N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" Guano Premium Member join:2003-11-11 Philly burbs |
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Re: RantLittering and......littering and.....littering and....
SMOKIN' THE REEFER.
And as punishment, me and Rabbit are going to make you smoke the whole bag.... |
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Re: FluGot mine the week before Christmas after reading an article online about how this year's Flu was going to be nasty. Despite having really really good health insurance I ponied up the $30 bucks at the local pharmacy to get my shot ASAP.
So far, so good. Half the people in my office are down for the count. I'm still trucking. Crossing fingers. The shot (or the JAB as the Brits call it) isn't 100% effective but we'll see. I did all I could and have 400+ hours of sick time so if things go to shit I'll just stay home, shiver, and watch Sons of Anarchy reruns... |
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Re: Rolling the Dicesaid by 88615298: if you think Windows 9 is going to go back to the Windoww7/XP type OS you're mistaken. I wouldn't be so sure about that. Windows sales were down and Corporate adoption is non existent Corporate sales are Microsofts cash cow as it is linked with its Office software, which by the way has also taken more of a nose dive even with steep discounts. Microsoft for the first time in recent memory is looking venerable, thanks in large part to the Windows 8. |
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2013-Jan-13 12:50 am
Nothing wrong with windows 8. It's people's PERCEPTION of it that is wrong. People hate it because they read somewhere they are supposed to hate it. |
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Re: The future of gaming, (any gaming)said by Kearnstd:Gaming has a rich future ahead of it. Yes, rich for the gaming companies as they nickel & dime players with DLC that should have been included with the game for free, and which is actually in the code, but needs to be unlocked. |
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Re: Javasaid by antennaguy :Does anybody know what the real threat is with running Java during the current state of affairs? Does anybody know what the real use of running Java is? |
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Re: Famous prodigy Swartz: (RSS; Reddit; Python) kills selfsaid by FFH5:To that end he got himself charged with felonies for breaking in to computer systems to take that info without paying. To many he is a hero. I am sure those who think online piracy is a good thing believe that. To the government he was a lawbreaker facing felony charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which was passed in 1984. The charges against him were a joke. The way it's going, the government will probably start charging people for hacking if they simply look at a monitor while in a government building. |
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Re: Flusaid by v35_pilot:Caved to the hype and got a flu shot on Friday, despite only getting the flu once over the last thirty years.
Now today I have light flu symptoms, including headache, low-grade fever, muscle aches, and tired. Yes, it will pass but lost the entire day to this. It must be all in your mind! Haven't you heard? It's no longer possible to get sick from a flu shot! |
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Re: Rolling the Dicesaid by Metatron2008:I don't get why people hyperventilate over a menu being turned into a screen. I don't get why Microsoft feels the continual need to pull the rug out from under people. Get them used to using a computer one way, then change things around and confuse them. |
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KearnstdSpace Elf Premium Member join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ |
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Re: Famous prodigy Swartz: (RSS; Reddit; Python) kills selfHe had a good cause.
The info he thought should be free was information that was legally not under copyright. it was behind a paywall yes but it was not under copyright like a movie is.
I think the MA Prosecutor was just looking for a big case to make himself look good. |
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2013-Jan-13 4:15 am
Pictures of cute kittens and puppies? |
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2013-Jan-13 6:37 am
Wired Weekend Edition on Super-Speed InternetCheck out Wired Weekend Edition for an interesting article on Google fiber and Karl Bode's take on the future of fixed line services. |
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Stumbles join:2002-12-17 Port Saint Lucie, FL |
to Rekrul
Re: FluYeah right. During my Air Force career it was mandatory to get a flu shot once a year or face disciplinary action, as in disobeying a direct order. Every year I would get the flu anyway. |
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2013-Jan-13 8:29 am
Re: The future of gaming, (any gaming)I don't resent DLC.
If you buy an outfit for money for a character in an MMO, you have more money than you ever needed.
I have bought numerous DLC campaigns for Panzer Corps put out by Slitherine, and not minded that they have found a great game, and able to actually find a way to make some cash with it (instead of the usual process of not making money from the game much at all with wargaming).
Companies need a means to combat used game sales and outright theft. DLC is at least an honest way to make money. You were not forced to buy it.
Now if we can just combine Matrix Games/Slitherine who sell their games with NO form of DRM and all you require is a serial to install utterly offline with no need to ever go online, with the usefulness of Steam that permits a nice community among users and a great way to get periodic deals and good support for indie names with the way Google Play allows people to install to any device rather handy like I think gaming would be a lot more lucrative, as piracy simply would lose a lot of it's appeal.
