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And people think I am paranoid about buying cheap Chinese electronics. It's not the first time they've been used in such a manner... With that said, I do own a cheap Zmodo DVR for my POE IP camera system... but it's never once been connected to my router. For one, see above. For two, I just...

No idea really... I'm not even sure what software it'll run yet or if I'll go Windows (which has more and better DVR related options) or Linux (which I'd prefer for familiarity). Guess perhaps I should sort that out first.

I'm toying with the idea of building a small tower/desktop computer with an emphasis on low power consumption. It'll be used to house 2X 2TB (or greater) drives for DVR recording from 4X POE IP cameras. What specs would you recommend for such a system?

Also, I'm going to try to restructure some things and offload some tasks to others so this place gets the attention it deserves. Basically what I'm trying to get at with my post is that I'm not around as much as I once was to take care of things.

I know I've not been around much lately, and I do apologize. Things have slown down here in my absence and I've not been as active in response to PMs and Helpdesk request. I assure you that I am very much still alive. After getting shafted when my previous employer downsized and laid off some of...

Haha, nah. I'm a Correctional Officer... better pay and healthcare versus being a contract worker for a company. Harder to get laid off and replaced by outsourced teams this way... haha. And yeah, when I first quit I was tired and hungry all the time. I'd eat, take a nap, wake up, be hungry...

Yeah, it's a mind-fuck trying to learn how it's done... Every state is different. Different states and districts assign different number of delegates and each party has their own rules. After SC it's... uhh.. I think Florida and Nevada? Would have to look it up but trying not to look that...

I'm waiting for Feb. 20th for the North Carolina primary. It's winner take all in terms of delegates (50). So far Trump is polling above others there but time will tell how he does. It's where candidates play dirty since so much is at stake. I'm sure they're all going to come out swinging at...

Nah, this is a bad horse:

Also, @geek, congrats on quiting. It sucks at first but you'll enjoy the newfound sense of smell and taste. I'm glad I don't smoke anymore and I swear I can smell cigerettes everywhere now. If I am at a stop light and the car in front of me has their window down and they're smoking: I smell it...

Yeah, I quit. Well to be more specific, I quit multiple times and always started smoking again but less and less each time. Then one day I ran out of smokes, I didn't feel like getting any right then and there since it was raining and cold or something. Figured I'd wait until morning and...

Time to give this thread the MannDude bump. Good to see both anti-establishment candidates doing well. Sanders and Trump are making waves, and regardless if you like him or not: Trump is a force to be reckoned with. He's doing astonishingly well and isn't going away anytime soon.

Updated. 78.7~ watts used running laptop, second monitor, speaker and sub and charging my handheld radio. Just plugging stuff in for shits-n-gigs but everything works fine. I still need to get the DVR for the surveillance system hooked up in here, that's an important one.

I got the dongle on Amazon, but you can find alternate sources here since I know you don't like Amazon: http://www.rtl-sdr.com/ ( That site also has a ton of resources / software / tips and what not ) I'll mount an antenna outside for it eventually. Before I do that I'm installing a 30'...

No local chatter at this hour unless I want to listen to the bus drivers for the school corporation so I just dialed in a nearby radio station instead. And yep, Linux of course. Using GQRX and the RTL-SDR.com USB dongle. The floor in this house is so comically uneven that massive antenna I...

This is all I have for now connected. Laptop running RTL-SDR, docking station for handheld radio and the CFL light on the desk (which is turned off now, not needed, only turned out for the photo). I need to get back under my house and pull all the CAT5 for the IP cameras back through the...

Must have been @KnownHost-Jonathan then? I'll keep tagging people until I get it right. :P

I've never noticed it to be honest. When I go back down to the dunge.. err, I mean basement later I'll take a closer look. Keep in mind these were pulled from a golf cart that got converted to gas and sat outside forever before being put to use. They could be swollen a bit. If I recall...

Pretty ghetto, I know. Once I can wing new batteries I'm going to relocate everything upstairs on a rack so it's closer to where I actually use everything, allows me better access to tinker with stuff, and of course a cleaner/dryer environment. Don't really feel like maintaining an array of...

None that I am aware of. I'm not tying the system into the grid anyhow. My main concern is the historic society bitching since I live in the historic district (House built in the 1870s) but what they don't know wont hurt them. Can't see them from the front of the house and that's what they...