This is a ToS violation, I've made it a habit not to cuss or flame on the written in stone Internet (if/when my kids search me out) the point being glad I don't do the social networks; I do have a twitter account of many years that I've never really used, but it's not my real name.
I have youtube and a Gmail account that have become joined at the hip, I log on as Trax and am always asked if I'd rather use my real name Penny Wise:}
The term 'Orwellian' tends to be overused a bit these days. But, having read 1984, this is something straight out of that book
Millions of Jews died in the hand of the Nazis. Those who went through holocaust hell but survived fully comprehend the meaning of "LIBERTY".
You haven't read 1994.
On the whole it involved three countries, two were always against the third. Then without warning the enemy became an ally, and good all about the other country(ies) were expunged.
In this case it is a good analogy.
-------
I had a girlfriend who had chronic pain, not having any pain I never understood how she felt.
Any excuse for a trip to Newegg. It seems GPUs have come a long way since I last bought one.
Oh shoot, I have a Nvidia EVGA GTX-570; It's outdated now if the running beta of BF4 counts. Sadly they still want the same price for one (no SLI in my future).
Amiga is always surfacing with new purchasers with great plans that never work out. This one just might fly.
I've honestly been avoiding Chrome like the plague, if someones trying to force something on you, I figure it can't be a good thing. I mean you click the wrong area on just about any web page you find yourself downloading Chrome.
But this Amiga things got me, I have two other boxes just like this one http://i42.tinypic.com/2hwpx82.jpg all Amiga related "stuff", mostly games.
I started on the TRS-80 III, and I couldn't find software for it, if I did it was spendy and just what Radio Shack stocked, I learned Assembly language only because an assembler showed up.
So when I got the Amiga I grabbed everything Amiga I could due to the famine I had with the TRS-80. I was the one you visited if you wanted Amiga software:} and was happy to copy whatever you brought with you.
I still have two Amiga 500's, a 2000 and a 3000; that 3000 is like a bad penny. I enjoyed it very much, ran a BBS from it, then sold it... twice; it always returned as a "gift":}
So an emulator running on 2010 era hardware can almost run at speeds of the native technology on 80's era hardware.
wow
10 Megs of Sram memory, a 50 MB hard drive and I did what I'm doing with windows now. Remember 20 years ago when you played Doom and that's all you could do? I ran a BBS in the background while playing my games.
That is such a misused statement(s), there is very little chance you ever
hear of this again, not just this article but anything that's claiming to
be anything other than an interesting article.
Remember the glass bottles with a coating inside that made the very last
drop of ketchup/mayonnaise flow, ending waste? Never heard of it again.
Mouth wash that used once would completely eliminate tooth decay? Yep, dead story.
I'm not even taking the time to look for links you all know of some
"make this a better world" solution that never sees the day of light, let
alone another word.
2. The people who are doing the difficult work deserve a huge gratitude of thanks for their effort. Working in full radiation suits and masks in 35C temperatures in summer took extraordinary strength of purpose and determination.
I hear that, and it is an effort to do it for long, I've worked in full plastics, rain gear, pants, top, hood it's no joy, and damn hot work.
I see this as MS scare tactics to get people to update from XP, XP is bad, XP must not be used.
Last month I started getting hit by none Genuine Win7 alerts, then I lost my Internet, yet everything was fine. I'd load Mint and had Internet access. Install another Win7 and the same thing, My IP is marked.
Not sure what gave me away, a new ASUS modem, Google being my DNS or Comodo which downloaded a ton of stuff before I noticed and put a halt to it; or any number of MS collaborators.
This is just a BS item, proper hex and your ok. Hirens boot cd with MiniXP is now public domain MS has given up on XP.
Google is my DNS, 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.8.4 as they are damn quick; Posting a message of the use of the 10.0.0.0 block I knew the RFC number but needed a link I typed in RFC and one suggestion was 1918 (The RFC I was looking for).
