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Search for 'GOOG'. Top of the page is the finance service result for GOOG, with links to Google Finance, Yahoo, MSN, and etc., with the fancy graph underneath. The first search result is the Yahoo Finance page for GOOG, and the second is the Google Finance page for GOOG, both of which were linked in the list of sites in the finance service result at the top of the page.

I dunno what YOU see, but what I see has the very first link to a google service - the blue underlined GOOG in "GOOG - Google Inc. (NASDAQ).

They claim that the search results portion is based on a formula. Not the whole page - and specifically not the "smart" stuff like calculator, stock prices, flight status etc.

When that stuff is undifferentiated from the rest of the results it is not another portion.

To computer savvy people, it's pretty obviously a different, discrete "section" of the page than the actual search results, but to people like my grandma (and apparently the author of this article) it appears to simply be the first search result.

Looks just like the first search result to me too.

A jitterbug cell phone is what they should have been shooting for:
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2045/jitterbugcellphone.jpg

It's a basic phone with oversize numbers on the screen, louder than normal speaker, and big buttons, generally geared towards the senior citizen market.

The only problem is the jitterbug isn't a model you can buy (itself based on some Samsung phone iirc) and use on any service but rather an overpriced prepaid service (and I'm not against prepaid).

Adeptus Orthodontus comics based on Space Marines from Warhammer 40k, courtesy of a /tg/ drawfag:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/6194/adeptusorthodontusvscsm.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4944/nottoothfairy.jpg

Adeptus Orthodontus comics based on Space Marines from Warhammer 40k, courtesy of a /tg/ drawfag:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/6194/adeptusorthodontusvscsm.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4944/nottoothfairy.jpg

RockMelt is the first browser you log into, it unlocks your Web experience with your Facebook friends, your feeds, your favorite services, even your bookmarks and preferences

I'm not so sure about that, it seems like Flock does the same thing... Actually it seems like it does a lot of the same things.
1. Built on Chromium
2. Integration with Facebook/Twitter/Flikr/RSS feeds/Etc.
3. Log in to the browser
4. Syncs your preferences with that login

So, basically this is a copy of the new Chrome based Flock that came out about 6 months ago...

see the powershell font

Looks fine to me.

Under Firefox I get Times Error, under Chrome I get the registration page ..

Mine did but now it doesn't: http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4397/hpim0723c.jpg

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/182/2994934040ca5b05d221.jpg

To strengthen my observation: Slashdot Capture

Not even close. And that is after about 3 hours of browsing on YouTube, Facebook, several forums and DeviantArt. Not saying there are no issues with Firefox, but those memory leaks are hard to reproduce.

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/5862/81421018.png
This is after about 2 hrs of use visiting the majority of my normal bookmarks, 2 web based email accounts, and visiting some random links from IRC. I have never seen FF use a gig of ram even after being open for days. It's version 3.6.3.

You're going to have to provide a lot more specific steps than "open Firefox for 30 minutes". It's pretty stupid to blame the developers when you can't even provide reproducible steps.

The internet never forgets. You are screwed if you ever want to run for office. And you will be doing the screwing *ducks*

And now for something completely different, a Congressional candidate in his pyjamas. Of course, there are ducks.

In the interests of bipartisanship, here's the other party's candidate for another district. (And the pics. Yes, the candidate's the hot chick. :)

If either of these candidates - or their equivalents in future election cycles - can win, we'll have finally gone from the age of boomer-bogus-puritanism to a post-privacy era in which all the stupid stuff you did on the 'net doesn't matter.

> Let's be honest here: Put in the context of the bailout, or even of the military budget or social programs like Social Security or Medicare, everything we could possible do in space looks like a bargain.

For those wanting to put things in context...

DEATH & TAXES
A visual guide to where your federal tax dollars go.
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5927/wallstatsdatlarge.jpg

or

http://www.google.com/images?q=wallstatsdatlarge.jpg

It's this thing.

