And yet all of the carriers only offer replacement if a phone goes bad while under contract. Support? The only phones that even have any kind of actual tech support are Win7 versions as you can get an answer from MS, otherwise you might as well buy a plain feature phone instead of any type of smart phone since the carrier isn't going to offer more then replacement while it's under contract.
Which Fucking Country are you talking about where it's against the Legal Principles of this country? That certainly isn't the case in the United States any longer due to the continual erosion and and outright demand by the people for the government and corporations to accept responsibility for their slaves.
From what I've seen over the last 20-30 years, people want to be slaves and not have to think any longer and so long as they get their fix of garbage on the idiot tube such as The Simpsons and American Idol, they'll happily hand the keys to the kingdom over to who ever wants them.
and I don't shut down at all. Yes my system goes into standby (s5 mode) using the hybrid Sleep/Hibernate feature so I never have to reboot the system. Of course I've also got a UPS connected with 30+mins of runtime for the occaisional outage. If it's longer then that, the system goes to sleep and uses the hybrid hybernate.
What I like about the S5 sleep mode is the total power consumption of the system is no greater then when it's off. Yes there is a small parasitic demand but it is no greater then when the system is powered down because of the manner the PSU shuts down. That problem is related to the ATX 1.3 + specification that results in both the 12 & 5 volt rails always being powered.
What I don't understand is why in hell the browser simply doesn't ask before trusting any cert encountered? Sure it might be like the damn cookie question (allow/deny) 40-50 times for a single website but wouldn't this at least be a practical check as the only ones that need to be trusted by default are the Root certs.
In my case, I've set all certs to untrusted status and enabled those few exceptions to policy that I actually encounter as there are very few websites where I actually see SSL certs in use. Right now I'm looking at a total of 20 actually needed and having no problems with web access.
Since I also live in California, I've got no issue with NewEgg charging Sales tax and actually appreciate it. The reason NewEgg makes sense to me is the distance I'm from any store with a decent selection of hardware (+120 miles) so the cost of travel (2+hrs each way and fuel at 20mpg) means the sales tax no longer factors in. It's selection and convienence factor that comes into play as I don't have to waste a day just driving somewhere's that has a decent store that may have the parts I need. Hell the damn cost of fuel alone would be $60 alone plus the 4+ hours stuck in the car.
As to the Amazon issue, it's annoying that they think they don't have to abide by the law. Well I actually think California has the right idea. They need to have the sales tax collected at a higher level instead of me having to list all of the stuff I've purchased and pay the damn use/excise tax on it at the end of year. I'm sorry California but I don't happen to keep sufficient records to make it feasible to pay all of my Use Tax and for you to audit me costs the state more then they'd collect
You're supposed to use the MS USB key creator software. It needs an ISO image of the disk and will then create a bootable flash drive that will install Windows. I've used it and it works quite nicely.
One thing I appreciate that MS has finally done is configured Win7 to allow the usage of any Win7 install Media to activate so long as you have a legal key as I did on Monday with a new system from Walmart (nuke em first then clean install to get rid of all the preloaded garbage).
And this example is exactly why I've configured firefox to Not trust any root level certificate. Yes it's a bit of a PITA for those sites that use SSL/Https but I also find that the number of exceptions I've had to issue so far has been less then 30 since Jan 1, 2011. We're now into the 9th month (3rd Qtr) and I've only had to issue >30 exceptions to the non trusted status and that shows just how piss poor our net security really is.
and it's right in the damn summary that Verizon is one of the four providers that actually meet/exceed their advertised speeds unlike Comcast/TimeWarner and others.
Multiple Individually configured Desktops - Up to 20 of them. I'm sorry but the KDE devs lost me when the insisted on switching to the MS way of doing things instead of keeping the multiple desktop feature. That ensured I wouldn't have anything to do with KDE 4 because I had multiple desktops configured with various apps/tools on each desktop and you simply can't do that anymore - just like MS never allowed you to have that option. Yes the taskbar is nice but I'd much rather be able to not use the taskbar and simply hit ctrl# to switch to my desired desktop/app while still have the KDE frameworks. A major issue I have is that you can't find an inexpensive standard 4:3 resolution monitor anymore. Everything has gone to widescreen and with 3+ I at least could use some of that real estate by configuring some desktop items to the sides.
If you don't believe me, check out the damn X11 site about the Wayland Project. It's purpose is to clean up the damn X11 code base to something easier to maintain and improve, which is why everyone is beginning to work with it. Find what needs improvement and get it's performance/stability up/over what the latest version of x11 offers.
I disabled jscript by default and only allow a few whitelisted sites to run em. Much easier on me and keeps FF running a bit faster because I don't have tons of shit in the about:config listing for noscript.
I hate to tell you that the air quality in Los Angeles is better then what it was in the 70's before the 1st Oil Embargo in 1973. In fact, the air in Los Angeles is better then most of the air in China and they've not had more then a couple of Stage3 smog alerts this year. In 1980, they averaged 4+ per month during the summer due to inversion layers and the normal wind patterns that moved the smog from central California into the L.A. Basin. If you check the Lewis and Clark Reports, when the Reached the L.A. Basin, they called the local mountains the Great Smokies due to the smoke/smog.
I'd gladly pay for a Business Class connection if I could get one for my Home Business but since it's based out of my home, I'm limited to what is actually available to my home, which is either a dial-up AOL connection or Cable as DSL is not an option and to get even a fractional T1 line will cost me $10,000 just for the line itself. Now tell me another story please. I don't like this one.
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KDE 4.7.0 Released
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· Score: 2, Insightful
Did they return the multiple desktop and individual backgrounds? Locking Apps to specific Desktops?
No they haven't and they're still pushing Dolphin as the File manager instead of sticking with Konq, which worked quite well for that and browsing the web. Hell I found it quite useful when accessing an ftp site that I had write privs as it allowed me to simply copy files from the system to the server.
As a 3.5 user, I would have preferred them to simply bug fix and transition 3.5 over to QT4. Some of the restructuring was needed but the complete change to the UI was totally unneeded. Instead they had to copy MS and Vista and loose the one feature that made KDE stand out for me, which was the configurable desktops, background images and locking apps to specific desktops.
Yes killing them is a bit extreme but I think it's reached the point that We The Peopleneed to stand up and try all of our elected federal representatives for Treason. Should they be convicted, they then loose all rights, responsibilities and gains while in office before we execute them for said crime of treason.
This may be the only way to regain control of our government and begin cleaning up the fucking mess they damn idiots have created.
One reason I've not signed up or asked for an invite is that I use an online Alias though it's actually reaching the point that if I'm arrested, they'd include the A.K.A (also known as) reference as my Online name is encroaching on my RL instead of being restricted to my Cyber Life. In fact it's reaching the point that I've begun to seriously consider the many issues involved with legally changing my name to the same as my Online Psuedonym.
The easiest way to improve fuel mileage thruout the U.S. would be to return to the Octane Standards prior to the first oil embargo of 1973. That's when regular gasoline was rated at 95 octane with high test being rated at a minimum of 110 octane instead of this 87 octane crap they're now selling. Keep in mind that the higher the octane number, the more resistent to knock/detonation the fuel is, meaning the leaner the computers can go. Sure it will impact power a bit but when you're cruising down the highway, it makes lots of sense as you could damn near double the highway fuel mileage of most vehicles instead of seeing such pitiful improvements of 5mpg over city.
An even better solution is to use a removable drive caddy and tray as I do.
Reasons include
Fast Write Speeds
Low Cost
Ever Increasing Capcity
Suprisingly, a decent drive caddy/tray system with drive doesn't cost more then an External USB based drive yet it's far faster. In fact, you can find enclosures that include 10/100/1000 ethernet ports and can be placed onto the home network as a NAS.
Re:Should have been a default in browsers from day
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NoScript Awarded $10,000
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Well I love the Neutered web experience because I absolutely Hate flash/silverlight and iframes because they've been exploited to many times. As to the usability of a website, I feel that any site that absolutely depends upon flash/silverlight to be usable is one I don't need to visit again. For those business sites like Asus or HP, I've begun filing ADA (american disabilities act) complaints that the websites are no accessible to disabled users (flash doesn't support screen readers - nor does it work worth a damn for those who have even a mild vision impairment).
Hopefully, we'll start seeing companies getting it right by sticking with Standards compliant HTML for their main pages with proper links to the various departments. There is absolutely no reason for a website to depend on anything except HTML for functionality, as it is the lowest common denominator.
If they do that, then I'll be able to sue em for Spamming my Gmail Account as I get 2-5 messages each day from them and Yes I don't have anyone I follow and all of my privacy settings are at max. So why in hell do I get 2-5 messages each day from Facebook?
Fix the damn UI Hanging issues, get ASLR fully working along with DEP and full process isolation before adding stupid features and Don't forget multithread support working correctly.
I'd much rather they fix these issues while moving towards 64bits as these alone should improve the damn stability and security. Hell if a damn Add-On hangs or creates problems, I'd love to be able to kill the thread/process that's hung instead of shuting down the entire app.
