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General Software Discussion / Say what?! FCC opening up spectrum?
« on: December 12, 2012, 08:51 PM »
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/fcc-proposes-spectrum-sharing-as-mobile-carriers-give-wary-eye/

FCC may open some spectrum for "small cell" usage.  It's not clear what that means, but anything in this direction is quite exciting.  Of course, the mobile carriers are going to bitch about it.  Hopefully, this is a step in the nice direction of personal independence and the human progress and ingenuity.  Sorry to be over-dramatic, but that's basically what it means.

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General Software Discussion / Are the new Firefox versions coming with adware built in?
« on: December 12, 2012, 08:43 PM »
I noticed recently that I've been getting these "coupondropdown" ads every once in a while, like so:
Screenshot - 12_12_2012 , 6_36_36 PM.png

Before I try to blast with all the tools, I was wondering if this was built into the new firefox versions?  Because I normally never get any ads or anything, and the only changes lately have been the firefox updates.  I see them in wikipedia occasionally as well.

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General Software Discussion / Zoot XT: Anyone have any good experience with this?
« on: December 07, 2012, 04:46 PM »
http://www.zootsoftware.com/index.html

Can anyone describe what you like about this software?  How do you use it?  What does it do well, specifically?

I've tried it many times over the years, but it's one of those softwares where you only "get" it when you use it for a long time, and your information collects and you start doing interesting things with the organization, etc.  So trialling it doesn't give you a proper taste of what it really does.

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Living Room / clever google: httpS <--ok ad blockers, you have your hands full now
« on: December 01, 2012, 11:49 PM »
So if you guys have noticed, google is sticking the https on all their stuff lately.  First, it started with their google searches, they are now default https whether you are logged in or not.  That's why you may have noticed the yellow ads at the top of your searches now, where your ad blocker would have blocked it before.  Also, for the first time in however many years, I am now seeing ads on youtube.  I have never seen Ad Muncher miss an add previously on youtube.  And i look up, and lo and behold, the https is there.

So google is now implementing this clever little trick.  So Ad Muncher, I hope you soon figure out how to block https.

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Living Room / Is the age of unlocked cell phones upon us? Pretty please??
« on: December 01, 2012, 10:25 PM »
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2012/12/01/apples-contract-free-iphone-could-benefit-every-consumer-in-america/

Is this really happening?  Are phones going to get divorced from the carriers?  Is our country ready for such freedom being unleashed upon the population?  What will the mindless animal civilians do without the big corporations holding our hands every step of the way??

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