I used to recommend ad-aware, but on the last few computers I've fixed it actually caused more issues than it fixed. For some reason, the process would ramp up to 90% of CPU usage for extended periods, making the computer behave worse.
Killing the Ad-aware process, uninstalling, and then installing MBAM fixed most issues. Hopefully they'll continue to offer a good product, but it's interesting (and a little sad) to see many companies go from being useful to having software that often causes more issues than the viruses/malware they're supposed to protect from.
Actually, posting the video *with* the speeds made it - IMHO - less biased. Sure, he looks like a jackass for speeding, but at least he didn't try and act as if he wasn't pulled over for no reason. In addition to cases like this, there's plenty of edited footage out there too that shows the cops knocking a guy down, but neglects the 30 seconds prior when he was pounding at them or attacking somebody else, etc...
"And beside, what really kills me, is how you Americans just care about the money"
Actually, I think incidents like these may demonstrate what it's pretty necessary to care about money in the USA. Money is pretty much the only thing that may stand between you and being f***'ed....
Not enough money in this case (and no assistance in obtaining representation) often means no lawyer, or a crappy one being assigned to you who is no where near the level of the prosecution. Being able to afford a good lawyer is the thin line between being in jail or not. The money *IS* the support...
Think about how things have gone to shit with those that have bought politicians. Again... money.
Those that are in shit jobs, and are being abused. Sure, you might be able to go to court, but again... money.
Maybe if there were less lawyers and lobbyists there would be less need for money. But as I see it, in many cases having an empty wallet is like being at a gunfight with a derringer (and the other guy has an Uzi).
You don't need to be rich to be happy, and there are things that money can't buy. However, without cash then in the current society you'd either better get lucky and hope you never piss off somebody more powerful (/rich) than you, or you get a good jury/judge.
I'm pretty much middle-class. I have friends who are well near dirt-poor. Yes, often enough they are happy, but they're also often unhappy and stuck in a rut they'll likely never escape, as they can't afford higher education (for themselves or a children) and often end up being worked into the ground just to survive (or finally saying f*** it and grubbing by on public welfare). It's often shocking to visit and see how bad it can be...
Not just in the US. There's a *LOT* of very scary footage coming from the G20 summit that was held in Toronto, Canada. Some is what might be expected, people that pushed the police's buttons and got pushed back (I won't justify it either way, but not unexpected in those scenarios).
Others are just plain scary. People who had nothing to do with protests (even the peaceful ones) being randomly searched and/or arrested. A disabled man being knocked around by the police, and a whole trail of lies and violent/thuggish behavior.
I moved from Toronto a bit over a year ago... I'm *very* happy about this decision, because I worked in the district where much of this happened and who knows what might have happened to me on my way to/from the office. I makes me feel much more sympathy for my American brethran as well... as it seems that this is a country that one *used* to be able to have pride in, but corruption is slowly destroying it.
My understanding is that the Droid X isn't actually at release yet. If it's a "feature" on the beta phones, it may actually be somewhat understandable. I doubt moto wants people fiddling around with the guts of the protypes, because they'd be rather limited in supply, and it's pretty hard to properly test a phone that's been outfitted with non-standard hacks.
Was it perchance plugged into the charger when it did this? It sounds like the touch-sensor on the screen may be off.
My milestone did that when it was plugged into a (ironically) an iphone charger, or sometimes if the milestone charger was on my car's inverter. For some reason funky power made it misinterpret touch events or even register non-existent ones.
Well, lack of study/work habits *may* be a factor for people without degrees, but in a lot of cases it's also that: a) A degree is f***ing expensive b) It takes a lot of time
I've actually started up on my degree via distance-ed, as I'm still working full-time and, frankly, could not afford to live without doing so. I've had a diploma for ages, and I've been in "the industry" for about a decade. In this time I've met *plenty* of people who exhibit the habits you describe, some of whom had their papers, and others who didn't.
A degree doesn't guarantee ability, nor does a lack of one mean that a candidate is lacking. I've seen plenty of people with degrees simply because they had the time and cash (and a good study-buddy) to get through... but ditched any *good* habits afterwards.
