Again, idealism and single issue voting doesn't work. Just look at Ron Paul and Ralph Nader fanatics. They make a lot of noise, but all they do it help get Republicans into office. In the real world, compromise is required to get things done.
I used to do that. But I started keeping the spam. Reasons:
* Google's search is so awesome, it's easy to search for false positives (I just search on my first and last names, usually only get 5-10 results). * Saves time. One less thing to have to do. * I like seeing how spam cycles vary over time. I can divide the total number by 30 and get a rough spam/day average. * Is space really an issue for you? I think I'm using like 300 MB of my 7000 MB.
Currently my spam folder hovers around 2500 to 3000 spams/month.
It doesn't matter if you vote for Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader or Alan Keyes.
I would think it very much does matter. If Dems/Repubs (and the nation as a whole) see 3rd party votes scattered across a multitude of candidates, they won't take it seriously. Look at when people took notice of third parties: When Perot did well, when Nader did well enough in 2000 to (possibly/debatable) affect the outcome, etc.
Yeah, that was disappointing. But it's a single issue. You've got to look at the overview of his stands on the issues. Overall, I think he's a lot better than McCain, and a huge change over what we've had with Bush. Single issue voting is usually irrational.
There's also pragmatism to be considered. What are you going to do, campaign for Nader--or some equally unviable candidate--because Obama voted for telecomm immunity? Make it 12 years of neocons instead of 8?.
The problem is that OEM OS discs sometimes *force* you to install the crapware as part of a "clean" OS re-install. At least that was my experience with my Dell. When I formatted the drive and used the XP install disc, there was a step at the end that I couldn't skip where it sat there and installed the crapware for 15 minutes.
I do street photography. I've looked into compacts, but they're no good. The continuous shooting mode--which I rely on to capture at least one good photo out of a moving subject--is terribly slow on points and shoots. My DSLR, on the other hand, does 2.5 frames/second. Not to mention the image quality/CCD and the glass on point and shoots is visibly inferior to my DSLR.
Unless you're talking about *film* compact cameras, in which, I take back everything I just said.:-)
I feel like with the advent of Google, Wikipedia, searching my old Gmail messages... it's been easier than ever for me to not remember things. Remember how ancient people used to memorize huge poems and religious texts? Granted, a lot of this relied on mnemonics and repetitive passages, but I can't help but feel modern human memory is poor compared to the way it used to be.
Argh! I agree completely. They have been changing things just for the sake of changing them, it seems like. I hated those arrows/number of displayed tabs restriction when it came out. I've kind of gotten used to it, but I still think there's a better way (e.g. rows of tabs when it overflows). Also the close browser functionality changed. It used to be a simple warning for closing multiple tabs, but now there are extra options and save states... just a mess.
Why do they keep breaking the UI? Just leave alone stuff that works. Focus on security, stability, and performance.
Depends on how much spam you receive, how many spammer lists you're on. I have an old university email account that I check once every few months. I haven't used the account to send mail--nor have I posted that email address anywhere publicly--in almost *four years* but the account still gets a couple thousand spams every three months.
Same with my current Gmail account (which I foolishly used to post Google Groups messages a few times and got indexed by spammers). I haven't posted the address publicly in almost two years, but I still get 100 spams/day.
My point is that spammers take a *LONG* time to get tired of your address.:-) I'm guessing you didn't receive nearly as much spam as I do, so you only had a few spammer lists to fall off?
I wish to hell my dad's new laptop had come with XP. I could not get Company of Heroes running on Vista. And there are lots of other games that have trouble too. The really fucked up thing? Asus seems to do everything in their power to not offer/support XP on the newer laptop models. You have to hunt around for drivers yourself; they're not on Asus's site.
That's Cricket's niche ($45/month unlimited everything). From what I understand, though, their dirt cheap service comes as a result of not investing in their infrastructure enough, so you still get what you pay for.
May I know why you don't like it? I love it and find it hard to live without it now. For example, I go to IMDb.com all the time. If I want to go back to a movie that I've previously visited without searching for it on Google or IMDb, I can do it by typing in a partial title to the address bar. It's a little faster and also doesn't query the network.
I encountered some UI bugs such as Sort By Name not working. Closing multiple tabs behavior was redesigned, and I don't like the new design. And of course there are some extensions that haven't been updated to work with it yet.
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I use a pair of Ultimate Ears earbuds. They sound amazing and they block 26 Db of ambient noise. Of course, they cost about $150. :-)
Do you realize this comment has been uttered approx. 10 trillion times on the Internet?
Again, idealism and single issue voting doesn't work. Just look at Ron Paul and Ralph Nader fanatics. They make a lot of noise, but all they do it help get Republicans into office. In the real world, compromise is required to get things done.
I used to do that. But I started keeping the spam. Reasons:
* Google's search is so awesome, it's easy to search for false positives (I just search on my first and last names, usually only get 5-10 results).
