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I get a 403 - Forbidden 
Perhaps the rush in demand from CP members has brought it to its knees !
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Yeah, the site is down... Hooray for popularity!!
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Best to do it yourself. Save money. Be sure there is or is not anthrax in it.
On that note... why not send an Anthrax CD? Maybe the new version of Rick Rolling?
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Argh! I was just coming here to post a link myself.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Should I expect a letter from you, then? 
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What's your address?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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_Damian S_ wrote: 127.0.0.1
We must be neighbors then. Raise your hand and I'll try to see you.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Dan Neely wrote: I was just coming here to post a link myself.
Repost. CP loves that. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Site's back up for me.
And LOL! That's AWESOME!
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Glitter?, when a simple FOAD works so well!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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It appears that the site is back up but not accepting purchases - one can only imagine they have taken so many orders they're set to retire on the proceeds!
And they're Aussies!
Makes you proud!
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Yep, I did note that!! Did you check out the FAQ's? Funny stuff!!
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That is damn annoying.
A friend's very young daughter did that with the Christmas cards a couple of years ago, and I still find small pockets of the stuff when I hoover...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I'd pay to have something similar sent to the owner of a web-site who calls me (and all of its potential customers) "you f***ing idiot".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Yes, at that point I figured it was a couple of uni students or similar...
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I smite thee with glitter! I strike ye down with the shiny stuff! For I am tinkerbell! Lord of the bells that tinker.
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We had a brief outage on one of our 69 kV transmission lines last week, and had a heck of a time finding the cause. It turned out to be a flashover on a failed insulator, and it had to be located on foot using binoculars because the affected pole is located in sugar sand where a line truck can't go. Repairing it was a challenge, as well, since we had to rent a tracked bulldozer to drag the line truck to the structure and back again. Since we have a number of poles located where trucks can't easily get to them, we have no practical way to inspect these lines to locate potential failures until they actually occur.
I'd like to buy a quad copter with good usable range, equipped with a video camera of decent quality and resolution. Ideally, the camera would allow real time viewing from the controller, or a GPS recording of position so that a problem can be located later after the survey is done. I think I can sell the boss on something in the $1000 - $2000 range, if such a beast exists. I know there are enthusiasts here - any suggestions for a solution?
Thanks!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Parrot makes drones. I think they're in the price range you mentioned.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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No matter what kind of aircraft you use, you may want to take a look at a FPV system.[^].
Flying in First Person View actually is fun and personally I would not use a quadcopter. Instead I would go with a single main rotor and a tail rotor, just as Igor Sikorsky meant it to be. 
A T-Rex450[^] is relatively inexpensive, parts are easily available and the quality is quite good. There are only few plastic parts. The chassis is mostly made of carbon fiber and the mechanical parts like the rotor head are made of aluminium alloy.
Take a look at this video[^] of a T-Rex 550 with FPV.
Edit: In any case, how are your flying skills?
Edit^2: You wanted to inspect power lines?[^]
Esit^3: Here is a recent picture of my T-Rex 450.[^]. I had to mount the receiver/flybarless unit on the side to have access to it for setup and adjustments. Inside the chassis there would now be some room for the FPV and telemetry transmitter...
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
modified 13-Jan-15 19:48pm.
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Looks great, but how much extra is the camera system? Or is that included?
Will Rogers never met me.
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I must admit, I don't know. There are all kinds of modular devices that you can combine and I have not yet put together a system for any purpose. For details you should look up a good store anyway and get some advice and perhaps a good price on what you need.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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