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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: hitech on August 14, 2019, 04:05:54 PM
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HTCs computers in their new home. That all had to come apart and be put back together yesterday.
(https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=397716.0;attach=31725)
(https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=397716.0;attach=31727)
Hitech
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OK so where's the alcohol?
Semp
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HTCs computers in their new home. That all had to come apart and be put back together yesterday.
Hitech
So, is that like in the basement of Pyro's house? If so that's cool too. No need to have an office if you don't need it. I worked at my bosses house at Combatsim.com for several years. Best job I ever had.
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But now who is gonna trip over the power cord to the server now???
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But now who is gonna trip over the power cord to the server now???
It's Skuzzy, if he visits, he'll find a way. :P
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But now who is gonna trip over the power cord to the server now???
Notice the nice new safety caps on the power strip switches?
HiTech
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Nice cable management. :aok
Coogan
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So, is that like in the basement of Pyro's house? If so that's cool too. No need to have an office if you don't need it. I worked at my bosses house at Combatsim.com for several years. Best job I ever had.
I built the room the room off my house this summer. (I found out I hate laying tile) Needed it's own air condition plus security features.
Our previous server room was the same length but twice as wide.
HiTech
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ummm no duct tape
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^^^^^Wasn't IT a murderous clown?
This whole thing has me spooked. :bolt:
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Wondered how you were handling heat in your tiny space with that stack of devices. One place I worked we sent something like that to newly acquired companies to put them on our network asap and labeled it network in a box. Sometimes they placed it in a closet and cooked the rack..... :O
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Our previous server room was the same length but twice as wide.
Happens to all of us over time.
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HTCs computers in their new home. That all had to come apart and be put back together yesterday.
(https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=397716.0;attach=31725)
(https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=397716.0;attach=31727)
Hitech
You still using the same office in Dallas?
I remember seeing the old server but it seemed bigger to me—technology shrinks with time obviously.
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Nice cable management. :aok
Coogan
agreed... I have seen a lot of spaghetti cabling
:aok
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how long will that UPS power the servers for in the event of a cut?
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our virtual world is in there :cool:
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our virtual world is in there :cool:
You should see what he has in the garage:
(https://www.thisisbarry.com/wp-content/uploads/Matrix/1/matrix_neo_wakeup.jpg)
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how long will that UPS power the servers for in the event of a cut?
2 30kva ups's about 15 mins, but also have backup generator.
HiTech
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2 30kva ups's about 15 mins, but also have backup generator.
HiTech
Sweet. Active UPS and then generator :aok - will definitely help with power bumps and safely shutdown the equipment if needed. Definitely a proper setup.
Do you allow Pyro to bring his pupper to work?
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Sweet. Active UPS and then generator :aok - will definitely help with power bumps and safely shutdown the equipment if needed. Definitely a proper setup.
Do you allow Pyro to bring his pupper to work?
It is those pesky brownouts that mess up so many electronics. I'd say that is covered very well.
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It does seem to be in a secured place.....no more excuses for tripping over the wires then lol......I hope so.... :rofl :rofl :rofl
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It does seem to be in a secured place.....no more excuses for tripping over the wires then lol......I hope so.... :rofl :rofl :rofl
If Hitech is smart he put the server in the closet at his house so when Skuzzy visits the office... :rofl
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If Hitech is smart he put the server in the closet at his house so when Skuzzy visits the office... :rofl
It has it's own room there.
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Addressing the elephant in the room (ptp) but I find this news very heartening. Who invests in their game like this if it's 'dying?' AH is alive and well and I anticipate it will be better than ever.
(If you build [and maintain] it, they will come.) :aok
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Addressing the elephant in the room (ptp) but I find this news very heartening. Who invests in their game like this if it's 'dying?' AH is alive and well and I anticipate it will be better than ever.
(If you build [and maintain] it, they will come.) :aok
Investing? He put it in Skuzzy’s closet and told him he’s responsible for keeping the power plugged in. And he pays for the electric bill, too, for the privilege. :P
JK. It’s fun to razz Skuzzy after all. :)
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It has it's own room there.
Hopefully small enough to keep “you know who” from walking around and kicking the power cable. :D
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Addressing the elephant in the room (ptp) but I find this news very heartening. Who invests in their game like this if it's 'dying?' AH is alive and well and I anticipate it will be better than ever.
(If you build [and maintain] it, they will come.) :aok
the game is dying, the game is dying, been hearing that since i joined 12 years ago. if hitech ever lets this game die, there's gonna be a couple of hundred players with pitchforks and torches at his door. j/k. if this game ever dies, I'll die with it.
semp
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Hopefully small enough to keep “you know who” from walking around and kicking the power cable. :D
To keep you know who out it has a sign on it.... Women. :rofl
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the game is dying, the game is dying, been hearing that since i joined 12 years ago. if hitech ever lets this game die, there's gonna be a couple of hundred players with pitchforks and torches at his door. j/k. if this game ever dies, I'll die with it.
semp
But the game IS dying. Itys a slow lingering death, but it is dying. Last year in June a player making one run in a buff and dying ranked for the month at 1023. Last month the same players doing one run in a buff and dying ranked at 847. That means there are less than 176 players tied for that "last" place in the category, which means we have lost on an average about 14 players a month.
