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    Finally did it!

    in Computers, Cameras, and Electronic Devices of Any Kind

    Posted

    You will wish you had an iPhone...but yer closer than you were.

    The Samsung Galaxy S II is about as close as you can get to an iPhone. But the Galaxy S3 is getting ready to be released soon. An even better phone. Samsung makes the best non-Apple phones available. I have a Samsung Droid Charge & as crazy fast & smooth & abloe to multitask as it is with the single-core processor as it is, I can't even imagine how smooth & slick the new Galaxy S3 will be.

    Oh and Brian, do yourself a favor and forget the touch-typing that comes with the stock Samsung keyboard. I too have FFD (Fat Finger Disease) .... and start learning how to Swype! It comes standard now with all new smart phones, probably because the smart phone industry realized how amazingly simple & intuitive it is to learn how to Swype. :)

    I actually got a lot better at touch typing by just holding the phone with my left hand and stabbing the keyboard with my left index finger. 20 times more consistent that double-thumbing it.

    But, unless I'm in a spot where I'll look silly talking to my phone in a slow monitone voice... I got the voice to text functioning today - it is the shit! It's amazing how accurate it is right out of the gate.

    For an iPhone, does it take an app for that phone to do that?

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    Hey Brian, now that you have speech to text working, start having some real fun and give the phone commands. My 4 month old Motorola Atrix II, also android and a very similar phone, will accept speech commands. I double tap my home key to activate voice recognition, then speak a command such as "send e-mail to ....." "send text to ....." or "navigate to ...." etc. Give it a try, you might be surprised what it can do.

    Larry

    Durable material for soft cover

    in Target & Prop Design and Construction

    Posted

    Black fiberglass "weed guard" sold in garden centers. I have used this on a soft cover target for an Area 8 Championship and it held up well. Start with at least 5 layers and add more as required. When penetrated by a bullet, the woven mesh leaves threads waving in the breeze and helps obscure vision longer. We used very sturdy supports for the mesh and wrapped layers around the posts forming a front and back layer spaced apart. This spacing also helps obscure vision longer. We replenished the layers about twice a day.

    Larry

    3-D 'CAD' Stage Design Software

    in Stage Design

    Posted · Edited by LJE

    Here is a problem I still have not been able to fully resolve. Most of our pits have berms on three sides, which gives us a lot of flexibility. But each one is a different size, so laying out a stage means designing it with that pit specifically in mind.

    The problem is that most of the design methods I've seen used do not work to scale. So, when you layout a design, it's hard to know if it will fit, if the angles will work, etc. As a result, something that looks good on paper may not workout that well or may take a lot of tweaking come setup time.

    For now, I'm using PowerPoint and have created some little shapes that are to scale and represent an overhead view. I've also designed one template for each range that is to scale. The scale is 1" = 8' (the size of a wall section). These work OK but now I want to take the next step.

    I'd like to find a simple, inexpensive 3-D software - something like a landscaping or house design program. I had one about 10 years ago when I was doing some remodeling and it worked pretty well; so, I'm quite sure that there is something available. The idea is to not only be able to look at things to scale from OH but to get a shooters eye view as well. I've looked at Google Sketch-Up that a lot of people are using, but it is only a sketch and not to any kind of scale.

    If anyone has any experience with such a program, let me know.

    You could also keep using PowerPoint and use my template. Preview the template here Preview

    Look at slide numbers 7,8 & 9 showing the background grids (background grids are actually a background image and you must set powerpoint to print background images or it will not be visible on the printed page) and scaled targets & props as well as a ruler you can use to scale other objects. The template includes several different scale grids that will accommodate almost any range. Slide number 9 shows a sample stage with all the possible shots shown as red dotted lines. This allows you to proof the stage prior to going to the range. All grid lines represent 1 yard, making setup very easy. On setup day you can pace off the distance for rough layout and then do the final tweaking. I have used this template to design several Area 8 Championships, and the setup of the stages was accurate and consistent.

    You can dowload the template here Topton Action Practical Shooters

    Larry

    Norton Antivirus Automatic Renewal

    in Computers, Cameras, and Electronic Devices of Any Kind

    Posted

    I recieved an e-mail today from Norton that they charged my credit card for the automatic renewal of their Antivirus software. The thing is, I never signed up for automatic renewal, and did not authorize the charge. I'm in a chat room with one of their support personnel right now trying to get the charge reversed, but I will never used any Norton product again.

    All the CS rep wants to do is tell me what a great feature the Automatic Renewal is, because it ensures my protection never lapses.

    If any of you use Norton, you better check your account settings.

    I logged into my Norton account to turn off my automatic renewal, and found out I could not. Went to my account info page and deleted my billing information. When the warning box popped up stating the required fields were missing, I closed my browser. Logged back into my account and my billing info had been successfully deleted. Went to automatic renewal again and turned it off, this time it was successful. Hope this helps those having trouble turning off automatic renewal.

    Larry

    Windows7

    in PC & Other

    Posted

    A friend of mine ran the Beta on a core 2 quad with 8 gigs of ram, and he said at was lightning fast.

    My cpu is also not compatible with XP virtual mode, but if anyone has tried it, I would like to hear the reports.

    Larry

    Windows7

    in PC & Other

    Posted

    My XP system was getting a tad cludgy, so rather than do a re-install, I thought I'd give the Windows7 RC1 a run. So I popped in an extra HD I had, swapped the power and cable from the old primary to this new one, and voila.

