I've ended up filtering everything that comes from our list to the trash, with the exception of a few white-listed senders. Suddenly I can breathe again.
If you use AdBlock on Firefox, I believe that blocking *extern_js* gets rid of that and a lot of other crap. (I stopped using AdBlock for blocking ads years ago; now I use it for blocking poor UI design:p )
I personally just leave scripting of via noScript for all of *.google.com, whitelisting only maps and mail since they actually have some useful stuff going on in the AJAX realm, but I realize that's not for everyone.
Generally I ignore typos, but given that I just installed FF4 (flat out not going to 5 yet), I think "widdling" is a good description of what they're doing, yep.
At least as of now I can get it back to where it's useable.
Precisely what happened after my appendectomy. I remember being vaguely annoyed that the nurse wouldn't accept my pointing to my wrist band as the answer for "what's your birthday" and then I don't remember a damn thing until 4:00 that afternoon. Meanwhile Mom claims that they'd never have taken me out of recovery if I wasn't awake.
I think that proves that we have no idea what "awake" really is.
They did that, believe it or not, back when practically every line had its own gauge.
Basically they made the wheels wider with the flanges set for the narrowest gauge they planned to encounter.
Unfortunately, this is fairly unstable and therefore not a great solution. Also, I'm not sure if they were able to use it on locomotives or not, I can't remember. Read about that it a neat old library book full of old rail stories and I just wish I could remember its title.
Except for the part about living in Georgia, sounds a lot like what I went though.
Except that I made the decision at that point to pitch everyone out but those who I still was speaking to face to face so I knew whether they were insane or not.
I now live in complete ignorance of my high school friends politics. It's a beautiful place.
Many (Most? All?) US plans count a text as a text, no matter which direction it's going*.
This is rather like if an ISP decided they were going to charge you for every email you got, spam or not. Only the cell providers get away with it.
*This is somewhat less of an issue now that unlimited texting plans have a decent pricing structure, though they're still out of reach of many of us. I only went for the 250/mo myself, because I really can't spare the $10/mo extra for the big plan right now.
I can't speak for anyone else, but generally if I'm tired of seeing updates from someone I'm probably not too terribly interested in them seeing my updates either.
There are -- the addon CookieSafe is one (lets you block all by default, allow by domain, subdomain, etc for session or temporarily).
Running that side by side with NoScript and RequestPolicy makes for a very interesting browsing experience, though. Kinda like trying to open someone else's combo lock.
Oh, and it doesn't do anything for Flash LSOs or other tracking methods, of course.
Frankly, that's why I hate FedEx. They always seem to miss me. I think they drive by, see the driveway, and decide they don't want to try it because, hey, I can always drive an hour and a half during working hours to pick up my package! So convenient! Way more convenient than the driver actually carefully turning into the steep drive and turning around at the bottom, you know. Because doing anything other than blazing down at top speed, flinging the package at the garage door, and backing out at 90 mph into traffic is too hard for these people.
I think it depends on where you are; If they're using small shippers, some of us will be lucky enough to be out of range. Ironic that suddenly out in the boonies means you're more likely to get the better companies.
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Would it make you feel any better to know that someone still has one of those, working, in their upstairs bedroom.
I wouldn't know who that is or anything. *whistles*
A movie based on a master's thesis couldn't be much worse than what they've been turning out lately.
So for the love of all that's good, quit giving them ideas.
The smarter spammers are aware of this trick, though; they cut off anything after the +.
I can just see this wading happily through the hydrangeas and chasing the neighbor's cat.
On the other hand... I'll take three.
True :)
Except when they cut in and your options are let them hit you or drive off a 20 ft. embankment into a creek XD But yeah, in general, VERY true.
Gah, I meant problems with people passing 30 seconds after getting behind me at insane speeds, not bicyclists. That was ambiguous. Sorry.
Frankly I have problems with those people when I'm driving a truck at speed.
They're just assholes. It has little to do with what you're actually driving, riding, flying, or walking on.
