Subj : Re: Health Was: Nuts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Feb 17 2020 02:55:22 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 11-Feb-2020 08:39 <=- NB>>>> If they were viewing the cameras in real time.... and not some NB>>>> minutes later or something.... :) BM>>> "Hey, an hour ago...". Nope, just doesn't quite work. My guess BM>>> is someone (probably plural) watches a screen of maybe a dozen or so BM>>> cameras and if notes something unusual checks it out. NB>>> Could be... :) BM>> Sounds boring! NB>> Yeah, doesn't it, though.... ;) BM> Especially night shift!! ...At least now hopefully have a little BM> electronic help: computer software detects motion (suppose could also BM> be set for lack of during a traffic jam) and an alarm goes off -- BM> ("wake up!").... Possible... ;) BM>>> ...Sounds like a good job for a computer: object moves too fast or BM>>> too slow wake up a human -- to me staring at that kind of display all BM>>> day would be borrrring! NB>>> Different strokes for different folks, I guess... Not a job I'd NB>>> want, either... Programming the computer to do that might be an NB>>> interesting proposition, too.... BM>> I'd find the programming part interesting if something I could use or BM>> see. The ANSI Art conference here was quite active years ago and I'd BM>> have some fun finding and editing mistakes ==> line extended one pixel BM>> too far, pixel left black and should be blue, that sort of thing. BM>> Guess "detail corrections". Report back to the poster and they'd BM>> correct. NB>> That would probably be beyond me, too... ;) BM> For me it was something like figuring out a puzzle: this piece isn't BM> right. Some puzzles are beyond me... BM>> Was scanning though an article the other day about umbrellas. (Was BM>> sort of a side-note within the article.) Originally umbrellas were BM>> protection against the sun (umbra); someone decided could be used for BM>> protection from rain -- at that time were made using paper and there BM>> was a bit of a problem when the paper got water-soaked. Added a layer BM>> of wax and lacquer - much better! Actually, providing shade (umbra) from the sun... ;) But yes, the paper would indeed need some help to keep from being water-soaked from rain... :) BM>> Haven't done anything the past few days: other day went to get a BM>> haircut, start the car: rur! rurh! rurrr click-click-click. Great! BM>> New battery. Charge up. Call a shop where I usually do business; they BM>> don't have the battery I need in stock. End up going to the dealer. BM>> Battery is fine, some "parasitic draw" killing the battery. ...I BM>> mentioned I had been having odd problems with the door locks -- ended BM>> up the module in the driver's door had shorted/failed/something but BM>> was what was causing the problem for the battery and the locks. So BM>> $50 for the part and $500 in labour.... Though to be fair on the BM>> labour I did have them check why I was 'constantly' putting air in two BM>> tires ==> bead leak -- so that was part of the labour. Got two BM>> annoyances fixed! NB>> Just as well the first store didn't have the battery in stock... NB>> you'd've just found out that the battery wasn't the problem after all NB>> and it would have been more time and money... ;) Good to get both the NB>> annoyances taken care of... :) And to solve the mystery of the locks, NB>> etc... ;) BM> Yes! Amazing how it all worked out. No idea why the dealer did the BM> additional testing on the battery. "Easy" answer is date code on the BM> battery but I didn't see one and neither did my friend and he worked BM> at a service station years ago. And from what I had read on-line when BM> my locks were first starting to act up finding the failed lock module BM> was trial and error with the individual modules inside the doors; the BM> dealer's 'storyline' on the receipt indicated more pull the connector BM> at the main control module. This way seems a lot easier! (The website BM> was one specifically for my car's make, model and circa year.) Possible that it wasn't the first time he's had that sort of issue come into the shop, so was inclined to check that sort of thing out... And might also have had some experience with your ghost in the locks type of problem before on other cars of a similar vintage.... ttyl neb .... Schubert had a horse named Sara; Schubert's Sara neighed. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .