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http://blog.caesars.com/las-vegas/the-linq/the-most-awesome-vegas-door-in-the-history-of-ever/
I suppose it is probably gone now; I haven't looked in a while. But I can't help imagining some of the potentially satisfying uses for it. "Oh yes, Sir! We do indeed understand that you are a very special Diamond guest entitled to expect the very best treatment. So here is your very special key to your extra super room that we save just for the very most special people like you... top floor, the very last door on your left."
I did not see a Lincoln Town Car parked back there. But you never know.Quote: rxwineI could see something like that being used in the mob days. Followed by a discreet shallow burial in the desert.
There was NEVER any continuation of the structure built on any further to the east which that doorway could ever have led to. At least none that ever actually got built that I could find looking into the history of the old joint. Just the roof of the parking garage, far below it. Far enough to make something go 'splat' and become a sticky wet spot. So??? I dunno.
I assume you probably knew about the Las Vegas legend of this peculiar business when you posted that above in this context, right? But maybe someone else here doesn't.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/life/seven-classic-sin-city-tales-fail-stand-inspection
It goes on to allegedly debunk the notion that the IP was laid out to form a swastika, when viewed from above. Though the little RJ piece I quoted says so, I'm not quite so sure that the tale is necessarily all wrong. I understand it was built gradually in segments, and arguably not quite fully completed by Englestad. But if that's what he had in mind, I guess it had to be a reverse direction swastika.Quote: Corey Levitan @LVRJ (March 15, 2009)7. Viewed from above, the Imperial Palace is laid out like a swastika.
This Strip hotel was opened in 1979 by Ralph Engelstad, who gained notoriety after it was discovered that he had hosted two posthumous Adolf Hitler birthday parties...
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Aerial photos reveal swastikalike angles to Imperial Palace, but no symbol....
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Quote: IbeatyouracesMY favorite architectural goof in the U.S. And on a military installation no less. It's the U.S.government secretly Nazi supporters??
Coronado, San Diego, yes?
Quote: GoogleSynogogue of Satan
Bougainville Rd
I have no idea what to make of that, and no desire to put my foot in any kind of editorial comment about it tonight, but that's something a label on Google Maps says is there.
Quote: DrawingDeadWhile on the subject of imagining the fun to be had with amazing little often overlooked spaces and whatnot, here is (or was some months back) an interesting doorway someone noticed. I noticed it when they were erecting that big bicycle wheel thingy in back of what was then the IP, but these folks get credit for having noticed and photographed it in vivid detail.
http://blog.caesars.com/las-vegas/the-linq/the-most-awesome-vegas-door-in-the-history-of-ever/
I suppose it is probably gone now; I haven't looked in a while. But I can't help imagining some of the potentially satisfying uses for it. "Oh yes, Sir! We do indeed understand that you are a very special Diamond guest entitled to expect the very best treatment. So here is your very special key to your extra super room that we save just for the very most special people like you... top floor, the very last door on your left."
I wonder what the story is with "Dan"?
Capiche?
Quote: DrawingDeadI.B. Youraces,
I assume you probably knew about the Las Vegas legend of this peculiar business when you posted that above in this context, right? But maybe someone else here doesn't.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/life/seven-classic-sin-city-tales-fail-stand-inspection
It goes on to allegedly debunk the notion that the IP was laid out to form a swastika, when viewed from above. Though the little RJ piece I quoted says so, I'm not quite so sure that the tale is necessarily all wrong. I understand it was built gradually in segments, and arguably not quite fully completed by Englestad. But if that's what he had in mind, I guess it had to be a reverse direction swastika.
Yeah. This.....
Looks nothing like this...
Also, notice how the Navy complex is in perfect angular coordination as a swastika.