Do you work where I work? Sounds like my life.
I've ended up filtering everything that comes from our list to the trash, with the exception of a few white-listed senders. Suddenly I can breathe again.
If you use AdBlock on Firefox, I believe that blocking *extern_js* gets rid of that and a lot of other crap. (I stopped using AdBlock for blocking ads years ago; now I use it for blocking poor UI design :p )
I personally just leave scripting of via noScript for all of *.google.com, whitelisting only maps and mail since they actually have some useful stuff going on in the AJAX realm, but I realize that's not for everyone.
Generally I ignore typos, but given that I just installed FF4 (flat out not going to 5 yet), I think "widdling" is a good description of what they're doing, yep.
At least as of now I can get it back to where it's useable.
Precisely what happened after my appendectomy. I remember being vaguely annoyed that the nurse wouldn't accept my pointing to my wrist band as the answer for "what's your birthday" and then I don't remember a damn thing until 4:00 that afternoon. Meanwhile Mom claims that they'd never have taken me out of recovery if I wasn't awake.
I think that proves that we have no idea what "awake" really is.
Which would be beautiful if not for the fact that the first thing the service provider would do with your number is sell it to telemarketers.
They did that, believe it or not, back when practically every line had its own gauge.
Basically they made the wheels wider with the flanges set for the narrowest gauge they planned to encounter.
Unfortunately, this is fairly unstable and therefore not a great solution. Also, I'm not sure if they were able to use it on locomotives or not, I can't remember. Read about that it a neat old library book full of old rail stories and I just wish I could remember its title.
This was true earlier this month, but they appear to have fixed it.
Now the fact that google maps now requires cookies to work pisses me off...
And it also assumes that you'd want Facebook to have access to your cell number.
Which I suppose a lot of people would. So never mind.
There was supposed to be a "Right on" in there somewhere. Stupid fingers.
And where's my mod points when I need 'em.
A standard framework stops being standard the moment you modify something. Then you may as well have written it from scratch.
Except for the part about living in Georgia, sounds a lot like what I went though.
Except that I made the decision at that point to pitch everyone out but those who I still was speaking to face to face so I knew whether they were insane or not.
I now live in complete ignorance of my high school friends politics. It's a beautiful place.
Many (Most? All?) US plans count a text as a text, no matter which direction it's going*.
This is rather like if an ISP decided they were going to charge you for every email you got, spam or not. Only the cell providers get away with it.
*This is somewhat less of an issue now that unlimited texting plans have a decent pricing structure, though they're still out of reach of many of us. I only went for the 250/mo myself, because I really can't spare the $10/mo extra for the big plan right now.
Though of course the landline option chains you to your home.
(Not to say I think this is a bad idea -- I think it's a great idea, so long as it remains optional)
I can't speak for anyone else, but generally if I'm tired of seeing updates from someone I'm probably not too terribly interested in them seeing my updates either.
There are -- the addon CookieSafe is one (lets you block all by default, allow by domain, subdomain, etc for session or temporarily).
Running that side by side with NoScript and RequestPolicy makes for a very interesting browsing experience, though. Kinda like trying to open someone else's combo lock.
Oh, and it doesn't do anything for Flash LSOs or other tracking methods, of course.
RequestPolicy makes it a lot harder for them to play that game.
Of course, it also makes it a lot harder to actually load any particular site. Amazing how many places load stuff from a dozen different places.
Frankly, that's why I hate FedEx. They always seem to miss me. I think they drive by, see the driveway, and decide they don't want to try it because, hey, I can always drive an hour and a half during working hours to pick up my package! So convenient! Way more convenient than the driver actually carefully turning into the steep drive and turning around at the bottom, you know. Because doing anything other than blazing down at top speed, flinging the package at the garage door, and backing out at 90 mph into traffic is too hard for these people.
I think it depends on where you are; If they're using small shippers, some of us will be lucky enough to be out of range. Ironic that suddenly out in the boonies means you're more likely to get the better companies.