Subj : nuts was: logs and To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Sep 12 2019 15:45:00 Hi Nancy! NB> One more on 7 Sept, this one at about 9:30pm.... Almost beddy-bye time! ...And that probably makes more sense when one is reminded of the time zone difference and ETZ's 11 o'clock news is CTZ's 10 o'clock news -- I'm an hour ahead. NB>>>> Replying from Selkirk Shores SP, 18 July, 2:20pm... BM>>> Hmm -- maybe you created something new: an e-mail postcard! NB>>> Somewhat... I guess it does give an idea where I've been off NB>>> traveling to... as I answered from the different places... ;) BM>> I always figured someone hs to come up with those new things! NB>> No pictures, though... it's the old-fashioned penny postal, I NB>> suppose.... ;) Just words... ;) BM> How retro! :) NB> Retro's my specialty, after all... ;) That reminded me: my Mother doens't "do" computers, so no e-mail, etc., therefore it's print-and-send. Envelopes take postage, and the Forever Stamps and nice/handy but after a while get a little boring so I have been buying a small quantity of fixed-price stamps which have various pictures, portraits, etc. Some are 'retro': George Washington, Lincoln, etc. -- just looked and those are Forever Stamps. NB>> At least my tire was under $100, but that was with a small NB>> deduction because of the road hazard warranty... too many miles NB>> on the tire to get much of a deduction... The tire FINALLY came NB>> in and was put on my car on Wednesday... I was mostly not driving NB>> my car, since I'd put over 300 miles on the space-saver spare NB>> already, just getting myself first to my destination (it happened NB>> about halfway there), a little necessary driving there, and then NB>> back home (the Pond is 200 miles from home)... BM> Those space-saver spares aren't designed for higher mileage but BM> sometimes one doesn't have a choice and just hopes. NB> This was definitely one of those times... no choice, and just NB> hoping for the best... ;) At least the space saver is a Pirelli, NB> and about the same height as the regular tires... it appears to NB> still have a goodly amount of tread on it, so I guess it still NB> has some life to it... I managed to get up to the Pond this time NB> without incident, thankfully... And hopefully back without issues! NB>> Worst part of it was that when the tire finally came in, they'd sent NB>> an 18", not the 17" that was ordered and needed.... The manager NB>> caught it right away, and the supplier got the replacement into his NB>> hands at 9am the next morning... BM> Glad the error was caught before you were called in for the BM> installation. NB> The tire manager there does seem to be on the ball... :) Good! Obviously the people on the shipping end weren't. NB>>> If I have the number with the right name in the phone's directory, NB>>> that's how the caller ID will display, overriding the unhelpful or NB>>> downright misleading ones, like Wireless Caller or some strange name NB>>> (like Deanann Hall for my friend Joann, or Paul Chamberlin for my NB>>> friend Tika)... The other caller IDs in the house show the bad NB>>> display, the cordless set show the useful ID... :) BM>> Which is nicer and more informative. One of the backburner projects BM>> is to get the spam call blocker utility working; not sure how I can BM>> link it into the Caller IDs (integrated into the phones and separate BM>> boxes). NB>> That could indeed be a rather convoluted project... :) BM> Yes, that's one of the holdups, other than moving the electrical. As BM> for the NCID unit itself, that can be plugged in to the phone line BM> anywhere; it's the getting the 'updated' data out I'm not sure of BM> (changing the '563-123-4567' to display 'Michelle' on the other Caller BM> ID devices). NB> Sounds like it might end up being somewhat trial and error to get NB> that working optimally.... :) For the way I want to, yes. "Had time" to start playing with it (again, since the repair to the line on the pole a block or so from here) but deciced to hold off: waiting for a new motherboard. etc., for the Frontend to go in the TV Room in the basement -- original just not worth upgrading. So decided to hold off starting/restarting projects. BM> Right now 'back to the drawing board' with one of the Frontends (for BM> MythTV -- the system for recoding and viewing television programmes). BM> The computer I replaced the power supply and then updated the system BM> isn't working right: locks up semi-randomly -- pausing can cause a BM> lockup. Downstairs where its home will be had semi-frequent