I dont know what the number of players needed to keep the game viable but if it is 700, we may hit that next year. 500 maybe 2 years unless something is done.
I certainly hope something is done, or at least "tried".
I love that Hitech has added the server setup that he has, but is it new, or did he just move it to his closet at home so he can close his office to cut over head?
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To keep you know who out it has a sign on it.... Women. :rofl
:rofl
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Wish I was a AH message boards Moderator!
I would put a damn end to all the stupid negative doom and gloom posts, replies and threads....
I'm tired of seeing the same crap for the last 19+ years
Knowing that only a 1/4 to 1/10th of the community actually reads/posts to the boards, the "doom and gloom" posters just keep on shoveling their same dung and slinging it whereever they can......yet all of them Are to self centered to see that they are not helping with there posts/replies
TC
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I love that Hitech has added the server setup that he has, but is it new, or did he just move it to his closet at home so he can close his office to cut over head?
HTC has been upgrading hardware over the last month
and we are in the process of replacing 8 servers.
Because of the upgrade this week
there will be a few brief outages (less then 20 mins)
this week.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
HTC has been upgrading hardware over the last month
and we are in the process of replacing 8 servers.
Because of the upgrade this week
there will be a few brief outages (less then 20 mins)
this week.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
I built the room the room off my house this summer. (I found out I hate laying tile) Needed it's own air condition plus security features.
Our previous server room was the same length but twice as wide.
HiTech
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Wish I was a AH message boards Moderator!
I would put a damn end to all the stupid negative doom and gloom posts, replies and threads....
I'm tired of seeing the same crap for the last 19+ years
Knowing that only a 1/4 to 1/10th of the community actually reads/posts to the boards, the "doom and gloom" posters just keep on shoveling their same dung and slinging it whereever they can......yet all of them Are to self centered to see that they are not helping with there posts/replies
TC
The above is how you know some one has gone over the edge. In a thread posted to show how HTC is continuing AH development , a member posts false disparaging points of view that have already been stated (Some in the same thread) just to poo poo on HTC.
I often ask myself is there any advantage in letting these people remain on the BBS. The cutoff comes when they are no longer posting anything positive, and are only post when they want to vent a grievance.
HiTech
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Yall realize that most everything to do running this game can be done from home and net collaboration.
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The above is how you know some one has gone over the edge. In a thread posted to show how HTC is continuing AH development , a member posts false disparaging points of view that have already been stated (Some in the same thread) just to poo poo on HTC.
I often ask myself is there any advantage in letting these people remain on the BBS. The cutoff comes when they are no longer posting anything positive, and are only post when they want to vent a grievance.
HiTech
I bet this guy knows more about this game than any of us! :aok
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Yall realize that most everything to do running this game can be done from home and net collaboration.
Numerous advantages to that approach, too.
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'Work from home' has never looked so good. :D
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I'm glad that all the servers are together now, unlike years back the game servers and website/bbs/ftp servers were in 2 different locations....(if I'm remembering right)
Remember one of the website/ftp servers went down and Skuzzy had to make the trip to install new HDs and basically had to build a lot of the websites (Home page, FTP, Trainers website, AH Events, etc) all from ground up....
Curious as to what temperatures HTC keeps the server room?
I've designed HVAC systems for both NC DOT and FL DOT, where they were using 34 to 40, 40" monitors and all the computers and servers were in the room behind the monitors (monitors were set into a curved wall with the front sealed off, to keep most of the heat in the server room)
These buildings were where they watched and operated the cameras all over the interstates, highways, etc...
Had to guarantee a constant 68 degrees year round...
TC
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Curious as to what temperatures HTC keeps the server room?
I have multiple probe temp logging been debating what temp I will keep it at and where. Been monitory out put temp behind servers as well as input in front.
Input side runs about 10 deg cooler. But output side feeds the conditioner. Yesterday I bumped the temp up from 65 setting to 70 in the afternoon.
These temps are about 3 inches behind the computer bank.
The current temperature for Port 1 is 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit.
Daily Minimum: 69.9
Daily Maximum: 76.7
Daily Average: 71.8
Current WiFi Config:
Link to device http://10.99.99.1
This message is sent once per day. To disable, log into the web management interface and click preferences.
-- Temperature@lert
2019-08-18.txt
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Hmm.....
I'm under the impression that you had a load calculation ran for the BTU output of the hardware, lights, space size....
