It looks like Yahoo is trying to block this route too, now. When I click "Import contacts", both the Hotmail and Gmail icons show up and can be clicked, but the Facebook icon is not there, and the white space where it should be can not be clicked. Similarly, when i log out and try to "Log in via Facebook", the popup window is just an empty html document -.-
However, if you take a look at the source for the Yahoo login page, you will find a link that looks like
https:// open.login.yahoo.com/openid/yrp/signin?idp=facebook&ts=1309896779&.intl=no&.done=http%3A%2F%2Fno.yahoo.com%2F&rpcrumb=P4KH1f%2fCbF4&.src=fpctx
and this link still works.
Off-topic: remind me to Never look at Yahoo html again. My eyes, they bleed!
Anyone using VBA for engineering (or indeed almost any purpose) is either a masochist or has yet to hear of Matlab/Octave, Python, C/C++ or even Fortran. You can even do most things with a xls-to-text converter, sed&awk, and some decent shell scripting in Linux. Hell, I'd rather be stuck with my TI-82 any day.
The interesting part would be the detection, yes. If it just detects "radiation/no radiation" it won't tell the difference between aluminum and uranium...
Of course correlation does not imply causation. But the fact that I would have to go to really extreme lengths in my country to get my hands on a gun, causes it to be much less likely that I could shoot someone. By really extreme, I mean having to steal a gun from a shooting club or a licensed hunter, all of whom are legally required to store weapons in approved steel plate lockers bolted to the wall, and the striker must be stored in a separate location. This legislation is routinely enforced.
If your Ubuntu's GRUB gets hosed, and you dual boot with windows, I've seen this happen due to some irritating crapware on Asus and HP. Turns out that switching back to Grub 1.x solves the problem, since Grub 1.x only uses the "standard" part of the MBT to store data, unlike Grub 2. (I don't "get" Grub 2 anyway, bloated piece of shit that has to be recompiled when changing a config file - not exactly KISS! Anyone see the benefit?)
What I don't get is: why don't people just speed up boot?? On my old netbook, a chipset screwup by MSI means that suspend/hibernate don't work, so I tweaked the boot/shutdown speeds. Currently, I boot in 21 sec. (from pressing the button to login finished), and almost half of that is spent in the crappy BIOS. I have heard of people booting in less than 10 sec. on better hardware. Why don't more OS'es do this, then just forget suspend??
... and I'd say you've got a pretty good idea. Sure, a simple light switch may not be obsolete, but the stupid thermocontroller on my wall that took significant google-fu to figure out would be a great thing to replace. The last time I checked, a device which could e.g. turn the heat back on remotely (or even at a predetermined time) cost at least $400...
I guess that's right, except that the AP doesn't publish opinions, they report news. So if Harold Camping came out next week in support of human slavery (not suggesting that he might), the AP would most likely report it. Sure, they don't report "local unknown crazy person says crazy things", but not due to bias, due to it not being news.
Well, you should probably exclude some of the wire services, like AFP, AP and Reuters. While their individual articles may be argued to be biased, in total the bias cancels out (IMO).
it runs regular windows apps if I understand it right
This is still up for debate, I think, and it basically depends on the processors that will be used by Windows 8 fondleslabs. If they do x86, then yes, but then also expect the tablets to be as thick as bricks. If they do Arm, no existing programs will continue to work, but people can recompile for Arm, and the tablets will be thinner. Also, I guess Adobe etc. would see the latter as a great opportunity to have you pay more for getting Photoshop or whatever on the tablet..
Well, I've got 12-18 fps on my four year old netbook, and it's definitely playable. Firefox 4 (on Linux) is unable to use the old Intel GPU because that just crashes the whole computer, this is all done by the CPU. So I guess the processor makes a difference, the video card not so much.
Yes. This is part of the goodness of the new N standard - it works on both 2.4 GHz (like normal WiFi) and at 5 GHz. If your microwave is anywhere near 5 GHz, I'd make a run for it.
Well, I used mine to connect the computer at one end of the (large) living room to the TV at the other end. The device I'm talking about does nothing more advanced than transmit a composite video signal from one point to another, wirelessly.
You may have a small point about Chernobyl, except that the people running it at the time of the accident were untrained and did the opposite of what they should have.
But really, Fukushima? An earthquake + tsunami (both beyond design limits) hit Japan and kills 20 000 people (and counting). So far, a handful of people have died at Fukushima, and several of those were unrelated to radiation (big hydrogen explosions etc.). The amount of people that may have a shortened life is below 100. Really, if this tsunami had hit a coal or gas fired plant instead, the deaths and injuries at that power plant would probably not have been any lower. So I'd say it seems pretty safe.
1.) You must have had some bad luck there, which sucks for you, but Linux actually has pretty good WiFi chipset support.
2.) Have you tried using the manufacturer supplied drivers (which you may have to compile yourself), instead of the open source ones? I have seen this fix things on some Broadcom models. Also note, if you have installed these, I have experienced Ubuntu writing over these with the old drivers when it "updates". You can probably blacklist this.
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Ah, yes, you're quite right, I've blocked it to avoid facebook knowing my every move. Nevermind, then.
