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Re: AA Battery Hack

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In alt.hackers, Andy Valencia  <vandys@vsta.org> wrote:
> Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> writes:
>> I actually had the impression that eternal-september.org didn't allow
>> it, but I guess that isn't true, at least as of a few months ago?
> It certainly _used_ to reject the needed header.  This posting is a test
> to see if that has changed?

Path: reader1.panix.com!panix!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!
      eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!
      nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail

I saw it, and the path shows it came from Eternal September, so yes, it
works now. I wonder if they special cased the group or if other
self-moderated groups are also now unlocked. Or just general
self-moderation in other groups.

I emailed ES about what was needed to post to moderated groups there
some years ago and never got a reply. Panix lets me do it in any group,
but would surely have words with me if a moderator complained. Panix is
one of the few places where active policing of posts happens at the
posting news server level. Or at least used to. I posted a "uuencoded"
(ascii art in uuencode form) message just now to misc.test and that
wasn't blocked, so maybe they turned the filtering off.

I run a mail-to-news gateway for a low-volume moderated group where the
official source has lost a local news server, so I'm (my account)
posting once or twice per month with the header to a big-8 group. I've
also previously moderated an alt group, so things like "where can I post
moderator approved messages" is of some concern to me.

ObHack:

I took down my home made screen door last weekend in order to reapply
varnish. The door is wood with a metal screen, and I made it myself
because the door is very odd size so off-the-shelf screen doors do not
fit. I need narrower and taller than most. And since it is wood, and
exposed to the elements, it needs protection. Marine grade spar varnish
is my preferred protection.

I covered an outdoor table with newspaper, took the door off it's
hinges, and laid it flat to apply the varnish. But I needed to lift it
off the news paper so that the varnish won't glue it to the newspaper.
Looking around I found a pulp fiber drink tray in the recycling. You
know the ones, probably, brown paper in a 3-d molded shape to hold four
coffee cups:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61wdlVUB1YL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

I cut it up into four individual cup holders and put it in the corners
of the screen. They worked like springy feet to hold up the door and I
varnished away with no newspaper sticking to the door problems.

(When I first made the door, I assembled it with screws and then put wax
in all of the screw heads so that varnish won't clog them. That wax is
still there, and I have not yet needed to disassemble the door itself.
If I ever need to change the screen, I will need to take some screws
out. This is not constructed with splines to hold the screen in place.)

The door is back in place and the spar varnish looks great, so shiny and
glossy.

Elijah
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was thinking of making little stands with cardboard and tape at first

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    Re: AA Battery Hack Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-05-28 05:15 +0000
      Re: AA Battery Hack The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-05-28 12:39 -0400
      Re: AA Battery Hack Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-08-28 16:57 -0300
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        Re: AA Battery Hack Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-08-30 02:53 +0000
          varnishing screen doors (was Re: AA Battery Hack) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-08-30 12:33 -0300
            Re: varnishing screen doors (was Re: AA Battery Hack) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-08-30 22:01 +0000

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