And mine have full blown admin rights for their own PCs. How else are they going to learn about all the nasties on the internet? Better they make the fuck-ups today, when their machines aren't doing anything important, then when they turn into adults with credit cards, bank accounts and other meaningful online accounts.
And for extra irony, there are programs out there that remove all those left overs. The one I've used in the past comes as a 30-day trial. Sorry, I forget its name.
It also removed programs like "Clean My PC", which I why I got it. Click-happy friends are no friends at all.
I downloaded a comedy Christmas DVD last night. It's a family favourite comedian touting "unseen TV footage".
After 45 minutes of "unseen TV footage", which I'm sure I've already seen, the DVD started showing "best bits from previous episodes", which I have seen before on TV.
So, it's an "unseen" DVD where I've already seen most of the content.
Would it make a good Christmas present? Would it bollocks and I feel offended by its misleading "unseen" title.
Deleted.
The only thing burned is my faith in their products.
My friend, honestly it's not me, passed his driving test after half a spliff. It calmed him down. This was his first test too and he was only marked down on gear changing.
My friend, and I know him so well, has had a few minor crashes over the past 20 years. Scraps, rear-ending in slow moving traffic, sliding off a roundabout... Each time he was fully sober. He's never crashed while stoned, even though 95% of his miles are driven that way.
My other friend, who is still not me, drives all day, meets customers, works in their houses, and does a pretty good job. He'll wake and bake every day.
They call it normalising. It's their normal state of mind.
None of my circle of friends would even think about drinking and driving. That's just not cool and everyone know how much it changes your driving style.
I'm not having a dig here. Maybe just offering some enlightenment.
You can place all your user files on D, or on any networked drive. You just change the target location with a couple of clicks. Start with a right click.
You didn't have to hunt FF down. You know it's on the Firefox website. The download page is the top result on Google when searching for "Firefox". Your central respository is the internet.
If you're into upgrading phones,.7z files aren't beyond you. It's a silly format on Windows. No one uses it. Don't expect out of the box support. I'm not at my home PC at the moment, and I'm not even sure I have a program in my vast toolbox of applications that will open.7z files.
Installing updates in the background. Start by hitting the Windows key, type "update", select one of the options. It can be set to only run on idle.
The task manager is rarely needed these days. And it can be accessed from a number of places; task bar, log on screen, control panel, desktop shortcuts. Like with everything in the Windows world, there are ten ways to do everything.
The USB thing. Yeah, that's more than annoying.
Lack of software? On Windows? C'mon.
And I can't speak for everyone here, but I have a folder with all my install files, ISOs and serial numbers. How often do I need to restore all of them? Every 2-3 years, when Santa brings me a new one.
How do you know which application to pick from your respository when you're only after a text editor? Last time I looked, there were a gazillion (20?) text editors to pick from on a decent distro. I'd suggest you already have favourite apps, and new apps come from word of mouth or reviews.
You're smart enough not to download viruses.
Windows is not perfect and niether is Linux. I could moan all day about being unable to bluetooth files or even connect to the WiFi access point. Linux is no more my thing than Windows is yours.
1. It's an auto-correct problem. Turn it off in the options.
2. It's a style problem. Set the "Hyperlink" style to auto-colour and remove the underline. Save this in "normal.doc" or a new template.
76. Write a small macro. Assign it to a shortcut or button. Something like:
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatPlainText)
49. Most users don't understand why you shouldn't go over the lines when colouring in; I mean, don't paste images in the margins. They think they're writing webpages - let them. It keeps me in work.
The last two mobile phone contracts I've signed up for both tried to ask about filtering.
"Don't block anything, mate" is becoming a default answer when signing up to an internet service.
My home ISP, Virgin Media, aside from blocking sites deemed "bad" by teh courts, also offers "Virgin Media Security Parental Control" and I suspect this is pushed heavily to new customers.
What about the internet enabled phone? PS3? Wii? Toaster?
And then, forget P2P applications like Bearshare, which I only found out today still exists, and I did some of the early beta testing on it. Forget it because because MP3s can be downloaded from all manner of places. FTP, IM, HTTP, teh browser.
A redefined definition of a fag packet calculation (FPC) is needed. But, be warned, my definition is proprietary too, and cannot disclosed here on a public forum.
An example of my new proprietary FPC is as follows:
Cost per megabyte = $0.01 Megabytes per month = 1,000
Total to pay = $4.67
Depending on other monthly expenses, the total figure might be lower than the figure quoted above. A suggested contingency reduction amount of 0% to 100% should be allowed for.
