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I got the bright idea that I should transfer some of my music to a flash drive. I figured that would be a lot easier to bring with me to the car. I recently bought a bunch of 64GB flash drives for another purpose, (playing around with some different O/S) Anyway, I wondered how many albums I could fit on a 64GB. I thought, off the top of my head, maybe 15-20.(?) I have a USB drive in my car stereo, so why not? Wrongo! Evidently, I can fit every CD I own (somewhere between 200-250, I think) on this one flash drive, and have plenty of room left over, as it will hold about 700 .... yes 700 albums. Why did no one ever tell me about this. I feel like the old grandpa, wondering where the floppy drive went. Geesh. lol
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
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Don't feel bad. I still have a flip phone. I just bought my first smart phone - it should arrive Weds or Thurs. I have never used a touch screen in my life, and I'm wondering how annoying this is going to be when it gets here. Now get the hell off my lawn.
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I still can't get the clock to stop flashing on my beta recorder
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I still can't get the clock to stop flashing on my beta recorder You should upgrade to a VHS player - Blockbuster has a lot more available titles in VHS than they do in Beta.
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Wait until you find out about Spotify
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What's next. Are you going to tell me I should upgrade from my 8 track player in my car?
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A 74 min album on CD in native format is about 700 mb, a typical album 40 min. Is roughly 400 mb
So you must be using MP3 or some other reduced file format, which is ok for a car.
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What's next. Are you going to tell me I should upgrade from my 8 track player in my car? I love the sound of 8-track rumble as much as anyone, but I think you should go cassette format for music in your car. 8-track will prolly be gone by 2025, or so.
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Wait until you find out about Spotify And bluetooth.
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The 8-Track Experience: "If I could, I'd catch a falling star To shine on you, so I'd know where you are... Paint a rainbow in your favorite shades To show I love you- thinking-" [fade, fade, fade] brrrt, brrrt... clickcathunk [fade, fade, fade] "-by golly wow... You're the one that I've been waiting for forever..." [facepalm] I never got suckered in by 8-track. The first time I saw a unit in action, I thought it was the dumbest format ever. 8-tracks
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lol thanks for the laugh Ytown. I’ve had my moments with how quickly technology is progressing. I was thinking the same thing CFRS and OCD said while reading your story. BTW, if you see someone wearing little white things with stems pointing down in their ears…those aren’t hearing aids, they’re AirPods
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Wait until you find out about Spotify And bluetooth. Hey, I brush twice per day .... sometimes 3 times/day. My teeth are nice and white.
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The 8-Track Experience: "If I could, I'd catch a falling star To shine on you, so I'd know where you are... Paint a rainbow in your favorite shades To show I love you- thinking-" [fade, fade, fade] brrrt, brrrt... clickcathunk [fade, fade, fade] "-by golly wow... You're the one that I've been waiting for forever..." [facepalm] I never got suckered in by 8-track. The first time I saw a unit in action, I thought it was the dumbest format ever. 8-tracks I always loved when the tracks switched with 15-20 seconds left in a song.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
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It's not our fault you didn't put the matchbook wedge in to hold it in place. Old people will know what I mean.
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. - John Muir
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I somehow activated the closed captioning on my fire TV and now can't figure out how to turn it off. It is only when I stream the Xfinity channels, not Prime, Netflix, youtube, etc..
It's just a bedroom TV I bought about 6 months ago, so I can live with it until I figure it out or it ticks me off enough I just take it to Goodwill and go get another. It was under $300 so it isn't the end of the world.
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I somehow activated the closed captioning on my fire TV and now can't figure out how to turn it off. It is only when I stream the Xfinity channels, not Prime, Netflix, youtube, etc..
It's just a bedroom TV I bought about 6 months ago, so I can live with it until I figure it out or it ticks me off enough I just take it to Goodwill and go get another. It was under $300 so it isn't the end of the world.
It's freaking annoying because every single app has it's own method. Found this in an Xfinity forum... While watching a streaming movie, etc., press the select button on remote. You will see a command line under picture. Select the CC icon to turn "On" or "Off" for closed captioning. Hope that helps. Either way, it's not the TV, it's the Xfinity app. https://forums.xfinity.com/conversations...8715379966ed646
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Echoing the "don't feel bad" sentiment. Tech is passing me by as well, and I'm young (late 30's). I have been the de facto IT person for my family since I was early teens, but I'm finding my self less and less able to solve the various tech issues encountered by friends/family. The hilarious part is that my parents, fairly helpless when it comes to using technology, have actually been going the opposite direction (they're finally starting to figure out their smartphones and laptops/email).
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I was thinking of creating a new topic, but this one will do.
