There's an unofficial patch out somewhere; I've used it before. Should be pretty easy to find on Google. FilePlanet and the like might have it as well.
A search for "TSA" in the 'old stories' section shows that the last story involving the TSA was August, 2004. A search at news.google.com brings up one or two stories related to the "TSA lied" story (top story is they're banning lighters and more than 4 matchbooks on flights), and maybe one of them was posted before the one on Slashdot.
Regardless of the apparent fact that I've been living under a rock concerning this veritable Media Circus over the TSA, the submitter still could have included a little bit more information on what the hell he was talking about. First glance makes it look like one of the previous stories about identity theft from credit companies, and the submitter didn't even bother to type out the name of the organisation.
I imagine the reason I was modded up was because I actually took the time to look the TSA up in Wikipedia and posted a link, rather than just complaining. Past that, I have no idea.
Scary stuff, and yet it's evem scarier how little the general public has caught on.
I suppose even scarier is the inability for the person writing the summary to explain who the TSA is (Transportation Security Administration), what they do, why the government is involved, and how it affects me.
A 'summary' should give me enough information that I don't have to RTFA to understand what the hell is going on, right?
Of course it's not the only option. Poisoning the water supply could be far more effective, and probably easier to get away with. It doesn't make a great game plot, though. And it's hard work (you need lots of poison).
You have to be really careful when installing. The very last page (Your install finished successfully, blahblahblah) has two checkmarks: one resets your homepage to Firefox's default, the other launches Firefox after hitting the Finish/Done button.
It's only been like that the last few releases. Hard to catch if you're click-happy during installs.
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I'm no scientist, but is it maybe because of the vibrations? Kinda like how drumming your fingernails stimulates their growth?
You might try this. It's the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows. Takes a XP disc, makes a LiveCD out of it, and adds stuff like AntiVir to it.
I've used it once or twice (was testing it on a computer I was about to reformat anyway to see if it booted), but I haven't really gotten into all the programs, so I can't tell you much else than it exists.:p
Hopefully people will shut up about the Slashdot bug in the next version.
(Seriously, how often does it happen that resizing the font or downloading an extension can't fix it? I haven't come across it in forever and I look at Slashdot several times a day every day.)
Great book, interesting subjects. Some a bit more far-fetched than others, but a lot of it deals with training your brain so your concious and subconcious, right and left all work together. A lot of the topics on Slashdot and other sites that deal with the subconcious ("Scientists found today that X") are stuff that are covered in the book.
The term Native American was introduced in the United States by anthropologists who considered Indian quaint, demeaning, or inaccurate. (See "political correctness" for a discussion of this approach to altering language.)
However, a 1996 survey revealed that more "natives" in the United States still prefer American Indian to Native American. [15] (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762158.html)
Despite the preferences of American Indians, American teachers and academics (excepting many historians, who generally use the historical term) have persuaded most "white" Americans to use the term "Native Americans." Many Americans mistakenly believe Indians is offensive; Russell Means, the famous American Indian activist, is instead offended by the term Native Americans. [16] (http://www.peaknet.net/~aardvark/means.html)
Some American Indians oppose the term Native American because, they argue, it serves to ease the conscience of "white America" with regard to past injustices done to American Indians by effectively eliminating "Indians" from the present. However, most American Indians in the United States are comfortable with Indian, American Indian, and Native American. Among American Indians, the preferred method of referring to an American Indian person as such is to use the tribal designation if known. "Wes Studi, the American actor, is Cherokee" is thus probably preferable to "Wes Studi, the American actor, is an Indian." [17] (http://www.allthingscherokee.com/atc_sub_culture_ feat_events_070101.html)
Some people argue that Native American is inappropriate because "native of" literally means "born in", so any person born in America is "native" to it. A more serious difficulty with this term is that several ethnic groups traditionally excluded from the American Indians were just as "native" to the Americas as them. These groups include the Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut peoples of the far north of the continent. Eskimos was once used for these groups, but this term is in disfavor because it is perceived by many of them as derogatory.
The word may have come from Columbus's mistake, but words can take on new meanings over the course of 500 years.
Well, yeah, that works too, but for my purposes it's faster to use Run, since I know exactly where my destination is. Opening Explorer requires that I clickclickclick to where I want to be. "D:\files\pictures\hentai\tentacle" also shows up right in the autocomplete menu, too, so I don't have to use the mouse to get to my pr0n.;)
And who doesn't have Windows set up to be double-pane all the time?:p X-Setup does it for you, but there's also a way to do it with the "Folder Options" menu under Tools. Under the File Types tab, select the Folder filetype, and change the default action to explore. 9 times out of 10 (barring some weird calls to Explorer) you'll get the double-pane view.
