Sadly, bookmarks in Chrome ARE pretty marginal usability wise anyway. Every time I try it Chrome the bookmarking is the single issue that drives me back to Firefox in short order. Currently it just sits there on my desktops as a handy alternative when Minefield chokes on the latest nightly build for some reason. They simply take too many clicks to navigate.
I want to retain the ability to see my bookmarks and ONE-CLICK through them to navigate (or some other minimal clicking around approach, a one key navigation would be even better). I have tried every bookmark addon that exists for Chrome (as of a couple of months ago) and nothing approaches the base bookmark functionality in IE and FF.
Yes. That's exactly what I use logmein for. Those relatives and friends with limited computer understanding. Makes life so much simpler when someone needs a hand three states over and I really don't want to try to extract usable information on the issue and troubleshoot over the phone.
I've spent a lot of time trying to rescue a windows system that was malware infected because I couldn't clean it from within the afflicted system (the malware already had control, and did an effective job blocking attempts).
I don't even go there anymore. If i want to recover a system rather than rebuild it, I yank the HD, toss it in the appropriate USB external enclosure, attach it to a clean machine (disable autorun if it isn't already), and clean it from there.
Online is a big part of what they do at school these days.
I can trust my kids, however I have no desire for them to wind up on the seamy side of the internet by happenstance, or their system to get malwared to death either.
For the windows (XP) PCs (you'll get lots of Server/Linux advice here...) we are setup as follows (note - these are all free options):
1 - DNS set to OpenDNS, and set to do some basic filtering 2 - loaded K9 (by Bluecoat) on the kids machines for granular filtering 3 - Firefox, NoScript, ABP 4 - Avast, AdAware 5 - logmein for remote access if needed 6 - systems in a public room (not in their bedrooms) so access times, overgaming, and withdrawel from family are less problematic
I find the above pretty hands-off. Once in a while (once a month...) they need to get somewhere that is blocked, but it isn't common and they just come ask one of us to open it up. I tried running them in user, and then power user, mode but that was a constant pain and I gave up on it (meh..)
This is nice, but from my lay person's perspective there seem to be a few dampers on this.
During boost you've got a missile speeding up and not at final velocity with a really big heat signature from the exhaust.
Presumably a ballistic missile won't be doing that anywhere near us, but will be...well... 'ballistic' and at full speed when it crosses into the interception zones and so significantly harder to hit.
Additionally, with fuel expended (or at least greatly reduced) the non electronics of the missile will be less vulnerable to being destroyed.
The computer mine is plugged into doesn't sleep anymore.
I think the MJ causes that but I can't swear to it without unplugging it and checking at home (where I am not)
The MJ is neat, but in no way whatsoever qualifies as the BEST phone service out there except on price.
Tech support is intentionally hidden away
The software is constantly in your face to the point it can be problematic to do other things on the computer unless you don't mind it taking over a section of your screen without notice (it has no 'silent' mode where the interface doesn't pop up at every call or sunspot)
The software interface is poor and non intuitive.
The device occassionally quits working and needs to be reset.
The actual line quality varies dramatically based on what time of day you try to use it. You might like it if you use it only in the evenings, or hate it if you only use it during the workday.
It is dirt cheap however and you can use the speaker and mic on the computer it is hooked to as a phone also and dial from the screen.
One can imagine a system that tags images by reading your mind as you surf the web. If Google Image Search needed to tag an image, it could just pop it up in a window for 500 ms and read your thoughts to get the tag.
We had entire file distribution networks in Fidonet back in the day. All manner of media was available, episodic, and on demand. When subscribers0 connected they got everything that had been added to their subscriptions since the last time they connected. There were catagories available for nearly every type of file that could be zipped and sent as a subscription.
Heck, I remember noticing that the 'Southern Star' (one of the big distribution hubs) was available over the internet back in the early 90s, so you can't even make the argument that substituting "internet" for "fidonet" makes it more patentable.
Worse still, in a few years global warming will see mosquitoes across the EU and US... what then? If we don't eradicate malaria before that happens we are all done for.
Yeah, glad we don't have Mosquitos here in Georgia. Think I'll go throw away my foggers and DEET...
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This. But if not...PowerShell :-)
Sadly, bookmarks in Chrome ARE pretty marginal usability wise anyway. Every time I try it Chrome the bookmarking is the single issue that drives me back to Firefox in short order. Currently it just sits there on my desktops as a handy alternative when Minefield chokes on the latest nightly build for some reason. They simply take too many clicks to navigate.
I want to retain the ability to see my bookmarks and ONE-CLICK through them to navigate (or some other minimal clicking around approach, a one key navigation would be even better). I have tried every bookmark addon that exists for Chrome (as of a couple of months ago) and nothing approaches the base bookmark functionality in IE and FF.
