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I rarely visit RB anymore because there's never anything new. I don't contribute much because I don't have anything interesting to say.

Some do, some don't. I'm reluctant to use any unsubscribe link, since all that tells them is they have a good address they can later sell.

Not even close, but I am a big fan of the Bill of Rights.

Over the last three weeks or so, I've been getting spammed by several sportfishing sites; several times a day, every day. The thing is, I don't fish. Never have. I've never registered at any of these sites, nor I have I visited them. I live in Minnesota, so Florida sportfishing isn't of much interest to me. Yet, all the spam I'm receiving is directed towards florida fishing. I participate in two boating-related sites: reelboating and continuouswave. How do you suppose my email address found it's way to these warm-water sportfishing sites?

I have some other questions about the Autotether. I'm trying to talk a friend into buying one for himself. We boat together quite often. How would my receiver know his fob(s) from mine? If I want to purchase another fob for my wife, does the new fob work right out of the box?

Did you even read the link?

Yeah, he's a real peach. And that was four months ago; it has gotten better (or worse, depending on your pov), since then. I'm going with fascist thug who belongs in one of the jails he now runs.

Hey, see if they'll link back here to ReelBoating too. I promise I won't open a Whaler Forum! Sorry about that. Is this a no-no?

Auguste, since you are outside the U.S. From the boatus website: What is the difference between obtaining an MMSI from the FCC and obtaining a number from BoatUS? "BoatUS MMSI numbers are coded for recreational vessels cruising in U.S. waters only not otherwise required to be licensed; the registrations are downloaded into the U.S. Coast Guard Search & Rescue Database (MISLE) only. FCC-assigned MMSI numbers are coded for International Waters and go into the International Search & Rescue Database (ITU). In order to be accepted into the ITU database, any FCC assigned MMSI must end in zero. This is why the BoatUS MMSI number cannot be re-used when later applying for an FCC License for international cruising." Source: http://www.boatus.com/mmsi/MM1.htm#q14 I don't know where you boat, but since you are in Canada you might want to look into this.

I don't know if the actual story is true, but I do know of personal defense instructors that mention Wasp Spray as an alternative to OC/CS, particularly where one or the other is illegal (like Wisconsin). Especially when someone is about to attack you; 'cause we all know they'll stand around for you to strike a match... Please.

Did the water pump ingest any sand?

If you wanted to, you could have a lot of fun with this...

Okay, I've got it now. I would like to see a ring (or hole for one) molded into the fob on the opposite end from the power button.

D'ya think?

I just received my Autotether Solo today and I have a tech-support question. My host does not indicate a fob is registered, but if I turn off the fob the lanyard fires. I turn on a fob and see the steady green light. I turn on the host and the power, reset and #1 fob lights blink for a while, then just the power light. This is on my desk at home, not on the boat. Shouldn't I see one green fob signal light? ETA: After reading the manual a bit more, it appears this is normal behaviour, am I right? It seems to me the fob signal indicator should stay on; that's what I'd expect it to do anyway. Also, I'm extremely impressed at the construction quality of the host and fob. Very nice. The fob needs a ring on it somewhere other than just the slots for a strap.

I hope I helped, anyway.

In theory, if you're running an anti-virus, you shouldn't have viruses. To answer your question: yes, the virus/malware is backed-up along with your other data if that is where its files reside. Excluding the malware's files would mean that you would have to know what and where they are, not an easy task since the name of the game is to avoid detection. Some malware has been engineered to disable or defeat anti-malware programs. I have no specifics on this, however. I am not familiar with MTP, but I suspect it works like every other anti-malware application; running in the background and requiring periodic updates from their online service(s) to stay current. Do you update MTP regularly? Are you currently infected with something? What happens when you scan your computer with MTP?

