We have had another break-in in the neighborhood, second one in the past two and half months and at the same house!
This time the culprit kicked in the front door. He (could be a she but I doubt it) got $5.00 in change and departed. The indoor alarm probably went off. These folks had there system hooked up with monitoring and with auto call to the police. They got the call from the security service when they were on their way home from work, in fact were only one exit from turning off on Mikus Road.
So they got home, no cops yet and took a look around the exterior of the place. Found the front door smashed in. The cops finally showed up and went in to make sure that there was not felon inside.
I can only surmise that the house is next to a vacant lot, so that there is nobody next door to see them. And the front door is recessed, easy to get in without being seen by anyone on the right or left. There must be some criminal break-in checklist to follow.
Our neighbors do not have an exterior alarm, just an internal one. On their first break-in, the criminals smashed the control box to stop the alarm. But they must have realized that there must have been some kind of call in. The alarm companies always call to make sure that the resident(s) is/are okay. That is usually a tip off that the alarm has been triggered and the cops may be on the way.
The city is going to put in temporary cameras for 45 days to track people coming and going. We may be able to get them to leave it in place for another 45 days. The neighborhood watch signs did not scare them off at all.
So we are getting our security system checked out and updated. Since we are gone several times a year it probably is smart thing to do. We are after all right next to the vacant lot. But we have a neighbor directly across from us and relatively close to our neighbor on one side. The side facing the vacant lot has no entrances. So we are not an ideal choice but could be the second choice.
I guess the recession is embolding thieves.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Florida Game
Florida won. But not without some typical Florida shenanigans. The apparent wide open receiver in the end zone committed a holding infraction to get there. That is cheating. That is taught performance. That is a lack of integrity. And that is Florida.
I worried about Tebow all night during the game. But he came through okay, and that is good. I would not have wanted it be LSU that did serious damage to him. Now if such damages occur we can blame his coach and his doctors. They released him to go.
It was a great game in my mind and maybe it will be repeated. We will see.
Auburn up next. They are smarting from getting beat by Arkansas. They can be very dangerous. But the way past them is route LSU must travel.
I worried about Tebow all night during the game. But he came through okay, and that is good. I would not have wanted it be LSU that did serious damage to him. Now if such damages occur we can blame his coach and his doctors. They released him to go.
It was a great game in my mind and maybe it will be repeated. We will see.
Auburn up next. They are smarting from getting beat by Arkansas. They can be very dangerous. But the way past them is route LSU must travel.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Florida is Coming . . .
Florida is on its way to Tiger Stadium. They are a formidable team; quarterback Tebow is outstanding player. So they are well equipped. Unfortunately, Tebow is recovering a concussion suffered in the Kentucky game. He was hit solidly, did not see it comimg. The bad part was as he went down, he hit his head on another player. That was a substantial blow.
He evidenced a concussion and was carted off the field. While being carted off the field he tossed his cookies, which is a classic symptom of a concussion.
As you can imagine there is a lot of hype surrounding the game. Coach Miles said it right, "No one wants to see a player injured, and Tebow is a great player." So I do not think LSU will go gunning for Tebow, but should he play, he is gonna run. And if he runs, he is gonna get hit. The danger comes when he gets a hit he does not see coming, that could be bad for him.
The game will be a good one. It can be a history maker for either of the teams. The winner certainly will go on to the National Championship. Of course, there will be the SEC play off before things are done. Could be that these two teams could meet again, ala LSU and Ole Miss years ago. LSU won the first round Halloween Night and lost the second round in the Sugar Bowl.
Can history be repeating itself again?
He evidenced a concussion and was carted off the field. While being carted off the field he tossed his cookies, which is a classic symptom of a concussion.
As you can imagine there is a lot of hype surrounding the game. Coach Miles said it right, "No one wants to see a player injured, and Tebow is a great player." So I do not think LSU will go gunning for Tebow, but should he play, he is gonna run. And if he runs, he is gonna get hit. The danger comes when he gets a hit he does not see coming, that could be bad for him.