Lord no, why spend money on expensive cameras when photoshop handles that just fine? That's just being fiscally responsible.
Yes. That's exactly what I use logmein for. Those relatives and friends with limited computer understanding. Makes life so much simpler when someone needs a hand three states over and I really don't want to try to extract usable information on the issue and troubleshoot over the phone.
Tandy is Dandy...
I've spent a lot of time trying to rescue a windows system that was malware infected because I couldn't clean it from within the afflicted system (the malware already had control, and did an effective job blocking attempts).
I don't even go there anymore. If i want to recover a system rather than rebuild it, I yank the HD, toss it in the appropriate USB external enclosure, attach it to a clean machine (disable autorun if it isn't already), and clean it from there.
There's a Flinx story about it. It was called the VOM.
It wasn't a good neighbor.
Started out as a physics joke combined with my bridge partner's opinion of my bidding style :-)
If you split it into seven pieces and secret them around the world?
Is pentaplegic a word?
Similar situation, but younger kids.
Online is a big part of what they do at school these days.
I can trust my kids, however I have no desire for them to wind up on the seamy side of the internet by happenstance, or their system to get malwared to death either.
For the windows (XP) PCs (you'll get lots of Server/Linux advice here...) we are setup as follows (note - these are all free options):
1 - DNS set to OpenDNS, and set to do some basic filtering
2 - loaded K9 (by Bluecoat) on the kids machines for granular filtering
3 - Firefox, NoScript, ABP
4 - Avast, AdAware
5 - logmein for remote access if needed
6 - systems in a public room (not in their bedrooms) so access times, overgaming, and withdrawel from family are less problematic
I find the above pretty hands-off. Once in a while (once a month...) they need to get somewhere that is blocked, but it isn't common and they just come ask one of us to open it up. I tried running them in user, and then power user, mode but that was a constant pain and I gave up on it (meh..)
as always with such advice, ymmv.
Thanks Dr. Spock.
Makes me think we're gonna go to the mat with Australia next...
Q Hillary, do we like censorship in China?
A No
Q ok, what about Australia then? (nyah!)
A Don't like it there either
HEADLINE - RISING TENSIONS WITH AUSTRALIA OVER NET CENSORSHIP!
This is nice, but from my lay person's perspective there seem to be a few dampers on this.
During boost you've got a missile speeding up and not at final velocity with a really big heat signature from the exhaust.
Presumably a ballistic missile won't be doing that anywhere near us, but will be...well... 'ballistic' and at full speed when it crosses into the interception zones and so significantly harder to hit.
Additionally, with fuel expended (or at least greatly reduced) the non electronics of the missile will be less vulnerable to being destroyed.
So good start, but we aren't there yet.
> copyright owners generally control whether and how to exploit their works during the term of copyright
Which would be much more reasonable if copyright wasn't permanent (by any reasonable measure) now.
Copyright has been changed. As such, the rules governing it need to adjust to maintain the benefit of having it for society.
The computer mine is plugged into doesn't sleep anymore.
I think the MJ causes that but I can't swear to it without unplugging it and checking at home (where I am not)
The MJ is neat, but in no way whatsoever qualifies as the BEST phone service out there except on price.
Tech support is intentionally hidden away
The software is constantly in your face to the point it can be problematic to do other things on the computer unless you don't mind it taking over a section of your screen without notice (it has no 'silent' mode where the interface doesn't pop up at every call or sunspot)
The software interface is poor and non intuitive.
The device occassionally quits working and needs to be reset.
The actual line quality varies dramatically based on what time of day you try to use it. You might like it if you use it only in the evenings, or hate it if you only use it during the workday.
It is dirt cheap however and you can use the speaker and mic on the computer it is hooked to as a phone also and dial from the screen.
"or lower the cost to nearly free?"
I think the term you are looking for is 'too cheap to meter' :-\
Wouldn't work with teenage males for example....
We had entire file distribution networks in Fidonet back in the day. All manner of media was available, episodic, and on demand. When subscribers0 connected they got everything that had been added to their subscriptions since the last time they connected. There were catagories available for nearly every type of file that could be zipped and sent as a subscription.
Heck, I remember noticing that the 'Southern Star' (one of the big distribution hubs) was available over the internet back in the early 90s, so you can't even make the argument that substituting "internet" for "fidonet" makes it more patentable.
It was rejected by the iTunes store.
Beat me to it.
They're only MOSTLY dead!
Humiliations galore. Now THAT's a noble cause.
Worse still, in a few years global warming will see mosquitoes across the EU and US... what then? If we don't eradicate malaria before that happens we are all done for.
Yeah, glad we don't have Mosquitos here in Georgia. Think I'll go throw away my foggers and DEET...
The GPL doesn't require no-spin honesty about the motives behind a party honoring terms of the license. Only that they honor them.