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901.	Solve : WWW 20 years BBC?
Answer» Quote 20 years on from the invention of the World Wide WEB, this major new series takes stock of its profound impact – how, for better and for worse, the digital revolution is reshaping all our lives. This is a new sires from the BBC and it promises to have some SUBSTANCE and not just fluff and re-hash of what most of us already know. Quote Over four themed EPISODES that criss-cross the globe, journalist and academic Dr Aleks Krotoski explores the meaning of a phenomenon that is transforming everything from how we learn to how we shop, VOTE and make friends. http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/Programme.aspx?id=355 Check it out! I think everyone should listen to the audio broadcasts on the site you linked. The IMPLICATIONS for privacy are staggering. Being aware may help Internet users be more cautious about what they do online. Start watching it from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualrevolution/3dexplorer_start.shtml

901.

Solve : WWW 20 years BBC?

Answer»

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20 years on from the invention of the World Wide WEB, this major new series takes stock of its profound impact – how, for better and for worse, the digital revolution is reshaping all our lives.

This is a new sires from the BBC and it promises to have some SUBSTANCE and not just fluff and re-hash of what most of us already know.
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Over four themed EPISODES that criss-cross the globe, journalist and academic Dr Aleks Krotoski explores the meaning of a phenomenon that is transforming everything from how we learn to how we shop, VOTE and make friends.

http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/Programme.aspx?id=355
Check it out!
I think everyone should listen to the audio broadcasts on the site you linked. The IMPLICATIONS for privacy are staggering. Being aware may help Internet users be more cautious about what they do online. Start watching it from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualrevolution/3dexplorer_start.shtml

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902.	Solve : Update makes XP Mode available to more Win7 users.?
Answer» Now PC's WITHOUT HARDWARE virtualisation will be able to TAKE advantage of Win7's XP MODE... Full Story

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903.	Solve : Steve Ballmer on iPhone??
Answer» Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sees employee using Apple iPhone, pretends to stomp it in public: report Quote It's no secret that Microsoft and Apple are FAR from BFFs - a fact that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made pretty clear at a recent company meeting. Here's what happened: An employee tried to take a photo of Ballmer at the meeting using - drumroll, please - an Apple iPhone. Ballmer grabbed the phone out of the employee's hand, put it to the GROUND, and pretended to smash it with his foot, The Wall Street Journal reports. http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/03/16/2010-03-16_microsoft_ceo_steve_ballmer_sees_employee_using_apple_iphone_stomps_on_it_in_pub.htmlAnd this stuff counts as news? Related headlines: "Bill Gates wears shoes" "Steve Jobs seen in Grocery Store" "Monkey found in woods"Please provide links: Quote "Bill Gates wears shoes" "Steve Jobs seen in Grocery Store" well, I don't have links, but I can copy the stories, heh. Steve Jobs seen in grocery store onlookers were shocked as Apple Computer Billionaire Steve Jobs visited his local Walgreens Early SUNDAY Morning. Onlookers were generally indifferent, as is usual in the early morning on Sundays. It was perhaps his choice of timing that made his cortage of hookers seem less awkward. however, Disaster struck in the produce AISLE, where they were selling some half ripened apples that were rainbow coloured; for one stock person, Larry Douhunt, who witnessed the event, it finally clicked. "well, I was stocking me Oranges as I always do on Sunday, and relabelling the Expired milk, when I looked over at this well dressed customer taking a bite out of an apple. The apple was rainbow coloured- the customer didn't like the taste, and set the Apple, now with a bite from what appeared to be the upper left side from my angle, and continued on." he said. "That's when I realized who it was." Mr. Douhunt then walked over to him and said that his hooker FRIENDS are going to have to put on some clothes. It was at this point, that mr. Jobs Pushed Larry to the ground, announcing that he was "a PC" and had no right to denounce the deviant behaviour of somebody who make billions of dollars pushing proprietary hardware and software on a fanbase that would gladly wax their nosehairs to please him. Steve's indignant attitude quickly turned to self-pity and fear as he saw the swarm approaching. The local elderly population had just finished their Early Bird special breakfasts and the local Denny's and where now heading down the produce aisle to purchase a unnatural quantity of prunes. They were merciless, paying Steve no heed, or perhaps thinking he was a bump on the floor because of their poor vision, he was trampled slowly by tired arthritic feet and stiff metal walkers. Mr. Jobs is recovering in hospital with mild annoyance. We'll bring you updates on this story when new information becomes available. Ah yes. I have had my Broni fix. I was going through withdrawal something fierce.

903.

Solve : Steve Ballmer on iPhone??

Answer»

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sees employee using Apple iPhone, pretends to stomp it in public: report
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It's no secret that Microsoft and Apple are FAR from BFFs - a fact that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made pretty clear at a recent company meeting.
Here's what happened: An employee tried to take a photo of Ballmer at the meeting using - drumroll, please - an Apple iPhone. Ballmer grabbed the phone out of the employee's hand, put it to the GROUND, and pretended to smash it with his foot, The Wall Street Journal reports.

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/03/16/2010-03-16_microsoft_ceo_steve_ballmer_sees_employee_using_apple_iphone_stomps_on_it_in_pub.htmlAnd this stuff counts as news?

Related headlines:

"Bill Gates wears shoes"

"Steve Jobs seen in Grocery Store"

"Monkey found in woods"Please provide links:
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"Bill Gates wears shoes"
"Steve Jobs seen in Grocery Store"

well, I don't have links, but I can copy the stories, heh.

Steve Jobs seen in grocery store

onlookers were shocked as Apple Computer Billionaire Steve Jobs visited his local Walgreens Early SUNDAY Morning. Onlookers were generally indifferent, as is usual in the early morning on Sundays. It was perhaps his choice of timing that made his cortage of hookers seem less awkward.

however, Disaster struck in the produce AISLE, where they were selling some half ripened apples that were rainbow coloured; for one stock person, Larry Douhunt, who witnessed the event, it finally clicked.

"well, I was stocking me Oranges as I always do on Sunday, and relabelling the Expired milk, when I looked over at this well dressed customer taking a bite out of an apple. The apple was rainbow coloured- the customer didn't like the taste, and set the Apple, now with a bite from what appeared to be the upper left side from my angle, and continued on." he said.

"That's when I realized who it was." Mr. Douhunt then walked over to him and said that his hooker FRIENDS are going to have to put on some clothes.

It was at this point, that mr. Jobs Pushed Larry to the ground, announcing that he was "a PC" and had no right to denounce the deviant behaviour of somebody who make billions of dollars pushing proprietary hardware and software on a fanbase that would gladly wax their nosehairs to please him.

Steve's indignant attitude quickly turned to self-pity and fear as he saw the swarm approaching. The local elderly population had just finished their Early Bird special breakfasts and the local Denny's and where now heading down the produce aisle to purchase a unnatural quantity of prunes. They were merciless, paying Steve no heed, or perhaps thinking he was a bump on the floor because of their poor vision, he was trampled slowly by tired arthritic feet and stiff metal walkers.

Mr. Jobs is recovering in hospital with mild annoyance. We'll bring you updates on this story when new information becomes available.

Ah yes. I have had my Broni fix. I was going through withdrawal something fierce.

