At home I run W2K (auto update) behind ipcop, and every 6 months or so I do an online virus check - never had a virus. With a simple firewall and common sense most of the other problems don't appear.
Yeah, these days I don't bother with the pricewatch generic guys, Crucial will get me a working stick of RAM for my board quickly and for a reasonable price. I put it in and move on.
I would say, if they give you grief about something as basic as this, that you should move ISPs. I know not everyone has a lot of choices, but those who do shouldn't put up with crap.
Hibbert: Homer, I'm afraid you'll have to undergo a coronary bypass operation. Homer: Say it in English, Doc. Hibbert: You're going to need open heart surgery. Homer: Spare me your medical mumbo jumbo. Hibbert: We're going to cut you open and tinker with your ticker. Homer: Could you dumb it down a shade?
This seems similar to the proposals that DC makes every so often about taxing commuters from MD & VA - since DC is a District, they don't have the ability to tax the suburbs where much of the regional tax base is, and their finances suffer compared to most cities, which can get state money. Their proposals get shot down every time, and this seems even more egregious. I don't think it will stick.
As a parent, I'd agree that it's critical to teach right and wrong. However, until the child has the maturity to apply those lessons, it's ALSO critical to be aware of, and if need be limit, what the child sees and does. The two are not exclusive. I'm not saying I want the government to tell me what the limits should be, but there are certainly going to be limits. I've seen sites as an adult that I would rather I'd never seen, and I will do my best to limit my children's exposure to such things until such time as I judge them fully capable of mature decision making. Or at least till they're 18;o)
I'm going to build one. I'm shooting footage for a documentary, purely for my own interest, using a borrowed camera, and I'd like to steady some shots a bit. I think that there are a fair number of people out there doing things a notch or two above vacation shots, with no thought of financial return, who could use a simple device like this.
Hmmm - just this morning I heard how some school districts in TX are having problems with cheating on standardized tests. The cheating was coming from teachers/administrators who stood to gain up to $20000 from improvements in scores...
Isn't that what an answering machine is for? You don't recognize the caller id, you let them talk to the machine. If it's important, then you pick up. Otherwise, delete.
...check out cavtel.com. I used speakeasy for years, and I was very happy with them, but I finally switched because of the cost. I was paying over $100 a month for phone (Verizon) and DSL (Speakeasy), plus a bit more to AT&T for an international plan. Cavtel does both as a package for $50 a month, and their rates for international calls are decent too (you can't choose another long distance carrier when you go with them). It was painful to switch, because Verizon won't start an order for a new carrier while another carrier is using the line, so I had to disconnect speakeasy, wait for Verizon to register that, and then sign up with cavtel - it ended up being 3 weeks without dsl, and when you're used to always on it sucks having to dial up. Cavtel is a bit slower than my Speakeasy was, but really I don't need blazing downloads, like the poster I just want a full time connection and I'd rather save the $600 a year. Plus not giving money directly to Verizon feels good.
Yeah, that was my thought - I just got a 40gig unit, $50 after rebate, $60/year for the service, and it works great. Since I have kids I don't have time to play with MythTV anyway but it would be kind of hard to justify all the hardware costs. I don't watch all that much TV & I'm not really concerned about archiving stuff, but it's cool to be able to save a few decent movies on there for the babysitter to watch and fill the rest with kids shows.
When you install Office, it puts a link called MS Office Fast Start or something in the Startup folder, which I always remove. So it's not as tightly integrated as IE, but by default it does load something.
since when does a fossil fuel power plant produce radioactive waste?:)
I've read that the amount of naturally occuring radiation released from burning coal in power plants far exceeds that released (though possibly not generated) from nuclear plants.
I never really cared about the name until I was doing some stuff to a pc for a guy at work and loaded a few programs (firefox, GIMP, Adaware). He's handicapped, and gave me a really funny look when I showed him the new things, and it took a couple of minutes to explain that no, I wasn't ragging on him, that's really the name. So, I can vouch for some negative reaction from real people on this one.
There used to be one of these on my commute which wouldn't trip for my motorcycle, I'd have to get off & push the ped button or wait for a car to come up behind me...
I just upload them to snapfish or culbphoto every once in a while & they show up in the mail. The quality is excellent & I don't have to worry about the printer. I'm usually only getting prints for the grandparents anyway, so the extra few days doesn't matter. (Really, since some are in the UK, I should just go to the UK photo sites & get them sent directly, but I'm too lazy to uplod them twice.)
...since my Nomad IIc died, and I discovered that it only came with a 3 month warantee, and it had only been (lightly) used for under a year. I might try another cheapo brand, but that's it for Creative in my book. You'd hope that a solid state device might last a bit longer than a cassette walkman, but I still have a late 80's boodoo kahn that's going strong. I'd like an iPod, but I really can't justify the price.
I certainly keep the first two handy, but they're not for my machines... suffice to say I'm about ready to start charging for getting that gack off other people's machines. 9x/ME users don't have a choice about running as root, and there are still a lot of those boxes out there (not that that's a good thing).
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At home I run W2K (auto update) behind ipcop, and every 6 months or so I do an online virus check - never had a virus. With a simple firewall and common sense most of the other problems don't appear.
They can use less concrete (thinner slabs) so the structure can be 40% lighter; the concrete itself isn't 40% lighter.
Well, actually I guess the sig would heve the little --- separator. Oops.
