They will eventually release an expansion that will begin driving away the people that formed the majority of those that originally were drawn to the game.
Speaking of Payolas... the Payola$ have a new album coming out in the next couple weeks. I've heard most of it and it is fantastic. Check out their website.
Absolutely. KeePass even has basic scripting so it will enter the password for you on sites, or copy it to the clipboard (and erase it after 60 seconds or a set time). I'm using it for passwords as well as keeping key information (such as Social Insurance Number, Medical Numbers, credit card numbers, etc).
I highly recommend it.
Let's see... I'm a person who likes to correct grammar. Why would you think I would be a person to pervert the language by making up a word to replace one that (by coincidence) contains a male-gendered word?
No, I don't like or use the word "Herstory". On the contrary, I think people who prefer the term "woman student" over "female student" would be the most likely to use "herstory". My understanding is that "female" is perceived to be derogatory to women, although I don't know why.
IP address has been the standard for quite some time now.
This isn't the case. It has to be a combination of IP Address, cookies, time of hits, and even User Agents. They all have their drawbacks, but in combination they can at least improve the accuracy.
Cookiesafe allows me to keep my permanent cookies to a minimum, yet allow me all the functionality of session cookies. Of course, it does inflate the stats as the article mentions. In my previous job I worked with stats quite a bit (using WebSideStory/Hitbox), and it is such an inexact science that it ranks right up there with Lies and Damn Lies.
Not WOMEN students! I don't know why the media has started using WOMEN as an adjective. You don't see them using the word MEN instead of MALE (e.g., "CS Programs Changing to Attract Men Students").
Game industry trade body Entertainment Software Association has announced that the U.S. District Court of Louisiana has ordered the state to pay the organization $91,000 in legal fees it incurred fighting the overturned HB 1381 anti-violent game law.
I wonder if he's ever won in court in his battle against video games?
In our area, photo RADAR slowed people down IN FRONT OF THE VANS, but then people just sped up again after going by. I don't agree with photo RADAR as there is no way to prove you were or weren't speeding, or who was driving, etc. Red-light cameras I am okay with, as they show you entering and exiting the intersection on a red light (as I understand it).
I'm with you brother, although I use HTML 4 and CSS 2. I wish people would take the time to code their pages so they are fast loading and elegant (code-wise), and HTML generation apps would do likewise.
Additionally, I wish people would use proper caching as well -- this really speeds a site up too.
We have been fighting with this Daylight Saving Time issue on Windows for our application over the past couple weeks. We are now using the Dynamic Time Zones as outlined by Microsoft and it is working fine. It works for 2004 and forward, but isn't so good for historical data.
I've been trying to find a third-party solutions that has historical information and will nicely plug into our C#2.0/SQL Server 2005 application but I've come up blank. Lots of solutions for Linux and C++, but nothing much for C#. Our application is world-wide, so a north-america-only solution will not work.
If you have solved these issues in C# and/or SQL Server, can you please give me your suggestions.
I haven't been able to find out who coined the term Blue Screen of Death, and to which O/S it first applied. Some say it used to be the Black screen of Death for some older, non-MS O/S, but I have heard it started with the first beta of Windows NT.
What is the data-transfer speed difference between a flash drive and a regular hard drive? For instance, you could buy an ATA flash drive and install your O/S to it, and maybe your applications. Then have a normal drive for your temp files, data files, etc.
Would the O/S boot faster from the flash drive?
The NHL went back to penalties to decide tie games, so threre are good sides of deciding games with penalties.
Only regular season games, not the playoffs. In the playoffs, a game can go on indefinitely (although over 2 hours is fairly uncommon).
I personally don't like the shoot-out in football or hockey. I would like them to just keep removing players from the field. So every 10 minutes you have one fewer players. I'm sure in football when it is 3 on 3, someone will score. In hockey, they might just have to pull both goaltenders after it becomes 2-on-2.
I think most of us failed the same two: #3 and #9 I believe.
One of the legit emails had a link to a different domain AND went to a non-standard port (8082). I'm sorry, but just because something is technically legitimate doesn't mean I should have trusted it. I don't open ANYTHING that tries to open a non-standard port.
Also, I find it really easy to spot phishing since I don't have an account at Capital1 or EBay or Bank of America.
I don't see why we can't all use UTC. People in the southern hemisphere don't change months to match the seasons. January in Sydney is Summer, and January in London is Winter. No one is confused. If we were to follow timezone logic for months, then the southern hemisphere should offset their calendars by six months and January would be winter everywhere.
I know it will never happen, but after doing UTC and Daylight Saving Time conversions for the past 12 months at work, it would be SO much easier if everyone just used UTC.
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A little bitter, are we?
Speaking of Payolas... the Payola$ have a new album coming out in the next couple weeks. I've heard most of it and it is fantastic. Check out their website.