Discussion

904.	Solve : US plans to give high-speed broadband to every American?
Answer» US regulators have UNVEILED the nation's first plan to give every American super-fast broadband by 2020. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which has submitted the plan to Congress, said broadband was the "greatest infrastructure challenge". It estimates that one-third of Americans, about 100 million people, are without broadband at home. The FCC's goal is to provide speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps), compared to an average 4Mbps now. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8569157.stmHard to believe. But they will do it. The technology is already there. It has been a question of business practice and trhe limited vision of those in power. The leaders now see the technology that was available twenty years ago. Personal note. Just talked to a family member that lives in a small rural town in the north cost of California. It is near an important military place and there was fiber cable laid there years ago. He says they have just laid another better cable that comes withing a mile of his house. Yet he only has had dial-up and there is no DSL service in his area. So he just went with Verizon Wi-Fi. Is not dot absurd? Also, a few years back the FCC forced a Cable company to offer cable service in that town of less that a thousand people;. It was a deal whee they could use point-to-point microwave in that area if they would also run a cable service for the town. The company went bankrupt. The new digital TV rules ruing they local TV translator reception, so the locals now all use satellite or nothing. So this just shows how much power the FCC can have in some areas. They ruined a private provider. The locals still do not have high=speed internet at a fair proce. The Wi-Fi in that area goes for $60 a month with metered bandwidth. Now the FCC and the rest of the government sees thet digital communicati0n for everyone is the way to go. More economical and better end results.. Don't believe those stories people tell about how hard it is to get digital service into remove areas. Not true. If your can drive to it in a Jeep, you can drag a cable to it. It does not cost more than putting up a fence. Except of course, the cost of labor. A farmer puts up fences with three workers at minimum wage. But a cable you do with five men. One to drive the truck, two digging the ditch, one splicing the cable and one to supervise! Other than that, the cost of materials is about the same.Quote Don't believe those stories people tell about how hard it is to get digital service into remove areas. Not true. If your can drive to it in a Jeep, you can drag a cable to it. It does not cost more than putting up a fence. Except of course, the cost of labor. A farmer puts up fences with three workers at minimum wage. But a cable you do with five men. One to drive the truck, two digging the ditch, one splicing the cable and one to supervise! Other than that, the cost of materials is about the same. Yeah, and the rest of the network automatically knows how to deal with the new cable. We're not talking about a simple power cord here. You can't do that with a telephone cable- there is still a lot of housekeeping to be done on both sides for the phone numbers of the new phone lines. Same goes for Internet connections; difference is it's IP addresses and the equipment is a lot more expensive. You cannot graft a new DSL or Cable line onto an existing line any more then you can graft an extra head on a possum.BC programmer, you are wrong on this.We have been in the Age of Silicon from the mid 70's. Thirty or forty years ago interface equipment was expensive. Now it is cheaper that a meal at McDonald;'s AT&T has the technology to hook both rural and urban customers for a very low-cost insulation and easily maintainable. This issues are NOT technical. That have to do with business models and Politics. And labor costs, as I mentioned. "Grafting" a new customer into the network matrix is as easy as plugging in a cord. And it some cases you do not even plug anything in. It just works. The same technologies that is used for Wi-Fi, Blue tooth, CB Radio, Weather radar, Sat elite TV, Digital TV , Deep Space probes, GPS, Grange Door openers, Remote security systems, Police Radio, Microwave Telephony, Industrial Telemetry and other communications are and have been used for rural telephone service. Adding a new customer to the digital network is not more difficult that the WI-FI you get when you sigh up with Verizon or an of the others. It is only as difficult as they want it to be. Yo pay the money and if becomes very easy. By the way, one of my relatives has to pay $60 a month for the a internet service that has less performance that what I have here. I pay $10 a month became I found out that they can do it for that if you want it. Also, I get cable TV for $10 a month because I asked for it. I get 22 analog and 8 Digital. The idea that it is harder in rural areas is hogwash. Over 15 years ago I was living in one of the poorest countries in the world. To save money I would travel a 12 hour bus trip between the major cites. I took may analog cell phone with me. Half way into the trip there was a rest stop with a cell tower that provided rural service of the few people out in the vast empty plain. I could call either the Main city or the place where I lived with my cell phone. Or even call my stock broker in the USA. Out in the middle of nowhere. The analog cell phone then had a base cost of $10 a month. Which I gladly paid. Here is why I tell this true story. The privates sector had already tried to bring rial telephone service into this area. The government stalled it. The private firm finally gave up. The cell phone system was later installed by the government controlled telephone service. So don't give me that "its too expensive to do rural service" chant. What they really mean is that they want to make better profit margin by refusing to give service to a few needy customers. That is way rural servicee has to be mandated by law. For years we have been paying a surcharge to provided needed voice service to rural areas. Now the money is to be used for digital service to those areas. About time. With present technology, digital service is more cos-defective. Ask a telephone engineer. OK First off, whatever your getting from Verizon, is NOT Wifi. Wi fi operates over relatively short distances. "Mobile Broadband" is what you get. Not Wifi. Wifi is implemented by wireless routers, not by internet providers. I never said it was TOO EXPENSIVE to provide rural service. I said it's MORE expensive. big difference. Anyway, I'm off to graft a new head on a possum, since obviously that's possible.Geek, it's obvious that you have never worked for a phone or cable company and you have never worked in phone or cable CONSTRUCTION or activation. The reason that almost all of the USA is wired for phone and power is because for almost 100 years the government gave tax breaks, subsidies, and a guaranteed rate of return when both industries were still fairly new. That ended roughly 30 years ago. Electric Co-ops generally have done fine and are self supporting. Since then the phone companies have laid off hundreds of thousands of people while they adjust to the new economic realities. Part of that reality was that is cheaper on a per subscriber basis to upgrade plant in high density than in rural areas. That's why big and medium cities have high speed DSL and many rural areas don't. When the phone companies lost their guaranteed rate of return and actually had to make a profit things changed drastically for them. A lot of the phone lines installed in rural areas were designed long before DSL was ever THOUGHT of. Some of the phone lines are 50 years old, and generally work fine for voice, but were never designed for DSL. With DSL, it's not just having a twisted pair copper wire coming into your home, but where the nearest central office or nearest fiber termination is. Voice runs more than twice as far as a DSL signal since a voice signal is a lower frequency than the DSL, and has much lower attenuation.Your post is well thought out. Quote Part of that reality was that is cheaper on a per subscriber basis to upgrade plant in high density than in rural areas. That's why big and medium cities have high speed DSL and many rural areas don't. Yes, this is a key issue. And as you also said, the big companies want some grantee that they will get a good return on the underinvestment. Here is the main point I want to make. The government was very slow in understand the digital communications should have been the priority. And much of the issue is more of choices made because of weak minds of a few men. It has been know in the earlier 50s that installing voice only telephone CIRCUITS was a dead-end. But the industry wanted to pretend it was more cost-effective to install vinyl-cover copper trash that even Alexander Bell would have rejected. (OK, I am exaggerating a bit. But not much.) DSL works just fine over real voice grade circuits. In our neighbor the problem with going DSL is that the voice grade circuits had already fallen below voice grades standards. I have had a long standing issue with the phone company over this. They know exactly what is wrong. They do not want to bring their equipment up to to voice grade standards. As you mentioned, they want a guarantee that their investment will turn a profit. A profit return of 100% is not good enough if you can do 200% in the same time frame. Profit before progress. And yes, I am familiar with working for a large company. And I am familiar with going out and digging a trench and watching a phone technician waste three hours splicing an old analog 24 pair twisted write cable and putting the thing back under PRESSURE. If it had been a T1 cable it would not have taken so long.( Please see this reference . http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-t1-line.htm ) For some reason people thing that more sophisticated technology is harder to implement. No, it is not. It is hard to retro fit into a system that was a bad design to begin with. The reason for new technology is to make things much better and more cost-effective. Now with the change in the outlook of the FCC, we shall see how long it takes to make the whole country digital.

904.

Solve : US plans to give high-speed broadband to every American?

Answer»

US regulators have UNVEILED the nation's first plan to give every American super-fast broadband by 2020.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which has submitted the plan to Congress, said broadband was the "greatest infrastructure challenge".

It estimates that one-third of Americans, about 100 million people, are without broadband at home.

The FCC's goal is to provide speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps), compared to an average 4Mbps now.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8569157.stmHard to believe. But they will do it. The technology is already there. It has been a question of business practice and trhe limited vision of those in power. The leaders now see the technology that was available twenty years ago.

Personal note. Just talked to a family member that lives in a small rural town in the north cost of California. It is near an important military place and there was fiber cable laid there years ago. He says they have just laid another better cable that comes withing a mile of his house. Yet he only has had dial-up and there is no DSL service in his area. So he just went with Verizon Wi-Fi. Is not dot absurd?

Also, a few years back the FCC forced a Cable company to offer cable service in that town of less that a thousand people;. It was a deal whee they could use point-to-point microwave in that area if they would also run a cable service for the town. The company went bankrupt. The new digital TV rules ruing they local TV translator reception, so the locals now all use satellite or nothing.

So this just shows how much power the FCC can have in some areas. They ruined a private provider. The locals still do not have high=speed internet at a fair proce. The Wi-Fi in that area goes for $60 a month with metered bandwidth.

Now the FCC and the rest of the government sees thet digital communicati0n for everyone is the way to go. More economical and better end results..

Don't believe those stories people tell about how hard it is to get digital service into remove areas. Not true. If your can drive to it in a Jeep, you can drag a cable to it. It does not cost more than putting up a fence. Except of course, the cost of labor. A farmer puts up fences with three workers at minimum wage. But a cable you do with five men. One to drive the truck, two digging the ditch, one splicing the cable and one to supervise! Other than that, the cost of materials is about the same.Quote

Don't believe those stories people tell about how hard it is to get digital service into remove areas. Not true. If your can drive to it in a Jeep, you can drag a cable to it. It does not cost more than putting up a fence. Except of course, the cost of labor. A farmer puts up fences with three workers at minimum wage. But a cable you do with five men. One to drive the truck, two digging the ditch, one splicing the cable and one to supervise! Other than that, the cost of materials is about the same.

Yeah, and the rest of the network automatically knows how to deal with the new cable.

We're not talking about a simple power cord here. You can't do that with a telephone cable- there is still a lot of housekeeping to be done on both sides for the phone numbers of the new phone lines. Same goes for Internet connections; difference is it's IP addresses and the equipment is a lot more expensive. You cannot graft a new DSL or Cable line onto an existing line any more then you can graft an extra head on a possum.BC programmer, you are wrong on this.We have been in the Age of Silicon from the mid 70's. Thirty or forty years ago interface equipment was expensive. Now it is cheaper that a meal at McDonald;'s
AT&T has the technology to hook both rural and urban customers for a very low-cost insulation and easily maintainable. This issues are NOT technical. That have to do with business models and Politics. And labor costs, as I mentioned.

"Grafting" a new customer into the network matrix is as easy as plugging in a cord. And it some cases you do not even plug anything in. It just works.

The same technologies that is used for Wi-Fi, Blue tooth, CB Radio, Weather radar, Sat elite TV, Digital TV , Deep Space probes, GPS, Grange Door openers, Remote security systems, Police Radio, Microwave Telephony, Industrial Telemetry and other communications are and have been used for rural telephone service.

Adding a new customer to the digital network is not more difficult that the WI-FI you get when you sigh up with Verizon or an of the others. It is only as difficult as they want it to be. Yo pay the money and if becomes very easy.

By the way, one of my relatives has to pay $60 a month for the a internet service that has less performance that what I have here. I pay $10 a month became I found out that they can do it for that if you want it. Also, I get cable TV for $10 a month because I asked for it. I get 22 analog and 8 Digital.

The idea that it is harder in rural areas is hogwash. Over 15 years ago I was living in one of the poorest countries in the world. To save money I would travel a 12 hour bus trip between the major cites. I took may analog cell phone with me. Half way into the trip there was a rest stop with a cell tower that provided rural service of the few people out in the vast empty plain. I could call either the Main city or the place where I lived with my cell phone. Or even call my stock broker in the USA. Out in the middle of nowhere. The analog cell phone then had a base cost of $10 a month. Which I gladly paid.

Here is why I tell this true story. The privates sector had already tried to bring rial telephone service into this area. The government stalled it. The private firm finally gave up. The cell phone system was later installed by the government controlled telephone service.

So don't give me that "its too expensive to do rural service" chant.

What they really mean is that they want to make better profit margin by refusing to give service to a few needy customers. That is way rural servicee has to be mandated by law.

For years we have been paying a surcharge to provided needed voice service to rural areas. Now the money is to be used for digital service to those areas.

About time. With present technology, digital service is more cos-defective. Ask a telephone engineer.
OK First off, whatever your getting from Verizon, is NOT Wifi. Wi fi operates over relatively short distances.

"Mobile Broadband" is what you get. Not Wifi. Wifi is implemented by wireless routers, not by internet providers.

I never said it was TOO EXPENSIVE to provide rural service. I said it's MORE expensive. big difference.

Anyway, I'm off to graft a new head on a possum, since obviously that's possible.Geek, it's obvious that you have never worked for a phone or cable company and you have never worked in phone or cable CONSTRUCTION or activation.

The reason that almost all of the USA is wired for phone and power is because for almost 100 years the government gave tax breaks, subsidies, and a guaranteed rate of return when both industries were still fairly new. That ended roughly 30 years ago. Electric Co-ops generally have done fine and are self supporting. Since then the phone companies have laid off hundreds of thousands of people while they adjust to the new economic realities.

Part of that reality was that is cheaper on a per subscriber basis to upgrade plant in high density than in rural areas. That's why big and medium cities have high speed DSL and many rural areas don't.