My Blu-ray surround system went to the electronic afterlife. It is a Panasonic SA-BTT370 and came with 5 speakers. I ran wires through the wall and crawled around the attic space to mount speakers on the ceiling in that god awful heat many years ago.
I am finding it difficult finding a replacement. I don't know many of the manufacturers of these types of systems so don't know what is good and what isn't. The last time I put together a system I bought it in Okinawa in the 80s. The Panasonic was just a lucky buy on Cyber Day. My son says to just buy a receiver for the surround sound and attach a cheap Blu-ray which is fine with me. Any suggestions on the sound system? I don't need the speakers.
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Yeah, you just need a receiver if you are wired and have speakers.
In my experience, the most critical component to a SS system is the Subwoofer. A crappy one will keep your system from coming to life. The rest of the speakers, as long as they are average, they will suffice.
I've had Samsung, Sony and Onkyo receivers in the passed, but replaced it all with a Bose system years ago and could not be happier.
It will all depend on your budget, but the hard part, wiring, is done, so you just need components.
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I keep planning to build a new system, probably will when I come home for good. The biggest thing I kept getting caught up on was each manufacturer's user interface for streaming music (over ethernet). I love Pioneer but people seem to hate their UI. After giving it thought over time, I'd rather just have something with Bluetooth and stream from my phone. My music collection is there, my services are there, makes more sense than trying to learn some silly interface and do things with a remote anyway. I've read a lot of good things about Onkyo recently. Their receivers seem to give you quite a bit of bang for your buck. That said, personally, I don't think I could allow myself to "cheat" on Pioneer. I bought a system in '86 with a receiver that was still running sound in the dining room of my restaurant in 2013. Day in, day out, like clockwork. Every year or two a new LED would burn out on the built-in equalizer, that was about it. Six disk CD changer worked until 2008, tuner (probably) still works. This is one I've looked at recently... https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-VSX-534-5...uct_top?ie=UTF8
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I have one system upstairs and one downstairs.
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What's a Ap?
I failed typing in high school.
I just slug it out with technology. If someone shows me once. I get it. But, so much comes out all the time. I am in permanent catch-up mode.
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I have one (with a clock in it) in the bedroom, 1 in the living room, 1 in the kitchen, 1 in my office, 1 in my wifes office, 1 in the garage, 1 on the lanai, and an 8" Echo Show that is currently not hooked up.
The garage and living room are full size, the rest are Dots.
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We got one of those little kid ones for my son's play room. My almost-4-year-old does a lot of funny stuff, but few things are as consistently funny as watching him adopt my "you have 2 chances to do what I tell you" mentality with Alexa.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
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I have couple of Bose speakers that we got after my father-in-law had from his time in the service. Their big and sit in the corner by my entertainment system. I didn't ever give that a thought. I'll take a look at what they offer. Thank you.
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I keep planning to build a new system, probably will when I come home for good. The biggest thing I kept getting caught up on was each manufacturer's user interface for streaming music (over ethernet). I love Pioneer but people seem to hate their UI. After giving it thought over time, I'd rather just have something with Bluetooth and stream from my phone. My music collection is there, my services are there, makes more sense than trying to learn some silly interface and do things with a remote anyway. I've read a lot of good things about Onkyo recently. Their receivers seem to give you quite a bit of bang for your buck. That said, personally, I don't think I could allow myself to "cheat" on Pioneer. I bought a system in '86 with a receiver that was still running sound in the dining room of my restaurant in 2013. Day in, day out, like clockwork. Every year or two a new LED would burn out on the built-in equalizer, that was about it. Six disk CD changer worked until 2008, tuner (probably) still works. This is one I've looked at recently... https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-VSX-534-5...uct_top?ie=UTF8 My Onkyo was great, and that only got replaced by the Bose. In fact, my son still has and uses it for his system. I bought that receiver in 1995.
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I am amazed at some of the computer advances today. The Raspberry Pi is a credit card sized chip set, with tons of functionality built in. These things blow away my 1st computer badly, and probably my 2nd as well. You can buy an all in one Raspberry Pi, with a quad core, 64 bit processor, 4GB RAM, 2 USB 3 ports, and HDMI ..... build into a keyboard, for about $100. Crazy!
My laptop, (from college, over a decade ago) still perfectly usable, by the way, only has a Pentium dual core processor.