The game will be a good one. It can be a history maker for either of the teams. The winner certainly will go on to the National Championship. Of course, there will be the SEC play off before things are done. Could be that these two teams could meet again, ala LSU and Ole Miss years ago. LSU won the first round Halloween Night and lost the second round in the Sugar Bowl.
Can history be repeating itself again?
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Georgia Whining
University of Georgia is whining over their loss to LSU. The whine is the penalty for celebration after Green caught his touchdown pass. They were penalized on the ensuing kick off.
Well they kicked off, and Trindon Holiday ran the ball back 40 yards. Then the referees penalized Georgia (unprotested) for line up infraction on the kick off. LSU ran two plays, the first for five yards and then the second play for 38 yard to the endzone and a touchdown. So Georgia gave up 83 yards!
After the LSU touch down, LSU was flagged for celebrating. That was Scott and he said he was thanking the Good Lord. LSU did not protest the penality they received even though it was a tribute to the Lord. Seems to me Georgia went on for a inordinate amount of time as team celebrating on the field. All Scott did was point his fingers to the heavens.
LSU kicked off the Georgia under the very same conditions that they, Gerogia, kicked off to LSU. But they did not run the ball back 40 yards. Then they threw an interception that ended the game. And then they whine about the penalty they received.
Give me a break! Let see, Georgia gave up 83 yards between the kick off run back and two plays from scrimmage in less than 20 seconds. And they gripped about the penalty? Sounds like sour grapes to me. They were to busy still celebrating and forgot to continue to play out the game.
Note the computer ratings are out for the BCS and LSU is rated number 1. Oops, that don't make the pundits happy. What are they gonna do if LSU wins the Florida game?
The clocks ticking.
Well they kicked off, and Trindon Holiday ran the ball back 40 yards. Then the referees penalized Georgia (unprotested) for line up infraction on the kick off. LSU ran two plays, the first for five yards and then the second play for 38 yard to the endzone and a touchdown. So Georgia gave up 83 yards!
After the LSU touch down, LSU was flagged for celebrating. That was Scott and he said he was thanking the Good Lord. LSU did not protest the penality they received even though it was a tribute to the Lord. Seems to me Georgia went on for a inordinate amount of time as team celebrating on the field. All Scott did was point his fingers to the heavens.
LSU kicked off the Georgia under the very same conditions that they, Gerogia, kicked off to LSU. But they did not run the ball back 40 yards. Then they threw an interception that ended the game. And then they whine about the penalty they received.
Give me a break! Let see, Georgia gave up 83 yards between the kick off run back and two plays from scrimmage in less than 20 seconds. And they gripped about the penalty? Sounds like sour grapes to me. They were to busy still celebrating and forgot to continue to play out the game.
Note the computer ratings are out for the BCS and LSU is rated number 1. Oops, that don't make the pundits happy. What are they gonna do if LSU wins the Florida game?
The clocks ticking.
Monday, October 5, 2009
What a Game!
Wow, what a game. The Tigers pushed Georgia all over the place for three quarters and probably left 21 unscored points behind them. The Georgia came alive. They marched down the field with on 3 minutes remaining. And then they scored the go ahead touchdown. Looked like it was all over for LSU. The crowd in Sanford Stadium were going wild.
Then they, Georgia got penalized for excessive celebration. That was a 15 yarder. So they kicked off further inside their territory. I was fielded by Trindon Holiday and he ran it back 40 yards (something most of the pundits missed, I guess). And then Georgia was further penalized five yards for a procedural violation on the kick off. That gave LSU the ball on Georgia's 38 yard line.
The TV kept panning the LSU place kicker as he was practicing along the side lines. This guy has already kicked a 52 field goal, quite a threat.
LSU ran a running play for no yardage. Everybody figured they would throw a pass to get the place kicker within better range. After all Georgia led by one point. The next play from scrimmage was Glen Scott, who has not been getting much yardage this year, ripped though the Georgia line and scampered for 33 yards into the end zone. Now the score was LSU 19, Georgia 13.