When the phone companies lost their guaranteed rate of return and actually had to make a profit things changed drastically for them. A lot of the phone lines installed in rural areas were designed long before DSL was ever THOUGHT of. Some of the phone lines are 50 years old, and generally work fine for voice, but were never designed for DSL.

With DSL, it's not just having a twisted pair copper wire coming into your home, but where the nearest central office or nearest fiber termination is. Voice runs more than twice as far as a DSL signal since a voice signal is a lower frequency than the DSL, and has much lower attenuation.Your post is well thought out.
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Part of that reality was that is cheaper on a per subscriber basis to upgrade plant in high density than in rural areas. That's why big and medium cities have high speed DSL and many rural areas don't.

Yes, this is a key issue. And as you also said, the big companies want some grantee that they will get a good return on the underinvestment.

Here is the main point I want to make. The government was very slow in understand the digital communications should have been the priority. And much of the issue is more of choices made because of weak minds of a few men.

It has been know in the earlier 50s that installing voice only telephone CIRCUITS was a dead-end. But the industry wanted to pretend it was more cost-effective to install vinyl-cover copper trash that even Alexander Bell would have rejected. (OK, I am exaggerating a bit. But not much.)

DSL works just fine over real voice grade circuits.

In our neighbor the problem with going DSL is that the voice grade circuits had already fallen below voice grades standards. I have had a long standing issue with the phone company over this. They know exactly what is wrong. They do not want to bring their equipment up to to voice grade standards. As you mentioned, they want a guarantee that their investment will turn a profit. A profit return of 100% is not good enough if you can do 200% in the same time frame. Profit before progress.

And yes, I am familiar with working for a large company. And I am familiar with going out and digging a trench and watching a phone technician waste three hours splicing an old analog 24 pair twisted write cable and putting the thing back under PRESSURE. If it had been a T1 cable it would not have taken so long.( Please see this reference . http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-t1-line.htm )

For some reason people thing that more sophisticated technology is harder to implement. No, it is not. It is hard to retro fit into a system that was a bad design to begin with. The reason for new technology is to make things much better and more cost-effective.

Now with the change in the outlook of the FCC, we shall see how long it takes to make the whole country digital.

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905.	Solve : Mozilla previews new feature to guard against Flash crashes?
Answer» Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch claims that the company's ubiquitous Flash plug-in doesn't ship with any known crash bugs. ONE can only assume that he has never used the software. As Adobe representatives exhibit an increasingly dismissive attitude about Flash's technical deficiencies, the browser vendors have STEPPED up to address the problems and are finding ways to insulate their users from Flash's poor security and lack of stability. Several mainstream browsers isolate Flash and other plug-ins in separate processes in order to prevent an unstable plug-in from CRASHING the entire browser. Mozilla is preparing to introduce a similar feature in the next version of Firefox. A developer preview that was recently made available to users offers an early look at the new plugin crash protection. Link 3.6 is the only browser I have used that crashes as much as it does. Hopefully they get it STRAIGHTENED out. Luckily it's mainly when I close the browser so I'm not really doing anything important. And the crash handler has not failed to restore everything EXACTLY as it was so far.

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906.	Solve : Facebook traffic tops Google for the week?
Answer» Facebook topped Google to become the most visited U.S. WEB site last week, indicating a shift in how Americans are searching for content. Web analysis firm Experian Hitwise said Monday that the social networking site surpassed Google to take the No. 1 spot for the week ended March 13. Link IMO, this does not seem like something Google should be very worried about. In other words, isn't comparing Google to Facebook like comparing APPLES and oranges? I've not going to Facebook if I want to search for information and I'm not going to Google for social networking. On the other hand, if I were classmates.com or myspace.com, etc., I'd be quite discouraged by Facebook's rise to prominence in the online social networking arena.I don't know I think Google in some ways is worried, probably one of the reasons they seemed to rush Google BUZZ out the door so fast. IMO seems quite the accomplishment for anyone to BEAT out Google in the amount of traffic they get.

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907.	Solve : Microsoft races to plug IE hole after exploit code released?
Answer» http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20000392-245.html?tag=mncol;titleNice ARTICLE ALLAN THANKS for the HEADS up.

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908.	Solve : Your Computer Really Is a Part of You?
Answer» An empirical test of ideas proposed by Martin Heidegger shows the great German philosopher to be CORRECT: Everyday tools really do become part of ourselves. The findings come from a deceptively simple study of people using a computer mouse rigged to malfunction. The resulting disruption in attention wasn’t superficial. It seemingly extended to the very roots of cognition. “The person and the various parts of their brain and the mouse and the monitor are so tightly intertwined that they’re just ONE thing,” said Anthony Chemero, a cognitive scientist at Franklin & Marshall College. “The TOOL isn’t separate from you. It’s part of you.”. Link And it took this long for scientists to figure that out? Does that mean we can catch malware and my PC can get swine-flu? OH the humanity...Well...with me, FIRST thing I do when I get up is check my computer..I care more about my computer than myself!!I can beleive it. If you extend 'computer' to include game console... watched a friend who had to stand up to acheive the necessary contortions to get through a level of tomb raider. giggle!

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909.	Solve : New figures on Open Source Apps?
Answer» 82% Now RUNS on Windows...

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910.	Solve : Just how fast is Cisco's new router ? ??
Answer» Real Fast...Wonder how the present infrastructure can handle this HUGE data transmission capability? DSL terminal less than 1/4 mile from my house but the last 300 feet is copper wire.truenorthThe optimum speeds were probably achieved on fibre-optic lines... The infrastructure will always be the weakest link...That router is designed to be an internet backbone router, and most, but not all, of the internet backbone is already fiber. Knowing a little bit about Cisco's pricing, that router will probably cost about the same as a house in Beverly Hills....download every movie ever made in 4 minutes. Plus re-runs of MASH Very impressive I remember reading last week that Cisco was going to release something groundbreaking this week and that is pretty groundbreaking.Just how fast is Cisco's new router? Not fast enough to be cost-effective; price of a house in beverly hills?!! Why Cisco? Why? Because fiber able requires that kind of performance. Quote By 2002, an intercontinental network of 250,000 km of submarine communications cable with a CAPACITY of 2.56 Tb/s was completed, and although specific network capacities are privileged information, And the bandwidth on new cable is even better. And yes,n they will BRING it to your door. Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 11, 2010, 06:24:34 PM Because fiber able requires that kind of performance. And the bandwidth on new cable is even better. And yes,n they will bring it to your door. Thanks, I forgot that the infrustructure of the internet is pretty overkill; but it has to be to deal with all those 13-year-old kids... Quote from: Veltas on March 11, 2010, 06:13:06 PM Just how fast is Cisco's new router? Not fast enough to be cost-effective; price of a house in beverly hills?!! Why Cisco? Why? Uh, obviously this is not intended to be a router used by the home or small business users. PERHAPS it is cost-effective in the arena where it's most likely to be used.Saw recently on a video blog that it'll be $90,000, which isn't that terrible.For a Cisco router that fast that's not a bad price.Quote from: COMPUTER Hope Admin on March 12, 2010, 05:13:08 PM Saw recently on a video blog that it'll be $90,000, which isn't that terrible. A lot less expensive than the house, and yeah I realise now that it would be used in industrial mainframe or infrustructure of the internet.

910.

Solve : Just how fast is Cisco's new router ? ??

Answer» Real Fast...Wonder how the present infrastructure can handle this HUGE data transmission capability? DSL terminal less than 1/4 mile from my house but the last 300 feet is copper wire.truenorthThe optimum speeds were probably achieved on fibre-optic lines...
The infrastructure will always be the weakest link...That router is designed to be an internet backbone router, and most, but not all, of the internet backbone is already fiber.

Knowing a little bit about Cisco's pricing, that router will probably cost about the same as a house in Beverly Hills....download every movie ever made in 4 minutes.
Plus re-runs of MASH
Very impressive I remember reading last week that Cisco was going to release something groundbreaking this week and that is pretty groundbreaking.Just how fast is Cisco's new router?

Not fast enough to be cost-effective; price of a house in beverly hills?!!

Why Cisco? Why? Because fiber able requires that kind of performance.

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By 2002, an intercontinental network of 250,000 km of submarine communications cable with a CAPACITY of 2.56 Tb/s was completed, and although specific network capacities are privileged information,

And the bandwidth on new cable is even better.
And yes,n they will BRING it to your door.
Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 11, 2010, 06:24:34 PM

Because fiber able requires that kind of performance.

And the bandwidth on new cable is even better.
And yes,n they will bring it to your door.

Thanks, I forgot that the infrustructure of the internet is pretty overkill; but it has to be to deal with all those 13-year-old kids... Quote from: Veltas on March 11, 2010, 06:13:06 PM

Just how fast is Cisco's new router?

Not fast enough to be cost-effective; price of a house in beverly hills?!!

Why Cisco? Why?

Uh, obviously this is not intended to be a router used by the home or small business users. PERHAPS it is cost-effective in the arena where it's most likely to be used.Saw recently on a video blog that it'll be $90,000, which isn't that terrible.For a Cisco router that fast that's not a bad price.Quote from: COMPUTER Hope Admin on March 12, 2010, 05:13:08 PM

Saw recently on a video blog that it'll be $90,000, which isn't that terrible.

A lot less expensive than the house, and yeah I realise now that it would be used in industrial mainframe or infrustructure of the internet.