Inda's Proprietary FPC can be viewed in full for an amount of money that will be detailed on an invoice.
Twitter inserts one or two ads a day into my "following" stream. And to be fair to them, they are the only compnay that has tailored their ads exactly to me and my likings. Maybe they've just got lucky but I doubt it.
I only use Twitter to follow my football team. All the ads are football related. I might even click one in the future...
There's an app on Google Play that tries default passwords on wireless access points. I forget its name, as I only tried it a few times, and routers I was trying to connect to probably didn;t have this exploit.
Our phpBB was always hacked through Google. Being a slightly more popular than average site, we landed on the first few pages when searching for "phpBB v1.1.1.1.1" where the version number had the exploit. It's happened three times too many. The last time it happened, there was no fix, and we gave up.
I love free open source, but we ended up paying for vBulletin and building the site around that, not building the forum around the site. All the admin tools and log in scripts were already in place. Our index.htm pulled some rows from the database, we added a couple of tables for blog-type posts and that was about it. We didn't touch the mechanics of the forum software; only some PNGs and some CSS.
I would do it that way again if I had to. Or I'd some other CMS, which would be even less of a headache.
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And mine have full blown admin rights for their own PCs. How else are they going to learn about all the nasties on the internet? Better they make the fuck-ups today, when their machines aren't doing anything important, then when they turn into adults with credit cards, bank accounts and other meaningful online accounts.
And for extra irony, there are programs out there that remove all those left overs. The one I've used in the past comes as a 30-day trial. Sorry, I forget its name.
It also removed programs like "Clean My PC", which I why I got it. Click-happy friends are no friends at all.
What you say is true enough, but over a hundred news agencies are carrying this story.
The trucks that collect our paper shred in on the back on the truck. Paper goes in one hole. A window allows viewing of the churned dead trees.
Just saying.
Product research. Exactly.
I downloaded a comedy Christmas DVD last night. It's a family favourite comedian touting "unseen TV footage".
After 45 minutes of "unseen TV footage", which I'm sure I've already seen, the DVD started showing "best bits from previous episodes", which I have seen before on TV.
So, it's an "unseen" DVD where I've already seen most of the content.
Would it make a good Christmas present? Would it bollocks and I feel offended by its misleading "unseen" title.
Deleted.
The only thing burned is my faith in their products.
Family member is now getting socks.
You jest, but ash from coal-fired power stations is often used for making roads.
We call it asphalt here.
Dictionary definition: A bullshit term to feed to a client in order to stall them and placate their demands for results.
Other dictionaries may show different results.
I like self-medicating!
Damnit, I tried.
Maybe on the next thread...
My friend, honestly it's not me, passed his driving test after half a spliff. It calmed him down. This was his first test too and he was only marked down on gear changing.
My friend, and I know him so well, has had a few minor crashes over the past 20 years. Scraps, rear-ending in slow moving traffic, sliding off a roundabout... Each time he was fully sober. He's never crashed while stoned, even though 95% of his miles are driven that way.
My other friend, who is still not me, drives all day, meets customers, works in their houses, and does a pretty good job. He'll wake and bake every day.
They call it normalising. It's their normal state of mind.
None of my circle of friends would even think about drinking and driving. That's just not cool and everyone know how much it changes your driving style.
If James Kimberley Corden dances to dubstep with his W8 phone, I want one.
Wait, no, that's not right. I want to get pissed on Christmas day and ruin it for everyone.
Easy mistake to make, ay?
I'm not having a dig here. Maybe just offering some enlightenment.
.7z files aren't beyond you. It's a silly format on Windows. No one uses it. Don't expect out of the box support. I'm not at my home PC at the moment, and I'm not even sure I have a program in my vast toolbox of applications that will open .7z files.
:)
You can place all your user files on D, or on any networked drive. You just change the target location with a couple of clicks. Start with a right click.
You didn't have to hunt FF down. You know it's on the Firefox website. The download page is the top result on Google when searching for "Firefox". Your central respository is the internet.
If you're into upgrading phones,
Installing updates in the background. Start by hitting the Windows key, type "update", select one of the options. It can be set to only run on idle.
The task manager is rarely needed these days. And it can be accessed from a number of places; task bar, log on screen, control panel, desktop shortcuts. Like with everything in the Windows world, there are ten ways to do everything.