Processes in Place

* Linux desktop virtual team

* CompHot escalations weekly review

- EDGI request escalations

* Linux compete squad - billv

* International desktop OS tracker link link link

Processes in Place

* Linux desktop virtual team

* CompHot escalations weekly review

- EDGI request escalations

* Linux compete squad - billv

* International desktop OS tracker link link link

I live in apartment building area with a lot of WiFi access points nearby (7 of them are broadcasting into my bedroom). Few days ago I wore my tinfoil hat and it resulted in a headache. Do I already have a brainchip? Pic related, it's my hat: http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/9199/hato.jpg

Sorry about that, I'm working on getting them up in the post properly. The new Windows Live Writer is being a major pain. For the time being, you can check them out here: http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9606/dsc00307cp.jpg http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3953/dsc00306fp.jpg

Sorry about that, I'm working on getting them up in the post properly. The new Windows Live Writer is being a major pain. For the time being, you can check them out here: http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9606/dsc00307cp.jpg http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3953/dsc00306fp.jpg

You can take it a lot further than that.
Here's a screenie of my firefox right now. I ripped the "full screen" module (called notitlebar@vrienduinen, not my work, I just messed with its insides a little) out of a chrome lookalike pack, adjusted bars to my liking (the 2 icons between the menus and the AwesomeBar are 2 bookmarklets, ReaditLater and InstaPaper (Hi Marco, love the product!)), made the right buttons not overlap with a few spacers, nuked the Google search box without losing the function via OmniBar, then via stylish I messed with many more things than I care to remember (removed scrollbars, the throbber/favicon and close button on non-active tabs, made current tab much wider, killed a few more buttons and spacers, actually made the margin betwen the 2 top bars negative, etc).

It's most likely a usability trainwreck (I actually love to have "normal" people borrow my PC for a sec and watch them helpless for a few seconds, then I'll have mercy and give them a normal chrome window :-) ) but I'm 100% comfortable with it.

This is as close to full screen as I can go without feeling I'm missing some familiar UI function: I still have a lot of room to show the current URL (I love to see parameters, and change them :) ), the status bar, the current page title (but I can probably do better there, with some code I could compress the most frequent sites' names, like turning slashdot into "/."), pretty much everything I ever need is still there. And if I need those last 60 pixels, F11 is still there.

You obviously haven't seen some of WoW's headgear. And I didn't even look that hard for these; I'm sure there's sillier.

I think the flaw is it asks too late, and you can't block any of them to still use the App.
IE I wanted a app to track car maintenance and MPG, I find the one that looks best, best reviewed...
Now it comes up and says it wants phone, and internet access...
Not needed for what I wanted, but what do I do now?
Look for another, buy, install, and wait to see if it is worse?

Would be nice if google also disclosed that in the app market before choosing,
then maybe developers would explain what they used the connections for...

I'll grant you the facts that:

• This might not be valid on older phones*
• It might not be in plain sight

but you CAN view which features an application needs before buying/installing/running it.

• Open the Android Market
• search for your topic
• review the choices
• choose an application
• press the Menu key on your phone
• choose the 'Security' option, a padlock and gear icon

This will let you review what privileges an app will have if you install it without requiring you to buy, install, and find out the hard way.
If you have a problem with the app needing access to your fine GPS location (probably for adverts) instead of coarse Geo-IP location
or receive an SMS, you could now avoid downloading this app (or buying it if it weren't free).
If you scroll down, there's usually a section for further clarification on specific features requested.

Disclaimer: I neither own nor am I affiliated with any application in the Android Market.

* - My phone is 1 year old and runs Android 2.1, which (I believe) introduced the new Android Market.
For reference, some older phones have 1.5/1.6, & the newest is 2.2.

I think the flaw is it asks too late, and you can't block any of them to still use the App.
IE I wanted a app to track car maintenance and MPG, I find the one that looks best, best reviewed...
Now it comes up and says it wants phone, and internet access...
Not needed for what I wanted, but what do I do now?
Look for another, buy, install, and wait to see if it is worse?

Would be nice if google also disclosed that in the app market before choosing,
then maybe developers would explain what they used the connections for...

I'll grant you the facts that:

• This might not be valid on older phones*
• It might not be in plain sight

but you CAN view which features an application needs before buying/installing/running it.

