... all they had to do was provide ICS without their crappy interface(s) like swype and the crapware they load on..
I've got a Samsung Epic - the Galaxy S with a slide-out keyboard. I'll agree with you about the bundled crapware and their Touchwiz interface, (or whatever it's called). But Swype is simply awesome.
Currently running ICS, and one of the first things I did after flashing was install Swype.
Agreed. I've been using Launchy long before I ever started using Win7. Years ago, I would occasionally try to organize my Start menu, organizing things into coherent categories, rather than the God-awful way that programs organize themselves. Once I found Launchy, I let the Start Menu do whatever it wants - I didn't care anymore. And once I moved to Win7 with the searchable launcher, I tried it for awhile, then installed Launchy.
I blame program developers for allowing the Start Menu to become such a mess. Why create a folder named after the software developer? If I want to play Grand Theft Auto 4, I don't want to browse to "Rockstar Games" first. Ideally, they would create a single icon under "Games". Why put a shortcut to the uninstaller on the Start Menu? If I want to uninstall your program, I'll go to Add/Remove Programs. I really don't need a shortcut to your website on my Start Menu. If I want to look at your website, I'll freakin' Google it.
Unfortunately this post is likely to get lost in the discussion of how kids should and shouldn't be parented, whether porn is or isn't harmful for kids, and lots of other discussion that has nothing to do with actually answering the question. (The fact that you posted AC doesn't help either)
DansGuardian is a good piece of software. A few years ago, I set up an old PC as a router/firewall using IPCop and the Cop+ addon, which adds DansGuardian. It has blacklists, including auto-downloading of blacklist updates, whitelists, and very configurable content filtering. The content filtering is score-based, so rather than just block any site that has the "forbidden words", you can adjust how strictly you want things blocked, and as the kid gets older, set the block threshold higher. There's some very good controls for adjusting the filtering. For example, by default, the word "breast" counts slightly against the page's block score, unless the page also contains the words "cancer" or "medical". I also added "chicken", "turkey", and "recipe" as words that would cancel a ding against the page score. I also had to add "sandal" and "shoe" to negate a ding on the word "thong" when my wife got blocked from a footwear site.
DansGuardian by default is set quite strict - the default settings are probably appropriate for an elementary school - but the score-based blocking allows for a lot of versatility. Pairing it with IPCop, you're protecting the entire house's connection rather than just a single PC, so my daughter's iPod touch is also filtered.
Unfortunately, while IPCop is still under active development, most of the addons aren't. Cop+ was last updated in 2008. I actually started reading this thread hoping someone would recommend something easy to setup that's still active.
My religious rights, for example, do not give me the right to dictate your health care options.
You are not paying for my health care. I think a perfectly reasonable response to "I want birth control" is, "OK, go buy yourself some." If you think that infringes on your rights, then I insist you to buy me a gun. If you refuse, you're infringing my 2nd amendment rights.
Actually, the hearing was about religious freedom, and the woman was denied because anyone who testifies at those things has to be scheduled either 3 or 4 days in advance. The Democrats on the committee had originally scheduled a man to speak, then tried to substitute Sandra Fluke at the last minute. Had they followed the rules and given sufficient notice, she would have been allowed to speak.
As a final note, if you do maintain two red herring volumes, your secondary volume needs to have a reason you'd keep it secret. If there's nothing sensitive on there, it's too obvious of a distraction; you might as well label the volume "red herring."
Stuff the red-herring volume full of granny porn. Great for 2 reasons. 1) It provides a perfectly logical explanation as to why the volume was encrypted. and 2) You completely avoid the possibility of successfully hiding whatever you wanted to encrypt, only to get nabbed because one of the models in your decoy porn stash only *looked* over 18.
If you are ever required to provide the encryption key, make sure to give the agent your best "creeper stare" while they're examining the contents. Especially if the agent is over 60.
And why didn't the Soviets have tractors? You say that they were 25-30 years behind American ag technology, but no mention of why.
An American farmer who comes up with a way to improve his plow can file a patent on that improvement and sell his invention to others. Through his invention, thousands of other farmers can become more productive, and he can become wealthier. Take away that profit motive, and he might develop the invention for his own use, if it makes his job easier. If it simply means a higher yield with the same labor, but with no reward for that higher yield, he probably won't bother. If he's accustomed to how things worked on a Soviet farm, he'll realize that if he increases his yield by 10% this year, he'll be expected to increase it by 15% next year. Next step is to hammer his invention into slag and forget the whole thing.