I get a traffic ticket I want to see how bad it could of been, The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is where one goes for this in our area, I type in RCW and the section I'm after is suggested.
The first one analogizing my post as I write it? The second a popular search?, or Google's has extra info
It's one thing to know your giving info, it's another to see it in action.
Problem with Tom's hardware is they pull from the Usenet, a trick to make one think a server is used more extensively than it really is. They have made a name for themselves now but still pulling from the Usenet. They also pay to be on top of the front page results.
I can't remember the number of times I've searched for something only to find I'd written it years earlier; for the newsgroup 24hoursupport.helpdesk, Yet it's accredited to Tom's Hardware. Where you went to read it, If a member replied to such a post it would go unanswered, and none to a very few have a clue of what's going on.
Hundreds of forum topics yet maybe a hand full not gleaned from the UseNet and actually from Tom's hardware's registered members, of which I'm not one
Nice Museum from the outside, not many places you can place a large globe of the Earth and it look good. - yet I may be pushing it.
I scanned the articles, No, a museum or library isn't a place for taking sides on such a subject, how soon many forget, Global warming is of major concern, then not a month ago were told it's been a farce, (sorry Gore I like you). Temps were ignored the unseen heat placed in the ocean currents that take can take a thousand years to complete a cycle, (good hiding spot).
Yet it continues, like nothing happened, with the same importance of stopping it or more than before.
I was taught that the 1940's were the end of the warm cycle, and part of a 100,000 year cycle personally I look forward to anything that will keep it warmer. but what were being bombarded with isn't fact, but predetermined results to sway a world.
I applaud a Museum / library for not taking part in this or any debate, they should be (remain) neutral.
I don't know if YaHoo mail, Hotmail or Gmail is any good, I use Forte Agent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forté_Agent must copy and paste the é throws a loop. and POP 3 my e-mail, everything to Gmail then to me. I use version Agent 1.93 (very old, very good).
I get no HTML mail, it's all in text unless I want to view it, I send no web beacons when I read my mail. I send no it's been read replies.
It's the safest most secure e-mail system I've come across and been using it since Win 3.1. None of my Email stays on a web service, and I have every email I've sent and received (for some reason).
Just saying YaHoo Pop 3 your email, you take the kool aide, yet they don't know of the outcome. You use the YaHoo service but at your convince and in a secure fashion.
(Now I just hope Yahoo POP3's their Email, I got a Yahoo account when they were "Google" (before) but never use it:} )
Does anyone know about what apps come with Cyanogenmod (my google fu is lacking. Mostly it talks about getting the google apps).
So, forgive my ignorance, but does CM provide an array of quality OSS apps for actually running the phone in addition to the base windowing system and kernel?
Looking for a place to post my,... well this:
I've used their mods for almost two years on my tablet. It was upgraded by to 4.12, CyanogenMod has taken it to 4.2. The tweaks they provide are better than Google/Motorola supplies. I can play with the Dual CPUs if I wanted to but happy to leave those alone, graphics, just a lot they've opened up to customization.
Yeah, Opera pretty much gave us desktop users the middle finger. They don't want us any more and don't care. They just reskinned Chrome and pushed it out the door. I'm still on 12 but that won't last forever as standards change. I don't know what I'm going to do. Chrome sucks, Firefox is a hog, IE not in this lifetime. Ugh.
I try to the get the entire downloads and not some weblink installer. Managed to have Opera 12 on hand whew! Turned off fraud protection, stuck Opera in my routers firewall and continue on. 17 for having less is twice the size of 12.
Was just a huge coincidence that the very first thing I did was to Google something who's first hit blocked my access:}
"Because of continued abuse from users with the browser you are currently using, I'm disallowing that browser from WindowsBBS.com."
PS3 in a drop down fashion are NetFlix, youtube, then of course Amazon instant videos and Red Box showed up on the last update -4.5.
Flame: Know how time consuming it was to find that reddit link? It used to be a tab on my browser.
