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Memeo Backup
When I bought a Seagate external drive a few years ago it came with backup software. It works ok, but I am not sure what it is backing up when it says, "C: drive". The size reported is only 393 GB...
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KeyTweak
I want to disable CapsLock and Insert on my new Win7s. Has anyone used KeyTweak? Or something like that? Maybe I should pry off the keytops and dump some epoxy into the key switches.
 
Re: "Protected" lithium cells
From the description, I'll assume 18650 LiIon cells. Those are mostly junk cells, which lie about their actual capacity. For example, here's a discharge curve I ran on an UltraFire 3000 cell: Instead...
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OT: Another Win7 Question
Is there a way to suppress showing zip and rar files as directories in Explorer? Other than the regedit thingy? BTW, ALL of my XP programs except one utility, ClipPath, are working in Win7... and that...
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Tesla Powerwall Can Increase Your Electric Bill
I was reading that the Tesla Powerwall is sold out for 2016. The concept of the Powerwall is that you can charge it using solar-generated electricity from your panels rather than sending excess...
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OT: Here's a funny for you
I had disabled the nag notification by "gwx" (Get Windows 10) This morning a pop-up, "gwx has quit working", asking if I wanted to restore it... I killed it >:-} ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson...
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History of the sonogram and failure
Interesting quick read. Mikek
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OT: Need code to get links to work
Just added some social links to my website and neither Tumblr nor LinkedIn work. Help please?
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Mathmetical proof that 2 is equal to 1
a = b a^2 = ab a^2 + a^2 = a^2 + ab 2a^2 = a^2 + ab 2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 + ab - 2ab 2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 - ab 2 ( a^2 - ab ) = 1 ( a^2 - ab ) And cancelling the ( a^2 - ab ) says that 2 = 1 --- news:// -...
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Wolfspeed
Almost as goofy a name as Keysight.
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Thunderbird Issues
T'bird is used by more than a few here for newsgroup access. I see issues where I have set it to download messages automatically and it doesn't always download the body, just the header. Also, I see...
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Is this common for a brushless motor controller?
It has five data/signal outputs from the controller to the motor in addition to three heavy duty power wires. Not sure exactly where the power wires come from since the stuff is encased a glob of...
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Rudimentary PC USB oscilloscope?
My main question is about PC USB-based oscilloscopes. The rest of this is specific to my problem(s) and may be overlooked. I'm using cordless drills to power electric bicycles. I have one built. It...
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another breadboard
We were in Truckee for the weekend and I got a call from a customer who needed yet another weird thing, to time the drive for a Pockels cell or something. Oh yeah, it had to be at his house early...
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Win7 Heads-up
Win7 Heads-up Mark Chun pointed out to me that many legacy programs (INI only controlled) can be made to run nicely in Win7 by simply copying them from XP into an Apps (non-program) folder on your...
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