The only reason I have ever downloaded anything not entirely 'legit' is to ditch the DRM that screws with legal purchases and to eliminate aggro like disc in drive and online activation, and annoying elicense schemes. I have never downloaded non 'legit' due to price. I admit, it is neat getting acceptable games on Steam or Google for peanuts. But I have something like 75 wargames, averaging 50-60 bucks that I have bought in the last 12 years. I was ok paying full price as they sold them without strings attached or hoops to jump through. I've played plenty of games for free that I would have gladly bought, if the company weren't idiots to begin with.
But the devices used, they seem to be changing the item so fast in recent years and the items are never cheap. I wonder, in 10 years time, how many times do they really think we can afford to buy yet another several hundred dollar machine. Especially when the difference in the performance and the tech seems to be getting smaller and smaller. I have lost track of how many times Sony re invented their hand held game doodad. And the experience doesn't seem to have really altered enough for me to even recall major differences. |
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Re: Rolling the Dicesaid by 88615298: People hate it because they read somewhere they are supposed to hate it. Absolutely false. People hate it because it doesn't have buttons where they want them, which is the whole point of a UI. |
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ameniteThe Soylent - It's People Premium Member join:2002-11-21 Ridgewood, NJ |
to Nightshade
I got nailed while buying a laptop in the time period when MS had ceased XP sales and forced OEMs to use Vista. So I had no choice if I wanted recent hardware. In typical MS fashion they backtracked on that after Vista SP 0 turned out to be such a problem, but not until I had been stuck with it. It's evolved to be pretty stable and not bad overall, but it took 2 SPs to get there. |
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Metatron2008You're it Premium Member join:2008-09-02 united state |
No it took good drivers. The problem with vista and drivers was that vista was a complete remake of windows, and they delayed it so many times that driver companies did not believe it was coming out when microsoft said. |
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ameniteThe Soylent - It's People Premium Member join:2002-11-21 Ridgewood, NJ |
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2013-Jan-13 9:34 am
I'll compromise and say good drivers *and* two SPs later... |
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Re: FluYeah, not only the flu shot, but a host of others, especially for us in SAC who were vulnerable for world wide movement at a moments notice. Also remember the squadron being herded into the base theater for the swine flu shot. Was told that a sure symptom of the swine flue was an insatiable desire for corn and want to screw in the mud.
When stationed in Turkey, definitely kept the cholera shots up to date, otherwise you couldn't leave the country. |
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skeechanAi Otsukaholic Premium Member join:2012-01-26 AA169|170 4 edits
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Re: Rolling the DiceExactly. Window 8 isn't merely a taste that needs to be acquired. It is a turd sandwich. And no one was told not to like turd sandwiches...they get it on their own after wasting $40-$70 on it or after seeing it in the store. Microsoft's plan is to remove all the other Windows food (namely Windows 7) from the market so that starving people will finally accept the turd sandwich. Then they will tout the adoption numbers...look people are eating turd sandwiches, that must mean they LOVE them.
Unlike Windows 7, Window 8 is extraordinarily convoluted. I liked the look of Window 8 until I actually tried to use it in my workflow. It is laughable just how bad it really is.
Seriously, full screen aps in metro (or whatever they are calling it this week to get the stink off)? Bouncing users between metro and the desktop with a jarring transition? What if you are like me and run 27-30" displays? Really, I need to use all that real estate to read email or look at the weather? IE full screen...web pages are vertically oriented (like a magazine or newspaper) while desktop panels are horizontal (widescreen)...but under the turd sandwich that is metro I get to view those pages in full-widescreen only, 1/3 of the desktop space wasted (the inefficient use of desktop space overall is a joke); that is unless I want to switch to a completely different GUI...the desktop. IE10 favorites under metro are absolutely worthless. I have over 100 favorites and instead of maintaining their neat folder organization, Microsoft just throws them into a pile. The whole thing is beyond dumb.
Just look at closing an app, something that should take as few user movements as possible as it is a very frequent user task. You have to go to the top of the screen, talk to the hand and then drag it 1440-1600 pixels to the bottom to finally close it? Really? That is better and more intuitive than simply clicking an "X". Going to the corners and edges and pausing for menus? This is an improvement over the task bar or contextual desktop menus? For Microsoft, this extra effort and discontinuity is an improvement I suppose. Well, word to Baldy's Uncle, it isn't. And memorizing a slew of shortcut keys as the workaround for a horribly designed GUI isn't a solution. This is just one of a zillion steps backward Microsoft took with Window 8 on the desktop.