There are 2 sure ways to get a person to work hard. One is to threaten to kill them if they don't work hard enough. The other is to allow them to profit through their hard work. The Soviet Union took the first, America uses the second. Which one is still around today?
Wichita, Kansas has the "Warren Theaters" chain. The seats aren't quite recliners, but they're the largest, most comfortable seats I've encountered in a theater. And some of the bigger screens have "VIP" balcony seating that features waiters that will bring you food and drinks, including beers. (Balcony seating is age 21+)
It's really the minor things that the Warren gets right that make so much difference. The theater goes dark *at the time the movie is actually scheduled to start*. You'll sit through 2-3 previews of upcoming movies, then the movie you actually paid to see starts. (The first couple of years they were open, they actually ran a Looney Tunes short before the movie, which I really kinda miss.) Last time I went to a different theater, I sat through 25 minutes of commercials. Not movie previews - commercials - the same ones I sit through watching TV at home. Cars, Pepsi, cell phones. For 25 damn minutes.
I don't go to a lot of movies - maybe 3 or 4 a year - but long ago I promised I'd never go to another area theater.
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This is the internet. There will always be a way to watch porn.
... all they had to do was provide ICS without their crappy interface(s) like swype and the crapware they load on..
I've got a Samsung Epic - the Galaxy S with a slide-out keyboard. I'll agree with you about the bundled crapware and their Touchwiz interface, (or whatever it's called). But Swype is simply awesome.
Currently running ICS, and one of the first things I did after flashing was install Swype.
The first rule of Fight Club...
Oh, come on! I heard that exact phrase used by one of the techies in an episode of 24
One problem with this is urban sprawl. A recording station that was next to a field 10 years ago might be next to a strip mall today.
Wish my mod points hadn't expired a couple of days ago.
Alternate headline for the article: John Romero Makes Ouya His Bitch
Not a bad effort, but it needs a few spelling and grammar errors to be really convincing.
Agreed. I've been using Launchy long before I ever started using Win7. Years ago, I would occasionally try to organize my Start menu, organizing things into coherent categories, rather than the God-awful way that programs organize themselves. Once I found Launchy, I let the Start Menu do whatever it wants - I didn't care anymore. And once I moved to Win7 with the searchable launcher, I tried it for awhile, then installed Launchy.
I blame program developers for allowing the Start Menu to become such a mess. Why create a folder named after the software developer? If I want to play Grand Theft Auto 4, I don't want to browse to "Rockstar Games" first. Ideally, they would create a single icon under "Games". Why put a shortcut to the uninstaller on the Start Menu? If I want to uninstall your program, I'll go to Add/Remove Programs. I really don't need a shortcut to your website on my Start Menu. If I want to look at your website, I'll freakin' Google it.
Unfortunately this post is likely to get lost in the discussion of how kids should and shouldn't be parented, whether porn is or isn't harmful for kids, and lots of other discussion that has nothing to do with actually answering the question. (The fact that you posted AC doesn't help either)
DansGuardian is a good piece of software. A few years ago, I set up an old PC as a router/firewall using IPCop and the Cop+ addon, which adds DansGuardian. It has blacklists, including auto-downloading of blacklist updates, whitelists, and very configurable content filtering. The content filtering is score-based, so rather than just block any site that has the "forbidden words", you can adjust how strictly you want things blocked, and as the kid gets older, set the block threshold higher. There's some very good controls for adjusting the filtering. For example, by default, the word "breast" counts slightly against the page's block score, unless the page also contains the words "cancer" or "medical". I also added "chicken", "turkey", and "recipe" as words that would cancel a ding against the page score. I also had to add "sandal" and "shoe" to negate a ding on the word "thong" when my wife got blocked from a footwear site.
DansGuardian by default is set quite strict - the default settings are probably appropriate for an elementary school - but the score-based blocking allows for a lot of versatility. Pairing it with IPCop, you're protecting the entire house's connection rather than just a single PC, so my daughter's iPod touch is also filtered.
Unfortunately, while IPCop is still under active development, most of the addons aren't. Cop+ was last updated in 2008. I actually started reading this thread hoping someone would recommend something easy to setup that's still active.
