I own a 4 lb sledge hammer and an anvil which provides proper adjustment to
any device which tries to spy on me.. Seems to work rather well...
completely cures all it's issues, and provides some rather satisfying venue
for any frustration caused by the device having invaded my privacy.
On Fri, Jan
Interesting, mine won't use voice recognition if theres no data... I wonder if
thats only ok google...
-Curt
On Friday, January 18, 2019, 2:22:09 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes
wrote:
Curt Raymond via Mercedes writes:
> Most phones don't do voice recognition locally, it's all in
Curt Raymond via Mercedes writes:
> Most phones don't do voice recognition locally, it's all in the cloud so that
> would at least limit it a little...
Not the case for my Android. I don't have a mobile data plan (Voice/SMS
only) and I can still use speech-to-text to avoid typing in text
messag
Most phones don't do voice recognition locally, it's all in the cloud so that
would at least limit it a little...
Curt
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On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 9:14 AM, Meade Dillon via
Mercedes wrote: Well, think about how low is the cost
of inserting a cell phone into a
Maybe you can find and disable all the microphones and cameras in the
thing, make it blind and deaf, and then retain some privacy.
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Max
Charleston SC
On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 9:05 AM Dan--- via Mercedes
wrote:
> I’ll end up buying a smart tv, no doubt, but since I have control over
Well, think about how low is the cost of inserting a cell phone into a
smart TV, and then maker pays for the data connection so it can spy and
report and you won't know it. How much you want to bet that the TV data
sellers haven't thought about that? I'll bet they can negotiate some
really low mo
I’ll end up buying a smart tv, no doubt, but since I have control over its
ability to connect out, that will never happen.
End of story, marketeers can stuff it.
-D
> On Jan 18, 2019, at 8:57 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> In their privacy policy, which is not made available throu
In their privacy policy, which is not made available through the TV or the
paperwork that comes with it, but must be viewed on the internet and is subject
to change without notice, they inform you how they collect and use data on you.
It takes less than an hour to find it and read it, not that t
Bought dad a Roku TV (smart TV with Roku spyware built in) for Christmas.
It's supposed to pause live TV broadcasts for up to 90 minutes with a USB
drive.
I can't get it to format the USB drive and enable the pause function.
In desperation, last week I connected it to the wifi and ran the softwa
I recently bought a dumb TV, Insignia, about $100 for a 32 inch. It's ok, does
exactly what I need which is free OTA TV. Worth a look if your need is for
something small.
All this privacy invasion via our phones, TV, web browser, very sad. Local
radio host said yesterday something like "A fe
TVs can't phone home if you don't plug in a RJ45 cable or connect it to
wifi.
Cell fones well that is another story.
archer75--- via Mercedes wrote on 1/17/19 10:05 PM:
Dan Penoff wrote:
If you’ve got a phone with a microphone the listening capabilities are present.
Don’t ask me how I k
On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:05:39 -0500 archer75--- via Mercedes
wrote:
> I would like to see someone take the question to the Supreme Court
> of why businesses, including major corporations, can "steal" data
> (information of all kinds) from us with impunity, while we can go
> to prison for stealing
Dan Penoff wrote:
> If you’ve got a phone with a microphone the listening capabilities are
> present. Don’t ask me how I know.
Gerry asked: Don't all phones have a "microphone"?
> And I would never, ever allow one of those things in my house. I'm struggling
> right now trying to find a new T
How about using AA batteries? recharging would be an issue, but - - -
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/can-1000-aa-batteries-actually-start-a-car/ar-BBSo9uf?li=BBnb7Kz
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 2:40 AM archer75--- via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > > Craig wrote:
> >
>
If you’ve got a phone with a microphone the listening capabilities are present.
Don’t ask me how I know.
And I would never, ever allow one of those things in my house. I'm struggling
right now trying to find a new TV that isn’t “smart”.
The CTO of Vizio was just quoted at CES last week about ho
I would seriously throw that creepy Alexa thing in the trash. Why would anyone
want such an invasion of privacy in their house?
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> On Jan 17, 2019, at 4:52 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> SWMBA has an Alexa thing. It spies on me. I tormented it by playing some
On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:56:40 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
> Chrome calls home and spies on you, Chromium, like iron, is stripped of
> those "features". Also, Opera, Firefox, Comodo Dragon and IceDragon.
Thank you for the clarification.
