Facebook kept sending me informational emails about posts on my wall, so I reset the pw and took control of the account. Have I ever provided any information to facebook? Hell No and I have absolutely no intention of doing so. Say what you will but at least the pw reset for facebook did work though I doubth the expected it to be used in the manner I did but what the hell. They're lucky I didn't pursue the issue on the CanSpam Act of my state at a cost of $2500 per incident though thinking about it, I should shoot myself for failing to take full advantage of the law and screwing Facebook for spamming my gmail account.
I'll second the Llano suggestion but go with 16GB of ram (4GB Sticks are cheap nuff now) and you can upgrade to 32 when the price drops further. You can skimp a bit on the CPU by going with the A3650 instead of the 3850 and have decent performance along with reasonable power.
The only way to ensure anything stays secret is to Nottell it to anyone else. Otherwise, it's not longer a secret. Then you have to Nuke them From Orbit to ensure the prompt and complete removal of that secret.
In researching/discussing the different Hybrids, we've determined that both the Prius and Volt are Parallel hybrids; meaning they can run on battery or ICE. The Honda hybrid though is a Series design; meaning that the ICE must run to get anywheres. If you're looking for mileage, buy the normal Civic and get the same mileage with lower emmisions instead of the added complexity.
If I were in the market I'd stick with the Volt model for now. It just makes more sense to have that ICE tether
This is the direction we're figuring on going depending on whether we can get the Volt. I like the styling a bit better then the Prius and the battery range is well within our daily usage. One thing I caught after Hurricane Katrina was that someone had their Prius equiped with an Inverter Pack (dealer option) that allowed the car to function as a UPS system for his house. Meant they didn't have to evacuate and only needed to refuel after 2 weeks, when things stabilized to the point that he could.
No, you shouldn't with any kind of modern battery.
Except that's a recomended procedure with Ni-Cad based batteries to help clear the Memory Effect. I suspect that Nissan will deny any warranty replacement of the Leafs battery pack if they detect this software hack because it could have been the cause of the failure and don't forget, Nissan has deeper pockets then us and will fight.
because I don't want to socialize. So yes, I can block FB and all of their data collection simply by adding all of their known services into the hosts file.
The law is pretty much the same in every state in regards to Child Abuse. Teacher, Doctor, Nurses and anyone else who's in a position of authority with kids is required to report any instances of supsected child abuse. This usually includes members of the clergy though they usually retain that the confesional still remains private/confidential (more so then attorney/doctor privelage).
In this case, I agree with the system that the individual should have been reported, especially if it was a Church owned computer. If it was owned by the individual, then there's a difference of opinion unless the individual was using the church network connection.
which is why I've changed the trust model in FF to Untrusted for ALL Certs until I provide an exception and it seems to work fine for me as I don't have that many secure websites I deal with that it's a problem.
Look at the transistor count for the i7 - it certainly pushing 2G just like the AMD designs. The big difference is the direction AMD is taking the thing.
What I suspect is that in another couple of generations is when we'll start seeing the real benefit of AMD's design.
Some points to think about
APU = FPU
GPU != FPU
Power Consumption
I suspect AMD is moving back towards the slot based board designs (Slot A) and putting the entire computer onto a card. The only thing a mobo will need to provide are things like the ancillary connections such as memory/sata/usb/firewire and the back plane such as HDMI/DP/Thunderbird all else is going to be almost a SoC design as we're already seeing with HDMI audio in the latest Radeon Drivers. Hell most cards have an HDMI port that includes audio for connection to your HD TV. That means fewer back plane/mobo connections.
They all like Twiggy - Damn skin and bones are easier to hide (under bed/in closet). Sorry guys but I prefer some cusion for pushing, otherwise you risk bruising your nads.
It seems that all of the damn MBA's have convinced people that saving a few cents per million units is the way to go. What I'd suggest in regards to customer service is do what the OEM's aren't doing and simply include a physical set of recovery media. This way if they have to replace a failed drive, they've got some way of doing it.
As someone who's had drives fail on OEM hardware (out of warranty) I've always appreciated having physical media. Another issue is that of Virus/Malware infections. I've actually seen brand new systems with virus/malware on the recovery partitions and you can't clean them w/o a full wipe/repartition and if you're going that far, you may as well have physical media to do the job right. Another thing is to include dban with the main recovery disk setup to offer the option to Puke & Nuke the System. If you do that, then don't forget the Warning/Reminder to Backup before Nuking from Orbit.
