven't seen a change in mask wearing. The people who were wearing them properly a month ago are still wearing them properly, and the people who were blowing it off a month ago are stil .......

303: Inmate Central, No tax dollars involved (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-18, 15:33:36 (71.232.142.235)
What I'm suggesting has nothing to do with CARES act or fiscal stimulus. I'm talking about the Fed buying bundled small business loans from banks, to promote lending to small businesses, instead of th .......

304: Inmate Central, RE: Question: If Scott Minerd's prediction comes true (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-18, 10:05:34 (199.46.188.11)
Glass-Steagall forced a separation between commercial banking and investment banking. It didn't have anything to do with separating public and private sector. The Fed has the same role as lender and r .......

305: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Melco server UPNP issue (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-18, 08:33:22 (199.46.188.11)
I'm assuming you're trying to use the Melco as both the UPnP server and the UPnP renderer with a connected USB DAC. And your apps can see the Melco as a UPnP server but not as a UPnP renderer. If so, .......

306: Inmate Central, RE: Question: If Scott Minerd's prediction comes true (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-17, 15:41:59 (71.232.142.235)
I'm still in my prime earning years, not a retired guy hoping to time the market and exit at its peak. So I don't think I'm going to benefit long term from government intervention to prop up the marke .......

307: Inmate Central, RE: If you hold an opinion and voice it, you've exercised your rights. NO one (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-17, 14:36:04 (71.232.142.235)
What I'm against is a vigilante mob going after a company or organization, trying to get somebody fired for something that has nothing to do with their job and wasn't made on company time or using com .......

308: Inmate Central, Yeah, but as Dave implied, that won't stop the hospitals from filling up (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-17, 12:56:31 (71.232.142.235)
Fortunately, even in states where the numbers are being gamed (e.g. Florida), there's been an increase in testing .......

309: Inmate Central, RE: Give me an example, please, of a "morphing" that resulted in a loss of (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-17, 12:27:24 (71.232.142.235)
If you are a known person (celebrity, public official, officer of a company, leader of an organization, whatever) you had better not criticize the protests or BLM movement or even appear insensitive t .......

310: Inmate Central, Hospitalizations and test positive rates are also rising (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-17, 11:52:11 (71.232.142.235)
New cases is a leading indicator for hospitalizations .......

311: Inmate Central, He bolted because he was probably going to jail (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-17, 09:03:38 (71.232.142.235)
He had a BAC of just over 0.1, and was obviously tired, so his judgment was impaired. Second, if you Google around enough, you can find information about his criminal record. He had skipped probation .......

312: Inmate Central, Oh, he had a record (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-17, 06:01:56 (71.232.142.235)
Beating his wife, felony cruelty to children, receiving stolen property, custody violations. He skipped probation and was on lam for all of 2019. He got arrested as a fugitive in Ohio at the end of la .......

313: Inmate Central, RE: I've noticed the same, but not in this case (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-17, 05:35:02 (71.232.142.235)
One cop lost his body cam at the beginning of the scuffle. You can clearly see it was knocked off by a flailing arm or something. The other one came off near the end of the fight. It certainly did not .......

314: Inmate Central, RE: I wouldn't be sure they knew what he brandished; are you asking the cop to bet his life? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-16, 17:24:47 (71.232.142.235)
well, the other one didn't have his Taser because Brooks wrested it away from him and THAT cop also knew that it was expended, by him, on Brooks That's not true. Tasers have a drive-stun mode and a .......

315: Inmate Central, Nobody deserves to die from resisting arrest while inebriated (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-16, 16:54:38 (71.232.142.235)
The George Floyd case was cut & dried. This one is not. I think the cop made a terrible decision, but it may have been one he was trained to make, because he appeared to follow the book right up until .......

316: Inmate Central, I've noticed the same, but not in this case (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-16, 16:44:42 (71.232.142.235)
I've noticed the same thing as you have, most recently during the protests. But for this incident, we have body cam footage and dash cam footage from the police, which they released. Perhaps because t .......

317: Inmate Central, You'd know if you watched the videos (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-16, 16:37:32 (71.232.142.235)
We've got video from a dash cam, body cams, Wendy's suveillance cam, and bystanders. It's all there. The whole thing unfolds when the cop tries to arrest him. That was the trigger. Up until that point .......

318: Inmate Central, RE: If the two Texas teams are any indication... NO! (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-16, 14:10:47 (71.232.142.235)
If we as a society are OK taking the risk from having hundreds or thousands of people crowding into city blocks multiple times a week, why not a few dozen guys crowding on a football field? I think I' .......

319: Inmate Central, Definitely (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-16, 13:55:51 (71.232.142.235)
I haven't heard anything from the NFL to suggest they are reconsidering an on-time start. By the time we get to that date, there will be plenty of other sport going on. NASCAR is back up and running. .......

320: Inmate Central, Why not stick around (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-16, 11:46:20 (71.232.142.235)
Just because the White House doesn't listen to him anymore doesn't mean he's not doing some good behind the scenes. I don't know. And if Trump loses, he might have some influence again in the next adm .......

321: Inmate Central, RE: More like very educated guesses (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-16, 11:16:11 (71.232.142.235)
I guarantee that Mike Osterholm knows more about epidemiology than I do. Obviously. But he immediately rubs me the wrong way by throwing out some made up numbers and facts. BTW, 2.1M out of 330M does .......

322: Inmate Central, If a US company comes up with it first (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-15, 14:26:48 (71.232.142.235)
It will only be expensive here. The rest of the world will get it at a reasonable price. That's the way it is with a lot of pharmaceuticals developed here. .......

323: Inmate Central, That's a lot of conjecture (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-15, 14:20:40 (71.232.142.235)
Perhaps he speaks in a way that's personally compelling to you, but I read the interview and saw nothing I haven't heard elsewhere in recent months. And it's nearly all just speculation about what thi .......

324: Inmate Central, It seems everybody has to learn the lesson for themselves (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-15, 11:37:14 (71.232.142.235)
Part of the problem is that for the last 20 years, we've been subjected to so much disinformation, propaganda, and conspiracy that nobody trusts sources of information other than their own. Even matte .......

325: Inmate Central, BGE here too (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-15, 11:18:20 (71.232.142.235)
I've had mixed results with pizza on my large BGE. I've had a few come out fantastic, but I can't seem to consistently nail the doneness on both the top and bottom. My problem is that I can't seem to .......

