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Caption This for 11/27/15

Posted November 26, 2015 4:45 PM by LakeGrl
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11/26/2015 4:56 PM

The age old question of 'but who watches the watchers' is finally answered.

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11/26/2015 5:09 PM

I'm not sure the hidden camera technology is going to be effective!

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11/26/2015 6:34 PM

Parental control
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11/26/2015 9:20 PM

Call the repair service again this camera still isn't working.....They said we have to relocate the camera...WE would relocate the camera if we could locate the camera, but it's not labelled and we can't see anything to give us a clue as to it's location...The only guy that knows retired....Well they say they only do maintenance repair, no relocation, that's installation and their installation guy retired....

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11/26/2015 11:25 PM

the age old question - which came first ?

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11/27/2015 12:05 AM

The latest installation by Bodgit and Leggit

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11/27/2015 12:26 AM

It's "Herbie" the robotic proctologist, still taking update classes.

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11/27/2015 3:00 AM

Ok Guys I turned the camera we can take what we want now

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11/27/2015 3:36 AM

Who cares if it can't see nuffin'... The guidelines say we have to fit one one every wall.
Del

(Ok.. maybe not funny... but oh so true)

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11/27/2015 3:59 AM

What is a pretty screen like you doing in a spot like this?

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11/27/2015 4:55 AM

...and the Tech Team, very busy in the security office, thinking it's a faulty monitor.

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11/27/2015 6:10 AM

We have your back covered.
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11/27/2015 8:00 AM

"Hands up, Earthling, or I shall unleash the dreadful power of my Q36 Space Modulator."

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11/27/2015 9:03 AM

WATCH YOURSELF!
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11/27/2015 9:30 AM

Joe the "Peeping Tom" is very happy to have found the perfect mounting spot for his new Lyn-Door Industries "X-Ray" video camera.

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11/27/2015 9:55 AM

Hmmm.

My plan to see more of Kim's butt while watching 'Keeping Up With The Kardashian's' didn't work out the way I'd hoped.

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11/27/2015 9:59 AM

That's one of the White Mosque Secret Service surveillance cameras.......see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing.

Ready set go, jump over the WH fence!

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11/27/2015 10:11 AM

Hey....... that looks like the "state of the art" video repeater /relay station!

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11/27/2015 10:12 AM

Well we see which department has more "pull" in this company. Obviously Security is second.

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11/27/2015 3:05 PM

"Ha Ha" roared the airport security chief, "we will catch the monitor theif the next time he strikes!".

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11/28/2015 4:20 AM

Del the cat to Solar eagle: "Err, we better swivel the entrance foyer screen before we leave, that Aussie security bloke, Jack o' all jobs sez' him an' Hendrik an' energyconversion an' Steve of the North an the rest of the CR4 buggers on dis' Blog wants to watch the fight on ESPN tonite. jdretired an' Usbport is bringin' the beers an' CaptMoosie the snacks an' 'parrently he sez we can't come 'cause the surveillance room got nuffin' to do wiv us clever Guru's from maint'nance wot 'stalled them screens 'cording to guidelines."

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11/29/2015 8:56 AM

Question: Use only Common core mathematics to solve the following problem.

A camera is mounted square on a straight flat wall with a fulcrum/pivot 12" below the ceiling and 12" from the wall.

At maximum vertical travel the centre-line of the lens is 6" below and parallel to the ceiling where the viewing area is 12" square at a distance of 24" from the fulcrum.

A screen with a straight horizontal top edge is to be hung at 36" parallel to the wall and square to the camera.

Calculate the minimum length of the hangers so that the top of the screen does not obscure the view.

Trigonometry and calculus permitted but workings must be shown using Common Core methodology.

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11/29/2015 9:01 AM

Swing the camera 900 to see the intended viewing area.

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11/29/2015 6:15 PM

There is no cure for stupidity.

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11/29/2015 10:01 PM

Camera 3?..... Clear!

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11/30/2015 2:30 PM

According to "TSA" this is the best way to monitor a monitor!

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11/30/2015 2:49 PM

but who monitors the monitoring monitor?...

I will

All Approve, please frown.

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11/30/2015 2:50 PM

Motion carried.

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11/30/2015 10:33 PM

Very punny. I like it.

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11/30/2015 10:35 PM

TSA at zero tolerance.
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12/02/2015 7:59 AM

Hold em up mother sticker this is a f' up

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12/22/2015 3:33 AM

Finally the most Hi tech Hidden Camera which covers really wide angle by recording reflection from convex mirror coated with latest antiglare coating from DuPont!
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