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    BGE or Gas Grill for Primary??

    Big Green Egg for sure. It might take 10 minutes longer to come to heat, but flavor from BGE is much better, and the maintenance and cleaning are minimal compared to gas. Plus, a few oak chips on BGE makes a pizza taste phenomenal.
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    Wiring speakers to receiver

    Don't forget AppleTV or Apple Airport Express as an option for controlling your music over WiFi from iPhone/Android. You will need the older Apple TV (3rd gen) unless you can do auio aut via HDMI (which is unlikely with an older receiver). ft.
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    Wiring speakers to receiver

    Did you see this post about raspberry pi with mini am in a sprinkler box? Looks like it would be a neat solution for about $150. If you want to use a regular receiver there I would choose 'full-channel stereo' sound option (or equivalent) in the receiver's interface. You can connect to the L...
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    Viruses

    It definitely does not meet the definition of a virus. The article, however, does meet the definition of sloppy reporting. Note that Reuters, who originally reported the article, did not call it a virus. They referred to it as malware and ransomware. Palo Alto Networks who originally 'found'...
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    Viruses

    This is becoming Mac v PC thing... a whole other discussion for another thread (which I will avoid :D ) Let's at least stay on topic. I only said there are no viruses for Mac. To clarify, I said virus not malware. I intended to convey viruses explicit to Mac OS, rather than sub-platforms like...
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    Viruses

    Er, no. My initial premise was that there are no viruses for Macs. I tried to equate the previous poster's comments that 'people think aliens exist but we have no photos' with the view that people think there are viruses for Macs but there aren't. Er, no again. I did not say malware is not a...
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    Viruses

    Yes, that was the argument in OS9 days, pre ~2001, when Apple sales were significantly lower. Ironically there were some true Mac viruses back then (plus of course the Microsoft Office macro viruses which could be transferred through the Mac Office suite). Nowadays Apple are selling...
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    Viruses

    Re: Pictures of Salt Water flagstone or coping damage? Please.. Intego, the site to which you linked,to is another anti-virus vending company. It's like asking a pool chemical manufacturer if your pool NEEDS their chemicals. A virus is something that can propagate to other computers by...
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    Viruses

    Re: Pictures of Salt Water flagstone or coping damage? i said 'virus' not malware. BTW - the 'expert' in the article is Bitdefender’s Senior E-Threat Analyst. BitDefender sells anti-virus. ft. - - - Updated - - - link please to VIRUS (not malware) found outside of an anti-virus selling firm.
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    Viruses

    Split by moderator from HERE, for derailing the other thread. jblizzle ... and viruses on Apple computers. You can spend a lot of money on anti-virus software but none exist an the Mac platform today (maybe tomorrow!). ft.