On Saturday 17 March 2018 10:42:54 William Morder wrote: > I've retitled this thread, due to getting far off-topic. > > >On Saturday 17 March 2018 06:07:18 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Saturday 17 March 2018 07:09:34 William Morder wrote: > > > On Saturday 17 March 2018 03:08:21 Baron wrote: > > > > Hi Gene, > > > > > > > > On Friday 16 March 2018 23:33:59 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > >I pulled the one I gave out of "you > > > > > > > > > > > know where". Blame it on oldtimers... > > > > > > > > Not to worry I'm only 70 :-) so a bit of catching up to do :-) > > > > > > > > > There is another possibility I should have mentioned. If your > > > > > sata data cables are red, theres something in the red dye that > > > > > destroys the cable in 4 or 5 years. pull the covers so you can > > > > > see the cable(s) and give them a gentle push with a stick, > > > > > after putting a tail -fn50 on the syslog. If the log blows up > > > > > when you do the stick bit for a 1/4" movement, its time for > > > > > new cables, hopefully not red ones. > > > > > > > > > > This has been a problem for cables with that dye since the mid > > > > > 70's of the last century when the J.A.Pan company started > > > > > using it in their cb radio microphone cables. You can cut the > > > > > red wire off 1/2" from the end that has broken, and pour the > > > > > copper out of the red jacketed conductors plastic sleeve as a > > > > > dark brown powder. Its a very poor conductor in that state. > > > > > > > > Useful information ! All my sata cables are red. > > > > > > > > > In addition to being an oldtimer at 83, I am also a C.E.T. > > > > > with 68+ years of chaseing electrons for a living. > > > > > > > > I'm struggling with poor health at the moment and this cold one > > > > day and warm the next isn't helping. > > > > > > It feels good for once to be the youngster in the group. (I just > > > turned 60 about a month ago.) I am sad to say that, though > > > reasonably healthy, I am also starting to feel my age. Worse yet, > > > I am surrounded by people who believe that life ends at about age > > > 35. > > > > > > This is some interesting and useful information about SATA cables, > > > as all of mine are red, as well. Indeed, I don't recall ever > > > seeing them any other color. > > > > They come in black, tan. blue and yellow. As the retired CE of a tv > > station, whose IT guy was buying HD's in 24 packs for the video > > servers he's built, he has a standing order to stash any cables they > > come with away for me if they aren't red. He was using the 10k rpm > > stuff, whose lifetime is less than the red cables, cable failures > > are not a problem, keeping the 10k rust cool is. So I manage to keep > > 1 or 2 non-reds to go in whatever I might build handy. For what I > > build to run linuxcnc on, I've also found the $50 on sale 60GB SSD's > > are noticeably faster than spinning rust. > > > > > Nice thing about getting older, though: one tends to remember what > > > is really important (stuff like this), and only forget things like > > > appointments, or where I put my glasses. > > > > Yeah, I was supposed to go let the vampires have a sample yesterday > > to check my INI on my warfarin dose, but plumb forgot about it what > > with pulling a gear out of a lathes apron for a guy in WI who's gear > > is missing a tooth, a tooth I'll never need because the computer, an > > r-pi-3b, does all that better than the gear, ploting a wheel chair > > ramp into the front deck in between these ^%$#@ nor-easters, and > > taking some clean clothes to the shop where my wife is currently > > wearing a cast on a broken leg, and its not scheduled for removal > > till late May. A heavy smoker, she has paper mache bones, and at 83 > > lbs, zero padding. I quit cold turkey 30 years ago, just before we > > got married, but she is well and truly hooked. > > > > I'm a DM-II and have managed to lose from 215 when I retired in > > 2002, down to around 155 which helps with the sugar, and an abused > > back. I'd like to lose another 10 or 15, getting totally rid of the > > bay window, but I like to eat too. > > I am a big guy, so it I could get my weight down below 230 or 240, I > would think about training for the Olympics. But right now my weight > has been going way up, because I also like to eat, and unfortunately > that's about my only means of entertainment. > > Got myself a bike, but it needs work; but I really like biking to get > around and run my errands, do shopping, etc., and just happen to get > exercise as a fringe benefit. However, when living in SF (or nowadays > almost any big city), just owning a decent bike is a source of > constant stress, because the bike thieves are incredibly bold, and the > police (except for occasional press releases) do little to stop the > thefts. > > However, if you live somewhere that biking is a viable option, I > highly recommend it. You dislike it for about the first week, and then > you get to like it so much that you cannot imagine life without it. > My 2 wheeled transport has generally had an IC engine, somewhere in the 350cc to 1 liter sized between my knees since the early 70's. Was pretty good at carving corners & trimming footpegs, but had to realize my biking days were about over when I could see my reflexes slowing. Estimated half a million since I used one for a chair car for nearly 30 years. So I sold my last one about 15 years back, and bought a pickup, several since. They come in handy when you are a home owner and do your own remodelling etc. The short boxes are a pain, but thats what full crew cab models come with. And even those are like driving the Queen Mary. I got the missus a toy rav4, but its just not quite big enough to stick a pile of 2x8's in. > Also, drink lots of water, and eat fresh fruit. I got that from > somebody long ago who lost something like 200 lbs, and it does work. > But then, I need to get with it myself again. > > Bill > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >--- To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For > > > additional commands, e-mail: > > > trinity-users-help@... 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