That used to be the case for me, but more recently on several different machines I've found that I either could not send or receive videos (despite having working cameras on both ends, and the cams working with other apps).
I seem to remember that on my carrier, the first thing you're required to do when entering voicemail is to set a password. Of course, if you've never used your voicemail, then you won't be required to do so, but then it's silly to be paying for that feature, isn't it.
It seems that when I dated women who were suspicious, they were often the ones most likely to cheat, and somehow the ones that always had some personal justification for me. I'd talk to another girl, or maybe an ex, I must be into her, *even* if I notably ensured said ex knew I was in a happy relationship. Then the jealous GF would assume that because - in her mind - I was a cheater, it was OK to go and hit on other guys online (and in the last case, actually managed to be seeing another guy behind my back for months while STILL accusing me).
Screw that BS. If you can't trust your partner, and/or your partner can't trust you, then you probably aren't meant to be together.
Now in terms of the "nice ass" comment, that doesn't mean that as the relationship goes on you should neglect your GF. Don't stop giving compliments or doing nice things just because you've been together awhile... it's a failing many have past the "honeymoon phase".
Strange, of the people I know from those religions most might be heavily offended with some of the provocative depictions of Mohammed, but they aren't going to come out with pikes and torches. They don't want facebook or the internet blocked either, just some respect (and no, I'm not Muslim myself, or particularly tied to any religion).
You think that the radicals have it in for Americans/Europeans who "insult islam?" That's nothing. Find somebody who is of an islamic background and opposes the idiocy of the radicals, and they might as well have a target on their head. At least the others have the excuse of being ignorant infidels... so only doing something fairly big/obvious gets them targeted.
Live in Ontario? In BC they allowed private liquor stores. In terms of privatization it's probably one of the few moves I've agreed with. The gov't stores are closed on Sundays, but the private ones are still open (though often close earlier).
Not entirely true. I remember that *some* postal agencies in Canada will do Saturday delivery (offhand I can't remember which because I don't use it), but they charge an extra fee for Saturday/weekend delivery.
... you haven't checked your phone. Maybe you're away, sleeping, whatever. It's got a bad app that's doing bad things (ones that could cost you a LOT of money on a cellular). Do you *really* want it to be running off insanely waiting for you to wake up in the morning and click OK?
Not only that, but while you may agree to an app because it *appears* to need certain permission (say it's a SIP/VOIP app and it needs access to make calls, access bluetooth, access contacts, etc) do you *really* want to wait for an email from google if it is actually malicious and causes your phone to go rogue?
I just don't get the big complaint.
I have a milestone, and personally if I somehow ended up with such an app, I'd be happy to have google nuke it BEFORE it starts dialing Russian's toll numbers, signing me up for paid-text programs, spamming my contacts, or worse.
I've got a milestone but it's still running 2.1 until Motorola decides to post an update. A couple things I wonder about flash are whether it will have proper sound support (both output and input from the mic), and whether it wil be able to use the camera devices inherent in most smartphones.
One use I could see for it would then be to possibly stick up a flash-conferencing module on my webserver, which would allow access from my phone...
So what is the purpose? Just to protect the schools from legal liability and lambasting by the prude faction?
That's pretty much it, yes. I've worked in SD's and I've seen some things that - IMHO - might seem like a lack of common sense to people with a technical acumen, however to many technology is still very much a boogeyman. For smartphones, I don't see *too* many kids with the high-end ones yet, most are just used for texting and possibly a bit of facebook.
But a few stories. Years ago, some students found the semi-nude/nude section of deviantart. It's well labelled, so not somewhere you'd stray by accident. Solution given: block all of DA. I protested by was overruled, and thus DA was blocked. In any non-IT instance, say if it was a kid bringing racy mags to school, the solution would be to deal with the kid, except nowadays that doesn't seem to be a viable option as the parents complain if little junior gets suspended or given detentions. Usually the parents that complain the loudest are - surprise - the ones with the more ill-behaved children.