They're Google. They already have all your data. All. Your. Data.
It's creepy, but it does have its advantages. Yesterday I couldn't find my car keys, so I googled them. Turns out I had left them in my gym bag.
My religious rights, for example, do not give me the right to dictate your health care options.
You are not paying for my health care. I think a perfectly reasonable response to "I want birth control" is, "OK, go buy yourself some." If you think that infringes on your rights, then I insist you to buy me a gun. If you refuse, you're infringing my 2nd amendment rights.
Can't tell if trolling or just stupid.
Actually, the hearing was about religious freedom, and the woman was denied because anyone who testifies at those things has to be scheduled either 3 or 4 days in advance. The Democrats on the committee had originally scheduled a man to speak, then tried to substitute Sandra Fluke at the last minute. Had they followed the rules and given sufficient notice, she would have been allowed to speak.
Mod parent up: Wickard v. Filburn was the start of the ridiculous expansion of commerce clause overreach.
If Bic gave you the pen for free,
I got all my pens for free. Granted, some of them are a bit awkward to carry, since they still have bank countertops attached. (Stupid little chains.)
Another thumbs up for Launchy. I quit trying to organize my Start menu years ago once I found Launchy.
As a final note, if you do maintain two red herring volumes, your secondary volume needs to have a reason you'd keep it secret. If there's nothing sensitive on there, it's too obvious of a distraction; you might as well label the volume "red herring."
Stuff the red-herring volume full of granny porn. Great for 2 reasons. 1) It provides a perfectly logical explanation as to why the volume was encrypted. and 2) You completely avoid the possibility of successfully hiding whatever you wanted to encrypt, only to get nabbed because one of the models in your decoy porn stash only *looked* over 18.
If you are ever required to provide the encryption key, make sure to give the agent your best "creeper stare" while they're examining the contents. Especially if the agent is over 60.
Aladdin - not Disney's material - story from Arabian Nights (Book of One Thousand and One Nights)
If you compare Disney's Aladdin to the original in the Arabian Nights, there's almost no commonality between the two.
And why didn't the Soviets have tractors? You say that they were 25-30 years behind American ag technology, but no mention of why.
An American farmer who comes up with a way to improve his plow can file a patent on that improvement and sell his invention to others. Through his invention, thousands of other farmers can become more productive, and he can become wealthier. Take away that profit motive, and he might develop the invention for his own use, if it makes his job easier. If it simply means a higher yield with the same labor, but with no reward for that higher yield, he probably won't bother. If he's accustomed to how things worked on a Soviet farm, he'll realize that if he increases his yield by 10% this year, he'll be expected to increase it by 15% next year. Next step is to hammer his invention into slag and forget the whole thing.
There are 2 sure ways to get a person to work hard. One is to threaten to kill them if they don't work hard enough. The other is to allow them to profit through their hard work. The Soviet Union took the first, America uses the second. Which one is still around today?
Don't forget Grim Fandango! If you've never played it, you're seriously missing out.
I'd also include Bioshock in the "Games as Art" category. Between the story and the level design, that game was friggin' brilliant.
Wichita, Kansas has the "Warren Theaters" chain. The seats aren't quite recliners, but they're the largest, most comfortable seats I've encountered in a theater. And some of the bigger screens have "VIP" balcony seating that features waiters that will bring you food and drinks, including beers. (Balcony seating is age 21+)
It's really the minor things that the Warren gets right that make so much difference. The theater goes dark *at the time the movie is actually scheduled to start*. You'll sit through 2-3 previews of upcoming movies, then the movie you actually paid to see starts. (The first couple of years they were open, they actually ran a Looney Tunes short before the movie, which I really kinda miss.) Last time I went to a different theater, I sat through 25 minutes of commercials. Not movie previews - commercials - the same ones I sit through watching TV at home. Cars, Pepsi, cell phones. For 25 damn minutes.
I don't go to a lot of movies - maybe 3 or 4 a year - but long ago I promised I'd never go to another area theater.
This could apply to other areas of North Korean life.
"I'm a food expert, and I've seen what damage it can do... you don't want it."
South Korean television says Kim Jong Il died in pieces following a Zerg Rush.
... a leisure activity we all love and try to do as much of as possible.
You're talking about heroin, right?