Are you using a manual or programmable thermostat?
Looking at the data logs, you might want to consider a programmable thermostat to where you can drop the temperature setting something like 1/2 hour to an 1 hour before the temperature starts climb to cope with that 75/76 temp range
Just thinking out loud
Nice setup with the Temp probes & data logging :aok
TC
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The temp doesn't vary. The min max does not change more the 1 deg , you see a margin simply because I changed it's base setting up 5 degs input temp to the CPU's is 65 deg with an output temp of 75.
HiTech
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Hitech:
Pardon me I dont know if this is a joke or not, but did you really move HTC to your home? If so, I have 2 questions.
1. how did you get the bandwith needed to run the game connected to a residence? I ask because here in FL the cable companies dont like to do that... They say the infrastructure is not able to accept it.
2. Do you have Hillary Clinton's emails? (her server was supposed to be in a closet)
Todd
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1. how did you get the bandwith needed to run the game connected to a residence? I ask because here in FL the cable companies dont like to do that... They say the infrastructure is not able to accept it.
Hitech's net-coad kung fu is so optimized, it only needs
(https://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451576d69e2017d3faf90c1970c-pi)
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The temp doesn't vary. The min max does not change more the 1 deg , you see a margin simply because I changed it's base setting up 5 degs input temp to the CPU's is 65 deg with an output temp of 75.
HiTech
Cool, I can understand that.... I was slapping my brain wondering why the temperature jump up to 75/76 then right after midnight it dropped and stayed steady......lol
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Hitech's net-coad kung fu is so optimized, it only needs
(https://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451576d69e2017d3faf90c1970c-pi)
That was about 1991/92?
I had (2) 300 baud modems bridged / chained together around 92, to get me 900 baud, back then
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That was about 1991/92?
Sounds about right. Oh the wonders kids now days will never know
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Dial_up_modem_noises.ogg (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Dial_up_modem_noises.ogg)
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Sounds about right. Oh the wonders kids now days will never know
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Dial_up_modem_noises.ogg (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Dial_up_modem_noises.ogg)
I was right on the tail end of that. We upgraded to DSL and my mom rejoiced because the phone and computer could be used at the same time. Oh how times have changed.
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Hitech:
Pardon me I dont know if this is a joke or not, but did you really move HTC to your home? If so, I have 2 questions.
1. how did you get the bandwith needed to run the game connected to a residence? I ask because here in FL the cable companies dont like to do that... They say the infrastructure is not able to accept it.
2. Do you have Hillary Clinton's emails? (her server was supposed to be in a closet)
Todd
Net hook up is identical as it was as the last 7 years. And AH does not require much band width.
Here is the main arena server.
Green is out from HTC blue is In bound.
(https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=397716.0;attach=31732)
HiTech
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It might be noted that it is not only to keep it cool but to keep the humidity down. In cases such as electronics you can get too cold and cause condensation on parts being cooled.
A cooling unit too large may not run enough to remove humidity. This will call so much moisture as to create mold and mildew. One too small can make it too dry and not cool well during times where the electronics are producing the most heat.
We have a laser, Trumpf 5040, that is 6KW. The electronics in the boxes are kept at 86 F (30C). Each control box has it's own a/c. Those temps are suggested by Trumpf.
It is slightly different than a server but has pretty much the same cooling requirements.
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True and your ideal humidity to shoot for is 52 %.... Anywhere from 50 to 52% is great
Once one crosses the 59+% range regarding humidity, mold growth will start and intensify the higher the humidity climbs
I'm also a certified IAQ specialist with certifications in LEED and Green Building
Am also 50 state certified Energy Auditor for Residential/commercial/industrial/Goverment and Hospitals
Well, I was before I retired (read as Doctors forced me into retirement/disabled)
TC
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Sounds about right. Oh the wonders kids now days will never know
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Dial_up_modem_noises.ogg (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Dial_up_modem_noises.ogg)
And dial up BBS's that was navigated via a command prompt
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True and your ideal humidity to shoot for is 52 %.... Anywhere from 50 to 52% is great
Once one crosses the 59+% range regarding humidity, mold growth will start and intensify the higher the humidity climbs
I'm also a certified IAQ specialist with certifications in LEED and Green Building
Am also 50 state certified Energy Auditor for Residential/commercial/industrial/Goverment and Hospitals
Well, I was before I retired (read as Doctors forced me into retirement/disabled)
TC
One of my certifications is HVAC.
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I'm certifiable. Does that count?
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I'm certifiable. Does that count?
You are one of many here...... including me. :rofl
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:rofl
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I've always been crazy, but I didn't become certified until March 2009, lol
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Net hook up is identical as it was as the last 7 years. And AH does not require much band width.
Here is the main arena server.
Green is out from HTC blue is In bound.