• Open the Android Market
• search for your topic
• review the choices
• choose an application
• press the Menu key on your phone
• choose the 'Security' option, a padlock and gear icon

This will let you review what privileges an app will have if you install it without requiring you to buy, install, and find out the hard way.
If you have a problem with the app needing access to your fine GPS location (probably for adverts) instead of coarse Geo-IP location
or receive an SMS, you could now avoid downloading this app (or buying it if it weren't free).
If you scroll down, there's usually a section for further clarification on specific features requested.

Disclaimer: I neither own nor am I affiliated with any application in the Android Market.

* - My phone is 1 year old and runs Android 2.1, which (I believe) introduced the new Android Market.
For reference, some older phones have 1.5/1.6, & the newest is 2.2.

I think the flaw is it asks too late, and you can't block any of them to still use the App.
IE I wanted a app to track car maintenance and MPG, I find the one that looks best, best reviewed...
Now it comes up and says it wants phone, and internet access...
Not needed for what I wanted, but what do I do now?
Look for another, buy, install, and wait to see if it is worse?

Would be nice if google also disclosed that in the app market before choosing,
then maybe developers would explain what they used the connections for...

I'll grant you the facts that:

• This might not be valid on older phones*
• It might not be in plain sight

but you CAN view which features an application needs before buying/installing/running it.

• Open the Android Market
• search for your topic
• review the choices
• choose an application
• press the Menu key on your phone
• choose the 'Security' option, a padlock and gear icon

This will let you review what privileges an app will have if you install it without requiring you to buy, install, and find out the hard way.
If you have a problem with the app needing access to your fine GPS location (probably for adverts) instead of coarse Geo-IP location
or receive an SMS, you could now avoid downloading this app (or buying it if it weren't free).
If you scroll down, there's usually a section for further clarification on specific features requested.

Disclaimer: I neither own nor am I affiliated with any application in the Android Market.

* - My phone is 1 year old and runs Android 2.1, which (I believe) introduced the new Android Market.
For reference, some older phones have 1.5/1.6, & the newest is 2.2.

I think the flaw is it asks too late, and you can't block any of them to still use the App.
IE I wanted a app to track car maintenance and MPG, I find the one that looks best, best reviewed...
Now it comes up and says it wants phone, and internet access...
Not needed for what I wanted, but what do I do now?
Look for another, buy, install, and wait to see if it is worse?

Would be nice if google also disclosed that in the app market before choosing,
then maybe developers would explain what they used the connections for...

I'll grant you the facts that:

• This might not be valid on older phones*
• It might not be in plain sight

but you CAN view which features an application needs before buying/installing/running it.

• Open the Android Market
• search for your topic
• review the choices
• choose an application
• press the Menu key on your phone
• choose the 'Security' option, a padlock and gear icon

This will let you review what privileges an app will have if you install it without requiring you to buy, install, and find out the hard way.
If you have a problem with the app needing access to your fine GPS location (probably for adverts) instead of coarse Geo-IP location
or receive an SMS, you could now avoid downloading this app (or buying it if it weren't free).
If you scroll down, there's usually a section for further clarification on specific features requested.

Disclaimer: I neither own nor am I affiliated with any application in the Android Market.

* - My phone is 1 year old and runs Android 2.1, which (I believe) introduced the new Android Market.
For reference, some older phones have 1.5/1.6, & the newest is 2.2.

I think the flaw is it asks too late, and you can't block any of them to still use the App.
IE I wanted a app to track car maintenance and MPG, I find the one that looks best, best reviewed...
Now it comes up and says it wants phone, and internet access...
Not needed for what I wanted, but what do I do now?
Look for another, buy, install, and wait to see if it is worse?

Would be nice if google also disclosed that in the app market before choosing,
then maybe developers would explain what they used the connections for...

I'll grant you the facts that:

• This might not be valid on older phones*
• It might not be in plain sight

but you CAN view which features an application needs before buying/installing/running it.

• Open the Android Market
• search for your topic
• review the choices
• choose an application
• press the Menu key on your phone
• choose the 'Security' option, a padlock and gear icon

This will let you review what privileges an app will have if you install it without requiring you to buy, install, and find out the hard way.
If you have a problem with the app needing access to your fine GPS location (probably for adverts) instead of coarse Geo-IP location
or receive an SMS, you could now avoid downloading this app (or buying it if it weren't free).
If you scroll down, there's usually a section for further clarification on specific features requested.