Yes, it always felt a little creepy to me. That wasn't always a bad thing. There were times when I occasionally was in the mood for some creepy. Not usually, but sometimes.Quote: JoemanI remember walking into the Imperial Palace back in 1995. I couldn't put a finger on it, but something about it gave me the creeps. I turned around and hadn't set foot in it since. I have read where others had had the same reaction. Did anyone else ever have this feeling about the IP? Does the Linq have any residual 'bad juju?'
Now, post Quadrified & Linqued, it just feels sterile. There is never a time when I feel like sterile.
Quote: rudeboyoiI would find it hard to believe that no one noticed the building plan design looked like a swastika before they started building it. A swastika design does seem like an efficient use of space when it comes to building buildings though.
Just guessing but it looks like they gained a lot more window space for the same amount of building then would be with other designs on the same lot, sticking with one story.
if you're ever SUPER duper hungry or drunk+hungry......check out "Tostito's with a hint of lime" (the big bag) and the tostito's dip that's like Creamy Spinach n Sh1t.
any way, it's super dope.
Quote: RSSo just an F Y I to everyone....
if you're ever SUPER duper hungry or drunk+hungry......check out "Tostito's with a hint of lime" (the big bag) and the tostito's dip that's like Creamy Spinach n Sh1t.
any way, it's super dope.
I like the kettle jalapeño chips with the tostito's salsa con queso.
Quote:Henderson might impose a moratorium on new massage parlors as it plans to rewrite city laws — yet again — to combat a small number of businesses that officials say are fronts for prostitution.
The City Council is scheduled to vote next week on a 120-day moratorium, during which the city would draft new laws.
This comes more than three years after 2011 changes to municipal code aimed at confronting the same problem.
City Attorney Josh Reid said the new law still contains too many loopholes, making it hard to shut down problem establishments.
Prostitution at a massage parlor usually leads to misdemeanor charges against an employee, Reid said. But that means the business stays open.
Don't know if they will ever legalize prostitution in Vegas. They wouldn't need to in places like Henderson if they did.
The money from these "front" operations goes to local gangs, and ultimately into prisons. Doubt if operations can function without gang affiliation. It might in little towns, out of the way, but this is just organized crime at work.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/henderson-considers-massage-parlor-moratorium-combat-prostitution
Quote: Gabes22I was wondering if anyone out here has visited any of the ghost towns surrounding Vegas? Having never been to one myself, is it worth going out to? Are you allowed to do some actual exploring in them? I would assume most of the ghost towns in the Nevada area would be old mining towns but are you able to surmise any of the historical context with them?
You know i started playing fallout new vegas and wondered this myself.
Theres a couple of cities from the game that actually exist.
Nipton: burned to ruins and the townspeople were crucified by the legion
Goodsprings: the first city the npc starts at and is under attack by powder gangers
Primm: citizens under attack by thieves, with a casino in it
Sloan: mining town overrun by deathclaws in the quarry nearby
Couple more but i cant think of them off the top of my head. I imagine the real life versions of these towns arent as interesting.
Quote: djatcYou know i started playing fallout new vegas and wondered this myself.
Theres a couple of cities from the game that actually exist.
Nipton: burned to ruins and the townspeople were crucified by the legion
Goodsprings: the first city the npc starts at and is under attack by powder gangers
Primm: citizens under attack by thieves, with a casino in it
Sloan: mining town overrun by deathclaws in the quarry nearby
Couple more but i cant think of them off the top of my head. I imagine the real life versions of these towns arent as interesting.
Some guy made a blog about visiting the various places - http://www.falloutnewvegastour.com/
Quote: GWAEDo any home owners on here buy the insurance for water, gas, sewer lines? I saw someone digging up a broken line and thought boy that looks expensive. Our house sits 200 feet from the road.
Last January the water line that runs from main line in the street to my house busted. I think it would have ended up being around $7k. I had to fight with my regular insurance to have them cover it since the insurance is supposed to ensure the home is livable. For the next few months I kept receiving letters about purchasing main water line insurance..