The stadium grew quite, the only noise was coming from the LSU fans. The place kicker punched through the extra point, now the score was 20 to 13, with 56 seconds to go.
Georgia trotted out its offensive team after receiving the kick off. Oh, yeah LSU was penalized the same 15 yards for the kick off but Georgia only was able to run the ball back 15 yards - so field position was not near as good. Big dfference!
They ran two pass plays, moved up some, but it was still 3rd down and some yards to go for a first down. About 30 seconds left now. Then Georgia did it, they threw an interception. At first the referee called incomplete - out bounds. But the play was reviewed and he was over ruled, it was ruled as an interception - LSU's ball.
That meant the game was over. Sanford Stadium was in shock. Three Touchdowns in three minutes and they lost. It all came down to one play. LSU was there, Georgia was not.
Not pretty, no style points, just a win.
Geaux Tigers
Then they, Georgia got penalized for excessive celebration. That was a 15 yarder. So they kicked off further inside their territory. I was fielded by Trindon Holiday and he ran it back 40 yards (something most of the pundits missed, I guess). And then Georgia was further penalized five yards for a procedural violation on the kick off. That gave LSU the ball on Georgia's 38 yard line.
The TV kept panning the LSU place kicker as he was practicing along the side lines. This guy has already kicked a 52 field goal, quite a threat.
LSU ran a running play for no yardage. Everybody figured they would throw a pass to get the place kicker within better range. After all Georgia led by one point. The next play from scrimmage was Glen Scott, who has not been getting much yardage this year, ripped though the Georgia line and scampered for 33 yards into the end zone. Now the score was LSU 19, Georgia 13.
The stadium grew quite, the only noise was coming from the LSU fans. The place kicker punched through the extra point, now the score was 20 to 13, with 56 seconds to go.
Georgia trotted out its offensive team after receiving the kick off. Oh, yeah LSU was penalized the same 15 yards for the kick off but Georgia only was able to run the ball back 15 yards - so field position was not near as good. Big dfference!
They ran two pass plays, moved up some, but it was still 3rd down and some yards to go for a first down. About 30 seconds left now. Then Georgia did it, they threw an interception. At first the referee called incomplete - out bounds. But the play was reviewed and he was over ruled, it was ruled as an interception - LSU's ball.
That meant the game was over. Sanford Stadium was in shock. Three Touchdowns in three minutes and they lost. It all came down to one play. LSU was there, Georgia was not.
Not pretty, no style points, just a win.
Geaux Tigers
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
It Works . . .
Yes, the RAM all works now. A new driver for the Wireless Interface Card did the trick. It is actually a Marvell driver, but that's what NetGear uses. They over lay their name on it but it is the Marvell driver. In my case it is version 1.0.0.53.
I formally had version 1.0.0.52. You never know what corrects the problem, it can be BIOS or a driver. In this case it was a driver. But tons of people had trouble with Vista and NetGear compatibility. I was one of them. I have been through three, no four, different drivers. The original one and then three different Marvell drivers. The last one did the trick and now the Dell has its full capacity memory. James Dunn will no longer have memory limitations on his games (I don't know that he did have any but for sure not now). Might make things work faster too.
We have a new monitor coming in - a 23 incher. That ought to max out things - no longer have to scroll across to see what is on the other edge.
I formally had version 1.0.0.52. You never know what corrects the problem, it can be BIOS or a driver. In this case it was a driver. But tons of people had trouble with Vista and NetGear compatibility. I was one of them. I have been through three, no four, different drivers. The original one and then three different Marvell drivers. The last one did the trick and now the Dell has its full capacity memory. James Dunn will no longer have memory limitations on his games (I don't know that he did have any but for sure not now). Might make things work faster too.
