Windows 8 isn't that bad.
Just add the start button back. http://stardock.com/products/start8/ is my fav but does cost $5, http://www.classicshell.net/ is free.
5 more dollars to put all those "apps" back in a window with an icon on the taskbar http://stardock.com/products/modernmix/
And here is a great article for switching default apps back, getting rid of the swipe screen, etc.http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/software-and-web-apps/how-to-make-windows-8-look-like-windows-7-50009546/ Tell people you are a Consultant and you can charge them to do this stuff for them. And just when you think you've charged everyone money for fixing what Microsoft broke, Microsoft will do you a solid and sell them all something else they hate and will pay you to "make work like it used to." Oh and if you think Microsoft is desperate and just burning money to be like Apple, you're right. They are offering a $100 an app for up to 15 apps for college students to write pretty much anything and fill their apps store with crap for Win8. Google for one of their App Camps and make yourself some quick cash.
As an Arkansan, let me first point out, we don't have a DMV. License plates are handled by the Revenue Department. The Revenue Department is where money changes hands. . . business license, hunting license, boat registration, driver's license, sales tax, assessment? All in the same damn line.
That Chinese fire drill of an office is busy enough, I can assure you no one is reviewing your plate. Case in point, I have a gay friend that got away with a plate that says PWR BTM. Honest to god. He has it on a white truck with a black racing stripe on the hood, so they call it the wide receiver. If that passed the revenue office, anything will.
Personal problem. You choose to live in a state where toll roads are a legal option for funds generation for the state highway department. We have four constitutional branches of government in Arkansas. Executive, Legislative, Judicial, and Transportation. Since they can't spend money they don't have (constitutional pay-as-you-go state) they only way to go into debt is to ask voters to approve a bond and associated increase in tax. No toll booths. Never had em, never will. I'm sure if they did build one it would last about as long as motorcycle helmet laws or vehicle inspections did.
âoeIt goes along with our mission: trying to get people closer to God ⦠through a tablet.â
I guess telling people they are going to burn in hell for being different than you isn't marketing well right now.
I will say this, Hulu is a much better solution than Cable and a Tivo. I just wish they would put a little more effort into targeting ads. This probably has as much to do with the advertisers as anything. I'm sure after a half century of television advertising models, the advertisers till tag their ads as "Gender", "Region", "Time of day" or something similar. Perhaps as ad targeting evolves, both advertisers and media companies will relize the benefits of specific targeting.
Instead of expensive blanket advertising, much cheaper limited run, very targeted ads could gain traction as lots of smaller companies can then afford to get a higher turn for dollars spent. The media companies could benefit from this as well, making money on volume instead of a few deep pocketed advertisers.
It would stand to reason that this would make sense to the companies relying on advertising revenue as it would make them less susceptible to the whims of a few large clients.
Why does everyone assume that because you are gay your are promiscuous? You are correct on travel. Fortunately I love what I do and never really crave a vacation to get away from it. All that said, what's wrong with wanting to see ads for things I would like to buy? (e.g. Electronics, Cars, Food, Appliances, Furniture, or anything for my dog.)
As far as near zero, that's the mathematician in me, as statistically, it isn't an absolute impossibility, just extremely unlikely. As far as ads go, I do use AdBlock on my computer, I don't on my TV. And there is nothing wrong with ads if they show me something I would like to buy that maybe I didn't know about.
Unfortunately, I have to watch on my computer to be able to provide that feedback. I generally only watch Hulu on my living room television. The only time my feedback ever changed the ads I received was when I wrote to them over the eHarmony ads I was receiving. I complained about the ads because I didn't want to see ads from a company with an anti-gay history(1,2,3). I will say, however, after I wrote, they responded promptly saying they would forward the complaint to marketing and I never saw the ads again. As far as clicking "No" on "Is this ad relevant to you?" I've watched a few shows on my computer with the specific intent on clicking "No" for the Charter Communications ads. At one point around half the ads I saw were for a cable company that doesn't even do business where I live.
I'll happily share anything and everything advertisers want to know about me if I could ever just get ads that were relevant to me.
As an example, Hulu gave me ads for diapers, Charter Cable Internet, and Gucci Cologne in the last show I watched.
Charter isn't in my area, I hate kids (and I'm gay so the odds of an accidental one are near zero), and I buy unscented everything. Facebook's targeted ads are just as awful.
I mean, its like no one wants my money. And with no wife or kids and my own business I have plenty of it to spend.
I never have understood blocking right-clicking. I right click every link I want to explore and open it in a new tab. So those little JavaScript warnings are nothing but a nuisance that makes me clicking a few extra times to add their domain to my JavaScript blacklist. And really, how many people don't know that everything you look at online is stored (at least temporarily) on the computer somewhere. I bet you a solid 75% of married men know this, as well as where the cache is and how to clear it.
This is the first I've ever heard of people drinking coffee for the flavor. And here all this time I thought is was some bitter near poisonous motor oil looking substance that I used because it isn't legal to snort coke first thing in the morning.
Of all the problems with this study. . . of all the guys that will worry about their fertility and still have millions of "just fine" sperm. . . of the population argument and the billions of people on earth. . .
All I can think about is that this study started with some guy rubbing one out in the name of science.
Interactive advertising inundates our modern lives. You're individual concerns aren't worth as much as the advertising dollars spent on you. No one cares that you feel like your privacy is being trampled, you're a target demographic and consumer. That makes your interests important only if your spending money. Opting out only makes advertisers not care what your opinion is because you are a "fringe demographic".
On a personal note, I still hate interactive movie posters. Ever since I walked past a poster for Step-Brothers and Will Ferrel scarred the piss outta me by suddenly coming to life and badgering me to come see the movie.
FTFA:
"In total there were 20 Hexagons put into orbit over the years. The one on display this weekend â" which was not among them â" has had portholes cut into the sides so that the internal camera machinery will be visible, according to Rick Oborn, an NRO spokesman."
My trash truck has the same arm and I can assure you those two people managed a job at the plastic can factory. That robot arm crushes and then shakes the holy hell outta my trash can twice a week. The hinges on the lid are always the first to go.
How is this insightful? Have you ever considered not going to a discount store and buying the absolute cheapest brand they sell? I actually winced when I read "12-pack of socks." Really? Wow. I think the problem here is that YOU are just cheap.
Woo Hoo! Patent idea! I just offer you $1000 toward your down payment and you agree then when an advertiser under contract has a radio ad airing your radio will turn on and turn up to an ear busting level. Also you may not travel more than 25mp/h past an advertising partner's billboard. It's genius cause all anyone would care about is the $1000!
at&t no longer offers unlimited data plans for NEW iPhone subscribers. They offer "Data Plus" which offers 200MB/mo for $15/mo or "Data Pro" which offers 2GB/mo for $25/mo.
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But the cost of the frame and lenses is completely separate from the cost of the exam and fitting for me.
He's just doing his part for Rule 34 by creating "Google Erotic Fan Fiction."
Windows 8 isn't that bad.
Just add the start button back.
http://stardock.com/products/start8/ is my fav but does cost $5, http://www.classicshell.net/ is free.
5 more dollars to put all those "apps" back in a window with an icon on the taskbar http://stardock.com/products/modernmix/
And here is a great article for switching default apps back, getting rid of the swipe screen, etc.http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/software-and-web-apps/how-to-make-windows-8-look-like-windows-7-50009546/
Tell people you are a Consultant and you can charge them to do this stuff for them.
And just when you think you've charged everyone money for fixing what Microsoft broke, Microsoft will do you a solid and sell them all something else they hate and will pay you to "make work like it used to."
Oh and if you think Microsoft is desperate and just burning money to be like Apple, you're right. They are offering a $100 an app for up to 15 apps for college students to write pretty much anything and fill their apps store with crap for Win8. Google for one of their App Camps and make yourself some quick cash.
Think of the who?
No thank you, I prefer to be much more ethnocentric than that. I mean, they say 'aboot'. Its like they are from another country or something.
As an Arkansan, let me first point out, we don't have a DMV. License plates are handled by the Revenue Department. The Revenue Department is where money changes hands. . . business license, hunting license, boat registration, driver's license, sales tax, assessment? All in the same damn line. That Chinese fire drill of an office is busy enough, I can assure you no one is reviewing your plate. Case in point, I have a gay friend that got away with a plate that says PWR BTM. Honest to god. He has it on a white truck with a black racing stripe on the hood, so they call it the wide receiver. If that passed the revenue office, anything will.
Personal problem. You choose to live in a state where toll roads are a legal option for funds generation for the state highway department. We have four constitutional branches of government in Arkansas. Executive, Legislative, Judicial, and Transportation. Since they can't spend money they don't have (constitutional pay-as-you-go state) they only way to go into debt is to ask voters to approve a bond and associated increase in tax. No toll booths. Never had em, never will. I'm sure if they did build one it would last about as long as motorcycle helmet laws or vehicle inspections did.
âoeIt goes along with our mission: trying to get people closer to God ⦠through a tablet.â I guess telling people they are going to burn in hell for being different than you isn't marketing well right now.
I will say this, Hulu is a much better solution than Cable and a Tivo. I just wish they would put a little more effort into targeting ads. This probably has as much to do with the advertisers as anything. I'm sure after a half century of television advertising models, the advertisers till tag their ads as "Gender", "Region", "Time of day" or something similar. Perhaps as ad targeting evolves, both advertisers and media companies will relize the benefits of specific targeting.
Instead of expensive blanket advertising, much cheaper limited run, very targeted ads could gain traction as lots of smaller companies can then afford to get a higher turn for dollars spent. The media companies could benefit from this as well, making money on volume instead of a few deep pocketed advertisers.
It would stand to reason that this would make sense to the companies relying on advertising revenue as it would make them less susceptible to the whims of a few large clients.