Quote: wudgedLast January the water line that runs from main line in the street to my house busted. I think it would have ended up being around $7k. I had to fight with my regular insurance to have them cover it since the insurance is supposed to ensure the home is livable. For the next few months I kept receiving letters about purchasing main water line insurance..
I didn't think about home owners ins. Maybe on monday I will call and see if there is a rider for that. I can't imagine how much a sewage line would cost to replace if ours sent bad. The house is 100 years old and if the line has never been replaced it is probably terracotta pipe. I. Not sure if you can just replace sections of these things or if you have to do the entire pipe but I could see it costing 20k to replace one.
If I'm understanding correctly someone would have to obtain the administrator's name and then that person's phone number, not impossible in this day and age but not easy either. Then they would have to obtain the names and the numbers of all called. Finally, the caller would have to be female or sound like a female.
This seems like an awful lot of trouble to go to, at least to me. I readily admit to knowing nothing about such things but am willing to learn. Would someone a little more high tech like to explain spoofing? I have gotten telemarketer calls where my own number came up on the caller ID.
Would any forum member who got a spoofed call like to give the rest of us the particulars?
Quote: GWAEDo any home owners on here buy the insurance for water, gas, sewer lines? I saw someone digging up a broken line and thought boy that looks expensive. Our house sits 200 feet from the road.
It is expensive, and it can get more expensive depending upon your distance from the main.
Our water and sewer service lines are protected by American Water Resources. 1-888-300-3570.
The cost is $13 per month.
The NYC Water Board recommended them to homeowners.
Quote: djatcYou know i started playing fallout new vegas and wondered this myself.
Theres a couple of cities from the game that actually exist.
Nipton: burned to ruins and the townspeople were crucified by the legion
Goodsprings: the first city the npc starts at and is under attack by powder gangers
Primm: citizens under attack by thieves, with a casino in it
Sloan: mining town overrun by deathclaws in the quarry nearby
Couple more but i cant think of them off the top of my head. I imagine the real life versions of these towns arent as interesting.
The motive behind it, is whenever I visit Vegas, I like to take a day away from the strip at least, even though my next trip I am leaning towards staying away from the strip and going to Red Rock. But anyways, I have been to Red Rock Canyon, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, valley of Fire. Nobody seems to mention these ghost towns as excursions from the strip. I was wondering if it's because few people think of them or is it just vast nothingness with little more than abandoned buildings to see. I am a fan of history an in particular the movement to the West, but I would like to know if it is worth visiting a few of these or not.
Quote: TankoIt is expensive, and it can get more expensive depending upon your distance from the main.
Our water and sewer service lines are protected by American Water Resources. 1-888-300-3570.
The cost is $13 per month.
The NYC Water Board recommended them to homeowners.
Thank you for that info. I think I was on that site earlier today. The thing I am concerned about with these insurance is that they limit the claims to around 7k. I guess that is better than nothing but that won't cover a repair for our house I don't think.
Quote: GWAEMy boss OKed me to get a 2nd computer in my office. Last night it hit me that I only have 1 ethernet port. Can I buy a splitter and split an ethernet signal? It is used for the internet and data transfer back to the server. We do have drop ceilings in the office so it wouldnt be all that hard for me to run a cable back to the router but I really don't feel like it.
Your best bet is to run the cable and have direct connections to the network for both computers. Second best would be a decent switch to handle the traffic. There are some fairly cheap ones; but they need to also work with your network. Not sure how big your network is of course, but it is best to check with whoever runs it to see what they would like you to do.
Quote: RonCYour best bet is to run the cable and have direct connections to the network for both computers. Second best would be a decent switch to handle the traffic. There are some fairly cheap ones; but they need to also work with your network. Not sure how big your network is of course, but it is best to check with whoever runs it to see what they would like you to do.
we are a small company with only 12 computers on the network. The person who runs the network is the person who is available when it breaks.
