Company spokesman William Perry says use of the auto data recorder will not be mandatory for Progressive customers.
"The key thing for us regarding the privacy aspect is the program is completely voluntary. It's not imposed on anybody," he said.
Ha... How much longer will it take before it becomes compulsory?
Regardless, this is still not as bad as Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA), where we could one day see full control of speed on our vehicles:
ISA info
As a 21 year old male who loves cars and driving, the future looks bleak.
People talk about WPA security and how it's important, but the fact is most home users don't even change the default password for their wireless routers.
I just hope they updated the integrated Mozilla browser!
The last time I used JDS, the version of Mozilla preinstalled was 1.4, which did not support NTLM proxy authentication and thus I had major issues getting the computer on the Internet.
The mouse drivers are fine, but the software is not. The drivers work as they are supposed to - they make the mouse work. However, it's the craptastic software that lets the drivers down.
The MX series are considered the best mice for twitch gaming like First Person Shooters, yet the majority of these gamers don't use the Logitech software because it doesn't play nice with many games. To avoid all this nastiness with the mouse software, they instead use the generic Windows XP PS2 mouse driver, and then lose the ability of the topmost, 'task switch' button.
There is a way to install the drivers without the software though:
1. Download the Logitech Mouseware.
2. Use WinZip to open up the install.exe file.
3. Unzip to a temp directory
4. Goto Control Panel -> Mouse
5. Look for and install the mouse driver within the temp directory
It doesn't really offer any advantages over the generic PS2 mouse driver (the topmost button still doesn't work), but at least you can say that you're using the correct drivers!
I still keep my land-line operational, though... I'm beginning to wonder why.
Just in case there is a blackout which knocks out your computer, you can (usually) still communicate with your phoneline - it's always good to have a backup!
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Well, I guess it's only another 5 billion years til we get to see one REALLY up close.
Company spokesman William Perry says use of the auto data recorder will not be mandatory for Progressive customers.
"The key thing for us regarding the privacy aspect is the program is completely voluntary. It's not imposed on anybody," he said.
Ha... How much longer will it take before it becomes compulsory?
Regardless, this is still not as bad as Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA), where we could one day see full control of speed on our vehicles:
ISA info
As a 21 year old male who loves cars and driving, the future looks bleak.
People talk about WPA security and how it's important, but the fact is most home users don't even change the default password for their wireless routers.
The plaque was actually attached to the Pioneer spacecraft, not Voyager:
Wiki Link
Instead, Voyager had a golden record which contained sounds/images of earth:
Wiki Link
I just hope they updated the integrated Mozilla browser!
The last time I used JDS, the version of Mozilla preinstalled was 1.4, which did not support NTLM proxy authentication and thus I had major issues getting the computer on the Internet.
In the end, I just installed Firefox.
The mouse drivers are fine, but the software is not. The drivers work as they are supposed to - they make the mouse work. However, it's the craptastic software that lets the drivers down.
.exe file.
The MX series are considered the best mice for twitch gaming like First Person Shooters, yet the majority of these gamers don't use the Logitech software because it doesn't play nice with many games. To avoid all this nastiness with the mouse software, they instead use the generic Windows XP PS2 mouse driver, and then lose the ability of the topmost, 'task switch' button.
There is a way to install the drivers without the software though:
1. Download the Logitech Mouseware.
2. Use WinZip to open up the install
3. Unzip to a temp directory
4. Goto Control Panel -> Mouse
5. Look for and install the mouse driver within the temp directory
It doesn't really offer any advantages over the generic PS2 mouse driver (the topmost button still doesn't work), but at least you can say that you're using the correct drivers!
Since the site is /.ed:
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perhaps it will take the death of Keanu for Johnny Mnemonic to be truly appreciated.
That's just inviting something...
I still keep my land-line operational, though... I'm beginning to wonder why.
Just in case there is a blackout which knocks out your computer, you can (usually) still communicate with your phoneline - it's always good to have a backup!
MS has declared that due to the poisonous, corrupting nature of the Clippit virus, all of MS Word must be wiped. Oh wait ... it's not a virus?
For IE tabbed browsing, you can always download a browser extension such as Crazy Browser or MyIE2.
It's also easy to track losers at the Olympics. They're the ones without medals hanging around their necks.