Absolutely. KeePass even has basic scripting so it will enter the password for you on sites, or copy it to the clipboard (and erase it after 60 seconds or a set time). I'm using it for passwords as well as keeping key information (such as Social Insurance Number, Medical Numbers, credit card numbers, etc). I highly recommend it.
I'm throwing out all my hammers once I get home. I would hate to be picked-up for having a weapons stash in my garage.
Not sure about the lawnmower.
Let's see... I'm a person who likes to correct grammar. Why would you think I would be a person to pervert the language by making up a word to replace one that (by coincidence) contains a male-gendered word?
No, I don't like or use the word "Herstory". On the contrary, I think people who prefer the term "woman student" over "female student" would be the most likely to use "herstory". My understanding is that "female" is perceived to be derogatory to women, although I don't know why.
Nice try though.
Then they stab you in the back.
This isn't the case. It has to be a combination of IP Address, cookies, time of hits, and even User Agents. They all have their drawbacks, but in combination they can at least improve the accuracy.
Cookiesafe allows me to keep my permanent cookies to a minimum, yet allow me all the functionality of session cookies. Of course, it does inflate the stats as the article mentions. In my previous job I worked with stats quite a bit (using WebSideStory/Hitbox), and it is such an inexact science that it ranks right up there with Lies and Damn Lies.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/249 7
Anyone have other suggested software they prefer?
Not WOMEN students! I don't know why the media has started using WOMEN as an adjective. You don't see them using the word MEN instead of MALE (e.g., "CS Programs Changing to Attract Men Students").
Sorry... just a pet peeve of mine.
In our area, photo RADAR slowed people down IN FRONT OF THE VANS, but then people just sped up again after going by. I don't agree with photo RADAR as there is no way to prove you were or weren't speeding, or who was driving, etc. Red-light cameras I am okay with, as they show you entering and exiting the intersection on a red light (as I understand it).
Thankfully I have not been caught by either.
I'm with you brother, although I use HTML 4 and CSS 2. I wish people would take the time to code their pages so they are fast loading and elegant (code-wise), and HTML generation apps would do likewise. Additionally, I wish people would use proper caching as well -- this really speeds a site up too.
I don't remember my country having a 2nd Amendment. You must be thinking that United States == Whole World.
They haven't figured out that DST itself is a stupid concept, so they won't realize changing the dates is stupid either.
And even if they do, they'll claim it is a new and better way.
We have been fighting with this Daylight Saving Time issue on Windows for our application over the past couple weeks. We are now using the Dynamic Time Zones as outlined by Microsoft and it is working fine. It works for 2004 and forward, but isn't so good for historical data.
I've been trying to find a third-party solutions that has historical information and will nicely plug into our C#2.0/SQL Server 2005 application but I've come up blank. Lots of solutions for Linux and C++, but nothing much for C#. Our application is world-wide, so a north-america-only solution will not work.
If you have solved these issues in C# and/or SQL Server, can you please give me your suggestions.
Ken
I tried the HTML entity code, but it doesn't work either.
I haven't been able to find out who coined the term Blue Screen of Death, and to which O/S it first applied. Some say it used to be the Black screen of Death for some older, non-MS O/S, but I have heard it started with the first beta of Windows NT.
Thanks.
On the good side (if you like your house cool), those lights won't heat up your bathroom or kitchen like regular lights do.
Second, I write.
What is the data-transfer speed difference between a flash drive and a regular hard drive? For instance, you could buy an ATA flash drive and install your O/S to it, and maybe your applications. Then have a normal drive for your temp files, data files, etc. Would the O/S boot faster from the flash drive?
I got a phishing attempt for EBay, and the spam even linked to EBay's "how to keep yourself safe from Phishing" page.
The NHL went back to penalties to decide tie games, so threre are good sides of deciding games with penalties.
Only regular season games, not the playoffs. In the playoffs, a game can go on indefinitely (although over 2 hours is fairly uncommon).
I personally don't like the shoot-out in football or hockey. I would like them to just keep removing players from the field. So every 10 minutes you have one fewer players. I'm sure in football when it is 3 on 3, someone will score. In hockey, they might just have to pull both goaltenders after it becomes 2-on-2.
I think most of us failed the same two: #3 and #9 I believe. One of the legit emails had a link to a different domain AND went to a non-standard port (8082). I'm sorry, but just because something is technically legitimate doesn't mean I should have trusted it. I don't open ANYTHING that tries to open a non-standard port. Also, I find it really easy to spot phishing since I don't have an account at Capital1 or EBay or Bank of America.
I don't see why we can't all use UTC. People in the southern hemisphere don't change months to match the seasons. January in Sydney is Summer, and January in London is Winter. No one is confused. If we were to follow timezone logic for months, then the southern hemisphere should offset their calendars by six months and January would be winter everywhere.
I know it will never happen, but after doing UTC and Daylight Saving Time conversions for the past 12 months at work, it would be SO much easier if everyone just used UTC.