Umm, it's probably a sig - kinda like this one below...
Yeah, these days I don't bother with the pricewatch generic guys, Crucial will get me a working stick of RAM for my board quickly and for a reasonable price. I put it in and move on.
I would say, if they give you grief about something as basic as this, that you should move ISPs. I know not everyone has a lot of choices, but those who do shouldn't put up with crap.
Hibbert: Homer, I'm afraid you'll have to undergo a coronary bypass operation.
Homer: Say it in English, Doc.
Hibbert: You're going to need open heart surgery.
Homer: Spare me your medical mumbo jumbo.
Hibbert: We're going to cut you open and tinker with your ticker.
Homer: Could you dumb it down a shade?
This seems similar to the proposals that DC makes every so often about taxing commuters from MD & VA - since DC is a District, they don't have the ability to tax the suburbs where much of the regional tax base is, and their finances suffer compared to most cities, which can get state money. Their proposals get shot down every time, and this seems even more egregious. I don't think it will stick.
As a parent, I'd agree that it's critical to teach right and wrong. However, until the child has the maturity to apply those lessons, it's ALSO critical to be aware of, and if need be limit, what the child sees and does. The two are not exclusive. I'm not saying I want the government to tell me what the limits should be, but there are certainly going to be limits. I've seen sites as an adult that I would rather I'd never seen, and I will do my best to limit my children's exposure to such things until such time as I judge them fully capable of mature decision making. Or at least till they're 18 ;o)
I'm going to build one. I'm shooting footage for a documentary, purely for my own interest, using a borrowed camera, and I'd like to steady some shots a bit. I think that there are a fair number of people out there doing things a notch or two above vacation shots, with no thought of financial return, who could use a simple device like this.
Maybe add some profit incentives for teachers?
Hmmm - just this morning I heard how some school districts in TX are having problems with cheating on standardized tests. The cheating was coming from teachers/administrators who stood to gain up to $20000 from improvements in scores...
Isn't that what an answering machine is for? You don't recognize the caller id, you let them talk to the machine. If it's important, then you pick up. Otherwise, delete.
Trying to open isi.mid in a new tab crashed Firefox 1.0.1 on XP - maybe you've uncovered a bug!
Why not just do a batch conversion once on all your flacs and then not worry about the on-the-fly? The extra disc space isn't going to be that bad...
...check out cavtel.com. I used speakeasy for years, and I was very happy with them, but I finally switched because of the cost. I was paying over $100 a month for phone (Verizon) and DSL (Speakeasy), plus a bit more to AT&T for an international plan. Cavtel does both as a package for $50 a month, and their rates for international calls are decent too (you can't choose another long distance carrier when you go with them). It was painful to switch, because Verizon won't start an order for a new carrier while another carrier is using the line, so I had to disconnect speakeasy, wait for Verizon to register that, and then sign up with cavtel - it ended up being 3 weeks without dsl, and when you're used to always on it sucks having to dial up. Cavtel is a bit slower than my Speakeasy was, but really I don't need blazing downloads, like the poster I just want a full time connection and I'd rather save the $600 a year. Plus not giving money directly to Verizon feels good.
Yeah, that was my thought - I just got a 40gig unit, $50 after rebate, $60/year for the service, and it works great. Since I have kids I don't have time to play with MythTV anyway but it would be kind of hard to justify all the hardware costs. I don't watch all that much TV & I'm not really concerned about archiving stuff, but it's cool to be able to save a few decent movies on there for the babysitter to watch and fill the rest with kids shows.
Yep, killed Firefox on XP with 256mb...
When you install Office, it puts a link called MS Office Fast Start or something in the Startup folder, which I always remove. So it's not as tightly integrated as IE, but by default it does load something.
since when does a fossil fuel power plant produce radioactive waste? :)
I've read that the amount of naturally occuring radiation released from burning coal in power plants far exceeds that released (though possibly not generated) from nuclear plants.
I never really cared about the name until I was doing some stuff to a pc for a guy at work and loaded a few programs (firefox, GIMP, Adaware). He's handicapped, and gave me a really funny look when I showed him the new things, and it took a couple of minutes to explain that no, I wasn't ragging on him, that's really the name. So, I can vouch for some negative reaction from real people on this one.
There used to be one of these on my commute which wouldn't trip for my motorcycle, I'd have to get off & push the ped button or wait for a car to come up behind me...
Around DC, it's Miss Utility.
I just upload them to snapfish or culbphoto every once in a while & they show up in the mail. The quality is excellent & I don't have to worry about the printer. I'm usually only getting prints for the grandparents anyway, so the extra few days doesn't matter. (Really, since some are in the UK, I should just go to the UK photo sites & get them sent directly, but I'm too lazy to uplod them twice.)
...since my Nomad IIc died, and I discovered that it only came with a 3 month warantee, and it had only been (lightly) used for under a year. I might try another cheapo brand, but that's it for Creative in my book. You'd hope that a solid state device might last a bit longer than a cassette walkman, but I still have a late 80's boodoo kahn that's going strong. I'd like an iPod, but I really can't justify the price.
I certainly keep the first two handy, but they're not for my machines... suffice to say I'm about ready to start charging for getting that gack off other people's machines.
9x/ME users don't have a choice about running as root, and there are still a lot of those boxes out there (not that that's a good thing).