We have a new monitor coming in - a 23 incher. That ought to max out things - no longer have to scroll across to see what is on the other edge.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Downloading New Drivers
I spent an inordinate amount of time downloading a new driver from my Wireless Interface card. The card is made by NetGear and there is a horrible interface problem with Windows Vista. It seems the card will not work with more than 2 Gigabytes of RAM installed. Dell says that is a NetGear problem.
I disagreed with them and they kicked me off there web forum. But I revisited the Dell forum and noted my original comments are still there and they have seemed to have found a potential fix. Dell was defending their close relationship with Microsoft saying that it was a hardware interface problem. The NetGear folks say they have complied with Microsoft's rquirements and that it is a Vista issue. I wonder if they will continue their close relationship now that they have bought Perot Systems.
I had this kind of a memory problem before when living in Argyle and I was trying to install Windows 98 on my computer. That was back about 1997 or so. Windows 98 would not load. I finally did an Internet search and found an obscure reference to the amount of memory being used. I reached in a removed one of the two sticks of memory and tried to load it again. Bingo, it loaded up and I reinstalled the second stick of memory and all was okay.
Well it seems NetGear and some other companies' wireless interface cards will not work with Vista (even though they did work with Windows XP) when more than 2 Gigabytes of RAM is installed. The forums seem to indicate this fix will not work over the long haul. We will see.
When I bought the computer from Dell, it came with 4 Gigabytes of RAM. I have been operating it with 2 Gigabytes of RAM so that I can have my wireless interface card operate. This limitation is irritating. Vista ought have fixed this problem by now but it seems the arrogance of Microsoft rears it head and denies a fix to a problem (Or is that why Windows 7 is being rushed out the door - do we have another Millennium fiasco?).
I dropped Dell because they have agreed to back load all their computers sold after a certain date to Windows 7. Guess what, my computer was bought just 2 weeks before this cut off date. And no, they will not back date or update for free. So I will have to pay for Windows 7 (and still not know if I have a fix).
I do know this, the new driver is working with the computer using 2 Gigabytes of RAM. That is a good sign. I hate to even think about getting another wireless interface card, it is the principal of the issue. The principal being is that Microsoft ought to fix the problem instead of saying it is the lessor vendors problem.
We will see. . . .
I disagreed with them and they kicked me off there web forum. But I revisited the Dell forum and noted my original comments are still there and they have seemed to have found a potential fix. Dell was defending their close relationship with Microsoft saying that it was a hardware interface problem. The NetGear folks say they have complied with Microsoft's rquirements and that it is a Vista issue. I wonder if they will continue their close relationship now that they have bought Perot Systems.
I had this kind of a memory problem before when living in Argyle and I was trying to install Windows 98 on my computer. That was back about 1997 or so. Windows 98 would not load. I finally did an Internet search and found an obscure reference to the amount of memory being used. I reached in a removed one of the two sticks of memory and tried to load it again. Bingo, it loaded up and I reinstalled the second stick of memory and all was okay.
Well it seems NetGear and some other companies' wireless interface cards will not work with Vista (even though they did work with Windows XP) when more than 2 Gigabytes of RAM is installed. The forums seem to indicate this fix will not work over the long haul. We will see.
When I bought the computer from Dell, it came with 4 Gigabytes of RAM. I have been operating it with 2 Gigabytes of RAM so that I can have my wireless interface card operate. This limitation is irritating. Vista ought have fixed this problem by now but it seems the arrogance of Microsoft rears it head and denies a fix to a problem (Or is that why Windows 7 is being rushed out the door - do we have another Millennium fiasco?).
I dropped Dell because they have agreed to back load all their computers sold after a certain date to Windows 7. Guess what, my computer was bought just 2 weeks before this cut off date. And no, they will not back date or update for free. So I will have to pay for Windows 7 (and still not know if I have a fix).
I do know this, the new driver is working with the computer using 2 Gigabytes of RAM. That is a good sign. I hate to even think about getting another wireless interface card, it is the principal of the issue. The principal being is that Microsoft ought to fix the problem instead of saying it is the lessor vendors problem.
We will see. . . .
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