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Ultimate Toilet Paper Roll Poll

That can't be comfortable haha
- randal
- Post #7
- Aug 24, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Ultimate Toilet Paper Roll Poll

yea, AT ate it and put in a ton of stars randomly, so I ended up putting in the whole thing. Should work now :D
- randal
- Post #4
- Aug 24, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Ultimate Toilet Paper Roll Poll

Finally, the roll poll that everyone has always been waiting for. What do your friends do? Over? Under? Is it related to gender? Politics? Money? Let's find out. Settle an epic debate among friends. Gather insight into techies. Give all the information away to everyone. Make some sweet...
- randal
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- Aug 24, 2015
- Replies: 10
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car turned out to have salvage title? what to do?

Well, I sure know these things now! There is a very big difference between being mechanically inclined (can work wrenches, follow instructions, etc), and being seasoned. Just about anybody can turn into a parts-replacer. You learn things like CEL bulbs only when you've been faced (or heard...
- randal
- Post #45
- Jan 22, 2014
- Forum: The Garage
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Paying a friend of a friend for mechanical work.

Mechanic friend bills at $90, side work at $50.
- randal
- Post #12
- Jan 22, 2014
- Forum: The Garage
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car turned out to have salvage title? what to do?

Alright, talked to the dealer and they were more than happy to work with me, and appreciated my calm, solution-oriented approach. We settled on 650+full refund. They'll be sending their tow man by tomorrow to pick it up. Parked in front of my house right now is a very rare rear-engine model...
- randal
- Post #41
- Jan 21, 2014
- Forum: The Garage
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car turned out to have salvage title? what to do?

Ahh, but critically, it DOESN'T have a CEL, because the bulb is out. Or removed. (Haven't pulled the dash, probably won't now). Obviously if it had a CEL it would have been a no-buy, as we had no intention of buying a car that had serious issues out of the gates which is why we bought a Honda...
- randal
- Post #39
- Jan 21, 2014
- Forum: The Garage
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car turned out to have salvage title? what to do?

Mind if I ask why on the "!?" ? For what appeared to be a good running, 100k civic with a great interior and good body, it is a pretty good deal. Running properly itd go for 4k, maybe 4.2, so seemed like a decent investment, especially for a teenager who needs their first beater :)
- randal
- Post #19
- Jan 21, 2014
- Forum: The Garage
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car turned out to have salvage title? what to do?

Right, so the purchase price was $2600 on a KBB of $3500. Colorado does have laws on the books about misrepresenting the status of a title, and it is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1k. Any alleges of such are immediately sent to the association of automative dealers board which can...
- randal
- Post #17
- Jan 21, 2014
- Forum: The Garage
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car turned out to have salvage title? what to do?

That's actually 10 previous owners - we didn't buy it until 12/22/13. Which means the previous guy had it like 2 months. Methinks this thing has been a lemon/had problems for a long time. Anybody know what the ramifications are for a dealer that sells a vehicle claiming a clean title when it is...
- randal
- Post #9
- Jan 20, 2014
- Forum: The Garage
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car turned out to have salvage title? what to do?

appears to be wrecked, salvaged, and then rebuilt. The mileage looks a bit weird too. It does not appear to be flooded - no funky smells, no weird electrical (so far). Here's the carfax: http://rand0m.org/sadcarfax.pdf
- randal
- Post #7
- Jan 20, 2014
- Forum: The Garage
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car turned out to have salvage title? what to do?

We will find out here pretty quick why it was salvaged - will update with infos!
- randal
- Post #4
- Jan 20, 2014
- Forum: The Garage
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car turned out to have salvage title? what to do?

So kid bought a '02 civic a couple weeks back from a local auction. It had a limp-mode CEL on it, which turned out to be a VTEC issue, which stemmed from a head-swap done wrong. This weekend we finished pulling the head and everything off (pretty cool father/son affair), and everything in the...
- randal
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- Jan 20, 2014
- Replies: 49
- Forum: The Garage
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random honda vtec assistance question

Thought I'd do a quick follow-up with some details. Turns out that swapping out the EX ECU for a LX/DX one is a pretty big potential time bomb, and that the head swap is not actually that bad (I've only ever done them on less-smart older cars). The kiddo and I will be embarking on it this...
- randal
- Post #3
- Dec 31, 2013
- Forum: The Garage
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random honda vtec assistance question

Long time lurker, minimal poster, but I have a sitch and need help! Kid bought a 2002 Honda Civic EX w/ 1.7L (d17a2) engine at an auction (super cheap), and it is in limp mode. It's throwing a P1252, which is an unknown VTEC error. Added oil, didn't fix it. Reset ECU, same thing. After...
- randal
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- Dec 27, 2013
- Replies: 2
- Forum: The Garage
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random honda vtec assistance question

ahh, I see this is not in The Garage. Can I get a mod to move this?
- randal
- Post #2
- Dec 27, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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random honda vtec assistance question

n/t moved Reposted by OP in The Garage. admin allisolm
- randal
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- Dec 27, 2013
- Replies: 3
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Certs

The CCNP track is unbelievably more difficult than the ccna track. I've been a network guy at a datacenter for a while, and in January, while re-doing my resume (always a good idea to do quarterly!), I realized that my CCNA had expired. So I dutifully scheduled my CCNA with the local tester...
- randal
- Post #6
- Aug 7, 2009
- Forum: Networking
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iSCSI performance, I'm wondering what other people are getting for iSCSI performance

We have an offsite san that we use ZFS+iSCSI to replicate our hot, local san. When the offsite falls behind for whatever reason and we sync the raid, we can get up to ~600mbps on a gigE pipe. We've seen that spike up to 750mbps on very heavy continuous read ops, but 600mbps is our actual...
- randal
- Post #8
- Jul 30, 2009
- Forum: Networking
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Match MS product key to software?