326: Critic's Corner, My money, my choice (long) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-15, 10:45:50 (71.232.142.235)
High end audio equipment isn't a trivial purchase. When I spend thousands on a piece of kit, I don't just care how it sounds, I also care where the money is going. I'm interested in where the jobs are .......

327: Inmate Central, Mmm, bacon (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-14, 08:59:17 (71.232.142.235)
I'll have to try bacon and onion. I assume it's sweet onion? I never liked bacon that much when I was younger, but now I find myself using it for flavor in lots of cooks. .......

328: Inmate Central, A month ago, I would agree (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-14, 08:43:52 (71.232.142.235)
But right now, you're at greater risk of exposure in Dallas. I don't think what happened in New York is likely to happen there, or even in LA, because we're much more aware and able to track the sprea .......

329: Inmate Central, LA county's positive rate has been stuck at 8-9% for a month (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-14, 08:19:47 (71.232.142.235)
It's right there on LA County's dashboard. Currently at 9%, which is right where it was at a month ago, and it hasn't dipped below 8%. Note that Ghaly said " California's positivity rate has continued .......

330: Inmate Central, Yummy. That's literally my favorite pie. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-14, 07:28:57 (71.232.142.235)
Homemade sauce, fresh mozz, sweet italian sausage, tomatoes, and basil. That's my favorite. My wife sometimes wants peppers and/or mushrooms added, which I'm fine with too. I haven't been able to buy .......

331: Inmate Central, Good for her (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-14, 07:13:41 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

332: Inmate Central, Meanwhile, LA has the worst outbreak in the whole country (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-14, 07:12:02 (71.232.142.235)
I don't get what's happening in LA. The LA metro area has been on an upward trend for practically the entire duration of this pandemic. So are the Governor's policies effective? Did LA not adopt the s .......

333: Inmate Central, I don't know how Vermont and Hawaii made that list (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-14, 06:59:28 (71.232.142.235)
I've been watching Vermont because we have a camping reservation for the weekend of the 4th on Lake Champlain near the Canadian border. It's an annual tradition, we've had it booked since last year, a .......

334: Inmate Central, That's one of our summer regulars (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-14, 04:50:53 (71.232.142.235)
My wife likes West Coast IPAs a lot more than I do, but this is one we both enjoy. I absolutely love the aroma of citrus, pine, and fruit, and I typically relish the first few sips. But the finish is .......

335: Computer Audio Asylum, Which DAC? Is it stereo or multichannel. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-12, 06:41:50 (71.232.142.235)
I'm not a "DAC of the month" kind of audiophile who has tried everything, but I would expect any DAC with a proper USB interface to be compatible with any computer with a proper USB interface for the .......

336: Computer Audio Asylum, This could be a big source of DDoS attacks. It's looks easy to fix, but with a loss of remote access. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-12, 06:12:32 (71.232.142.235)
The vulnerability is limited to internet-facing endpoints, so your home network has to allow externally initiated UPnP sessions. I use UPnP and probably will continue to do so. It's really the only st .......

337: Inmate Central, ROTFLMAO (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-12, 04:31:21 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

338: Speaker Asylum, They sure have an odd business model (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-11, 14:39:56 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

339: Speaker Asylum, Way out of my range as well (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-11, 12:28:50 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

340: Speaker Asylum, HEAL vs. Heil (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-11, 12:28:14 (71.232.142.235)
The HEAL we're talking about here is High Emotion Audio Labs: http://www.highemotionaudiolabs.com/ They make a new & improved version of the Linaeum tweeter design. Heil invented the Air Motion Trans .......

341: Inmate Central, Be careful of the trend (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-10, 15:09:09 (71.232.142.235)
It's actually 0.48% (sorry to nitpick). While it's still a very low number, the trend keeps going in the wrong direction. The curve of active cases looks like it may have gone from linear back to expo .......

342: Speaker Asylum, Yes it is (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-10, 14:47:55 (71.232.142.235)
It's right there in the link Brian posted: SPECIFICATIONS EVO 1 DUOPOLE DS: 400 Hz - 25 KHz LOW 22 CM: 35 Hz - 400 Hz IMPEDANCE: 8 Ohms SENSITIVITY: 90 dB The speakers in their "Classic" line have it .......

343: Speaker Asylum, I believe the HEAL tweeter was derived from the Linaeum tweeter (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-10, 14:47:01 (71.232.142.235)
The original inventor seems to be Paul Paddock. After Linaeum, Paul went on to design the Impact Technologies Airfoil speaker, which was a line array using a large, more wideband version of the design .......

344: Speaker Asylum, $33K or $38K for the Evo 2 (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-10, 14:15:36 (71.232.142.235)
According to the review below. They just changed distributor though, so prices may not be current. .......

345: Inmate Central, The purpose of professional sports is to make money (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-10, 08:54:25 (71.232.142.235)
They're fighting over shares of a shrunken pie. The negotiations are difficult because the size of the pie is an unknown. The players don't have visibility into the teams' balance sheets and financial .......

346: Inmate Central, Not a dead cat bounce, because prices never dropped (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-10, 08:31:07 (71.232.142.235)
A dead cat bounce is a temporary bump in asset prices during a bear market. But there was no bear market in housing. Sales volume dropped in the first two months of the pandemic for understandable rea .......

347: Critic's Corner, Origin of manufacture (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-10, 05:23:19 (71.232.142.235)
One thing that would attract me back to reading professional reviews is information about manufacturing: where are the key components made, and where is the product assembled? This information is ofte .......

348: Inmate Central, If you do get exposed (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-09, 14:30:35 (71.232.142.235)
I am hypersensitive to urushiol, but I get exposed from time to time. Here's a few things I've noticed or learned along the way. The most effective solvent to remove the oil from your skin is plain ol .......

349: Inmate Central, The allergy seems to get worse with repeated exposure (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-09, 13:49:16 (71.232.142.235)
Most people's first exposure produces a relatively mild reaction or none at all. And when kids get it, they seem to have a more localized rash that isn't too bad. The really awful cases happen in adul .......

350: Inmate Central, Yeah, IPAs have ruled the market for the last decade or so (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-08, 14:24:29 (71.232.142.235)
There was a bit of an IBU arms race going on for a while too, but thankfully that has subsided a little bit. I do like some high IBU IPAs, but only if the bitterness is balanced out by a strong malt a .......

351: Inmate Central, So it's a patchwork of may issue and shall issue? That's annoying. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-08, 14:05:32 (71.232.142.235)
Both NY and MA required the local sheriff to sign off on your application. In NY, it was effectively shall-issue outside of NYC, but I haven't lived there in a long time. MA is effectively shall-issue .......

