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Is the plastic soft enough that you could bend three of the fingers down and give it back to him? 
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Why not just change the formatter on site? They are available...Originally posted by Leo Enticknap View PostComment
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My understanding is that Series 2 NEC formatters can be replaced in the field, because you don't need to disturb the DMD block in order to remove the formatter board from around it, but that Barco ones cannot, because the DMD block and heatsink is fastened to the actual board (and so removing it would destroy its alignment with the prism, thereby needing factory recalibration once everything is reassembled). That's what I've been told in all the Barco training schools that I've done. We regularly sell and install NEC formatter boards, but if one dies on a Barco light engine, the whole thing has to be swapped.Originally posted by Mark Gulbrandsen
That is literally the only aspect of NEC Series 2 design I can think of that is superior to Barco's.Comment
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You can get the formatters out of China for the 32B, and Christies. And as far as NEC goes, for me, they are the most reliable projectors I installed out of the 3 brands over the ten year period before I retired. In fact, about half of the units I installed came from MIT. They are also known for reliability the same way in Europe... NEC can also be the easiest prism.assembly to clean, if one wants wants to do that kind of work. Strong cleans NEC prisms. Also, the later Barco light engines should be almost as easy to do as an NEC.Originally posted by Leo Enticknap View PostComment
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You know you're in California when you find a stall at the farmers' market selling marijuana for pets!
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When I come downstairs in the morning, I am normally mobbed by these guys, expecting cat treats. Not this time. They stayed perfectly still, even after I walked over with the treat jar. The reason turned out to be an opossum exploring the yard. I waited for about ten minutes in an attempt to get a photo showing both the cats and the opossum, but it was as if the little git knew what I was trying to do, and stayed well to the left of the door!
It was the first time I've seen one since we moved to this development. Skunks are everywhere and we see a raccoon maybe once or twice a year, but no opossums until now.Comment
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If I was the opossum I’d be most worried about the one in the back. ;-)Comment
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Opossum are actually pretty cool!
They don't get rabies, even though they are mammals, because their body temperature is too cold. They also eat a lot of things that we, humans, think of as pests such as ticks and other insects. Opossum don't attack humans very often. Instead, they will play dead and emit foul odors from their anal glands to ward off potential predators.
Many people kill opossum because they look ugly but, in reality, if you leave them alone, they aren't very dangerous, at all... provided you treat them as you should treat any wild animal and leave them alone.Comment
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For those who are unaware, in British slang, "poof" is a highly uncomplimentary synonym for "male homosexual," roughly equivalent to three letters starting with f here.Comment
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Coincidentally, I have a fag in my mouth at the moment.Comment
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