The advantage of this being that these 'preferences' persist within your Facebook account, as opposed to tied to your browser on your computer alone.
So you can log-in to FB on a layperson-friend's PC without having to be re-introduced to what a Mafia Wars/Farmville-laden feed looks like.
*: I am making the assumption that you are a United States citizen. This, of course, is based on absolutely no facts, as you have revealed nothing regarding your nationality. If you are not from the US, you can still probably use Google and Wikipedia to do your own search regarding your ACTA representatives. Say what you will that such an assumption is based on hedonism and/or nationalism, but I have nothing better to go off as you have revealed no information regarding the country of your residence/origin.
For a post bordering on condescension about Google-fu, the least you could have done is to click on the GP's "Homepage" link - which you can fairly assume to be GP's blog/personal website - where the country of residence/origin is roughly evident as the USofA.
Less effort than typing out this entire blurb about (presumably) your prior unfair persecution for making such assumptions.
.. the notebook that ran Windows XP just fine is so old that the battery life is shot anyway? Which might explain why the battery life didn't magically increase when they downgraded to XP/Vista.
I would (might?) not judge someone by their choice of email service provider. Being only human though, I would most certainly regard unfavourably applicants with email addresses like cool_dude19@hotmail.com or sistahs4eva@gmail.com. Pretty much anything which isn't some part of their name is a no-no, although the occasional exception for a well-thought out/curiosity-arousing local-part can be made..
We are confident that those costs will be a mere fraction of the stratospheric sums suggested by some ISPs, and negligibly small when set against their vast annual revenues.
As opposed to file-sharing taking away 98% of the meagre pittance earned by the record industries annually? Riiight...
The AdSweep linked in the summary is a 'counterfeit' copy, by some Vladimir Lafazan. The real AdSweep is available here (actual Chrome Extensions Gallery page) or here (original author's page), and works very well.
And I'd like to jump on the bandwagon of commenters pointing out that blaming extensions for contriubting to browser bloat is like faulting sour milk for ruining your cereal.
Was there any visibility into the geographical location of these 'pirates'? $2 is about 100 Indian rupees. For the typical engineering college undergrad here, that's lunch and dinner for a day.
Red Hat 6.2 was released in 2000, IIRC. I know I installed a spanking new Red Hat 5.8 on a 266 MHz P-II desktop in 1998. Something doesn't quite gel - could it be the hyperbole in the pursuit of making a point?
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Oh I'm sorry, did I step on your +5, Funny there? :)
The advantage of this being that these 'preferences' persist within your Facebook account, as opposed to tied to your browser on your computer alone. So you can log-in to FB on a layperson-friend's PC without having to be re-introduced to what a Mafia Wars/Farmville-laden feed looks like.
When I was living like a student, it was more like the LACK of money telling me what NOT to do.
Robert Langdon made symbology sexy.
For a post bordering on condescension about Google-fu, the least you could have done is to click on the GP's "Homepage" link - which you can fairly assume to be GP's blog/personal website - where the country of residence/origin is roughly evident as the USofA.
Less effort than typing out this entire blurb about (presumably) your prior unfair persecution for making such assumptions.
There are people still on Second Life? The intersection of AOL and MySpace users I would hazard to guess! :-)
Isn't the iPad essentially a netbook of the future?
*YOU* should have the right to deem what is appropriate for you or your family to be exposed to.
.. the notebook that ran Windows XP just fine is so old that the battery life is shot anyway? Which might explain why the battery life didn't magically increase when they downgraded to XP/Vista.
XKCD is done for.
What countries are these, pray tell?
Right.
Now who will bell the Chinese cat?
Mod parent down for having a 'homepage' link that hijacks your computer.
So, design by committee is okay when open components are involved?
(sorry)
Better yet, try Pocahontas.
My Significant Other does this for a living, and they use language like this all the time. Reasons given:
I would (might?) not judge someone by their choice of email service provider. Being only human though, I would most certainly regard unfavourably applicants with email addresses like cool_dude19@hotmail.com or sistahs4eva@gmail.com. Pretty much anything which isn't some part of their name is a no-no, although the occasional exception for a well-thought out/curiosity-arousing local-part can be made..
As opposed to file-sharing taking away 98% of the meagre pittance earned by the record industries annually? Riiight...
And I'd like to jump on the bandwagon of commenters pointing out that blaming extensions for contriubting to browser bloat is like faulting sour milk for ruining your cereal.
Was there any visibility into the geographical location of these 'pirates'? $2 is about 100 Indian rupees. For the typical engineering college undergrad here, that's lunch and dinner for a day.
Dewd, at least RTFS. It's not kitty porn..
Like Obama..?
Ah, a PulseAudio user, I see :-)
Red Hat 6.2 was released in 2000, IIRC. I know I installed a spanking new Red Hat 5.8 on a 266 MHz P-II desktop in 1998. Something doesn't quite gel - could it be the hyperbole in the pursuit of making a point?