Disclaimer: I neither own nor am I affiliated with any application in the Android Market.

* - My phone is 1 year old and runs Android 2.1, which (I believe) introduced the new Android Market.
For reference, some older phones have 1.5/1.6, & the newest is 2.2.

I think the flaw is it asks too late, and you can't block any of them to still use the App.
IE I wanted a app to track car maintenance and MPG, I find the one that looks best, best reviewed...
Now it comes up and says it wants phone, and internet access...
Not needed for what I wanted, but what do I do now?
Look for another, buy, install, and wait to see if it is worse?

Would be nice if google also disclosed that in the app market before choosing,
then maybe developers would explain what they used the connections for...

I'll grant you the facts that:

• This might not be valid on older phones*
• It might not be in plain sight

but you CAN view which features an application needs before buying/installing/running it.

• Open the Android Market
• search for your topic
• review the choices
• choose an application
• press the Menu key on your phone
• choose the 'Security' option, a padlock and gear icon

This will let you review what privileges an app will have if you install it without requiring you to buy, install, and find out the hard way.
If you have a problem with the app needing access to your fine GPS location (probably for adverts) instead of coarse Geo-IP location
or receive an SMS, you could now avoid downloading this app (or buying it if it weren't free).
If you scroll down, there's usually a section for further clarification on specific features requested.

Disclaimer: I neither own nor am I affiliated with any application in the Android Market.

* - My phone is 1 year old and runs Android 2.1, which (I believe) introduced the new Android Market.
For reference, some older phones have 1.5/1.6, & the newest is 2.2.

He has more franchises to rape over and over and over, don't worry!

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4526/southparkindy2ze3.jpg

Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Takes God to the U.S. Supreme Court Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wants to sue God for His utter negligence on earthly affairs. How can I file a lawsuit against Him at the United States Supreme Court, the European Court of Justice, and the International Court of Justice? Like Nebraska Democratic State Senator Ernie Chambers, I want to seek a permanent injunction against God. Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Singapore Identity Card Number: S78*6*2*H Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore 470103 Mobile Phone Number (Starhub Pre-paid): +65-8369-2618 Photo of Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) #1: http://i53.tinypic.com/207tamp.jpg Photo of Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) #2: http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/7534/enmingteodscf2511.jpg

In conjunction with getting solar power at home, I've also set up real time usage monitoring.

I've had a stand alone power monitor for a while (our state Government offered them + a bunch of CFLs and other stuff for $50). However it doesn't have any PC connectivity. One day I was looking in the meter box, and I realised that the sensor was just a clamp meter around the input wires.

I already had a clamp current meter attachment for my multimeter (which also has RS232 out), so I put the clamp around the same incomming wires, connected it to my multimeter and then to my PC (via an RS232 -> USB cable). From there I have some scripts to take readings and enter them into a database as well as a web interface for output. Fortunately for me, the meter box is just outside of the room where the PCs are, so it was easy to wire up.

I actually did this setup in a number of stages. Initially, I used some software for my multimeter to plot / save to text file the raw (amperage ) data. I then started batch importing it into the database and calculating wattages etc from there. Now it all happens automatically. Readings are taken at 1 minute intervals.

Even though I already had all the parts, they cost well under your budget. From memory their original costs were:

    * clamp meter attachment (Digitek QM1565) $25 (see http://www.jaycar.com.au/productResults.asp?keywords=QM1565&keyform=KEYWORD&SUBMIT.x=0&SUBMIT.y=0)
    * multimeter with RS232 (Digitek QM1538) $50 (NB. this model is no longer available, don't know what an equivalent would be)
    * RS232 -> USB $6 (from eBay)

Now I live in Australia, so your meter box setup may be different to ours. In mine, the meter and circuit breakers etc are mounted on a board in the box. This board has hinges on one side, so you can swing it out to get behind it. That's where the wires are that you need to put the clamp around. Obviously you want to be very careful back there, but there *shouldn't* be any bare wires etc. If in doubt, you could get an electrician to do this for you.