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911.	Solve : Newegg Ships Counterfeit Intel Core i7 920 CPUs?
Answer» Quote In an almost surreal tale of events, USA electronics retailer Newegg has discovered a reported 300 counterfeit Intel Core i7 920 CPU’s in its inventory, some of which were inadvertently shipped out to buyers! I don't think "inadvertently shipped" is the right set of words. Full storyQuote We contacted Newegg and a representative confirmed that they did in fact receive “INCORRECT inventory” in the form of fake processors from a vendor and that they were working to rectify the matter as quickly as possible. Unfortunately further questions about how they intended to resolve the matter with the unfortunate purchasers or details about where the counterfeits came from and how they managed to slip by screenings were ignored. They buy from thousands of different Vendors... Although that's not an excuse i'm sure they will get to the bottom of this and make things right with their Customers... Any other approach would be foolish.I'm a longtime Newegg customer. I'm sure those who were duped will be satisfied on the end. Worse has happened with military/government inventories.And there are stories about similar things recently There is one about a fake Nvidia GRAPHICS card. That's another story. But the Intel thing will affect more people and Intel will find a way to fix the problem. Can't say that for Nvidia. They just need to hope that closer examination doesn't produce any security issues. Although I'm not sure if that is a concern with a CPU. Quote They just need to hope that closer examination doesn't produce any security issues. Although I'm not sure if that is a concern with a CPU. No, it was not a re branded or stolen CPU. It was just some stuff made to look like a CPU. Even the heat sink was bogus. And spelling errors of the box.Any consumer product you see in daily life is being counterfeited in China right now... Some are real hard to spot...There was an update that was posted at that site after the ORIGINAL post here. Quote Update (03/05/2010 4:30PM PST) Newegg has released an official statement regarding the incident, attempting explain the ordeal as a shipment of “demo boxes” by a supplier. Newegg is aware of a shipping error that occurred with certain recent orders of the Intel Core i7-920 CPU. After investigating the issue internally it appears one of our long term partners mistakenly shipped a small number of demo boxes instead of functional units. Our customer service team has already begun proactively reaching out to the affected… See More customers. In line with our commitment to ensure total customer satisfaction, we are doing everything in our power to resolve the issue as soon as possible and with the least amount of inconvenience to our customers. Frankly, this update doesn't make much sense to me. Was the shipping department trying new packaging? Why the mock ups?Mock ups are generally for DISPLAY and advertising purposes and not necessarily made by the manufacturer. It's too expensive to use the actual hardware because when you open it you bought it. Although that explanation doesn't make complete sense to me either. But I don't have a dog in this race either...So Newegg has egg on the FACE. An update. http://www.gearlog.com/2010/03/hands_on_fake_intel_core_i7-92_1.phpWow that's pretty crazy. I just skimmed the story headline before and assumed it was an actual processor, just overclocked or changed to match the i7 920. Didn't realize it was totally fake.Quote The CPU looked official at first glace, although the staple should have warned us. Right, you just don't notice a staple in the CPU core!

911.

Solve : Newegg Ships Counterfeit Intel Core i7 920 CPUs?

Answer»

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In an almost surreal tale of events, USA electronics retailer Newegg has discovered a reported 300 counterfeit Intel Core i7 920 CPU’s in its inventory, some of which were inadvertently shipped out to buyers!

I don't think "inadvertently shipped" is the right set of words.

Full storyQuote

We contacted Newegg and a representative confirmed that they did in fact receive “INCORRECT inventory” in the form of fake processors from a vendor and that they were working to rectify the matter as quickly as possible. Unfortunately further questions about how they intended to resolve the matter with the unfortunate purchasers or details about where the counterfeits came from and how they managed to slip by screenings were ignored.

They buy from thousands of different Vendors...
Although that's not an excuse i'm sure they will get to the bottom of this and make things right with their Customers...
Any other approach would be foolish.I'm a longtime Newegg customer. I'm sure those who were duped will be satisfied on the end. Worse has happened with military/government inventories.And there are stories about similar things recently
There is one about a fake Nvidia GRAPHICS card. That's another story.
But the Intel thing will affect more people and Intel will find a way to fix the problem. Can't say that for Nvidia.
They just need to hope that closer examination doesn't produce any security issues. Although I'm not sure if that is a concern with a CPU. Quote

They just need to hope that closer examination doesn't produce any security issues. Although I'm not sure if that is a concern with a CPU.

No, it was not a re branded or stolen CPU. It was just some stuff made to look like a CPU. Even the heat sink was bogus. And spelling errors of the box.Any consumer product you see in daily life is being counterfeited in China right now...
Some are real hard to spot...There was an update that was posted at that site after the ORIGINAL post here.

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Update (03/05/2010 4:30PM PST) Newegg has released an official statement regarding the incident, attempting explain the ordeal as a shipment of “demo boxes” by a supplier.

Newegg is aware of a shipping error that occurred with certain recent orders of the Intel Core i7-920 CPU. After investigating the issue internally it appears one of our long term partners mistakenly shipped a small number of demo boxes instead of functional units. Our customer service team has already begun proactively reaching out to the affected… See More customers. In line with our commitment to ensure total customer satisfaction, we are doing everything in our power to resolve the issue as soon as possible and with the least amount of inconvenience to our customers.

Frankly, this update doesn't make much sense to me. Was the shipping department trying new packaging? Why the mock ups?Mock ups are generally for DISPLAY and advertising purposes and not necessarily made by the manufacturer. It's too expensive to use the actual hardware because when you open it you bought it.

Although that explanation doesn't make complete sense to me either. But I don't have a dog in this race either...So Newegg has egg on the FACE. An update.

http://www.gearlog.com/2010/03/hands_on_fake_intel_core_i7-92_1.phpWow that's pretty crazy. I just skimmed the story headline before and assumed it was an actual processor, just overclocked or changed to match the i7 920. Didn't realize it was totally fake.Quote

The CPU looked official at first glace, although the staple should have warned us.

Right, you just don't notice a staple in the CPU core!

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912.	Solve : MSN Homepage Launch Begins Today?
Answer» Full story at the MSN BLOG > New MSN Homepage offers search, news, local and social networking - all in one place. Quote Today is an exciting milestone for MSN. We are beginning the LAUNCH of our new homepage to our customers in the U.S. The new MSN homepage cuts through the clutter with a clean, new design and offers search, news, local and social networking – all in one place. We encourage you to try the new homepage today and learn more about the many cool features. Since the preview of our new homepage began in November, we’ve been very busy gathering over 70,000 pieces of customer FEEDBACK and introducing over 30 updates in our quest to deliver the best homepage to stay in the know. Uggglyyy... JMO.It's not bad, but still going to use iGoogle as my home page.Is this really something new? Or am I missing something?Quote from: rthompson80819 on March 10, 2010, 05:20:31 PM Is this really something new? Or am I missing something? Same...I don't see anything different... I believe it's only been rolled out to the USA so far. [Saving space, attachment deleted by admin]I was given the option of going to the canada or usa page, obviously, I clicked ALWAYS go to the canada page.

912.

Solve : MSN Homepage Launch Begins Today?

Answer» Full story at the MSN BLOG > New MSN Homepage offers search, news, local and social networking - all in one place.

Quote

Today is an exciting milestone for MSN. We are beginning the LAUNCH of our new homepage to our customers in the U.S. The new MSN homepage cuts through the clutter with a clean, new design and offers search, news, local and social networking – all in one place. We encourage you to try the new homepage today and learn more about the many cool features.

Since the preview of our new homepage began in November, we’ve been very busy gathering over 70,000 pieces of customer FEEDBACK and introducing over 30 updates in our quest to deliver the best homepage to stay in the know.

Uggglyyy...
JMO.It's not bad, but still going to use iGoogle as my home page.Is this really something new? Or am I missing something?Quote from: rthompson80819 on March 10, 2010, 05:20:31 PM

Is this really something new? Or am I missing something?

Same...I don't see anything different... I believe it's only been rolled out to the USA so far.

[Saving space, attachment deleted by admin]I was given the option of going to the canada or usa page, obviously, I clicked ALWAYS go to the canada page.

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913.	Solve : MS sends flowers to IE6 Funeral?
Answer» STORY...I SEND my CONDOLENCE.

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914.	Solve : IBM demonstrates light based chip?
Answer» Full Story.Very cool. Think if they can pull this off in a COST EFFECTIVE solution it would be the next revolution for computers.The transfer speeds and low voltage REQUIREMENTS will generate alot of INTEREST i'm SURE...

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915.	Solve : Thanko Speaker Mouse – New twist on an old idea?
Answer» This Thanko SPEAKER Mouse should keep your Skyping and VoIPing NICE and clear. There’s a small speaker built into the TOP of the mouse and BEST of all it comes with a lapel mic so you won’t sound like you’re shouting at people from the other end of a cathedral. The mouse is 1000dpi and the kit works with WINDOWS and Mac OS. ~US$32. Link

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916.	Solve : The Energizer DUO Trojan: What You Need to Know?
Answer» The Energizer Bunny keeps going and going, but he picked up a nasty Trojan ALONG the WAY. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security discovered that Energizer's Duo USB charger left WINDOWS computers open to REMOTE control, thanks to a back door in the product's battery monitoring software. Link

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917.	Solve : Broadband Everyone? NOT!?
Answer» FCC Broadband Plan Under Fire From All Sides. This headline is from a PCWorld article dated March 3. Link posted below The United States agency known as the FCC, Federal communications commission, has a large influence in all the communications systems used in the United States and even other countries. Amid all the turmoil over the economic problems, many critics are now saying that the FCC fast internet plan will have to fail. Much of the criticism is about the cost. In times past the FCC has played a vital role in the development of both business and personal communications systems. Not just television and radio, but also ISSUES having to do with the copyrights and trade practices and fair speech. Recently all of us had to either switchover to digital television or go with cable TV because of a major change in the way television channels are allocated and used. The old analog system went out and the new digital system came in. If you had an old TV set and did not have cable you didn't have television. Unless you lived in one of the areas were a few exceptions were allowed for low-level repeaters. The point being made here is that the FCC does have a powerful influence on whatever you hear and see over any kind of communication system at the present time. Even amateur and citizens band radio is controlled by the FCC. Well, perhaps not controlled very well, but it is regulated. It is a powerful federal agency and will have a say and will push for a new communications revolution involving the Internet. The goal is to let every citizen in the United States have access to broadband Internet. At the present time that seems out of reach. Yet just a few years ago only a few people had cell phones. Now even grammar school kids have cell phones and the teacher has to tell the kids to turn off their cell phones in class. That also is regulated by the FCC. No, not the kids, the cell phones. Here is an article that talks about the many criticisms people are making about the FCC plan to bring broadband to everyone within the United States. Read it for yourself and see if you think the argument will stand up. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/190720/fcc_broadband_plan_under_fire_from_all_sides.html Also get lots more with Google. This is a hot topic. Quote Recently all of us had to either switchover to digital television or go with cable TV because of a major change in the way television channels This probably came as a shock to the satellite providers like Direct TV and Dish. The article in PC World was written by someone who majored in journalism and didn't have a clue about the broadband infrastructure that already has been placed in the USA by the phone and cable companies at a cost of hundreds of billion dollars. No, not everyone will be able to get broadband, but then not everyone today can get municipal water, sewer, gas, and even in some cases phone service, even though we have all been paying a surcharge on our phone bills for years to provide phone service to everyone (check your phone bill for a universal service charge). There are a few countries that have extremely fast internet service in the major cities and this is used for a comparison to the USA, but if you check on nationwide service in those countries you will find it is not universally available. Not even counting satellite internet providers like Sky BLUE or Hughes, the majority of people in the USA have a CHOICE of broadband providers.Well I get my 50mb broadband in two weeks... still envious of the Koreans.. the highest connection per person in any country. And STILL the most connected country in the world.Thanks for correction. I should have SAID cable or satellite or microwave. Quote The article in PC World was written by someone who majored in journalism and didn't have a clue about the broadband infrastructure that already has been placed in the USA... Yes, you got it right! Quote (check your phone bill for a universal service charge). That fee is absorbed by your public schools and library's. The FCC might be regulating (and pushing) this but it will ultimately come down to individual states, counties and tax payers to foot the bill. That's where it will begin to fall apart and why some already do and some don't have broadband everywhere. Building a new infrastructure isn't the easiest or cheapest thing to do. Especially when states are maxed out on resources (MONEY) now. Interesting article on what may HAPPEN to the universal service fund and broadband in rural areas. http://connectedplanetonline.com/residential_services/news/FCC-USF-reform-0308/I never saw a pice of paper that refused ink...... J.P._______

917.

