Every time Version 12 has tried to update it been from a redirect to Opera.com, the address is in my hosts file now, download the link given above for version 12.4 and do read the fact it's encrypted and requires the password: oldversion to install.
- Opera 12 updated on me once and there no warning it just took it upon itself to do.
- At one time (I reinstall my Win OS's regularly) for java to work with Opera 12, the new version had to be installed as well, while in a different directory it fixed Opera 12 somehow.
Didn't Opera buy Fastmail a few years ago? As a long time Fastmail user, like so many other tech people, I'd worry about my email provider being controlled by the Chinese.
When Opera was first released they were up front about their Emailer, said you really might not like our style and try a different one. I'm not sure where Fastmail came in or even if.
Why is it I can't find any references to the Tiananamen Square Massacre on the web anymore? Why do all references to "Taiwan" either refer to "Chinese Taipei" or just give a blank page? Too bad.. I really liked Opera.
The easier it is for it to screw up. I remember when the F-16 first came out, there were problems with the fly by wire system. Pilots were OVER correcting their flying, because they were use to the air pushing on the elevators, tail etc to give them feedback. Once they redid them, the problems stopped.
I did a school report on the new F-16, my Dad being in the Air Force played a big part in that. Screw the way it flew they demanded guns on the damn things as they didn't come with any at first, just bombs.
Drivers still depress the accelerator to the floor thinking they're stomping on the brakes. When it comes to designing automobiles for the masses, the consequences of every possible mistake should be anticipated. Then budget for the inevitable liability.
I used to drink and drive, it was legal at one time; only being told to take it careful making it home.
A loose full can of beer will fit excatly between the brake and floor pad of a VW, it's quite interesting when you find yourself in that position.
returning to its center position once you've selected your gear.
Who thought THAT was a good idea? So they thought it would be a good idea to have a shifter be in the same position REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS IN NEUTRAL, DRIVE, REVERSE, OR PARK? Man, I'm amazed that got beyond the first round of design review.
Actually I blame this on the CAD system, unless safe guards were bypassed.
And of course, especially when it's colder out, tons of assholes---sorry, I mean "people"---leave their cars running when they go into a store or such.
Ah Alaska and it's required laws, during the winter it's illegal to leave your car running while away from it. It could be so cold that someone would rather take the car to where they were headed and just leave it there, not stealing it in the broad sense, just a matter of survival.
There is always a plug in for your block heater when ever long term/overnight parking is required.
If you're hitting second gear in 'stop and go' you are doing it wrong.
My guess, you've never driven a stick in your life, but know you don't like them.
I LOL'd, I learned to drive in San Fransisco, more often than not your at a stop sign headed up hill. Second gear was never an option, it was always pull the emergency brake in front of the gear shift (VW) and place it in first gear; when time to continue a matter of engaging the transmission and releasing the brake.
For me to use a standard left foot pressed emergency brake is a hazard both mechanical as well as potentially burning up the vehicle.
I was a VW person growing up, karmann ghia's and a few standard VW's, the emergency brake is a pull rod engaged by pulling up with the right hand, and disabled as a matter of being able to access the shift stick (Obvious).
Every time I've used a left foot pressed emergency brake I've forgotten to release it. Seen the rear wheels smoke many times, I'm not used to them and other than a light not intuitive for me. So I've avoided using them, turning the wheels into the curb instead.
Not saying one should get away without it's use, as I've had a neighbors van roll down it's driveway, across the street and into my karmann ghia when it popped out of park.
OP here. I see some GFCI single outlet adapters on the market, but no GFI (and I'm not sure of the difference). If it matters (I think it does), some of the places I've been have used outlets that aren't even grounded, which further complicates the whole surge protection defense of sending excess current to ground.
GFI's are required in the US in all newer homes, they are a fast tripping device, the outlet normally located in the bathroom. One outlet can protect an entire line.
Grounding protection is required for personal protection alone. If a country is too cheap to pay for the extra wire, I'd give serious consideration of using one's incoming metal water pipes as the third wire (think of the kids).
Here's a question: I have a cheap international plug adapter that has "surge protection" built-in in the form of a standard user-replaceable fuse. What about using that, and maybe even putting in a lower-rated fuse?
According to others replies your power supply should be well protected, situations like yours taken into account. The fuse a bonus allowing you more control. Amperage is your concern here, phones, computers, what have you; require a specific amp rating to charge, anything lower can take hours longer to charge if at all.