From an end-user standpoint, I'd love to see the option to do a secure wipe before system restore so I can sell/donate an old system and not have to worry that any of My personal data is still on it.
Simply do what California does in regards to EULA's. They're non-enforcable due to being applied after the doctrine of First Sale unless and only unless the EULA is clearly stated upon the outside packaging before Sale and considering that EULA's tend to run to 50+ pages, I've never seen any packaging that was large enough to fit On Walmart's shelves.
and you're not the type of enthusiast that Newegg gives a damn about now days. Just look at the volume discount prices they offer on almost every piece of hardware. That's the enthusiast they cater to. The small local White/Beige box builder. I'll admit that the enthusiast market was what got Newegg started but it's now the smallest part of their market
I don't see why anyone is suprised about this behaviour when it's actually how the damn doubleclick and such manage to track people across the web. All of those damn Facebook Like/Add This button are simply doing what they're supposed to do. Call the Mothership so why are you suprised?
The only way to prevent this is to block the damn button scripts along with their fbcdn connections.
The US Doesn'tt have a track record prior to 1750 of respecting privacy worthy of having any kind of power I'm sorry to say. All that we're now seeing is that politicians are not out to help their constituients but to line their own and family pockets while ensuring that they remain in power.
Buy an AMD Fusion based laptop. Battery life exceeds 6 hours and can easily reach 8 hours of normal office use. With a bit of effort and thinking, they can actually exceed 10 hours of run time while sitll offering full compatibility with Win7 and all of your software
I'd think that it would be more sensible to use an existing standard form factor such as M-Atx/Itx for the boards due to the tooling already being available. Simply put, the only issue you'd have is what internal connectors (sata/ide/floppy/firewire/usb) are needed along with the backplane ports, video, usb, ethernet being the most obvious. Then design the board to provide the needed connectivity and be done with it. The main advantage is not reinventing the damn wheel and getting a standard board into the hands of the devs as quickly as possible. Hell you could even go with surface mounting of the cpu and make it non removable/upgradable to avoid incompatibility issues. Includea a PCI-E slot for video or just use one of the AMD/Nvidia mobile GPU's as used in laptops to solve that issue and you'd have an ARM development machine in the hands of the devs within 6 months at the most.
Though, I am hoping that next time I get a new PC I can go beyond the 4 cores/8GB of RAM I have now and not be outrageously expensive. That would rock.
You can. It's called Llano by AMD and Asus is offering a Matx board that supports 16GB of memory. You do need to spend some money on the 4GB DDR3 sticks but the price isn't too bad as this shows http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134927 -$25 a stick isn't bad at all for 4GB memory.
I've been planning a new build for year end and it's going to use the Asus board and the Llano Quad Core with APU. Cost of the hardware w/o the Wacom Cintiq 12WX and Corel Painter 12 is right around a grand ($1000) and that's with 16GB of memory, 5x - 2TB drives, a 1GB video card (radeon 6570), Icy Dock Drive Tray system with 3 trays/caddies. Add in the Cintiq and Corel Painter and we're talking $2500 dollars for the entire system. Note that it doesn't include the Win Tax as I've got a legal copy of Win7-64 to install.
It's getting so bad with the rapid release cycles that I've tossed out FF4+ as my critical add-ons no longer work. The rapid move from 4 to 6 w/o actually fixing things made as much sense as them simply having gone to Firefox 11 (because it's 1 more then 10).
It's gotten so bad that I'm finding myself actually using IE 10 more then I'm using firefox. I've got tabs and since I've configured my scripts to none except for those websites I actually find that I need them on, I'm finding IE to be more stable and less of a problem. The only thing I'm hoping is that the noscript folks actually get an accelerator/plug-in for IE so I can get the same functionality as what firefox gives me as Noscript is the only add-on that has at least remained compatible with it.