In another case, we had an instructor bring up the whole facebook thing. It's blocked, but as always there's a gazillion ways to get around filters and in the arms race of tech, kids have less experience but time and numbers are on their side. We had discussed *why* the sites were blocked. The answer, cyber-bullying and privacy. Junior might snap an embarrassing picture in the boy's washroom and upload it to facebook. Again, WTF. First of all, junior is probably going to - as the parent mentioned - do so with a smartphone and upload the damn thing over the CELLULAR network, which we have 0% control of. IMHO again, the logical solution is to deal with the "Juniors" of the world, but to non-technical people computers - in addition to being a boogyman - are made up of 50% magic and if you sacrifice the right chicken and do the right chant, you can do anything with them! I'd expect that many people expect us to work in secret labs with holograms and touch-panel transparent screens like in Iron Man or a sci-fi movie.
The faction of parents (and educators) who have a thin grasp on technology is a greater percentage than those who do. Granted, this is changing as one generation ages and replaces another, but for now policy will reflect the whims of the majority, no matter how little it seems to make sense in a technical sense. Think about the last time you helped a less-technical relative work on his/her computer, and then try to imagine that those type of people still represent the majority of the population in terms of technical understanding (and fear). Overally, perhaps that's not a bad thing. Given the number of armchair engineers and professors here on slashdot, if the world were populated by geeks we'd have a few hundred "solutions" to every issue.
When enough people buy a crappy product, or accept crappy service, it encourages vendors and manufacturers to continue providing or producing crap. When salesdroids and markets see that enough people are willing to buy a product despite that it's a bug-ridden POS, then they'll be happy to force out the next one early, bugs and all. When companies see that customers are buying their product despite draconian restrictions, they continue to produce products with (often increasing) draconian restrictions.
Other companies see that they're making money doing so, and come to the conclusion "gee, I guess people will buy it even with all this crap and restrictions" so they start to produce similar crap. Eventually, the quality goods get choked out the market, and it gets harder and harder to find something without said restrictions or issues.
Hmm. Well, 5-6 years might be a bit too much turnover for most companies. However what if they're showing you ads for accessories related to your purchase. If you bought a bed, you don't need another, but you might still need: a) A new sheet set b) A mattress (if you just bought a frame) c) Pillow covers d) Fabric-protectors. Pillow tops. etc etc
I wonder if they shoot for the huge numbers in case the court decides to award lesser damages. For example, if they were shooting for $1m, and the court said "ok, well your arguments weren't perfect so we'll only award you 30% of that" (300k)... but if they're going for a trillion then suddenly a "lesser amount" of a few million may - to some - seem more sane by virtue of simply sounding less insane...
I ordered a copy of a DVD series. The series was created in Japan, ordered from a different country, and shipped to Canada. What I got came shipped in a nice little DVD box, with nice DVD silkscreen, and a nice little hologram stuck to the box proclaiming it as being legit.
However, the content is pretty bad. On some discs, you can see a faint scan-line moving through the background, as happens when you copy through a cruddy analog connection. The subtitles are absolutely horrid, and inconsistent. The spelling varies between discs on things that should be consistent (names of characters) and often is just outright wrong or uses terrible grammar. The quality of the subs rivals some of the worst fansub jobs I've seen. The tracking/skipping is also completely messed. Every episode has an intro, content, and an ending. Sometimes pushing skip-forward on the intro will go to the content of the episode, then the ending, and other times it just skips right to the next episode.
So I've contacted the producing company, trying to find a decent way to verify what a "legit" copy would be. In Japan the series is produced by "Sunrise," which seems to be part of Namco. They have a US distributor for dealing with N American licensing issues. In trying to find the distributor for Malaysia (place where the damn thing came from), the US company said "we dunno who that would be" and the Japanese branch just didn't reply
So I say to the media companies. Go F*** yourselves. If you can't be bothered to help a dedicated customer in avoiding "piracy" and tracking a legit copy of your merch, but would rather go harass downloaders and what not, then screw off. I've seen tons of malls etc that sell nothing but pirated DVD's, games, music, yet they're happily churning out burns for a profit - essentially screwing both the producer and the consumer - while the media companies are milking Joe Average with lawsuits for piracy.
They're just happy to change to definition of what constitutes a "criminal" to suit themselves and their corporate masters. Not enough criminals... make a law that criminalizes something common and make some!
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I used to recommend ad-aware, but on the last few computers I've fixed it actually caused more issues than it fixed. For some reason, the process would ramp up to 90% of CPU usage for extended periods, making the computer behave worse.
