The Home Page now includes icons at the bottom of the page to give you easy access to bookmarks, history, settings, add-ons, downloads and sync preferences with one-click shortcuts. When you open a new tab, youâ(TM)ll see thumbnails of your most recently and frequently visited sites.
if firefox (default layout) wasn't dumbed down to chrome's level, some of these would still be 'one click' away.. so i'm sorry.. but i'm simply not impressed with those 'new' features that simply copy chrome.
most visited, bookmarks, bookmarks toolbar links (one click shortcuts), downloads, history and sync.. all one clickable either via default bookmarks toolbar (which is hidden by default now.. many firefox users don't even know it exists) or the 'bookmark toolbar items' toolbar item... or by adding a toolbar button somewhere (firefox's flexibility and customization capabilities are the reason i use it -- ie, chrome and opera can't compare)...
and as far as new tabs and start pages go... i prefer blank pages for those. those changes better be configurable.
....In the nick of time, a hero arose A funny-looking dog with a big black nose He flew into the sky to seek revenge.....
maybe he meant most famous female pilot.. after all, you have orville, wilbur and that lindbergh fellow to consider, too, besides that most famous of world war i flying aces.
that's what i was thinking. then for a 'backup', copy the pictures to extra blank cards or usb stick and ship home (or to office, parents, whatever).
there is no need to upload up to 20 gigs (or more.. an estimate: our own camera would be about 20 gigs for 4000 photos) of photos over the two weeks over the internet... none at all: would take forever and a day on mobile (if your plan could even survive that volume without insane surcharges); you'd be lucky to get necessary bandwidth at hotels (every one we've been at has had horrendously slow net access) to do it in a reasonable time; and you probably won't ever be at any one free hotspot (restaurant, coffee shop, truck stop, etc) long enough to put a dent in your transfer queue (free hotspots are not normally known for their blazing speed either.. most are on cable or dsl which usually means asymmetrical speeds, much slower upstream than down. here, they're about 512k up at best, which would take about 24 hours to upload 5 gigs)...
just because there are geeky ways to do things (which often become more expensive and/or complicated than when first dreamt up), doesn't mean they are necessarily the best ways.. sometimes, simple is better.
Candice, was using the picture to promote a business. Go Daddy received DMCA and took down all 14 of Candice's sites. She freaked.
all the sites are probably on one godaddy account, and they (godaddy) simply disabled the account instead of deleting the infringing file or redirecting the dns for the one infringing domain. easier and faster to do that way for them, and more likely to get the infringer to contact godaddy for the whats-what. but some might think that godaddy used a sledgehammer when a baseball bat to the head would've sufficed.. that is, unless they already had previous experience dealing with her and knew she was bat-shit-crazy.. many companies make notes about "special" customers -- we simply use @@@ signs in a 'notes' field (@ for asshole.. the more they have, the worse they are) -- for this lady, i might have to send a request over to the DBA to increase that field length, just for her.
Nice to see we're not the only cheeseheads with a RECALLWALKER wireless network.
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The most common default name we see here belong to Verizon's wireless mobile hotspots. With incumbent carriers like Centurytel (sucks) and Charter (sucks even more), a lot of people, even within their coverage areas, opt for Verizon or USCC instead -- despite the higher cost for slower speeds and the (typical) 5GB monthly quota.
Driving around town, ones like GETYOUROWNWIFI are also pretty common. What is really stupid, though, are the ones set up with phone numbers, addresses, or people's names... and Centurytel techs here take the proverbial cake: they routinely set up a subscriber's name as the network name then turn around and use their phone number as the password. This on top of them using a small number of default passwords (such as "abcd1234") they use for PPPOE and POP3.
clearly, DNT defaulting to on is a shot at google's advertising and analytical products.. but DNT as a whole is just a noble endeavor that simply will not work.. just like you can't stop spammers, slamming and cramming on your phone bill, phishing, and other scams/crooks.
what do facebook, myspace, twitter, google plus, blogspot, linkedin, flickr, skype, itunes, msn (and other) instant messengers, youtube, and just about every other web service (free and subscription-based) have in common?
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you need a bloody email address to signup for an account.
not to defend AOL, but it is really NOT their responsibility to determine whether their service is needed by their customers.. but rather to provide the services the customer subscribes to -- which is what AOL does. similarly, if you subscribe to cable tv but then install a satellite dish, it is YOUR job to cancel the cable if you no longer need or want it - the cable company can't read your mind, YOU have to return their equipment and cancel the service (or pay the bill, or suffer the consequences of doing neither) ___
if you do happen to know someone paying for AOL dialup but they have high speed internet.. do them a favor by suggesting they cancel the AOL dialup if they don't need it (laptop use when traveling to remote locations without wifi or other high speed options, etc)
for those who actually like the AOL client software or want to keep their @aol email account -- they can do both. you can use AOL's client software on your own internet connection (called "BYOA" - bring your own access); and if you don't use AOL client software, existing @aol email can be read at mail.aol.com - the email address(es) remain even when you cancel your paid AOL service (basically it just converts to a 'free' BYOA account).
