I always thought that in order to be defined as a planet, it must revolve around the sun. A moon by definition revolves around a planet. Size shouldn't matter at that point. Maybe the probe that NASA sent to Pluto a couple months back might shed some light.
If it's paypal, ebay, or hell any company that you "supposedly" get an e-mail from with a phone number to call. Don't call it. Go to the company's OFFICIAL site (actually type in the URL, no links), get that phone number and call it if you're not sure. That way you know its valid. Most customer service reps will completely understand about phishing so you shouldn't get made fun of, criticized, or anything. The few times I checked, the service reps were very understanding simply said something along the lines of "thanks for alerting us, but there's nothing you need to do, your account is fine. Please go to our webpage and submit a phishing report." They were always very nice and polite. So don't hesitate to call and check, just don't use any links or phone numbers in the email.
And also, if you don't have an account with a bank, and that bank emails you requesting verification...yeahhhhhh...just delete it or report it and then delete it.
One thing that I didn't see mentioned is this. Space is inherently dangerous. Whether it be going up on the Shuttle, Mercury capsules, Gemini Capsules, Apollo Capsules, or Soyuz Capsules, space is dangerous. It doesn't matter what the success rate is, whether you have one accident in 10 launches or 1 in 2 million, space is still dangerous and the astronauts are made FULLY aware of the risks. But the astronauts believe in what they're doing so they accept the risk and go up. Heres a few lists of NASA disasters or close calls.
Mercury 2 - hatch blows off prior to rescue ship reaching capsule. Sinks to the bottom of the ocean with astronaut Grissom still aboard
Gemini 6 - Engines cut off 6 seconds into launch. (you're sitting upon fuel that if it were to explode would equal that of a small atom bomb without the radiation)
Gemini 8 - Upon docking with the Agena target vehicle, Gemini capsule spins uncontrollably, Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott almost black out and die. (The first astronaut to land on the moon was almost the first to die in space)
Apollo 1 - Fire in the cockpit during a routine test, all 3 astronauts killed.
Apollo 12 - Rocket hit by lightning twice during launch.
Apollo 13 - Oxygen tank explodes halfway to moon crippling the spacecraft. (you know the rest)
Challenger - Explodes 73 seconds into launch, all 7 astronauts killed
Columbia - Breaks up during reentry, all 7 astronauts killed
Russia's first capsule (I forget the name) - explodes on launchpad instead of launching, astronauts and engineers killed
Soyuz - parachutes failed and capsule slams into the ground
I write this to show that despite the popular belief that the shuttle is the only craft that has problems, it is/was not. And the astronauts as I said earlier know this and I think NASA does their best to minimalize risks. If this wasn't the case, you would have seen another shuttle on the launchpad shortly after the Challenger failure and after the Columbia tragedy. But NASA worked on things to try to cut down on foam loss. They thought they had it last July but were proven wrong when a big chunk still fell off. So again, they grounded the fleet instead of ignoring it and launching again. In all actuality, eliminating all foam loss is probably not possible. What they're doing is making sure that any foam lost is small enough that it won't do any damage. Either way, the astronauts no FULL well, what they're getting into when they climb into the orbiter.
Watch for IMs from your/her friends that say something like: "Check this out, this is so cool!" with a link in it. That link then goes to a virus. Easiest way to confirm whether your friend actually sent it or not. And don't blame your buddy for sending it, because the virus causes AIM to send them without the user knowing. Just ask something like "did you send me an IM just now?" and you can pretty much find out whether that link is genuine or not. You can also look at the link. If it ends with *.cmd or *.bat chances are you don't want to click on it.
Jabber or IRC would both work. I would reccommend against AIM, MSN, & Yahoo simply for the fact of viruses. I'm knowledgeable enough to pick up those spoof IMs that contain links to viruses, but those less computer inclined may not realize that their buddy is really not sending them that IM. On a business network with nearly everyone using AIM, the virus could prove dangerous. Learning from experience, educating the users on this matter may prove useless. (At my job, we constantly tell people to make sure they leave their computer logged off and turned on when they leave so we can push out patches, updates, etc. You'd be suprised how few actually listen) So beating their brains with "be careful with IMs may not be successful either. Just a thought.