It's not what you're looking for, but since you're hitting ctrl+tab, it's not much of a big deal to hit win+r to start the run box. It'll open a new program ([win]+[r], c: [enter] will start explorer pointed at c:), but it's almost as good.
That's how I browse my files, actually. It's relatively fast, and if you have a general idea (and autocomplete) you can get your stuff a hell of a lot quicker than clicking a bunch of plus signs and file folders.
I've been trying to push AVG (and other alternatives to Norton/McAfee/extortionware) to people for awhile, but they always go with the name they recognise. Sure, it's $40 and the updates will run out in 3 months, but hey, you've got name-brand software!
Anyway, does anyone know of a PC Magazine or similar 'reputable' source that has an article that compares AV programs and shows conclusively that Avast or AVG or any other program is better than Norton, so I can convince people to switch?... Wow, I sound like someone trying to switch a Windows user to Linux. That's scary.
"Oh, it says 'Out of Area'. I bet it's a solicitor. I'll just let the machine get it."::ringring::
"C'mon, machine."::ringring::
"How many rings do I have it set to pick up on again?"::ringring::
"God, this is annoying."::ringring::
"..."::ringring::
"AAAAAAARRGGGGH!".... Annoying, isn't it?
Number one, it's the geeky thing to do to look for elaborate, expensive, and insane solutions to inane problems.
Number two, yes, you can ignore the bum. But when the bum keeps asking, or harasses you in another way, and keeps doing it, it's annoying.
Number one is partly why we're on Slashdot. Number two is why the idea was given of the phone answering itself on the first ring if the number is on a blacklist/off a whitelist. Instead of spending the evening listening to the phone ring while you wait for the machine to get it (and if you get more than one call a night, it can get very aggravating), you never hear the phone ring more than once at any given time unless it's a person you may be interested in talking to.
It's like having a spamblocker on your phone! But I guess you prefer to manually delete those emails, since YOUR BRAIN can do the job just as well.
Send calls from selected callers directly to voice mail
The program can send calls from specific callers directly to voice mail. This allows the user to avoid having to answer callers they do not wish to speak to, but still retaining the option for a custom greeting message for the caller and the opportunity for the caller to leave a message. You can also have all callers, except ones specially marked, go directly to Voice Mail. This allows for greater privacy as you can only answer the calls you wish!
Not free, not open-source, but it works for Windows, and it does what I want. I might wind up getting this (they also have a package with software and a voice modem card) if I can't find a free solution.
Has someone come up with a device that checks incoming calls against a list of people known to you, and if it is an unknown number, automatically either sends them directly to the answering machine[...]
http://www.pagerealm.com/tc2k/ - the TeleCrapper 2000 was linked to on Slashdot a long while back by the creator (in a comment to a 'what hardware do you hack?' article, I believe).
It's been awhile since I've looked at the actual site, but I think it was hardware related, and he was looking for people to do a software version. It's similar to what you're saying (and I actually thought of the exact thing you're talking about when I saw this before), only it's a two-way answering machine. He has it set up to make a prank call out of it using pre-recorded conversation snippets. I imagine it's not too much different to make it an auto-answering machine.
Other than that, SourceForge has very little in the way of PC answering machine programs, at least for Windows (I don't even have Cygwin installed after my most recent reformat, so I haven't looked at Linux stuff).
Personally, I would kill for a cheap or OSS solution that could read the Caller ID and immediately pick up on the answering machine. If I had any coding ability at all I'd do it myself.
One thing nobody's said (and I hope isn't unique just to me) is when I'm on the phone, I have a tendency to visualise the person on the other end of the line, or what they're talking about. Not always conciously, but it's very distracting.
Seeing the person in my periphery isn't quite as distracting as them being in my mind's eye. And yes, they can also scream when you're about to hit something, like everyone else has said.
I was about to say the same thing, that despite the usefulness, it adds bloat, that's what extensions are for, etc. etc.
Going along with the poster's thought, though, maybe some of these extensions can be included in the install? Sort of a 'hey, you've just migrated from IE, now check out this neat AdBlocky thing!' in the install menu, and add the most recent version to the default profile from the start...
Then again, it might just confuse things.
Seriously though, extensions that are sort of 'as soon as you get FF, get X, Y and Z extensions' should be touted more somehow, just to get more people to try them. Hell, the IT guy that comes in to our office once a week had never heard of TabBrowser Prefs when I asked him about it, and I'd go nuts without it.