Why does everyone assume that because you are gay your are promiscuous?
You are correct on travel. Fortunately I love what I do and never really crave a vacation to get away from it.
All that said, what's wrong with wanting to see ads for things I would like to buy? (e.g. Electronics, Cars, Food, Appliances, Furniture, or anything for my dog.)
As far as near zero, that's the mathematician in me, as statistically, it isn't an absolute impossibility, just extremely unlikely.
As far as ads go, I do use AdBlock on my computer, I don't on my TV. And there is nothing wrong with ads if they show me something I would like to buy that maybe I didn't know about.
Unfortunately, I have to watch on my computer to be able to provide that feedback. I generally only watch Hulu on my living room television. The only time my feedback ever changed the ads I received was when I wrote to them over the eHarmony ads I was receiving. I complained about the ads because I didn't want to see ads from a company with an anti-gay history(1,2,3). I will say, however, after I wrote, they responded promptly saying they would forward the complaint to marketing and I never saw the ads again. As far as clicking "No" on "Is this ad relevant to you?" I've watched a few shows on my computer with the specific intent on clicking "No" for the Charter Communications ads. At one point around half the ads I saw were for a cable company that doesn't even do business where I live.
(1) http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1627585,00.html
(2) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/26/BAGB1BNUE5.DTL
(3) http://mashable.com/2010/01/28/eharmony-lawsuit/
I'll happily share anything and everything advertisers want to know about me if I could ever just get ads that were relevant to me. As an example, Hulu gave me ads for diapers, Charter Cable Internet, and Gucci Cologne in the last show I watched. Charter isn't in my area, I hate kids (and I'm gay so the odds of an accidental one are near zero), and I buy unscented everything. Facebook's targeted ads are just as awful. I mean, its like no one wants my money. And with no wife or kids and my own business I have plenty of it to spend.
I always appreciate when rich people have a sense of humor.
After reading some of her posts, I'm not all that surprised she has special needs children.
I never have understood blocking right-clicking. I right click every link I want to explore and open it in a new tab. So those little JavaScript warnings are nothing but a nuisance that makes me clicking a few extra times to add their domain to my JavaScript blacklist. And really, how many people don't know that everything you look at online is stored (at least temporarily) on the computer somewhere. I bet you a solid 75% of married men know this, as well as where the cache is and how to clear it.
This is the first I've ever heard of people drinking coffee for the flavor. And here all this time I thought is was some bitter near poisonous motor oil looking substance that I used because it isn't legal to snort coke first thing in the morning.
Of all the problems with this study. . . of all the guys that will worry about their fertility and still have millions of "just fine" sperm. . . of the population argument and the billions of people on earth. . .
All I can think about is that this study started with some guy rubbing one out in the name of science.
I'm not exactly sure which country you are from, but here in the U.S. a billboard is never a "sign. . . [that] doesn't do anything."
There are billboards that recognize your car and greet you personally:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/business/media/29cooper.html
There are billboards that aggregate the fm radio stations being listen to in passing cars the show the advert most likely to target the largest percentage of passing drivers:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/27/business/media-business-advertising-new-billboards-sample-radios-cars-go-then-adjust.html
Interactive advertising inundates our modern lives. You're individual concerns aren't worth as much as the advertising dollars spent on you. No one cares that you feel like your privacy is being trampled, you're a target demographic and consumer. That makes your interests important only if your spending money. Opting out only makes advertisers not care what your opinion is because you are a "fringe demographic".
On a personal note, I still hate interactive movie posters. Ever since I walked past a poster for Step-Brothers and Will Ferrel scarred the piss outta me by suddenly coming to life and badgering me to come see the movie.
FTFA: "In total there were 20 Hexagons put into orbit over the years. The one on display this weekend â" which was not among them â" has had portholes cut into the sides so that the internal camera machinery will be visible, according to Rick Oborn, an NRO spokesman."
Uh, that's a pal and CONFIDANT. As in, someone you confide in, not someone you wanna launch into space.
My trash truck has the same arm and I can assure you those two people managed a job at the plastic can factory. That robot arm crushes and then shakes the holy hell outta my trash can twice a week. The hinges on the lid are always the first to go.
Cute. But in all seriousness, you get what you pay for. If you negotiate the price of the product into the dirt, expect to get a shoddy product.
How is this insightful? Have you ever considered not going to a discount store and buying the absolute cheapest brand they sell? I actually winced when I read "12-pack of socks." Really? Wow. I think the problem here is that YOU are just cheap.
Woo Hoo! Patent idea! I just offer you $1000 toward your down payment and you agree then when an advertiser under contract has a radio ad airing your radio will turn on and turn up to an ear busting level. Also you may not travel more than 25mp/h past an advertising partner's billboard. It's genius cause all anyone would care about is the $1000!
at&t no longer offers unlimited data plans for NEW iPhone subscribers. They offer "Data Plus" which offers 200MB/mo for $15/mo or "Data Pro" which offers 2GB/mo for $25/mo.