[QUOTE=bmaragos, post:14, topic:344085]
Thanks! For the last 2+ days I’ve been working 11 hour shifts, getting home right about now and refreshing woot for about 3 hours (I’ve bought 3 woots during this), catching a little sleep, waking up and searching forums to see if I missed it, refresh for a couple more hours, then shower and head back to work. I actually bought a razer mobile mouse on my lunch break today. I’m hoping the ole’ boc pops up in these wee hours sometime lol.
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I feel your pain. I work the night shift, come home and stay up to take the wife to her day shift and do side work, get home again and crash. Wake up, shower, and do it all again.
While I too avoid NiCd for other reasons, the memory problem is more of a myth these days than reality. It was based on old huge NiCd batteries in satellites that have very little to do with today;s NiCds. There are, however, other effects like overcharging that mimic the memory effect.
See the bottom of this article, based on notes from General Electric.
They seem to have pretty good range for the price. I can use it all throughout my yard with full clarity. My daughter talks on it all day with no complaints and the battery never dies on her. The only issue I’ve had to date was it was slightly tricky to figure out how to get it off of silent when somebody, somehow, managed to put it on silent. But a couple minutes later it was ringing again and no problems since. I guess the display could be a little more modern, but that’s being ticky-tacky about it.
Just opened a couple of Woot boxes. One had the War Documentary Set and the other large box had two purple laptop-cooler-fan-bases. War Set is a gift for friend who is a history nerd. Woot packed that box especially nice; really, really cool box with artwork and several bubble packs.
[QUOTE=ScoopLV, post:15, topic:344085]
I set my phone to send to voice mail at zero rings, and I set my outgoing message to be a busy signal.
This drives telemarketers and other annoying callers NUTS.
Anyone who knows me knows to wait 15 seconds and then start talking. I’ll pick up if I’m home. Best. System. Ever.
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The problem with yours system s that you’ll miss potentially important calls from people wgo DON’T know you, i.e. the Police or hospital in an emergency. Or a good samaritan who found an injured relative or some item of yours.
Pay a little more for a better Uniden or Panasonic, both of which have Call Blocking, where certain numbers would always get a busy signal. I have over 20 numbers on my list. I also have an expensive phone that has different outgoing messages based on CallerID. With that phone, I can use your trick without risk. Telemarketers would automatically get your fake busy signal,while acquaintances and new numbers would get through.
[QUOTE=sdc100, post:32, topic:344085]
The problem with yours system s that you’ll miss potentially important calls from people wgo DON’T know you, i.e. the Police or hospital in an emergency. Or a good samaritan who found an injured relative or some item of yours.
Pay a little more for a better Uniden or Panasonic, both of which have Call Blocking, where certain numbers would always get a busy signal. I have over 20 numbers on my list. I also have an expensive phone that has different outgoing messages based on CallerID. With that phone, I can use your trick without risk. Telemarketers would automatically get your fake busy signal,while acquaintances and new numbers would get through.
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I would just pick up the phone and blow a mini airhorn into it, then say hello.
[QUOTE=jmcginn825, post:30, topic:344085]
I think I’ve slept 4 hours in the past two nights and hit refresh approx 10,694 times. I REALLY hope I don’t miss BOC
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Why hit refresh at all? Most browsers have add-ons for auto-refresh. My Firefox is set to autorefresh every 30 secs.
Get Wootanalyzer or Whorejockstrap. It will automatically alert you (with alarm sounds) when there is a new item, and even when stock is running low. AND - there is a special alarm for BOC.