I guess I should probably just run the cable. I was just looking at how I would do it and it is only about 17 feet, only challenge would be getting it down the wall. I could just run out down the wall I suppose for now.
The person could've used a cheap/free voice changing app that takes seconds to set up and use I doubt it sound like a real person.Quote: 1BBA thread was started a couple of days ago claiming that forum members are being called from a spoofed number and that the caller is claiming to be one of our administrators. The thread was immediately closed preventing any response or discussion. I can't imagine why and would think that some here would indeed like to discuss it or perhaps discuss spoofing in general.
If I'm understanding correctly someone would have to obtain the administrator's name and then that person's phone number, not impossible in this day and age but not easy either. Then they would have to obtain the names and the numbers of all called. Finally, the caller would have to be female or sound like a female.
This seems like an awful lot of trouble to go to, at least to me. I readily admit to knowing nothing about such things but am willing to learn. Would someone a little more high tech like to explain spoofing? I have gotten telemarketer calls where my own number came up on the caller ID.
Would any forum member who got a spoofed call like to give the rest of us the particulars?
There's only one person on this forum who is likely to have done this.
They went through great lengths to make up different accounts, stories, lies and personas. They seemed to have plenty of time on their hands and be particularly interested in certain members. Obviously someone with obsessive mental problems living an extremely lonely boring life.
I think the warning here was to confirm with the person you think your with is the actual person, if you get a strange call or text.
Hopefully this person only has a few members numbers.
I hear there are ways to decipher a spoofed number. Its probably not smart to continue to do stuff like this, people here are fairly smart. This person could find them self in legal trouble and or loss of a job.
Quote: AxelWolfThe person could've used a cheap/free voice changing app that takes seconds to set up and use I doubt it sound like a real person.
There's only one person on this forum who is likely to have done this.
They went through great lengths to make up different accounts, stories, lies and personas. They seemed to have plenty of time on their hands and be particularly interested in certain members. Obviously someone with obsessive mental problems living an extremely lonely boring life.
I think the warning here was to confirm with the person you think your with is the actual person, if you get a strange call or text.
Hopefully this person only has a few members numbers.
I hear there are ways to decipher a spoofed number. Its probably not smart to continue to do stuff like this, people here are fairly smart. This person could find them self in legal trouble and or loss of a job.
Larry S? He's enamored with her over on GG!
Quote: GWAEwe are a small company with only 12 computers on the network. The person who runs the network is the person who is available when it breaks.
I guess I should probably just run the cable. I was just looking at how I would do it and it is only about 17 feet, only challenge would be getting it down the wall. I could just run out down the wall I suppose for now.
You'll need a double gang face plate, jacks and some other stuff but this is actually usually fairly simple:
--run the cable from the network area to the ceiling above your wall
--take the face plate off the wall
--disconnect the line from the jack
--tie a string to the existing cable and pull it up into the ceiling.
--tie both the new cable and the old one to the string and pull them down the wall. Use care--don't lose the pull string!!
--run the cable and terminate it
I've had to do this in various orders based on the job, but you'll figure that out. I've also had to run both ends down a wall instead of just to a rack or cabinet. Just don't cut the cable until you are sure you have everything in place. I would also leave a 3'-5' "service loop" on each end in case you need to move it in the future.
Does larry play Baccarat? When in doubt it's a Baccarat player.Quote: IbeatyouracesLarry S? He's enamored with her over on GG!
Does larry play Baccarat? When in doubt it's a Baccarat player.Quote: IbeatyouracesLarry S? He's enamored with her over on GG!
Quote: AxelWolfDoes larry play Baccarat? When in doubt it's a Baccarat player.
Bbb mentioned before that she spoke or texted him in the past. Just not sure why people are so free giving with phone number, especially with members of less than 4 months.
Quote: IbeatyouracesLarry S? He's enamored with her over on GG!
I doubt that it was Larry. Something tells me he has better things to do. You don't see him sneaking back here like some mentally ill grade school kid. I think we know which recently banned baccarat player it could be.