Killing the Ad-aware process, uninstalling, and then installing MBAM fixed most issues. Hopefully they'll continue to offer a good product, but it's interesting (and a little sad) to see many companies go from being useful to having software that often causes more issues than the viruses/malware they're supposed to protect from.
Actually, posting the video *with* the speeds made it - IMHO - less biased.
Sure, he looks like a jackass for speeding, but at least he didn't try and act as if he wasn't pulled over for no reason. In addition to cases like this, there's plenty of edited footage out there too that shows the cops knocking a guy down, but neglects the 30 seconds prior when he was pounding at them or attacking somebody else, etc...
"And beside, what really kills me, is how you Americans just care about the money"
Actually, I think incidents like these may demonstrate what it's pretty necessary to care about money in the USA. Money is pretty much the only thing that may stand between you and being f***'ed....
Not enough money in this case (and no assistance in obtaining representation) often means no lawyer, or a crappy one being assigned to you who is no where near the level of the prosecution. Being able to afford a good lawyer is the thin line between being in jail or not. The money *IS* the support...
Think about how things have gone to shit with those that have bought politicians. Again... money.
Those that are in shit jobs, and are being abused. Sure, you might be able to go to court, but again ... money.
Maybe if there were less lawyers and lobbyists there would be less need for money. But as I see it, in many cases having an empty wallet is like being at a gunfight with a derringer (and the other guy has an Uzi).
You don't need to be rich to be happy, and there are things that money can't buy. However, without cash then in the current society you'd either better get lucky and hope you never piss off somebody more powerful (/rich) than you, or you get a good jury/judge.
I'm pretty much middle-class. I have friends who are well near dirt-poor. Yes, often enough they are happy, but they're also often unhappy and stuck in a rut they'll likely never escape, as they can't afford higher education (for themselves or a children) and often end up being worked into the ground just to survive (or finally saying f*** it and grubbing by on public welfare). It's often shocking to visit and see how bad it can be...
Not just in the US. There's a *LOT* of very scary footage coming from the G20 summit that was held in Toronto, Canada. Some is what might be expected, people that pushed the police's buttons and got pushed back (I won't justify it either way, but not unexpected in those scenarios).
Others are just plain scary. People who had nothing to do with protests (even the peaceful ones) being randomly searched and/or arrested. A disabled man being knocked around by the police, and a whole trail of lies and violent/thuggish behavior.
I moved from Toronto a bit over a year ago... I'm *very* happy about this decision, because I worked in the district where much of this happened and who knows what might have happened to me on my way to/from the office. I makes me feel much more sympathy for my American brethran as well... as it seems that this is a country that one *used* to be able to have pride in, but corruption is slowly destroying it.
My understanding is that the Droid X isn't actually at release yet.
If it's a "feature" on the beta phones, it may actually be somewhat understandable. I doubt moto wants people fiddling around with the guts of the protypes, because they'd be rather limited in supply, and it's pretty hard to properly test a phone that's been outfitted with non-standard hacks.
OK, so thieves add a skimmer with flashing lights, or paste a sticker of the modified reader over the existing one...
Was it perchance plugged into the charger when it did this? It sounds like the touch-sensor on the screen may be off.
My milestone did that when it was plugged into a (ironically) an iphone charger, or sometimes if the milestone charger was on my car's inverter. For some reason funky power made it misinterpret touch events or even register non-existent ones.
Well, lack of study/work habits *may* be a factor for people without degrees, but in a lot of cases it's also that:
a) A degree is f***ing expensive
b) It takes a lot of time
I've actually started up on my degree via distance-ed, as I'm still working full-time and, frankly, could not afford to live without doing so. I've had a diploma for ages, and I've been in "the industry" for about a decade. In this time I've met *plenty* of people who exhibit the habits you describe, some of whom had their papers, and others who didn't.
A degree doesn't guarantee ability, nor does a lack of one mean that a candidate is lacking. I've seen plenty of people with degrees simply because they had the time and cash (and a good study-buddy) to get through... but ditched any *good* habits afterwards.