Putting a bit more thought into this, I can see rigging up an expensive GFI (not a GFCI) -one that trips instantly or faster than normal to do what you need, .
But what you really need is a UPS, It not only prevents surges, it cleans up the voltage outputting a near perfect sine wave.
As mentioned an Isolation Transformer would also do the trick, but again weight constraints prevent their use.
While I wouldn't put much faith in those surge arrestors, trusting a circuit breaker over one. APC has one on Newegg.com (quick search) http://www.newegg.com/Product/... - for cheap but 120 volts.
As one reviewer to the above product put it " So-called surge protectors, IMO, fit into one of the most ethereal realms in I.T. Go ahead and Google, "Do I need a surge protector," and you'll get answers from both sides of the fence--in pages upon pages of search results. That's because the answer is subjective."
Saw that one coming, yes I do, just neglected to change the password. It was just easier to leave it as it was to tether it to my main computer as a router. I also didn't know of Win10's persistence at the time.
Hmph. They don't list the Stoned virus. Right around 1990 I had heard of viruses but doubted they existed--I had never seen one. It was then I was around a computer lab with a bunch of IBM-PC's (yes the original ones without hard drives!) that had this thing that would pop up every once in a few boots saying "Your PC is now Stoned!". So I got one of those shared disks, looked at the first few sectors on the disk and found that message. I saw strange code and started disassembling it. Soon I was looking at the source code of a virus. Well, damn, I said, they do exist!
The last virus was released in 2010 by the US, spread by autoplay on USB drives that made it's way to Iran to destroy their Uranium extractors. I've heard of a range of thousands being taken out by increasing and decreasing their operating speed.
Not all viruses deleted data, is the point. MANY viruses were not able to generate personal gain in any way, and didn't destroy all your files.
There was one that replaced all the "Microsoft" on your hard drive with "Machosoft". Just a global search and replace in every text file and binary. Machosoft DOS prompts and everything.
My Fav Apple "attack" (as in concept) was when the Energizer bunny would roll across the screen pounding it's drums while the hard drive was being formatted.
Some could. Amigas (and Macs too I believe?) would automatically pop up an icon for floppies when they were inserted, without needing to do anything else. There was an insertion and removal event sent from the drive to the operating system. It would read the disk label and icon upon insertion, display them, then spin back down again until you did something.
The Amiga impressed all with that ability, it would start a playing a demo, or music the moment the floppy was inserted.
Do they have the disk-validator vorus? That gets my vote for the cleverest virus of the early days just pop it in your drive and you were infected of course kickstart 2.0 made it obsolete I wonder if John Veldthuis is still around
Amiga? Remember the bootsector checker made for the best of reasons that became malware in it's own right, it tried to protected floppies by jumping to a floppy that didn't have the program installed so it could be scanned, where it remained.
It was a database of almost any exploit, malware, virus, etc available. Used in an honest manner it proved very valauble. It was one of the first sites taken down under the a new rule that a site that had a potential to cause damage had to be removed.
I can tell you that ESET NOD32 is the best antibadware program, while never 100% it always rated between 80-90%, much better than the rest.
Test was did it download the file, if so would it open the zip file, if so would it extract it to another directory. and at which point it would you be alerted.
Many had no problem sending it to another directory.
Even if you click to opt out of the "improvement program" or "customer Experience Improvement program" it will not take unless done in the task scheduler. There are normally three that must be disabled in that area, or your still in, and send reports.
When did Apple use TPM? The only Apple hardware that even shipped with TPM was the Intel transistion development kits but the chip was never used.
Long ago someone countered my claim of the TPM chip, to give a clue of what one looked like I Googled TPM chip then viewed the images, an Apple computer and it's TPM chip was the one I provided.
I did came across this in answer to your question: "A great many enterprise-class laptops manufactured in the last two to three years shipped with embedded TPM chips; Apple's Macs are a key exception, as none since 2006 include a TPM chip." http://www.pcworld.com/article...
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They do have older version for download from opera.com
http://www.opera.com/download/...
Every time Version 12 has tried to update it been from a redirect to Opera.com, the address is in my hosts file now, download the link given above for version 12.4
and do read the fact it's encrypted and requires the password: oldversion to install.
- Opera 12 updated on me once and there no warning it just took it upon itself to do.
- At one time (I reinstall my Win OS's regularly) for java to work with Opera 12, the new version had to be installed as well, while in a different directory it fixed Opera 12 somehow.
