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I lived in St. Louis for a couple of years. If you have time check out the Arch. Also, not BBQ but still a good time is Bluberry Hill in University City. I think Chuck Berry plays there on either Wednesday or Thursday night...can't remember. Blueberry Hill is loacated off of Delmar. If you get hammered make sure to stop by the Courtesy Diner and get "The Slinger". It's the best pre hangover cure. Bandanna's has good BBQ, and there are a few around the area.
I've got a lot more suggestions, but it really depends on what you're into and how much time you've got.
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Though, I'm sure you have a great idea, you have to ask yourself whether or not going through the patent process is worth it or not. It is extremely expensive to get a patent on your own (without the backing of a company), and patents are rarely granted if you write them yourself. For most small businesses it is better to keep the design proprietary and save the money in patenting the design. If you do patent your idea and someone infringes on your patent, do you have the resources for litigation? These are a few questions you need to ask yourself. Most often it is more beneficial for small business to keep the design private than trying to patent it. Also, the patent process takes a while, 1-2 years.
Before going to a patent attorney you might want to consider talking with a patent agent. A patent agent still has to take the patent bar, but doesn't have to go to law school (In order to be a patent agent you have to have an Engineering degree or equivalent). Basically you will pay $50 less an hour when working with a patent agent and they can do almost anything a patent attorney can except argue your case in front of a judge. For information in finding a patent agent/attorney go to www.uspto.gov
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I probably won't make it, but you should check out Twin Peaks Restraunt. I like it better than Hooters and the outfits the ladies wear are much nicer. They have short shorts (not those ugly orange things) and wear plaid shirts that are tied just below the boobies. Last time I went the beer was watered down, but the view was worth it. It's also in Lewisville by Vista Ridge Mall.
The place to be is in Plano at BoneDaddy's.
KICK ASS BBQ, and the hottest chicks in Dallas, I shit you not!
Bone Daddy's is Tits. I used to like Scoots, but the ladies no longer wear bikini tops and there is also no longer "School Girl Wednesday"
Here's the link for Twin Peaks
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I probably won't make it, but you should check out Twin Peaks Restraunt. I like it better than Hooters and the outfits the ladies wear are much nicer. They have short shorts (not those ugly orange things) and wear plaid shirts that are tied just below the boobies. Last time I went the beer was watered down, but the view was worth it. It's also in Lewisville by Vista Ridge Mall.
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some body should tell him to light the can and then shoot pellets and bbs at it, not hit it at a close proximity like that. BTW its looks much better at night.
Yeah, Hydrogen gas and a .308 works a little bit better.... mushroom cloud.
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I'm in. My intermediate steering shaft started to rattle again after having it replaced 10k miles ago.
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Well if anyone is interested the tach signal is the white wire coming out of the wire harness attached to the gauge cluster.... At least that's what it is on my SS
Some info:
The tach signal at the gauge appears as if its a 4 cylinder, so you need to convert it. At the PCM it's as if the polarity is switched (you don't get the same signal from the PCM that you get from inside the cab). I don't recall the plug and pin number at the PCM (it is still a white wire -- want to say pin 57 but really dont remember).
That's correct. 4cyl at the gauge cluster.
If anyone is interested in this....signal to the tachometer has a frequency proportional to the actual RPMs. For 8cyl engines you would take frequency*15 to get actual RPMs. For 4cyl engines I believe it is frequency*30.
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What is the file extension of the movie you are trying to burn? If you have a copy of a movie at 700MB then it will no doubt be lower in quality than you want.
It sounds like your movie was ripped to a divx or .avi format. This is typical of movies you download from the web. If you have a physical copy of the disk and are planning on ripping it to your hard drive try the program dvdshrink. It's free and out there on the web. Basically you can rip a full DVD with or without compression. You can also use this program to burn to a single layer DVD.
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Kiss beat me to it
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I see it to ,your running a Volant w/a down tube,it just need tweeked
Yeah, I think they just re-installed my ram air wrong because now the passenger side vent is jacked and I get tons of wheel rub.
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Looks ok to me
Clear the bottom set of headlights and buy silvered turn signal bulbs. 
Mr. P.
I've been thinking about doing the headlights. But to me it looks like the left vent isn't on right, and the cover has a little bit of a twist to it. Maybe I'm just being over critical.
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Onyx
Welcome to the site! After the Antenna delete make sure to upgrade your PCM. Your truck will come to life. I have the volant intake with Ram air. It's good too. You will have to do some modifications with the Ram air to make it fit over the brake duct, but it's not too bad.
On a different note, any of you fellow Dallas area folks have any body work done at Huffines Body Shop. I just had them fix my front end. Not too happy with it. here's a pic.
Is it me or is something not quite right with my bumper cover (with the exception of the missing center billit grill)?
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Thanks for the help guys.
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I was in your position for a while, it seemed that I liked everything. I didn't realize which field I should go into until I took an Intro to Economics course. Part of the course involved reading Adam Smith's work. Smith being the wise man in the way of economics that he was said something along the lines of "Do what you are the best at, even if you can do other people's jobs better than they can." So I took his advice, which kind of falls in line with what Mr. P is saying. Do what you are naturally best at.