352: Inmate Central, So it's like a tax after you've jumped through all the hoops (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-08, 13:54:04 (71.232.142.235)
NY made me jump through a lot of hoops too, but it was a one-time deal. If you stayed out of trouble the permit was good for life. I doubt that's the case anymore. Here in NH, a permit is no longer re .......

353: Inmate Central, RE: Asymtomatic Testing (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-08, 13:08:00 (71.232.142.235)
South Korea has been seeing positive results from patients well after they recovered from a case of COVID-19. They determined that the PCR test was reacting to dead viral matter, the patients were not .......

354: General Asylum, RE: What are "pseudo-anechoic measurements"? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-08, 12:45:32 (71.232.142.235)
Pseudo-anechoic measurements are time gated. The impulse response is windowed to exclude reflections. If measuring indoors, you place the speaker in the middle of the room, elevating it off the floor .......

355: General Asylum, Chasing ultra-low THD+N was discredited back in the 1970s (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-08, 08:36:10 (71.232.142.235)
Amir seems to have a fetish for it. That one measure, more than anything else, dictates whether he gives a piece of audio electronics a thumbs up or thumbs down. His speaker reviews aren't much better .......

356: Inmate Central, RE: Is that a CA thing? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-06, 10:36:34 (71.232.142.235)
At 50 yards I could keep a 6" group without a rest, or a 4" group with a rest. I couldn't do that much better with my shotgun, a Remington 870 pump with slug barrel. I was a practiced shot, but no mar .......

357: Inmate Central, I know that one well, but always took the train (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-06, 09:59:39 (71.232.142.235)
Chatswood was only a couple stops away and it would take longer to drive. I'm not sure if I ever parked there. The Macquarie Centre is a little bit further NW and parking was an unusual pain for a sub .......

358: Inmate Central, Is that a CA thing? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-06, 09:39:13 (71.232.142.235)
I received my first shotgun as a 14th birthday present and started bird hunting, followed by a second one for deer hunting at 16. When I turned 21, I got a New York State pistol permit (which allows f .......

359: Inmate Central, She's making a career out of being a token black conservative (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-06, 08:57:41 (71.232.142.235)
The right loves to put a spotlight on black conservatives. Extra bonus points if it's a black woman conservative. For Republicans, that's like finding the Holy Grail. You guys are trotting her out lik .......

360: Inmate Central, I used to think it comes from a failure to understand the other side's POV (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-06, 07:36:37 (71.232.142.235)
When I was younger, I was a solid Republican but I used to enjoy long and interesting discussions (often over beers) with people way to the left of me and to the right. But that was pre-internet or ea .......

361: Inmate Central, Macquarie Centre? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-06, 06:26:58 (71.232.142.235)
If so, I'll have to admit I got a bit confused and frustrated with that car park the first couple of times. Never did that though. .......

362: Inmate Central, The cost of living must be cheaper in Dallas (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-06, 06:21:00 (71.232.142.235)
In this area, we pay $75/person for that in a midrange regional chain restaurant. That's also a typical bill at our favorite local place, a casual Italian restaurant in a suburban strip mall. For a se .......

363: Critic's Corner, It's possible to use tube amps (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-05, 13:28:50 (71.232.142.235)
But it would require some DIY effort. If you have two-way loudspeakers with separate binding posts for HF and LF, and some soldering skills, you could bypass the passive crossover and connect the driv .......

364: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: UpNp Players - Help (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-05, 05:26:25 (71.232.142.235)
Kinksy is old. Linn's replacement for that is Kazoo. You could try that first. I also suggest trying the Lumin app. Melco has its own app now as well. .......

365: Inmate Central, Some urgency seems justifiable (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-04, 11:08:00 (71.232.142.235)
SARS-CoV-2 isn't waiting around. Policy makers don't have the luxury of waiting for the scientific process to reach a consensus at its normal pace. They have to make judgment calls based on whatever i .......

366: Critic's Corner, RE: Are Audiophiles Warming Up to Active Speakers? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-04, 10:02:35 (71.232.142.235)
BTW, to address some of the complaints in other posts, there is no requirement at all for an amplifier and/or crossover/EQ to be physically located in the speaker itself. In fact, disparate amplifier .......

367: Critic's Corner, RE: However.. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-04, 09:08:36 (71.232.142.235)
..even if you had pair of loudspeakers that sounded exactly like the live sound in the next room and thus be perfect then unfortunately that may not give you anything like perfect sound at home. That .......

368: Inmate Central, Everyone has an opinion (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-04, 08:50:44 (71.232.142.235)
My opinion is that the national anthem shouldn't be played at sporting events. It's always seemed like an odd tradition to me. What does a show of patriotism have to do with sports (outside of the Oly .......

369: Critic's Corner, RE: However.. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-04, 07:15:04 (71.232.142.235)
This is Floyd Toole's Circle of Confusion which can only be resolved if the producers adopt comparably accurate equipment. OTOH, if the home playback is honest, you get what the producers wanted anyw .......

370: Inmate Central, Good idea, but packaging will be a challenge (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-03, 14:13:44 (71.232.142.235)
Current batteries take up a lot of volume. Making them modular and removable will make them take up more space and require more structure to support their weight. So people would have to accept the tr .......

371: Inmate Central, RE: That's funny - we just saw a YouTube hailing the Swedish approach (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-03, 13:45:16 (71.232.142.235)
Norway: 237 deaths Sweden: 4542 deaths If you watch the daily case data, Norway is done with the first wave, meanwhile there's no end in sight for Sweden, at least not yet. Norway was able to unwind m .......

372: Critic's Corner, You can't have perfect performance if you can't define perfection (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-03, 11:21:54 (71.232.142.235)
There's no objective definition for how a perfect loudspeaker should behave. We have some research (e.g. Harman) suggesting what is likely to be preferred by the most listeners. Preferences are also r .......

373: Critic's Corner, Nobody agrees about the perfect sound (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-03, 06:45:47 (71.232.142.235)
That's why there's so much variety in the market .......

374: Critic's Corner, No (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-03, 06:43:04 (71.232.142.235)
Being an audiophile is more than enjoying music on a good system. It's a hobby that involves trying new things, experimenting, tweaking, optimizing. Active speakers with digital inputs and DSP take aw .......