Didn't Opera buy Fastmail a few years ago? As a long time Fastmail user, like so many other tech people, I'd worry about my email provider being controlled by the Chinese.
When Opera was first released they were up front about their Emailer, said you really might not like our style and try a different one. I'm not sure where Fastmail came in or even if.
I use Forte Agent.
Why is it I can't find any references to the Tiananamen Square Massacre on the web anymore? Why do all references to "Taiwan" either refer to "Chinese Taipei" or just give a blank page? Too bad .. I really liked Opera.
I've been watching Opera.com for awhile now, it's never gone away.
https://www.robtex.com/en/advi...
You can still find Opera 12
Thanks for link, was going to offer my held full version of Opera 12. It works on most sites, just fine on /.
I start reading in Chinese.
One of the LIGO programs is only 40 miles away, with a lot of luck the local newspaper might cover it.
"Will the industry relent and allow Government access to data from these devices?"
I don't know, but I had better click and find out!
I didn't RTA either, it's of no use whatever it might claim, it's the background deals that will the key here.
The easier it is for it to screw up.
I remember when the F-16 first came out, there were problems with the fly by wire system.
Pilots were OVER correcting their flying, because they were use to the air pushing on the elevators, tail etc to give
them feedback. Once they redid them, the problems stopped.
I did a school report on the new F-16, my Dad being in the Air Force played a big part in that. Screw the way it flew they demanded guns on the damn things as they didn't come with any at first, just bombs.
Drivers still depress the accelerator to the floor thinking they're stomping on the brakes. When it comes to designing automobiles for the masses, the consequences of every possible mistake should be anticipated. Then budget for the inevitable liability.
I used to drink and drive, it was legal at one time; only being told to take it careful making it home.
A loose full can of beer will fit excatly between the brake and floor pad of a VW, it's quite interesting when you find yourself in that position.
returning to its center position once you've selected your gear.
Who thought THAT was a good idea? So they thought it would be a good idea to have a shifter be in the same position REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS IN NEUTRAL, DRIVE, REVERSE, OR PARK? Man, I'm amazed that got beyond the first round of design review.
Actually I blame this on the CAD system, unless safe guards were bypassed.
And of course, especially when it's colder out, tons of assholes---sorry, I mean "people"---leave their cars running when they go into a store or such.
Ah Alaska and it's required laws, during the winter it's illegal to leave your car running while away from it. It could be so cold that someone would rather take the car to where they were headed and just leave it there, not stealing it in the broad sense, just a matter of survival.
There is always a plug in for your block heater when ever long term/overnight parking is required.
If you're hitting second gear in 'stop and go' you are doing it wrong.
My guess, you've never driven a stick in your life, but know you don't like them.
I LOL'd, I learned to drive in San Fransisco, more often than not your at a stop sign headed up hill. Second gear was never an option, it was always pull the emergency brake in front of the gear shift (VW) and place it in first gear; when time to continue a matter of engaging the transmission and releasing the brake.
Isn't that why they have an emergency brake?
For me to use a standard left foot pressed emergency brake is a hazard both mechanical as well as potentially burning up the vehicle.
I was a VW person growing up, karmann ghia's and a few standard VW's, the emergency brake is a pull rod engaged by pulling up with the right hand, and disabled as a matter of being able to access the shift stick (Obvious).
Every time I've used a left foot pressed emergency brake I've forgotten to release it. Seen the rear wheels smoke many times, I'm not used to them and other than a light not intuitive for me. So I've avoided using them, turning the wheels into the curb instead.
Not saying one should get away without it's use, as I've had a neighbors van roll down it's driveway, across the street and into my karmann ghia when it popped out of park.
Right or wrong I'm a victim of habit.
OP here. I see some GFCI single outlet adapters on the market, but no GFI (and I'm not sure of the difference). If it matters (I think it does), some of the places I've been have used outlets that aren't even grounded, which further complicates the whole surge protection defense of sending excess current to ground.
GFI's are required in the US in all newer homes, they are a fast tripping device, the outlet normally located in the bathroom. One outlet can protect an entire line.
Grounding protection is required for personal protection alone. If a country is too cheap to pay for the extra wire, I'd give serious consideration of using one's incoming metal water pipes as the third wire (think of the kids).
Here's a question: I have a cheap international plug adapter that has "surge protection" built-in in the form of a standard user-replaceable fuse. What about using that, and maybe even putting in a lower-rated fuse?
