My first owned computer ever was a Texas Instrument 99/4a (TI99/4A). My parents bought it for me to improve my communication skills and for education when I was a kid (7? years old). I was actually scared at it first. I was only interested in gaming (e.g., Atari 2600). Then, I found out games on it like TI Invaders, Alpiner, Tomb City, The Amazing Maze, etc.);)
I found an interesting story from The New York Times (no registration needed when I just checked) last year about time obsession that caused the train wreck. It was an interesting read.
... cable modem is only broadband available. DSL (Verizon's phone system) is too far. FiOS isn't here. Forget satellite services (too expensive and slow). I can use dial-up but it only maxs out at 3 KB/sec for compressed file transfers.
"Two tech jobs in high demand these days are.NET (dot net) developers and quality assurance analysts..." "...Those who work in software quality management, meanwhile, might make $65,000 to $75,000 a year and be able to negotiate a 10 percent to 15 percent jump in pay if they switch jobs."
I wonder how much a SQA analyst, in a big city (Los Angeles/L.A.), makes these days.
Did you know there is a 3% fee for Americans' phones? Read below:
NewsNet5.com reports that there is a call to repeal a telephone/phone (including cellular/cell phones) tax most Americans probably don't even know they are paying. Anybody who has ever tried to decipher a phone bill knows how tough it can be. One of the charges is a 3 percent fee on every phone bill in America. The origin of the tax predates the invention of the phone by nearly a century.
Every time a person use their his/her phone, he/she supports the war effort -- the Spanish-American War. The 1898 war involved Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. The fee began as a luxury tax on phones at the turn of the 19th Century. And we're all still paying for it today. Phone bills don't specify that the tax originates from the Spanish-American War. It is labeled as the federal excise tax, which amounts to 3 percent of every monthly bill...
Read here (Wired News search took me to a missing story so I had to use Internet Archive's copy and tinyurl or else/. messes up my URL up!) about parking. I don't remember if there was another story on driving on streets/freeways though. Does anyone remember?
Interesting. So it is just v1.8. I got it. I will just overinstall over my 1.7.12 then.
Is it compatible with extensions and plugins?
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Curious. Is it safe to use Seamonkey to replace my Mozilla v1.7.12 in Windows, Mac OS X 102.8, and Linux? Orare there lots of incompatibilities with the current extensions, plugins, etc.?
From my Web site: "BBC News reports teenagers value the role of science in society, but feel scientists are "brainy people not like them." This was according to The Science Learning Centre's research in London that asked 11,000 pupils for their views on science and scientists.
Around 70% of the 11-15 year olds questioned said they did not picture scientists as "normal young and attractive men and women". The research examined why numbers of science exam entries are declining. They found around 80% of pupils thought scientists did "very important work" and 70% thought they worked "creatively and imaginatively". Only 40% said they agreed that scientists did "boring and repetitive work". Over three quarters of the respondents thought scientists were "really brainy people". Among those who said they would not like to be scientists, reasons included: "Because you would constantly be depressed and tired and not have time for family", and "because they all wear big glasses and white coats and I am female".
The number taking A-level physics dropped by 34% between 1991 and 2004, with 28,698 taking the subject in that year. The decline in numbers taking chemistry over the same period was 16%, with 44,440 students sitting the subject in 1991, and 37,254 in 2004. The number of students taking maths also dropped by 22%...
Well, I use Mozilla and Linux so... It was a user error. Remember it was 3 AM so I was freaky tired and not paying attention. It is a good example of social engineering.
I also ran into this a few weeks ago with my own account when I accidently stumbled into phishing on a dot.tk Web site (stupid of me not paying attention to the domain at 3 AM). I never entered real datas when I signed up for a Yahoo! account about a decade ago so I didn't know what I used when they asked for my birthdate, Q&As, and stuff. Yahoo! wouldn't even lock my account!
I managed to get the phisher's two Web sites shut down by dot.tk's abuse department. So, the second time phisher came on to spam people, I told everyone on my buddy list (I had their e-mail address in local files) to fill out Yahoo!'s abuse forms to close my account so the phisher couldn't use it anymore.
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My first owned computer ever was a Texas Instrument 99/4a (TI99/4A). My parents bought it for me to improve my communication skills and for education when I was a kid (7? years old). I was actually scared at it first. I was only interested in gaming (e.g., Atari 2600). Then, I found out games on it like TI Invaders, Alpiner, Tomb City, The Amazing Maze, etc.) ;)
I found an interesting story from The New York Times (no registration needed when I just checked) last year about time obsession that caused the train wreck. It was an interesting read.
God is actually Charles Darwin according to this funny Dr. Fun cartoon. :D
Click here (posted from my site).
