> First of all, this is/. - you Ctrl-tab to another tab.
For those of us who use Ctrl-Tab to switch desktops in KDE, one can alternatively use Ctrl-PageUp/Down to switch between tabs (in Firefox, that is). FWIW.
"The Network Charge is almost EXACTLY the same as the one that earned this class-action suit."
I believe you can remove the network charge by opting out of any default Bell long distance plan that might be part of the plan. I have an alternate LD provider and my Bell bill is:
Residence line 18.48 CITY CALLING AREA EXPANSION 0.50 911 emergency service access 0.19 Touch-Tone service 2.80 Total 21.97 (Add taxes after that GST=1.32, PST=1.76 gives a grand total of $25.05)
I have just cancelled the LD provider. I wonder if the network charge will magically re-appear?
I started pay-as-you-go with Telus and tried the $10/30 days* "top-up" trick. Had a nice balance ~$125 until I forgot to top-up on new years eve. Ooops. Felt slightly abused.
Now I use the Virgin $100/365 days trick. Top-up once a year. I don't use the phone often. The math works out to about $100/12 = $8.33/month. Pretty cheap for a light user. The phone was inexpensive ~ $80.
Minutes are still expensive tho'. $0.25 to $0.30/minute and usually double for long distance. Good cellular service options are few and far between in Canada.
[*] It actually worked out to 29 days. You had to top-up on the expiry day but the expiry day was counted in the new 30 days you just got. So it was double counted and you ended up netting 29 days max.
Shift is handy but doesn't handle the case where someone else puts media into one of your drives/ports.
To stop any media from auto-running, search for the registry entry named NoDriveTypeAutoRun. Review Microsoft's information on this key (via google) then run regedit and set every instance you find to the value \xff. Reboot. Nothing (CD, usb, whatever) should ever autorun again.
> Well there's your problem right there. Why would file associations > be system-wide instead of per-user? That's just idiotic.
Seems to be perfectly rational from Microsoft's point of view. The only program you need for any given extension is the latest version of the Microsoft supplied program. No need to change those pesky associations at all! This may be a future policy decision. You Heard It Here First!
I was idly chatting with my mom not too long ago. She's no computer expert and uses windows on her home system (solitaire). She knows I use something different and that it's 'open-free-something'[1]. I told her that Microsoft was threatening this sort of software with patent lawsuits. Her reaction?
"Those greedy sons-o'-bleep, don't they have enough money without attacking free stuff?" And so on. I admit I was a little shocked and, now that I think about it, if she recognizes this as a bully tactic, so will an awful lot of other people.
I now feel slightly better about the whole thing. Thanks Mom!
To stop any media from auto-installing, google for NoDriveTypeAutoRun. Review the information and then run regedit and set every instance you find to the value \xff. Reboot. Nothing (CD, usb, whatever) should ever autorun again.
I do this regularly on any windows system I own. Very handy.
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> First of all, this is /. - you Ctrl-tab to another tab.
For those of us who use Ctrl-Tab to switch desktops in KDE, one can
alternatively use Ctrl-PageUp/Down to switch between tabs (in Firefox,
that is). FWIW.
building-tech-from-the-bottom-up
> I've always wanted to see a pirate and a mounty go at it.
Arrrr, eh?
http://www.cippic.ca/uploads/CIPPIC_Report_DRM_and_Privacy.pdf
"The Network Charge is almost EXACTLY the same as the one that earned this class-action suit."
I believe you can remove the network charge by opting out of any default
Bell long distance plan that might be part of the plan. I have an
alternate LD provider and my Bell bill is:
Residence line 18.48
CITY CALLING AREA EXPANSION 0.50
911 emergency service access 0.19
Touch-Tone service 2.80
Total 21.97
(Add taxes after that GST=1.32, PST=1.76 gives a grand total of $25.05)
I have just cancelled the LD provider. I wonder if the network charge
will magically re-appear?
I started pay-as-you-go with Telus and tried the $10/30 days* "top-up" trick.
