As has Cox Communications, at least in Omaha. For example, when trying coxnxdomain.com, a non-existant domain. The worst part is that the page's URL also includes a unique id and the refer(r)er (both which I removed), which lets the owner of whatever link you click know who you are (pseudonymously with the id) and where you came from.
Fortunately you can opt out of it with the DNS servers 68.105.28.13 and 68.105.29.13.
I really don't think that these NX domain redirections are necessary, and I shouldn't have to opt out of this stupid "service". Honestly, most modern web browsers already do something like this and redirect you to google.com/msn.com/whateverthehellthebrowserdoes.com.
I agree that people should use whatever words they want and should not refrain from using them just because a company demands them to. I almost wrote that in my message but figured that it was implied when I said that I use the brand names Velcro and Bubble Wrap generically. For the most part, I am no prescriptivist. However, I believe that you can agree with what I said about Tylenol due to the confusion that using the name generically could cause, however minor. It's essentially the same as asking for Coke using Coke to mean any type of soft drink. Those unfamiliar with that generic usage may proceed to get you a Coca-Cola when you actually wanted Mountain Dew. Or perhaps you may ask them for a Coke and they will stare back blankly waiting for you to specify what type of soft drink.
As for Kleenex: it just sounds stupid to me. The word/name Kleenex has burnt a scar into my brain.
Aspirin has been a legally genericized trademark in the US since 1923. And yes, I say acetaminophen instead of Tylenol because there has never been a situation where I needed that specific brand and also because Tylenol makes other products besides those just containing acetaminophen. As for adhesive bandages I just say small bandages.
However, there are brand names that I use generically, such as Velcro and Bubble Wrap, neither of which I would normally capitalize.
Like I said in another post: Apparently restricting navigation in that way is against whatever specifications DVDs use (which doesn't come to mind). It is intended to be used when using such disabled features would break functionality, like with interactive DVD games where pressing the Next button would reveal a question's answer or what have you.
And apparently restricting navigation in that way is against whatever specifications DVDs use (which doesn't come to mind). It is intended to be used when using such disabled features would break functionality, like with interactive DVD games where pressing the Next button would reveal a question's answer or what have you.
The recidivism rate of murderers (in the US) within 3 years is only around 1.2%, most likely because the majority of murders are indeed spur-of-the-moment murders such as crimes of passion. See my other post. With that in mind, how is more than 15 years (at least in this case, seeing that there are no antecedents) necessary?
Within 3 years, 2.5% of released rapists were arrested for another rape, and 1.2% of those who had served time for homicide were arrested for homicide.
So, to me, sentencing a murderer to 75 years in prison seems a bit much considering that they are unlikely to offend again. Of course, that depends on the circumstances regarding the relevant murder and the murderer's antecedents, but still, prison, for the most part, is not (or at least, should not be) solely about making its prisoners suffer, as you seem to think it should be. Rehabilitation and education (should) play major roles during a prisoner's incarceration.
It's a brand name anyway, so the singular form would be Mentos mint, or Mentos dragée as the labeling puts it. On a similar note, it deeply bothers me when people say "Hand me a Kleenex" as if Kleenex were a word. These people also use Kleenex as the plural, as though that somehow made sense. Just call them tissues, dammit.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith was on the FX network recently (like it is every week?). It's a 120 minute movie that shows for 210 minutes. That's an hour and a half of commercials.
Over six minutes of commercials per break seems to be the norm now, and occasionally that's even longer than the actual show segments. Pathetic.
Those are only the ones that Google knows of (as in, the ones that are linked to somewhere on the Internet). As the article mentions:
The code that protects them is a 16-digit hexadecimal number and many people are capable of writing a script to try every code combination.
Which could be said of any system that uses hashes in URLs for anything. Of course, I'm not sure how long it would take accessing thousands of sequentially increased URLs in a short period of time before your IP were blocked...
Perfect for stopping applications from doing such things (or with Filemon, logging it). While I'm definitely not an uneducated user when it comes to computers, those tools are excellent.
What does that test that I took in 6th grade have to do with anything? I don't believe they tested us on ray tracing and binary space partitioning back then, but I may be wrong.
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As has Cox Communications, at least in Omaha. For example, when trying coxnxdomain.com, a non-existant domain. The worst part is that the page's URL also includes a unique id and the refer(r)er (both which I removed), which lets the owner of whatever link you click know who you are (pseudonymously with the id) and where you came from.
Fortunately you can opt out of it with the DNS servers 68.105.28.13 and 68.105.29.13.
