Using adblock is absolutely far more wasteful in terms of compute cycles and RAM. I have found it easier than maintaining my own hosts file and I have never found a hosts file, from someone else, that suited my needs properly. I do not even trust the motives of the MVPs, some of them I know personally from my time involved with the MVP program, but I digress... I should add that I do not distrust them, more that I trust my own judgment for what I want to block and for what I want to see. Doing this with a handy interface right in the browser has saved me time and some of my own brain's "compute cycles." I do wish I took the time to maintain a hosts file, it would be better in the long run.
No, I read it. It just does not make any sense - much like my other response where I figured out that you must have mis-read my post. (I did not, for example, call the hosts file inefficient - I said it *was* efficient.) I suspect that, perhaps due to your zest, you are used to folks attacking your posts and your ideas. I, however, have not done such. I do not post online to argue, such is futile, I post to learn.
I have had a few things I wanted to read that were on Facebook and required logging in to read them. I never read them. It is not as if I have something against socialization or anything, or even against Facebook, it is that I simply lack interest in joining such sites and if I do decide to delete my account (after getting the information I wanted) I would like my account to be deleted. I suspected that deleting an account, leaving as you succinctly put it, was not effective and thank you for the confirmation.
Do try to re-read my post. I state that it is effective and efficient. It is quite clear. It is not like I have gone back and edited it. Perhaps you mis-read it?
How did you go from having contributed to currently using - use is present tense? I do not, unfortunately, currently make use of the hosts file on any systems that are used regularly. I probably should, it would be less resource intensive than my use of adblock. Mostly I have become weary and do not take the time to maintain it properly which is unfortunate as it is a great way to block unwanted connections or to push certain URLs to a specific IP address.
I am afraid your post does not make a great deal of sense no matter how I parse it. It does not seem to actually respond to anything I said though I suppose I may have lacked clarity with my response.
Alternative theory: One could just not have moved their OS to a newer version and have just taken over their own security. Then the applications they would have purchased would still work. Crappy software vendors is not a very good reason to blame an operating system. If your mechanic puts on crappy wiper blades do you think your car is junk?
I did not know this. He is a bit eccentric and has a, seeming, need to express his delight with the hosts file. To be honest, using the hosts file in this manner is nothing new and is rather effective and efficient. I am not sure how much benefit will be gained, for instance, with the 0.0.0.0 vs. 127.0.0.1 but it likely saves some minuscule amount of CPU time and some file size time. So no, I do not mind him. I had actually not noticed his posts for quite some time and was curious where he had gone off to but he popped back up. I admit that I was relieved to find out that he was not dead or anything like that.
Well, now I know what your name is and that you use your initials to mark your posts. I suppose somebody could mimic your writing style and pretend to be you but someone could just as easily hack your account and pretend to be you if you had a registered account.
Anyhow, you did not really address my question which is what about those of us who can be tied to their real name (at least I assume I can) when they have used both for a very long time? It is, by virtue of the constant use, pretty much the same as my real name. I have met people in real life who knew my KGIII moniker and they have often jokingly referred to me by my moniker. (It is amusing to hear the varied pronunciations.)
Also, I hate posting AC. The only time I post AC is when I am limited by the number of posts. Slashdot, bless their souls, is a strange company. They get mad if you post more than 50 posts in a day. I am available at varied hours so my 24 hour period overlaps at times so I have fun afoul of this rule a number of times. Usually I will just not post but, alas, I am sometimes compelled to reply in a timely manner so I will post as an AC if I must.
As for my comment history, I have no idea what is in it. I surely have a large number of comments over the years. Fortunately I just read the site and comments for a long time before opting to join and comment on a Microsoft article (I think that is when I first posted). I am not sure why it would end up missing but it does not surprise me that something has gone bonkers considering the changes being made here.
Finally, they gave me mod points again. I do not tend to use them and for a while they had stopped giving them to me (even though my posts and whatnot get the same general points, my karma is excellent, and I metamod frequently). I wonder if they have made some underlying change to the code. That shouldn't but may be the reason something has gone missing. I have no control over such.
This is quite late in the game but I feel I must correct you - as you otherwise seem, mostly, sane.
You are mistaken, a number of times, and it is a common error that you are making. Freedom is not liberty. To give you my favorite example; I am free to kill you, I am not at liberty to do so. There is nothing preventing me from killing you, there are consequences if I do so. I *can* kill you if I want to (as could you, me) but I am not at liberty to do so. I do not have the right to kill you regardless of my freedom.