Had a nice balance ~$125 until I forgot to top-up on new years eve. Ooops.
Felt slightly abused.
Now I use the Virgin $100/365 days trick. Top-up once a year. I don't
use the phone often. The math works out to about $100/12 = $8.33/month.
Pretty cheap for a light user. The phone was inexpensive ~ $80.
Minutes are still expensive tho'. $0.25 to $0.30/minute and
usually double for long distance. Good cellular service options
are few and far between in Canada.
[*] It actually worked out to 29 days. You had to top-up on
the expiry day but the expiry day was counted in the new 30
days you just got. So it was double counted and you ended
up netting 29 days max.
Shift is handy but doesn't handle the case where someone else
puts media into one of your drives/ports.
To stop any media from auto-running, search for the registry entry
named NoDriveTypeAutoRun. Review Microsoft's information on this key
(via google) then run regedit and set every instance you find to the
value \xff. Reboot. Nothing (CD, usb, whatever) should ever autorun again.
> Well there's your problem right there. Why would file associations
> be system-wide instead of per-user? That's just idiotic.
Seems to be perfectly rational from Microsoft's point of view.
The only program you need for any given extension is the
latest version of the Microsoft supplied program. No need to
change those pesky associations at all! This may be a future
policy decision. You Heard It Here First!
This is a population proportion test.
Is the quality level distinguishable such that the
proportion of people detecting it is greater than
a coin toss (p = 0.5)?
The hypothesis:
Null : p = 0.5 The quality is not distinguishable
Alternative : p != 0.5 The quality is distinguishable
This is, arguably, a two-tailed test. We wish to see if the
null hypothesis is rejected.
The test has a requirement that:
np >= 5 and
n(1-p) >= 5
p = 0.5
n = sample size = 10
In both cases np = 10 x 0.5 = 5 so we barely make it.
and have an approximately normal distribution.
p_bar = sample proportion = 0.6 (in the one case)
sigma_p_bar = sqrt(p(1-p)/n) = 0.158
95% confidence interval: alpha = 0.05, two-tailed means
use alpha/2 = 0.025 as rejection region on both ends of the
normal distribution.
z_0.025 = 1.96
Right-tail rejection value:
p_bar_alpha/2 = p + z_0.025 x sigma_p_bar = 0.5 + 1.96 x 0.158
p_bar_alpha/2 = 0.809
Left-tail:
p_bar_alpha/2 = p - z_0.025 x sigma_p_bar = 0.5 + 1.96 x 0.158
p_bar_alpha/2 = 0.190
Decision rule:
If p_bar is greater than 0.809 or less than 0.19 we can
reject the null hypothesis and declare distinguishable
quality.
Since p_bar = 0.6 the null hypothesis is not rejected and
their is no statistical evidence that the quality was
distinguishable.
For p_bar = 0.8 (the second sample with the shures)
the null hypothesis is also not rejected. Just barely though.
The problem is the sample size is just too small to try
and prove anything with any statistical validity.
Although, I suspect the article was written more as a
case to generate ad revenue and perhaps push shure
headphones.
I was idly chatting with my mom not too long ago. She's no computer
expert and uses windows on her home system (solitaire). She knows I
use something different and that it's 'open-free-something'[1].
I told her that Microsoft was threatening this sort of software with
patent lawsuits. Her reaction?
"Those greedy sons-o'-bleep, don't they have enough money without
attacking free stuff?" And so on. I admit I was a little shocked
and, now that I think about it, if she recognizes this as a bully
tactic, so will an awful lot of other people.
I now feel slightly better about the whole thing. Thanks Mom!
[1] I mainly use FreeBSD, cue the eulogy.
To stop any media from auto-installing, google for NoDriveTypeAutoRun. Review
the information and then run regedit and set every instance you find to the
value \xff. Reboot. Nothing (CD, usb, whatever) should ever autorun again.
I do this regularly on any windows system I own. Very handy.