* Saves time. One less thing to have to do.
* I like seeing how spam cycles vary over time. I can divide the total number by 30 and get a rough spam/day average.
* Is space really an issue for you? I think I'm using like 300 MB of my 7000 MB.
Currently my spam folder hovers around 2500 to 3000 spams/month.
Why do you clear your spam folder? Is it an OCD thing?
It doesn't matter if you vote for Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader or Alan Keyes.
I would think it very much does matter. If Dems/Repubs (and the nation as a whole) see 3rd party votes scattered across a multitude of candidates, they won't take it seriously. Look at when people took notice of third parties: When Perot did well, when Nader did well enough in 2000 to (possibly/debatable) affect the outcome, etc.
Yeah, that was disappointing. But it's a single issue. You've got to look at the overview of his stands on the issues. Overall, I think he's a lot better than McCain, and a huge change over what we've had with Bush. Single issue voting is usually irrational.
There's also pragmatism to be considered. What are you going to do, campaign for Nader--or some equally unviable candidate--because Obama voted for telecomm immunity? Make it 12 years of neocons instead of 8?.
The problem is that OEM OS discs sometimes *force* you to install the crapware as part of a "clean" OS re-install. At least that was my experience with my Dell. When I formatted the drive and used the XP install disc, there was a step at the end that I couldn't skip where it sat there and installed the crapware for 15 minutes.
Umm, your reply has nothing to do with the parent post.
Don't give *wives* too little credit. Mine said she'll "chop [my] nuts off" if I look at another woman again.
P.S. Help me! I'm locked in the basement!
And they truly are the *heaviest* if you know what I mean. Hur hur.
I looked up the Casio. Very cool camera. Thanks for the tip.
I haven't RTFA, mainly because if the summary isn't right, then the article probably isn't right either.
You must be new here.
I do street photography. I've looked into compacts, but they're no good. The continuous shooting mode--which I rely on to capture at least one good photo out of a moving subject--is terribly slow on points and shoots. My DSLR, on the other hand, does 2.5 frames/second. Not to mention the image quality/CCD and the glass on point and shoots is visibly inferior to my DSLR.
Unless you're talking about *film* compact cameras, in which, I take back everything I just said. :-)
It only harms you if you let it. I don't care if there are pictures of me online. I'm not that sensitive.
I got about halfway through your comment before I fell asleep from boredom.
I feel like with the advent of Google, Wikipedia, searching my old Gmail messages... it's been easier than ever for me to not remember things. Remember how ancient people used to memorize huge poems and religious texts? Granted, a lot of this relied on mnemonics and repetitive passages, but I can't help but feel modern human memory is poor compared to the way it used to be.
Argh! I agree completely. They have been changing things just for the sake of changing them, it seems like. I hated those arrows/number of displayed tabs restriction when it came out. I've kind of gotten used to it, but I still think there's a better way (e.g. rows of tabs when it overflows). Also the close browser functionality changed. It used to be a simple warning for closing multiple tabs, but now there are extra options and save states... just a mess.
Why do they keep breaking the UI? Just leave alone stuff that works. Focus on security, stability, and performance.
Mulder, is that you?
You can also hover the cursor over the entry you want to delete and then press Del. This is not OS specific, AFAIK, because I can do it on XP as well.
Depends on how much spam you receive, how many spammer lists you're on. I have an old university email account that I check once every few months. I haven't used the account to send mail--nor have I posted that email address anywhere publicly--in almost *four years* but the account still gets a couple thousand spams every three months.
Same with my current Gmail account (which I foolishly used to post Google Groups messages a few times and got indexed by spammers). I haven't posted the address publicly in almost two years, but I still get 100 spams/day.
My point is that spammers take a *LONG* time to get tired of your address. :-) I'm guessing you didn't receive nearly as much spam as I do, so you only had a few spammer lists to fall off?
I wish to hell my dad's new laptop had come with XP. I could not get Company of Heroes running on Vista. And there are lots of other games that have trouble too. The really fucked up thing? Asus seems to do everything in their power to not offer/support XP on the newer laptop models. You have to hunt around for drivers yourself; they're not on Asus's site.
That's Cricket's niche ($45/month unlimited everything). From what I understand, though, their dirt cheap service comes as a result of not investing in their infrastructure enough, so you still get what you pay for.
May I know why you don't like it? I love it and find it hard to live without it now. For example, I go to IMDb.com all the time. If I want to go back to a movie that I've previously visited without searching for it on Google or IMDb, I can do it by typing in a partial title to the address bar. It's a little faster and also doesn't query the network.
I encountered some UI bugs such as Sort By Name not working. Closing multiple tabs behavior was redesigned, and I don't like the new design. And of course there are some extensions that haven't been updated to work with it yet.