"We apologize for the inconvenience, but we enjoy trying to get those of you who have been playing every waking moment a life. So go ahead and start anew getting bored with the quests you completed 2 weeks ago"
-Bethesda
Solution seems simple enough...request to get the old hard drive back along with the computer. Therefore you know where it is so it doesn't pop up later in the wrong hands. Because it's a hard drive, exceptions should be made with replacement.
At my work, if we need a computer part replaced by Dell, we normally have to send the defective part back. HOWEVER, if that part is a hard drive, all we need to do is email a form back to them and we can keep the hard drive to be destroyed by us.
I completely agree. Yes, Linux is a great operating system, but I myself am still learning all the intricacies of Linux. Once you know it, you're fine. But try teaching my Mom Linux. It took her a little while to learn how to use Windows, to be able to access what she needs. She's gotten much better. But for the average or below average user, Windows is pretty easy to set up and use. If you want to install a program, just click "setup.exe". Linux it's not always so easy. While certain distros like Ubuntu and Debian have a proven apt-get package manager, not all are so easy. Try getting someone who pretty much just surfs the internet, types up documents etc. to be able to consistantly be able to configure, make, build the programs in Linux. Its much easier to simply click on setup.exe which for all the good/bad, is much simpler for the average user. Sometimes us "computer gurus" forget that alot of this seems natural to us so its easy for us (I've been guilty on more than one occasion). Not everyone always gets stuff as easily as us.
My collection is large >60GB. I pretty much have a whole process to organize mine. I put any new mp3s into a folder and then import them into Windows Media Player Library. I use WMP's "Find Album Info" to go through and organize the tags and mp3s. It puts them into folders by artists and then by albums and names them properly. After the tag changes take effect, I copy the folders into my main music drive.
To Actually play the music, I use Winamp. I have Winamp Media Library scan my music drive every 6 hours, remove any entries in the library where the mp3 no longer exist, and add any new additions. I can then go through the media library and sort by album or artist, or search for a song. May seem extreme to the casual person, but I'm kind of anal about organization and I like how WMP organizes it so I've been using it.
IMO, different people have different tastes. Personally I don't like the interface of iTunes, but the guy next to me could love it. It's all a matter of personal preference. Each method probably has its pros and cons so maybe your best bet would be to combine methods into something that works for you.
Without the Linux Community, I would never have been able to properly set up Ubuntu on my computer. It's nice to know that strangers are willing to get together and help complete newbs like myself get started with Linux.
Why is everyone blaming the ESRB? The parents are the main reason why the ratings system fails. The ESRB rates the games relatively well (occasionally slightly off, but normally right on the money). It's up to the parents to make sure their kids are playing age-appropriate games...would you let an 8 year old play postal 2 or GTA? And also...why are parents complaining about their kids playing games that the parents bought for them...
I'm a relative noob when it comes to Linux, so I tend to run into snags quite often, I am getting better though. Often times I go to LinuxQuestions.org. While I have been snubbed on occasion on forums, alot of times the responses I receive are quick, helpful, and normally kindly worded and/or sympathetic to my problem. While this is not always the case, it's' nice to know people who are fluent in Linux are willing to help.
Unfortunately the people who are jerks to the noobs give a bad taste to those who aren't sure whether or not to leave Windows and make the switch...often enough, too many responses from the snobs could cause the person thinking of switching to just give up and stay with Windows. It's people like the jerks who make Linux almost as bad as Microsoft in the support area. "Oh, my distro and config works, yours doesn't? Well it's obviously on your side so don't waste our time cause we can't help you."