375: Inmate Central, C'mon, this one is real (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-02, 16:28:02 (71.232.142.235)
If you want to claim the high ground, at least Google stuff before posting. This photo is genuine and dates from early 2018, when Ellison was deputy chair of the DNC. It got him a lot of shit back the .......

376: Inmate Central, RE: Sweden is currently #7 in deaths/million (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-02, 16:12:04 (71.232.142.235)
I have four points: 1. I was not one of the people calling for the protests against CV-19 restrictions to be put down by police. 2. The previous round of protests were specifically against Covid-19 re .......

377: Inmate Central, Here's another example (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-02, 09:29:45 (71.232.142.235)
https://twitter.com/LovesTheBern/status/1266171136330444800 A white guy dressed in all black with full gas mask, gloves, and umbrella to hide himself from the surveillance cameras, clearly not part .......

378: Inmate Central, Not this herd immunity crap again (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-02, 08:42:35 (71.232.142.235)
The author claims that antibody tests in U.K., California, and New York reported that over 20% of the population in each area tested had antibodies. That's mostly untrue. There was a result of 21% in .......

379: Inmate Central, Sweden is currently #7 in deaths/million (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-06-02, 05:39:30 (71.232.142.235)
San Marino (1238) Belgium (820) Andorra (660) Spain (580) UK (575) Italy (554) Sweden (443) France (442) St. Maarten (350) Netherlands (348) Ireland (334) USA (323) San Marino, Andorra, and St Maarten .......

380: Inmate Central, You're exactly the personality type who shouldn't be anywhere near law enforcement (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-30, 07:06:23 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

381: Inmate Central, RE: Unfortunate, but totally expected (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-29, 14:40:43 (71.232.142.235)
I'm not sure what you mean by nationalized. I was simply referring to the fact that the more businesses they own and operate here, the more politicians they will own. .......

382: Inmate Central, Agreed. And why a debit card? From a small time bank? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-29, 12:25:02 (71.232.142.235)
I would have preferred a check that I can just go deposit at an ATM. If you go to the Senate Finance Committee website, there is a FAQ on these cards. It says that they're issuing the cards because th .......

383: Inmate Central, Confirmed. They're sending a new one (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-29, 11:38:25 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

384: Inmate Central, RE: You didn't expect the MSM to tell you about it...did you?.... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-29, 09:33:52 (71.232.142.235)
I found a customer service number on https://www.usdebitcard.gov/contact/ . I'll have to try that after lunch. The trash is long gone (Tues pickup). .......

385: Inmate Central, An EO can't change the law (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-29, 09:25:46 (71.232.142.235)
The EO is toothless. You need Congress to change the standard. It's just political theater. .......

386: Inmate Central, Unfortunate, but totally expected (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-29, 09:19:35 (71.232.142.235)
They were the first to come out of the pandemic, and now they're going to take advantage of it, while everyone else is looking inward. I think it's about time that all of our countries with Western li .......

387: Inmate Central, Uh oh, pretty sure I threw mine away last week (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-29, 08:50:15 (71.232.142.235)
I get an envelope with a card in the mail every day. Unless it's from my bank, the envelope goes straight into the trash unopened. Until your post, I seriously had not heard anything about stimulus pa .......

388: Inmate Central, Thanks to you both (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-29, 08:28:07 (71.232.142.235)
I really do try to stay objective, but it's getting hard these days. .......

389: Inmate Central, RE: The top prettiest towns in each state listed.... Do you live there?... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-28, 14:04:22 (71.232.142.235)
I've visited the Monterey area many times, and always try to stop for dinner or drinks in Carmel. It is quite nice and I'm not surprised by that choice. I'm surprised by some of their choices in the N .......

390: Inmate Central, I think the difference is "heat of passion" (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-28, 12:15:53 (71.232.142.235)
IANAL either, but I thought the distinction between 2nd degree murder and voluntary manslaughter was that the lesser crime occurred in the heat of the moment, i.e. the officer was seeing red. Anyway, .......

391: Inmate Central, RE: Voluntary manslaugher I think (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-28, 11:15:19 (71.232.142.235)
In order for it to be involuntary, the officer would have to argue that he didn't know the pressure on Floyd's neck was causing him harm. I think that argument went out the window when Floyd went unco .......

392: Inmate Central, Voluntary manslaugher I think (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-28, 10:52:02 (71.232.142.235)
I doubt there was any prior or malicious intent to kill, at least not without new information. So no murder. But this was no accident. My first impression after seeing the video was that it's either v .......

393: Inmate Central, No, there's really no excuse for it (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-28, 10:22:28 (71.232.142.235)
George Floyd was merely a suspect. A shop owner called in to report a suspected counterfeit bill. Floyd matched the description. We don't know how detailed that description was and we certainly don't .......

394: Inmate Central, Hey, I agree with you on something! (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-27, 16:31:04 (71.232.142.235)
De Blasio has not been a good NYC mayor. And to be honest, I'm not going to blame any politician (POTUS included) for missing the window of opportunity in late Feb/early Mar to stop this virus before .......

395: Inmate Central, Spare me the propaganda, here's the REAL map of deaths by county (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-27, 16:12:25 (71.232.142.235)
I noticed a few things that seemed wrong about that map right away. - The county I grew up in, Monroe NY, is colored yellow even though it has just 194 deaths. - Los Angeles county is #7 in the countr .......

396: Inmate Central, They still had to stop the virus that was already there (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-27, 15:05:58 (71.232.142.235)
Every country started out with small numbers, brought into the country mainly via air travel. The real difference was in the timing and the response. Lombardy and New York had the virus spreading out .......

397: Inmate Central, RE: You can certainly chose... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-27, 09:27:22 (71.232.142.235)
600k deaths annually from heart disease or cancer is 50k/month, the same rate as Covid-19 over the last two months. And the excess deaths is greater than the official Covid-19 tally. I don't need to b .......

398: Inmate Central, Not much for numbers, are you? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-27, 09:22:03 (71.232.142.235)
We lose about 100 people per year to terrorism. So you have about a 1 in 3 million chance of being killed in a terrorist attack this year. You actually have a greater chance of being struck by lightni .......

399: Inmate Central, If you want to call 100k in two months "modest" (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-27, 08:46:49 (71.232.142.235)
It's right up there with heart disease and cancer. What I don't get is the massive over-reaction post-9/11 to the relatively miniscule threat of terrorism, contrasted against the under-reaction to the .......