Something scary is that the new Windows 11 has some stupid hardware requirements. I bought a Dell server, off use, and this thing is a beast! dual Zeon 2.93 Ghz 36 GB RAM, a pair of 1 TB solid state drives, HDMI, USB3, and yet it will not be able to run Windows 11. (at least so far)
This computer has a slightly older MB, and does not run UEFI or secure boot, and it does not have a TPM. Looks like Windows 10 will be it for me for a while. I have already dual booted Linux on my laptop. I am glad to see that Linux is finally coming around to the idea that not everyone wants to run command line all that time. Maybe when support for Windows 10 ends, in 5 years, so they say, I'll buy a "new" computer. I will probably never buy a brand new one again. There are just too many great deals on used, or off-lease ones.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
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I was looking at computer parts the other day, because I am thinking about building myself a new computer for Windows 11. Man, when did RGB become such a thing? I have a keyboard, that I bought a while back. It is wired, because I don't need to move it around, and I got tired of changing batteries all the time. It pulses different colors. It's kinda cool. Now you can buy computers that light up, inside and out. They even have lighting that can be set to pulse to music, and other effects. I remember, about 20 years ago when a friend of mine, who was a huge gamer, showed me his system. He had painted his case and had lighting inside. He also had a handle on top, so he could take it with him more easily. I thought it was sort of cool, but unnecessary. Now they have cases that put his to shame by a factor of hundreds. lol RGB mouse pads, sound bars, individual computer components, it's crazy. I thought I was nuts when I put an auto paint job on an old case way back when. (It was cool, though, a "color change" paint that switched from purple to green depending on the light and viewing angle) Now I have to decide if I want to go all fancy, or if I just want a plain computer. lol I don't game, so I don't need to worry about that aspect. That's my "back in my day" rant for today.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
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The newer wireless keyboards and mice(?) can last a year on one battery. I don't know how they made this possible, but it's true. I'm at almost a year on my work system that I use full time.
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I have this really old Vaio laptop, that ran XP. It is almost unusable now, because XP won't update, (obviously) so I am going to put Linux on it. Of course, it won't boot from a flash drive, and I threw out all of my CD-R and DVD-R discs since I use flash drives for everything now. In order to boot to this laptop, I can only use a hard drive, floppy, or CD. I had to order a small package from Amazon. It's only $5 ... but still.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
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Anyone know od a good website to download books in pdf format? I’m looking at downloading them at home, then emailing them to myself at my work email. I can then read them in my email. This is the only way I can read them at work because our work computers are really locked down tight on internet usage, and no external drives allowed either.
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Honestly, other than the DIY aspect, it's not worth building your own anymore.
I recently decided to upgrade my 8yo PC, and went with a pre-built that builds for cost of components plus a $75 assembly fee. Add in their RGB fans which they probably get pricing deals on for bulk buying and it came in cheaper than if I bought all the parts myself, not to mention the chip shortage making it harder to get parts, where builders buy in larger quantitates and get priority.
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I just found this ... a "pen mouse". I don't know if it's any good or not, but for $12 ... I'm gonna try it out. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077GM4W11/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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I got my pen mouse today. I took my olodest laptop, and installed Linux on it. I plugged in the pen mouse, since I hate the touch pad on that old &^$^*)&% laptop.
It is pretty cool. I actually like it, except for the fact that I have to get used to putting it down when I have to type anything. There is a small plastic stand. It is very comfortable. I am actually shocked. It's very (cheap?) .... lightweight. I'll be interested to see how it holds up.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
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My pretty darn powerful desktop can't upgrade to Windows 11 .... but the $90 used Windows tablet I bought today can. I like having a Windows tablet with a keyboard. My old RCA Windows tablet has a dying battery. It's fine if I use it plugged in, but that kind of defeats the portability aspect. I've had it for 4 or so years, so that's not bad. I'm gonna wipe it and donate it, along with some other stuff I have around here. I ran the Windows "PC Health Checker", and it says that my new, cheap tablet, can, indeed, update to Windows 11. Just nuts.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
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What's next. Are you going to tell me I should upgrade from my 8 track player in my car? I love the sound of 8-track rumble as much as anyone, but I think you should go cassette format for music in your car. 8-track will prolly be gone by 2025, or so. I had to change out mine once I couldn't get matchbooks anymore. How else was I supposed to keep that tape tracking properly?
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This is something serious. Check to see if your router is on the list, and if there is a firmware update is it is. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/router-at...g1TmOdAEPMUhvW4
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John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
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Tech has definitely passed me by .... Football enters the chat... The fact that this still exists is amazing. https://twitter.com/RehabAllStar/status/1434676311608463360
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Thanks for this. Luckily my Belkin router isn't on the list.
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You're welcome.
So I downloaded Windows 11 to my new, $90 tablet, and so far it's nice, but I haven't found anything earth-shattering in it. I don't use multiple desktops, or teams, so those are 2 big nothings to me. I do like the redesigned menus, especially the new settings menu. I look forward to being able to use Android apps ... but I haven't found that yet. So far, it's ... OK.
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John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
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