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The WAT? Ya rly. After asking about cable ties in the "Whatchoo bought?" thread, I concluded that this topic needs further discussion in its own, less scrollerrific thread. There's two distinct subjects here: #1 Keeping cables that are in-use from taking over everything in sight. I'm not so good at this. The back of my headphone/computer rig looks like a Moog modular on steroids, and my HT rig even scares Cthulhu. I'm curious if any H-Cers are successful in keeping the upper hand over their interconnects. Maybe I should call this Post A Picture of [the back of] Your Rig. #2 Keeping cables that are not currently in use sorted. I wear several hats: computer geek, home audio snob, lighting tech, and occasional sound engineer. Each area has its own requisite pile of cables. I have a lot of cable ties, but still not enough to keep all the copper I have coiled and sorted. Experience has taught me that the cable ties that don't stay attached are all but useless, especially for field work. The kind I like look like this: I asked in the bought thread for links to places that sell cable ties in bulk. So far I got this: Velcro One Wrap, Wire Wrap, Velcro straps, Velcro Tie Wraps Additionally, I found these: 12 inch Grey Velcro ONE WRAP STRAPS-Roll of 15 $6.59 18 inch Black Velcro ONE WRAP STRAPS-Roll of 12 $8.39 12 Inch Velcro Cable Tie Wraps Comparison Chart - Secure 50 for $27. This place sells in massive bulk: [url=http://www.design-craft.com/velcroTie.asp]Design Craft | VELCRO

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That sucks, Salty. I have not had any experience with that personally, but I have seen the subject come up on dpreview before. I spent much of today (and what felt like all of yesterday) banging my head against rsync, and still haven't figure out how to do what I want. I really should be posting this in the computer forum

I hope you have better luck with this time than you did in the past with some of your other eBay transactions, Doug.

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Quite a while back, a head-caser mentioned in here that they bought a large assortment of velcro cable ties. Foolishly, I didn't save the URL. I have a whole mess of cables I'd like to keep sorted. Anyone got a suggestion where I should look? I'd like longer ties if possible, and the kind that stay attached to the cable. I know where to get that variety from a couple pro outlets, but the cost per tie is kind of insane for how many I need.

Now that I have use of both hands again, I've gone back to the infrared spectrum: My IR PowerShot G2 can shoot RAW, but it can't do RAW and jpeg at the same time. As an experiment, I went out and fired off a couple dozen exposures in RAW mode and then converted them in Photoshop. The end results are not earth-shatteringly different, but the process was interesting.

Hmm. I will take the above under advisement. Mr. Chalk has been kind enough to send me his old modulator. If that doesn't work out, I'll be looking at a new head unit, I think. My Subaru's stock stereo is unusual in that it's two DIN units, the amp/radio/tape and a 6-disc in-dash player. I can't imagine I could get a replacement head unit (that wasn't a Subaru) that would work with the changer.

This album is so \m/

62 8x10" prints.

Furthermore.... The resizer is having some fun with this. Right click and "view image" (or click here) and get yr sidescroll on.

For a second I thought this was the slow forum.

Click for sauce. "I assume most of us know that Mass is just relative to the amount of Matter the object consists off, but Mass is not representative of the amount of Volume it takes up. However, there are some that do not, so let's not be misleading and clarify a few things. For example, some of the most Massive Objects in the Universe are Black Holes, which have theoretically 0 volume. R136a1 impresses with 265 Solar Masses? The Supermassive Black Hole OJ 287 is 18,000,000,000 Solar Masses. R136a1, for Mass of a Star sets a new standard. As for Volume though, even though it's 1,000,000 times brighter than our Sun, it's Volume is shadowed by that of VY Canis Majoris, STILL. R136a1 is 265 Solar Masses and 35 times the diameter of our Sun. In terms of Mass vs. VY Canis Majoris, R136a1 wins. However, in terms of Volume, R136a1 is ONLY 35 times the Diameter of our Sun. Our Sun is approximately 865,000 Miles in Diameter. Being 35 times the Diameter, R136a1 is approximately 30,275,000 miles in Diameter, pretty large. If it were to replace our Sun, it would be touching the boundaries of Mercury's Orbit, which is approximately 35,000,000 miles. Earth is approximately 93,000,000 miles away from the Sun. To give you an idea of our Voluminous VY Canis Majoris is, it is 1,800,000,000 miles across. 1,800,000,000 miles (VY Canis Majoris) > 30,275,000 miles (R136a1) by a long shot. To give you an idea of how much space that would take up, Saturn's Orbit is 1,350,000,000 away from the Sun. So, if R136a1's outer edges would singe Mercury if it were in the place of our sun, VY Canis Majoris in it's place would be hiding Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, The Asteroid Belt, Jupiter and Saturn within itself, with room to spare. Hoever, R136a1 is just starting it's main sequence, whereas VY Canis Majoris is near the end of it's life. R136a1 may become even larger later on in it's life."