It looks like Yahoo is trying to block this route too, now. When I click "Import contacts", both the Hotmail and Gmail icons show up and can be clicked, but the Facebook icon is not there, and the white space where it should be can not be clicked. Similarly, when i log out and try to "Log in via Facebook", the popup window is just an empty html document -.-
However, if you take a look at the source for the Yahoo login page, you will find a link that looks like https :// open.login.yahoo.com/openid/yrp/signin?idp=facebook&ts=1309896779&.intl=no&.done=http%3A%2F%2Fno.yahoo.com%2F&rpcrumb=P4KH1f%2fCbF4&.src=fpctx
and this link still works.
Off-topic: remind me to Never look at Yahoo html again. My eyes, they bleed!
Anyone using VBA for engineering (or indeed almost any purpose) is either a masochist or has yet to hear of Matlab/Octave, Python, C/C++ or even Fortran. You can even do most things with a xls-to-text converter, sed&awk, and some decent shell scripting in Linux. Hell, I'd rather be stuck with my TI-82 any day.
Actually, the three-sentence instructions for the coffee maker at my study hall is written in Latex.
The interesting part would be the detection, yes. If it just detects "radiation/no radiation" it won't tell the difference between aluminum and uranium...
Of course correlation does not imply causation. But the fact that I would have to go to really extreme lengths in my country to get my hands on a gun, causes it to be much less likely that I could shoot someone. By really extreme, I mean having to steal a gun from a shooting club or a licensed hunter, all of whom are legally required to store weapons in approved steel plate lockers bolted to the wall, and the striker must be stored in a separate location. This legislation is routinely enforced.
I completely agree. Don't get me wrong, I do think this suggestion is stupid, but I also found the GP's analogy to be lacking.
Exactly, Fortran is faster. I know so, by a factor of 2-3x at least. So why is this guy claiming C++ is the fastest??
Except that banning guns is a good idea that is implemented in most western countries, with good results (compare the US with the rest).
If your Ubuntu's GRUB gets hosed, and you dual boot with windows, I've seen this happen due to some irritating crapware on Asus and HP. Turns out that switching back to Grub 1.x solves the problem, since Grub 1.x only uses the "standard" part of the MBT to store data, unlike Grub 2. (I don't "get" Grub 2 anyway, bloated piece of shit that has to be recompiled when changing a config file - not exactly KISS! Anyone see the benefit?)
What I don't get is: why don't people just speed up boot?? On my old netbook, a chipset screwup by MSI means that suspend/hibernate don't work, so I tweaked the boot/shutdown speeds. Currently, I boot in 21 sec. (from pressing the button to login finished), and almost half of that is spent in the crappy BIOS. I have heard of people booting in less than 10 sec. on better hardware. Why don't more OS'es do this, then just forget suspend??
Your macbook periodically contracts an STD? Another reason not to use macs then, I guess.
... and I'd say you've got a pretty good idea. Sure, a simple light switch may not be obsolete, but the stupid thermocontroller on my wall that took significant google-fu to figure out would be a great thing to replace. The last time I checked, a device which could e.g. turn the heat back on remotely (or even at a predetermined time) cost at least $400...
uninterrupted supply of pussy during the switch.
Did you just coin the term UPS (uninterruptable pussy supply)?
I guess that's right, except that the AP doesn't publish opinions, they report news. So if Harold Camping came out next week in support of human slavery (not suggesting that he might), the AP would most likely report it. Sure, they don't report "local unknown crazy person says crazy things", but not due to bias, due to it not being news.
It could even be that he's an asses ass.
Well, you should probably exclude some of the wire services, like AFP, AP and Reuters. While their individual articles may be argued to be biased, in total the bias cancels out (IMO).
Ignore this, modded wrong.
It also doesn't support UTF-8, so it's not even possible to search for my name ^^
it runs regular windows apps if I understand it right
This is still up for debate, I think, and it basically depends on the processors that will be used by Windows 8 fondleslabs. If they do x86, then yes, but then also expect the tablets to be as thick as bricks. If they do Arm, no existing programs will continue to work, but people can recompile for Arm, and the tablets will be thinner. Also, I guess Adobe etc. would see the latter as a great opportunity to have you pay more for getting Photoshop or whatever on the tablet..
Well, I've got 12-18 fps on my four year old netbook, and it's definitely playable. Firefox 4 (on Linux) is unable to use the old Intel GPU because that just crashes the whole computer, this is all done by the CPU. So I guess the processor makes a difference, the video card not so much.
Yes. This is part of the goodness of the new N standard - it works on both 2.4 GHz (like normal WiFi) and at 5 GHz. If your microwave is anywhere near 5 GHz, I'd make a run for it.
Well, I used mine to connect the computer at one end of the (large) living room to the TV at the other end. The device I'm talking about does nothing more advanced than transmit a composite video signal from one point to another, wirelessly.
You may have a small point about Chernobyl, except that the people running it at the time of the accident were untrained and did the opposite of what they should have.
But really, Fukushima? An earthquake + tsunami (both beyond design limits) hit Japan and kills 20 000 people (and counting). So far, a handful of people have died at Fukushima, and several of those were unrelated to radiation (big hydrogen explosions etc.). The amount of people that may have a shortened life is below 100. Really, if this tsunami had hit a coal or gas fired plant instead, the deaths and injuries at that power plant would probably not have been any lower. So I'd say it seems pretty safe.
1.) You must have had some bad luck there, which sucks for you, but Linux actually has pretty good WiFi chipset support.
2.) Have you tried using the manufacturer supplied drivers (which you may have to compile yourself), instead of the open source ones? I have seen this fix things on some Broadcom models. Also note, if you have installed these, I have experienced Ubuntu writing over these with the old drivers when it "updates". You can probably blacklist this.