Welcome / open talk

I am interested in hearing who here has added internet connectivity to their vehicle(s). Honestly, I didn't pay real close attention to this until a bit earlier this year. I found out this spring about the AT&T ZTE Mobley with $20.00 per month for unlimited internet. I then bought a mobile hotspot device, switched SIM cards, and I have been happy with it.

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

A lot of early movie and TV content is in the public domain. Here is an excellent site to view and legally download some old shows:

https://archive.org/

For example: 30 early episodes of "Outer Limits":

https://archive.org/details/TheOuterLimits1963S01E32

In danger of losing your windmill?

Maybe you can share the last place your GPS took you and if you encountered any problems, or if you used it to seek out special places to go (like Thai Food, ice cream shoppes, etc.).

Anything to keep your windmill alive.

This thread will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.

It will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

Please read the forum rules before posting.

"POI Factory is not a forum for politically charged debate.
Let's avoid topics that already have a long list of Democrat or Republican talking points or that name specific politicians."

~Angela

We'll pick our "new to us" motorhome next month and want to keep an annual record of where we travel around the US.

I know I can download .gpx tracks from our Garmin RV 770 LMT-S. what software is best for plotting with the ultimate goal of producing a map for use on our blog?

Thanks

Floridarandy

I'm curious about a number of aspects about self driving cars, but I will restrict my question to three items. Hopefully someone can help me understand.

I know the car has many sensors, but I've also seen suggestions that you have to clean the snow from sensors, at the present time. Will the car work in the winter?

This week we're recognizing Jgermann!

He recently wrote up a new FAQ Changing The Volume Of Sound Files which helped out a fellow POI Factory member.

Thanks John, for writing this up so it can be helpful to other members and visitors to our community!

~Angela

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

To upgrade firmware in a scope... So Option Board will become active.
As it turns out, NVRAM Chip won't erase or reload firmware, so after a new NVRAM chip arrives:
Save engineering files from scope to DOS.
Power down, removing 'Main Board' from scope....
Un-soldering a NVRAM chip from Main Board..
Soldering in an IC Socket...
Installing new NVRAM Chip in socket....

This may have been discussed before, but it seems that Google Maps satellite views are lagging behind Google Earth views.

Example:

4004 W Commerce St, San Antonio, TX 78207

Locate that address in Google maps and switch to satellite view. Zoom in and note that there is no drive-up ATM visible in the parking lot.

It was just revealed that the CCleaner problem had nothing to do with Malware but is/was directed at large IT firms.

See:

At the beginning of this week, it was reported that award-winning, hugely popular computer cleaning software CCleaner had been bundled with malware for almost a month with its official installer.

I am searching to understand which Garmin file contains the standard street addressing data - I have a person who has lived in a house for 2 years, but on some GPS units it does not know that street, or address at all.
I am thinking that the .img file includes the streets and street address data - is that correct ?

Microsoft just loaded Creator series last night,but didn't have time to read the details.

Needless to say they want me to default to Edge, and have been routinely telling me it's better than Firefox.

I don't do a lot of fancy stuff.

I'd appreciate a few thoughts on this. Also, can I import my bookmarks from Firefox to Edge?

Cisco’s Talos Intelligence security research group found that CCleaner, a popular piece of software that allows users to do routine maintenance on their Windows PCs, has been distributing malware along with its installation file for almost a month.

If you use CCleaner, here's what you need to know. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ccleaner-hack-affec...

This week we’re recognizing…

All past Contributors Of The Week!

Over the recent years we’ve received several emails requesting we create a permanent badge to acknowledge those members who have been recognized in the past as Contributors of the Week.

So today I will be starting to add a Red Barn badge to the profiles off all active members who have been recognized as a POI COW.

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

I have been following few different devices that work with a smartphone to keep in touch without cell phone service. Beartooth, GoTenna, Gotoky, and Sonnet are a few of them. A bit ago I ran across the Fogo website online. It is a flashlight, with GPS, etc.

https://fogo.io/

Just got this this morning.

This is the phony APPLE senders email:
appleid.poki24@cl450108x.maintenis.com

DO NOT OPEN OR CLICK ON THE BUTTON !!!!!

X-Apparently-To: melaque???????; Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:54:01 +0000
Return-Path:
Received-SPF: none (domain of cl450108x.maintenis.com does not designate permitted sender hosts)