The USB thing. Yeah, that's more than annoying.
Lack of software? On Windows? C'mon.
And I can't speak for everyone here, but I have a folder with all my install files, ISOs and serial numbers. How often do I need to restore all of them? Every 2-3 years, when Santa brings me a new one.
How do you know which application to pick from your respository when you're only after a text editor? Last time I looked, there were a gazillion (20?) text editors to pick from on a decent distro. I'd suggest you already have favourite apps, and new apps come from word of mouth or reviews.
You're smart enough not to download viruses.
Windows is not perfect and niether is Linux. I could moan all day about being unable to bluetooth files or even connect to the WiFi access point. Linux is no more my thing than Windows is yours.
And deleting icons is what we do.
Tell us what features!
I use Nero at work through force. At home I wouldn't touch it with yours. At home I use imgBurn.
What exactly is so great about Nero's features that can't be performed by better software? Please don't tell us you let it do the encoding...
Reloading applications?
:p
Don't you just sign into a Google account for that?
This was News for Nerds, remember?
There was a branding change a few months back. You'll not see any stuff that matters either.
Let me help.
1. It's an auto-correct problem. Turn it off in the options.
2. It's a style problem. Set the "Hyperlink" style to auto-colour and remove the underline. Save this in "normal.doc" or a new template.
76. Write a small macro. Assign it to a shortcut or button. Something like:
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatPlainText)
49. Most users don't understand why you shouldn't go over the lines when colouring in; I mean, don't paste images in the margins. They think they're writing webpages - let them. It keeps me in work.
Already happens.
The last two mobile phone contracts I've signed up for both tried to ask about filtering.
"Don't block anything, mate" is becoming a default answer when signing up to an internet service.
My home ISP, Virgin Media, aside from blocking sites deemed "bad" by teh courts, also offers "Virgin Media Security Parental Control" and I suspect this is pushed heavily to new customers.
What about the internet enabled phone? PS3? Wii? Toaster?
And then, forget P2P applications like Bearshare, which I only found out today still exists, and I did some of the early beta testing on it. Forget it because because MP3s can be downloaded from all manner of places. FTP, IM, HTTP, teh browser.
Bah to it all.
A redefined definition of a fag packet calculation (FPC) is needed. But, be warned, my definition is proprietary too, and cannot disclosed here on a public forum.
An example of my new proprietary FPC is as follows:
Cost per megabyte = $0.01
Megabytes per month = 1,000
Total to pay = $4.67
Depending on other monthly expenses, the total figure might be lower than the figure quoted above. A suggested contingency reduction amount of 0% to 100% should be allowed for.
Inda's Proprietary FPC can be viewed in full for an amount of money that will be detailed on an invoice.
Cynical or cryptic?
Twitter inserts one or two ads a day into my "following" stream. And to be fair to them, they are the only compnay that has tailored their ads exactly to me and my likings. Maybe they've just got lucky but I doubt it.
I only use Twitter to follow my football team. All the ads are football related. I might even click one in the future...
Google says a metric tonne of people are having the same issue.
Looks like malware, sounds like malware, is malware.
I thought it was common too.
There's an app on Google Play that tries default passwords on wireless access points. I forget its name, as I only tried it a few times, and routers I was trying to connect to probably didn;t have this exploit.
ezNetScan rings a bell.
I think this is great news.
I share my name with a basketball player. Search for my name and the results page is full of him.
And I've looked at his stats and he's shit. Probably the worst player to ever draw a wage from the game.
Why should I have my name associated with a shit sports player? Where's my money? Where's my money bitches?
Those words must have really offended those squaddies. I've always thought they were a bunch of pansies.
Amen brother.
Our phpBB was always hacked through Google. Being a slightly more popular than average site, we landed on the first few pages when searching for "phpBB v1.1.1.1.1" where the version number had the exploit. It's happened three times too many. The last time it happened, there was no fix, and we gave up.
I love free open source, but we ended up paying for vBulletin and building the site around that, not building the forum around the site. All the admin tools and log in scripts were already in place. Our index.htm pulled some rows from the database, we added a couple of tables for blog-type posts and that was about it. We didn't touch the mechanics of the forum software; only some PNGs and some CSS.
I would do it that way again if I had to. Or I'd some other CMS, which would be even less of a headache.
I've loved every single one of the two MS mouses I've owned. The one on my desk now is almost ten years old and still running fine.
Microsoft: king of the rodents.