(https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=397716.0;attach=31732)
HiTech
It must be nice to be able to code your communications bandwidth to be so low. I have to work from home sometimes to fix water/waste water control systems and even using VNC to keep bandwith to a minimum by remoting into PCs on the company network, we have slow and even unusable time periods.
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HTCs computers in their new home. That all had to come apart and be put back together yesterday.
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Hitech
I think that this looks really neat! :aok
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It must be nice to be able to code your communications bandwidth to be so low. I have to work from home sometimes to fix water/waste water control systems and even using VNC to keep bandwith to a minimum by remoting into PCs on the company network, we have slow and even unusable time periods.
Wow. I've had fibre since early 2013. We have 1Gbps down 500Mbps up, no data limits. We no longer use analog anything (phone TV etc). All our content is digital (even live TV). On a typical month we'll use around 1.8Tb of data, during holiday periods that'll go up to 2.5Tb of data.
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You need to get out more :old:
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2. Do you have Hillary Clinton's emails? (her server was supposed to be in a closet)
Todd
Didn't you read the news a few weeks ago where they found her tech installed a drop box app on her server to send a copy of everything to carterheavyindustries@gmail.com. Google keeps everything that passes through it's networks. And possibly Platte River Networks has them also.
In the letter, Horowitz and Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson write that the Carter Heavy Industries email account was created by Platte River Networks employee Paul Combetta, who managed Clinton’s email server. Combetta allegedly created the Carter Heavy Industries email on Aug. 20, 2012, to serve as a “dummy email.” Combetta then used the email in order to transfer messages archived on Clinton’s second private server to the Platte River Networks server in early 2014.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-15/why-were-hillary-clintons-emails-blind-copied-gmail-address-named-after-chinese
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One of my certifications is HVAC.
Was that before or after the Proctology Diploma?
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Was that before or after the Proctology Diploma?
I have had a BS in BS almost from birth. :joystick:
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My company's computer center(s) rooms for blade servers are so cold you have icicle hanging from your private parts area, when you go out :old:
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:rock
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We had a case of "whats this button do?" at work yesterday, some sparkie triggered the gas fire suppression system which also pops all the electrical circuits to protect our servers. For some unknown reason it locked the power out for several hours! Had a nice afternoon off. Apparently the gas refill is not cheap.
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You could get one of those fancy inline rack style cooling system. Slides right in the server rack. Just had one installed at the local hospitals IT room. A couple of them took care of their entire room.
But I’d imagine In your case you are fine unless the primary unit went down. Look into Ductless mini splits. Insane humidity and temperature control. I recommend Mitsubishi or LG. Really really cost effective on your energy bill not so much on upfront cost sadly.
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That's what I'm using a Mitsubishi 15000 BTU mini split. We used the same type in our previous server room.
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Great choice. Did you happen to clean the Condenser this summer? ;)
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Great choice. Did you happen to clean the Condenser this summer? ;)
Brand new unit as of July.
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That computer is our virtual universe? Crazy! I wish I had more time to fly. Sigh...
Boo
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Brand new unit as of July.
You should be good! Don’t forget cleaning for winter is important too! But if it’s that new you outta be good
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Sorry for the bump, but this came up in conversation during our group's bombing run last night. I had to search here this morning for the (old) news..
I was away during all of this (I'm just catching up on the doings over the past three years I was abroad), so my first reaction was one of disappointment, a little sadness, but it's also understandable given how things have gone.
Man, I really hope this game doesn't fizzle out, but as I said to my squaddie, it seems us older farts (50's & up now) are a dying breed. Approaching 50 myself, and I remember subscribing when I was in my very early 30's.
I just kind of sigh and hope for the best. Other games aren't as free-form and just don't cut it for me, really. :cry
EGG
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Sorry for the bump, but this came up in conversation during our group's bombing run last night. I had to search here this morning for the (old) news..
I was away during all of this (I'm just catching up on the doings over the past three years I was abroad), so my first reaction was one of disappointment, a little sadness, but it's also understandable given how things have gone.
Man, I really hope this game doesn't fizzle out, but as I said to my squaddie, it seems us older farts (50's & up now) are a dying breed. Approaching 50 myself, and I remember subscribing when I was in my very early 30's.
I just kind of sigh and hope for the best. Other games aren't as free-form and just don't cut it for me, really. :cry
EGG
Well, Egg, if it makes you feel better, I subscribed last month. I'm actually a high school student (Air Force cadet), and after furballing offline with AIs on and off for several months I finally subscribed. So, there's at least one fresh pilot, if that makes ya feel any better! :airplane:
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I built the room the room off my house this summer. (I found out I hate laying tile) Needed it's own air condition plus security features.
Our previous server room was the same length but twice as wide.
HiTech
Install a mini-split A/C unit
And nobody likes installing tile. Nobody