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Facebook kept sending me informational emails about posts on my wall, so I reset the pw and took control of the account. Have I ever provided any information to facebook? Hell No and I have absolutely no intention of doing so. Say what you will but at least the pw reset for facebook did work though I doubth the expected it to be used in the manner I did but what the hell. They're lucky I didn't pursue the issue on the CanSpam Act of my state at a cost of $2500 per incident though thinking about it, I should shoot myself for failing to take full advantage of the law and screwing Facebook for spamming my gmail account.
I've suggested something a just as radical.
That's what it will take to turn things around. If the world doesn't like it; Eff Em and be done with it.
I'll second the Llano suggestion but go with 16GB of ram (4GB Sticks are cheap nuff now) and you can upgrade to 32 when the price drops further. You can skimp a bit on the CPU by going with the A3650 instead of the 3850 and have decent performance along with reasonable power.
The only way to ensure anything stays secret is to Nottell it to anyone else. Otherwise, it's not longer a secret. Then you have to Nuke them From Orbit to ensure the prompt and complete removal of that secret.
In researching/discussing the different Hybrids, we've determined that both the Prius and Volt are Parallel hybrids; meaning they can run on battery or ICE. The Honda hybrid though is a Series design; meaning that the ICE must run to get anywheres. If you're looking for mileage, buy the normal Civic and get the same mileage with lower emmisions instead of the added complexity.
If I were in the market I'd stick with the Volt model for now. It just makes more sense to have that ICE tether
This is the direction we're figuring on going depending on whether we can get the Volt. I like the styling a bit better then the Prius and the battery range is well within our daily usage. One thing I caught after Hurricane Katrina was that someone had their Prius equiped with an Inverter Pack (dealer option) that allowed the car to function as a UPS system for his house. Meant they didn't have to evacuate and only needed to refuel after 2 weeks, when things stabilized to the point that he could.
No, you shouldn't with any kind of modern battery.
Except that's a recomended procedure with Ni-Cad based batteries to help clear the Memory Effect. I suspect that Nissan will deny any warranty replacement of the Leafs battery pack if they detect this software hack because it could have been the cause of the failure and don't forget, Nissan has deeper pockets then us and will fight.
because I don't want to socialize. So yes, I can block FB and all of their data collection simply by adding all of their known services into the hosts file.
The law is pretty much the same in every state in regards to Child Abuse. Teacher, Doctor, Nurses and anyone else who's in a position of authority with kids is required to report any instances of supsected child abuse. This usually includes members of the clergy though they usually retain that the confesional still remains private/confidential (more so then attorney/doctor privelage).
In this case, I agree with the system that the individual should have been reported, especially if it was a Church owned computer. If it was owned by the individual, then there's a difference of opinion unless the individual was using the church network connection.
the $80 kindle is ad-supported. If you want the Ad-Free version, it'll cost you $150. You also don't get an SD card slot to increase the storage.
Windows 11
which is why I've changed the trust model in FF to Untrusted for ALL Certs until I provide an exception and it seems to work fine for me as I don't have that many secure websites I deal with that it's a problem.
Look at the transistor count for the i7 - it certainly pushing 2G just like the AMD designs. The big difference is the direction AMD is taking the thing.
What I suspect is that in another couple of generations is when we'll start seeing the real benefit of AMD's design.
Some points to think about
I suspect AMD is moving back towards the slot based board designs (Slot A) and putting the entire computer onto a card. The only thing a mobo will need to provide are things like the ancillary connections such as memory/sata/usb/firewire and the back plane such as HDMI/DP/Thunderbird all else is going to be almost a SoC design as we're already seeing with HDMI audio in the latest Radeon Drivers. Hell most cards have an HDMI port that includes audio for connection to your HD TV. That means fewer back plane/mobo connections.
They all like Twiggy - Damn skin and bones are easier to hide (under bed/in closet). Sorry guys but I prefer some cusion for pushing, otherwise you risk bruising your nads.
It seems that all of the damn MBA's have convinced people that saving a few cents per million units is the way to go. What I'd suggest in regards to customer service is do what the OEM's aren't doing and simply include a physical set of recovery media. This way if they have to replace a failed drive, they've got some way of doing it.
As someone who's had drives fail on OEM hardware (out of warranty) I've always appreciated having physical media. Another issue is that of Virus/Malware infections. I've actually seen brand new systems with virus/malware on the recovery partitions and you can't clean them w/o a full wipe/repartition and if you're going that far, you may as well have physical media to do the job right. Another thing is to include dban with the main recovery disk setup to offer the option to Puke & Nuke the System. If you do that, then don't forget the Warning/Reminder to Backup before Nuking from Orbit.