Craig
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SWMBA has an Alexa thing. It spies on me. I tormented it by playing some
youtube videos on how to screw with it. These were enough to make it stay
alert and trying to process all the sounds in the house for a few hours. I
hope Amazon has been able to reset a bunch of their marketing crap to
Chrome calls home and spies on you, Chromium, like iron, is stripped of
those "features". Also, Opera, Firefox, Comodo Dragon and IceDragon.
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 12:34 PM Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:25:35 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> > Or, try using a differe
On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 13:01:18 -0500 (EST) Mitch Haley via Mercedes
wrote:
> Can you get offset adapters to move the terminals nearer the edge of
> the battery, more like a 49/93/H8?
I have to check.
Craig
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On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:25:35 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
> Or, try using a different browser. I've often found that some sites like
> one browser over another. Try Chromium for example.
Or, if you don't like Chromium's call-home "features", use Iron.
Craig
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Or, try using a different browser. I've often found that some sites like
one browser over another. Try Chromium for example.
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 9:01 AM fmiser via Mercedes
wrote:
> > Mitch wrote:
>
> > I think their site decides I'm browsing too quick and must be a
> > bot so they shitcan m
> On January 17, 2019 at 11:37 AM Craig via Mercedes
> wrote:
> I don't know the specs of the ones the Kenworth dealer has.
> The ones the Peterbilt dealer (which is also owned by Paccar) are shown
> in the attached picture
Can you get offset adapters to move the terminals nearer the edge of t
> Mitch wrote:
> I think their site decides I'm browsing too quick and must be a
> bot so they shitcan my IP address for a day. Most recent
> example: Show me batteries for a 2007 Saturn Ion2 Ok, do you
> want Platinum, Gold, Silver, or Crap? Gold.
> Here are our two group 78 gold batteries, one'
> On January 16, 2019 at 11:39 PM Craig via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:53:22 -0500 (EST) Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> > This crap with AAP letting me shop for a couple minutes and then
> > 'shutting down for maintenance' every time they catch me shopping there
>
If you can lift the battery out straight up
then it should work.
On my w123s I sometimes have trouble
getting the 49 battery out from under the
cowling lip even though there is more room
above the battery. Things are a little
cramped in there and the taller battery would
never get in there
> > Craig wrote:
>
> > I have looked around and the lowest price I see is about $120
> > for a Group 49/H8.
> >
> > I thought of getting a comparably-rated Group 31 heavy truck
> > battery from our local Kenworth dealer for $79.99
>
> > What do you all think about this approach?
..
> Craig wrote:
> I have looked around and the lowest price I see is about $120
> for a Group 49/H8.
>
> I thought of getting a comparably-rated Group 31 heavy truck
> battery from our local Kenworth dealer for $79.99
> What do you all think about this approach?
Do it.
As long as it fits and cl
Poor decisionmaking at the top. They hired an incompetent for their
web developer. probably some geewhiz web graphics kid with no clue
about cars or web business.
Craig via Mercedes wrote on 1/16/19 10:39 PM:
Why are they doing that? Do they not want your business?
Craig
_
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:53:22 -0500 (EST) Mitch Haley via Mercedes
wrote:
> This crap with AAP letting me shop for a couple minutes and then
> 'shutting down for maintenance' every time they catch me shopping there
> this month is getting kind of old. It happened a few times last fall,
> but never
>
>
> So the Group 31 battery is about 2" higher than the Group 49 battery.
Are the battery cables about 2" longer than they need to be?
Mitch.
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but does the 31 have the right place for the MB battery clamp to hold
the battery down to the tray? A loose battery within an inch of the
hood is inviting a hole burned in the hood. (not that I have not done
similar and got by with it.)
Craig via Mercedes wrote on 1/16/19 7:21 PM:
On
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:08:42 -0500 MG via Mercedes
wrote:
> From what I can find they are a bit smaller
> in width and length but between 2-3 inches
> taller. That would never fit into a w123 but
> I don't know about Craig's car.
The Battery Council International (BCI) Battery Replacement D
From what I can find they are a bit smaller
in width and length but between 2-3 inches
taller. That would never fit into a w123 but
I don't know about Craig's car.
Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
Are the dimensions of that 31 battery "close enough"?
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ht
Our local one is a hometown franchisee. Used to be awful but new owner is
making outreach efforts to be customer friendly.
Dwight E. Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 5:11 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Is that a freestanding one? I've seen a few of t
No but for some strange reason the appliance people have a clue. It’s really
convenient for me so I’m hoping that it survives.