400: Inmate Central, Whether it's rational or not, it's responding predicatbly (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-27, 08:37:10 (71.232.142.235)
When the net flow of money is going into the market rather than out, prices go up. Just think of where the money is coming from: - The vast majority of white collar workers with 401Ks and IRAs are sti .......

401: Propeller Head Plaza, RE: Sound level meters, what are they good for? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-26, 13:31:25 (71.232.142.235)
If you're not sure whether or not you have a problem, I would do as rivervalley817 suggested and use your ears. If you already know you have a problem, then you can use a SPL meter with C-weighting to .......

402: Inmate Central, Excess deaths is a good metric (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-26, 12:02:50 (71.232.142.235)
I've been watching that metric too, but there is a caveat: the weekly totals seem to get revised upward over time due to late & incomplete reporting. So the May 9 data point is very likely to be revis .......

403: Inmate Central, I doubt he's thinking about herd immunity (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-26, 11:40:13 (71.232.142.235)
I doubt those kids are thinking about much other than getting drunk with their friends and getting laid. They're like the people who were still visiting bath houses in the middle of the AIDS epidemic, .......

404: Inmate Central, We have some catching up still to do (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-26, 10:40:47 (71.232.142.235)
With a couple exceptions e.g. Stockholm, outbreaks in Western Europe are on the tail end now, so their current deaths/1M should be close to the final numbers (for the first wave). As a whole, the US s .......

405: Inmate Central, Not bad (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-26, 07:43:52 (71.232.142.235)
I had to go into work yesterday, but didn't miss anything. The nice days were Sat and Sun. We got a lot of yard work done and the kids spent a lot of time outside. They enjoyed socially distant visits .......

406: Inmate Central, There is a big difference if you dig a little deeper (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-26, 07:16:01 (71.232.142.235)
Every country with a higher number of deaths per capita is further along than we are with the exception of Sweden. Go to that same table, and select the "Yesterday" option at the top of the table. Tha .......

407: Inmate Central, True, we don't how long immunity might last after infection (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-25, 14:16:45 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

408: Inmate Central, If you only need to do a floor plan, you could try Visio (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-25, 12:45:25 (71.232.142.235)
Visio has a Home Plan template that's easy for making floor plans. It also has a (limited) CAD import feature. .......

409: Inmate Central, How far is your state from herd immunity? See new model (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-25, 12:38:50 (71.232.142.235)
A new model came out at the end of last week which estimates what percentage of each state's population has been infected. The main table of interest is on page 11 of the PDF below. Naturally, the hig .......

410: Inmate Central, Better to be over-prepared than run-out, don't you think? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-25, 12:19:59 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

411: Inmate Central, The largest country in the world did it, and now they're the first to bounce back (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-25, 10:04:40 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

412: Inmate Central, It's easy to know what to do, we've been shown the way (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-25, 10:01:03 (71.232.142.235)
We should do what many other countries have successfully done. Stop the untraceable/uncontainable spread of the virus as soon as possible. Then incrementally unwind the restrictions and return to norm .......

413: Inmate Central, Stockholm might reach herd immunity in May (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-25, 09:32:10 (71.232.142.235)
^ So they said one month ago. It was "within a matter of weeks" according to Anders Tegnell, chief epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Sweden. Anyway, it's a month later and they're about wh .......

414: Inmate Central, If you can't keep your customers and employees safe, you don't have a viable business (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-24, 11:46:17 (71.232.142.235)
The 25% rule is to enable social distancing. Along with PPE and sanitization, we *think* that will make most restaurants safe to open for table service. But it all depends on how well businesses follo .......

415: Inmate Central, We're all part of the same system (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-23, 14:53:57 (71.232.142.235)
Money-gluttonous mega-corps have low level employees too. Regardless of whether you work at the counter for mega-corp Hertz, or run your own airport limousine service, you're equally impacted. And bot .......

416: Inmate Central, Let me put it simply (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-22, 15:20:49 (71.232.142.235)
It is better to close a business than let it kill people. Remember a few years ago when governments around the country closed dozens of Chipotle restaurants for outbreaks of E. coli, salmonella, and n .......

417: Inmate Central, The restaurants who rely on seasonal tourism are really going to hurt (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-22, 09:14:22 (71.232.142.235)
I live in the suburbs where restaurants predominantly serve locals. The vast majority of them have stayed open for takeout and are not under imminent threat of going out of business. Take-out cocktail .......

418: Inmate Central, My wife took 6 years off (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-22, 08:32:27 (71.232.142.235)
On my income alone, we were not saving enough for retirement or college. Also, my wife works in a field of project management & process improvement where job knowledge and skills go out of date fast, .......

419: Inmate Central, Restaurants aren't going to fill up again right now even if all restrictions are lifted (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-22, 06:00:30 (71.232.142.235)
You guys talk as if a governor could snap their fingers and everything goes back to normal, which is fantasy. Contrary to popular belief, most people do have some common sense. Most of them are not go .......

420: Inmate Central, I won't argue against clinical trials (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-22, 05:47:33 (71.232.142.235)
By all means, qualified people should be looking into whether it can be effective. But I object to the way it's been promoted by quacks and through made up numbers. .......

421: Inmate Central, You sure it's not $750/week? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-22, 05:42:00 (71.232.142.235)
$750/month for two kids is unheard of. I don't know what county you live in, but I'll bet if you search online for average child care costs in your area, you'll find results in the $250-$450 range per .......

422: Inmate Central, I'm paying over $3k/month for two kids in pre-school + after care (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-22, 05:33:24 (71.232.142.235)
With a summer program on top of that, it's costing us close to $40k/year. My daughter will be starting the first grade in public school this fall. We've got one more year to go before my younger son i .......

423: General Asylum, I disagree with him (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-21, 10:07:50 (71.232.142.235)
The whole point of shows is to get people to see, hear, and try the equipment. Audiophiles are willing to travel and book hotels for those opportunities. Internet advertising will never be a substitut .......

424: Inmate Central, It's political now, so therefore it can't be reasonable (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-21, 08:55:15 (71.232.142.235)
There's people out there hoping that hydroxychloroquine is not effective with COVID-19, because that would validate their opinion of the President. And others rushed to make it available over the coun .......

425: Inmate Central, The 65k in Italy may be fake news (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-21, 08:17:45 (71.232.142.235)
Do you have a link to an actual study? I looked for one and couldn't find it. However, I did find a couple of links saying the whole thing was fictitious: https://twitter.com/KyleKolaja/status/125620 .......

