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For whatever TD Ameritrade is dumping individual stock accounts. I’ll be moving my account over to Schwab which has a pretty decent new account referral bonus. If you create an account with this referral code: REFER48AYXMP4 or utilize this link: https://www.schwab.com/client-referral?refrid=REFER48AYXMP4 to get the bonus. Your transfer of your TD Ameritrade account will count towards these numbers:

Bonus deposit: $1,000
When you net deposit $500,000 or more
Bonus deposit: $500
When you net deposit $100,000 – $499,999
Bonus deposit: $300
When you net deposit $50,000 – $99,999
Bonus deposit: $100
When you deposit $25,000 – $49,999

If you are not depositing that much, you can also just use the start-kit code, it gives you $101 for only depositing $50: https://www.schwab.com/investing-starter-kit

As far as I have seen, I get zero benefit from this, but hopefully you get some free money for your transfer!

I didn’t know this was a thing I wanted to do, but while upgrading a few Cisco 3650’s I accidentally threw on the wrong bin file. I pointed to the wrong bin file and rebooted. Luckily I had a console cable plugged in and ready already. I knew the previous image was good, so now that I am stuck at rommon, or a switch: prompt I was able to enter this and it booted right into the old and good ios:

boot flash:packages.conf

I don’t know why this was so hard to find, but googling for ios upgrade revert rommon, hopefully this comes up and saves you some looking!

UPDATE AFTER DRAW: Looks like someone in Michigan won the jackpot :(.

NOTE: This is not endorsed by Anandtech, they have no legal obligations in this if I decide to screw you all over or something. This is also not just for AT members, friends of friends can join.

BUY IN = $10

In the past some have put in more money, but let it be known, if we win, we will still all get an equal share. If you want to add a buy in for a spouse/SO make sure to fill the form out TWICE with unique info so I can contact you each individually. The same goes for the Buy in, make sure to send it in twice.

The deadline to join is Jan 22 2021 at 2000 EST, 1900 CST, 1800 MST, or 1700 PCT. This is for the drawing of MEGAMILIONS on Jan 22 2021 @ 2100EST with a jackpot of $970 MILLION USD.

STEP 1 :

Send $10 via venmo (preferred), cashapp, or Amazon Gift card, IF YOU SEND AS CC, ADD 4% to cover the fee. If you want a referral code for any of these services let me know. You get free $ and I get free $.

venmo address
cashapp
Amazon GC: much prefer venmo, but this option is still possible

If you have heatware, I could also do a MO/cash/check, but email me first for my address.

STEP 2 :
Fill this quick form out :

https://forms.gle/augdN9KaPpacUaV97

This way I can keep track of everyone two fold, and then send a quick email once I get the tickets.

TIME TO WIN!

EXAMPLE WINNING SCENARIO:

We win $250,000, 50 people bought in, we split $250,000 – tax cut / 50. We will be PROBABLY be doing a lump payout. We will use some of the funds to have a lawyer do the divvy process and to try and levy as much tax saving as we can. I am thinking I take the tax cut (VA), and say we’re an anonymous group of friends who won. VA has a law that does not require you to divulge who the winner is. I can mail a check, cash, ACH, MO, etc, will let the lawyer make the decision for us most likely. IMO, this should be OK for non US citizens as well, because I will claim the winnings and divvy them up as gifts, or however the lawyer thinks will save us the most money.

Second scenario: Split it pretax and you collect yourself and pay your taxes. If I recall someone said that was an option, but I had not looked into it.

Also note, if we win anything less then $500, I will probably just roll it into another round of something. Scratchers, more megamillions, powerball, GME long calls, harhar. Those on the original buy in will get a % still, if it hits home.

NOTE: This is not endorsed by Anandtech, they have no legal obligations in this if I decide to screw you all over or something.

BUY IN = $10

In the past some have put in more money, but let it be known, if we win, we will still all get an equal share. But we will all thank you greatly for the extra contribution, and I will let it be known who was nice enough to bump it up (if you so wish, or I can keep it anonymous). If you want to add a buy in for a spouse/SO make sure to fill the form out TWICE with unique info so I can contact you each individually.