Solve : Broadband Everyone? NOT!?

Answer» FCC Broadband Plan Under Fire From All Sides.
This headline is from a PCWorld article dated March 3. Link posted below

The United States agency known as the FCC, Federal communications commission, has a large influence in all the communications systems used in the United States and even other countries.
Amid all the turmoil over the economic problems, many critics are now saying that the FCC fast internet plan will have to fail. Much of the criticism is about the cost.
In times past the FCC has played a vital role in the development of both business and personal communications systems. Not just television and radio, but also ISSUES having to do with the copyrights and trade practices and fair speech. Recently all of us had to either switchover to digital television or go with cable TV because of a major change in the way television channels are allocated and used. The old analog system went out and the new digital system came in. If you had an old TV set and did not have cable you didn't have television. Unless you lived in one of the areas were a few exceptions were allowed for low-level repeaters.
The point being made here is that the FCC does have a powerful influence on whatever you hear and see over any kind of communication system at the present time. Even amateur and citizens band radio is controlled by the FCC. Well, perhaps not controlled very well, but it is regulated.
It is a powerful federal agency and will have a say and will push for a new communications revolution involving the Internet. The goal is to let every citizen in the United States have access to broadband Internet. At the present time that seems out of reach. Yet just a few years ago only a few people had cell phones. Now even grammar school kids have cell phones and the teacher has to tell the kids to turn off their cell phones in class. That also is regulated by the FCC. No, not the kids, the cell phones.
Here is an article that talks about the many criticisms people are making about the FCC plan to bring broadband to everyone within the United States. Read it for yourself and see if you think the argument will stand up.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/190720/fcc_broadband_plan_under_fire_from_all_sides.html
Also get lots more with Google. This is a hot topic.
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Recently all of us had to either switchover to digital television or go with cable TV because of a major change in the way television channels

This probably came as a shock to the satellite providers like Direct TV and Dish.

The article in PC World was written by someone who majored in journalism and didn't have a clue about the broadband infrastructure that already has been placed in the USA by the phone and cable companies at a cost of hundreds of billion dollars.

No, not everyone will be able to get broadband, but then not everyone today can get municipal water, sewer, gas, and even in some cases phone service, even though we have all been paying a surcharge on our phone bills for years to provide phone service to everyone (check your phone bill for a universal service charge).

There are a few countries that have extremely fast internet service in the major cities and this is used for a comparison to the USA, but if you check on nationwide service in those countries you will find it is not universally available.

Not even counting satellite internet providers like Sky BLUE or Hughes, the majority of people in the USA have a CHOICE of broadband providers.Well I get my 50mb broadband in two weeks... still envious of the Koreans.. the highest connection per person in any country. And STILL the most connected country in the world.Thanks for correction. I should have SAID cable or satellite or microwave.
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The article in PC World was written by someone who majored in journalism and didn't have a clue about the broadband infrastructure that already has been placed in the USA...

Yes, you got it right!
Quote

(check your phone bill for a universal service charge).

That fee is absorbed by your public schools and library's.

The FCC might be regulating (and pushing) this but it will ultimately come down to individual states, counties and tax payers to foot the bill. That's where it will begin to fall apart and why some already do and some don't have broadband everywhere. Building a new infrastructure isn't the easiest or cheapest thing to do. Especially when states are maxed out on resources (MONEY) now. Interesting article on what may HAPPEN to the universal service fund and broadband in rural areas.

http://connectedplanetonline.com/residential_services/news/FCC-USF-reform-0308/I never saw a pice of paper that refused ink......

J.P._______

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918.	Solve : Recent Nvidia drivers causing catastrophic failures?
Answer» If you're using an Nvidia graphics card you should check your drivers, as there is a chance the newest drivers could cause your card to overheat during WORLD of Warcraft, the Starcraft II Beta, or even Warcraft III. Blizzplanet reports the issue complete with links to two threads on the Nvidia forums discussing the issue, including one that states that Nvidia will be updating the driver in the near future. Link Just curious, how can a PIECE of software like drivers cause hardware to overheat?Quote from: Helpmeh on March 06, 2010, 06:12:36 AM Just curious, how can a piece of software like drivers cause hardware to overheat? Software is what controls the temperature detection and speed variations of the fans on COMPUTER hardware. If they're not being properly cooled they'll overheat.Lucky Im still using the 196.21 Drivers and haven't UPDATED them just yet. interesting... this might explain why I was getting graphical artifacts at the windows desktop with the LATEST version after a while but rolling back to the earlier version worked fine.

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919.	Solve : All-In-One Computers?
Answer» I think for home computing (Not Serious Gaming), All-In-ONE computers are the way to go. My main All-In-one is a Sony Vaio. I also have a Dell, HP, Gateway, and a MSI (I just gave away). My Dell is the mostest, Bestest and Sony is 2nd, them HP, Gateway and (I wouldn't get another MSI(My Opinion). The Gateway came with a Primary Solid State Drive, which is to small and full. I don't want to MAKE the D (slave drive) the main drive, because I would have to reload everything. So it just sits there staring at me. The Red Dell I purchased is not long available. They only have a 19", in Black or Pink/white. I like colors. I think one of the dumbest things I did was purchase a NETBOOK. What a waste. Slowwwww. IV'e gotten 3 hp notebooks at work in the last month, two had to be sent back. hp was pretty good about doing the returns, but still. I would second that on the NETBOOKS, those things are junkYou can "clone" the SSD drive to the larger one in one step using the HDD' manuf. diagnostics utility...FREE.Thanks

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920.	Solve : Obscure Browsers Big Chance?
Answer» EU gives obscure browsers a big chance. So reads a headline from ZDNet Asia. But the SOURCE is CNET. How many usable bowers are out there? Did they say just six? Read the full article on the blue link after the partial quote. Quote EU gives obscure browsers a big chance By Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com Thursday, MARCH 04, 2010 10:31 AM It took Mozilla more than five years of concerted effort and a lucrative partnership with Google to DENT Internet Explorer's dominance. But maybe it doesn't have to be so hard. Courtesy of an antitrust CASE against Microsoft in the European Union, several small-fry browsers are getting a helping hand that could boost their efforts to attain relevance. At least as long as Europeans notice a particular scroll bar. "The ballot represents an enormous opportunity for Maxthon," said Ron White, a spokesman for one of those relatively obscure browsers that will be brought to the attention of Europeans. "Even though the choice screen does its best to hide Maxthon and six other lesser-known browsers, it's still a safe bet that the ballot will bring Maxthon to the attention of hundreds of thousands of computer users who would otherwise never hear of it." http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62061602,00.htm?scid=rss_z_nw My choice would be Sea Monkey.

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921.	Solve : One of the Largest eBay Scams Finally Comes to an End?
Answer» After a THREE year investigation and countless COMPLAINTS, a south Florida man will spend 5 1/2 years behind bars for RUNNING one of the largest eBay scams in the history of eBay. The details of the massive operation include, hundreds of auction accounts, multiple identities and constantly changing PO Boxes. Link Funny how different factions of the government work. A postal inspector needs (I think) 3 pieces of evidence to go forward with mail fraud charges. The South Florida law enforcement apparently needs 5,500! Ridiculous.Quote from: evilfantasy on March 06, 2010, 07:24:38 AM Funny how different factions of the government work. A postal inspector needs (I think) 3 pieces of evidence to go forward with mail fraud charges. The South Florida law enforcement apparently needs 5,500! Ridiculous. Yes, but where was the FBI or the FTC? Was this not fraud over state lines?

921.

Solve : One of the Largest eBay Scams Finally Comes to an End?

Answer»

After a THREE year investigation and countless COMPLAINTS, a south Florida man will spend 5 1/2 years behind bars for RUNNING one of the largest eBay scams in the history of eBay. The details of the massive operation include, hundreds of auction accounts, multiple identities and constantly changing PO Boxes.

Link
Funny how different factions of the government work.

A postal inspector needs (I think) 3 pieces of evidence to go forward with mail fraud charges. The South Florida law enforcement apparently needs 5,500! Ridiculous.Quote from: evilfantasy on March 06, 2010, 07:24:38 AM

Funny how different factions of the government work.

A postal inspector needs (I think) 3 pieces of evidence to go forward with mail fraud charges. The South Florida law enforcement apparently needs 5,500! Ridiculous.

Yes, but where was the FBI or the FTC? Was this not fraud over state lines?