OK so I have the confession that I have a ton of microsoft product keys flying around for all kinds of software. Normally the CDs go into a cd-sleeve in a binder, and then each sleeve has a product key stuck on the back. Thanks to my coworkers, the CDs are no longer in the right sleeves. And...
- randal
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- Nov 12, 2007
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows
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GAME - name proprietary protocols that became standards

Man, you guys are talking milliseconds, I'd be tickled pink if I could get somewhere near 1 *Second* on any STP implementation. Dear Cisco, please think up something for l2 convergence. Kthx, randal.
- randal
- Post #11
- Jul 12, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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If you're ever in _____, be sure to visit ________ for the best ______ ever!

If you're ever in Colorado Springs, CO, be sure to visit The King's Chef Diner for the best dang breakfast in Colorado.
- randal
- Post #30
- Jun 21, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Traffic shaping

... more like a dedicated OC-3. And I'm not sure even an oc3 could get that kind of throughput with extra-international distances due to rtt. Good luck spidey :)
- randal
- Post #16
- Jun 12, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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Name one person who hasn't posted here in awhile that you miss

Russ, NCNE. Codgery old curmudgeon with wit and insight to match.
- randal
- Post #12
- Jun 11, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The ***OFFICIAL*** ATOT Battle.Net Server ***CONFIRMED***

yea, 1.15 required. and it's awesome btw :)
- randal
- Post #87
- May 29, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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T1 vs. DSL for a small business?

That is a fantastic reply, cmetz :) Here in Colorado the collapse of the T1 market is very much underway. We host a lot of ISPs, and overwhelmingly their customers are switching to ADSL links -- in a lot of cases, they switch to 2xADSL links, bond them together, and then get (some) extra...
- randal
- Post #16
- Mar 23, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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rules for food at your work

If you didn't bring it, don't touch it. Period.
- randal
- Post #3
- Feb 26, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Its 2:20am

I did our power maintenance last night, 1:00am to 3:00am. Ended up being from 12:00am (prep) to ~5:30am ... a customer's router had it's CF card fail, called the TAC, no help, had to dig up a fresh CF card at 4:00 in the morning, find an IOS that worked, etc. It was a pain, but man was it...
- randal
- Post #2
- Feb 19, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Gaming Server

Most game server software out there doesn't cluster, so it's useless. However, today's hardware is more than powerful enough to run multiple servers. In a different life, we used to run CS:Source servers all over the country - our calculations were (MHz-500)/15=#Players ... that equals ~180...
- randal
- Post #4
- Feb 16, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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Upgrade your IOS!

Randomly picked up a Dell 3424 for some dumb L2 closet aggregation and was pretty surprised at the feature set - 802.1x, qos, standard vlan stuffs, dynamic vlan/mac assignment, pretty much comparable to the 2950s and 3500s out there. Oh, and it has 2xCopper gigE and 2xSFPs. Pretty tough to beat...
- randal
- Post #13
- Jan 26, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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Need Colocation recommendations

1.5mbps nonstop for a full month is almost exactly 500GB, FYI. You're looking at maybe $100 at a cheapo colo place, closer to $150sh at most places, IMO. But I could be wrong :)
- randal
- Post #2
- Jan 9, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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Cisco 7507 Router

It will be great for learning things on, but not so great for any production as the rsp2 and vip2 are slow. We sold a 7507 chassis + 1ps + an rsp4 with no VIP/PAs for like ~$800 to a liquidator couple months ago.
- randal
- Post #4
- Jan 9, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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Beer on your lunchbreak....

yup, beers for lunch are status quo here :D
- randal
- Post #15
- Jan 5, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Colorado governer Bill Owens wonders why PETA doesn't donate money to the beef industry?

man I like Colorado. I am certain that our next administration won't be so blunt :(
- randal
- Post #13
- Jan 5, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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OMG: 210 Million bux - CEO of Home Depot gets after resigning

Eh, not too big of a deal. Profits are up 150% on 5-year window which is pretty good. Stock -has- languished, but that's because of the way the company chose to distribute it's earnings into infrastructure, expansion, etc instead of just pleasing the shareholders. $.02
- randal
- Post #19
- Jan 3, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Who takes their shower in the morning??

Surprising number of germophobes here.
- randal
- Post #36
- Dec 24, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Unemployed? Blizzard is hiring

Eh, if they would let you play from anywhere, I'd definitely do it part time. If I'm already on WoW rockin it, why can't I answer some snot-nosed questions when it's my turn in the queue. A step up from normal customer-service/phone-support, as it's all Text; you can scream at will and you...
- randal
- Post #10
- Dec 24, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Looking for a new mobile, and i don't want a clamshell, 11ty billion cameras, bluetooth, radio, xGb storage space, mp3..

It looks like you can get them on Ebay right now for ~$95 shipped. They are currently not authorized by the FCC though, and I don't want to pad someone's pockets -that- much. I still can't wait though, the F3 Motofone it hotness.
- randal
- Post #27
- Dec 24, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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People in Denver are very lucky

Actually, thanks to that snow I got to spend a night on an airport floor. Snow is nice in the mountains, not on the plains.
- randal
- Post #6
- Dec 24, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Looking for a new mobile, and i don't want a clamshell, 11ty billion cameras, bluetooth, radio, xGb storage space, mp3..

EXACTLY. I have a razr now, and I am switching to a Motofone as soon as they became available. I read about them on Gizmodo - they are aimed at "developing markets" aka India or 3rd world countries, where featureset means nothing but build quality, reception, reliability and battery life are...
- randal
- Post #22
- Dec 24, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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