That said, my point stands: "oh my god!! they cancled a video game or some shit!!" is hardly "news," however it's a testiment, good or bad, to Western civilization that we can bother our selves with such frivolities when in much of the world they don't have electricty or liberties or shit we take for granted. But if like, make a wish or someone fucked over some cancer kid that'd be sad and horrible. this is only mildly dissappointing and only for a few people.
Number one, considering the large-font "Games" in the title, why would you think of Make-a-Wish over, possibly, the idea that "Wish" was a... game?
Number two, why are you looking at Slashdot (or Slashdot's Games section, for that matter) for Earth-shattering, non-Western news? You're more likely to see an article on the latest guy to build a Lego computer case than you're likely to find the current tsunami death-toll. Hell, Fark does a better job at reporting real news.:p
Is this like the 'open server' versions of Ragnarok Online that you can play for free?
Or more like a UI hack, like for WoW?
I'm honestly curious. I've never heard of this. I might pick it up if it's not tied into a pay-for-play.
Slashdot Mirror
There's an unofficial patch out somewhere; I've used it before. Should be pretty easy to find on Google. FilePlanet and the like might have it as well.
News? What news?
A search for "TSA" in the 'old stories' section shows that the last story involving the TSA was August, 2004. A search at news.google.com brings up one or two stories related to the "TSA lied" story (top story is they're banning lighters and more than 4 matchbooks on flights), and maybe one of them was posted before the one on Slashdot.
Regardless of the apparent fact that I've been living under a rock concerning this veritable Media Circus over the TSA, the submitter still could have included a little bit more information on what the hell he was talking about. First glance makes it look like one of the previous stories about identity theft from credit companies, and the submitter didn't even bother to type out the name of the organisation.
I imagine the reason I was modded up was because I actually took the time to look the TSA up in Wikipedia and posted a link, rather than just complaining. Past that, I have no idea.
Shhhhh!
They'll ban Final Fantasy, next!
You have to be really careful when installing. The very last page (Your install finished successfully, blahblahblah) has two checkmarks: one resets your homepage to Firefox's default, the other launches Firefox after hitting the Finish/Done button. It's only been like that the last few releases. Hard to catch if you're click-happy during installs.
I'm no scientist, but is it maybe because of the vibrations? Kinda like how drumming your fingernails stimulates their growth?
You might try this. It's the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows. Takes a XP disc, makes a LiveCD out of it, and adds stuff like AntiVir to it.
:p
I've used it once or twice (was testing it on a computer I was about to reformat anyway to see if it booted), but I haven't really gotten into all the programs, so I can't tell you much else than it exists.
Considering as how it's a state-run telecom, I don't really see where your sarcasm is going. :p
I mean, isn't a state-run anything more socialist than capitalist, despite the fact that it's still working for money?
Hopefully people will shut up about the Slashdot bug in the next version.
(Seriously, how often does it happen that resizing the font or downloading an extension can't fix it? I haven't come across it in forever and I look at Slashdot several times a day every day.)
Anytime something like this comes up, with the Sixth Senses and the subconcious and the flaven, I feel the urge to plug this book:
The Einstein Factor
Great book, interesting subjects. Some a bit more far-fetched than others, but a lot of it deals with training your brain so your concious and subconcious, right and left all work together. A lot of the topics on Slashdot and other sites that deal with the subconcious ("Scientists found today that X") are stuff that are covered in the book.
The word may have come from Columbus's mistake, but words can take on new meanings over the course of 500 years.
Well, yeah, that works too, but for my purposes it's faster to use Run, since I know exactly where my destination is. Opening Explorer requires that I clickclickclick to where I want to be. "D:\files\pictures\hentai\tentacle" also shows up right in the autocomplete menu, too, so I don't have to use the mouse to get to my pr0n. ;)
:p X-Setup does it for you, but there's also a way to do it with the "Folder Options" menu under Tools. Under the File Types tab, select the Folder filetype, and change the default action to explore. 9 times out of 10 (barring some weird calls to Explorer) you'll get the double-pane view.
And who doesn't have Windows set up to be double-pane all the time?
It's not what you're looking for, but since you're hitting ctrl+tab, it's not much of a big deal to hit win+r to start the run box. It'll open a new program ([win]+[r], c: [enter] will start explorer pointed at c:), but it's almost as good.
That's how I browse my files, actually. It's relatively fast, and if you have a general idea (and autocomplete) you can get your stuff a hell of a lot quicker than clicking a bunch of plus signs and file folders.
Ouch. Bad choice of words...
The jokes are writing themselves today!
I've been trying to push AVG (and other alternatives to Norton/McAfee/extortionware) to people for awhile, but they always go with the name they recognise. Sure, it's $40 and the updates will run out in 3 months, but hey, you've got name-brand software!