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922.	Solve : MS to offer browser options in Europe.?
Answer» Quote from: rthompson80819 on February 24, 2010, 11:22:08 AM And those fines are going to be passed on to the consumer one way or another. So they're going to reduce the taxes on the consumer? Because really I cannot see what they would be used for aside from some other crusade. Like, for example, against Google. Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 24, 2010, 11:17:58 AM right... So when are they going to send you your cheque from the fines they collected? If a company has breached laws, they deserved to be punished. The EU have to right to sue Microsoft for breaching those laws if they are found guilty. The EU can then use that money to help other things. For example to aid people in this economic downturn. I don't see how this has got from browsers to acusing the BRITISH of being bullies, to crusading agianst the European Union. Quote from: James1431997 on February 24, 2010, 11:41:39 AM If a company has breached laws, they deserved to be punished. The EU have to right to sue Microsoft for breaching those laws if they are found guilty. The EU can then use that money to help other things. For example to aid people in this economic downturn. I don't see how this has got from browsers to acusing the British of being bullies, to crusading agianst the European Union. Which EU laws?Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 24, 2010, 01:09:50 PM Which EU laws? It's viewed as anti-competitive and abusing their position. There are competition laws within the EU that try to stop one company from having an "unfair" share of the market to the expense of the others within that market. And your avoiding the second half of my post.Quote It's viewed as anti-competitive and abusing their position. There are competition laws within the EU that try to stop one company from having an "unfair" share of the market to the expense of the others within that market. [citation needed] I asked, WHICH laws, I didn't ask for a BROAD description of what they might mean. Quote from: James1431997 on February 24, 2010, 01:19:32 PM And your avoiding the second half of my post. I'm not ignoring the second half, since it is pure assumption. Note the "can use" portion. Of course they CAN but they? probably not. In fact like any taxes over 50% of them probably go towards RAISES for themselves. Quote I don't see how this has got from browsers to acusing the British of being bullies NOBODY anywhere in this thread has accused the British of being bullies.Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 24, 2010, 01:38:04 PM NOBODY anywhere in this thread has accused the British of being bullies. Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 23, 2010, 03:34:28 PM OK. I got it now. The British are bullies and that has nothing to do with IE. They would be bullies even if IE did not exist. Is that right? Then again, that does appear to be a joke. Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 24, 2010, 01:38:04 PM [citation needed] I asked, WHICH laws, I didn't ask for a broad description of what they might mean. I'm a twelve year old, not a legal expert. I don't happen to know the name and content of every EU act or motion. I only know what I can pick up from the news.Then learn the difference between what's been posted in a Forum as matter of opinion and what laws are... Be prepared to defend your position if you want to come out on top of these opinionated little squabbles. Many out there will simply state generalities such as " MS broke the Law" or "they abused their market position" etc. etc. One cannot abuse a market position...it is earned. When the smaller fish realise this that is where non-sensical quotes like that come from... And usually shortly thereafter the lawsuits... And they have little or no basis in fact.How would you feel if you implemented a business plan that millions/billions of people bought in to just to have an outside organization translate laws for the sole purpose of cutting into your hard earned profits? It's not MS or Googles fault that everyone uses their product. They are building better mouse wheels and some people just aren't far enough ahead of the game or have the funding to challenge their position. So they take the fallback approach which is to call in the bloodhounds. <- This is purely my opinion. Quote It's viewed as anti-competitive and abusing their position. There are competition laws within the EU that try to stop one company from having an "unfair" share of the market to the expense of the others within that market Ahhhhh... You have fallen into the trap of discussing Socialism... I didn't know the EU had quite made the formal switch...though i've suspected it for awhile.A good article on the Google case. HEREQuote from: evilfantasy on February 24, 2010, 10:15:24 PM A good article on the Google case. HERE Nice catch. It is a new PCWorld article by By David Coursey, PCWorld Quote With Google now in the crosshairs of a potential European Union antitrust investigation, it may be useful to remember that generally only successful companies get investigated. In that context, an anti-trust action may be the sincerest form a flattery that regulators and competitors can offer a business... So then, maybe the attention actually helps the big companies to have a platform to advertise new products and services.I just read some interesting thoughts on this new www.browserchoice.eu website. Look at the BROWSER choices, which are randomized with each visit, and consider what the real choices are. Google Chrome Microsoft Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Apple Safari Opera Maxathon GreenBrowser K-Melon Slim Browser Flock Avant Browser . Notice anything? Maybe it's that the majority of browsers shown to users to select from are Internet Explorer based. Internet Explorer, Maxathon, GreenBrowser, Slim Browser and Avant Browser are all built on the same technology as IE. Trident. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_%28layout_engine%29 Game point goes to MS. I've never judged anyone by what browser they select..... Toes crossed.How to block the Browser Choice Screen in Windows 7

922.

Solve : MS to offer browser options in Europe.?

Answer»

Quote from: rthompson80819 on February 24, 2010, 11:22:08 AM

And those fines are going to be passed on to the consumer one way or another.

So they're going to reduce the taxes on the consumer?

Because really I cannot see what they would be used for aside from some other crusade. Like, for example, against Google.

Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 24, 2010, 11:17:58 AM

right...

So when are they going to send you your cheque from the fines they collected?

If a company has breached laws, they deserved to be punished. The EU have to right to sue Microsoft for breaching those laws if they are found guilty. The EU can then use that money to help other things. For example to aid people in this economic downturn. I don't see how this has got from browsers to acusing the BRITISH of being bullies, to crusading agianst the European Union. Quote from: James1431997 on February 24, 2010, 11:41:39 AM

If a company has breached laws, they deserved to be punished. The EU have to right to sue Microsoft for breaching those laws if they are found guilty. The EU can then use that money to help other things. For example to aid people in this economic downturn. I don't see how this has got from browsers to acusing the British of being bullies, to crusading agianst the European Union.

Which EU laws?Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 24, 2010, 01:09:50 PM

Which EU laws?

It's viewed as anti-competitive and abusing their position. There are competition laws within the EU that try to stop one company from having an "unfair" share of the market to the expense of the others within that market. And your avoiding the second half of my post.Quote

It's viewed as anti-competitive and abusing their position. There are competition laws within the EU that try to stop one company from having an "unfair" share of the market to the expense of the others within that market.

[citation needed] I asked, WHICH laws, I didn't ask for a BROAD description of what they might mean.
Quote from: James1431997 on February 24, 2010, 01:19:32 PM

And your avoiding the second half of my post.

I'm not ignoring the second half, since it is pure assumption. Note the "can use" portion. Of course they CAN but they? probably not. In fact like any taxes over 50% of them probably go towards RAISES for themselves.

Quote

I don't see how this has got from browsers to acusing the British of being bullies

NOBODY anywhere in this thread has accused the British of being bullies.Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 24, 2010, 01:38:04 PM

NOBODY anywhere in this thread has accused the British of being bullies.

Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 23, 2010, 03:34:28 PM

OK. I got it now.
The British are bullies and that has nothing to do with IE.
They would be bullies even if IE did not exist. Is that right?

Then again, that does appear to be a joke.
Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 24, 2010, 01:38:04 PM

[citation needed] I asked, WHICH laws, I didn't ask for a broad description of what they might mean.

I'm a twelve year old, not a legal expert. I don't happen to know the name and content of every EU act or motion. I only know what I can pick up from the news.Then learn the difference between what's been posted in a Forum as matter of opinion and what laws are...
Be prepared to defend your position if you want to come out on top of these opinionated little squabbles.

Many out there will simply state generalities such as " MS broke the Law" or "they abused their market position" etc. etc.

One cannot abuse a market position...it is earned.
When the smaller fish realise this that is where non-sensical quotes like that come from...
And usually shortly thereafter the lawsuits...

And they have little or no basis in fact.How would you feel if you implemented a business plan that millions/billions of people bought in to just to have an outside organization translate laws for the sole purpose of cutting into your hard earned profits?

It's not MS or Googles fault that everyone uses their product. They are building better mouse wheels and some people just aren't far enough ahead of the game or have the funding to challenge their position. So they take the fallback approach which is to call in the bloodhounds. <- This is purely my opinion. Quote

It's viewed as anti-competitive and abusing their position. There are competition laws within the EU that try to stop one company from having an "unfair" share of the market to the expense of the others within that market

Ahhhhh...
You have fallen into the trap of discussing Socialism...
I didn't know the EU had quite made the formal switch...though i've suspected it for awhile.A good article on the Google case. HEREQuote from: evilfantasy on February 24, 2010, 10:15:24 PM

A good article on the Google case. HERE

Nice catch. It is a new PCWorld article by By David Coursey, PCWorld
Quote

With Google now in the crosshairs of a potential European Union antitrust investigation, it may be useful to remember that generally only successful companies get investigated. In that context, an anti-trust action may be the sincerest form a flattery that regulators and competitors can offer a business...

So then, maybe the attention actually helps the big companies to have a platform to advertise new products and services.I just read some interesting thoughts on this new www.browserchoice.eu website.

Look at the BROWSER choices, which are randomized with each visit, and consider what the real choices are.

Google Chrome
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari
Opera
Maxathon
GreenBrowser
K-Melon
Slim Browser
Flock
Avant Browser

.
Notice anything? Maybe it's that the majority of browsers shown to users to select from are Internet Explorer based. Internet Explorer, Maxathon, GreenBrowser, Slim Browser and Avant Browser are all built on the same technology as IE. Trident. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_%28layout_engine%29

Game point goes to MS.

I've never judged anyone by what browser they select.....

Toes crossed.How to block the Browser Choice Screen in Windows 7

Discussion

923.	Solve : Is Apple the new Microsoft??
Answer» So.. Do they think APPLE INVENTED ... the Wheel Quote from: JJ 3000 on March 04, 2010, 10:24:41 PM You guys seen the new Macbook Wheel? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA Lol, I'm surprised to see how MANY users in the comments were asking if this was real.Yeah, like that is easier that a keyboard...

923.

Solve : Is Apple the new Microsoft??

Answer»

So.. Do they think APPLE INVENTED ...
the Wheel Quote from: JJ 3000 on March 04, 2010, 10:24:41 PM

You guys seen the new Macbook Wheel?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA

Lol, I'm surprised to see how MANY users in the comments were asking if this was real.Yeah, like that is easier that a keyboard...

Discussion

924.	Solve : Microsoft wants to use your flesh as an input?
Answer» Microsoft researchers are working on something called "Skinput," which is the use of human skin as an input device. In this case, a display is projected on the arm. When the user taps, a computer analyzes the sound in the body (which varies according to bone density and other factors) to determine which button to push. The company plans to unveil all this in April. Link Youtube video Vid removed by user...i think this COULD just be a practical joke.April first is coming up. Clik Here... Not a gag.Quote from: patio on March 05, 2010, 07:14:54 PM Clik Here... Not a gag. So, you'd really pay for that big clunky thing on your arm?Quote from: Helpmeh on March 05, 2010, 07:18:45 PM So, you'd really pay for that big clunky thing on your arm? Um? He never said that... you said you thought it might be a joke... Patio simply used the MAGIC of google to determine otherwise.Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 05, 2010, 07:49:46 PM Um? He never said that... you said you thought it might be a joke... Patio simply used the magic of google to determine otherwise. Sorry, YOU wasn't directed at patio. The younger generation doesn't often use ONE as a pronoun.Quote from: patio on March 05, 2010, 07:14:54 PM Not a gag. It may not be a practical joke, but I can see a lot of jokes RESULTING from this. Most of which can't be repeated here.Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 05, 2010, 07:49:46 PM Um? He never said that... you said you thought it might be a joke... Patio simply used the magic of google to determine otherwise. Yes, not a joke. But the Russians invented it!Quote from: Helpmeh on March 05, 2010, 07:18:45 PM So, you'd really pay for that big clunky thing on your arm? As I'm SURE you know, products being developed are always a lot bigger than what the final product would be.

