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Kinda like the much later 'rave' parties, except ours weren't so heavy on sex, drugs or general weirdness.-40hz (April 24, 2013, 07:44 PM)
moderation-Tinman57 (April 23, 2013, 04:27 PM)
Sorry, don't recognize that usage. Isn't a moderator someone who kinda oversees a discussion, [/i]i.e.[/i], performs moderation? Don't see one (1) here ... yet, anyway. So moderation is out of the scope of this thread-barney (April 23, 2013, 08:34 PM)
-seems to belong to "Announce Your Software/Service/Product"-Curt (January 05, 2013, 05:05 AM)
or maybe to "spam"(moderators?)
-tomos (April 24, 2013, 04:19 AM)
Senator rips self-regulatory do-not-track efforts
The U.S. online advertising industry has not lived up to a promise to stop the online tracking of Internet users who ask advertisers to do so, a senior U.S. senator said Wednesday.
Plans to end warrantless email searches pass Senate committee
Summary: The privacy law governing how U.S. law enforcement can access email data after a certain time has been passed unanimously across both sides of the Senate.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday passed a bipartisan measure that would force U.S. law enforcement and government agencies to get a warrant before reading citizen emails.
Note: lately there has been a bad update from Malwarebytes, a bad update from Windows, a bad update from Comodo Antivirus. It's an epidemic!-Giampy (April 22, 2013, 09:20 AM)
Now stressing out about what the latest health craze wants everyone to do more/less of ... That'll kill you.-Stoic Joker (April 22, 2013, 10:08 PM)
Personal current stressing is lager. I'm told that'll kill me, as well. But, considering all the warnings I've seen - e.g. olive oil is bad, use corn oil, then canola oil, then, oh yeah, olive oil is good for ya! - over the years, I'm not too worried.
To my mind, the health craze of the {day|year|decade|century} is just that - a craze. Most of 'em, like diets, work for a while, then die. So I'll take my chances with caffeine, alcohol, all the foods that are bad for me, all my other bad habits, crazes notwithstanding.
Thimk I'll go stress with another lager - then a cup of coffee when I awaken. I love stress-barney (April 22, 2013, 10:42 PM)
In the 80's coffee was demonized and vindicated about 5 times as various research groups persisted in concocting data to fit their theories. Personally I don't think it matters what you do as long as it is in moderation.
Now stressing out about what the latest health craze wants everyone to do more/less of ... That'll kill you.-Stoic Joker (April 22, 2013, 10:08 PM)
Some while back - late 2012, methinks, but not certain - there was a blurb about [medical] research redefining the benefits of coffee/caffeine. Seems that two (2) cups a day aids some physical/mental functionality.
I also listened to an interview on National Public Radio several months ago in which a medical study had come out stating that moderate consumption of caffeinated coffee was actually shown to be positively correlated with decreased occurrence of prostate cancer in men.-kyrathaba (April 22, 2013, 08:23 PM)
What did I learn to play guitar for when I just needed "riddlydiddly"?-Edvard (April 21, 2013, 07:13 PM)
@pilgrim/T-man - um...I think you made a lot more work for yourselves than you needed to.
Microsoft has tools available to deal with NET Framework installation problems.-40hz (April 21, 2013, 07:10 AM)
It's a pity that none of them worked!I tried everything else I could think of over the years-pilgrim (April 21, 2013, 02:42 AM)
I have had all 3 of those tools for a long time, plus the Windows Install Clean Up Utility, I also have all the redistributables from v1 to v4.
My comment which I have quoted again above can, I assure you, be taken literally.
I also came across, what is for me, a .net first the other day, I downloaded a program I wanted to have a look at and when I went to run it I was informed that it required .net 4.5!
Oh joy, there's another one.-pilgrim (April 21, 2013, 07:36 AM)
Thanks Tinman, I'll give it a go....
Cheers,
Keith-keithy397 (April 21, 2013, 03:26 AM)
We used to have a local Barney's (well, not too far away, anyway) that carried actual Jamaican Blue Mountain for awhile. Expensive, but it was the real deal - either that or they mixed in some crack or something. I couldn't afford it very often, and I haven't seen it in years (and not only couldn't afford it now, but also would expect a ripoff if I tried sourcing it over the Internet).-x16wda (April 21, 2013, 07:59 PM)
@40hz - my wife would like to get you started on the horses!Personally speaking, I know they are smart and wonderful creatures, but I am just intimidated by the size.
-x16wda (April 21, 2013, 08:06 PM)
Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but it's rather curious, and disturbing news:
Fox Censors Cory Doctorow’s “Homeland” Novel From Google
(See link for details.)-IainB (April 21, 2013, 07:55 AM)
This so-called "Poll" provides a textbook example of how to frame questions to get answers you can use to prove whatever you want.
Of course, it comes from Zogby, long known in the survey research field for phony polling. ABC News, among others, has a policy against quoting Zogby polls in news articles because they are not credible.
This clip from the British TV series Yes Prime Minister provides a very funny example of how this is done.-xtabber (April 20, 2013, 09:05 PM)
I buy it by the 5 lb bag of beans over the internet. I used to be able to get it at the local grocery stores, but for some odd reason they stopped carrying it and opted for such crap as Hazelnut, which I hate.... Thank goodness for the internet.....It's harder than he makes it look, practice would probably make a difference. Strength is also a factor.
It took me a while but I had to see for myself.-AndyM (April 20, 2013, 11:27 AM)
A much easier way, but I won't post any videos..... Two Big Rocks....Take it from there....-Tinman57 (April 20, 2013, 05:03 PM)
Splat!!!
How'm I supposed to cook those doggone beans Tinman
-tomos (April 20, 2013, 06:02 PM)
OK, next time just put the can in a plastic bag, then bash away. 
Survey: Internet users like targeted ads, free content
Internet users overwhelmingly enjoy free Web content supported by advertising, and they'd rather see advertisements targeted toward their interests than random ads, according to a survey released this week by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA).
I didn't investigate if the site can batch-compress, but below is a screenshot of (on top) an original scanned to PDF receipt and check and (2) below that the same file after medium-compression at 65% quality using Neevia Tech PDF Online Compressor. Reduced file size from 584 Kb to 430 Kb, a 26% decrease in file-size.
(see attachment in previous post)-kyrathaba (April 13, 2013, 07:28 PM)
I have long thought that the biggest threat to a Windows computer is not malware but MS Updates.
About a month ago I went through my three computers sorting out updates that had refused to install, in total there was well over thirty of them, two thirds on the same computer and nearly all relating to the NET Framework.
It took me seven hours altogether, much of that looking up solutions on the internet, and for the first time since the first update on my first PC there are no updates outstanding although each computer has several hidden that are not relevant for one reason or another.
My pet hate is that you keep getting notified about an update but when you go to install it you are informed that the relevant program is not installed!
Then why the ******* hell do you keep getting told you need it?
Actually in rare cases it can be therapeutic, I heard of a doctor who advised his patients with low blood pressure to buy a Windows computer.-pilgrim (April 13, 2013, 06:47 AM)
Posting this as an FYI.
Got my first call from a client about this problem yesterday. She had a laptop that wouldn't restart following the installation of a security update from Microsoft's WSUS that was included in a group of updates made available on 9-APR-2013.-40hz (April 12, 2013, 09:54 AM)