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Title: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: nick v6 on 18 March 2009, 07:56:43
i'll be staying in again all day :-/

i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30 ready to go over and fit on saturday
plus doing a tattoo design that he wants doing on saturday while i'm over his
(pics will be posted if he don't cry to much ;D)

and also stopping my 2 boys from kicking the living day lights out of each other at the same time
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 18 March 2009, 07:57:36
Being ill again.....was VERY ill yesterday and still recovering today!
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Post by: nick v6 on 18 March 2009, 07:59:29
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Being ill again.....was VERY ill yesterday and still recovering today!
oh dear not good
get some whisky down your neck and a nice big breakfast :y
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: Sad on 18 March 2009, 08:46:42
I'm hanging round the house this morning, putting off doing the washing-up by messing on the computer.  Then going for a 'pre-employment health assessment' for my application as a Student paramedic this afternoon...   :)
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Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 09:33:08
Having a double check of where the coolant leak is on the Rover  :-X
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Post by: nick v6 on 18 March 2009, 09:35:50
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Having a double check of where the coolant leak is on the Rover  :-X

hope you got good weather your way
looks like its going to rain here
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Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 09:36:36
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Having a double check of where the coolant leak is on the Rover  :-X

hope you got good weather your way
looks like its going to rain here
Nobody will see anything but decent sunshine all day
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Post by: nick v6 on 18 March 2009, 09:37:39
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Having a double check of where the coolant leak is on the Rover  :-X

hope you got good weather your way
looks like its going to rain here
Nobody will see anything but decent sunshine all day

hope so its not looking good here at the moment
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Post by: Kevin Wood on 18 March 2009, 09:42:37
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Having a double check of where the coolant leak is on the Rover  :-X

hope you got good weather your way
looks like its going to rain here
Nobody will see anything but decent sunshine all day

hope so its not looking good here at the moment

Stop it! I'm driving the roofless car today.  :D

Kevin
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: Growler on 18 March 2009, 09:42:43
At work  :(
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Post by: nick v6 on 18 March 2009, 09:43:51
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Having a double check of where the coolant leak is on the Rover  :-X

hope you got good weather your way
looks like its going to rain here
Nobody will see anything but decent sunshine all day

hope so its not looking good here at the moment

Stop it! I'm driving the roofless car today.  :D

Kevin

[size=24]RAIN RAIN RAIN[/size]
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
sorry couldn't help it
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: Gaffers on 18 March 2009, 10:01:30
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i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30

Is this a skill of yours?  I may be interested in a security system once I arrive back in blighty...
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 18 March 2009, 10:04:09
At work - being very busy

Converting some of the dos utilities to Windows

Managed to cross compile one to a Windows Console mode (Clipper to Alaska Xbase++) and deep in some new Visual Objects code now.
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: nick v6 on 18 March 2009, 10:05:31
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i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30

Is this a skill of yours?  I may be interested in a security system once I arrive back in blighty...

its just something to keep me out of trouble ;D

pretty straight forward just a pain to set up
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: mantahatch on 18 March 2009, 10:05:46
Well, for my sins I will be at work all day, but do have the rubbish laptop (sony) next to me. Have just ordered some memory for my home PC.

And will be on and off OOF most of the day.

Oh yes bright sunshine here at the moment. Allthough our building has no windows, so no natural daylight, literally have to go outside to see what the weather is doing.

Mike
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Post by: Gaffers on 18 March 2009, 10:10:11
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i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30

Is this a skill of yours?  I may be interested in a security system once I arrive back in blighty...

its just something to keep me out of trouble ;D

pretty straight forward just a pain to set up

Sounds good, would you be interested in setting up a system for me, 2 cameras and must be semi permanent as I move house every 2 years.
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Post by: nick v6 on 18 March 2009, 10:11:40
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i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30

Is this a skill of yours?  I may be interested in a security system once I arrive back in blighty...

its just something to keep me out of trouble ;D

pretty straight forward just a pain to set up

Sounds good, would you be interested in setting up a system for me, 2 cameras and must be semi permanent as I move house every 2 years.