... Wow, I sound like someone trying to switch a Windows user to Linux. That's scary.
Anyway, does anyone know of a PC Magazine or similar 'reputable' source that has an article that compares AV programs and shows conclusively that Avast or AVG or any other program is better than Norton, so I can convince people to switch?
Abe: "My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!"
::ringring, ringring::
::ringring::
::ringring::
::ringring::
::ringring::
::ringring::
.... Annoying, isn't it?
"Oh, it says 'Out of Area'. I bet it's a solicitor. I'll just let the machine get it."
"C'mon, machine."
"How many rings do I have it set to pick up on again?"
"God, this is annoying."
"..."
"AAAAAAARRGGGGH!"
Number one, it's the geeky thing to do to look for elaborate, expensive, and insane solutions to inane problems.
Number two, yes, you can ignore the bum. But when the bum keeps asking, or harasses you in another way, and keeps doing it, it's annoying.
Number one is partly why we're on Slashdot. Number two is why the idea was given of the phone answering itself on the first ring if the number is on a blacklist/off a whitelist. Instead of spending the evening listening to the phone ring while you wait for the machine to get it (and if you get more than one call a night, it can get very aggravating), you never hear the phone ring more than once at any given time unless it's a person you may be interested in talking to.
It's like having a spamblocker on your phone! But I guess you prefer to manually delete those emails, since YOUR BRAIN can do the job just as well.
[stupid slashdot, ruining my line breaks...]
CallAudit Voice 6.0
On the features page:
Not free, not open-source, but it works for Windows, and it does what I want. I might wind up getting this (they also have a package with software and a voice modem card) if I can't find a free solution.
Just did... and it looks to be about as simple to a non-advanced Linux person as MythTV. :p
:)
And the little Googling I did turned up a Windows version that uses coLinux and is geared toward VoIP, which isn't really what I'm looking for.
Does prove that SourceForge isn't the end-all, be-all of OSS, though. thanks.
Anybody out there know of any howtos or anything for Asterisk?
http://www.pagerealm.com/tc2k/ - the TeleCrapper 2000 was linked to on Slashdot a long while back by the creator (in a comment to a 'what hardware do you hack?' article, I believe).
It's been awhile since I've looked at the actual site, but I think it was hardware related, and he was looking for people to do a software version. It's similar to what you're saying (and I actually thought of the exact thing you're talking about when I saw this before), only it's a two-way answering machine. He has it set up to make a prank call out of it using pre-recorded conversation snippets. I imagine it's not too much different to make it an auto-answering machine.
Other than that, SourceForge has very little in the way of PC answering machine programs, at least for Windows (I don't even have Cygwin installed after my most recent reformat, so I haven't looked at Linux stuff).
Personally, I would kill for a cheap or OSS solution that could read the Caller ID and immediately pick up on the answering machine. If I had any coding ability at all I'd do it myself.
One thing nobody's said (and I hope isn't unique just to me) is when I'm on the phone, I have a tendency to visualise the person on the other end of the line, or what they're talking about. Not always conciously, but it's very distracting.
Seeing the person in my periphery isn't quite as distracting as them being in my mind's eye. And yes, they can also scream when you're about to hit something, like everyone else has said.
The guy spells 'honor' with a 'u'??
That's unamerican!
I was about to say the same thing, that despite the usefulness, it adds bloat, that's what extensions are for, etc. etc.
Going along with the poster's thought, though, maybe some of these extensions can be included in the install? Sort of a 'hey, you've just migrated from IE, now check out this neat AdBlocky thing!' in the install menu, and add the most recent version to the default profile from the start...
Then again, it might just confuse things.
Seriously though, extensions that are sort of 'as soon as you get FF, get X, Y and Z extensions' should be touted more somehow, just to get more people to try them. Hell, the IT guy that comes in to our office once a week had never heard of TabBrowser Prefs when I asked him about it, and I'd go nuts without it.
Number one, considering the large-font "Games" in the title, why would you think of Make-a-Wish over, possibly, the idea that "Wish" was a... game?
Number two, why are you looking at Slashdot (or Slashdot's Games section, for that matter) for Earth-shattering, non-Western news? You're more likely to see an article on the latest guy to build a Lego computer case than you're likely to find the current tsunami death-toll. Hell, Fark does a better job at reporting real news.
Is this like the 'open server' versions of Ragnarok Online that you can play for free? Or more like a UI hack, like for WoW? I'm honestly curious. I've never heard of this. I might pick it up if it's not tied into a pay-for-play.