DEADLINE: Friday July 8, 2016
230PM Pacific
330PM Mountain
430PM Central
530PM Eastern

EXAMPLE WINNING SCENARIO:

We win $250,000, 50 people bought in, we split $250,000 – tax cut / 50. We will be doing a lump payout, and we will use some of the funds to have a lawyer do the divvy process, to try and levvy as much tax saving as we can. I am thinking I take the tax cut (Minnesota), and say we’re an anonymous group of friends who won. I will then divide it up how you like … I can mail a check, cash, MO, etc, will let the lawyer make the decision for us. We have options, but like I said, let’s not worry about it until we win 🙂

or split it pretax and you collect yourself and pay your taxes. If I recall someone said that was an option.

STEP 1 :

send $10 via venmo (preferred), google wallet, or Amazon Gift card, IF YOU SEND AS CC, ADD 3%:

Venmo address: done
Google wallet: done
Amazon GC: much prefer venmo, but this option is still possible: done

If you have heatware, I could also do a MO/cash/check, but email me first for my address.

STEP 2 :
Fill this quick form out :
http://goo.gl/forms/nfOEU5FReUgxZ7Am1

This way I can keep track of everyone two fold, and then send a quick email once I get the actual tickets and we can split up the data entry work as we did last time. I will also update this blog post.

TIME TO WIN!

UPDATE: 7-6-2016 2P CST
buy in is live, tell your friends

UPDATE: 7-7-2016 8A CST
34 buys in so far!

update: 7-8-2016 8A CST
59 buyins so far!

update: 7-8-2016 11:30A CST
64 buyins and climbing, sent a final reminder email out.

update: 7-8-2016 2:30P CST
We’re at roughly 77 now.

update 7-8-2016 4:30P CST
All done, RossMan will go grab the tickets.
total tally was: 88 buyins!

Update 8-8-2016 6:16P CST
Kaaash

update 7-8-2016 10:14P CST
Sooooooo we got the numbers. Funny story, RossMan/7-11 might have screwed up, or really did us a solid, and the last 4 tickets are 10 draws a ticket. It’s an honest mistake, so make sure you make fun of him :). Not everyone is used to getting almost $900 in tickets.

But to business, can you guys enter the numbers as we used to here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10ArDIDyj9HZf8ejGYotpgHjcg9l2YN1nPbiCEQIR-94/edit?usp=sharing

MegaMillions AT Lotto 8

update 7-8-2016 10:40P CST
just did the tally, we are not millionaires, but we had fun, and we can now make fun of RossMan forever!

update 7-17-2016 9:A CST
Looks like the pot was won Friday, so we shall see who draws it!

NOTE: This is not endorsed by Anandtech, they have no legal obligations in this if I decide to screw you all over or something.

RULES :
BUY IN = $10

In the past some have put in more money, but let it be known, if we win, we will still all get an equal share. But we will all thank you greatly for the extra contribution, and I will let it be known who was nice enough to bump it up (if you so wish, or I can keep it anonymous).

DEADLINE: Today Wed Jan 13, 2016
10AM Pacific
11AM Mountain
12PM Central
1PM Eastern

EXAMPLE WINNING SCENARIO:

We win $250,000, 50 people bought in, we split $250,000 – tax cut / 50. We will be doing a lump payout, and we will use some of the funds to have a lawyer do the divvy process, to try and levvy as much tax saving as we can. I am thinking I take the tax cut (Minnesota), and say we’re an anonymous group of friends who won. I will then divide it up how you like … I can mail a check, cash, MO, etc, will let the lawyer make the decision for us. We have options, but like I said, let’s not worry about it until we win 🙂

or split it pretax and you collect yourself and pay your taxes. If I recall someone said that was an option.

