Even if he was not scared, why did you pick a fat one?

 

Do i need to pull the engine to do an oil pump on a BP? I don't want to, but I think my relief is getting hung up.

 

Yes you need to pull the engine.


Theoretically you can just lift up the engine off the frame with a hoist and then remove the oil pan, fix pump, reinstall oil pan upside down perfectly. I think the amount of effort to do that is far more then just pulling the engine, fixing pump, then dropping it back in.

 

I have an overuse injury.

 

LOL @ the new site title. Joe surely had something to do with it.

 

Hahah just noticed that too!

 

Oh, sure. Accuse the guy who has a reputation for extreme sci-fi geekery. That would fit quite neatly into your little plan, wouldn't it?

Hokey religions and ancient forum titles are no match for a good ban-hammer at your side.

 

Joe did it.

 

Why, just because I'm a giant chicken dressed like Boba Fett? I'll bet all giant chickens dressed like Boba Fett look alike to you.

You, sir, are a racist.

 

Unrelated:

I AM SICK AND ******* TIRED OF RACE CONDITIONS STEMMING FROM NON-LOCKING CONCURRENCY! WHY CAN'T SOFTWARE PROCESSES JUST BE ******* ATOMIC?

 

I know that feel bro.

Software or firmware? Things get a little harder when you don't (by default) have spinlocks or semaphores since, you know, no multitasking .

 

Both.

Software running under WinCE Embedded on an ARM9, communicating bidirectionally via SSI to 18 Xilinx FPGAs, and interacting with several other similar devices in a distributed-recruitment environment via a combination of TCP and UDP (multicast) over Ethernet, in addition to the archaic OC3-based TDM network that we are still married to.

It's a ******* complex system, is what it is.

The FPGAs are doing their job. That part of the design is about 8 years old, and quite thoroughly debugged. (Yes, I know- famous last words.) I'm confident that this just is a textbook example of a race condition in a distributed, multithreaded software environment where dependencies exist not merely within the local system, but across a network of many devices which, for all intents and purposes, function asynchronously. And like all great race conditions throughout history, it's proving to be a real bitch to reproduce and isolate in the lab. On average, it occurs about once every three months in the field, in live systems consisting of 20-30 nodes, operating continuously 24/7.

 

I still have that optima.

 

Just ditched my iphone 4 and got a samsung note II.
This thing is light years ahead of the iphone...

 

Is it sad im going to walmart tomorrow?

 

Yes, what is going to be even sadder is when you realize that to get the TV you want you will have to wait in line for 2-3 hours.

 

I thought Friday was Cheap TV Day?


I learned my lesson back in 2003 when I lived just north of Cincinnati. I was driving along on the Day After, not even realizing what day it was, and I missed the turn-in to the place I needed to go. "No problem," I said to myself. "I'll just turn into the parking lot of this mall here and whip right around."

Nearly an hour later, I was finally out of the parking lot and turned around. It would have been faster for me to get onto I-71, drive all the way down to Kentucky, and turn around there.

I now avoid retail establishments on African-American Friday.

 

I actually went up to HF today to pick up a tool chest. It is on sale on Friday for $150, normal price is $199. I used a 15% off coupon and it came out to about $180 out the door for the chest today. It was honestly worth the $30 to not have to try to get it Friday.

 

Thursday is the new Friday.

waiting for 2-3 hours is fine. Doors open at 8 p.m., and the sale price for it is only between 10-11 p.m. so we'll see how it goes. i have no life anyways, you know this, and I'll be on a lull from all the food anywayz. For $30 I wouldn't do it, but for $300 off something I was about to buy 2 weeks ago anyways...I'll give it a shot

 

It is waiting 2-3 hours in line at Walmart on one of the busiest shopping days of the year with everyone in society that I know you hate. $300 is not worth dealing with Walmart in the next 3 days.