no worrys
i'm running 7 cam's and working on an extra that i can control the movement
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Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 11:15:30
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i'll be staying in again all day :-/

i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30 ready to go over and fit on saturday
plus doing a tattoo design that he wants doing on saturday while i'm over his
(pics will be posted if he don't cry to much ;D)

and also stopping my 2 boys from kicking the living day lights out of each other at the same time
I do all the cctv stuff for my brother's shops, but his insurance companies won't allow crappy low-end PC based solutions  :'(
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: albitz on 18 March 2009, 11:17:29
Just about to go outside and do my camcover gaskets,for the first time. :)
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Post by: nick v6 on 18 March 2009, 11:19:01
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Just about to go outside and do my camcover gaskets,for the first time. :)

good luck
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Post by: pauldmackay on 18 March 2009, 13:44:55
Only worrying about one thing, cars got MOT at 2.30pm today, hopefully all will be well, just to clear the p0420 fault and see what happens on the emmission test. Its been a long day............



Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: Gaffers on 18 March 2009, 13:46:39
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i'll be staying in again all day :-/

i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30 ready to go over and fit on saturday
plus doing a tattoo design that he wants doing on saturday while i'm over his
(pics will be posted if he don't cry to much ;D)

and also stopping my 2 boys from kicking the living day lights out of each other at the same time
I do all the cctv stuff for my brother's shops, but his insurance companies won't allow crappy low-end PC based solutions  :'(

Well this is not for insurance just for my peace of mind.  I will be leaving the Shaguar on the driveway as my garage is essentially a workshop.  Now that I am moving to an area with lots of Chavs I just want to know that if anyone keys it or vandalises it I will have video footage to maybe catch the little scrotes.

Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 13:46:59
Now pondering if I should rip the Rover's engine apart now, or in a few weeks....

But I lit up the BBQ at lunchtime :y
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: nick v6 on 18 March 2009, 16:19:05
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Now pondering if I should rip the Rover's engine apart now, or in a few weeks....

But I lit up the BBQ at lunchtime :y

you ripping the engine apart for a water leak
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: VXL V6 on 18 March 2009, 16:31:09
Not at work today  :)

So been for a nice ride on the horse then did the oil and filters on my dads Rover 416.

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Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 18:02:16
Decided not to rip the Rover to bits yet, esp as we haven't really got a spare car to use at moment. Nor have I got the bits to put it back to gether again.

So ended up servicing the MV6, but ran out of time to do oil or fuel filter. Also did a well overdue coolant flush on the Kawasaki (right bitch as you need to strip off all the fairing), and an oil change (didn't get done last year :o). Embarrassingly, the oil came out almost like the day it went in  :-[
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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 18 March 2009, 18:09:03
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i'll be staying in again all day :-/

i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30 ready to go over and fit on saturday
plus doing a tattoo design that he wants doing on saturday while i'm over his
(pics will be posted if he don't cry to much ;D)

and also stopping my 2 boys from kicking the living day lights out of each other at the same time
I do all the cctv stuff for my brother's shops, but his insurance companies won't allow crappy low-end PC based solutions  :'(

insurance companies must take comision or have an agreement  with professional cctv companies  which will not surprise me !!
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 18 March 2009, 18:10:37
Today I finished my project so  had a relaxing day..



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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 18 March 2009, 18:11:07
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Being ill again.....was VERY ill yesterday and still recovering today!

Wish you a quick recovery Marks DTM :y
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 18:17:55
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i'll be staying in again all day :-/

i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30 ready to go over and fit on saturday
plus doing a tattoo design that he wants doing on saturday while i'm over his
(pics will be posted if he don't cry to much ;D)

and also stopping my 2 boys from kicking the living day lights out of each other at the same time
I do all the cctv stuff for my brother's shops, but his insurance companies won't allow crappy low-end PC based solutions  :'(

insurance companies must take comision or have an agreement  with professional cctv companies  which will not surprise me !!
His insurance does care who installs or maintains the system, but does put down restrictions on the quality of the systems.  As we found out when he had a raid a couple of years back, and the rather thing, despite saying it was recording, was recording gibberish - a common issue with cheap PC based solutions.  It had been working fine for around 3 or 4 yrs before then.

