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Questions about the forum? / Re: Another area / forum?

« on: December 19, 2009, 11:40:39 AM »

Hey Dean,

I think the scope of a board for Efficiency would be limited.  We've been trying to cut back a bit on the number of separate areas in order to make the forum easier to navigate.  Doesn't it seem like that would fit into either General or All Grain?  It could even be made a sticky so it would stay at the top of the list.  Anybody else wanna chime in?

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The Pub / Re: merry christmas folks

« on: December 19, 2009, 09:18:53 AM »

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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Beer Recipes / Re: Beersmith?

« on: December 19, 2009, 09:17:11 AM »

I do understand that family is more important than anything else.
I am not saying anything about it.

He wrote it as a one man band software company and he has all rights to keep it closed source is he chose to do so.
It is very good piece of software.
If unmaintained it will slowly die and all the happy ProMash users will have to find something else.

I didn't mean to say that you weren't sympathetic to his problems.  Sorry if I implied otherwise.  Yeah, I agree that it will slowly "die", but I don't think that means that it's usefulness will die, too.  Even though there hasn't been a major upgrade in years, I still find that I can do everything I want to do with Promash.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Do I need a starter?

« on: December 19, 2009, 09:15:04 AM »

I use .75 oz. DME per cup of water.  That puts it somewhere in the 1.030-35 area.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Blowoff tube vs. airlock. Does it affect bitterness?

« on: December 19, 2009, 09:13:35 AM »

I have been wondering about this as well: How much does the yeast in the Kraeusen contribute to the attenuation of the beer later? Is there enough yeast in the beer to finish the job or does it need some of the yeast to fall back and help out.

Being the pragmatic type, let me answer this question with a question....have you ever had trouble getting a beer to attenuate after it has had a blowoff?  I know I haven't had any trouble that could be directly related to blowoff.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Beersmith?

« on: December 18, 2009, 12:55:05 PM »

There is still support forum that is attended from time to time but I do not think it is in development any more.
What a shame if you ask me.

It is a shame, but that's how life goes.  Jeff has more important things to attend to, which is unfortunate not only for us, but especially for him.

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The Pub / Re: All eyes on europe

« on: December 18, 2009, 10:14:02 AM »

his most gracious wish that he has contributed to the discussion and no offense is taken or any interpretation is seen as political, religious, or otherwise and as a result Tubercle's post will not result in the dreaded locking or revocation or rebuke of any kind so this post may continue and the free flow of ideas and opinions, within reason, can continue without the dreaded PM from Denny the Great or other moderators not name herein. Pre-spanking plea: I worked 3rd shift last night and have been drinking a steam ale  kicked up with an additional 1.5 lbs of sugar since 7:00am.]

So far, so good....please carry on without carrying on! 

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The Pub / Re: All eyes on europe

« on: December 18, 2009, 10:11:07 AM »

Would you mind posting your pie chart again for me, so I feel at least a little intelligent while reading this thread?   

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Ingredients / Re: Corn Sugar Potential Extract

« on: December 18, 2009, 10:05:18 AM »

I've always used 45 ppg and gotten the results I expected.

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The Pub / Re: Computer uber geek needed!

« on: December 17, 2009, 11:35:52 AM »

Yep, it's not the files themselves....


SHHHHHHH.....

don't tell my computer, but I really do have it working now!  A combo of driver screwing around and resetting audio options in Firefox.  My audio apps are working and I'm listening to Pandora for the first time in months!

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The Pub / Re: Computer uber geek needed!

« on: December 17, 2009, 10:36:19 AM »

Have you tried a different browser? While the symptom is audio - it all seems web related...

-OCD

Good idea, so I tried it with IE.  No go, though....

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The Pub / Re: Computer uber geek needed!

« on: December 17, 2009, 10:32:19 AM »

Denny,

Not sure, but I 'think' what I suggested last time fixed it (unfortunately I'm pretty sure that thread was lost in Brewhahaneverneverland)

Try right-clicking My Computer and going to Manage....then Device Manager....then try uninstalling the audio device totally (right-click Uninstall)...reboot...then reinstall the drivers again....

Could be a different issue this time, but it's worth a shot.....

Yeah, that worked in the past, but not so far this time....

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The Pub / Re: Computer uber geek needed!

« on: December 16, 2009, 04:03:22 PM »

That's cause you let it know you were happy. Damn newb users! First mistake.. never let the computer know how you're feeling!

I ain't no newb, dood, I just got carried away.  I've been working on 'puters since you were a gleam in your father's eye! 

I know it will be hard, but what happened in the immediate time that this error first cropped up?

I've racked what's left of my brain over that and so far, nothing comes to mind.

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The Pub / Re: Computer uber geek needed!

« on: December 16, 2009, 03:55:22 PM »

Damn...I'm such an optimist.  I changed the output mapping on one of my pro audio apps and it works fine there.  Otherwise, no change.  I just went to Pandora and it locks up tight without playing....

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The Pub / Re: Computer uber geek needed!

« on: December 16, 2009, 01:44:13 PM »

I'm happy to report that it's working again now!  I'm not happy to report that I really don't know why, other than I must have scared it silly by posting questions in half a dozen forums!  Thanks for all the suggestions....for all I know, tomorrow I may be troubleshooting this again!