According to others replies your power supply should be well protected, situations like yours taken into account. The fuse a bonus allowing you more control. Amperage is your concern here, phones, computers, what have you; require a specific amp rating to charge, anything lower can take hours longer to charge if at all.
But what you really need is a UPS,
Putting a bit more thought into this, I can see rigging up an expensive GFI (not a GFCI) -one that trips instantly or faster than normal to do what you need, .
But what you really need is a UPS, It not only prevents surges, it cleans up the voltage outputting a near perfect sine wave.
As mentioned an Isolation Transformer would also do the trick, but again weight constraints prevent their use.
While I wouldn't put much faith in those surge arrestors, trusting a circuit breaker over one. APC has one on Newegg.com (quick search) http://www.newegg.com/Product/... - for cheap but 120 volts.
As one reviewer to the above product put it " So-called surge protectors, IMO, fit into one of the most ethereal realms in I.T. Go ahead and Google, "Do I need a surge protector," and you'll get answers from both sides of the fence--in pages upon pages of search results. That's because the answer is subjective."
You don't own a smartphone do you?
Saw that one coming, yes I do, just neglected to change the password. It was just easier to leave it as it was to tether it to my main computer as a router. I also didn't know of Win10's persistence at the time.
Hmph. They don't list the Stoned virus. Right around 1990 I had heard of viruses but doubted they existed--I had never seen one. It was then I was around a computer lab with a bunch of IBM-PC's (yes the original ones without hard drives!) that had this thing that would pop up every once in a few boots saying "Your PC is now Stoned!". So I got one of those shared disks, looked at the first few sectors on the disk and found that message. I saw strange code and started disassembling it. Soon I was looking at the source code of a virus. Well, damn, I said, they do exist!
The last virus was released in 2010 by the US, spread by autoplay on USB drives that made it's way to Iran to destroy their Uranium extractors. I've heard of a range of thousands being taken out by increasing and decreasing their operating speed.
Not all viruses deleted data, is the point. MANY viruses were not able to generate personal gain in any way, and didn't destroy all your files.
There was one that replaced all the "Microsoft" on your hard drive with "Machosoft". Just a global search and replace in every text file and binary. Machosoft DOS prompts and everything.
My Fav Apple "attack" (as in concept) was when the Energizer bunny would roll across the screen pounding it's drums while the hard drive was being formatted.
Some could. Amigas (and Macs too I believe?) would automatically pop up an icon for floppies when they were inserted, without needing to do anything else. There was an insertion and removal event sent from the drive to the operating system. It would read the disk label and icon upon insertion, display them, then spin back down again until you did something.
The Amiga impressed all with that ability, it would start a playing a demo, or music the moment the floppy was inserted.
Do they have the disk-validator vorus?
That gets my vote for the cleverest virus of the early days
just pop it in your drive and you were infected
of course kickstart 2.0 made it obsolete
I wonder if John Veldthuis is still around
Amiga? Remember the bootsector checker made for the best of reasons that became malware in it's own right, it tried to protected floppies by jumping to a floppy that didn't have the program installed so it could be scanned, where it remained.
It was a database of almost any exploit, malware, virus, etc available. Used in an honest manner it proved very valauble. It was one of the first sites taken down under the a new rule that a site that had a potential to cause damage had to be removed.
I can tell you that ESET NOD32 is the best antibadware program, while never 100% it always rated between 80-90%, much better than the rest.
Test was did it download the file, if so would it open the zip file, if so would it extract it to another directory. and at which point it would you be alerted.
Many had no problem sending it to another directory.
Still remember.
Say Windows 7
Even if you click to opt out of the "improvement program" or "customer Experience Improvement program" it will not take unless done in the task scheduler. There are normally three that must be disabled in that area, or your still in, and send reports.
Article didn't mention this idiosyncrasy.
When did Apple use TPM? The only Apple hardware that even shipped with TPM was the Intel transistion development kits but the chip was never used.
Long ago someone countered my claim of the TPM chip, to give a clue of what one looked like I Googled TPM chip then viewed the images, an Apple computer and it's TPM chip was the one I provided.
I did came across this in answer to your question:
"A great many enterprise-class laptops manufactured in the last two to three years shipped with embedded TPM chips; Apple's Macs are a key exception, as none since 2006 include a TPM chip." http://www.pcworld.com/article...