From an end-user standpoint, I'd love to see the option to do a secure wipe before system restore so I can sell/donate an old system and not have to worry that any of My personal data is still on it.
Simply do what California does in regards to EULA's. They're non-enforcable due to being applied after the doctrine of First Sale unless and only unless the EULA is clearly stated upon the outside packaging before Sale and considering that EULA's tend to run to 50+ pages, I've never seen any packaging that was large enough to fit On Walmart's shelves.
and you're not the type of enthusiast that Newegg gives a damn about now days. Just look at the volume discount prices they offer on almost every piece of hardware. That's the enthusiast they cater to. The small local White/Beige box builder. I'll admit that the enthusiast market was what got Newegg started but it's now the smallest part of their market
I don't see why anyone is suprised about this behaviour when it's actually how the damn doubleclick and such manage to track people across the web. All of those damn Facebook Like/Add This button are simply doing what they're supposed to do. Call the Mothership so why are you suprised?
The only way to prevent this is to block the damn button scripts along with their fbcdn connections.
The US Doesn'tt have a track record prior to 1750 of respecting privacy worthy of having any kind of power I'm sorry to say. All that we're now seeing is that politicians are not out to help their constituients but to line their own and family pockets while ensuring that they remain in power.
Buy an AMD Fusion based laptop. Battery life exceeds 6 hours and can easily reach 8 hours of normal office use. With a bit of effort and thinking, they can actually exceed 10 hours of run time while sitll offering full compatibility with Win7 and all of your software
I'd think that it would be more sensible to use an existing standard form factor such as M-Atx/Itx for the boards due to the tooling already being available. Simply put, the only issue you'd have is what internal connectors (sata/ide/floppy/firewire/usb) are needed along with the backplane ports, video, usb, ethernet being the most obvious. Then design the board to provide the needed connectivity and be done with it. The main advantage is not reinventing the damn wheel and getting a standard board into the hands of the devs as quickly as possible. Hell you could even go with surface mounting of the cpu and make it non removable/upgradable to avoid incompatibility issues. Includea a PCI-E slot for video or just use one of the AMD/Nvidia mobile GPU's as used in laptops to solve that issue and you'd have an ARM development machine in the hands of the devs within 6 months at the most.
Though, I am hoping that next time I get a new PC I can go beyond the 4 cores/8GB of RAM I have now and not be outrageously expensive. That would rock.
You can. It's called Llano by AMD and Asus is offering a Matx board that supports 16GB of memory. You do need to spend some money on the 4GB DDR3 sticks but the price isn't too bad as this shows http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134927 -$25 a stick isn't bad at all for 4GB memory.
I've been planning a new build for year end and it's going to use the Asus board and the Llano Quad Core with APU. Cost of the hardware w/o the Wacom Cintiq 12WX and Corel Painter 12 is right around a grand ($1000) and that's with 16GB of memory, 5x - 2TB drives, a 1GB video card (radeon 6570), Icy Dock Drive Tray system with 3 trays/caddies. Add in the Cintiq and Corel Painter and we're talking $2500 dollars for the entire system. Note that it doesn't include the Win Tax as I've got a legal copy of Win7-64 to install.
Thank you for that link again. I'd seen this when it was first completed and loved the effort and detail that went into it.
It's getting so bad with the rapid release cycles that I've tossed out FF4+ as my critical add-ons no longer work. The rapid move from 4 to 6 w/o actually fixing things made as much sense as them simply having gone to Firefox 11 (because it's 1 more then 10).
It's gotten so bad that I'm finding myself actually using IE 10 more then I'm using firefox. I've got tabs and since I've configured my scripts to none except for those websites I actually find that I need them on, I'm finding IE to be more stable and less of a problem. The only thing I'm hoping is that the noscript folks actually get an accelerator/plug-in for IE so I can get the same functionality as what firefox gives me as Noscript is the only add-on that has at least remained compatible with it.
and I feel like a thousand year old turtle talking to gnats and mayflies - does that mean I'm old?
Thanks for that Link. Very interesting and gives me some ideas for my next system build