I like these drives. They aren't the largest (capacity-wise), but they are rugged. Most of my work is in the form of source code (text), so it's highly compressable. I carry a drive with me wherever I go, and sometimes things get banged around. As I stated earlier, this is how most drives fail. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0315630 http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0315636 You don't have microcenter in Florida, but you can order on line or visit a local Best Buy, Staples, Office Max, etc. and see what they have to offer.

I'm not sure timbers were the problem. Many of the marinas here in MN use timber-framed structures and corrugated steel. We get a fair amount of snow from year-to-year, especially this year. There have been no catastropic failures like this.

That's correct, Frank; you indicated that the WD drive would support RAID 0 or RAID 1. Which it does. I recommended against RAID 0. That's all. No dig against you or the WD setup.

Frank, you're talking about different things... There are several different RAID levels: RAID 0 is commonly known as striping; data is written across both disks as if they were one, big disk. Performance is great, but if one drive fails, all the data is lost as you need both member drives in the set to be "complete." RAID 1 is known as mirroring; the data is identical on both disks. You can lose one drive with no adverse affects. Performance is a good as your slowest drive. There are also RAID 0+1 (01) and RAID 1+0 (10) configurations which offer the best of both worlds. RAID 10 is a mirrored disk which is then striped. RAID 01 is a striped set which is then mirrored. The RAID level described in your previous post was RAID 0, which is dangerous if you can't deal with data loss. RAID 10 and RAID 01 kick butt, but since you need more than two drives for either, it isn't likely to be an off-the-shelf external USB hard drive option. For servers, I use both all the time. I run RAID 01 at home, in fact.

1TB external drives are commonplace and relatively inexpensive. Buy the largest drive you can afford and get a second one for your wife. If she's going to be hauling it all over, keep your business data off of there. A few other thoughts: Avoid RAID configurations for backup drives; particularly external, portable ones. Striping (RAID 0) is intended to increase performance and available disk space at the expense of recoverability. If you lose one drive in the stripe-set, all your data is gone. Backing up your data once a week is only sufficient if you can afford to lose a week's worth of data. Daily should be your absolute minimum, and even that only allows you to recover to your last daily backup. If you have a large number of files that change daily, consider doing a full backup once a week and daily incremental backups (only files that have changed since your last full backup). This will reduce the amount of time necessary to back up a large number of files. To recover, you restore the full and then any incrementals, in order, to the point in time you want. What operating system(s) are you using?

There are literally dozens of external hard drive options available today; most are USB but there are some Firewire (IEEE 1394) drives available. Unless performance is of the utmost to you, USB 2.0+ will be fine. I would offer the following advice, after consulting (as a developer) for 20 years: Any external drive you buy will fail at some point. In fact, every drive will fail at some point. If you absolutely can't live without a particular bit of data, make multiple copies of it. Personally, I use two seperate USB hard drives, in addition to the source. I make copies of copies. At least one drive is left at home at all times. USB drives usually fail because they are dropped, or damaged in some way. This is far more likely with the drive in my briefcase, but less-so with my drive at home. Online backup services are relatively new to the general public. I don't use them, and I have privacy issues with them, but they do seem to be a viable alternative to rolling your own. Questions to ask include of an online backup provider might include: How accessible is my data when I need it? What happens if you (the provider) lose my data? (This has never happened, right?) Who has access to my data? It's pretty-much a given that your data is private, but does the company providing the service "mine" this data in any way? You'd be surprised. Google mines all your email if you use any form of Google Mail. When I leave your service, what happens to my data? I've not read the service level agreements for outfits like Carbonite. Make sure you read the fine-print before hand. It's a wild and woolly world out there. Good luck.

Wow. That's an Outrage CCC (Center-console Cuddy). Very desireable. Check out the following links for Whaler resources: ContinuousWave and Whaler Central Nice find!

I use my Nuvi on airplanes all the time. If you're flying east to west, you'll want a window seat on the left side of the plane; west to east, you want the right side. GPS signals are relatively weak, it doesn't take much to block or degrade them.