See Cute Overload. It's hard to resist!! ARGH!
Troy McClure, is that you? [grin]
According to an old story I posted, Yahooligans! used to have episodes online. It appears Yahoo! took them and many other cartoon series down. :(
Why don't you find something other than cable modem service in my area then for decent prices (60 bucks or less)?
... cable modem is only broadband available. DSL (Verizon's phone system) is too far. FiOS isn't here. Forget satellite services (too expensive and slow). I can use dial-up but it only maxs out at 3 KB/sec for compressed file transfers.
See here.
There was a previous discussion about this one on my message board.
"Two tech jobs in high demand these days are .NET (dot net) developers and quality assurance analysts..." "...Those who work in software quality management, meanwhile, might make $65,000 to $75,000 a year and be able to negotiate a 10 percent to 15 percent jump in pay if they switch jobs."
I wonder how much a SQA analyst, in a big city (Los Angeles/L.A.), makes these days.
I would love to see MMORPG based on ALIENS. Marines vs. Aliens. :)
Matrox isn't very good with newer games in terms of performance though.
Did you know there is a 3% fee for Americans' phones? Read below:
NewsNet5.com reports that there is a call to repeal a telephone/phone (including cellular/cell phones) tax most Americans probably don't even know they are paying. Anybody who has ever tried to decipher a phone bill knows how tough it can be. One of the charges is a 3 percent fee on every phone bill in America. The origin of the tax predates the invention of the phone by nearly a century.
Every time a person use their his/her phone, he/she supports the war effort -- the Spanish-American War. The 1898 war involved Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. The fee began as a luxury tax on phones at the turn of the 19th Century. And we're all still paying for it today. Phone bills don't specify that the tax originates from the Spanish-American War. It is labeled as the federal excise tax, which amounts to 3 percent of every monthly bill...
Seen on Shacknews. Posted on my site recently.
3D Realms should just release DNF or shut up about it. Surprise us when it is done. We are tired of waiting anyways.
Read here (Wired News search took me to a missing story so I had to use Internet Archive's copy and tinyurl or else /. messes up my URL up!) about parking. I don't remember if there was another story on driving on streets/freeways though. Does anyone remember?
Is there one for Mozilla v1.7.12? I will upgrade to SeaMonkey later on.
Thanks! I think I will wait a few weeks to be sure everyone is able to upgrade.
Which ones didn't work? I use Prefbar, Session Saver, Adblock, Flashblock, BugMeNot, IE View, Coral, etc.
Interesting. So it is just v1.8. I got it. I will just overinstall over my 1.7.12 then.
Curious. Is it safe to use Seamonkey to replace my Mozilla v1.7.12 in Windows, Mac OS X 102.8, and Linux? Orare there lots of incompatibilities with the current extensions, plugins, etc.?
BBC UK mentions the little interests in science.
From my Web site: "BBC News reports teenagers value the role of science in society, but feel scientists are "brainy people not like them." This was according to The Science Learning Centre's research in London that asked 11,000 pupils for their views on science and scientists.
Around 70% of the 11-15 year olds questioned said they did not picture scientists as "normal young and attractive men and women". The research examined why numbers of science exam entries are declining. They found around 80% of pupils thought scientists did "very important work" and 70% thought they worked "creatively and imaginatively". Only 40% said they agreed that scientists did "boring and repetitive work". Over three quarters of the respondents thought scientists were "really brainy people". Among those who said they would not like to be scientists, reasons included: "Because you would constantly be depressed and tired and not have time for family", and "because they all wear big glasses and white coats and I am female".
The number taking A-level physics dropped by 34% between 1991 and 2004, with 28,698 taking the subject in that year. The decline in numbers taking chemistry over the same period was 16%, with 44,440 students sitting the subject in 1991, and 37,254 in 2004. The number of students taking maths also dropped by 22%...
Seen on Shacknews."
Well, I use Mozilla and Linux so... It was a user error. Remember it was 3 AM so I was freaky tired and not paying attention. It is a good example of social engineering.
I also ran into this a few weeks ago with my own account when I accidently stumbled into phishing on a dot.tk Web site (stupid of me not paying attention to the domain at 3 AM). I never entered real datas when I signed up for a Yahoo! account about a decade ago so I didn't know what I used when they asked for my birthdate, Q&As, and stuff. Yahoo! wouldn't even lock my account!
I managed to get the phisher's two Web sites shut down by dot.tk's abuse department. So, the second time phisher came on to spam people, I told everyone on my buddy list (I had their e-mail address in local files) to fill out Yahoo!'s abuse forms to close my account so the phisher couldn't use it anymore.