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I believe that's the one that was selling a folder at one of the first gun shows that I went to that contained printouts of relevant TN laws with a promise of updates to be sent on any changes to the laws. It still sits there, unopened and un-updated since the day I bought it. The internet is a better source for such things anyway but I know I feel I was taken.

  I'd imagine you'd run across more than a few 7805's sure enough. Or equivalents (Those weird Chinese components with numbers it's impossible to find datasheets or, indeed, any information at all for). DC-DC is likely your best bet. One of these might get you a fair way or at least give you an idea what components to look for.   http://www.mini-box.com/DC-DC   Some are 6-34V and some are 12V in.   Edit: Promising? (Too low current I think)   http://www.linear.com/product/LT1173   Looks more likely:   http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=504#.U5fQ0xVX-uY   Also, I half suspect this may be what is in those metal cans on that PSU   http://www.meanwell.com/search/dka30/dka30-spec.pdf

Might as well sell crystals that will calm a potential shooters troubled qi by emitting calming positive energy.   Uh, hey, I have an investment opportunity if anyone's interested...

We have to put these in order, right?

  I had it confirmed today that this uses a guardian webpage and not any kind of authentication on the wifi side of things so it's ripe for abuse.

  I think most stuff has DC regulators in them these days (Though I know my USB hub does not) so I probably wouldn't worry too much about over-voltage. You'd want to check but the common regulators have a very wide input range. Most (not all) stuff is 5V internally anyway even if the power supply is for more than that. The regulators are a bit smarter than just wasting the power to bring the voltage down too so waste heat should not be too much of a problem.   Issues as the battery voltage drops could be a concern but I would thing the equipment would just start to become flaky before failing to operate and I would not really expect damage (though it is possible). I wouldn't be too worried about potential damage to the battery as I would consider it to be for emergency use only and it would take a severe outage to bring it down enough to cause permanent damage and I'd just take that as collateral damage. A simple protection circuit would not be hard to construct however. They already have them for cars (I've been looking at them as one of my cars drains the battery over the course of a couple of weeks.)   Installing Tomato on my current router was pretty straightforward. It involved installing DD-WRT first but it was all menu driven and pretty straightforward with a little chicken sacrifice thrown in.

  That is what I'm thinking. I'm also wondering if he was attempting to get this guy to disarm at gunpoint rather than just taking him out (Not that that would have helped this guy much). Not enough information.

  Lessons to be pondered upon...

  Looks like there are cheaper options for the overall kit and some people are getting that and upgrading the stones. As you say, if you're really into the knives, it's a drop in the bucket but for the rest of us, that may be a more likely option.

  One thing to consider is all that equipment is low power DC anyway, typically at or under 12V. If you can cut out the inverter stuff, you could doubtless get much more life out of a decent sized car battery.   Have you considered checking out DD-WRT or Tomato for your router? Some of those have the NAS stuff built in. Might work better than stock.

  Whoa, you have to love your knives to spend that much on a sharpening solution. It doesn't look all that complex mechanically. What makes for the price?

  Good info to have.

  You mean you're continuing to power the modem though, right?   I understand the Comcast equipment is basically straight on the local power grid so when you lose power, their equipment likely loses power too. That's a little different with the phone co which has huge UPSs and diesel generators (usually the first sign that power is out at our place is the one down the road fires up).   Edit: A little reading around indicates that Comcast supposedly has emergency power at the head-ends. So in theory, you should be covered but I couldn't say for sure.

  Yeah, it's VOIP. I didn't want to be tied into the Comcast bundling. It seems like it's the best, cheapest option for our use case (which is apparently filling up the answer machine with unlistened-to messages).   When the power goes out, I'd recommend a UPS. A decent 650VA or more will keep you going for a good long time. Whether Comcast will be up if the power goes out will be another question. Though if you have a Smartphone, tethering is a good way to go there.

  I know it's bolting the door after the horse has bolted but you should have dropped trou on the spot. If there was any way to get cold water on it immediately (preferably running) that would have been a good idea too.   Hope you get better quickly. Burns suck.

I've been trying to ditch the landline for about a decade now since the wife and I are on mobile but she wasn't having it. Finally got switched over too Ooma a few months ago. Seems like a good option for having a landline if you don't want a landline and can be had for regulatory fees only (after the initial purchase).

Motorola SB6141 for the modem. Available from Amazon for $80 or wait for a deal. Any wifi router will do. Though check reviews, obviously. If you are technically inclined, an upgrade to Tomato or DD-WRT is probably a good idea. I was using a $20 Belkin for the longest time but since I am upgrading, decided to go with AC which is the latest & greatest wireless. The Asus AC66U seems to get good reviews, particularly when flashed with one of the above. Also the external antennas will hopefully help with a few of the dead spots in the house.

  I didn't think it was very Chucktshoesish :)

  He's way off base. This was an initiation of violence by these scumbags and indefensible. This was no revolution, just a couple of lowlifes looking for an excuse to kill some people.

  Of course, if the cops decide your router might have useful logs on it... I wouldn't expect them to be picky about what they take with them either.

So what's to stop setting up an XFINITY ssid with a fake webpage redirect and harvesting Comcast credentials? Is the authentication part of the wifi connection or the standard guardian webpage?

  I bought my modem. You make the money back in a few months from what you save for rentals and keep your options open.   My modem doesn't have wifi either. That's a separate device.   I have the same modem as btq96r. Currently running a Belkin flashed with Tomato for the wifi but upgrading to the Asus AC66U as too many of the neighbors now have wifi and it's difficult to maintain a connection to my own wifi (I'll be flashing it with Tomato also).  

I may be weird but I like my leftover pizza cold.

I think it's just standard wheatflour pastry but there appears to be some coloring added. They are both good enough on their own to me but I sometimes add some ketchup to the beef ones.

Possibly. Though it's fairly easy to melt and mold aluminum so I was thinking I could get something together out of scrap. Perhaps beercans :)   I don't know if that would a good grade of metal to use but if you can get away with polymer...