426: Inmate Central, I think that's already been proven impossible (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-21, 05:50:14 (71.232.142.235)
We already have many of the vulnerable sequestered from the bulk of the population in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and we can't keep the virus out of them. Banning visitation hasn't s .......

427: Inmate Central, CDC guidelines say "Code only confirmed cases" (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-20, 15:59:28 (71.232.142.235)
Here's a PDF of the CDC guidelines: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd/COVID-19-guidelines-final.pdf Here's the relevant section: a) Code only confirmed cases Code only a confirmed diagnosis of the 2 .......

428: General Asylum, By customer demand (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-20, 15:23:53 (71.232.142.235)
It costs their customers money every time they discontinue a part. Even if it's a like-for-like replacement, their customers will have to update engineering drawings, parts lists, and BOMs. I am in en .......

429: Inmate Central, Sure sounds like censorship to me (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-19, 14:32:11 (71.232.142.235)
Be careful what you wish for. Have you seen what these states have been up to in their COVID-19 data reporting: Florida Georgia Virginia If governments keep fudging numbers like this, don't you wa .......

430: General Asylum, Generally, no (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-19, 06:42:29 (71.232.142.235)
I can't think of any recording I own where the L-R balance is off and requires correction. If I did find recordings like this, I would surely not listen to them. If I had mismatched gain in my L&R cha .......

431: Inmate Central, And yet Colorado has more excess deaths than either count (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-18, 13:58:44 (71.232.142.235)
This is common all over the country: https://gazette.com/premium/covid-19-deaths-undercounted-amid-virus-cascading-mortality-effect-in-colorado-cdc-data-show/article_348e86de-917d-11ea-b4d0-2f0228887 .......

432: Inmate Central, Just 6? That should be comforting (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-18, 04:58:42 (71.232.142.235)
269 in my town. We're a suburb of Manchester, NH which has 832. In NH, our cases are concentrated around the highways coming up North out of Boston. Which is why I thought it was a bad idea to re-open .......

433: Inmate Central, RE: They're not indeterminate, Covid-19 causes pneumonia (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-16, 13:09:28 (71.232.142.235)
Pneumonia is, by definition, an inflammatory lung condition CAUSED by a viral or bacterial infection. That category is for people who were diagnosed with Covid-19, developed pneumonia, and died. As op .......

434: Inmate Central, Sure they did, look what the Fed is doing, not the CARES act (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-16, 12:23:24 (71.232.142.235)
The CARES act is for small-time businesses who aren't big enough to issue investment bonds. The mega-corps are getting money thrown at them by the Fed, who has promised unlimited buying of even junk-g .......

435: Inmate Central, RE: I have no idea what you're talking about (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-16, 12:16:08 (71.232.142.235)
#1 - Studies conclude differently For example ( https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0843-2 ): Our findings indicate that surgical masks can efficaciously reduce the emission of influenza virus .......

436: Inmate Central, We need to prop up the unemployed first (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-16, 12:02:17 (71.232.142.235)
And the small businesses that can't reopen to normal capacity second. Those of us who are fortunate to be working don't need a handout. Companies that still have substantial cash on hand don't need a .......

437: Inmate Central, The House bill is not serious, it's all for show (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-16, 11:47:13 (71.232.142.235)
They loaded up the bill with stuff that they knew would make it a poison pill, for the purpose of supporting their campaign talking points. There are many Democratic and Republican politicians who are .......

438: Inmate Central, They're not indeterminate, Covid-19 causes pneumonia (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-16, 10:05:32 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

439: Inmate Central, I have no idea what you're talking about (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-16, 09:56:02 (71.232.142.235)
If you are still at a cognitive impasse, ask yourself why masks "ONLY WORK" in grocery stores, but not churches, gun stores, ammo stores or other restricted businesses practicing the SAME SOCIAL DIST .......

440: Inmate Central, Never miss an opportunity to throw some money around in an election year (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-16, 06:29:18 (71.232.142.235)
And I'm sure the favor will be returned in the form of campaign contributions. .......

441: Inmate Central, How does wearing masks destroy economies and bankrupt citizens? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-15, 15:52:32 (71.232.142.235)
Wearing masks when in public, and gloves when appropriate, keeping your distance and frequent sanitization is what allows us to work and shop with a far reduced virus transmission rate that maybe we c .......

442: Inmate Central, Sadly, I laughed (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-15, 15:28:52 (71.232.142.235)
Apparently every state is going to have to learn a lesson for itself. Until there's a spike in deaths from their NASCAR race, it's just an abstract problem that they don't really need to worry about. .......

443: Inmate Central, RE: What is the message they're trying to send? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-15, 13:51:04 (71.232.142.235)
I assume you're OK with government requiring you to wear clothes in public, or requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets. And shops & restaurants can insist that you're wearing shirt and shoes for entra .......

444: Inmate Central, The Swedes actually practice social distancing (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-15, 13:35:03 (71.232.142.235)
Their social distancing guidelines are similar to what many of our states are proposing for the middle phase of re-opening. Wisconsin has just turned into a free-for-all. It will take unity between th .......

445: Inmate Central, Only one of four is on a downward trend (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-15, 08:47:54 (71.232.142.235)
Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska are on an upward trend. Missouri looks like it's past the peak of the first wave, at least in the St. Louis area. I'm not sure about the KC area. I really don't understand t .......

446: Inmate Central, That's a whole lot of supposition (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-15, 07:53:18 (71.232.142.235)
Are you suggesting that the protesters wearing KKK masks and hats and brandishing weapons while showing swastikas were not educated on the history of the Klan and the Nazi party, and therefore don't u .......

447: Inmate Central, What is the message they're trying to send? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-15, 06:01:21 (71.232.142.235)
That we shouldn't wear face masks? If so, that's a really stupid thing to protest. It's as dim witted and juvenile as defecating on a sidewalk. .......

448: Inmate Central, You can put out fake numbers, but you can't hide the bodies (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-14, 13:08:24 (71.232.142.235)
The government workers compiling the data aren't all Republicans. So if there's blatant shenanigans, it will leak pretty fast. Besides, families, friends, coworkers & employers (if applicable) are goi .......

449: Inmate Central, That and much more (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-14, 08:42:38 (199.46.188.16)
Yes, they will overwhelm the health care system again, and thereby impact the lives of everybody who needs health care. But also, they will be spreading virus around the supermarkets, gas stations, ha .......