I think insurance refused to pay up. Fortunately no stock was taken, and no staff injured (just shook up a bit) in the raid, but significant damage to display cabinets and security doors.
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Post by: tmx on 18 March 2009, 18:26:47
cant beat a few old "Monteray Gurads" To keep the trouble away
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Post by: going crazy on 18 March 2009, 18:28:32
At work & had a busy day
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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 18 March 2009, 18:29:54
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i'll be staying in again all day :-/

i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30 ready to go over and fit on saturday
plus doing a tattoo design that he wants doing on saturday while i'm over his
(pics will be posted if he don't cry to much ;D)

and also stopping my 2 boys from kicking the living day lights out of each other at the same time
I do all the cctv stuff for my brother's shops, but his insurance companies won't allow crappy low-end PC based solutions  :'(

insurance companies must take comision or have an agreement  with professional cctv companies  which will not surprise me !!
His insurance does care who installs or maintains the system, but does put down restrictions on the quality of the systems.  As we found out when he had a raid a couple of years back, and the rather thing, despite saying it was recording, was recording gibberish - a common issue with cheap PC based solutions.  It had been working fine for around 3 or 4 yrs before then.

I think insurance refused to pay up. Fortunately no stock was taken, and no staff injured (just shook up a bit) in the raid, but significant damage to display cabinets and security doors.

As a cheap pc solution investor  ;D up to now I have only suffered
image quality problems in dark ( and short life ups systems which needs replacing batteries frequently ) ..But thats due to cheap camera limitations..There are far more complex and better cameras and add on cards for those systems which may cost serious money..

Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: amigov6 on 18 March 2009, 18:31:01
Firstly MANTAHATCH, How can you spend every working day in a room with no contact from the outside world? No daylight or open window? I honestly could'nt manage that.
   Anyway, today i went to Burnley & tomorrow i'm off to St. Albans, both run with a 40 ft container full of charcoal for your BBQ's this summer.
    You can all thank me & my workmates when you're chowing down on your skewered delights!!! :y
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Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 18:34:56
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i'll be staying in again all day :-/

i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30 ready to go over and fit on saturday
plus doing a tattoo design that he wants doing on saturday while i'm over his
(pics will be posted if he don't cry to much ;D)

and also stopping my 2 boys from kicking the living day lights out of each other at the same time
I do all the cctv stuff for my brother's shops, but his insurance companies won't allow crappy low-end PC based solutions  :'(

insurance companies must take comision or have an agreement  with professional cctv companies  which will not surprise me !!
His insurance does care who installs or maintains the system, but does put down restrictions on the quality of the systems.  As we found out when he had a raid a couple of years back, and the rather thing, despite saying it was recording, was recording gibberish - a common issue with cheap PC based solutions.  It had been working fine for around 3 or 4 yrs before then.

I think insurance refused to pay up. Fortunately no stock was taken, and no staff injured (just shook up a bit) in the raid, but significant damage to display cabinets and security doors.

As a cheap pc solution investor  ;D up to now I have only suffered
image quality problems in dark ( and short life ups systems which needs replacing batteries frequently ) ..But thats due to cheap camera limitations..There are far more complex and better cameras and add on cards for those systems which may cost serious money..

There are decent PC (usually server based) based solutions, normally come in 21U racks ;D. And normally the wrong side of £50k with software...
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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 18 March 2009, 18:37:19
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i'll be staying in again all day :-/

i'm gonna be finishing off the security system i'm building for stuart30 ready to go over and fit on saturday
plus doing a tattoo design that he wants doing on saturday while i'm over his
(pics will be posted if he don't cry to much ;D)

and also stopping my 2 boys from kicking the living day lights out of each other at the same time
I do all the cctv stuff for my brother's shops, but his insurance companies won't allow crappy low-end PC based solutions  :'(

insurance companies must take comision or have an agreement  with professional cctv companies  which will not surprise me !!
His insurance does care who installs or maintains the system, but does put down restrictions on the quality of the systems.  As we found out when he had a raid a couple of years back, and the rather thing, despite saying it was recording, was recording gibberish - a common issue with cheap PC based solutions.  It had been working fine for around 3 or 4 yrs before then.

I think insurance refused to pay up. Fortunately no stock was taken, and no staff injured (just shook up a bit) in the raid, but significant damage to display cabinets and security doors.

As a cheap pc solution investor  ;D up to now I have only suffered
image quality problems in dark ( and short life ups systems which needs replacing batteries frequently ) ..But thats due to cheap camera limitations..There are far more complex and better cameras and add on cards for those systems which may cost serious money..

There are decent PC (usually server based) based solutions, normally come in 21U racks ;D. And normally the wrong side of £50k with software...

