Dave Ambrose

Regarding issue 226 226 is in final production and should be going to the printer very soon. We apologize for the delay, but Gregg's back problems have significantly worsened.

This is very much Gregg's forum. He formulated the rules and policies we use to run it. @Harry P., aka Harry Pristovnik, ran this forum for a long time, and I just kept the server fed and watered. When Harry's illness became debilitating, I stepped in to run the social side along with the technical end. Gregg and I are closely aligned on the rules for this forum, but in the end, last word is Gregg's, not mine.

Not me, but my son received some resin parts, and a very elaborate decal sheet for one of the Goodsmile racing Mercedes. He normally builds Gundams, but is going to build his first car kit since he was quite young. I'm looking forward to this build.

Those of you having this problem -- I cannot reproduce it. Would you please post the date, as exact a time as you can (let us know if it's approximate), and your time zone (plus any daylight saving time status)? I will see if I can find something incriminating in the server logs.

This is great! Bug-eyes have a special place in my household. There's a Midget in the garage. Those inner door sections are steel stampings, and the outer skins are folded around them. 2 or 3 mil plastic should suffice for your build.

That's a good choice. I've seen real ones rebuilt as low riders, and they look superb.

I did watch the video. Those questions were very carefully selected. They contained no ambiguities. I also note the he didn't ask it to solve any symbolic logic problems. That likely would have revealed the underlying flaws. That said, it is clearly capable of some very useful stuff.

I talk to them regularly. They speak perfectly fine English. Like I said, our regular carrier is great. When a Surfer's Journal gets delivered, it's on the doorstep with the rest of our mail rubber banded to it.

It depends on how the GFCI socket is wired. If you've wired the downstream sockets through the GFCI socket, then they will be protected. If you haven't wired them through the GFCI socket, then they won't be protected. Easy way to tell is to get a socket test light. They usually have a GFCI test button. You can plug it in to a downstream socket, press that button, and the GFCI should trip.

One thing to keep in mind -- none of these AI systems is doing symbolic reasoning. They can identify patterns and generate things matching patterns, basically running the recognizer backwards. But they can't extend beyond what they've seen in any groundbreaking way. I suspect DeepThink was behind the forum server loading problems some months back. We cut them off so don't ask it any car modeling questions. 🙂 AI can do some very useful things, but you need to understand its limitations too.

Aside from being somewhat out of focus, what's wrong with this picture? That envelope plainly says "Do Not Bend". Normally, our post man is great about this. Magazine along with the rest of our mail is on the doorstep. I'm assuming that someone else was doing his route yesterday. Fortunately the mag isn't heavily damaged.

That was me. I did that this afternoon because I didn't think anyone was posting videos. Please keep in mind that videos take up approximately 1000 times more space than a picture. If you can use a picture, that's definitely preferred. At the moment, it doesn't seem to be a problem, but if we start getting tight on storage, I may have to limit video posting. I've turned the video posting permission on again. We're keeping our eye on our storage situation anyway, and if we need to, we may turn it off again.

I've tweaked the settings a bit. As an anti-spam measure, we have flood control enabled. If you try to post within 45 seconds of your previous post, you're going to get blocked. Thinking about it a bit more, I wonder if this isn't what you're running into. Say something here if this keeps happening.

I just updated the forum software, so things will likely behave a bit differently. But, I can only see a limited recount of your activity on my iPhone. Refuses to show anything before Saturday. It does show the reaction icons.

Pat, it looks like you have cookies for this site blocked. Please check that you're not running in incognito mode on your browser. If you aren't, send me a PM and we'll do some deeper diagnostics.

There is a free program called IrfanView. It does a lot of image adjustments, and manipulations including resizing and converting file types. You can also use it to insert text. Been using it for ages, and it's my go to first for almost everything. It does not do well with highly sophisticated image processing for either underwater or astronomy.

Two free wind wings for my son's '70 MG Midget from the fellow who bought our '62 Sprite. I swear that British car enthusiasts are the best car culture crowd around.

A reminder that we do not allow political postings! There have been a ton of conspiracy theories, misinformation, and outright lies about these fires. Please refrain from speculating about the causes and the like.

I think their new distribution agreements are a good thing for the hobby in general. More people will get exposed to model building.

A successful publicity campaign for a model contest needs multiple channels. Print is good if you can run for a few months prior. At a minimum, you need flyers, preferably with QR codes, in local hobby shops, game shops if you have a figure category, and anywhere else builders congregate. You also need social media. Facebook, BlueSky, and Instagram are the essentials.

Congratulations! My niece was born Dec 21st. She does not like people combining her birthday with Christmas.

The magazine isn't a hobby. But, Gregg has some severe health challenges, as do a few other contributors. This is the primary cause of publishing delays.

You're lucky you can just go out and launch. We can't do that around here due to the fire danger. We do have launches every couple of weeks on Mission Bay. Lots of fun. Need to get back out there again.

Sounds like they're negotiating a plea deal. I don't know about NY, but here in CA, they sometimes need a restitution element to enable other things they want have as part of the punishment package (a considerable fine comes to mind). It might be some token amount, but it needs to be there so the defendant is compelled to do something else. The ADA can probably explain it to you.

I haven't observed any problems, but that's not terribly meaningful. Which subforum(s) are giving you problems? I'll also be updating the forum software to the new/current version. I'll check the bug list, but that might also take care of it.