April 15, 2022

Question about the NFL non-exclusive franchise tag

In terms of using the non-exclusive tag for either Jackson or Murray, what prevents a team from structuring their 1st round picks to minimize value for the Ravens or Cards? For example would a team structure their draft picks to give up the 31st and 32nd pick two years from now or some equivalent downgrading of their first round draft picks. Like trading their 2023 (or 20245 in Murray's case) 1st round draft pick and change to a good team for their 2024 (2025) and 2025 (2026) 1st round draft picks? Then give those picks up if the Ravens or Cards don't match the offer? In essense you are giving up a 1st round draft pick for a quality starting QB, even with the high salary, that is a great deal when you look at watch Wilson and Watson fetched.

April 12, 2022

Ubuntu users

I recently acquired a used computer that is running the Ubuntu operating system. There seems to be a newuser account that requires a password (I can web browse etc until the machine times out and goes to the newuser). I don't know this newuser password. I would either like to figure out the newuser password or create an account with a new password.

I can open up the console to do direct commands, but I am in the newuser prompt. It asks for a password everytime I try to do something.

Any suggestions?

April 3, 2022

$25 million judge against Oberlin College upheld by appeals court

An Ohio appeals court has upheld a $25 million judgment against Oberlin College awarded to a local business that successfully claimed it was libeled by the school in the aftermath of a shoplifting incident.


The 9th District Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected all of the historic liberal arts college's arguments and upheld a $6.2 million payment in attorney fees.

Oberlin students and staff protested outside Gibson's Bakery and Food Mart after the shoplifting incident in November 2016.

A jury in June 2019 awarded store owners Allyn Gibson and his son, David Gibson, $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million.

https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lorain-county/oberlin-college-gibsons-bakery-judgment-upheld/95-5ba6cd73-9f1a-490e-8064-d21a46bb84c0

It appears Oberlin College has no friends. I haven't seen very many opinion pieces in support of Oberlin. By the way the Dean at the center of this controversy got a new position as a VP at Oglethorpe University.

Former Dean of Students and Vice President Meredith Raimondo left Oberlin in October to begin her role as vice president for student affairs at Oglethorpe University.

https://oberlinreview.org/25680/news/former-dos-meredith-raimondo-leaves-oberlin/

March 23, 2022

A business model for zero entry commercial hot tubs

that would be automatically cleaned after use.

My mom has a tumor in her spine that causes her great pain. One of the recommendations by her doctor would be a walk in tub for home use. She is moving out of her house to a retirement apartment before she could add one. No where in our community did the retirement apartments offer such a feature.

I was wondering if that could be a business model for a retirement community or an ancillary business set up to do it. The best option given to my mom at the first choice retirement community was the hot tub at the Y which definitely would not work (the furthest walk in the facility, screaming kids, and no zero entry but steps).

She went with the alternative - a heated pool at the number two facility that maintains a relatively high temperature (still not bath temperature level). She also still needs to contend with steps, but the walk is much shorter and she doesn't have to leave the facility.

I would add one to our house, but our shower/tubs are all on the second floor. I still might add one for my wife and myself, but it doesn't do my mom any good since she can't navigate the steps.

Any suggestions?

March 6, 2022

Cops Unaware They Were Filmed Breaking In - The FBI Warned Them

Where my family is originally from. Not a surprise at all. If you can't trust the FBI to police the police, then you are left the question:

Who watches the Watchmen?

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

March 2, 2022

Keto diet

I have been doing this since 12/7 (had my first doctor's appt on Jan. 20th). Since starting it I have gone from 353 to 310, and my lab work from 1/20 has improved dramatically in a little over a month.

Glucose - 158 to 111 in a month
Cholesterol - 233 (2/20/2021) to 123
Liver enzymes down about 20 points each in a month

I have yoyoed on weight my entire life. The difference this time is that I am not nearly as hungry. It wasn't that I was complete junk eater, it is just that I did consume fruit, whole grains and potatoes. I had an expectation of three meals and continuous snacking during the day to chase hunger which I always seemed to have.

Don't know if it will continue to work. As before I exercise (part of the reason my weight shot up from the 300# range was reduced exercising because of depression). 20,000 steps in the form of walking and stepping sometimes with hand weights. Also grab light dumb bell and use it while watching tv and use a heavier dumbell for presses, curls, and deadlifts.

March 1, 2022

A truly evil f__k - Father kills 4, including his 3 daughters, before shooting himself at Sacramento

Five people are dead, including three children, after a man opened fire inside a Sacramento-area church Monday night before turning the gun on himself. The 39-year-old gunman opened fire inside The Church in Sacramento, in the Arden Arcade neighborhood just east of the city, where a supervised visit between him and his daughters was taking place, according to authorities.

The three girls killed were 9, 10 and 13, said Sgt. Rodney Grassmann, a spokesman for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Another man, who was not identified but was chaperoning the family visit, was also gunned down. “This was not a random shooting,” he said, adding that the shooter and victims “all knew each other.”


Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article258904863.html#storylink=cpy

February 16, 2022

Can I switch out the hard drive from one Windows 7 machine

to the exact same model in another machine? I think the cooling fan is shot which is causing a power down on my daughter's old computer. Right now the exact same model is available on Ebay for not much more than a new cooling fan. The fan replacement looks like a chore, and it might not even fix the problem.

Ideally I would just like to swap hard drives since the offerred machine doesn't have a licensed Windows 7 operating system. Worst case I could use it with the open source operating system if the switch doesn't work.

February 15, 2022

Question on digitizing VHS-C tapes (I know should have been done 10+ years ago)

I have 42 VHS-C tapes from the late 90s and early 2000s (before digital cameras) as well as and 30 VHS tapes that are dubs from some of the VHS-C tapes as well as other tapes (I need to go through and get it sorted).

I purchased a Funai DVD Recorder/VCR Recorder about five years ago in anticipation of digitizing the VHS-C tapes. Early in the process I found that neither the old camera or an adaptor to the VCR Recorder portion of the Funai allowed for tape playback (probably due to humidity over time etc). I gave up on the project and went on to other things.

I think the Funai is capable of playing the standard VHS tapes so I am going to try to digitize them myself.

I am looking at Legacy Box with two possible options for the VHS-C tapes

20 tapes - $258
40 tapes - $472

Would I give up too soon on the Funai if I go the Legacy Box option. They seem like a pretty solid company. $11-$12 does seem like a lot though.

These are family tapes so pretty important to me.

February 12, 2022

I think I might have just killed my external hard drive

I was not careful, and plugged the power adaptor from my 12 V PC into my 9 V External Hard drive. The light is still on when I put the correct power supply on it, but it is no longer being recognized by my PC. I have tried a second PC and still no luck. I know the power supply is good because I tested it on another external hard drive. I tried two separate USB cables. I don't have a another external drive that uses this type of USB, but my cables do allow recognition of a MP3 player.

Any suggestions?

It is a Western Digital 1TB hard drive.