    Wow!

    I have Vista on a work computer, XP on all of the rest (as well as home), and like what Microsoft has put out. Quick and easy install (less than 20 minutes clean install), recognition of virtually all equipment with the ability to run in XP mode for those items that cannot run under Vista.

    I was and am impressed the more I use it. So much so that I loaded it on a spare work system as our medical management software system plans to migrate to W7 after the October 22 release. testing it with all kinds of stuff and haven't made it crash yet. Seems when it gets into a situation, it shuts down the window, then reopens it on its own...like Firefox if it shuts down unexpectedly.

    Any other users get a chance to play with it? Curious on your feedback.

    I,ve been testing it since January, starting with the Build 7000 Beta, and now running the build 7100 RC. My goal was to test it on older computers that would not be able to run Vista. Test machine is a 2.8 Gig P4, 800 MHZ bus, 2 IDE drives, 2 Gigs of ram, Nvidia GeForce 6200 8x AGP card. Win 7 will run circles around XP on this machine, and is installed with all features turned on. The Beta had some networking issues, but new updates within 2 weeks of release fixed that. After that issue was resolved, this platform was running rock solid. Very compatible with older hardware and software. I was even able to run Office 2000 on this sytem, with the exception of Outlook, but with some hacking, I got that working also. I was also able to manually install some software, and hack the XP registry keys into the Win 7 registry without any issues. I installed the RC release as a dual boot with XP and everything is working fine. FYI, the RC release is not as friendly to older software, but is still pretty good. The Beta version ran more older programs without issues. The biggest current issue is the lack of printer drivers from HP (they write the drivers to check OS version before installation, and report invalid operating system and abort) for my printer, thus I cannot access my network printer. Vluc, are you running the XP virual mode?

    Larry Eckert

    How to access programs on a hard-drive.

    in Computers, Cameras, and Electronic Devices of Any Kind

    Posted

    Manually installing a program is possible, but usually requires a significant amount of manipulation. If it is an older program that does not rely on the registry, and all necessary files are contained in the program folder, you can simple copy it from machine 1 and paste it almost anywhere on the HD of machine 2. If it uses the registry, copy the program folder from machine 1 and paste it into the programs folder of machine 2. Now you need to hack the registry. On machine 1, export all the registry keys you find and then import those keys into the registry of machine 2. Now try running the program. If you receive an error stating a certain file cannot be found (you most likely will encounter this), go to machine 1 and search for that file. Now copy that file and paste it into the same location on machine 2. Keep trying until you have found all the missing files. If you are successful with this hack, navigate to the program folder and located the exe file that starts the program and send a shortcut to your desktop. The program will not appear in your start menu, and also will not appear in add/remove programs in control panel. If this is too deep, get the kid down the block to try it for you. Good luck.

    Larry

    Bullet Puller

    in General Reloading

    Posted · Edited by LJE

    You can make your own. We used that same method back in 2002 at the A8 Race Gun Championship. Our chrono man came up with that idea. Simply crazy glue the rubber band to the collet, then when it is dry, cut the rubber band between one of the collet segments with a razor blade. No need to remove the cap, just loosen it to remove the pulled bullet.

    Larry

    A really dumb question: why stage points and percentages

    in USPSA/IPSC Shooting

    Posted

    The guy with the highest cumulative hit factor for the match in his division wins?

    Could someone 'splain that to me?

    There is no such thing as "CUMULATIVE HIT FACTOR" for a match. High hit factor is used ONLY TO CALCULATE the number of STAGE POINTS awarded for a specific stage. Stage points are totaled to determine a shooters MATCH POINTS. It is the shooters MATCH POINTS, or "CUMULATIVE STAGE POINTS" that defines the match winner.

    LJE

    Help a new guy spend his money

    in EAA / Tanfoglio Shop

    Posted

    Seems like you are favoring a CZ, which is not a bad choice. CZ also makes a 22 Kadet conversion slide for them. I have a 75B in 9mm, a 75SA in 40, and a Kadet 22 conversion slide. The 22 conversion works well, but like all 22 conversions, it can be ammo sensitive for reliable functioning. My 22 works well with CCI Mini Mags, and works great with Fiochi match ammo, although somewhat expensive compared to the CCI. The CZ's I own have all been very reliable and accurate.

    Larry

    Computer is dead

    in What I Hate

    Posted

    I remember George (Geoff Linder) told me that freezing a drive with frozen bearings (in the freezer) would sometimes allow it to spin up long enough to get the data off it. But please check with someone else before trying that. Or in other words, I've never done it.

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    A friend of mine is an IT Tech for a very large company. His last ditch effort is to seal the drive in a plastic bag to prevent moisture contamination, put it in the freezer for 2 days, then install the drive to recover data. He said this usually works 60% of the time.

    LJE

    Will USPSA ever allow other single stack guns?

    in USPSA/IPSC Shooting

    Posted

    Whats missing/wrong with the S&W 945 ??

    (I looked and still don't see a reason, or a reasonable reason, course I can't search for beans)

    The S&W 945 (I own one of the early Lew Horton custom shop series) does not follow the J.M.B. design criteria. The biggest difference is the lack of a link for barrel lockup on the 945, instead, they use the locking block principal, along with some other minor differences.

    Larry

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