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szrimaging
09/11/09

In reply to Surveillance Footage Highlights The Hazards Of Living In the Woods
You city slickers need to quit being afraid of the wildlife. 90% of it won't do anything to you, unless you threaten it first. Seriously, wolves, black bear, snakes, etc, they just want to be left alone.

If I see an adult black bear, just keep a safe distance, and no trouble. If I see a cub, and no adult, REALLY keep my distance. Mommy is somewhere, and she doesn't like stupid white guys messing with her cubs.
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--Core--
09/11/09

@szrimaging: I am really curious how you would handle a bear being on your front porch.

Actually I am curious how I would handle it.

Also thanks for the general info. ;)
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szrimaging
09/13/09

@--Core--: Just go out the side or back. I've had them in my backyard and had them tree 'coons near my house. No issue.
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trs
09/11/09

In reply to Surveillance Footage Highlights The Hazards Of Living In the Woods
Judging by the spotlights setup and food strewn about, i'm guessing this person baited the bear. That's a pretty damn stupid and irresponsible thing to do. It's behavior like that that can cause someone to get seriously hurt/killed or lead to the bear having to be killed because it thinks it found a nice new source for food.
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szrimaging
09/11/09

@trs: Umm.....unless they have a bear hunting license. Then it is just baiting to hunt the bear.
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trs
09/11/09

@szrimaging: Usually a hunting license gives you license to hunt a particular type of animal in a particular location -- and that location is not commonly your front patio. Regardless, baiting an animal like that is a darwin award waiting to happen. Survival of the fittest.
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szrimaging
09/13/09

@trs: I know some people that are baiting them right to their cabin in Wisconsin.

And In MI and Wisconsin, usually the permit, at least for deer, not positive on bear, allows you to hunt anywhere in the state as long as it meets certain rules (i.e. distance from other houses, roads)
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Jeb_Hoge
09/10/09

In reply to Surveillance Footage Highlights The Hazards Of Living In the Woods
That third video? Picture it, but add a full bottle of rum in my hand and make it in a city parking lot. The bleeding went on for a while but I smelled delicious.
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superberg
09/10/09

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[www.penny-arcade.com]
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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
08/18/09

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O brother
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FooSchnickens - BPH Free
08/18/09

In reply to Ugly, Obnoxious Armored Car Fights Crime With Cameras and Shame
Do they have ice cream inside too?
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OMG! Ponies!
08/18/09

In reply to Ugly, Obnoxious Armored Car Fights Crime With Cameras and Shame
Don't worry, Mr. Canarino. No one knows you're cooperating with our prosecution and, just in case, we've got a vehicle parked outside. It's discrete and blends in with the neighborhood.

I doubt if anyone will even notice it.
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
08/18/09

@OMG! Ponies!: I was going to say that's what they parked on the hood of your Red VW rental car in CA last week, but that vehicle looked different.
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OMG! Ponies!
08/18/09

In reply to Ugly, Obnoxious Armored Car Fights Crime With Cameras and Shame
Nice to know that half-assed policing will play in Peoria.
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phunnyballs
08/18/09

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lol, Peoria IL... will they ever learn? That used to be a pretty cool place to go, until their economy went bust about 10 years ago
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FuturePastNow
08/19/09

@phunnyballs: Peoria was cool once? Really?
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
08/18/09

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It's true that 9 times out of 10, there is no one to review said footage, and it will only get pulled if something happens. Where I used to work, I had 4 cameras in my area, one in each corner of the room. There was no where you couldn't be seen while in there. yet everyday around 3pm, when I should have been eating Emerald Nuts, I would put my feet on my desk and sleep for an hour or so. Did anyone ever check the tapes? No, because nothing happened. Only if something happened would they have watched the tape from the event and then done an
"audit" where they pull random footage from random days to see what was going on.

This is almost exactly like something from the movie Clerks. Dante and his girlfriend, Veronica, were behind the counter, talking. And scene:

Veronica: "How much money did you leave up there?"
Dante: "Like three dollars in mixed change and a couple of singles. This time in the morning, people just get a paper or coffee."
Veronica: "You're trusting."
Dante: "Why do you say that?"
Veronica: "How do you know they're taking the right amount of change or even paying for what they take."
Dante: "Theoretically, people see money on the counter, no one around, they think they're being watched."
Veronica: "Honesty through paranoia."
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iwishiwasjeff
08/18/09

In reply to Ugly, Obnoxious Armored Car Fights Crime With Cameras and Shame
I remember back in the 80's, the attack of the armadillos. There were armadillos as far as the eye could see. If it wasnt for our hoses, we may not be the civilization we are now.
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
08/18/09

@iwishiwasjeff: They carry leprosy.
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iwishiwasjeff
08/18/09

@GitEmSteveDave_RunsFromBestBuy: And gonorrhea. Trust me.
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Nick
08/18/09

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so, instead of the Peoria Police admitting they pulled a Dude, where's my car they made this BS story up? stay classy illinois.
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aja175
08/18/09

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I see empty cruisers on the highways all the time. Every once in a while there's a dummy in them (sometimes the dummy isn't even real!)
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The Donut Pirate:Now with sprinkles
08/18/09

@aja175:
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weatherman
07/07/09

In reply to Vue Wireless Home Video Monitoring Lightning Review
This is actually a better product than I think some folks are giving I credit for. Sure the battery life isn't great, but it's not intended to be an always-on security camera - it's designed to allow people to check in intermittently on their home for whatever reason. And short battery life is a side effect of the fact that these are completely wireless and require no wiring into the power system. That's a big advantage in my book; that means the cams can go anywhere and can be moved easily. And they're small too.

As for the lack of audio, it's important to remember that in every state in the US it is illegal to record audio in most circumstances.

Sure the video quality could be better, and more cams would make it a better deal, but it's not a bad price for somehing that looks to be pretty easy to set up and pretty flexible in it's application.
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bosskev
07/06/09

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That design...so familiar. Where have I seen that design before?

Oh, yeah.

So, is this new one waterproof? And how is picture quality during use?
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
07/06/09

@bosskev: At the risk of sounding like a gay-bashing thug, Do you ALWAYS subconciously think of butt-plugs?
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bosskev
07/06/09

@DeusExMach: Wait. Are you telling me the picture I posted is a butt plug? Good lord. Well, I guess I'll just have to take your word on it, but I thought I was posting a pic of a dog chew toy. I yield to the more experienced eye, and thanks for the correction!
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
07/06/09

@bosskev: Well, considering the name of the file is:"24136336-butt-plug-large-e20072.jpg", you kind of shot yourself in the foot there. Just sayin!
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
07/06/09

@bosskev: Kev, it's ok, I wasn't trying to give you a hard time. The wording of my post was for the sake of the rhyme.
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bosskev
07/06/09

@DeusExMach: No prob, understood. To make the joke and look all cool, I'll often jest and play the fool.
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