If I wanted a tablet experience, I'd use a tablet. Touch screens on the desktop is a fail overall. Who is going to hold their arm up for that long? Who is going to hold their arm up and get fingerprints all over their screen when they have a mouse that is closer and easier to use? Ergonomics even recommends that monitors be barely at fingertip distance. The whole concept of consumer desktop touch is dumb squared. Microsoft under Balmer and Dumb...birds of a feather.
Someone had mentioned 360...yeah, that is because the 360 is very task specific with very limited input potential (people don't use mice and keyboards with it). Windows Phone 8 is the same thing. And Metro on the 360 is what Sony had already done from day one...side scrolling menus, except Sony's is less convoluted.
It is like 1000 people who never talked to each other designed this, they threw all the different pieces of code in a box and shook it really hard. That is an apt description of the mess that is Window 8. The idiots at Redmond don't understand that different tasks and devices need different interfaces.
Hey Microsoft...you don't put a steering wheel on a bicycle just because a car has one. |
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Re: Am I the only one?I understand your point but the way I look at it both lanes should be used as it means less traffic backed up in the one lane possibly going as far back as to block an intersection. I believe the merge point should be where the one lane ends and we should all take turns like a zipper.
Sometimes I just stay in the lane that does not end but other times I make use of the merging lane.
I try not to 'force' my way in but sometimes it is necessary.
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2013-Jan-13 11:46 am
25 megs in 2 yearsA little birdy at century link told me that they plan to have their small footprint in the state of NJ covered with bonded DSL (capable of 25 megs down) by 2015. This requires that they roll fiber to the CO. While they are definitely years behind, at least they'll be in a position to actually compete with our (lousy) cable company. |
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Re: opendns... blocked dslreports.comsaid by backfeed:You can add a domain to allow if you need to, but I have been using Open DNS for years with no issues, I would guess it is a "glitch"???
Hey there backfeed- greetings from Florida!!!!! We took a break from the snow and ice and are spending some time down here with friends. The weather is glorious- 77 degrees and sunny right now. I've been in shorts and T-shirts since I got here. We also plan on visiting some friends friends in Greenville, SC before we head home. Hope you and the Mrs are well, and enjoying a January thaw where you are. |
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TwiztedZeroNine Zero Burp Nine Six Premium Member join:2011-03-31 Toronto, ON |
to skeechan
Re: Rolling the Dice+1 Great Post!! |
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Rebecca90
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2013-Jan-13 4:19 pm
java threatSo how does one go about disabling Java, and can search engines run without it? |
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2013-Jan-13 4:59 pm
said by Rebecca90 :So how does one go about disabling Java, and can search engines run without it? You can either uninstall it at the system level(control panel/ programs in Windows). Or disable the plugin in the various browsers. Search engines don't as a rule use Java, just regular HTML. |
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said by Rebecca90 :So how does one go about disabling Java, and can search engines run without it? Java has released the latest version today with a fix for the latest security problem. » www.oracle.com/technetwo ··· 261.htmlAnd if you want to setup the options for JAVA to stop drive-by exploits, try this: » Re: [POLL] Do you use Java; disable it; or uninstall it ? |
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2013-Jan-13 5:08 pm
Re: Javasaid by FFH5:said by antennaguy :Does anybody know what the real threat is with running Java during the current state of affairs? The real threat is that if you stumble across a web site that has the Java exploit, your computer can be disabled and a demand for ransom to get it working again could be demanded. See here: » www.theinquirer.net/inqu ··· is-found And the exploit has been fixed. And here is a way to stop drive-by JAVA installs in any case by setting options: Java has released the latest version today with a fix for the latest security problem. » www.oracle.com/technetwo ··· 261.htmlAnd if you want to setup the options for JAVA to stop drive-by exploits, try this: » Re: [POLL] Do you use Java; disable it; or uninstall it ? |
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La LunaFly With The Angels My Beloved Son Chris Premium Member join:2001-07-12 New Port Richey, FL |
to v35_pilot
Re: FluGot the flu shot back in the beginning of December. No reaction at all other than a little soreness at the injection site. The first time I got the flu shot a few years ago, I experienced what you did, but not in subsequent injections. |
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Re: opendns... blocked dslreports.comHi There... soaking up the sun I see... I hope that you are doing well. We are getting over colds and stuff so we are laying low trying to avoid the full blown flu....Enjoy your time out and about... |
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