Which, by the way, reminds me of the time a friend asked me to fix his computer, and while running a virus scan, the progress window soon started running through his porn directories flashing some pretty embarassing filenames.
And that went on for a good 10 minutes or so.
All i could say was "Well, we do need to do the virus scan."
I know a few people who think their porn is hidden on their computer, but those who live with them say otherwise.
Just think of all of the recent file lists and last used directories in your media players or image viewers, system logs with errors for codecs and paths to the problem files, browser history autocomplete and cookie names, disks with "missing" space or restricted directories, and the good old file search for mpg, avi, wmv, etc.
You're probably not the only computer-savvy person she knows (if she's not one herself), so just assume she's already seen your stash.
But people sharing TV show episodes can't be as easily tied to ticket and DVD sales. People who download these episodes aren't doing so to avoid paying $10 at the theater or even to avoid watching ads.
Usually, they are doing it because they want to watch it again (for those of us without VCRs, downloading is easier than recording), they don't get the show in their area/city/country, or they just missed an episode because they were out at the time.
In those cases, it's not even hurting ad sales, and since TV shows are ongoing, there's a good chance that if someone is willing to go through the trouble of downloading or sharing the episodes, they are also pretty likely to watch it on TV or get others hooked on the show.
Dell's manufacturing standards and quality control are much worse than Apple's though.
Go to any of the popular hardware site forums, and read the threads about the 2005, and how people are getting theirs with extremely uneven backlights, uneven color saturation, delayed ghosting, and of course, lots of bad pixels.
I'm on my second one now, and still not happy. It's far from perfect. This is a case of "you get what you pay for" except that even at $600, it's still pathetic to see these kinds of problems.
My guess is that there are rules there about what you are expected to say ot the press. Things like using the word "choose" when talking about the reason people use IE. Or mentioning the possibility of security problems in competitor's products when people point to them in MS's stuff.
But they probably aren't forced to lie, and I doubt that they are forced to use only MS supplied software on their computers. So, if they're smart enough to see that IE sucks, they can take their jabs at it by mentioning that they use another browser, and then even throw in a comment about loving tabbed browsing in an article about Firefox.
I think it was intentional. He's not going to lose his job because of it.
The download manager is once again optional. You can just download from the site now. The only advantages with the download manager are filename options and one click full album downloads.
And although the subscription still gets you a limited number of songs, you can now pay for additional downloads. 10 for $5, 25 for $10, or 50 for $15. The "booster packs" carry over (they don't expire when your monthly limit resets).
I almost cancelled my account when they added the download limits, but I'm happy I kept it now. If you like the music they have, it's still the best deal around for legal downloads.
1. To treat bookmark URLs just like history URLs. If I type "sla" then http://slashdot.org now appears as an autocomplete choice, because I've been here recently. But in IE (at least the Mac version), I could type "arst" and get http://www.arstechnica.com as an autocomplete choice even if it's not in my history, but IS in my bookmarks.
2. To allow me to type "movi" and get my bookmarks named "Movie Trailers", "Movie News", "Movie Rumors", etc. in the autocomplete choices along with any URLs that start with those letters.
What browser are you using? With Firefox, you can search through bookmark names in the sidebar.
What I would like to see is that integrated into the address bar's autocomplete, as well as searching by bookmark url. This is a feature that I miss from the Mac version of Internet Explorer.
When you meet someone, and they or someone else tell you their name, repeat it back ("oh, I have a cousin named Jill" or "hmm, John's an unusual name"), and there's a very good chance you'll at least remember what you said later on.
I do something similar with passwords. Normally, they're a jumble of letters and numbers from something around me when I needed to think of them, and usually I can remember what that thing was, so the password then pops into my head.
I don't care about content, since most of the files I work with don't have searchable content in the first place, and I give them useful filenames anyway. I just forget where they're saved sometimes, or want a quicker way to get to them.
Even with indexing turned on (does that help with filename searches?), Windows takes 2 or 3 minutes to search all my drives by filename only.
I know there's Ava Find, which is very fast and does what I want, but the UI sucks, and AppRocket, which is also fast but isn't really a search tool as much as a launcher.
So, are there any others that work like the Windows Explorer search, but faster?
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah right.
"Honey... Why is "private browsing" always turned on when I get home?"
Which, by the way, reminds me of the time a friend asked me to fix his computer, and while running a virus scan, the progress window soon started running through his porn directories flashing some pretty embarassing filenames.
And that went on for a good 10 minutes or so.
All i could say was "Well, we do need to do the virus scan."
You know, she's probably already found it.
I know a few people who think their porn is hidden on their computer, but those who live with them say otherwise.
Just think of all of the recent file lists and last used directories in your media players or image viewers, system logs with errors for codecs and paths to the problem files, browser history autocomplete and cookie names, disks with "missing" space or restricted directories, and the good old file search for mpg, avi, wmv, etc.
You're probably not the only computer-savvy person she knows (if she's not one herself), so just assume she's already seen your stash.