Yesterday I updated Opera 12 to version 17. I didn't want to lose the/. taking me to slashdot feature so put it off. Opera doesn't have bookmarks anymore, how truly asinine is that? Nor can I disable flash, and much more. So I don't use Opera after well since forever, but FireFox that auto log's me into a site (for the moment). and off topic but I'm still hot over it.
That said, this is apparently also very old, so I'm not holding my breath ever seeing this in reality. (That is a link to basically the same synopsis of the same guy's research, from 2006.)
Shows what he claims; the business of producing alcohol for consumption is blocking his research and efforts. In a Nutt shell he's fighting Budwiser, just one of the many companies that would involve themselves in blocking this.
Since they said they "do no evil" we can all trust them completely. If it was another company I'd be worried.
I search for a torrent, I follow the link I know Google is aware. Now if I were to copy and paste that address it into a separate window Google wouldn't know. Woops, wrong, I have to laugh as 8.8.8.8 is my DNS Server due to it's speed.
Google went down for a few seconds awhile ago and just over half the Internet fell silent, a lot of people have put their trust in Google in one way or the other.
I guess the bottom line is read the EULA, ToS and privacy policy of who you sign on with or products you use and know what the deal is up front.
Since they said they "do no evil" we can all trust them completely. If it was another company I'd be worried.
This is marked funny, actually I could say the same thing and mean it.
Have you ever searched the Internet? If any company I were to put my trust in, it would be Google (Pls Google, back me up on this one). Their business is the quest for information so you or another entity can search for and find what you/they want good or bad. Hell, Facebook I know them and want no part of that. I have 0 (Zero, nada) trust in that area of the Internet. That's backed up by all the blocks I've setup to keep Facebook out of my comings and goings, doings or not doings.
Just the fact/. has a facebook "Follow us" button they know your here now as does Google+:}.
it's not that simple. it's tied to location services on a phone. like, you want phone navigation? that requires location services. you want it to show your location on a map? that requires location services. oh btdubs they also make records of your every location.
for iOS this is pretty easy, just don't use the core google apps (maps, google search, gmail, chrome). for android, you're kinda screwed, because it's baked into the OS. Another reason to stick with iOS. I can't say anything about windows phone OS.
It's very simple...
When you turn on GPS, you are asked if you will allow this; not the subject in particular, just covered by the board meaning of the question: "will you allow tracking".
It's an opt in, nobodies to blame but oneself if this is a problem to them. Many other added features coming with any phone/tablet may require an account and some even a monthly payment.
The Android also has triangulation using wireless networks (location service) , this requires no opt-in. It's just not as precise, ball parks good enough for me.
My Cell phone and table are Android, the tablets even sold under Googles name (Motorola Xoom) I use Opera for a browser, and don't use either for Email, I use Forté's Agent (PC) for text only email no matter it's format.
Slashdot Mirror
This is a ToS violation, I've made it a habit not to cuss or flame on the written in stone Internet
(if/when my kids search me out) the point being glad I don't do the social networks; I do have a twitter account of many years
that I've never really used, but it's not my real name.
I have youtube and a Gmail account that have become joined at the hip, I log on as Trax and am always asked :}
if I'd rather use my real name Penny Wise
and what happens if the earth splits and the water drains away?
And that's the thinking that went into moving the nuclear waste repository to Yucca Mountain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository
and from the low earthquake probability area of the basalt waste project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basalt_Waste_Isolation_Project
They exercised his right to a speedy trial all right.
A good thing here. You can bet he didn't have a friend in the world those last 4 days.
The term 'Orwellian' tends to be overused a bit these days. But, having read 1984, this is something straight out of that book
Millions of Jews died in the hand of the Nazis. Those who went through holocaust hell but survived fully comprehend the meaning of "LIBERTY".
You haven't read 1994.
On the whole it involved three countries, two were always against the third.
Then without warning the enemy became an ally, and good all about the other country(ies) were expunged.
In this case it is a good analogy.