Like it or not, Nuclear power is here to stay...at least until something newer and better comes along. Either way, Nuclear power is an efficient and powerful way to generate quite a bit of electricity. With it, there's no smoke to pollute the air and add more greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. There are only 2 major waste products. One is steam...okay, that's just water no big deal. The other is the more controversial waste, the nuclear waste, which I don't believe is actually that much, I think it's more hype than anything else. Given some more time, I think the scientific and nuclear community will find a good, clean, efficient way to do away with the nuclear by-product. And if you're concerned with safety, realize this. US Nuclear plants, and probably most around the world have several safeties and failsafes to help prevent any sort of meltdown. And each of those probably have at LEAST one backup, more than likely, more. With all the warnings, indicators, gauges, computers, etc there, the workers know about potential problems well in advance, before they become critical. They use and utilize every method and possibility to keep the plants as safe as physically possible. If they didn't, they wouldn't be in operation. Realize that Homer Simpson doesn't maintain the safety at the plants.
If you're going to do something illegal, don't tape it, don't take pictures of it, don't write about it, and most of all...don't post it on the internet. Does common sense even exist anymore?
I have to agree with you, alot of the jokes are not nearly the quality of previous seasons. However, even in some of the later episodes, a really good joke will be seen every once in a while. But yes, the overall quality has sadly dropped. I still watch them though.
Is it possible to get a model of said laptop without a TPM chip? It should be. If you go to Dell and buy a laptop, you're for the most part, able to customize nearly everything to suit your needs. Would the TPM chip be any different. I read about them and see no reason for most people to have any use of them. Nothing like shoving new or unwanted technology down everyone's throats.
Here's an e-mail service I haven't heard about for a while. Who uses it anymore? With better options like GMail, whats the point of it? Guess it's just Microsoft's attempt at trying to sway people away from GMail. I still think GMail has a definite advantage over hotmail. Now with almost 3GB of storage space, POP access so any POP-able e-mail program can be used to view messages (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc), and the chat feature, GMail as far as I am concerned is the better e-mail service.
Something else to consider is if it's the same number that keeps calling you, inform your local police. Print your phone log and show it to them. It's called harassment, and yes, it's a crime.
I understand the occasional wrong number; someone misdials and honestly doesn't realize it, phones broken and hitting a 9 actually dials a 6 (you laugh, my old landline phone did this and since there was no screen to see what you entered, it took me a little while to realize what the problem was, I feel bad for the people I called wrongly), and so on. But if the same number calls you 30 times a day, well, then that's something else entirely.
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I always thought that in order to be defined as a planet, it must revolve around the sun. A moon by definition revolves around a planet. Size shouldn't matter at that point. Maybe the probe that NASA sent to Pluto a couple months back might shed some light.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
I mean its been that way for years...just classify those other things as whatever you want to call them.
Hookers, drugs, alcohol, and many trips to strip clubs
Carrying up supplies is one thing, carrying up the full parts for the station is another. Currently only the shuttle itself has that capability.
It's return to flight is scheduled for STS-118 on June 11, 2007
The hypospray, quickly doctor!
Reminiscent of Star Trek?
If it's paypal, ebay, or hell any company that you "supposedly" get an e-mail from with a phone number to call. Don't call it. Go to the company's OFFICIAL site (actually type in the URL, no links), get that phone number and call it if you're not sure. That way you know its valid. Most customer service reps will completely understand about phishing so you shouldn't get made fun of, criticized, or anything. The few times I checked, the service reps were very understanding simply said something along the lines of "thanks for alerting us, but there's nothing you need to do, your account is fine. Please go to our webpage and submit a phishing report." They were always very nice and polite. So don't hesitate to call and check, just don't use any links or phone numbers in the email.
And also, if you don't have an account with a bank, and that bank emails you requesting verification...yeahhhhhh...just delete it or report it and then delete it.
Mercury 2 - hatch blows off prior to rescue ship reaching capsule. Sinks to the bottom of the ocean with astronaut Grissom still aboard
Gemini 6 - Engines cut off 6 seconds into launch. (you're sitting upon fuel that if it were to explode would equal that of a small atom bomb without the radiation)
Gemini 8 - Upon docking with the Agena target vehicle, Gemini capsule spins uncontrollably, Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott almost black out and die. (The first astronaut to land on the moon was almost the first to die in space)
Apollo 1 - Fire in the cockpit during a routine test, all 3 astronauts killed.
