If only Bell had to face this kind of pressure in Ontario. Their DSL service is insanely expensive, and makes you wonder if they're actually trying to turn people who research the matter even a little bit away to other ISPs.
They offer DSL Basic, which is 128/64kbps, for $29, a regular DSL for $35 + $10 for the modem (and they don't let you buy a diff modem, even though I own my DSL modem from another ISP) for "up to" 960/120kbps.
And of course the DSL Ultra, which is simply "faster" (no link to tech specs on its page, just a link to order) for $70. I'm with Golden.net, a nice local provider which has been around for ages, starting with 28.8k dialup, and they charge $35/mo for unlimited bw, and 1.2Mbps/128kbps. And I own the modem.
Perhaps the sea monster from PM was inspired, as many cartoon creatures are, by the real thing? Look at Finding Nemo and its Anglerfish sequence. (I'll admit that I had no idea such a thing actually existed until today, and thought the Nemo creators very creative - the credit, though, goes to nature).
The DIAD system is under Win now, though the sort scanners are still under OS/2 (at least in our center).
As for durability, we're still on DIAD IIs, and I've seen them take some pretty nasty falls and survive - worst I ever saw was the LCD crack and go all black.
I just hope that the new version gets signatures better than the old black pressure pads.
What they basically tell the drivers is to use their best judgment when deciding whether to release packages. Some drivers are idiots, what can you do, but most try to be responsible in this.
Releasing envelopes and small packages to between the main door and the screen door is probably the most common thing, and leaving stuff on the porch where it can be seen by passers by is usually by arrangement (even informal, where the customer tells the driver it's ok).
Leaving computers and anything that can easily be identified as valuable is usually a no-no.
As far as you suddenly having to sign things: The UPS shipping software allows you to specify a signature required package - and the sig. required clause is actually IN the barcode - so when the driver scans the package, the DIAD will beep at him and tell him that he has to get a signature and possibly get picture ID to verify that the consignee is 19+. And it will NOT allow you to driver-release. And it won't let you deliver to to your neighbors' either. So the driver has no choice but to write up a sticker and take the package/envelope back.
Assuming that these packages AREN'T the sig. req'd type, then just email UPS and tell'em you'd like your shipments released on your back porch and they'll get the driver to do it - since they have your request sitting on their computers.
actually the minute the driver pops the board into a cradle in his truck, the new info's downloaded from the board via IR and sent through a cell network to the UPS computers. So tracking info should usually be accurate within a few minutes.
Probably because to register a program to appear in Add/Remove Programs doesn't put the registered program in any specific category. Therefore Windows doesn't know if any given piece of software is a text editor, a browser, an email reader, or whatever.
Yeah, they could've hacked it to search the registered programs by name, but that's kind of a messy and imperfect solution, which is exactly what MS gets railed for on here for all the time.
So yes, having a separate registry for these particular types of software is the right solution, and any minor update to 3rd party software can install it's registry entry so that it appears in the "Set Program Access and Defaults" dialog.
Actually, I find any sport (not to say that I'd consider racing as sports) boring to watch
You've obviously never done any car racing, otherwise you'd know that, especially at the top (WRC, Formula 1, CART), peak physical condition is an absolute requirement of all the drivers. For one, it strengthens you against injury, but the act of driving requires incredible mental awareness and tremendous upper body strength if you're going to yank the wheel from side to side for 2 hours straight.
I think you'd be hard pressed to find a sport that's more physically and mentally exhausting than top auto racing.
Photoshop costs too much, but how much do you use it? A lot? Fine then, take it for free if you can.
I use it a little. Which is all the more reason not to shell out a grand for it. If I used it professionally I would naturally pay for it because hey, it makes me money so I gotta give something back. But just like I wouldn't hand over a thousand bucks for a game, I refuse to do it for the occasional kicks that I get from photoshopping stuff.
Fine-= be a student and pirate what you use. But there's only so much software you can use. So why are you cracking all these programs, really?
You're right, people who collect hundreds and hudreds of warezed can't use the "gotta pirate because I can't afford what I need" argument. Same with crackers. But then, the crackers do it for the fun/challenge/prestige, and those who collect the software can provide the occasional pirates with the software they may need at the moment.
It's hard to say what's worse, the hoarders, the crackers, or the users.
Funny, I wouldn't think twice about pirating PS, because I don't like the idea of either buying reasonably priced crippleware OR shelling out a grand so I can edit digital photos and put dogs heads on people.
I have, however, regged things like WinRAR, Bulletproof, Ultraedit, etc., because they're extremely useful (and often used) utilities which cost 10-50 bucks at most, and it just seems a reasonable tradeoff: They get rewarded for producing pure software gold (and thus an incentive to keep producing it) and I feel like I really got my money's worth. You simply do not get that feeling with big-name software. ($300 for WinXP? 500 for Office? god knows how much for AutoCAD so I can do a little drawing once in a blue moon? Give me a break.
Everyone knows its illegal, and the "software costs too much" argument doesn't hold water for very long.
I'm sorry, what? You think software doesn't cost too much? Photoshop 7.0 is $987CDN. (Online, probably even more at a store). So is a person supposed to wait until he graduates out of college and gets a steady, fulltime job before he can screw around with graphics? Because it's unrealistic to expect that a highschooler parttiming at McDonalds or a college student trying to scrape by will have a thousand bucks lying around to hand out for a single piece of software.
Never even mind the thousands it costs for 3D modelling software.
Try it, go to your kids and suggest that they give up buying clothes or shoes or movie tickets and save up for a fucking word processor so their homework can be done in something fancier than Wordpad. Good luck.
Yeah? It was a fun flick, alright? I'm sick of everyone ragging on that movie. I really don't know or care about any objections of it being some lame ripoff of whatever sci-fi short story or novel, because in and of itself the movie is just fun. A little cheesy, B-ish even, but just as silly as fun as other movies which have a pretty solid cult following like.. say, Escape from New York.
Another thing you can do to help yourself is the DNS cache. Make it HUGE. Watch the number of requests that come out of clients. You will be amazed. I would guess on a average 2-3 hour surf for me. I goto 10-15 pages. Those pages in turn hit 10-15 OTHER links. It gets rather large quickly. A nice way to speed up my connection is to turn on a decent DNS cache. Windows is rather pittfully small
You can edit the DNS Client service settings in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\DNSCache\Parameters. Obviously this applies to NT/2k/XP only, but who uses 9x for anything other than games anymore anyway.
The worst drive I ever had was a 1 GB Quantum. Failed in 2 weeks
Wow. And here I am, with a 3.2gig Quantum Fireball which I bought in the summer of '96. It's been running nearly continuously since and is my main OS drive so gets a lot of use.
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Because I find that popup blocking is not enough. I want to stop those flash ads that take forever to load. I want to stop the 100k+ animated gifs that make dialup life hell. I want to filter evil javascript that disables right click and scrolls shit on the status bar. etc, etc.
So if I'm gonna have an antispam program outside of the browser anyways, and since that antispam program will likely include a popup blocker, why make such a big issue of whether or not the browser includes it?
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Then again anything is better than IE. Plus, you CAN turn on popup-blocking. Most people just don't know how
The same amount of googling that would be required to find out how to turn on NS7's popup blocker would let you find a selection of software that'll block popups for any browser. Why would someone switch to Moz/NS for this feature, when they can just as easily download webwasher or popup killer or what have you, is beyond me.
they're switching from the cartoon-esque look and feel of the old Full Throttle to 3D models and "more action".
If the "action" is anything like the road combat of the original (a pain in the ass), then no thanks. It would be a shame to ruin yet another adventure game series with action bits. Look at what a disaster King's Quest 8 was (aside from the fact that it ran like shit).
Here, we're going to ask the users to do the writing, and charge them?
If you have a dedicated community which has an interest in keeping their meeting grounds alive, this could work. Look at, for example, the somethingawful.com forums. When those went pay, all the people who were the regulars ponied up because they wanted to remain a part of that community. Plus, it weeds out the trolls.
As a matter of fact, I dont understand very well why I would'nt get one since it'll drive (no pun) my insurance rates down!
It won't drive you rates down. Quite the opposite. Sure, you may get a discount for agreeing to install the box in your car, but stomp on the brake in an emergency and bam, there goes your rating. Stomp on the gas to get out of the way? Yep, rating goes down. Perform a sharp turn to avoid a collision? Or even to turn down a street you almost missed? etc.
Your insurance company won't care that those circumstances probably saved lives and property, but they'll gleefully inform you that due to your maniacal driving your premium, even with the recorder discount, is now 40% higher than it was before you embarked on any of this.
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If only Bell had to face this kind of pressure in Ontario. Their DSL service is insanely expensive, and makes you wonder if they're actually trying to turn people who research the matter even a little bit away to other ISPs.
They offer DSL Basic, which is 128/64kbps, for $29, a regular DSL for $35 + $10 for the modem (and they don't let you buy a diff modem, even though I own my DSL modem from another ISP) for "up to" 960/120kbps.
And of course the DSL Ultra, which is simply "faster" (no link to tech specs on its page, just a link to order) for $70. I'm with Golden.net, a nice local provider which has been around for ages, starting with 28.8k dialup, and they charge $35/mo for unlimited bw, and 1.2Mbps/128kbps. And I own the modem.
Now if only Golden's news servers didn't suck...
Perhaps the sea monster from PM was inspired, as many cartoon creatures are, by the real thing? Look at Finding Nemo and its Anglerfish sequence. (I'll admit that I had no idea such a thing actually existed until today, and thought the Nemo creators very creative - the credit, though, goes to nature).
The DIAD system is under Win now, though the sort scanners are still under OS/2 (at least in our center).
As for durability, we're still on DIAD IIs, and I've seen them take some pretty nasty falls and survive - worst I ever saw was the LCD crack and go all black.
I just hope that the new version gets signatures better than the old black pressure pads.
What they basically tell the drivers is to use their best judgment when deciding whether to release packages. Some drivers are idiots, what can you do, but most try to be responsible in this.
Releasing envelopes and small packages to between the main door and the screen door is probably the most common thing, and leaving stuff on the porch where it can be seen by passers by is usually by arrangement (even informal, where the customer tells the driver it's ok).
Leaving computers and anything that can easily be identified as valuable is usually a no-no.
As far as you suddenly having to sign things: The UPS shipping software allows you to specify a signature required package - and the sig. required clause is actually IN the barcode - so when the driver scans the package, the DIAD will beep at him and tell him that he has to get a signature and possibly get picture ID to verify that the consignee is 19+. And it will NOT allow you to driver-release. And it won't let you deliver to to your neighbors' either. So the driver has no choice but to write up a sticker and take the package/envelope back.
Assuming that these packages AREN'T the sig. req'd type, then just email UPS and tell'em you'd like your shipments released on your back porch and they'll get the driver to do it - since they have your request sitting on their computers.
actually the minute the driver pops the board into a cradle in his truck, the new info's downloaded from the board via IR and sent through a cell network to the UPS computers. So tracking info should usually be accurate within a few minutes.
Probably because to register a program to appear in Add/Remove Programs doesn't put the registered program in any specific category. Therefore Windows doesn't know if any given piece of software is a text editor, a browser, an email reader, or whatever.
Yeah, they could've hacked it to search the registered programs by name, but that's kind of a messy and imperfect solution, which is exactly what MS gets railed for on here for all the time.
So yes, having a separate registry for these particular types of software is the right solution, and any minor update to 3rd party software can install it's registry entry so that it appears in the "Set Program Access and Defaults" dialog.
Actually, I find any sport (not to say that I'd consider racing as sports) boring to watch
You've obviously never done any car racing, otherwise you'd know that, especially at the top (WRC, Formula 1, CART), peak physical condition is an absolute requirement of all the drivers. For one, it strengthens you against injury, but the act of driving requires incredible mental awareness and tremendous upper body strength if you're going to yank the wheel from side to side for 2 hours straight.
I think you'd be hard pressed to find a sport that's more physically and mentally exhausting than top auto racing.
Photoshop costs too much, but how much do you use it? A lot? Fine then, take it for free if you can.
I use it a little. Which is all the more reason not to shell out a grand for it. If I used it professionally I would naturally pay for it because hey, it makes me money so I gotta give something back. But just like I wouldn't hand over a thousand bucks for a game, I refuse to do it for the occasional kicks that I get from photoshopping stuff.
Fine-= be a student and pirate what you use. But there's only so much software you can use. So why are you cracking all these programs, really?
You're right, people who collect hundreds and hudreds of warezed can't use the "gotta pirate because I can't afford what I need" argument. Same with crackers. But then, the crackers do it for the fun/challenge/prestige, and those who collect the software can provide the occasional pirates with the software they may need at the moment.
It's hard to say what's worse, the hoarders, the crackers, or the users.
100,000 hours of community service breast exams at the Ford Modeling Agency?
I congratulate them on their riches. But not everyone is wealthy/has wealthy parents/is a lottery winner.
Funny, I wouldn't think twice about pirating PS, because I don't like the idea of either buying reasonably priced crippleware OR shelling out a grand so I can edit digital photos and put dogs heads on people.
I have, however, regged things like WinRAR, Bulletproof, Ultraedit, etc., because they're extremely useful (and often used) utilities which cost 10-50 bucks at most, and it just seems a reasonable tradeoff: They get rewarded for producing pure software gold (and thus an incentive to keep producing it) and I feel like I really got my money's worth. You simply do not get that feeling with big-name software. ($300 for WinXP? 500 for Office? god knows how much for AutoCAD so I can do a little drawing once in a blue moon? Give me a break.
Everyone knows its illegal, and the "software costs too much" argument doesn't hold water for very long.
I'm sorry, what? You think software doesn't cost too much? Photoshop 7.0 is $987CDN. (Online, probably even more at a store). So is a person supposed to wait until he graduates out of college and gets a steady, fulltime job before he can screw around with graphics? Because it's unrealistic to expect that a highschooler parttiming at McDonalds or a college student trying to scrape by will have a thousand bucks lying around to hand out for a single piece of software.
Never even mind the thousands it costs for 3D modelling software.
Try it, go to your kids and suggest that they give up buying clothes or shoes or movie tickets and save up for a fucking word processor so their homework can be done in something fancier than Wordpad. Good luck.
your question is like saying "both Brittney Spears and Beethoven made music
I just want to point out that Britney merely performs, whereas Beethoven *created* music.
But I see your point. You can't compare classical composers to the assembly line schmucks that pump out pop crap for idiots and whores to perform.
Yeah? It was a fun flick, alright? I'm sick of everyone ragging on that movie. I really don't know or care about any objections of it being some lame ripoff of whatever sci-fi short story or novel, because in and of itself the movie is just fun. A little cheesy, B-ish even, but just as silly as fun as other movies which have a pretty solid cult following like .. say, Escape from New York.
Except, of course, for those who use Webwasher (or anything else that kills referrer strings).
Another thing you can do to help yourself is the DNS cache. Make it HUGE. Watch the number of requests that come out of clients. You will be amazed. I would guess on a average 2-3 hour surf for me. I goto 10-15 pages. Those pages in turn hit 10-15 OTHER links. It gets rather large quickly. A nice way to speed up my connection is to turn on a decent DNS cache. Windows is rather pittfully small
c es\DNSCache\Parameters. Obviously this applies to NT/2k/XP only, but who uses 9x for anything other than games anymore anyway.
You can edit the DNS Client service settings in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servi
The worst drive I ever had was a 1 GB Quantum. Failed in 2 weeks
Wow. And here I am, with a 3.2gig Quantum Fireball which I bought in the summer of '96. It's been running nearly continuously since and is my main OS drive so gets a lot of use.
Because I find that popup blocking is not enough. I want to stop those flash ads that take forever to load. I want to stop the 100k+ animated gifs that make dialup life hell. I want to filter evil javascript that disables right click and scrolls shit on the status bar. etc, etc.
So if I'm gonna have an antispam program outside of the browser anyways, and since that antispam program will likely include a popup blocker, why make such a big issue of whether or not the browser includes it?
Then again anything is better than IE. Plus, you CAN turn on popup-blocking. Most people just don't know how
The same amount of googling that would be required to find out how to turn on NS7's popup blocker would let you find a selection of software that'll block popups for any browser. Why would someone switch to Moz/NS for this feature, when they can just as easily download webwasher or popup killer or what have you, is beyond me.
they're switching from the cartoon-esque look and feel of the old Full Throttle to 3D models and "more action".
If the "action" is anything like the road combat of the original (a pain in the ass), then no thanks. It would be a shame to ruin yet another adventure game series with action bits. Look at what a disaster King's Quest 8 was (aside from the fact that it ran like shit).
How was it? I had a feeling that the intro song would be the only worthwhile track, so I decided not to give into the urge to buy...
"I use an Anti-Spamming tool"
That's fantastic. And what, pray tell, might this tool be called and where can it be obtained?
Here, we're going to ask the users to do the writing, and charge them?
If you have a dedicated community which has an interest in keeping their meeting grounds alive, this could work. Look at, for example, the somethingawful.com forums. When those went pay, all the people who were the regulars ponied up because they wanted to remain a part of that community. Plus, it weeds out the trolls.
As a matter of fact, I dont understand very well why I would'nt get one since it'll drive (no pun) my insurance rates down!
It won't drive you rates down. Quite the opposite. Sure, you may get a discount for agreeing to install the box in your car, but stomp on the brake in an emergency and bam, there goes your rating. Stomp on the gas to get out of the way? Yep, rating goes down. Perform a sharp turn to avoid a collision? Or even to turn down a street you almost missed? etc.
Your insurance company won't care that those circumstances probably saved lives and property, but they'll gleefully inform you that due to your maniacal driving your premium, even with the recorder discount, is now 40% higher than it was before you embarked on any of this.
That's LBA, not lbs. Still, point taken :)