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No .. save it for when you need to fix your internet connection

Already have my ticket

I wear a fitbit. plenty for me.

yea for me personally it's between the investment on the apple side, in apps and such since i've been using them since inception as well as the fact that android is just horrible. I know some people do like it but it's just not for me. I use both PC's and Mac's at home, I have iPhones, IPads and even a few android tablets in the house. At work I have to support both platforms and if i was to run a report on help desk tickets related to both platforms, i would have a dozen or so for the apple products and thousands for the android platform, so I know its not just me that has issues with android lol

Your correct, my mistake... its Lenovo now. Even worse by percentage: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000027194&cycle=2018 However I dont fault anyone at this level .. the point is unless someone here is living like the swiss family robinson, everyone here can look around their home and find something that is made by someone who has donated to democrats or democratic causes .Kinda hard to avoid these days. Personal I use iPhones (and other iOS devices). Superior products in my opinion. Im not a phone jumper for the latest and greatest shiny whistle or slightly bigger screen..., i have been using iphones since inception, i am well invested in apps on that platform, i think the android OS is a piece of crap.. and while the phone may be made outside this country, like just about every other dam piece of electronics these days, i take a little sliver of solace, however small, knowing that at least the company is an american company. I like your conviction to the thought process of it though.

Better ditch your moto z then while your at it. https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00075341&cycle=2010

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targetsportsusa is great .. i use them all the time. Good prices. I also have their "Ammo Prime" membership. Even cheaper prices, and free shipping on everything, even if I only buy a single 50 round box of ammo. Orders wont ship overnight, usually takes a extra day to leave the warehouse. i typically get my ammo about 4 days after I order it, depending on the day I order it. As long as gov dipshit doesn't kill our ability to internet order ammo, I will continue to use them

15's, 20's and 30's ARE standard capacity. Our problem is the douche bag's that run this state. Their perception is the reality we have to live with... for now. P.S. I apologize to actual douche bags because I compared you to our state legislators. That wasn't fair of me.

I think the first step in their protest should be for them to demand the lawmakers get rid of all taxes on guns and ammo After all they dont want that "blood money" going to their social programs and school programs do they? lol

Rick Astley would be much much worse

I aim to please

www.kars4kids.org You get at least a $500 Tax Deduction from it... more if they can sell it for more.

will also cover an accidental/unintended discharge as well. No brainer in my book.

Still in

US Law Shield here as well.

You shouldnt man handle the CPU period if your hands are dirty or oily. However its really a moot point as most thermal paste these days is sold in little injector tubes so in reality you would have zero reason to use your finger. In fact you dont even need to spread it around with a razor blade or a credit card. Your BB to pea sized blob of thermal paste should be smack in the middle of the CPU and then evenly press straight down on the heatsink and the blob will spread out on its own. Just dont lift the heatsink up off it again and do that over and over again. You really do not want any air bubbles in the paste.

yea they get hot very quickly, especialy with a heat sink not in the right position. There is a chance that the CPU is still ok. The way you described the booting earlier sounds like it maybe and just hitting its internal thermal sensor and shutting down. All depends on if the cpu/mobo was designed to shutdown during a thermal event in order to save the CPU. But you need to get the heatsink cleaned off, the CPU cleaned off and get a new tube of thermal paste and apply it as directed. And then of course the heatsink needs to be reconnected to properly secured over the CPU. Then cross your fingers and power up Good luck

To me it sounds like it's either the CPU itself because its now bad, or your dealing with a thermal shutdown (ie CPU too hot) since it sounds like it happens at different times. The thermal paste that goes between the CPU and heat sink can and will dry up and become useless/less effective after a while. This sounds like it could be approaching that age where this could be an issue. Now it could have also already over heated the CPU to a point where its bad and would need to be replaced, but I would suggest at least getting a $6 tube of thermal paste, taking the heat sync off the cpu and cleaning up the old paste on both the CPU and heat sink and putting new stuff on it following the directions. I have seen in the past a bad component also cause an issue after post. This is a fairly simple test as well. Just take note exactly how and where everything is connected and disconnect everything, ram, drives, dvd, etc even the mouse and keyboard. Start it up and take notes on where it gets to, what it does and what, if any messages is gives you. Then start adding stuff back one at a time, powering it up fresh each time. Keyboard next (as your board may give you a no keyboard error so at this point that one would be resolved) , then the mouse. Then one stick of ram. then the boot drive (assuming its the SSD) etc. If its acts the same way on any of those steps even before you get the rest of the equipment back in, then I would push my focus back to the CPU as stated above. On a side note .. all those extra drives .. for photo/video space etc and lightroom. My suggestion would be to invest in a Synology NAS unit and put in what drives you want in it, rather than keeping them in the PC. Use a RAID level that gives you the performance and protection you would need/want. As far a a MAC because you use lightroom/photos... eh .. yea you could but that's a steep learning curve if you have never used mac before. They are good. I run both PC and apple products, and have used lightroom on both but you can do just as much on PC and if that's where your experience and expertise is, i wouldnt suggest a platform change at this time unless their is a specific reason to do so, like a piece of software that does not exist for windows. As far as getting a Dell. Actually they hold up quite nicely now a days. However I would stick with a PC from the "business side" of their "work" side of things. When you go in to get a desktop per say you pick "home PC' or "work PC. Its does make some selections either not available or available depending on your selection, but for instance you can get an XPS either way, however its the support here that makes the difference. When you get the support package add on.. and i would also suggest adding the 3 or 4 year package on. When you call for support and you have "home support" your getting somebody physically in India, Pakistan etc. Not very knowledgeable, they follow scripts and are a pain to deal with, most of the time hard to understand. When you have "work" support, the support desks are here in the states (sometimes canada) and you run into a lot less problems. not saying you still won't get someone with an accent, but the help desks here in the states for the business users are miles ahead and better than that of the "home PC" support desks

Awesome .. looking forward to it Troy, and thanks for the leg work involved.

Thanks Bully.. you certainly explained it better than I could. I know what i read from numerous sources.. but being able to then explain it to someone else in a fashion that is understandable... yea .. i cant do that yet Well I can only say so far that it looks even better in person than it does online since I have yet to shoot it. I was pleasantly surprised by the glass that came with it. Seems like some decent glass to start with, which also helped in my decision on this one as I didnt have the cash to go drop on a vortex or something else equivalent. It's a heavy bitch, the weight of this thin shocked me... I can't wait to shoot it. I got mine through brownells because i had handful of GC's from christmas. good luck with whatever you choose.

I just recently picked up a Howa. I have yet to shoot it... still need to get my but up to Cherry Ridge to sight it in and break it in. But in all of the research I did it seemed it was a good solid starter rifle for this. I got mine in .308 with a 26" heavy barrel. I wanted the cheaper round, longer barrel life and more emphasis on me actualy learning to shoot better. Seems to be that 6.5 is just easier to shoot long range so IMO i'd rather start at .308 and practice my way to good long hits rather than taking the easier approach. Looking forward to some long range plinking. I just fell in love with the cerakote design on this special edition, i just had to have it.

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