-------
I had a girlfriend who had chronic pain, not having any pain I never understood how she felt.
Any excuse for a trip to Newegg. It seems GPUs have come a long way since I last bought one.
Oh shoot, I have a Nvidia EVGA GTX-570; It's outdated now if the running beta of BF4 counts.
Sadly they still want the same price for one (no SLI in my future).
Amiga is always surfacing with new purchasers with great plans that
never work out. This one just might fly.
I've honestly been avoiding Chrome like the plague, if someones trying
to force something on you, I figure it can't be a good thing. I mean you click
the wrong area on just about any web page you find yourself downloading
Chrome.
But this Amiga things got me, I have two other boxes just like this one http://i42.tinypic.com/2hwpx82.jpg
all Amiga related "stuff", mostly games.
I started on the TRS-80 III, and I couldn't find software for it, if I did it was spendy
and just what Radio Shack stocked, I learned Assembly language only because an assembler showed up.
So when I got the Amiga I grabbed everything Amiga I could due to the famine I had with the TRS-80. :} and was happy to copy whatever you brought
I was the one you visited if you wanted Amiga software
with you.
I still have two Amiga 500's, a 2000 and a 3000; that 3000 is like a bad penny. I enjoyed it :}
very much, ran a BBS from it, then sold it... twice; it always returned as a "gift"
So an emulator running on 2010 era hardware can almost run at speeds of the native technology on 80's era hardware.
wow
10 Megs of Sram memory, a 50 MB hard drive and I did what I'm doing with windows now. Remember 20 years ago when you played Doom and
that's all you could do? I ran a BBS in the background while playing my games.
That is such a misused statement(s), there is very little chance you ever
hear of this again, not just this article but anything that's claiming to
be anything other than an interesting article.
Remember the glass bottles with a coating inside that made the very last
drop of ketchup/mayonnaise flow, ending waste? Never heard of it again.
Mouth wash that used once would completely eliminate tooth decay? Yep, dead story.
I'm not even taking the time to look for links you all know of some
"make this a better world" solution that never sees the day of light, let
alone another word.
This would've gotten a lot more views had it said, "Cassini Gets Amazing Views of Saturn's Box"
Or a title like "Cassini's false color prostate exam."
Stolen from mythosaz http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4527543&cid=45621677
2. The people who are doing the difficult work deserve a huge gratitude of thanks for their effort. Working in full radiation suits and masks in 35C temperatures in summer took extraordinary strength of purpose and determination.
I hear that, and it is an effort to do it for long, I've worked in full plastics, rain gear, pants, top, hood it's no joy, and damn hot work.
or Comodo which downloaded a ton of stuff
before I noticed and put a halt to it;
I should note download is what I did, they uploaded it to me, not that they grabbed any data from me.
Just wanted to set that straight.
I see this as MS scare tactics to get people to update from XP, XP is bad, XP must not be used.
Last month I started getting hit by none Genuine Win7 alerts, then I lost my Internet, yet everything was fine.
I'd load Mint and had Internet access. Install another Win7 and the same thing, My IP is marked.
Not sure what gave me away, a new ASUS modem, Google being my DNS or Comodo which downloaded a ton of stuff
before I noticed and put a halt to it; or any number of MS collaborators.
This is just a BS item, proper hex and your ok. Hirens boot cd with MiniXP is now public domain MS has given up on XP.
And that's just from search results.
Google is my DNS, 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.8.4 as they are damn quick; Posting a message
of the use of the 10.0.0.0 block I knew the RFC number but needed a link
I typed in RFC and one suggestion was 1918 (The RFC I was looking for).
I get a traffic ticket I want to see how bad it could of been, The
Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is where one goes for this in our area,
I type in RCW and the section I'm after is suggested.
The first one analogizing my post as I write it? The second a popular search?,
or Google's has extra info
It's one thing to know your giving info, it's another to see it in action.
I used Forte Agent, too. In 1995. To download pr0n and warez.