STEP 1 :

send $10 via venmo (preferred), google wallet, or Amazon Gift card, IF YOU SEND AS CC, ADD 3%:

Venmo address: done
Google wallet: done
Amazon GC: I already got a lot of GC, would rather have more cash to pull out come Wed, unless someone can really only send Amazon GC then you can use done

If you have heatware, I could also do a MO/cash/check, but email me first for my address.

STEP 2 :
Fill this quick form out :
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tMYxfSyH7OOcZm2Qk52XpGFhUpJX6-krFMWn1jBNZ6I/viewform?usp=send_form

This way I can keep track of everyone two fold, and then send a quick email once I get the actual tickets and we can split up the data entry work as we did last time. I will also update this blog post.

UPDATE : 1-11-2016 2P CST
We are at about $300, or 30 people so far. I was also told the post will probably get removed, so spread the word via email, or PM…if anyone wants to hit me up via email, or PM they can.

UPDATE: 1-11-2016 3:06P CST
33 Users, or $330
My favorite comment so far:
“When we win and we are on vacation somewhere, I will rub some sun block on your back.”

update 1-12-2016 8A CST
We are at 57 users so far!

update 1-12-2016 11:55A
65 peeps so far.
quality jokes: “When we win I’ll finally get to do my LOTR remake with an all guinea pig cast.”

update 1-13-2016 8:47A
We are at 81 people, I will probably have to stop accepting around noon CST so I can go to the bank at lunch and find time this evening to grab all the tickets!

update 1-13-2016 12P
Final tally – 87, or $870 worth of tickets.
Closed up! I am going to grab the tickets shortly, will scan and post later tonight so we can start data entering.
I will also send a follow up email to everyone now, if you do not receive it by 1230P – 1P shoot me an email/pm so I can make sure I have your email.
This will be the PB entry form link + area to chat:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1boUuQLr4Rc9U4l6Bwg6F6hjdWXGvNKv3cq6u7C7T26Y/edit?usp=sharing

update 1-13-2016 12:15P
SnipeMasterJ13 snuck in at the last second, 88. I feel better with an even amount of people!

update 1-13-2016 1:15P
a little tease before I get home to scan them all

update 1-13-2016 6:45P
I uploaded pictures. I got a new camera, which seemed to take high enough quality it all showed up in 4 pictures:
http://langeeks.net/etc/ATLotto7/

This should make it MUCH easier. In the top left of the ticket is a number, just go to the left of this document:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1boUuQLr4Rc9U4l6Bwg6F6hjdWXGvNKv3cq6u7C7T26Y/edit?usp=sharing

And enter them in the 10 corresponding lines! I’ll dump it in my excel document that will calculate what we win so it does the math. The google Doc removes the math.

If anyone else wants to see, here’s the template I was given back in 2012 when we started courtesy of Ryan P.

update 1-13-2016 10:22P
We got $44! So far looks like a winner was in Cali.

PINK CROSS HAIR COMMANDS:

cl_crosshaircolor 5 (This tells the game you want to create a custom colour using the RGB values)

cl_crosshaircolor_r 255
cl_crosshaircolor_g 0
cl_crosshaircolor_b 255

cl_crosshairthickness 1 (This sets the thickness of the cross hair lines, default is 0.5)

cl_crosshairgap 0 (This sets the distance of the gap between the cross hair, default is 0)

cl_crosshairdot 1 (This adds a centre dot to the middle of the cross hair, default is 0)

cl_crosshairalpha 255 (This makes the cross hair totally solid with less transparency, default is 200)

Office 2011:

1. Close all Microsoft Office applications
2. Open YOUR User’s/Library/Preferences
3. Delete “com.microsoft.office.plist”
4. Open folder “Microsoft” in YOUR User’s/Library/Preferences
   1. Open folder “Office 2011”
   2. Delete “Office Registration Cache” and “OLE Registration Database”
5. Restart Mac
6. After restart open any Microsoft application and enter correct info

This is the dmg file for the Microsoft Office 2011 if you need it as well :

http://azcdn01.digitalrivercontent.net/mac/X18-08827.dmg

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