If you have a fax machine or alarm system that depends on the land line, a cellphone base station probably won't work.

They call them base stations.?ÿ They look almost like a cordless phone base except it just has a standard phone jack.?ÿ There's typically a limit to h...

I've seen something similar when the instrument is very out of level but still within the compensator range. ?ÿ

When I ran the 4000 series receivers I used GPSurvey and other old school Trimble software.?ÿ It had a feature where you could see a line graph of the...

I can't back it up with science, but when I ran 4000 SSE'S AND SSI'S I avoided places like that like the plague.?ÿ With a single constellation there's...

@skeeter1996?ÿ It's been a couple of years so my memory is a bit rusty but, I told Win10 to install a new printer and when it got to the screen where ...

@jed Nah, you just don't know Mr. Cow well enough to catch his dry humor yet.

Battery technology and the ability to recycle them will have to make great strides.?ÿ A better solution would be fuel cells or some other highly effic...

@willie-h You might PM @flyin-solo on here or look for Kent McMillian on FB.?ÿ I believe both are experienced in Austin.

@james-vianna I tell a version of that to just about every excavator I meet.?ÿ The good ones laugh about it and the guilty ones don't think I'm that f...

@drew-r Open that puppy up.?ÿ Typically they contain a standard hard-drive plugged into a board that provides power and converts from the hard-drive i...

@dmyhill When I get the "sharpen the pencil" routine or figure out that a potential client is shopping based on price alone I immediately stop the con...

@holy-cow?ÿ The paper he linked delves into the beginnings of calculus and it's development over a span of 200 years.?ÿ It's an intentionally simple e...

I just undo the strap and splay the legs slightly.?ÿ Unless you're taking turns on two wheels that will keep them from rolling around.?ÿ

@nate-the-surveyor He specified that is was Ms. State Trooper, so I'm betting they had a nice chat. ???œ

@aliquot I only do ALTA's for existing clients, usually dealing with local attorneys which largely eliminates the issue.?ÿ However, once upon a time I...

Different level of liability and you have to deal with Attorneys or their underling minions.?ÿ The second item adds a good bit to my quotes especially...

If I remember correctly, it was the last major software change on the site that made Kent leave for good.

@rj-schneider The same trick works around electric and telco lines.?ÿ Turn it up to 11 and you'll get a slight signal through the screaming of the loc...

@bill93 I believe they prefer to use the happy juice that leaves you with no memory because it's harder to sue for malpractice or complain about rude ...