I really don't think that these NX domain redirections are necessary, and I shouldn't have to opt out of this stupid "service". Honestly, most modern web browsers already do something like this and redirect you to google.com/msn.com/whateverthehellthebrowserdoes.com.
You might enjoy this and this
You might enjoy this and this.
That would be 0.284%, not 0.00284%. Nonetheless that's still great, but remember to move the decimal separator! :-P
I agree that people should use whatever words they want and should not refrain from using them just because a company demands them to. I almost wrote that in my message but figured that it was implied when I said that I use the brand names Velcro and Bubble Wrap generically. For the most part, I am no prescriptivist. However, I believe that you can agree with what I said about Tylenol due to the confusion that using the name generically could cause, however minor. It's essentially the same as asking for Coke using Coke to mean any type of soft drink. Those unfamiliar with that generic usage may proceed to get you a Coca-Cola when you actually wanted Mountain Dew. Or perhaps you may ask them for a Coke and they will stare back blankly waiting for you to specify what type of soft drink.
As for Kleenex: it just sounds stupid to me. The word/name Kleenex has burnt a scar into my brain.
Aspirin has been a legally genericized trademark in the US since 1923. And yes, I say acetaminophen instead of Tylenol because there has never been a situation where I needed that specific brand and also because Tylenol makes other products besides those just containing acetaminophen. As for adhesive bandages I just say small bandages.
However, there are brand names that I use generically, such as Velcro and Bubble Wrap, neither of which I would normally capitalize.
Like I said in another post:
Apparently restricting navigation in that way is against whatever specifications DVDs use (which doesn't come to mind). It is intended to be used when using such disabled features would break functionality, like with interactive DVD games where pressing the Next button would reveal a question's answer or what have you.
And apparently restricting navigation in that way is against whatever specifications DVDs use (which doesn't come to mind). It is intended to be used when using such disabled features would break functionality, like with interactive DVD games where pressing the Next button would reveal a question's answer or what have you.
The recidivism rate of murderers (in the US) within 3 years is only around 1.2%, most likely because the majority of murders are indeed spur-of-the-moment murders such as crimes of passion. See my other post. With that in mind, how is more than 15 years (at least in this case, seeing that there are no antecedents) necessary?
From Bureau of Justice Statistics - Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994:
Within 3 years, 2.5% of released rapists were arrested for another rape, and 1.2% of those who had served time for homicide were arrested for homicide.
So, to me, sentencing a murderer to 75 years in prison seems a bit much considering that they are unlikely to offend again. Of course, that depends on the circumstances regarding the relevant murder and the murderer's antecedents, but still, prison, for the most part, is not (or at least, should not be) solely about making its prisoners suffer, as you seem to think it should be. Rehabilitation and education (should) play major roles during a prisoner's incarceration.
It's a brand name anyway, so the singular form would be Mentos mint, or Mentos dragée as the labeling puts it. On a similar note, it deeply bothers me when people say "Hand me a Kleenex" as if Kleenex were a word. These people also use Kleenex as the plural, as though that somehow made sense. Just call them tissues, dammit.
If it weren't a phrase translated from Latin...
I fixed that for you.
Yes.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith was on the FX network recently (like it is every week?). It's a 120 minute movie that shows for 210 minutes. That's an hour and a half of commercials.
Over six minutes of commercials per break seems to be the norm now, and occasionally that's even longer than the actual show segments. Pathetic.
The radioactive trefoil looks awfully similar to a film reel...
Those are only the ones that Google knows of (as in, the ones that are linked to somewhere on the Internet). As the article mentions:
The code that protects them is a 16-digit hexadecimal number and many people are capable of writing a script to try every code combination.
Which could be said of any system that uses hashes in URLs for anything. Of course, I'm not sure how long it would take accessing thousands of sequentially increased URLs in a short period of time before your IP were blocked...
I'm sure that a year of community service isn't much after life in Gitmo for terrorism.
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Perfect for stopping applications from doing such things (or with Filemon, logging it). While I'm definitely not an uneducated user when it comes to computers, those tools are excellent.
Holy shit that would be awesome, just for the coolness factor.
If nobody's working on this, I'll have to take it up.
Don't you mean 0.02 cents? ;-)
What does that test that I took in 6th grade have to do with anything? I don't believe they tested us on ray tracing and binary space partitioning back then, but I may be wrong.
Should have read Yellow Dog operates on yellow dog.
He was being sarcastic.
I think it's more conditional mood than subjunctive mood.
Have people not heard of this before? I'm not trying to be an ass, but it's not like this is new.