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> On Jan 16, 2019, at 5:10 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
>
> Is that a freestanding one? I've seen a few of the Sears Hometown stores
> which I guess ar
Is that a freestanding one? I've seen a few of the Sears Hometown stores which
I guess are franchise operations. I've never been in one but I suspect they
would have better help.
-Curt
On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 4:38:24 PM EST, Dimitri
wrote:
The sears I go to in Brunswick, ME h
The sears I go to in Brunswick, ME has knowledgeable people in the appliance
dept. Apparently, it’s one of the profitable stores.
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> On Jan 16, 2019, at 10:43 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> The problem at Sears is finding somebody who isn't an idiot. They're go
The problem at Sears is finding somebody who isn't an idiot. They're going out
of business because as soon as an employee gets competent they give him the
sack. If I wanted employees that don't know anything I'd go to Harbor Freight...
-Curt
On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 8:48:25 AM EST, R
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 08:56:27 -0500 Dimitri via Mercedes
wrote:
> Yup, I buy appliances from them for my rental properties and get some
> hefty cash back with the rewards program. They also have insanely cheap
> and quite nice clothing when it goes on sale.
>
> > On Jan 16, 2019, at 8:47 AM, ROGE
Are the dimensions of that 31 battery "close enough"?
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Charleston SC
On January 16, 2019 12:13:28 AM EST, Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
>The battery in the 1993 E300D I just bought is definitely bad and needs
>to
>be replaced.
>
>I have looked around and the lowest price I see is about
> On January 16, 2019 at 9:38 AM Dan--- via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> I don’t use the application thing at AAP, I just go by group number. In some
> cases you’ll get more results that way.
I do to, but after Costo told me I wanted a Group 100 (which I'd never heard of
before) instead of the 7
I don’t use the application thing at AAP, I just go by group number. In some
cases you’ll get more results that way.
Battery I just bought for the 220SEb was like $80 after all the promo codes and
spiffs I had. Their application thing picked the wrong group number, too.
-D
> On Jan 16, 2019, a
> On January 16, 2019 at 9:03 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Walmart (everstart) is close to AAP with coupon.
> I think Sam's (duracell) and Costco might be cheaper.
> I need a 78 for the Saturn, was thinking of asking my niece if she can buy it
> online from Costco and have someb
> On January 16, 2019 at 8:50 AM "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes"
> wrote:
>
>
> I would also get a 20-25% advance auto parts to order it online. I have found
> that is often the cheapest method
Walmart (everstart) is close to AAP with coupon.
I think Sam's (duracell) and Costco might be
Yup, I buy appliances from them for my rental properties and get some hefty
cash back with the rewards program. They also have insanely cheap and quite
nice clothing when it goes on sale.
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> On Jan 16, 2019, at 8:47 AM, ROGER HALE via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Craig,
>
>
I would also get a 20-25% advance auto parts to order it online. I have found
that is often the cheapest method
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 16, 2019, at 7:47 AM, ROGER HALE via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Craig,
>
> Try Sears. They have some good prices and they are trying hard to stay
>
Craig,
Try Sears. They have some good prices and they are trying hard to stay
alive. They give you dollars back to use on future purchases, etc. You might
help keep an American icon alive. I purchased 3 sets of tires last year, good
prices and I'm still very satisfied with the tires f
I would keep it original.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 15, 2019, at 11:13 PM, Craig via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> The battery in the 1993 E300D I just bought is definitely bad and needs to
> be replaced.
>
> I have looked around and the lowest price I see is about $120 for a Group
> 49/H8.
>
> I
Vertical clearance? Grp 48/49 battries are shorter than "normal"
Merkun sizes, like 24/27 and I think the 31 is about the same height.
110/111 had room to use a 27. some/most of the newer cars don't have
room. (vertically)
Craig via Mercedes wrote on 1/15/19 11:13 PM:
The battery in the
Go for it. There's nothing magic about batteries, as long as you get the
correct voltage and enough cranking amps. You can make a new box to hold it
if you need to.
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 11:14 PM Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
> The battery in the 1993 E300D I just bought is definitely bad and need
The battery in the 1993 E300D I just bought is definitely bad and needs to
be replaced.
I have looked around and the lowest price I see is about $120 for a Group
49/H8.
I thought of getting a comparably-rated Group 31 heavy truck battery from
our local Kenworth dealer for $79.99 and then changing
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