I had ME and really enjoyed it - on one machine. It simply ran very well on that one box that it came standard with. The box even said it was made for Windows ME. It was an Acer something or other. It had an AMD K6 II at 350 Mhz. It was comfortable overclocked to a bit over 500 Mhz. It was stable and ran quite well. At one point, it was a bit old by then, I had an OpenNap hub (connecting multiple servers) running on it and often went many months without rebooting. It ran the hub for quite a while actually and then I got a visit from a TLA (no arrest or anything - just some questions and no, no, they can not come inside and maybe I should call my lawyer before answering any questions - etc...) and I decided it was time to take it down.
That seems like a lot of mental gymnastics just to find a reason to be angry. What is your motive? It is obvious that you have not used this, so what are you trying to accomplish? Just speak your mind and be honest. It is okay to say, "I do not recommend Microsoft because of their..." (Say, business practices, lack of support for FOSS, history, or the color of their icons.) Really! It is perfectly okay to say those things (or any others that you come up with) but do so honestly and openly and you will likely find a more receptive audience.
If it is anything like other Windows versions just turn off the guest account, wait a second, and turn it back on. You do not even have to logout or reboot in other, older, Windows versions.
You can start typing in the search in Vista too. I just checked. Just press the WinKey and type away - focus is already on search. Yes, I do still have a laptop that has Vista on it.
You may not even have that right. I do not know - I do not have a Facebook account. When you opt to leave do you get to delete your data - all of it? Do you know if they delete it on their end?
How about those of us who have a username that can be easily tied to our identity? Mine, for one example, has been the same since the 80s during my later college years. I have used this name since then (we could only enter five characters as a username) and use it everywhere I post. I would also mention that you are posting anonymously and using the name APK which, I assume, is not your real name. That makes me wonder about the validity of your concern.
You can thank the Democrats (DNC - 1988) for that. I am not a Republican, I am further left than most elected Democrats, actually. The FSZs are a horrific idea.
I do not know. You might be better than what we have right now.
I would like to be dictator of the world. All my policies and laws must remain in effect after I leave - they must remain in effect for, say, ten years. I will resign from my position after a week.
There seems to be a trend where people believe it is an all-or-nothing scenario. I have forgotten the name of this logical fallacy. "Wait, you do not think the government should be involved in everything? Well, take your ass off the public highways then!"
Having availed myself to both, I would have to say that the VA is much better (in my experience and the experiences of everyone I know - quite a few actually) than the private care I have received at hospitals and doctor's offices.
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Your critical thinking and your ability for insight should not have to depend on a third party.
Using adblock is absolutely far more wasteful in terms of compute cycles and RAM. I have found it easier than maintaining my own hosts file and I have never found a hosts file, from someone else, that suited my needs properly. I do not even trust the motives of the MVPs, some of them I know personally from my time involved with the MVP program, but I digress... I should add that I do not distrust them, more that I trust my own judgment for what I want to block and for what I want to see. Doing this with a handy interface right in the browser has saved me time and some of my own brain's "compute cycles." I do wish I took the time to maintain a hosts file, it would be better in the long run.
No, I read it. It just does not make any sense - much like my other response where I figured out that you must have mis-read my post. (I did not, for example, call the hosts file inefficient - I said it *was* efficient.) I suspect that, perhaps due to your zest, you are used to folks attacking your posts and your ideas. I, however, have not done such. I do not post online to argue, such is futile, I post to learn.
I have had a few things I wanted to read that were on Facebook and required logging in to read them. I never read them. It is not as if I have something against socialization or anything, or even against Facebook, it is that I simply lack interest in joining such sites and if I do decide to delete my account (after getting the information I wanted) I would like my account to be deleted. I suspected that deleting an account, leaving as you succinctly put it, was not effective and thank you for the confirmation.
*sighs*
Do try to re-read my post. I state that it is effective and efficient. It is quite clear. It is not like I have gone back and edited it. Perhaps you mis-read it?
How did you go from having contributed to currently using - use is present tense? I do not, unfortunately, currently make use of the hosts file on any systems that are used regularly. I probably should, it would be less resource intensive than my use of adblock. Mostly I have become weary and do not take the time to maintain it properly which is unfortunate as it is a great way to block unwanted connections or to push certain URLs to a specific IP address.
I am afraid your post does not make a great deal of sense no matter how I parse it. It does not seem to actually respond to anything I said though I suppose I may have lacked clarity with my response.
How the hell did you reach that conclusion? No, no such thing was implied nor is implicated (by any rational mind).
Alternative theory: One could just not have moved their OS to a newer version and have just taken over their own security. Then the applications they would have purchased would still work. Crappy software vendors is not a very good reason to blame an operating system. If your mechanic puts on crappy wiper blades do you think your car is junk?
I did not know this. He is a bit eccentric and has a, seeming, need to express his delight with the hosts file. To be honest, using the hosts file in this manner is nothing new and is rather effective and efficient. I am not sure how much benefit will be gained, for instance, with the 0.0.0.0 vs. 127.0.0.1 but it likely saves some minuscule amount of CPU time and some file size time. So no, I do not mind him. I had actually not noticed his posts for quite some time and was curious where he had gone off to but he popped back up. I admit that I was relieved to find out that he was not dead or anything like that.