I've put a sample of our median usage and production on Imageshack http://img31.imageshack.us/i/electricityusageandprod.png/

Here is the usage and production for a single day http://img163.imageshack.us/i/usageprodction20100915.png/

Having this type of data is great for tracking down where your usage is going.

In conjunction with getting solar power at home, I've also set up real time usage monitoring.

I've had a stand alone power monitor for a while (our state Government offered them + a bunch of CFLs and other stuff for $50). However it doesn't have any PC connectivity. One day I was looking in the meter box, and I realised that the sensor was just a clamp meter around the input wires.

I already had a clamp current meter attachment for my multimeter (which also has RS232 out), so I put the clamp around the same incomming wires, connected it to my multimeter and then to my PC (via an RS232 -> USB cable). From there I have some scripts to take readings and enter them into a database as well as a web interface for output. Fortunately for me, the meter box is just outside of the room where the PCs are, so it was easy to wire up.

I actually did this setup in a number of stages. Initially, I used some software for my multimeter to plot / save to text file the raw (amperage ) data. I then started batch importing it into the database and calculating wattages etc from there. Now it all happens automatically. Readings are taken at 1 minute intervals.

Even though I already had all the parts, they cost well under your budget. From memory their original costs were:

    * clamp meter attachment (Digitek QM1565) $25 (see http://www.jaycar.com.au/productResults.asp?keywords=QM1565&keyform=KEYWORD&SUBMIT.x=0&SUBMIT.y=0)
    * multimeter with RS232 (Digitek QM1538) $50 (NB. this model is no longer available, don't know what an equivalent would be)
    * RS232 -> USB $6 (from eBay)

Now I live in Australia, so your meter box setup may be different to ours. In mine, the meter and circuit breakers etc are mounted on a board in the box. This board has hinges on one side, so you can swing it out to get behind it. That's where the wires are that you need to put the clamp around. Obviously you want to be very careful back there, but there *shouldn't* be any bare wires etc. If in doubt, you could get an electrician to do this for you.

I've put a sample of our median usage and production on Imageshack http://img31.imageshack.us/i/electricityusageandprod.png/

Here is the usage and production for a single day http://img163.imageshack.us/i/usageprodction20100915.png/

Having this type of data is great for tracking down where your usage is going.

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BAT VAG!

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BAT VAG

Interpol has released a late-breaking photo of the suspects.

The inspector charged with apprehending them has declined to comment.

Interpol has released a late-breaking photo of the suspects.

The inspector charged with apprehending them has declined to comment.

Here you go, compact version:

The key's 22,400 bytes interpreted as raw RGB data, padded
with a single 0 at the and to make it divisible by three:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9746/hdcp.png

Well, I screwed those goddamn links up!

Let's try again:

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3936/summerglau232tw3.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9497/summerglau1514gg2.jpg

http://img205.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=54834_summer-fire_230B78_122_111lo.jpg

http://img45.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=39069_Summer-G001_122_72lo.jpg

Well, I screwed those goddamn links up!

Let's try again:

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3936/summerglau232tw3.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9497/summerglau1514gg2.jpg

http://img205.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=54834_summer-fire_230B78_122_111lo.jpg

http://img45.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=39069_Summer-G001_122_72lo.jpg

firefox 4 B6 + win7 x64(hardware acceleration is enabled by default).
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8986/32533306.png

B5 has it too, but you need to enable it in about:config

Well Starcraft 2 certainly seems to be doing better. And yes it can be pirated.

Just googling seems to show there was quite some bad feeling about MW2 in the PC gamer community:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/11/pc-modern-warfare-2-its-much-worse-than-you-thought.ars
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4069/mw2b.jpg

FWIW I've played none of the mentioned games.

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/243/googleh.png There you are..

I think I found evidence of life on mars - take a look at this: http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1408/lifeonmars.gif

That's what happens when you get Gary Larson to design your plane.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5318/wingsye5.jpg

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6862/28463stripsunday.gif

Dilbert Explains it best

I was thinking something more along the lines of this http://img186.imageshack.us/i/desktopbg31024x76813510zp4.jpg/

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/6381/kittylitterbucket.jpg

poor Obama