don't forget to mention that if they cancel their paid AOL service and have a bundled AOL-provided antivirus, they'll need to replace it with something else.
and that is the main reason everybody should be browsing with at least an adblocker (the less technical, and with noscript for those who can handle it) in addition to their antivirus/antimalware software.
for every guy i know with a 'problem' with (addiction to) video games, i can name a girl that is as well... perhaps not the same kind of game (rarely the rpg or shoot-em-ups that boys like) but still severely addicted nonetheless.
if a person (who is not a terrorist, and piracy is not that) can only be held for 48 hours without being formally charged. that web site should've also been returned within that same time frame if no charges were brought. a year is fucking ridiculous and if the feds held a random citizen who did nothing wrong for that long, lawsuits (big ones) would surely follow.
$10 million, even $50 or $100 million isn't going to phase a company with google's revenues. they'll pay, admit to nothing, "promise" to do better (but not really do it).. life will go on and google will continue to trample on its users' privacy.
i would be very surprised if microsoft didnt' have a sweet deal with a separate license agreement for the codecs.. probably much lower than the $2 per unit the standard licensing calls for... microsoft certainly wouldn't have agreed to $2 per unit when they barely make $20 per unit for windows on a high volume oem distribution agreement. perhaps dropping the codecs is because such a deal does exist but expires with windows 7 and the mpeg2 folks want more than microsoft is willing to pay.
i think if you're *upgrading* (straight upgrade or clean install w/ upgrade key) you should get to keep the codecs included with the version you're upgrading from..
which should make it easier and cheaper, as more households and businesses already have cable to them (or have cable that passes them) for internet via cable or dsl... those profits should be able to fund the build-out of wireless (fixed or cellular) elsewhere (where it may not be 'cost effective' to upgrade wireline infrastructure) while still leaving a reasonable profit leftover for the pockets of corporate executives and the politicians they bribe...
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if firefox (default layout) wasn't dumbed down to chrome's level, some of these would still be 'one click' away.. so i'm sorry.. but i'm simply not impressed with those 'new' features that simply copy chrome.
most visited, bookmarks, bookmarks toolbar links (one click shortcuts), downloads, history and sync.. all one clickable either via default bookmarks toolbar (which is hidden by default now.. many firefox users don't even know it exists) or the 'bookmark toolbar items' toolbar item... or by adding a toolbar button somewhere (firefox's flexibility and customization capabilities are the reason i use it -- ie, chrome and opera can't compare)...
and as far as new tabs and start pages go... i prefer blank pages for those. those changes better be configurable.
hmmm.
SETDA is funded, in part, by the likes of Verizon, Comcast, Intel, HP, CDW, Microsoft and TI.. http://www.setda.org/web/guest/sponsors
snoopy! awesome!
A funny-looking dog with a big black nose
He flew into the sky to seek revenge.....
maybe he meant most famous female pilot.. after all, you have orville, wilbur and that lindbergh fellow to consider, too, besides that most famous of world war i flying aces.
that's what i was thinking. then for a 'backup', copy the pictures to extra blank cards or usb stick and ship home (or to office, parents, whatever).
there is no need to upload up to 20 gigs (or more.. an estimate: our own camera would be about 20 gigs for 4000 photos) of photos over the two weeks over the internet... none at all: would take forever and a day on mobile (if your plan could even survive that volume without insane surcharges); you'd be lucky to get necessary bandwidth at hotels (every one we've been at has had horrendously slow net access) to do it in a reasonable time; and you probably won't ever be at any one free hotspot (restaurant, coffee shop, truck stop, etc) long enough to put a dent in your transfer queue (free hotspots are not normally known for their blazing speed either.. most are on cable or dsl which usually means asymmetrical speeds, much slower upstream than down. here, they're about 512k up at best, which would take about 24 hours to upload 5 gigs)...
just because there are geeky ways to do things (which often become more expensive and/or complicated than when first dreamt up), doesn't mean they are necessarily the best ways.. sometimes, simple is better.
all the sites are probably on one godaddy account, and they (godaddy) simply disabled the account instead of deleting the infringing file or redirecting the dns for the one infringing domain. easier and faster to do that way for them, and more likely to get the infringer to contact godaddy for the whats-what. but some might think that godaddy used a sledgehammer when a baseball bat to the head would've sufficed.. that is, unless they already had previous experience dealing with her and knew she was bat-shit-crazy.. many companies make notes about "special" customers -- we simply use @@@ signs in a 'notes' field (@ for asshole.. the more they have, the worse they are) -- for this lady, i might have to send a request over to the DBA to increase that field length, just for her.
how the fuck did that happen?
oh, wait.. she's from texas. never mind.
Nice to see we're not the only cheeseheads with a RECALLWALKER wireless network.
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The most common default name we see here belong to Verizon's wireless mobile hotspots. With incumbent carriers like Centurytel (sucks) and Charter (sucks even more), a lot of people, even within their coverage areas, opt for Verizon or USCC instead -- despite the higher cost for slower speeds and the (typical) 5GB monthly quota.
Driving around town, ones like GETYOUROWNWIFI are also pretty common. What is really stupid, though, are the ones set up with phone numbers, addresses, or people's names... and Centurytel techs here take the proverbial cake: they routinely set up a subscriber's name as the network name then turn around and use their phone number as the password. This on top of them using a small number of default passwords (such as "abcd1234") they use for PPPOE and POP3.
clearly, DNT defaulting to on is a shot at google's advertising and analytical products.. but DNT as a whole is just a noble endeavor that simply will not work.. just like you can't stop spammers, slamming and cramming on your phone bill, phishing, and other scams/crooks.
Amen, brother.
WTF? this isn't 1998.
IMHO any gif that has 1x1 dimensions right in the html code can be blocked by an adblocker.
what do facebook, myspace, twitter, google plus, blogspot, linkedin, flickr, skype, itunes, msn (and other) instant messengers, youtube, and just about every other web service (free and subscription-based) have in common?
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you need a bloody email address to signup for an account.
email ain't going anywhere.
not to defend AOL, but it is really NOT their responsibility to determine whether their service is needed by their customers.. but rather to provide the services the customer subscribes to -- which is what AOL does. similarly, if you subscribe to cable tv but then install a satellite dish, it is YOUR job to cancel the cable if you no longer need or want it - the cable company can't read your mind, YOU have to return their equipment and cancel the service (or pay the bill, or suffer the consequences of doing neither)
___
if you do happen to know someone paying for AOL dialup but they have high speed internet.. do them a favor by suggesting they cancel the AOL dialup if they don't need it (laptop use when traveling to remote locations without wifi or other high speed options, etc)
for those who actually like the AOL client software or want to keep their @aol email account -- they can do both. you can use AOL's client software on your own internet connection (called "BYOA" - bring your own access); and if you don't use AOL client software, existing @aol email can be read at mail.aol.com - the email address(es) remain even when you cancel your paid AOL service (basically it just converts to a 'free' BYOA account).
don't forget to mention that if they cancel their paid AOL service and have a bundled AOL-provided antivirus, they'll need to replace it with something else.
to cancel paid AOL service, see http://help.aol.com/help/microsites/microsite.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=219764
and that is the main reason everybody should be browsing with at least an adblocker (the less technical, and with noscript for those who can handle it) in addition to their antivirus/antimalware software.
for every guy i know with a 'problem' with (addiction to) video games, i can name a girl that is as well... perhaps not the same kind of game (rarely the rpg or shoot-em-ups that boys like) but still severely addicted nonetheless.
the web site won't be needed anymore.... that town will get their new mayor one way or another (recall or resignation)
the best part about this story though is that this idiot got into office on a recall election that ousted the town's previous mayor.
ford could've averted their recent financial woes by auctioning off their 16 million ip addresses http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-19-0-0-0-1
facebook is already working on making most people unemployable......
if a person (who is not a terrorist, and piracy is not that) can only be held for 48 hours without being formally charged. that web site should've also been returned within that same time frame if no charges were brought. a year is fucking ridiculous and if the feds held a random citizen who did nothing wrong for that long, lawsuits (big ones) would surely follow.
$10 million, even $50 or $100 million isn't going to phase a company with google's revenues. they'll pay, admit to nothing, "promise" to do better (but not really do it).. life will go on and google will continue to trample on its users' privacy.
i would be very surprised if microsoft didnt' have a sweet deal with a separate license agreement for the codecs.. probably much lower than the $2 per unit the standard licensing calls for... microsoft certainly wouldn't have agreed to $2 per unit when they barely make $20 per unit for windows on a high volume oem distribution agreement. perhaps dropping the codecs is because such a deal does exist but expires with windows 7 and the mpeg2 folks want more than microsoft is willing to pay.
i think if you're *upgrading* (straight upgrade or clean install w/ upgrade key) you should get to keep the codecs included with the version you're upgrading from..
consumers won't ever see the "savings"
the clever bit was done by the headline author, implying it was all microsoft's fault.
it's not like your bottom line is suffering.. you're only making (net) $2 BILLION A MONTH *
* FY2011
it is nice to see that the EU really isn't that much different than the good ol' US of A...
our government had a ~ 217 year head start in fucking things up so just give it some time, the EU will catch up in no time at the rate it's going.
which should make it easier and cheaper, as more households and businesses already have cable to them (or have cable that passes them) for internet via cable or dsl... those profits should be able to fund the build-out of wireless (fixed or cellular) elsewhere (where it may not be 'cost effective' to upgrade wireline infrastructure) while still leaving a reasonable profit leftover for the pockets of corporate executives and the politicians they bribe ...