450: Inmate Central, There is no new information (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-14, 08:12:39 (199.46.188.16)
The details of Flynn's FBI interview were previously released in a memo from Robert Mueller's team in 2018. The Mueller investigation is long over and did not find sufficient evidence to conclude the .......

451: Inmate Central, Cyclists using rec trails for training rides (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-14, 07:34:40 (199.46.188.16)
That happens everywhere. I'm a cyclist and the only time you'll find me on a recreation trail or walking path is when I'm with my 6-year old daughter and she rides slow and careful. But I can't tell y .......

452: Inmate Central, World's Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-13, 14:39:29 (71.232.142.235)
You have to be a masochist to tackle a puzzle with no artwork. There's a series of puzzles with that name "World's Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle". They are 529-piece, double-sided puzzles with differen .......

453: Inmate Central, RE: Actually, Aaron Mate is doing the journalism we really need IMHO (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-13, 12:06:36 (71.232.142.235)
Yes, Russian media has some of the facts. The mainstream US media also has some of the facts. Sometimes they even agree on the facts but differ greatly in their interpretation. But it seems like your .......

454: Inmate Central, The Fed is propping up the market and that's about it (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-13, 07:31:15 (71.232.142.235)
Take the first example I listed for I51 - Apple. They don't need any propping up. Apple has $200B cash on hand, and they just borrowed $8.5B more from the Fed at 0.75% The reason disclosed in the fili .......

455: Inmate Central, RE: OK - found it (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-13, 06:14:34 (71.232.142.235)
I've never watched Jimmy Dore, but Aaron Mate appears to be one of Russia's stooges. He only seems to write about topics that are of interest to the Russian state media, and he's always in step with t .......

456: Inmate Central, LOL, I like that better (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-12, 16:13:37 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

457: Inmate Central, Australia has done well (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-12, 15:43:16 (71.232.142.235)
It seems to me that the country responded quickly and got over the denial phase faster than most, faster than your own PM. And the impression I got from all of our old Australian friends (that my wife .......

458: Inmate Central, That applies to the CARES act, not the Fed (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-12, 15:05:03 (71.232.142.235)
Businesses who borrow under the CARES act are prevented from stock buybacks until a year after they've repaid it. Businesses who borrow from the Fed have no such restrictions. The Fed recently started .......

459: Inmate Central, No, my post is about what the Fed is doing right now (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-12, 14:48:20 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

460: Inmate Central, RE: Is the article still up? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-12, 14:47:37 (71.232.142.235)
Here's an overview, from the announcement back in March: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/business/economy/coronavirus-fed-bond-buying.html And a more recent article that doesn't require a login: ht .......

461: Inmate Central, I might have had this confused with the House bill (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-12, 11:04:17 (71.232.142.235)
That bill proposed $2k/month for working age people, not kids. .......

462: Inmate Central, Is the article still up? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-12, 10:19:29 (71.232.142.235)
That sounded implausible, so I tried to find a source. I can't find one. Anyway, another insanity is happening in the markets. The Fed is buying up shed loads of corporate bonds, flooding stimulus mon .......

463: Inmate Central, RE: Therein lies the problem/question... (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-12, 09:47:12 (71.232.142.235)
I've said this before, and I'll still stand behind it--the total area under the curve is not going to be any smaller, the longer we drag this out. Yes, we may have avoided the massive spike of overwh .......

464: Inmate Central, What keeps the rate manageable? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-12, 06:29:06 (71.232.142.235)
That's what I would ask. I've only seen aggregate data for the UK, so I don't know what's going on region by region. But over here, in many US states, we haven't even reached the peak and yet the rest .......

465: Inmate Central, Do they strictly keep to themselves? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-12, 05:41:15 (71.232.142.235)
We have a few families in our extended neighborhood that I've seen doing that too. Obviously, the more you limit your contacts, the better. But if these two families only interact with each other, lim .......

466: Inmate Central, No attempt at redefinition here (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-11, 16:33:28 (71.232.142.235)
I'm simply trying to explain what the term actually means, which hasn't changed. Wet markets are not a Chinese peculiarity. Wet market is just an English term for fresh food market. Again, the problem .......

467: Inmate Central, The curve isn't going to stay flat if you give up on social distancing (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-11, 14:20:04 (71.232.142.235)
Most states have flattened the curve, and some are well past their peak case load and nearing the end of this wave. Montana, Alaska, Hawaii, Vermont, and Wyoming have effectively stopped community spr .......

468: Inmate Central, WFH often comes with a productivity loss (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-11, 12:43:13 (71.232.142.235)
My wife is currently working full time from home, and I'm close to 50/50. But neither of our companies intends to continue working this way. It's a temporary situation that will only last as long as s .......

469: Inmate Central, Day care centers here were never ordered to close (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-11, 12:08:56 (71.232.142.235)
But the vast majority of them closed anyway. The state has an assistance program to try to keep day care centers open, to provide emergency day care service for front line workers. The deal includes a .......

470: Inmate Central, Similar (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-11, 11:53:48 (71.232.142.235)
The business closures here were similarly limited. Restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, specialty retail, dentists, barbers, golf courses. That's about it. Most big box retail remained open. Gun s .......

471: Inmate Central, When the kids start playing together, that's when it will take off again (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-11, 11:31:49 (71.232.142.235)
I have school age kids, and as any parent knows, wherever kids congregate, viruses circulate. We're expecting that most camps and other summer programs for kids will open on schedule about a month fro .......

472: Inmate Central, Well, we are now open for business (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-11, 10:22:59 (71.232.142.235)
I live in NH. Retail is back open today. Even the malls reopened. So did hair salons. Even dentists. But the daily counts of new cases and deaths are still rising here and we haven't seen the peak yet .......

473: Inmate Central, Do you know what a wet market is? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-11, 10:11:15 (71.232.142.235)
A "wet market" is a marketplace that sells perishable foods. As opposed to a "dry goods" store. We have wet markets too. We call them supermarkets, grocery stores, butcher shops, and farmers markets. .......

474: Inmate Central, Still a shortage of TP in the supermarkets here (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-11, 09:41:26 (71.232.142.235)
Practically every place except the supermarkets have TP. The easiest place for me to get it is the gas station 5 minutes down the street. The supermarkets here are pretty well stocked with meat and pr .......

475: Inmate Central, RE: That go THROUGH tribal land. (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-10, 11:05:09 (71.232.142.235)
I'm well aware that the highways go through tribal land. But that doesn't mean they have jurisdiction over them. I'm assuming, based on my own travels through reservations in the West, that most peopl .......