That used to be the case for me, but more recently on several different machines I've found that I either could not send or receive videos (despite having working cameras on both ends, and the cams working with other apps).
I seem to remember that on my carrier, the first thing you're required to do when entering voicemail is to set a password.
Of course, if you've never used your voicemail, then you won't be required to do so, but then it's silly to be paying for that feature, isn't it.
It seems that when I dated women who were suspicious, they were often the ones most likely to cheat, and somehow the ones that always had some personal justification for me.
I'd talk to another girl, or maybe an ex, I must be into her, *even* if I notably ensured said ex knew I was in a happy relationship. Then the jealous GF would assume that because - in her mind - I was a cheater, it was OK to go and hit on other guys online (and in the last case, actually managed to be seeing another guy behind my back for months while STILL accusing me).
Screw that BS. If you can't trust your partner, and/or your partner can't trust you, then you probably aren't meant to be together.
Now in terms of the "nice ass" comment, that doesn't mean that as the relationship goes on you should neglect your GF. Don't stop giving compliments or doing nice things just because you've been together awhile... it's a failing many have past the "honeymoon phase".
Strange, of the people I know from those religions most might be heavily offended with some of the provocative depictions of Mohammed, but they aren't going to come out with pikes and torches. They don't want facebook or the internet blocked either, just some respect (and no, I'm not Muslim myself, or particularly tied to any religion).
You think that the radicals have it in for Americans/Europeans who "insult islam?" That's nothing. Find somebody who is of an islamic background and opposes the idiocy of the radicals, and they might as well have a target on their head. At least the others have the excuse of being ignorant infidels... so only doing something fairly big/obvious gets them targeted.
Live in Ontario?
In BC they allowed private liquor stores. In terms of privatization it's probably one of the few moves I've agreed with. The gov't stores are closed on Sundays, but the private ones are still open (though often close earlier).
Not entirely true. I remember that *some* postal agencies in Canada will do Saturday delivery (offhand I can't remember which because I don't use it), but they charge an extra fee for Saturday/weekend delivery.
... you haven't checked your phone. Maybe you're away, sleeping, whatever. It's got a bad app that's doing bad things (ones that could cost you a LOT of money on a cellular). Do you *really* want it to be running off insanely waiting for you to wake up in the morning and click OK?
Not only that, but while you may agree to an app because it *appears* to need certain permission (say it's a SIP/VOIP app and it needs access to make calls, access bluetooth, access contacts, etc) do you *really* want to wait for an email from google if it is actually malicious and causes your phone to go rogue?
I just don't get the big complaint.
I have a milestone, and personally if I somehow ended up with such an app, I'd be happy to have google nuke it BEFORE it starts dialing Russian's toll numbers, signing me up for paid-text programs, spamming my contacts, or worse.
I've got a milestone but it's still running 2.1 until Motorola decides to post an update.
A couple things I wonder about flash are whether it will have proper sound support (both output and input from the mic), and whether it wil be able to use the camera devices inherent in most smartphones.
One use I could see for it would then be to possibly stick up a flash-conferencing module on my webserver, which would allow access from my phone...
So what is the purpose? Just to protect the schools from legal liability and lambasting
by the prude faction?
That's pretty much it, yes. I've worked in SD's and I've seen some things that - IMHO - might seem like a lack of common sense to people with a technical acumen, however to many technology is still very much a boogeyman. For smartphones, I don't see *too* many kids with the high-end ones yet, most are just used for texting and possibly a bit of facebook.
But a few stories. Years ago, some students found the semi-nude/nude section of deviantart. It's well labelled, so not somewhere you'd stray by accident. Solution given: block all of DA. I protested by was overruled, and thus DA was blocked. In any non-IT instance, say if it was a kid bringing racy mags to school, the solution would be to deal with the kid, except nowadays that doesn't seem to be a viable option as the parents complain if little junior gets suspended or given detentions. Usually the parents that complain the loudest are - surprise - the ones with the more ill-behaved children.