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And yet all of the carriers only offer replacement if a phone goes bad while under contract. Support? The only phones that even have any kind of actual tech support are Win7 versions as you can get an answer from MS, otherwise you might as well buy a plain feature phone instead of any type of smart phone since the carrier isn't going to offer more then replacement while it's under contract.
Which Fucking Country are you talking about where it's against the Legal Principles of this country? That certainly isn't the case in the United States any longer due to the continual erosion and and outright demand by the people for the government and corporations to accept responsibility for their slaves.
From what I've seen over the last 20-30 years, people want to be slaves and not have to think any longer and so long as they get their fix of garbage on the idiot tube such as The Simpsons and American Idol, they'll happily hand the keys to the kingdom over to who ever wants them.
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and I don't shut down at all. Yes my system goes into standby (s5 mode) using the hybrid Sleep/Hibernate feature so I never have to reboot the system. Of course I've also got a UPS connected with 30+mins of runtime for the occaisional outage. If it's longer then that, the system goes to sleep and uses the hybrid hybernate.
What I like about the S5 sleep mode is the total power consumption of the system is no greater then when it's off. Yes there is a small parasitic demand but it is no greater then when the system is powered down because of the manner the PSU shuts down. That problem is related to the ATX 1.3 + specification that results in both the 12 & 5 volt rails always being powered.
What I don't understand is why in hell the browser simply doesn't ask before trusting any cert encountered? Sure it might be like the damn cookie question (allow/deny) 40-50 times for a single website but wouldn't this at least be a practical check as the only ones that need to be trusted by default are the Root certs.
In my case, I've set all certs to untrusted status and enabled those few exceptions to policy that I actually encounter as there are very few websites where I actually see SSL certs in use. Right now I'm looking at a total of 20 actually needed and having no problems with web access.
Since I also live in California, I've got no issue with NewEgg charging Sales tax and actually appreciate it. The reason NewEgg makes sense to me is the distance I'm from any store with a decent selection of hardware (+120 miles) so the cost of travel (2+hrs each way and fuel at 20mpg) means the sales tax no longer factors in. It's selection and convienence factor that comes into play as I don't have to waste a day just driving somewhere's that has a decent store that may have the parts I need. Hell the damn cost of fuel alone would be $60 alone plus the 4+ hours stuck in the car.
As to the Amazon issue, it's annoying that they think they don't have to abide by the law. Well I actually think California has the right idea. They need to have the sales tax collected at a higher level instead of me having to list all of the stuff I've purchased and pay the damn use/excise tax on it at the end of year. I'm sorry California but I don't happen to keep sufficient records to make it feasible to pay all of my Use Tax and for you to audit me costs the state more then they'd collect
You're supposed to use the MS USB key creator software. It needs an ISO image of the disk and will then create a bootable flash drive that will install Windows. I've used it and it works quite nicely.
One thing I appreciate that MS has finally done is configured Win7 to allow the usage of any Win7 install Media to activate so long as you have a legal key as I did on Monday with a new system from Walmart (nuke em first then clean install to get rid of all the preloaded garbage).
And this example is exactly why I've configured firefox to Not trust any root level certificate. Yes it's a bit of a PITA for those sites that use SSL/Https but I also find that the number of exceptions I've had to issue so far has been less then 30 since Jan 1, 2011. We're now into the 9th month (3rd Qtr) and I've only had to issue >30 exceptions to the non trusted status and that shows just how piss poor our net security really is.
and that's the biggest problem with using Windows. To much shit running w/o rhyme/reason or even a decent explantion why.
I think you mean Google as that just might be enough space to handle their current storage needs
and it's right in the damn summary that Verizon is one of the four providers that actually meet/exceed their advertised speeds unlike Comcast/TimeWarner and others.
Multiple Individually configured Desktops - Up to 20 of them. I'm sorry but the KDE devs lost me when the insisted on switching to the MS way of doing things instead of keeping the multiple desktop feature. That ensured I wouldn't have anything to do with KDE 4 because I had multiple desktops configured with various apps/tools on each desktop and you simply can't do that anymore - just like MS never allowed you to have that option. Yes the taskbar is nice but I'd much rather be able to not use the taskbar and simply hit ctrl# to switch to my desired desktop/app while still have the KDE frameworks. A major issue I have is that you can't find an inexpensive standard 4:3 resolution monitor anymore. Everything has gone to widescreen and with 3+ I at least could use some of that real estate by configuring some desktop items to the sides.
If you don't believe me, check out the damn X11 site about the Wayland Project. It's purpose is to clean up the damn X11 code base to something easier to maintain and improve, which is why everyone is beginning to work with it. Find what needs improvement and get it's performance/stability up/over what the latest version of x11 offers.