 :o

Give me that money I will watch everything carefully as a cctv ;D :y
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: albitz on 18 March 2009, 19:11:48
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Decided not to rip the Rover to bits yet, esp as we haven't really got a spare car to use at moment. Nor have I got the bits to put it back to gether again.

So ended up servicing the MV6, but ran out of time to do oil or fuel filter. Also did a well overdue coolant flush on the Kawasaki (right bitch as you need to strip off all the fairing), and an oil change (didn't get done last year :o). Embarrassingly, the oil came out almost like the day it went in  :-[
stripped the fairing off mine this morning to replace generator cover,also replaced front pads,coolant flush tomorrow before fairing goes back on,then finish off the camcover job on the Omega.No rest for the wicked. :D
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: nick v6 on 18 March 2009, 19:15:24
the pc i use for my cameras are good quality day and night and the motion detection recording that is in use on it is spot on
never miss a thing even a leaf blowing past it will see it as movement and record every second of it :y
Title: Re: whats everyone doing today??
Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 21:20:31
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the pc i use for my cameras are good quality day and night and the motion detection recording that is in use on it is spot on
never miss a thing even a leaf blowing past it will see it as movement and record every second of it :y
Desktop PC's generally aren't up to the job. Managability aside, there is a reason why servers cost more.

The problem is generally the cheaper software with cctv to be honest.  Often loads of features, but too prone to failing.  The power requirements of a PC need to be considered as well.
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Post by: Welung666 on 18 March 2009, 21:24:51
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the pc i use for my cameras are good quality day and night and the motion detection recording that is in use on it is spot on
never miss a thing even a leaf blowing past it will see it as movement and record every second of it :y
Desktop PC's generally aren't up to the job. Managability aside, there is a reason why servers cost more.

The problem is generally the cheaper software with cctv to be honest.  Often loads of features, but too prone to failing.  The power requirements of a PC need to be considered as well.

My PC based CCTV is on an 18 month old gaming machine so can handle most of what I make it do. I use the latest iCode iCatcher Console software, never missed a beat. It's the crappy eGay HK/Chinese cameras that let me down, I'm now changing them all for these...

(http://www.cctv-centre.co.uk/cctv/6100_B.gif)
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Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 21:31:46
Does that run as a service, or does it need to be an interactive session?

Inability to run as a service is a big issue for most of the cheaper systems, or often those with motion detection.
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Post by: Welung666 on 18 March 2009, 21:36:41
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Does that run as a service, or does it need to be an interactive session?

Inability to run as a service is a big issue for most of the cheaper systems, or often those with motion detection.

Each camera is a seperate service running as a node and the control panel is also running as a service. It's a professional software package. I know that Westfield's use it at the local super mall.
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Post by: bertiecbx550 on 18 March 2009, 21:42:31
Just about to do a bacon and sausage and red onion buttie on crusty bread...... :P ;D ;)
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Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 21:42:52
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Does that run as a service, or does it need to be an interactive session?

Inability to run as a service is a big issue for most of the cheaper systems, or often those with motion detection.

Each camera is a seperate service running as a node and the control panel is also running as a service. It's a professional software package. I know that Westfield's use it at the local super mall.
One I'll bear in mind next time one of his dedicated black boxes turns into a smoke machine.  Dependent on what the insurance company will accept though
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Post by: Welung666 on 18 March 2009, 21:51:03
I had to do some pi55ing about to get 2 pico cards working on it (I know... another let down) but I'm trying to decide to save a bit and get a Junior4 card (recommended by iCode) or stick a 16 port hub on the network and run IP cameras.
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Post by: bertiecbx550 on 18 March 2009, 22:10:32
I forgot....We had a 17 ton lorry reverse into camera 4 today..I now have alovely view of the stars!!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Welung666 on 18 March 2009, 22:11:47
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I forgot....We had a 17 ton lorry reverse into camera 4 today..I now have alovely view of the stars!!!! ;D ;D ;D

<--- starts singing 'Catch a falling star (on camera)'
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Post by: Vamps on 18 March 2009, 22:13:17
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I forgot....We had a 17 ton lorry reverse into camera 4 today..I now have alovely view of the stars!!!! ;D ;D ;D

<--- starts singing 'Catch a falling star (on camera)'

 ;D ;D ;D