But people sharing TV show episodes can't be as easily tied to ticket and DVD sales. People who download these episodes aren't doing so to avoid paying $10 at the theater or even to avoid watching ads.
Usually, they are doing it because they want to watch it again (for those of us without VCRs, downloading is easier than recording), they don't get the show in their area/city/country, or they just missed an episode because they were out at the time.
In those cases, it's not even hurting ad sales, and since TV shows are ongoing, there's a good chance that if someone is willing to go through the trouble of downloading or sharing the episodes, they are also pretty likely to watch it on TV or get others hooked on the show.
No, guys.
That was insightful.
This is funny.
...I only broke into this back yard to bury these dead bodies.
tvtorrents.net
btefnet.net
The MPAA and RIAA have little reason to go after them.
Dell's manufacturing standards and quality control are much worse than Apple's though.
Go to any of the popular hardware site forums, and read the threads about the 2005, and how people are getting theirs with extremely uneven backlights, uneven color saturation, delayed ghosting, and of course, lots of bad pixels.
I'm on my second one now, and still not happy. It's far from perfect. This is a case of "you get what you pay for" except that even at $600, it's still pathetic to see these kinds of problems.
People who work for MS aren't idiots.
My guess is that there are rules there about what you are expected to say ot the press. Things like using the word "choose" when talking about the reason people use IE. Or mentioning the possibility of security problems in competitor's products when people point to them in MS's stuff.
But they probably aren't forced to lie, and I doubt that they are forced to use only MS supplied software on their computers. So, if they're smart enough to see that IE sucks, they can take their jabs at it by mentioning that they use another browser, and then even throw in a comment about loving tabbed browsing in an article about Firefox.
I think it was intentional. He's not going to lose his job because of it.
The download manager is once again optional. You can just download from the site now. The only advantages with the download manager are filename options and one click full album downloads.
And although the subscription still gets you a limited number of songs, you can now pay for additional downloads. 10 for $5, 25 for $10, or 50 for $15. The "booster packs" carry over (they don't expire when your monthly limit resets).
I almost cancelled my account when they added the download limits, but I'm happy I kept it now. If you like the music they have, it's still the best deal around for legal downloads.
eMusic offers MP3 downloads and also offers a Linux version of their download manager (if you choose to use it).
"More intelligent Mods, combatting this silly policy, sometimes mod funny posts Informative etc. so humorous posters are rewarded with Karma."
If the guy was posting for karma, he would have posted something informative.
They have already aired on Sky One in the UK.
Actually 1 to 9.
;)
How do you think I know it's good?
Just wait until you get Battlestar Galactica in January.
:)
That may change your mind.
I just wrote a long response, read it over, and realized I can sum it up as:
I agree completely.
Much of spam that I get doesn't contain ANY usable information or links at all. And sometimes there are links, but they aren't even valid URLs.
What the hell is the point of spamming people with ads when they won't be able to get back to you to buy your product?
I know how to use keyword bookmarks.
What I'm talking is:
1. To treat bookmark URLs just like history URLs. If I type "sla" then http://slashdot.org now appears as an autocomplete choice, because I've been here recently. But in IE (at least the Mac version), I could type "arst" and get http://www.arstechnica.com as an autocomplete choice even if it's not in my history, but IS in my bookmarks.
2. To allow me to type "movi" and get my bookmarks named "Movie Trailers", "Movie News", "Movie Rumors", etc. in the autocomplete choices along with any URLs that start with those letters.
You think that's embarassing?
I once met a girl when I was drunk, and when I went to meet her and a friend of hers the next day, I wasn't sure who was who at first.
What browser are you using? With Firefox, you can search through bookmark names in the sidebar.
What I would like to see is that integrated into the address bar's autocomplete, as well as searching by bookmark url. This is a feature that I miss from the Mac version of Internet Explorer.
Same here, but I found a trick that helps.
When you meet someone, and they or someone else tell you their name, repeat it back ("oh, I have a cousin named Jill" or "hmm, John's an unusual name"), and there's a very good chance you'll at least remember what you said later on.
I do something similar with passwords. Normally, they're a jumble of letters and numbers from something around me when I needed to think of them, and usually I can remember what that thing was, so the password then pops into my head.
OK, I give up. What does the exclamation point do?
I just want a fast filename search for Windows.
I don't care about content, since most of the files I work with don't have searchable content in the first place, and I give them useful filenames anyway. I just forget where they're saved sometimes, or want a quicker way to get to them.
Even with indexing turned on (does that help with filename searches?), Windows takes 2 or 3 minutes to search all my drives by filename only.
I know there's Ava Find, which is very fast and does what I want, but the UI sucks, and AppRocket, which is also fast but isn't really a search tool as much as a launcher.
So, are there any others that work like the Windows Explorer search, but faster?
If the original posters went through the trouble of registering, why should they go through extra trouble to keep you from having to do the same?
Why do I keep screwing up links here?
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