Yep, nothing has changed.
Tomshardware.com
Problem with Tom's hardware is they pull from the Usenet, a trick to make
one think a server is used more extensively than it really is. They have made a name for themselves now
but still pulling from the Usenet. They also pay to be on top of the front page results.
I can't remember the number of times I've searched for something only to find I'd written it years earlier;
for the newsgroup 24hoursupport.helpdesk, Yet it's accredited to Tom's Hardware. Where you went to
read it, If a member replied to such a post it would go unanswered, and none to a very few have a clue of what's going on.
Hundreds of forum topics yet maybe a hand full not gleaned from the UseNet and actually from Tom's hardware's registered members, of which I'm not one
Nice Museum from the outside, not many places you can place a large
globe of the Earth and it look good. - yet I may be pushing it.
I scanned the articles, No, a museum or library isn't a place for taking sides on such
a subject, how soon many forget, Global warming is of major concern, then not a
month ago were told it's been a farce, (sorry Gore I like you). Temps were ignored
the unseen heat placed in the ocean currents that take can take a thousand years to complete
a cycle, (good hiding spot).
Yet it continues, like nothing happened, with the same importance of stopping it or more than before.
I was taught that the 1940's were the end of the warm cycle, and part of a 100,000 year cycle
personally I look forward to anything that will keep it warmer. but what were being bombarded
with isn't fact, but predetermined results to sway a world.
I applaud a Museum / library for not taking part in this or any debate, they should be (remain) neutral.
I don't know if YaHoo mail, Hotmail or Gmail is any good, I use Forte Agent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forté_Agent must copy and paste the é throws a loop.
and POP 3 my e-mail, everything to Gmail then to me. I use version Agent 1.93 (very old, very good).
I get no HTML mail, it's all in text unless I want to view it, I send no web beacons when
I read my mail. I send no it's been read replies.
It's the safest most secure e-mail system I've come across and been using it since Win 3.1.
None of my Email stays on a web service, and I have every email I've sent and received (for some reason).
Just saying YaHoo Pop 3 your email, you take the kool aide, yet they don't know of the outcome.
You use the YaHoo service but at your convince and in a secure fashion.
(Now I just hope Yahoo POP3's their Email, I got a Yahoo account when they were "Google" (before) but :} )
never use it
San Fran will turn into Detroit?
While from Reddit posted a day ago, it's so on topic to your post I had to post it your reply
http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1r6f8w/eli5_americans_what_exactly_happened_to_detroit_i/
Very good read if you want to know about Detroit
Does anyone know about what apps come with Cyanogenmod (my google fu is lacking. Mostly it talks about getting the google apps).
So, forgive my ignorance, but does CM provide an array of quality OSS apps for actually running the phone in addition to the base windowing system and kernel?
Looking for a place to post my, ... well this:
I've used their mods for almost two years on my tablet. It was upgraded by to 4.12, CyanogenMod has taken it to 4.2.
The tweaks they provide are better than Google/Motorola supplies. I can play with the Dual CPUs if I wanted to
but happy to leave those alone, graphics, just a lot they've opened up to customization.
Also the goodies they include are great, I'd of never known about them if not for CyanogenMod
Apollo music player
http://lifehacker.com/5962086/apollo-brings-cyanogenmods-official-music-player-to-all-android-devices
DSPManger equalizer, inadvertently to control my speaker docking station
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=795233
and MX Player, a very configurable, play any movie player, it's what I use instead of a TV in the bedroom
All the above have a non pay version or free for use.
Though another mod I found Hacker Keyboard, very nice, a full keyboard and the keys where you expect them
(If the program your using accepts them)
http://lifehacker.com/5804952/the-hackers-keyboard-gives-android-devices-real-keyboard-functionality
Not sure how they work on a phone, but a tablet they work very well.