I took so many classes trying to figure out what I wanted to do that I ended up graduating with 3 BS degrees. So, be careful or you could end up with that on your resume.
Now, I have a great job and I enjoy what I do. Something that my dad used to tell me was "Work lasts for the rest of your life. Go to school as long as you can." At the time 5 year of college seemed like I had been in school for a long time. But once I graduated and started workin, I realized how true what my dad said was.
I'm just giving my opinion here so take what I say with a grain of salt. Figure out what you are best at and enjoy the most and go into that field, but don't necessarily be in a rush to get out of school. My 5 years of college were some of the best times I've had. You will never have the same chance again to meet so many different people in that way. Take advantage of that.
Tom
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Well if anyone is interested the tach signal is the white wire coming out of the wire harness attached to the gauge cluster.... At least that's what it is on my SS
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I meant "Tach Signal Coming out of PCM" not "RPM"
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I'm trying to find out which wire out of the PCM is the signal to the tach. I'm in the process of developing some electronics and it would be helpfull if someone who knew which wire out of the PCM is the signal going to the tach could fill me in. That way I don't have to tap into all wires or tear my dash apart to find the signal.
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I had a quick and prob easy question but just wanted to get input on it. I am about to install my ARC audio subs which are each dual 4 ohm subs, just waiting on the box. The amp that i will be using is a Cadence Z9000 which puts out the power like this.
4 Ohm Stereo Power-- 2 x 300 Watts
2 Ohm Stereo Power-- 2 x 400 Watts
4 Ohm Bridged Power-- 1 x 800 Watts
Now should I wire the subs in series then parrallel them to get a 4ohm load and run it at bridged power or should I just run each sub parrallel into a 2ohm load and hook into each channel? Its been a while with car audio so i could just be completely off to begin with.
The two wiring schemes that you suggest will give you the same power for each sub, 200W. This means that theoretically both configurations should sound the same.
Back in the day I had a Fosgate Punch amp and 2 12" 4 ohm DVC's. I tried both configurations that you suggest and for some weird reason running both channels at 2 ohms was louder (at least it seemed that way to me). Try both and see what you like the best even though they should be the same.
If i wired each sub to 2ohm and put one on each channel wouldnt i be getting 400wrms to each sub?
Anyhow I was told to bridge it because I would have more leeway with the gain
Sorry, you're right. You would get 400W to each sub, I meant to say 200W to each voicecoil in either configuration.
I'm not sure about the gain statement. Unless your amplifier has a separate gain control for each channel, it really shouldn't matter which configuration you choose. If you want to understand all of this theory better (exactly what happens when you bridge an amplifier) I can make some diagrams and post them. Just let me know.
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I had a quick and prob easy question but just wanted to get input on it. I am about to install my ARC audio subs which are each dual 4 ohm subs, just waiting on the box. The amp that i will be using is a Cadence Z9000 which puts out the power like this.
4 Ohm Stereo Power-- 2 x 300 Watts
2 Ohm Stereo Power-- 2 x 400 Watts
4 Ohm Bridged Power-- 1 x 800 Watts
Now should I wire the subs in series then parrallel them to get a 4ohm load and run it at bridged power or should I just run each sub parrallel into a 2ohm load and hook into each channel? Its been a while with car audio so i could just be completely off to begin with.
The two wiring schemes that you suggest will give you the same power for each sub, 200W. This means that theoretically both configurations should sound the same.
Back in the day I had a Fosgate Punch amp and 2 12" 4 ohm DVC's. I tried both configurations that you suggest and for some weird reason running both channels at 2 ohms was louder (at least it seemed that way to me). Try both and see what you like the best even though they should be the same.
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Did you just go to the track or did you check out the city a little bit. I lived there for a few years, so if you go back and need some cool things to check out or some good drinking spots let me know.
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I'm telling you now. The series is going to be as follows
Game 1: Mavs
Game 2: Mavs
Game 3: Heat
Game 4: Heat
Game 5: Heat
Game 6: Mavs
Game 7: Mavs
I'm already 4/7 correct
Besides the Shaq's team can't win because the "Miami Heat" sounds like an STD.
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anyone know what kind of spider that was? Looks like a Hobo to me but i'm no x-pert... I had to put plastic down over some dirt in a crawlspace once, I got down there and there were probably about 100 or so black widows....
it was very scary but I got through it without being bit. I dont have anything against spiders... they eat other bugs which is a plus IMO
It looks like a Hobo or a non-agressive house spider (if it ran at you it's probably a Hobo, if it ran away it's probably just house spider). Definately not a Brown Recluse.
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the f*ck is that thing?!?!
That would be an Alligator Gar. We've got them here in the south. You can bow hunt them becuase they swim close to the surface.
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Chevelle - Send the Pain Below
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Sucks for me. They sent me Hawks HB303 brake pads in a HB385 Box. What a bunch of jerks. They must have known they were going out of business when they put the wrong brake pads in the righ box and sent them to me. A-holes. Now I'm out $80 and can't return these.