Quote Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
After my last move (which I am reconsidering at this point). Of course, sometimes the wife "pretties up" the board--if pieces get unevenly bunched up, she'll move them around until the board's aesthetically pleasing to her. She likes things "evenly distributed." :wtf:

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Pretty close,
'cept for my
"K - QKn 2"
From post # 248.
That would be why it's not really a check
(The Chech is in the male)

So, if ya did move your knight there, Black would probably pin it to the rook with his bishop, see?
White needs to pressure black's pawn at Qkn3 but is short on tempo.
What to do?
Ready to switch sides yet?


Have had little time to play with the new toy .

Still piecing together an alarm from ebay parts.
I want something slick enough that I won't need a sturdy roof on the cage. Just rain protection with decent light transmission.
Bought a car alarm and a 12V. tractor battery.
While a solar charger would be cool I really don't need it.
I have an extension cord running to the cage.
Unplug that, and the UPS will start beeping.
The UPS runs a trickle charger for the tractor battery and the air pumps for the DWC.
It's good for at least 20 hours on it's internal batteries.

The tractor battery is prolly good for over a month on a single charge as well. So unplugging, like resistance, is futile.

I'll use the Horn beeper output on the alarm through a small inverter to pulse the electric fence charger attached to the cage.

I like the idea of someone poking their arm though the cage while it's not energized.
If it kicks on then, well, I prolly won't need the siren.

Not relying on just the shock sensors either.
Installing tamper switches under the legs, and I've ordered an "RF field proximity detector" that I think I can tune for the dogs safety and continued cooperation in the "range wars".

Very difficult alarm to beat..
It's easy to spoof IR and ultrasonic motion sensors.

This pup senses large dense objects that come near it at a threshhold, regardless of motion or speed, by how much RF they absorb.

I'm also toying with the idea of using the alarm's light blinkers to trigger a couple surplus digital cameras.
I'd love to post a "surprised look" on the web.

Aloha,
W.
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