Speaking of Larry, I think he is one who should be invited back to this forum. Are we still nominating people? We need more folks who aren't afraid to disagree with the status quo, who can hold their own in a conversation. Would he accept? Not in a million years.
I wonder if he knows who Mayweather is now?Quote: 1BBI doubt that it was Larry. Something tells me he has better things to do. You don't see him sneaking back here like some mentally ill grade school kid. I think we know which recently banned baccarat player it could be.
Speaking of Larry, I think he is one who should be invited back to this forum. Are we still nominating people? We need more folks who aren't afraid to disagree with the status quo, who can hold their own in a conversation. Would he accept? Not in a million years.
I wonder if he knows who Mayweather is now?Quote: 1BBI doubt that it was Larry. Something tells me he has better things to do. You don't see him sneaking back here like some mentally ill grade school kid. I think we know which recently banned baccarat player it could be.
Speaking of Larry, I think he is one who should be invited back to this forum. Are we still nominating people? We need more folks who aren't afraid to disagree with the status quo, who can hold their own in a conversation. Would he accept? Not in a million years.
Quote: odiousgambitfor more than one computer in the house, everybody I know has wi-fi ... is there some reason this is not the solution?
Wi-fi is not as reliable as a good old-fashioned cable. It adds an extra device as a point of failure in the path to the network; the idea is to eliminate points of failure.
It will work and not cause problems in most cases, but it is not the best possible solution.
For the rest, here is the reality. I am sure he got a few free beach towels also, LOL!
Quote: RonCWi-fi is not as reliable as a good old-fashioned cable. It adds an extra device as a point of failure in the path to the network; the idea is to eliminate points of failure.
It will work and not cause problems in most cases, but it is not the best possible solution.
Todsy in a drawer I found a link sys 10/100 switch. Would this work? I guess I could just plug it in and try but I am busy right now. I am not sure the difference between a switch and a router. Does a switch only use signal when needed and a router just splits the signal to each port even when not being used?
Quote: odiousgambitfor more than one computer in the house, everybody I know has wi-fi ... is there some reason this is not the solution?
WI if is not a good idea for work, at least for us. We are dealing with medical records and such. Not sure if hipaa would be an issue for wireless.
Quote: GWAETodsy in a drawer I found a link sys 10/100 switch. Would this work? I guess I could just plug it in and try but I am busy right now. I am not sure the difference between a switch and a router. Does a switch only use signal when needed and a router just splits the signal to each port even when not being used?
A small switch should work okay as long as you don't have any VLANs or things of that sort.
The difference can get very geek-centric:
"Switch
In networks, a device that filters and forwards packets between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer (layer 2) and sometimes the network layer (layer 3) of the OSI Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs.
Router
A device that forwards data packets along networks. A router is connected to at least two networks, commonly two LANs or WANs or a LAN and its ISP.s network. Routers are located at gateways, the places where two or more networks connect. Routers use headers and forwarding tables to determine the best path for forwarding the packets, and they use protocols such as ICMP to communicate with each other and configure the best route between any two hosts."
...and there is much more to it than that...
http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/router_switch_hub.asp
Quote: 1BBMemorial Day is approaching and, before you know it, July 4. Does anyone besides me fly the American flag at their home? Any other flags? POW perhaps?
I don't fly a flag, but my folks fly 3 flags. An American Flag, A US Navy flag (my dad's father and my brother both served in the Navy) and perhaps most importantly a Green Bay Packers flag
Quote: 1BBMemorial Day is approaching and, before you know it, July 4. Does anyone besides me fly the American flag at their home? Any other flags? POW perhaps?
I really wish i could.. I live in an apartment building and the closest i can get is tacking my American flag to the wall next to my "Join or Die" flag.(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die.jpg/1280px-Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die.jpg )
I can't wait til I get a house so I can fly a flag and buy a flagpole :)
