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10 years ago @ Deludia - Disabled Finances · 0 replies · +1 points

There are many subjects which cannot be discussed with mention of political touchstones. It's a sad fact that some organizations are so frightened of possibly offending a donor that they strangle the life and value right out of a given forum. I too have been banned by the IMF listsrv because I happened to comment that I thought President Bush could direct more funding to cancer research. By using his name I apparently violated some pathetic rule and so I was tossed out. My voice continues in my blog here where I post what I please and needn't be subordinate to someone else's agenda.

10 years ago @ Deludia - Up! Up! and ...what? · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm still here and thanks for being concerned about me. I continue to deal with the issues of MM and have endured some setbacks, but I'm still in there pitching!

10 years ago @ Dog Ear'd Systems - Welcome · 0 replies · +1 points

What kind of alarm and what help do you need?

10 years ago @ Deludia - Doctor Appointment · 0 replies · +1 points

Done and done. An email is on the way.

10 years ago @ Deludia - Humming along · 0 replies · +1 points

We got it straightened out. Actually, the story happened a while back and I only wrote about it recently. It's nice to see Comcast reaching out though. It's the reason that despite the many who have tried to sway me to satellite have failed.

11 years ago @ Dog Ear'd Systems - Android Eating Apple · 0 replies · +1 points

Your software has been stellar throughout. My only issue with it was that in the first edition, it wouldn't do the firmware update on the drone and I had to use an iPod. Other than that, it's been one of the best apps until I started to run into all kinds of issues, perhaps with android. I seem to have the latest and greatest updates for firmware, but neither of my drones are functional anymore. I can use the 2.0 with the iPod, but it's very sketchy and not at all like it was in August 2011 when I was flying the AR.Drone original with AR.Pro. I tend to believe that firmware updates --updates in general-- are the culprit. I have yet to experience an update that (a) I didn't see any need for in my own sphere, and (b) screwed the app, program, device, whatever it might be. Update Thunderbird mail and it shuts off my security suite; that kind of stuff. I have come to feel that updates are worse than southern republicans, they corrupt everything. So you may be right, but still, I can't connect to either drone with android, regardless the device. Galaxy S3 phone: no. Asus Nexus 7 tablet: no. Toshiba Thrive tablet: no. old iPod Touch: yes. I got a whole wonderful summer from your software and the original Parrot, but I have not had any luck with either the new or old drones and android because I can't connect to the aircraft. Wifi just says Connecting...then obtaining IP address... then Connecting ad nauseum.

Then, surprise surprise, I warped a propeller on the original drone and swapped in a new one. Be still my heart, your software connected to it and seemed in control using my Nexus 7 tablet. But the propeller I swapped out now appears to push air up instead of down and won't get off the ground. The motor spins at the same rate as the others, no gear problems. I have a tach and temp gauges I can aim and I get the same RPMs and temp off it's opposite number. So I've about had it with Parrot drones. I bought DJI Phantom for twice the price and got five times the aircraft for the investment. I guess the gods of Parrot and android dislike me, and now the feeling is quite mutual in terms of drones.

11 years ago @ Deludia - Pain Clinics: Alternat... · 0 replies · +1 points

It seems that America is poised to be more concerned with remuneration than care for the masses. Other countries don't appear to shun what we call alternative, instead embracing the various approaches to care. I guess it's possible for you to see it in your lifetime, but you might have to go to Canada or one of the many other 'socialist' countries that simply want a healthier population.

11 years ago @ Deludia - Pain Clinics: Alternat... · 0 replies · +1 points

Modern medicine is impressive but it's not the end-all, be-all. A properly operated clinic that employs alternative medicine --working in conjunction with standard practice medicine offers pain sufferers an added and safe dimension of care. It's high time that alternative medicine be held to the same standards of professionalism enforced on standard medical practices. There is too much back door stuff that's just plain snake oil --and doesn't create the records that demonstrate what is good for who. Too many people have their suffering exploited to line someone's pockets in the back door world. So I'd like to see it all come through the front door, held to similar standards --albeit adapted for alternative practices.

11 years ago @ Deludia - A Ticket to Paradise · 0 replies · +1 points

Ah, to have been the pelican. Of course, then I'd have fish breath.

11 years ago @ Dog Ear'd Systems - Blade's mQX Quad · 0 replies · +1 points

Well, I guess they figure that everyone has some kind of Apple or Android device by now. It's better than when they first brought the Parrot out and you had to have an iPhone or iPad to fly it. Now at least there's a wider audience for the $300 quad. But I hear you... I wouldn't buy one back when I had to buy an iPhone or iPod to fly it. I only bought it once I could fly it with something I already owned.