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Well, recently, youtube decided to outright ban gun mod videos. I guess this is a step beyond the conspiracy theory censorship. It's actually pretty conspiratorial looking. https://macdownload.informer.c... I mean, first it's politics during the election, now it's guns, what's next? Browsers you need to use to be able to watch things? Or even the right device only? it's not just my ramblings, it's a possibility. https://software.informer.com/... I know, I know, tinfoil hat stuff. but what is?

Well, recently, youtube decided to outright ban gun mod videos. I guess this is a step beyond the conspiracy theory censorship. It's actually pretty conspiratorial looking. https://macdownload.informer.c... I mean, first it's politics during the election, now it's guns, what's next? Browsers you need to use to be able to watch things? Or even the right device only? it's not just my ramblings, it's a possibility. https://software.informer.com/... I know, I know, tinfoil hat stuff. but what is?

WebVR, huh... so they are bringing this stuff back. And everyone in the mainstream is painting this as some kind of wonderful news about innovation https://software.informer.com/... It's like that every time a useless gimmick is introduced, like that facebook webpage ranking https://droidinformer.org/Stor... I mean, who gives a damn? But this WebVr is going to be paraded around until people are tied of it. And then it will be obsolete and forgotten.

Microsoft are still trying to be the masters of all computerdom, it seems. I predicted this crap long ago. Their original products are failing, so they are searching for secondary means of staying relevant. Just look at it: Fall Creators Update https://software.informer.com/... tweaking Cortana https://software.informer.com/... making up the new versions of Win 10 to hope and compete with Chrome OS... It's all about the desperate search for relevance.

Microsoft are still trying to be the masters of all computerdom, it seems. I predicted this crap long ago. Their original products are failing, so they are searching for secondary means of staying relevant. Just look at it: Fall Creators Update https://software.informer.com/... tweaking Cortana https://software.informer.com/... making up the new versions of Win 10 to hope and compete with Chrome OS... It's all about the desperate search for relevance.

So he's punishing scientists who have little or nothing to do with their nation's policies, regardless of whether those nations' policies are good or bad? Where is the logic in that? Luckily, scientists working in Syria are still allowed to use it. Also luckily, there are plenty of alternatives. http://phylogenetic.software.i...

From what I read there: http://photofucket.software.in...

It appears that Photofucket is a backup tool for downloading pictures from your Photobucket account, if you have the login/password.

Otherwise, it will simply bruteforce all urls (probably by using counters with base filenames) in order to grab the pictures.

Unless they collected the passwords entered by their users, I don't see any crime here, except the offensive name for Photobucket.
WTF ?

Does this count? https://play.google.com/store/...
Or maybe this (Jitsi)? https://download.jitsi.org/jit...
Or this (Talkonaut)? http://talkonaut.android.infor...

Equip teleworkers' laptops with a Webcam, and require them to use AccuTimeCard with Webcam enablement.

Compared with tools we had 10 years ago or more, UIs have indeed improved significantly.

No criticism of the OP here, but this got me thinking about one of my mortal enemies. The UI within SQL Server Management Studio. For the last decade of upgrades, I've really wondered how that development team leaves the office everyday thinking they are doing a good day's work. There are so many blatantly apparent rough edges to the UI for SSMS, I can't believe they think it's as good as they can make it.

In order to avoid tldr, I'll just give a single example. Look at the tabbing for each database connection window. The tabs are labelled "servername.database" but are limited to a small number of characters regardless of how many tabs are open. Here's an example where there are only two open tabs:

http://img.informer.com/screen...

The first reason the labelling is fundamentally broken is that the database name is chopped off in an unnecessary abbreviation. The tab could stretch out to display the whole thing! It's not scrunched in with a bunch of other tabs. There's plenty of room there.

The second reason this is broken is that the database name is the thing you actually need to see more than the server name. In the majority of use case scenarios, the user is connected to multiple databases on the same server. When switching tabs, you need to be able to locate the one for the database you're looking for within your current connections. Sure, there's that pulldown menu on the left, but that's a much further mouse drag than the tabs are from your focal point.

So, if you're ever looking for an example of a developer interface that doesn't get a proper update, look no further than SQL Server Management Studio. It's hardly changed in over a decade of releases.