476: Inmate Central, I think it's a masterpiece (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-10, 10:08:02 (71.232.142.235)
I wasn't a big follower of SNL back in the day, or now. For me, it's an exercise in patience to spend an hour watching for just a handful of laughs. And most of the SNL spin-offs are not that funny to .......

477: Inmate Central, You're not going to convince anyone if your argument is based on coincidence (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-10, 05:34:15 (71.232.142.235)
Coincidence is not causation. So far, I haven't seen any evidence, not even weak evidence, that this virus was engineered. Unless there is some, this is just conspiracy wankery. If it did escape from .......

478: Inmate Central, The checkpoints are on US and state highways (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-10, 05:18:55 (71.232.142.235)
I think their policies for people entering and leaving the reservation are reasonable, but the checkpoints are on highways that the state and feds have jurisdiction over. The tribe does not have the l .......

479: Inmate Central, Doesn't scare my kids (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-10, 05:05:42 (71.232.142.235)
Then again, I haven't heard of any schools in this region conducting active shooter drills. My kids know that I own guns but have never seen them. They do see cops wearing them safely all the time, an .......

480: Inmate Central, Probably suicide (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-09, 10:38:38 (71.232.142.235)
nt .......

481: Inmate Central, Why would it ruin a child's day at the zoo? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-09, 10:35:52 (71.232.142.235)
I don't follow that. Open carry is safer than concealed carry. Almost all of the accidental discharges in public that I've heard about were from concealed handguns. .......

482: Inmate Central, MSM (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-08, 16:34:01 (71.232.142.235)
When I think of mainstream media, it's the media companies and institutions that dominated the latter 20th century and were the predominantly trusted sources of news into the beginning of this one. Pa .......

483: Inmate Central, Oh great (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-08, 15:55:16 (71.232.142.235)
They were hitting my cell phone several times a day before this virus hit. I don't know why they stopped, it's not like telemarketers can't work from home. I'm actually curious about the reason. But w .......

484: Inmate Central, Buffets will come back (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-08, 14:23:36 (71.232.142.235)
I suspect most of the restaurants and chains that depend on the buffet will go out of business. But give it a couple years and the demand will return and the buffets too. All the talk about life chang .......

485: Inmate Central, I was wondering about the high end restaurants (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-08, 14:14:59 (71.232.142.235)
Around here, nearly all of the restaurants have remained open for take out or delivery. Only the ones in the mall are closed, that I've seen. But I haven't visited any that I would call high end, i.e. .......

486: Inmate Central, Amazing how the US media can fool the ENTIRE WORLD (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-08, 13:11:23 (71.232.142.235)
... into staying home, closing businesses, losing massive amounts of jobs and wealth, and racking up public debt. What nefarious motive does that serve globally? .......

487: Inmate Central, My worst experience was at Home Depot a week ago (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-08, 12:58:37 (71.232.142.235)
I needed paint, bulbs, and a bunch of stuff to get my lawn going: lime, moss killer, fertilizer, seed. I ordered online for delivery, then I got a call from Home Depot the next day to tell me they had .......

488: Speaker Asylum, Thanks for introducing me (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-08, 11:12:05 (71.232.142.235)
That's the first I've heard of Sonner Audio, and they're based only a half-hour from me. The drivers are premium. Those ScanSpeak Revelator R2904 tweeters are personal favorites of mine. The woofers l .......

489: Inmate Central, Both are good (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-08, 08:01:49 (199.46.188.16)
I've used Battery Tenders for many years on motorcycles, cars, and mower. Right now I've got a Battery Tender Jr. and an Optimate. The Optimate has some extra bells & whistles, but they both do the jo .......

490: Inmate Central, RE: The countries who beat it the fastest will take the least economic damage (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-07, 15:03:52 (71.232.142.235)
It's likely Sweden is going to end up economically worse for it, not better. Because they're going to have to keep up mitigation practices for much longer than their neighbors. Norway, right next door .......

491: Inmate Central, The countries who beat it the fastest will take the least economic damage (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-07, 13:13:58 (71.232.142.235)
With the exclusion of the UK and Sweden, the major economies of Europe will be on the road to economic recovery far sooner than we will. Same with Australia, New Zealand, Japan. And China and S. Korea .......

492: Inmate Central, So how long should we stay locked down? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-07, 12:41:39 (71.232.142.235)
We should keep it up until the virus becomes manageable again via standard containment methods (test, trace contacts, and quarantine). We have to get past the point of widespread, untraceable communit .......

493: Inmate Central, There's a lot of different models (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-07, 11:37:15 (71.232.142.235)
I've been following the YYG model lately: https://covid19-projections.com/#view-projections I found this after seeing various media and politicians referring to the IHME model, which continued to ma .......

494: Speaker Asylum, Are these home audio speakers? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-06, 14:36:37 (71.232.142.235)
The power handling is really low for complete speakers, unless they are computer speakers or something else meant for the very near field. Given their power ratings and sensitivity, these would be lim .......

495: Inmate Central, You realize what you're asking for? (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-06, 13:30:17 (71.232.142.235)
Those meat processing plants were closed because they were Covid-19 incubators. We first need to figure out what facility and process changes are needed to keep them from spreading the virus. Then the .......

496: Inmate Central, I knew you were going to say that (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-06, 08:47:05 (71.232.142.235)
You're right, but I couldn't think of a better word. When I checked their web site for where to buy, there's no retailers Northeast of Western PA. .......

497: Inmate Central, Even with a perfect test, it's still a moot point (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-06, 08:43:43 (71.232.142.235)
In order for the immunity passport idea to work, you would need to have enough people with immunity to fill "essential" jobs. We won't have that for some time, and we're clearly not going to wait. We .......

498: Inmate Central, Not available in the Northeast unfortunately (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-06, 08:29:23 (71.232.142.235)
My go-to choice has been Schweid & Sons .......

499: Inmate Central, Again, you can't tell when people got infected using an antibody test (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-06, 08:00:43 (71.232.142.235)
The best way you can determine how far back it goes is to retroactively test samples taken last year, just as the French team and others back here are doing. But even that won't tell you how prevalent .......

500: Inmate Central, 70k in one month vs. 100k over 4 years and multiple waves (0.00)
Posted by Dave_K on 2020-05-06, 07:41:17 (71.232.142.235)
And like you said, the 70k would be much worse without the varies orders, closures, and social distancing. But of course, they don't believe the 70k either. Clearly politics is a higher priority than .......

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