924.

Solve : Microsoft wants to use your flesh as an input?

Answer»
Microsoft researchers are working on something called "Skinput," which is the use of human skin as an input device. In this case, a display is projected on the arm. When the user taps, a computer analyzes the sound in the body (which varies according to bone density and other factors) to determine which button to push. The company plans to unveil all this in April.

Link

Youtube video

Vid removed by user...i think this COULD just be a practical joke.April first is coming up. Clik Here...

Not a gag.Quote from: patio on March 05, 2010, 07:14:54 PM

Clik Here...

Not a gag.

So, you'd really pay for that big clunky thing on your arm?Quote from: Helpmeh on March 05, 2010, 07:18:45 PM

So, you'd really pay for that big clunky thing on your arm?

Um?

He never said that... you said you thought it might be a joke... Patio simply used the MAGIC of google to determine otherwise.Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 05, 2010, 07:49:46 PM

Um?

He never said that... you said you thought it might be a joke... Patio simply used the magic of google to determine otherwise.

Sorry, YOU wasn't directed at patio. The younger generation doesn't often use ONE as a pronoun.Quote from: patio on March 05, 2010, 07:14:54 PM

Not a gag.

It may not be a practical joke, but I can see a lot of jokes RESULTING from this. Most of which can't be repeated here.Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 05, 2010, 07:49:46 PM

Um?
He never said that... you said you thought it might be a joke... Patio simply used the magic of google to determine otherwise.

Yes, not a joke. But the Russians invented it!Quote from: Helpmeh on March 05, 2010, 07:18:45 PM

So, you'd really pay for that big clunky thing on your arm?

As I'm SURE you know, products being developed are always a lot bigger than what the final product would be.

Discussion

925.	Solve : Google, Kansas. Yes, Google, Kansas?
Answer» Topeka 'renames' itself 'Google, Kansas' By John D. Sutter, CNN March 2, 2010 4:15 p.m. EST Quote (CNN) -- At 79, BILL Bunten doesn't exactly understand the Internet boom. The Topeka, Kansas, mayor has an e-mail ACCOUNT, he said, but his assistants take care of most of his online COMMUNICATIONS and tend to SEARCH the Web for him. But Bunten believes so firmly that younger residents of Kansas' capital city will benefit from faster Internet connections that he wants Topeka -- which he describes as a place of many lakes and the site of a burgeoning market for animal-food research -- to change its name for a month. In a formal proclamation Monday, Bunten announced his city will be known as "Google" -- Google, Kansas. "It's just fun. We're having a good time of it," he said of the unoff Full Story http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/02/google.kansas.topeka/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn What if the name sticks?Quote What if the name sticks? It's just a name. Nanaimo B.C is still the Google Earth Capital of the world.Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 03, 2010, 10:01:47 PM Nanaimo B.C is still the Google Earth Capital of the world. Why's that?http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Google+earth+capital

925.

Solve : Google, Kansas. Yes, Google, Kansas?

Answer»

Topeka 'renames' itself 'Google, Kansas'
By John D. Sutter, CNN
March 2, 2010 4:15 p.m. EST

Quote

(CNN) -- At 79, BILL Bunten doesn't exactly understand the Internet boom. The Topeka, Kansas, mayor has an e-mail ACCOUNT, he said, but his assistants take care of most of his online COMMUNICATIONS and tend to SEARCH the Web for him.

But Bunten believes so firmly that younger residents of Kansas' capital city will benefit from faster Internet connections that he wants Topeka -- which he describes as a place of many lakes and the site of a burgeoning market for animal-food research -- to change its name for a month.

In a formal proclamation Monday, Bunten announced his city will be known as "Google" -- Google, Kansas.

"It's just fun. We're having a good time of it," he said of the unoff

Full Story http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/02/google.kansas.topeka/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn

What if the name sticks?Quote

What if the name sticks?

It's just a name.

Nanaimo B.C is still the Google Earth Capital of the world.Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 03, 2010, 10:01:47 PM

Nanaimo B.C is still the Google Earth Capital of the world.

Why's that?http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Google+earth+capital

Discussion

926.	Solve : Comment: The frenzy over Apple's iPad?
Answer» QUOTE from: michaewlewis on February 05, 2010, 03:04:50 PM Names for each grade of the iPad: Light iPad, Medium iPad, and MaxiPad and if they ever allow tethering.... well, you can guess if I'll ever get any Apple gadgets. This is more of a reality then we probably realized. A company has taken the iMaxi into PRODUCTION with a $40 price tag. iMaxi: Finally, the iPad Gets the Protection it Deserves I guess it was just a MATTER of time.Haha

Discussion

927.	Solve : Microsoft Warns: Don't Hit F1 in Windows XP?
Answer» Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer (IE). In a SECURITY advisory issued late Monday, Microsoft confirmed the unpatched bug in VBScript that Polish researcher Maurycy Prodeus had revealed Friday, offered more information on the flaw and provided some advice on how to protect PCs until a patch shipped. LinkWOW! That bug has been around a long time. This is the first time it has become public. But making it public is the only workaround still they fix it. Users have to know there is a danger and have to be told what NOT to do. Yet Microsoft goes on to criticize the bearer of bad news: Quote The company took Prodeus to task for taking the bug public, something it regularly does when researchers disclose a vulnerability or post sample attack code before a patch is available. (From the link given above.) This, IMO, does more harm to the MS PR and serves no purpose.I was ONLY able to get this bug to work with XP and IE 6. XP and IE 7 and 8 were UNAFFECTED, and Windows 2000 and IE 5 CRASHED, and Windows 2000 and IE 6 did nothing at all. If you think about it, it's 100% an oversight on the part of the VBScript design team. the MsgBox() Function with the helpfile and helpcontext arguments is from Full blown Visual Basic for Applications- Applications that, in all likelyhood, will have helpfiles. the two arguments should have been stripped out when the language was first DESIGNED. And if they were added after... well, that's even worse. Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 03, 2010, 10:21:14 PM If you think about it, it's 100% an oversight on the part of the VBScript design team. May I respectfully disagree. It was more like a 200% oversight.

927.

Solve : Microsoft Warns: Don't Hit F1 in Windows XP?

Answer»
Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer (IE).

In a SECURITY advisory issued late Monday, Microsoft confirmed the unpatched bug in VBScript that Polish researcher Maurycy Prodeus had revealed Friday, offered more information on the flaw and provided some advice on how to protect PCs until a patch shipped.

LinkWOW!
That bug has been around a long time. This is the first time it has become public. But making it public is the only workaround still they fix it. Users have to know there is a danger and have to be told what NOT to do.

Yet Microsoft goes on to criticize the bearer of bad news:

Quote

The company took Prodeus to task for taking the bug public, something it regularly does when researchers disclose a vulnerability or post sample attack code before a patch is available.

(From the link given above.)

This, IMO, does more harm to the MS PR and serves no purpose.I was ONLY able to get this bug to work with XP and IE 6.

XP and IE 7 and 8 were UNAFFECTED, and Windows 2000 and IE 5 CRASHED, and Windows 2000 and IE 6 did nothing at all.

If you think about it, it's 100% an oversight on the part of the VBScript design team.

the MsgBox() Function with the helpfile and helpcontext arguments is from Full blown Visual Basic for Applications- Applications that, in all likelyhood, will have helpfiles.

the two arguments should have been stripped out when the language was first DESIGNED. And if they were added after... well, that's even worse.

Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 03, 2010, 10:21:14 PM

If you think about it, it's 100% an oversight on the part of the VBScript design team.

May I respectfully disagree. It was more like a 200% oversight.

Discussion

928.	Solve : The 210 leap year by Sony?
Answer» Is today March 1? If you have a Sony you can't be sure! Quote The geek meltdown that began last night continues unabated this EVENING as Sony plods through its PlayStation quagmire, largely due to 2010 being mislabeled as a leap YEAR. The ordeal started when clocks rolled over to March 1st and older (non-PS3 SLIM) PlayStation owners began experiencing a myriad of bizarre and unfixable problems, including blocked access to the PlayStation Network, corrupted trophy data, and an inability to launch certain games and videos http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/gamers-beware-playstation-catastrophe-still-plaguing-ps3s/?icid=main WOW. just... wow. How does that EVEN happen? I mean, is it really that complicated to determine if a year is a leap year? Code: [Select]int isleapyear(int yearnum) { return ((yearnum%400==0)\|\|(yearnum%4==0&&yearnum%100==0) } Nope- not really. I wonder how it MANAGED to think it was a leap year in 2010 though...Nobody tested it? Hey, worked good last year, no need to test that. Can't possibly matter.

928.

Solve : The 210 leap year by Sony?

Answer»

Is today March 1? If you have a Sony you can't be sure!

Quote

The geek meltdown that began last night continues unabated this EVENING as Sony plods through its PlayStation quagmire, largely due to 2010 being mislabeled as a leap YEAR. The ordeal started when clocks rolled over to March 1st and older (non-PS3 SLIM) PlayStation owners began experiencing a myriad of bizarre and unfixable problems, including blocked access to the PlayStation Network, corrupted trophy data, and an inability to launch certain games and videos

http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/gamers-beware-playstation-catastrophe-still-plaguing-ps3s/?icid=main
WOW.

just... wow.

How does that EVEN happen? I mean, is it really that complicated to determine if a year is a leap year?

Code: [Select]int isleapyear(int yearnum)
{
return ((yearnum%400==0)||(yearnum%4==0&&yearnum%100==0)
}

Nope- not really. I wonder how it MANAGED to think it was a leap year in 2010 though...Nobody tested it?

Hey, worked good last year,
no need to test that.
Can't possibly matter.

