B C Posted June 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 3 hours ago, m42b32 said: Hahaha that would be fantastic. Don't do anything for a week or two so he starts to forget about the radio acting weird, then out of nowhere play something like this on a Friday with nice weather: Perfect! Im doing this. m42b32 and jc43089 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 We won't tell mom you were chewing on a dirty screwdriver... It builds the immune system. Ryan..., Earl, Jeff and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted June 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 Today's radio hacking: co-worker is now pretty sure its somehow his phone interfering with the radio and said "I really thought maybe you guys were fuckin' with me.... that would be a really good prank" Winter Storm Warning incoming............ m42b32, Ryan... and GunMetalGrey 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, snap said: Today's radio hacking: co-worker is now pretty sure its somehow his phone interfering with the radio and said "I really thought maybe you guys were fuckin' with me.... that would be a really good prank" Winter Storm Warning incoming............ This has been the most entertaining thing ever. I almost (...almost) wish someone listened to the radio near my cubicle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted June 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 Joe, thanks so much for that audio clip hahah! Winter Storm Warning is in effect I stealthily switched on the transmitter then walked away from my desk without him noticing. I sacrificed the potential humor of his commentary in order to stay undercover. I walked over about 30 feet to talk to some other co-workers. I told them what was broadcasting and right as i did, the co-worker piped up "They're saying a winter storm warning" and the 2 guys I was talking to almost couldnt contain their laughter. I made my way back to my desk and he was searching for a different station as he said "It's like theres a devil in my radio.....they said we're gonna get 6 inches of snow near the illinois border" he is now walking around telling people and trying to make sense of it. hopefully there is some more commentary to update with later update: I haven't done any more broadcasting since the winter storm warning but he keeps mentioning how cryptic and weird this whole radio thing is and how there must be some logical explanation. At the moment I believe nobody in the office is on his radar. update: "now that i want to show people it wont happen.. ... im not entirely positive that someone here isnt fuckin' with me.... im almost feeling a bit like im having psychotic episodes" update: I played the theme song to the old tv show Three's Company. Something I have never watched and is obscure enough that he wouldn't expect me to know about. jc43089, wasnt m3, P_Roloff and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 This is incredible hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted June 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Operation Surfin' Bird is Over. I anticipated my coworker turning the radio on pretty accurately within a few minutes time frame and already had a repeating loop of a phone operator recording "If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again, if you need help dial the operator..." so as soon as he turned the radio on thats what he heard. Conveniently I was out at my car grabbing something so i came back to a bit of a buzz in the office with everyone but him laughing. I followed up a bit later with a phone busy signal recording to try and get him to think it was his phone again. he was genuinely flustered and confused. then a few minutes later followed that up with modem sounds. During the modem sounds he walked sneakily over to my desk and caught me unplugging the device and hiding it. He knew i was the culprit but still not exactly how I was doing it. a bit later he insisted that i tell him how i did it so i broadcast a hank hill "BWAAAAH!!!" and went over to his desk to explain. He said the time i played his own band over the radio really really freaked him out and gave him the chills, so at least theres that. It was fun while it lasted! m42b32 and P_Roloff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 Awesome, it's good to have some fun at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB-335xiCoupe Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 At least he didn't go Postal on you! Sounds like he had a good sense of humor about it. Well done by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB-335xiCoupe Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 On 6/1/2018 at 7:18 AM, jc43089 said: We won't tell mom you were chewing on a dirty screwdriver... It builds the immune system. Probably just has an iron deficiency. Time to up the vitamin dosage. jc43089 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 My old point-and-shoot crapped out again, so I decided to get a new camera. Didn't care to spend 6 weeks shopping around, and didn't want to spend a lot of money, but knew I wanted to step up to something a little better, so I decided to pick up a vintage entry-level DSLR off ebay (Nikon D3100 circa 2010). Had it 4 hours so far, and it's been fun. Nothing cool to take pictures of here though, so here's my roommates dog. It's not pro-grade by a long shot, but I think it will suit my needs just fine. GunMetalGrey and wasnt m3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 classic 94 west has signs up after hartland wales exit for 83, saying "aircraft enforcement area" or something can't remember. @Ryan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan... Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 44 minutes ago, Daggerty said: 94 west has signs up after hartland wales exit for 83, saying "aircraft enforcement area" or something can't remember. @Ryan... Nice weather means they're out there in the planes, we'll be seeing a lot of them out there for the next 2-3 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 37 minutes ago, Ryan... said: Nice weather means they're out there in the planes, we'll be seeing a lot of them out there for the next 2-3 months. Between Janesville and LaCrosse yesterday I saw at least 12 squads either in traffic, parked or with someone pulled over on 94. Looks like there's some kind of initiative going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan... Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 29 minutes ago, patsbimmer1 said: Between Janesville and LaCrosse yesterday I saw at least 12 squads either in traffic, parked or with someone pulled over on 94. Looks like there's some kind of initiative going on. Lots of state funded traffic grants going on at this time too... Some departments have traffic grants as mandated OT, so there's going to A LOT of policia out there patrolling the highways for speeders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 “State funded traffic grants” It’s like paying the executioner to kill us more efficiently Ryan... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 1st world problems. Maybe I've gotten old or had a brain aneurysm or something, but I'm more often than not impressed with how law-abiding most traffic is. Google "3rd world traffic" or "russian dash cam" or something similar if you have any doubts... The best one for is when you're at a red light and there isn't a single car that goes through the green, but everyone sits there and waits, sometimes for a minute or two. Plenty of time to look around to make sure there's no cops, and then drive through, but 99.9+% of the time everyone just sits there waiting... Speaking of 1st world problems 😀 Still playing around with the new camera. LED taillights do the PWM things. One of these days I'll have to travel more than 20 feet from my apartment to find something interesting to take pictures of. Concert photography is near the top of my list currently, so I've mostly been trying to figure out how to take pictures in the dark (not an easy thing to do, believe it or not...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan... Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 10 hours ago, HipMF said: The best one for is when you're at a red light and there isn't a single car that goes through the green, but everyone sits there and waits, sometimes for a minute or two. Plenty of time to look around to make sure there's no cops, and then drive through, but 99.9+% of the time everyone just sits there waiting... Admittedly I don't wait for every red light either, especially when the light changes to red as I approach and there's nobody else on the road at 4am. Fuck that shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 42 minutes ago, Ryan... said: Admittedly I don't wait for every red light either, especially when the light changes to red as I approach and there's nobody else on the road at 4am. Fuck that shit. Just like stop signs, they are treated as you would a yield when no one else is around before 5am=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 11 hours ago, HipMF said: 1st world problems. Maybe I've gotten old or had a brain aneurysm or something, but I'm more often than not impressed with how law-abiding most traffic is. Google "3rd world traffic" or "russian dash cam" or something similar if you have any doubts... The best one for is when you're at a red light and there isn't a single car that goes through the green, but everyone sits there and waits, sometimes for a minute or two. Plenty of time to look around to make sure there's no cops, and then drive through, but 99.9+% of the time everyone just sits there waiting... Speaking of 1st world problems 😀 Still playing around with the new camera. LED taillights do the PWM things. One of these days I'll have to travel more than 20 feet from my apartment to find something interesting to take pictures of. Concert photography is near the top of my list currently, so I've mostly been trying to figure out how to take pictures in the dark (not an easy thing to do, believe it or not...) cool shot! for night shooting invest in a 35mm 1.8 (can be had for super cheap on craigs.) the 1.8 aperture lets you get great and-held shots in the dark. its by far the best lens for your money you can get for a DX Nikon. there's also a 50mm, but that fov tends to be a bit narrow, at least for me. https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/ele/d/nikon-dx-35mm-118/6585737854.html some of my hand-held night shots using a 1.8: also, a good tripod and learning your shutter timer/control can yield some cool stuff. this was a ~30sec exposure at night (that's the moon) i took in Colorado suspenceful and wasnt m3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 30 minutes ago, straight6pwr said: Hey that's on Corcoran! I see that spot every day and I never thought to get a picture there, it amazes me how you can take a spot like that and end up with something so awesome to look at. Someday I'd like to learn how to take decent pictures, but for now I'll just torture you all with out of focus and badly framed shots of random car stuff taken with a potato. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 A faster lens is definitely on my want-list. For now ordered a cheap flash, so I'll wait to see what kind of results I can get with what I have before I start shelling out more money. Trying not to go down the rabbit hole... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB-335xiCoupe Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 5 hours ago, m42b32 said: Hey that's on Corcoran! I see that spot every day and I never thought to get a picture there, it amazes me how you can take a spot like that and end up with something so awesome to look at. Someday I'd like to learn how to take decent pictures, but for now I'll just torture you all with out of focus and badly framed shots of random car stuff taken with a potato. You can also do a lot of cool stuff with light painting during an extended exposure. Check out approximately 3,297,321 videos on Youtube all about it. straight6pwr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 BAT what is wrong with you. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1998-jeep-cherokee-classic-2/ B C and m42b32 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted June 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, jc43089 said: BAT what is wrong with you. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1998-jeep-cherokee-classic-2/ BaT is brought to you by mentally ill 50 year old men with a nice inheritance. I hope to be one of them someday m42b32 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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