I disabled jscript by default and only allow a few whitelisted sites to run em. Much easier on me and keeps FF running a bit faster because I don't have tons of shit in the about:config listing for noscript.
It sounds like most of the patents Google bought are Hardware Patents - IE Physical products instead of Imaginary Products such as Software Algorthyms
I hate to tell you that the air quality in Los Angeles is better then what it was in the 70's before the 1st Oil Embargo in 1973. In fact, the air in Los Angeles is better then most of the air in China and they've not had more then a couple of Stage3 smog alerts this year. In 1980, they averaged 4+ per month during the summer due to inversion layers and the normal wind patterns that moved the smog from central California into the L.A. Basin. If you check the Lewis and Clark Reports, when the Reached the L.A. Basin, they called the local mountains the Great Smokies due to the smoke/smog.
I'd gladly pay for a Business Class connection if I could get one for my Home Business but since it's based out of my home, I'm limited to what is actually available to my home, which is either a dial-up AOL connection or Cable as DSL is not an option and to get even a fractional T1 line will cost me $10,000 just for the line itself. Now tell me another story please. I don't like this one.
Did they return the multiple desktop and individual backgrounds? Locking Apps to specific Desktops?
No they haven't and they're still pushing Dolphin as the File manager instead of sticking with Konq, which worked quite well for that and browsing the web. Hell I found it quite useful when accessing an ftp site that I had write privs as it allowed me to simply copy files from the system to the server.
As a 3.5 user, I would have preferred them to simply bug fix and transition 3.5 over to QT4. Some of the restructuring was needed but the complete change to the UI was totally unneeded. Instead they had to copy MS and Vista and loose the one feature that made KDE stand out for me, which was the configurable desktops, background images and locking apps to specific desktops.
Yes killing them is a bit extreme but I think it's reached the point that We The Peopleneed to stand up and try all of our elected federal representatives for Treason. Should they be convicted, they then loose all rights, responsibilities and gains while in office before we execute them for said crime of treason.
This may be the only way to regain control of our government and begin cleaning up the fucking mess they damn idiots have created.
One reason I've not signed up or asked for an invite is that I use an online Alias though it's actually reaching the point that if I'm arrested, they'd include the A.K.A (also known as) reference as my Online name is encroaching on my RL instead of being restricted to my Cyber Life. In fact it's reaching the point that I've begun to seriously consider the many issues involved with legally changing my name to the same as my Online Psuedonym.
The easiest way to improve fuel mileage thruout the U.S. would be to return to the Octane Standards prior to the first oil embargo of 1973. That's when regular gasoline was rated at 95 octane with high test being rated at a minimum of 110 octane instead of this 87 octane crap they're now selling. Keep in mind that the higher the octane number, the more resistent to knock/detonation the fuel is, meaning the leaner the computers can go. Sure it will impact power a bit but when you're cruising down the highway, it makes lots of sense as you could damn near double the highway fuel mileage of most vehicles instead of seeing such pitiful improvements of 5mpg over city.
An even better solution is to use a removable drive caddy and tray as I do.
Reasons include
Suprisingly, a decent drive caddy/tray system with drive doesn't cost more then an External USB based drive yet it's far faster. In fact, you can find enclosures that include 10/100/1000 ethernet ports and can be placed onto the home network as a NAS.
Well I love the Neutered web experience because I absolutely Hate flash/silverlight and iframes because they've been exploited to many times. As to the usability of a website, I feel that any site that absolutely depends upon flash/silverlight to be usable is one I don't need to visit again. For those business sites like Asus or HP, I've begun filing ADA (american disabilities act) complaints that the websites are no accessible to disabled users (flash doesn't support screen readers - nor does it work worth a damn for those who have even a mild vision impairment).
Hopefully, we'll start seeing companies getting it right by sticking with Standards compliant HTML for their main pages with proper links to the various departments. There is absolutely no reason for a website to depend on anything except HTML for functionality, as it is the lowest common denominator.
If they do that, then I'll be able to sue em for Spamming my Gmail Account as I get 2-5 messages each day from them and Yes I don't have anyone I follow and all of my privacy settings are at max. So why in hell do I get 2-5 messages each day from Facebook?
Fix the damn UI Hanging issues, get ASLR fully working along with DEP and full process isolation before adding stupid features and Don't forget multithread support working correctly.
I'd much rather they fix these issues while moving towards 64bits as these alone should improve the damn stability and security. Hell if a damn Add-On hangs or creates problems, I'd love to be able to kill the thread/process that's hung instead of shuting down the entire app.