Yeah, Opera pretty much gave us desktop users the middle finger. They don't want us any more and don't care. They just reskinned Chrome and pushed it out the door. I'm still on 12 but that won't last forever as standards change. I don't know what I'm going to do. Chrome sucks, Firefox is a hog, IE not in this lifetime. Ugh.
I try to the get the entire downloads and not some weblink installer. Managed to have Opera 12 on hand whew!
Turned off fraud protection, stuck Opera in my routers firewall and continue on. 17 for having less is twice the size of 12.
Was just a huge coincidence that the very first thing I did was to Google something who's first hit blocked my access :}
"Because of continued abuse from users with the browser you are currently using, I'm disallowing that browser from WindowsBBS.com."
Damn lucky as well, first history link I hit looking for it :} http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsBBS.html
Figures it's a Windows MVP's site http://www.helpwithwindows.com/
I don't know what to do about a different bowser myself, IE isn't even in the running,
http://www.reddit.com/r/fullmoviesonyoutube/
PS3 in a drop down fashion are NetFlix, youtube, then of course Amazon instant videos and Red Box
showed up on the last update -4.5.
Flame: Know how time consuming it was to find that reddit link? It used to be a tab on my browser.
Yesterday I updated Opera 12 to version 17. I didn't want to lose the /. taking me to slashdot feature so put it off.
Opera doesn't have bookmarks anymore, how truly asinine is that? Nor can I disable flash, and much more.
So I don't use Opera after well since forever, but FireFox that auto log's me into a site (for the moment).
and off topic but I'm still hot over it.
That said, this is apparently also very old, so I'm not holding my breath ever seeing this in reality. (That is a link to basically the same synopsis of the same guy's research, from 2006.)
Shows what he claims; the business of producing alcohol for consumption is blocking his research and efforts.
In a Nutt shell he's fighting Budwiser, just one of the many companies that would involve themselves in blocking this.
Since they said they "do no evil" we can all trust them completely. If it was another company I'd be worried.
I search for a torrent, I follow the link I know Google is aware. Now if I were to copy
and paste that address it into a separate window Google wouldn't know.
Woops, wrong, I have to laugh as 8.8.8.8 is my DNS Server due to it's speed.
Google went down for a few seconds awhile ago and just over half the Internet fell silent,
a lot of people have put their trust in Google in one way or the other.
I guess the bottom line is read the EULA, ToS and privacy policy of who you sign on with
or products you use and know what the deal is up front.
Since they said they "do no evil" we can all trust them completely. If it was another company I'd be worried.
This is marked funny, actually I could say the same thing and mean it.
Have you ever searched the Internet? If any company I were to put my trust in,
it would be Google (Pls Google, back me up on this one). Their business is the
quest for information so you or another entity can search for and find what you/they
want good or bad. Hell, Facebook I know them and want no part of that. I have
0 (Zero, nada) trust in that area of the Internet. That's backed up by all the blocks
I've setup to keep Facebook out of my comings and goings, doings or not doings.
Just the fact /. has a facebook "Follow us" button they know your here now as does Google+ :}.
it's not that simple. it's tied to location services on a phone. like, you want phone navigation? that requires location services. you want it to show your location on a map? that requires location services. oh btdubs they also make records of your every location.
for iOS this is pretty easy, just don't use the core google apps (maps, google search, gmail, chrome). for android, you're kinda screwed, because it's baked into the OS. Another reason to stick with iOS. I can't say anything about windows phone OS.
It's very simple...
When you turn on GPS, you are asked if you will allow this; not the subject in particular,
just covered by the board meaning of the question: "will you allow tracking".
It's an opt in, nobodies to blame but oneself if this is a problem to them.
Many other added features coming with any phone/tablet may require an account and some even a monthly payment.
The Android also has triangulation using wireless networks (location service) , this requires no opt-in.
It's just not as precise, ball parks good enough for me.
My Cell phone and table are Android, the tablets even sold under Googles name (Motorola Xoom) I use Opera for a browser,
and don't use either for Email, I use Forté's Agent (PC) for text only email no matter it's format.
Simple.