Well, now I know what your name is and that you use your initials to mark your posts. I suppose somebody could mimic your writing style and pretend to be you but someone could just as easily hack your account and pretend to be you if you had a registered account.
Anyhow, you did not really address my question which is what about those of us who can be tied to their real name (at least I assume I can) when they have used both for a very long time? It is, by virtue of the constant use, pretty much the same as my real name. I have met people in real life who knew my KGIII moniker and they have often jokingly referred to me by my moniker. (It is amusing to hear the varied pronunciations.)
Also, I hate posting AC. The only time I post AC is when I am limited by the number of posts. Slashdot, bless their souls, is a strange company. They get mad if you post more than 50 posts in a day. I am available at varied hours so my 24 hour period overlaps at times so I have fun afoul of this rule a number of times. Usually I will just not post but, alas, I am sometimes compelled to reply in a timely manner so I will post as an AC if I must.
As for my comment history, I have no idea what is in it. I surely have a large number of comments over the years. Fortunately I just read the site and comments for a long time before opting to join and comment on a Microsoft article (I think that is when I first posted). I am not sure why it would end up missing but it does not surprise me that something has gone bonkers considering the changes being made here.
Finally, they gave me mod points again. I do not tend to use them and for a while they had stopped giving them to me (even though my posts and whatnot get the same general points, my karma is excellent, and I metamod frequently). I wonder if they have made some underlying change to the code. That shouldn't but may be the reason something has gone missing. I have no control over such.
This is quite late in the game but I feel I must correct you - as you otherwise seem, mostly, sane.
You are mistaken, a number of times, and it is a common error that you are making. Freedom is not liberty. To give you my favorite example; I am free to kill you, I am not at liberty to do so. There is nothing preventing me from killing you, there are consequences if I do so. I *can* kill you if I want to (as could you, me) but I am not at liberty to do so. I do not have the right to kill you regardless of my freedom.
This distinction may seem trivial but it is not.
I had ME and really enjoyed it - on one machine. It simply ran very well on that one box that it came standard with. The box even said it was made for Windows ME. It was an Acer something or other. It had an AMD K6 II at 350 Mhz. It was comfortable overclocked to a bit over 500 Mhz. It was stable and ran quite well. At one point, it was a bit old by then, I had an OpenNap hub (connecting multiple servers) running on it and often went many months without rebooting. It ran the hub for quite a while actually and then I got a visit from a TLA (no arrest or anything - just some questions and no, no, they can not come inside and maybe I should call my lawyer before answering any questions - etc...) and I decided it was time to take it down.
That seems like a lot of mental gymnastics just to find a reason to be angry. What is your motive? It is obvious that you have not used this, so what are you trying to accomplish? Just speak your mind and be honest. It is okay to say, "I do not recommend Microsoft because of their..." (Say, business practices, lack of support for FOSS, history, or the color of their icons.) Really! It is perfectly okay to say those things (or any others that you come up with) but do so honestly and openly and you will likely find a more receptive audience.
If it is anything like other Windows versions just turn off the guest account, wait a second, and turn it back on. You do not even have to logout or reboot in other, older, Windows versions.
You can start typing in the search in Vista too. I just checked. Just press the WinKey and type away - focus is already on search. Yes, I do still have a laptop that has Vista on it.
Meh... I will give you ten bucks but proving it is you is going to be a problem.
You may not even have that right. I do not know - I do not have a Facebook account. When you opt to leave do you get to delete your data - all of it? Do you know if they delete it on their end?
How about those of us who have a username that can be easily tied to our identity? Mine, for one example, has been the same since the 80s during my later college years. I have used this name since then (we could only enter five characters as a username) and use it everywhere I post. I would also mention that you are posting anonymously and using the name APK which, I assume, is not your real name. That makes me wonder about the validity of your concern.
You can thank the Democrats (DNC - 1988) for that. I am not a Republican, I am further left than most elected Democrats, actually. The FSZs are a horrific idea.
I thought we have been over this, what matters is how you self-identify.
Yeah, now it is Sister Mary Bob.
I do not know. You might be better than what we have right now.
I would like to be dictator of the world. All my policies and laws must remain in effect after I leave - they must remain in effect for, say, ten years. I will resign from my position after a week.
There seems to be a trend where people believe it is an all-or-nothing scenario. I have forgotten the name of this logical fallacy. "Wait, you do not think the government should be involved in everything? Well, take your ass off the public highways then!"
Having availed myself to both, I would have to say that the VA is much better (in my experience and the experiences of everyone I know - quite a few actually) than the private care I have received at hospitals and doctor's offices.