This is slashdot. We turn web servers into smouldering ruin.

I'm sure if each of us were to pick up the phone and give Mr Coward a single call and send him a single email, that would probably give him something else to think about...

http://website.informer.com/Pa...

Company: Panisz Peter
Address: Kossuth Lajos u. 51 Dunabogdany 2023 HU
Phone: +36.203367173
Fax: +36.203367173

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info@start64.com

Won't you please just go away?

No. you're trolls and scum that need to be adjusted to getting a bit of what you dish out and can't take.

Could always file your complaints here:

info@start64.com

Or give him a call and ask him to fuck off... is it Peter Panisz, or Panisz Peter? Anyway, I'm guessing this is him...

http://website.informer.com/Pa...

Company: Panisz Peter
Address: Kossuth Lajos u. 51 Dunabogdany 2023 HU
Phone: +36.203367173
Fax: +36.203367173

2 most popular domains of this owner:
start64.com
android-x86.info

Having done all of this a couple of times: No, it can't all be delivered with an out of the box forum. So what you do is pick the simplest one which offers most of the stuff you don't want to develop yourself, with the least-byzantine code, and then you make it yours. Rip out its authentication infrastructure, see if you can work with its templating solution or substitute your own, etc. PunBB has been my go-to forum for this reason in the past; though I'm no particular fan of its rather outdated coding style, it's at least very readable and easy to get started with, something which definitely can't be said of phpBB.

Well i'd say it depends on WHAT data is being backed up via RAID 1. For example if its something that can be replaced but would be a PITA, like say media files? Then as long as the odds of them doing something really stupid are low then i'd say the risks are low.

The big thing I've found is it is VERY important to have offline discs images of the OS because that is the area one will have to worry about malware, bad patches, etc and that will not be protected in any way with RAID since whatever went wrong with the first will be simply copied before you know what is happening. for my customers i recommend a USB HDD for OS images and any important files because 1.-it is easy to take offsite and replace with another. 2.-It is cheap enough that having more than one isn't cost prohibitive, and 3.-if one has more than one and rotate them even if a bug were to somehow get in and infect both the system and the USB drive attached it would still leave them the offsite backup to restore from.

But as long as one has offline backups as well for critical files then i see no harm in having RAID 1 as simply another layer of defense. Of course i would recommend something like HDDTune to check the SMART to keep an eye on the drives since a good SMART tool will often let you know long before it is noticeable that there is something wrong with a drive. i personally like to install Kel's CPL Bonus Pack on a system as it gives me all the tools I could need right from the control panel, like HDDTune, CPU and GPU-Z,HW monitor, etc. oh a bit of advice, if one wishes to use kel's CPL Bonus in Vista or 7 remember to run as admin when installing.

So while I wouldn't recommend RAID 1 as any kind of backup strategy by itself i see no problem in using it as part of a defense in depth strategy along with offline and offsite backups.

Well let your old neighborhood PC repairman help ya out with that bud. Here ya go, a little gem called HD Tune which you can install (or put on a flash as a portable if you like) which will not only give you an error scanner but with also give you a full SMART report including ANY changes that have occurred. Quite useful for spotting those problems loooong before they become a problem.

if you'd like it along with many other useful tools you might want to try Kel's CPL Bonus Pack which gives you not only HD Tune but over a dozen great tools right in the Windows CPL, like the HP USB bootable format tool, CPU/GPU-Z, one click driver backup, just a ton of nice features. It works on everything from Win2K-Win 7 X64 BTW, it'll just put them under 32 bit control panel on the X64 OSes but otherwise work perfectly.

And finally if you have a 4Gb or greater flash lying around (and what geek doesn't?) then I'd suggest computer repair utility toolkit v2. Now it is about 2 years old since the FOSS guys had a shitfit and made them take it down, but since this is the net and nothing ever disappears here you go. Simply update the apps and voila! A full toolkit that does just about everything, hardware, software, malware, tweaks, you name it, all with a nice launcher (which is easy to add your own apps to) on a stick.

Anyway i've found with the right tools NO HDD failure should frankly be unexpected...well unless you drop it of course. Otherwise with the above you'll get a heads up weeks in advance which gives you plenty of time to hit Newegg and get a replacement. Enjoy!