problems; BM> testing up here and of course no problems! The obvious difference is BM> downstairs using a TV but tested with one up here and no problems. At BM> least not bored! NB> Yeah, I guess that's the silver lining... ;) Keeps the brain NB> working.... That lock-up, etc., issus were resolved but not quite sure how. Well, I replaced the video card for other reasons and that seemed to solve the lockups, etc. I don't think the card bad/faulty, just the TV and the card are not happy with each other. LIS the card played nice with the test TV up here. BM>> More or less the same thoughts here. I can put all the house phones BM>> after the spam call blocker, but IIRC it's not designed that way: more BM>> as a device to connect in to the phone network as-is (all phones plug BM>> in to the telephone system) and when a spam number is detected it BM>> "picks up the phone and hangs up". NB>> It'll be interesting if you do ever get it working with your NB>> system the way it is... :) BM> I'm half-thinking setting it up in the basement at the Electronics BM> Workbench (once clean that off!) as on the first floor there is no BM> spot where a TV (use as monitor) is close to a telephone jack. At BM> least get the spam blocking portion out of it. Update of the 'bad BM> numbers' is done by local learning (679-999-1234 called and said they BM> were Social Security) and/or by downloading a file from the FCC or some BM> government agency -- guess the WiFi works into the basement, otherwise BM> there is an Ethernet line available at the bench. NB> Only problem I see with that is that nowadays many/most of the NB> spam/scam numbers are spoofed (along with the names).... so the NB> name/number might be a legitimate caller at some point, and the NB> spam/scam will just keep using different names/numbers... it just NB> keeps getting more complicated all the time.... Yes: "known issue". The NCID software has the option to call the FCC/whichever agency and download a list of spam telephone numbers - updated daily or weekly, I've forgotten which. Though of course as you indicated this is a reaction: the spammers get a new number forst, do their thing, number gets reported, added to the list..... NB>>> Yeah... being gone does put a crimp in doing things at home... but NB>>> as you say, probably the weather/temps would have kept that one still NB>>> on hold anyway.... Now that fall is coming, maybe things will line NB>>> up to do that project... :) BM>> And then the other temperature extreme will be the excuse! NB>> Not if you get going on it, and can get the electrician in before NB>> the winter sets in... ;) BM> There's always Indian Summer! Oh: _winter_! Umm, there's always BM> next Spring! NB> And yet another year passes.... Cue the old movie usage of calendar pages being torn off! ...LIS in an earlier message, lately Summer again and I'm not going in the Storage Area when it's 90ø out and well above that in there! Nor am I going to put someone else in there. NB>>> Being satisfied with the status quo, even if it isn't necessarily NB>>> the most efficient etc... ;) Yup, I'm getting there, too... some NB>>> things just don't need to be changed just because someone else NB>>> thinks they have a better solution... ;) BM>> Agree. I don't need or even want the lastest-and-greatest, I just BM>> want what I need and also try to figure out what I might need for the BM>> future. NB>> The real trick is to be able to distinguish what might actually NB>> be helpful from the "oh, look a NEW way to do things" sort of NB>> thing... BM> Yes, agree. A rotary phone does just a good a job of being able to BM> talk to someone as a Touchtone cordless. Rotary phone doesn't have BM> memory dial, volume, Caller ID.... For some telephone locations one BM> doesn't need the fancy stuff. (And no, my Mother doesn't have a rotary BM> phone; was just an example.) NB> There could be a problem with being able to interact with those NB> computer generated calls that want you to press different NB> numbers... the rotary isn't recognized by the system.... I wonder if I can find my adapter? TouchTone pad which connected to the phone line -- once past the 'section' where rotary was needed to get to the TouchTone portion used it! BM> ... I have a rotary cell phone. NB> Yeah, right..... ;) You haven't seen them on the Internet?! NB> ... I'm absolutely, positively, most certainly, almost sure! Sounds like a ppssibility to me! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Use other door... what's the first door for? --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .