Commercials are syncrhonized across nearly all channels.
This is the advantage of switching to a sports channels -- e.g. baseball breaks between innings, not by the clock. Football on change of possession. Tennis, every 2 games. Basketball -- well, heh, who really watches basketball? Seen one dunk, seen 'em all.
Protip: When you come across a site with annoying flashing ads, press the escape key. At least in Firefox, this will stop any/all animated GIFs on the page.
This was a pro tip five years ago. Today almost all advertising/annoying/blinking stuff is flash-based.
I also recommend NoScript for getting rid of Java/Javascript ads and script-based tracking tools. AdBlock is another nice tool that could be helpful.
We chose to feed the birds. We have a capacity of about 100 birds at once and go through about 5 pounds of Nyjer thistle seed per day. Neighbors and those walking buy get a show, birds get a meal -- seems more useful than firing off volleys of photons into the night.
Opera has the best downloader I know of. As you clumsily fill out the dialog box questions at human speed, the file is being downloaded in the background at net speed. Half the time when I finally press enter the file is already completely downloaded. Zero or close to it cpu utilization.
Now if only Opera would incorporate that super autocomplete thingy...
What about some sort of URL-logging process that records the URLs a test user visits (and memory usage at each step), in a form that Firefox can read and run, or at least a modified developer version of Firefox can. This way you can repeat the user's route through the tubes without having to rely on them.
At the next level, if you entered the URL-logs into a database, you could detect trends like "loading HDporn.com brings Firefox to its knees" without users having to say "Look, I was surfing for babe when everything crashed, ok?"
What is the algorithm that calculates how many pages of a site that archive.org will retain? I know a site that has about 1% of it archived. StarTrek.com, with a peak of 294 pages archived in 2005, is probably incomplete as well.
As soon as you stand up, someone else takes your chair. Soon people are walking around like hot-dog vendors at a baseball game, laptops suspended from shoulder straps.
After that individual phone lines are replaced by party lines. Employees are rewarded for each person added to their party line.
Finally, we have people fighting over the table in the lunch room. [If I could have remembered that movie where 2 guys pull on a table that they share between a wall, I wouldn't be needing more coffee...brb]
Sony disks are also quite infested with unskippables. The irony of Disney DVDs is that they have the least on them -- almost never a commentary track, rarely any kind of "making of" and the movie itself is invariably under 90 minutes, sometimes in the 7x minute range. Even on double disk "Special Editions"!
Luckily I discovered a faster way to get through unskippables -- lean on the fast forward button. Either the previews run at warp speed or, if the DVD allows it the previews will be skipped entirely as pushed-down FF button = skip-the-crap.
When the amount of paperwork a copy must fill out after using his Taser equals the amount of paperwork required after firing his handgun, Taser usage will plummet to acceptable levels.
...the amount of interest you're going to make [from my advice] in that amount of time is minimal
And what you stand to lose if you go over-limit is large. So, by all means make a "mid-month" payment if you just bought something unusually large to avoid going over-limit.
Credit cards are a stacked deck in favor of the crooked credit card companies. Avoid, at all costs, going over-limit or being late in your (minimum) payment. Maxed Out should be required viewing.
When I suspect my browser (Opera) is using too much RAM I restore Task Manager, note the total memory usage (at this point I could care less about how much it says Opera.exe is using). Then I close Opera and wait. And wait. And wait. After a minute or two I get a figure that is usually 2 to 3 times what Opera.exe is/was taking. In my mind this is the figure that should be used for each browser.
Who uses Outlook? I've never seen a Microsoft email application fit to use. I'm on Eudora and have been for 11 to 12 years. For event reminders I use xReminder Pro v4.
I noticed something similar by Comcast on Thursday as well. In fact that is the reason I read this thread -- I imagined Comcast themselves wouldn't admit to anything and that/.ers would be quick to chime in on this latest move. Sure enough, yada yada.
Anyway, I run Eudora (have done so for 11 or 12 years). Now I can't send email. I even tried using my web site host's smtp server but the bounces are the same -- you gotta love Comcast for not only preventing me from email using their smtp server (without notifying me in any way), but preventing me from using ANY smtp server.
I haven't figured out how to resolve this yet. Anyone?
We all want to deploy something better, something useful, something cool. Only the foolish, easily swayed, clique-ish wannabes want to rush to install something new. I am straining my brain to recall a new version of something that I was in a rush to install. Sure, plenty of upgrades were ok, had a reason for the install, ended up being ok or even good in the end. But very few times was I fool enough to want to rush to install.
Ok, I thought of one time where I wanted the new -- DOS 6. It could have been DOS 5, but 6 gave us a memory manager & (crap but better than nothing) anti-virus to boot, so I upgraded all computers in the department. This was a major improvement because then I didn't need ten or twelve boot disks. Then I had a predictable, and larger, amount of free ram on each machine. Then I had MSAV that could be updated department-wide and removed via cmd-line call in batch file to free up more ram when needed. Yup, DOS 6 gave us a lot. It has been a bumpy road since then -- every "upgrade" bringing some serious downside(s) with it.
- W2K/XP is more robust than Windows 9x/ME but it is quite a bit slower.
- Big name anti-virus products are now much worse than they used to be. So bad that I don't even use McAfee or Norton any more and rip them out as fast as possible if they come installed. The browser-like interface on the last version of NortonAV I tried was just about the worst interface I have ever used in my life.
- IE v7 is blocked on all my machines but one -- there is serves as a reminder of how ugly a multi-tabbed browser can look, if you pour enough money into it.
- Microsoft Office hasn't been worth upgrading to since Office 2000. And that is where I will stay until that is dragged from my fingers. At which point I will probably go with Open Office as I just don't want Microsoft's latest bloated version of Office. Not at all, on any terms.
I think the only new stuff that IT people actually want to deploy is hardware. There is nothing more annoying that waiting for old machines with tiny amounts of ram to boot up. It sucks when everyone in the company has a different piece of junk on their desk. Printers have gotten better over time. Cable modems are easier to install today than when they were first introduced. Thumb drives beat Zip drives.
Of course the problem is that deploying hardware is a relatively small part of an IT pro's job. "Ok Bob, here's your new laptop. Uh, thanks." Most of the time we are paid to install things worse than other things. I think I need a vacation.
If counters can see the vote on a ballot, they can work to spoil that ballot or ignore counting it. If what is printed is encrypted in some way they can't spoil it but then how do we trust that the encryption is accurate. So what I have come up with is (1) an encrypted paragraph of hex (EPoH) on a continuous tape coming out of the voting machine, (2) a simultaneous printout of EPoH on a receipt to the individual (that also prints out who/how they voted, and their generated-on-the-day voter ID). The vote then compares their EPoh with that of the tape (under glass so they can't touch/contaminate it) and walks away knowing that what they hold in their hand is the same as the printed record.
The next step is a generally available machine that can read the encryption. It would list the source code and key used, allowing independent verification of its integrity. It would be on a web site that allows you to type in your EPoH and then it displays how you voted. But it also notes that you, Voter ID xyz from District 54, voted for Ron Paul (for example). The site goes on to tally those who voluntarily type in their EPoH's. So, in contested ridings people can enter their EPoH and show that indeed 97,000 people voted for Ron Paul, not the 97 shown on CNN on election night.
What would one of these rays have done to a manned spacecraft on its way to the Moon? Will we ever be able to build a manned vehicle capable of withstanding the impact of radiation received on the way to wherever it is going? And how about the occupants' exposure to such radiation?
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Support the Fair Tax. http://fairtax.org/
Promote peace, kill more bad guys.
From FairTax.org:
What is the FairTax plan?
The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment.
The 16th Amendment was never ratified, not enough states voted in favor. America: Freedom To Fascism covered this, and more.
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Commercials are syncrhonized across nearly all channels.
This is the advantage of switching to a sports channels -- e.g. baseball breaks between innings, not by the clock. Football on change of possession. Tennis, every 2 games. Basketball -- well, heh, who really watches basketball? Seen one dunk, seen 'em all.
Protip: When you come across a site with annoying flashing ads, press the escape key. At least in Firefox, this will stop any/all animated GIFs on the page.
This was a pro tip five years ago. Today almost all advertising/annoying/blinking stuff is flash-based.
I also recommend NoScript for getting rid of Java/Javascript ads and script-based tracking tools. AdBlock is another nice tool that could be helpful.
While you are at it, download an updates HOSTS file, to truly block ads at their source.
We chose to feed the birds. We have a capacity of about 100 birds at once and go through about 5 pounds of Nyjer thistle seed per day. Neighbors and those walking buy get a show, birds get a meal -- seems more useful than firing off volleys of photons into the night.
he doesn't have a chance in hell of winning.
And since he thought he had a teensy tiny chance, the big boys decided to send him a message:
On December 19, 2007, his youngest brother, Perry Kucinich, was found dead in his home. There was no sign of foul play.
Opera has the best downloader I know of. As you clumsily fill out the dialog box questions at human speed, the file is being downloaded in the background at net speed. Half the time when I finally press enter the file is already completely downloaded. Zero or close to it cpu utilization.
Now if only Opera would incorporate that super autocomplete thingy...
First they came to chip the pro athletes, and we applauded their moral code.
Then they came to chip the college athletes, and we wiped away a tear of joy.
Then they came to chip the school kids, and we couldn't believe it was all provided free, gratis.
Then they came and chip our sorry butts, and we became what sheep can only dream of being.
The End.
What about some sort of URL-logging process that records the URLs a test user visits (and memory usage at each step), in a form that Firefox can read and run, or at least a modified developer version of Firefox can. This way you can repeat the user's route through the tubes without having to rely on them.
At the next level, if you entered the URL-logs into a database, you could detect trends like "loading HDporn.com brings Firefox to its knees" without users having to say "Look, I was surfing for babe when everything crashed, ok?"
What is the algorithm that calculates how many pages of a site that archive.org will retain? I know a site that has about 1% of it archived. StarTrek.com, with a peak of 294 pages archived in 2005, is probably incomplete as well.
Not sure why this is modded Troll.
It appears that QuantumG's ex- got mod points today...
As soon as you stand up, someone else takes your chair. Soon people are walking around like hot-dog vendors at a baseball game, laptops suspended from shoulder straps.
After that individual phone lines are replaced by party lines. Employees are rewarded for each person added to their party line.
Finally, we have people fighting over the table in the lunch room. [If I could have remembered that movie where 2 guys pull on a table that they share between a wall, I wouldn't be needing more coffee...brb]
Sony disks are also quite infested with unskippables. The irony of Disney DVDs is that they have the least on them -- almost never a commentary track, rarely any kind of "making of" and the movie itself is invariably under 90 minutes, sometimes in the 7x minute range. Even on double disk "Special Editions"!
Luckily I discovered a faster way to get through unskippables -- lean on the fast forward button. Either the previews run at warp speed or, if the DVD allows it the previews will be skipped entirely as pushed-down FF button = skip-the-crap.
When the amount of paperwork a copy must fill out after using his Taser equals the amount of paperwork required after firing his handgun, Taser usage will plummet to acceptable levels.
Ron Paul wants to abolish The Fed. That is more than enough reason to vote for him. That and apparently it would piss you off.
...the amount of interest you're going to make [from my advice] in that amount of time is minimal
And what you stand to lose if you go over-limit is large. So, by all means make a "mid-month" payment if you just bought something unusually large to avoid going over-limit.
Credit cards are a stacked deck in favor of the crooked credit card companies. Avoid, at all costs, going over-limit or being late in your (minimum) payment. Maxed Out should be required viewing.
When I suspect my browser (Opera) is using too much RAM I restore Task Manager, note the total memory usage (at this point I could care less about how much it says Opera.exe is using). Then I close Opera and wait. And wait. And wait. After a minute or two I get a figure that is usually 2 to 3 times what Opera.exe is/was taking. In my mind this is the figure that should be used for each browser.
Who uses Outlook? I've never seen a Microsoft email application fit to use. I'm on Eudora and have been for 11 to 12 years. For event reminders I use xReminder Pro v4.
Vista...doesn't do a single thing that XP can't.
Well, Vista can play HD/Blu discs. Ok everybody rush on over to Fry's.
I noticed something similar by Comcast on Thursday as well. In fact that is the reason I read this thread -- I imagined Comcast themselves wouldn't admit to anything and that /.ers would be quick to chime in on this latest move. Sure enough, yada yada.
Anyway, I run Eudora (have done so for 11 or 12 years). Now I can't send email. I even tried using my web site host's smtp server but the bounces are the same -- you gotta love Comcast for not only preventing me from email using their smtp server (without notifying me in any way), but preventing me from using ANY smtp server.
I haven't figured out how to resolve this yet. Anyone?
Rubbish.
We all want to deploy something better, something useful, something cool. Only the foolish, easily swayed, clique-ish wannabes want to rush to install something new. I am straining my brain to recall a new version of something that I was in a rush to install. Sure, plenty of upgrades were ok, had a reason for the install, ended up being ok or even good in the end. But very few times was I fool enough to want to rush to install.
Ok, I thought of one time where I wanted the new -- DOS 6. It could have been DOS 5, but 6 gave us a memory manager & (crap but better than nothing) anti-virus to boot, so I upgraded all computers in the department. This was a major improvement because then I didn't need ten or twelve boot disks. Then I had a predictable, and larger, amount of free ram on each machine. Then I had MSAV that could be updated department-wide and removed via cmd-line call in batch file to free up more ram when needed. Yup, DOS 6 gave us a lot. It has been a bumpy road since then -- every "upgrade" bringing some serious downside(s) with it.
- W2K/XP is more robust than Windows 9x/ME but it is quite a bit slower.
- Big name anti-virus products are now much worse than they used to be. So bad that I don't even use McAfee or Norton any more and rip them out as fast as possible if they come installed. The browser-like interface on the last version of NortonAV I tried was just about the worst interface I have ever used in my life.
- IE v7 is blocked on all my machines but one -- there is serves as a reminder of how ugly a multi-tabbed browser can look, if you pour enough money into it.
- Microsoft Office hasn't been worth upgrading to since Office 2000. And that is where I will stay until that is dragged from my fingers. At which point I will probably go with Open Office as I just don't want Microsoft's latest bloated version of Office. Not at all, on any terms.
I think the only new stuff that IT people actually want to deploy is hardware. There is nothing more annoying that waiting for old machines with tiny amounts of ram to boot up. It sucks when everyone in the company has a different piece of junk on their desk. Printers have gotten better over time. Cable modems are easier to install today than when they were first introduced. Thumb drives beat Zip drives.
Of course the problem is that deploying hardware is a relatively small part of an IT pro's job. "Ok Bob, here's your new laptop. Uh, thanks." Most of the time we are paid to install things worse than other things. I think I need a vacation.
If counters can see the vote on a ballot, they can work to spoil that ballot or ignore counting it. If what is printed is encrypted in some way they can't spoil it but then how do we trust that the encryption is accurate. So what I have come up with is (1) an encrypted paragraph of hex (EPoH) on a continuous tape coming out of the voting machine, (2) a simultaneous printout of EPoH on a receipt to the individual (that also prints out who/how they voted, and their generated-on-the-day voter ID). The vote then compares their EPoh with that of the tape (under glass so they can't touch/contaminate it) and walks away knowing that what they hold in their hand is the same as the printed record.
The next step is a generally available machine that can read the encryption. It would list the source code and key used, allowing independent verification of its integrity. It would be on a web site that allows you to type in your EPoH and then it displays how you voted. But it also notes that you, Voter ID xyz from District 54, voted for Ron Paul (for example). The site goes on to tally those who voluntarily type in their EPoH's. So, in contested ridings people can enter their EPoH and show that indeed 97,000 people voted for Ron Paul, not the 97 shown on CNN on election night.
What would one of these rays have done to a manned spacecraft on its way to the Moon? Will we ever be able to build a manned vehicle capable of withstanding the impact of radiation received on the way to wherever it is going? And how about the occupants' exposure to such radiation?
Support the Fair Tax. http://fairtax.org/
Promote peace, kill more bad guys.
From FairTax.org: The 16th Amendment was never ratified, not enough states voted in favor. America: Freedom To Fascism covered this, and more.
As outrageous as this sounds, it is a carbon-copy of what is being implemented at the K-12 level...right now. Stage6.DivX.com has a vid about it.
Here is a TinyURL link to same.
Consider yourself corrected.
the Democrats are pretty much in a lock to have the next White House
You must not have seen Hacking Democracy.