In another case, we had an instructor bring up the whole facebook thing. It's blocked, but as always there's a gazillion ways to get around filters and in the arms race of tech, kids have less experience but time and numbers are on their side. We had discussed *why* the sites were blocked. The answer, cyber-bullying and privacy. Junior might snap an embarrassing picture in the boy's washroom and upload it to facebook. Again, WTF. First of all, junior is probably going to - as the parent mentioned - do so with a smartphone and upload the damn thing over the CELLULAR network, which we have 0% control of. IMHO again, the logical solution is to deal with the "Juniors" of the world, but to non-technical people computers - in addition to being a boogyman - are made up of 50% magic and if you sacrifice the right chicken and do the right chant, you can do anything with them! I'd expect that many people expect us to work in secret labs with holograms and touch-panel transparent screens like in Iron Man or a sci-fi movie.
The faction of parents (and educators) who have a thin grasp on technology is a greater percentage than those who do. Granted, this is changing as one generation ages and replaces another, but for now policy will reflect the whims of the majority, no matter how little it seems to make sense in a technical sense. Think about the last time you helped a less-technical relative work on his/her computer, and then try to imagine that those type of people still represent the majority of the population in terms of technical understanding (and fear). Overally, perhaps that's not a bad thing. Given the number of armchair engineers and professors here on slashdot, if the world were populated by geeks we'd have a few hundred "solutions" to every issue.
When everyone who disagrees with you is dead... it's probably very peaceful.
When enough people buy a crappy product, or accept crappy service, it encourages vendors and manufacturers to continue providing or producing crap.
When salesdroids and markets see that enough people are willing to buy a product despite that it's a bug-ridden POS, then they'll be happy to force out the next one early, bugs and all.
When companies see that customers are buying their product despite draconian restrictions, they continue to produce products with (often increasing) draconian restrictions.
Other companies see that they're making money doing so, and come to the conclusion "gee, I guess people will buy it even with all this crap and restrictions" so they start to produce similar crap. Eventually, the quality goods get choked out the market, and it gets harder and harder to find something without said restrictions or issues.
Hmm. Well, 5-6 years might be a bit too much turnover for most companies. However what if they're showing you ads for accessories related to your purchase. If you bought a bed, you don't need another, but you might still need:
a) A new sheet set
b) A mattress (if you just bought a frame)
c) Pillow covers
d) Fabric-protectors. Pillow tops. etc etc
I wonder if they shoot for the huge numbers in case the court decides to award lesser damages.
For example, if they were shooting for $1m, and the court said "ok, well your arguments weren't perfect so we'll only award you 30% of that" (300k)... but if they're going for a trillion then suddenly a "lesser amount" of a few million may - to some - seem more sane by virtue of simply sounding less insane...
I ordered a copy of a DVD series. The series was created in Japan, ordered from a different country, and shipped to Canada.
What I got came shipped in a nice little DVD box, with nice DVD silkscreen, and a nice little hologram stuck to the box proclaiming it as being legit.
However, the content is pretty bad. On some discs, you can see a faint scan-line moving through the background, as happens when you copy through a cruddy analog connection. The subtitles are absolutely horrid, and inconsistent. The spelling varies between discs on things that should be consistent (names of characters) and often is just outright wrong or uses terrible grammar. The quality of the subs rivals some of the worst fansub jobs I've seen. The tracking/skipping is also completely messed. Every episode has an intro, content, and an ending. Sometimes pushing skip-forward on the intro will go to the content of the episode, then the ending, and other times it just skips right to the next episode.
So I've contacted the producing company, trying to find a decent way to verify what a "legit" copy would be. In Japan the series is produced by "Sunrise," which seems to be part of Namco. They have a US distributor for dealing with N American licensing issues. In trying to find the distributor for Malaysia (place where the damn thing came from), the US company said "we dunno who that would be" and the Japanese branch just didn't reply
So I say to the media companies. Go F*** yourselves. If you can't be bothered to help a dedicated customer in avoiding "piracy" and tracking a legit copy of your merch, but would rather go harass downloaders and what not, then screw off. I've seen tons of malls etc that sell nothing but pirated DVD's, games, music, yet they're happily churning out burns for a profit - essentially screwing both the producer and the consumer - while the media companies are milking Joe Average with lawsuits for piracy.
They're just happy to change to definition of what constitutes a "criminal" to suit themselves and their corporate masters. Not enough criminals... make a law that criminalizes something common and make some!