Apollo 12 - Rocket hit by lightning twice during launch.
Apollo 13 - Oxygen tank explodes halfway to moon crippling the spacecraft. (you know the rest)
Challenger - Explodes 73 seconds into launch, all 7 astronauts killed
Columbia - Breaks up during reentry, all 7 astronauts killed
Russia's first capsule (I forget the name) - explodes on launchpad instead of launching, astronauts and engineers killed
Soyuz - parachutes failed and capsule slams into the ground
I write this to show that despite the popular belief that the shuttle is the only craft that has problems, it is/was not. And the astronauts as I said earlier know this and I think NASA does their best to minimalize risks. If this wasn't the case, you would have seen another shuttle on the launchpad shortly after the Challenger failure and after the Columbia tragedy. But NASA worked on things to try to cut down on foam loss. They thought they had it last July but were proven wrong when a big chunk still fell off. So again, they grounded the fleet instead of ignoring it and launching again. In all actuality, eliminating all foam loss is probably not possible. What they're doing is making sure that any foam lost is small enough that it won't do any damage. Either way, the astronauts no FULL well, what they're getting into when they climb into the orbiter.
Watch for IMs from your/her friends that say something like: "Check this out, this is so cool!" with a link in it. That link then goes to a virus. Easiest way to confirm whether your friend actually sent it or not. And don't blame your buddy for sending it, because the virus causes AIM to send them without the user knowing. Just ask something like "did you send me an IM just now?" and you can pretty much find out whether that link is genuine or not. You can also look at the link. If it ends with *.cmd or *.bat chances are you don't want to click on it.
Jabber or IRC would both work. I would reccommend against AIM, MSN, & Yahoo simply for the fact of viruses. I'm knowledgeable enough to pick up those spoof IMs that contain links to viruses, but those less computer inclined may not realize that their buddy is really not sending them that IM. On a business network with nearly everyone using AIM, the virus could prove dangerous. Learning from experience, educating the users on this matter may prove useless. (At my job, we constantly tell people to make sure they leave their computer logged off and turned on when they leave so we can push out patches, updates, etc. You'd be suprised how few actually listen) So beating their brains with "be careful with IMs may not be successful either. Just a thought.
"We apologize for the inconvenience, but we enjoy trying to get those of you who have been playing every waking moment a life. So go ahead and start anew getting bored with the quests you completed 2 weeks ago"
-Bethesda
Solution seems simple enough...request to get the old hard drive back along with the computer. Therefore you know where it is so it doesn't pop up later in the wrong hands. Because it's a hard drive, exceptions should be made with replacement. At my work, if we need a computer part replaced by Dell, we normally have to send the defective part back. HOWEVER, if that part is a hard drive, all we need to do is email a form back to them and we can keep the hard drive to be destroyed by us.
Imagine someone close to you like a father, spouse, etc. being a CIA agent overseas and NBC broadcasting his real name and identity.
I completely agree. Yes, Linux is a great operating system, but I myself am still learning all the intricacies of Linux. Once you know it, you're fine. But try teaching my Mom Linux. It took her a little while to learn how to use Windows, to be able to access what she needs. She's gotten much better. But for the average or below average user, Windows is pretty easy to set up and use. If you want to install a program, just click "setup.exe". Linux it's not always so easy. While certain distros like Ubuntu and Debian have a proven apt-get package manager, not all are so easy. Try getting someone who pretty much just surfs the internet, types up documents etc. to be able to consistantly be able to configure, make, build the programs in Linux. Its much easier to simply click on setup.exe which for all the good/bad, is much simpler for the average user. Sometimes us "computer gurus" forget that alot of this seems natural to us so its easy for us (I've been guilty on more than one occasion). Not everyone always gets stuff as easily as us.
To Actually play the music, I use Winamp. I have Winamp Media Library scan my music drive every 6 hours, remove any entries in the library where the mp3 no longer exist, and add any new additions. I can then go through the media library and sort by album or artist, or search for a song. May seem extreme to the casual person, but I'm kind of anal about organization and I like how WMP organizes it so I've been using it.
IMO, different people have different tastes. Personally I don't like the interface of iTunes, but the guy next to me could love it. It's all a matter of personal preference. Each method probably has its pros and cons so maybe your best bet would be to combine methods into something that works for you.
Anyone wanna take bets on how fast the RIAA is going to start yelling? If this rumor becomes true of course.
Without the Linux Community, I would never have been able to properly set up Ubuntu on my computer. It's nice to know that strangers are willing to get together and help complete newbs like myself get started with Linux.
Why is everyone blaming the ESRB? The parents are the main reason why the ratings system fails. The ESRB rates the games relatively well (occasionally slightly off, but normally right on the money). It's up to the parents to make sure their kids are playing age-appropriate games...would you let an 8 year old play postal 2 or GTA? And also...why are parents complaining about their kids playing games that the parents bought for them...
Unfortunately the people who are jerks to the noobs give a bad taste to those who aren't sure whether or not to leave Windows and make the switch...often enough, too many responses from the snobs could cause the person thinking of switching to just give up and stay with Windows. It's people like the jerks who make Linux almost as bad as Microsoft in the support area. "Oh, my distro and config works, yours doesn't? Well it's obviously on your side so don't waste our time cause we can't help you."
Like it or not, Nuclear power is here to stay...at least until something newer and better comes along. Either way, Nuclear power is an efficient and powerful way to generate quite a bit of electricity. With it, there's no smoke to pollute the air and add more greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. There are only 2 major waste products. One is steam...okay, that's just water no big deal. The other is the more controversial waste, the nuclear waste, which I don't believe is actually that much, I think it's more hype than anything else. Given some more time, I think the scientific and nuclear community will find a good, clean, efficient way to do away with the nuclear by-product. And if you're concerned with safety, realize this. US Nuclear plants, and probably most around the world have several safeties and failsafes to help prevent any sort of meltdown. And each of those probably have at LEAST one backup, more than likely, more. With all the warnings, indicators, gauges, computers, etc there, the workers know about potential problems well in advance, before they become critical. They use and utilize every method and possibility to keep the plants as safe as physically possible. If they didn't, they wouldn't be in operation. Realize that Homer Simpson doesn't maintain the safety at the plants.
If you're going to do something illegal, don't tape it, don't take pictures of it, don't write about it, and most of all...don't post it on the internet. Does common sense even exist anymore?
I have to agree with you, alot of the jokes are not nearly the quality of previous seasons. However, even in some of the later episodes, a really good joke will be seen every once in a while. But yes, the overall quality has sadly dropped. I still watch them though.
Is it possible to get a model of said laptop without a TPM chip? It should be. If you go to Dell and buy a laptop, you're for the most part, able to customize nearly everything to suit your needs. Would the TPM chip be any different. I read about them and see no reason for most people to have any use of them. Nothing like shoving new or unwanted technology down everyone's throats.
Here's an e-mail service I haven't heard about for a while. Who uses it anymore? With better options like GMail, whats the point of it? Guess it's just Microsoft's attempt at trying to sway people away from GMail. I still think GMail has a definite advantage over hotmail. Now with almost 3GB of storage space, POP access so any POP-able e-mail program can be used to view messages (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc), and the chat feature, GMail as far as I am concerned is the better e-mail service.
I understand the occasional wrong number; someone misdials and honestly doesn't realize it, phones broken and hitting a 9 actually dials a 6 (you laugh, my old landline phone did this and since there was no screen to see what you entered, it took me a little while to realize what the problem was, I feel bad for the people I called wrongly), and so on. But if the same number calls you 30 times a day, well, then that's something else entirely.