Discussion

929.	Solve : HP to beat iPad price.?
Answer» From Apple Insider Feb 18, 2010. Just saw this. What does it mean to you? Quote HP plans to beat Apple iPad price By Katie Marsal Published: 11:40 AM EST Apple's iPad announcement has not deterred PC COMPETITORS, as HP's forthcoming 3G-enabled "slate PC" will reportedly be competitively priced, and Microsoft is still working on its unannounced Courier dual-screen tablet. According to The Wall Street Journal, executives from HP intend to "tweak prices and features" soon on its upcoming Slate, which will offer a 3G data connection. The company had ALREADY intended to price their hardware below the starting $629 price for the 16GB 3G iPad, sources said. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/18/hp_plans_to_beat_apple_ipad_price_microsoft_courier_still_in_works.html Love competition, we all win. a PC manufacturer releasing something cheaper then an Apple product? (how is this news?) Maybe a better way for them to compete would be to actually release something more expensive then the apple equivalent; what would happen if the Creative Zen Player or the Sony Walkman, both of which from my experience are both easier to use, and far more compatible then the iPod were actually released at the same price point as the ipod? It seems that the prevailing thought here when it comes to the Ipod/Mp3 player demographic is that "the more expensive it is, the better it is" Which is of course not true at all.As you suggest, the same price with more features and ease of use is the way to go. The historical trend in consumer electronics is that a some point the PRODUCTS become better and COST less. The things that would raise an eyebrow here is that HP, a USA company, wants to try an AREA where Samsung, Coby and Hitachi could do well.

929.

Solve : HP to beat iPad price.?

Answer»

From Apple Insider Feb 18, 2010.
Just saw this. What does it mean to you?
Quote

HP plans to beat Apple iPad price

By Katie Marsal
Published: 11:40 AM EST

Apple's iPad announcement has not deterred PC COMPETITORS, as HP's forthcoming 3G-enabled "slate PC" will reportedly be competitively priced, and Microsoft is still working on its unannounced Courier dual-screen tablet.

According to The Wall Street Journal, executives from HP intend to "tweak prices and features" soon on its upcoming Slate, which will offer a 3G data connection. The company had ALREADY intended to price their hardware below the starting $629 price for the 16GB 3G iPad, sources said.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/18/hp_plans_to_beat_apple_ipad_price_microsoft_courier_still_in_works.html

Love competition, we all win. a PC manufacturer releasing something cheaper then an Apple product?

(how is this news?)

Maybe a better way for them to compete would be to actually release something more expensive then the apple equivalent; what would happen if the Creative Zen Player or the Sony Walkman, both of which from my experience are both easier to use, and far more compatible then the iPod were actually released at the same price point as the ipod? It seems that the prevailing thought here when it comes to the Ipod/Mp3 player demographic is that "the more expensive it is, the better it is" Which is of course not true at all.As you suggest, the same price with more features and ease of use is the way to go. The historical trend in consumer electronics is that a some point the PRODUCTS become better and COST less. The things that would raise an eyebrow here is that HP, a USA company, wants to try an AREA where Samsung, Coby and Hitachi could do well.

Discussion

930.	Solve : Why the computer is doomed ....?
Answer» http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/why-the-computer-is-doomed/article1449339/Nothing could be further from the truth...Right patio. Because as computer technology advances, so will power-saving technology advance.that is one of the most misinformed and pessimistic articles I've ever read. First off, the silicon transistor is REALLY only the second step as far as electronic relays go (I think). vacuum tubes->silicon transistor. Obviously It is better but nobody can say for certain it is the best implementation; this is pretty evident when you consider the various quantum based solutions in development. Also I think TRWTF is that they talked to IBM about PROCESSOR speed. IBM has never been a processor vendor. I guess Intel told then to go away.I have no idea what it was about. Very boring. Needs more pictures. And some animation and music.Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 31, 2010, 10:45:12 AM I have no idea what it was about. Very boring. Needs more pictures. And some animation and music. you know what it needs! explosions. everybody loves explosions. Even if it's just a random explosion for no reason.Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 31, 2010, 10:57:17 AM you know what it needs! explosions. everybody loves explosions. Even if it's just a random explosion for no reason. Personally, I think explosions are a total waste of ti- BOOM!BOOM! Myth Busters! BTW. Does anybody here remember there were hydraulic computers? Don't hear much about them anymore.Putting thermite on ICE isn't going to do anything but melt th- BOOM!The core of his argument is this: Quote ... in the coming decades, researchers will have to do something entirely different – design a competently new kind of computer. That is not a new. The current design is call von Newman.Others designs are possible. Neural Networks is very under explored. Here are quotes from other sources. Nobody says there is only one way to make computers. Quote The von Neumann architecture is a design model for a stored-program digital computer that uses a processing unit and a single separate storage structure to . Quote In the original "Harvard computer", built in 1944 and for which the architecture is named, the program-handling task and the data-handling task were sufficiently different to result in two different storage technologies. Today, the vast majority of computers are von Neumann architecture because of the efficiencies gained in designing, implementing, and operating one memory system instead of two. What all this stuff means is that if you break away from the prevalence design you can still call it a computer. No all computers have to follow that same fundamental design. So a future computer may be so efficient that you can not really re-program it to do something it was not made to do. But it still could be a very useful device. In some respects, thah could be an advantage. At one time we had Analog computers. And they were serious machines in a laboratory string.They were used to solve complex mathematical equations. And they where very fast. Just not very PRECIS. WAIT. Read this: Quote A VLSI analog computer/digital computer accelerator Cowan, G.E.R.; Melville, R.C.; Tsividis, Y.P. Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of Volume 41, Issue 1, Jan. 2006 Page(s): 42 - 53 Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/JSSC.2005.858618 Summary:The design of a single-chip VLSI analog computer fabricated in a 0.25-μm CMOS process is described. It contains 80 integrators, 336 other linear and nonlinear analog functional blocks, switches for their interconnection, and circuitry to enable the system's programing and control. The IC is controlled, programmed and measured by a PC via a data acquisition card. This arrangement has been used to simulate ordinary differential equations (ODEs), partial differential equations, and stochastic differential equations with moderate accuracy, significantly faster than a modern workstation. Techniques for using the digital computer to refine the solution from the analog computer are presented. Solutions from the analog computer have been used to accelerate a digital computer's solution of the periodic steady state of an ODE by more than 10×. We are not yet down to the level of where a single molecule can repent a binary state of either a one or a zero. The article in the topic was a was of time.IMO. "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -Popular Mechanics, 1949 "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers" -Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943As in many other fields of human scientific endeavor the boundaries are always shifting when new discoveries are made. Therefore i find it highly presumptuous and very UNLIKELY that anyone today can reasonable predict with assurance what the future will bring. truenorthAs soon as the porn industry decides everybody needs more processing power, I'm sure it will happen.wooooooooo. That computer was massive! How do they cool that entire thing? Can't be fans alone that thing is way too big.Explosions! YEAH!! And girls in bikinis Alan <><

930.

Solve : Why the computer is doomed ....?

Answer» http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/why-the-computer-is-doomed/article1449339/Nothing could be further from the truth...Right patio. Because as computer technology advances, so will power-saving technology advance.that is one of the most misinformed and pessimistic articles I've ever read.

First off, the silicon transistor is REALLY only the second step as far as electronic relays go (I think). vacuum tubes->silicon transistor. Obviously It is better but nobody can say for certain it is the best implementation; this is pretty evident when you consider the various quantum based solutions in development.

Also I think TRWTF is that they talked to IBM about PROCESSOR speed. IBM has never been a processor vendor. I guess Intel told then to go away.I have no idea what it was about. Very boring.
Needs more pictures. And some animation and music.Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 31, 2010, 10:45:12 AM

I have no idea what it was about. Very boring.
Needs more pictures. And some animation and music.

you know what it needs! explosions. everybody loves explosions. Even if it's just a random explosion for no reason.Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 31, 2010, 10:57:17 AM

you know what it needs! explosions. everybody loves explosions. Even if it's just a random explosion for no reason.

Personally, I think explosions are a total waste of ti-
BOOM!BOOM!
Myth Busters!

BTW. Does anybody here remember there
were hydraulic computers?
Don't hear much about them anymore.Putting thermite on ICE isn't going to do anything but melt th-
BOOM!The core of his argument is this:
Quote

... in the coming decades, researchers will have to do something entirely different – design a competently new kind of computer.

That is not a new. The current design is call von Newman.Others designs are possible. Neural Networks is very under explored.
Here are quotes from other sources. Nobody says there is only one way to make computers.
Quote

The von Neumann architecture is a design model for a stored-program digital computer that uses a processing unit and a single separate storage structure to .

Quote

In the original "Harvard computer", built in 1944 and for which the architecture is named, the program-handling task and the data-handling task were sufficiently different to result in two different storage technologies. Today, the vast majority of computers are von Neumann architecture because of the efficiencies gained in designing, implementing, and operating one memory system instead of two.

What all this stuff means is that if you break away from the prevalence design you can still call it a computer. No all computers have to follow that same fundamental design.

So a future computer may be so efficient that you can not really re-program it to do something it was not made to do. But it still could be a very useful device. In some respects, thah could be an advantage.

At one time we had Analog computers. And they were serious machines in a laboratory string.They were used to solve complex mathematical equations. And they where very fast. Just not very PRECIS. WAIT. Read this:
Quote

A VLSI analog computer/digital computer accelerator
Cowan, G.E.R.; Melville, R.C.; Tsividis, Y.P.
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
Volume 41, Issue 1, Jan. 2006 Page(s): 42 - 53
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/JSSC.2005.858618
Summary:The design of a single-chip VLSI analog computer fabricated in a 0.25-μm CMOS process is described. It contains 80 integrators, 336 other linear and nonlinear analog functional blocks, switches for their interconnection, and circuitry to enable the system's programing and control. The IC is controlled, programmed and measured by a PC via a data acquisition card. This arrangement has been used to simulate ordinary differential equations (ODEs), partial differential equations, and stochastic differential equations with moderate accuracy, significantly faster than a modern workstation. Techniques for using the digital computer to refine the solution from the analog computer are presented. Solutions from the analog computer have been used to accelerate a digital computer's solution of the periodic steady state of an ODE by more than 10×.

We are not yet down to the level of where a single molecule can repent a binary state of either a one or a zero.

The article in the topic was a was of time.IMO.
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
-Popular Mechanics, 1949

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers"
-Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943As in many other fields of human scientific endeavor the boundaries are always shifting when new discoveries are made.
Therefore i find it highly presumptuous and very UNLIKELY that anyone today can reasonable predict with assurance what the future will bring. truenorthAs soon as the porn industry decides everybody needs more processing power, I'm sure it will happen.wooooooooo. That computer was massive! How do they cool that entire thing? Can't be fans alone that thing is way too big.Explosions! YEAH!! And girls in bikinis

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931.	Solve : PC is dead. Again. WSJ radio says.?
Answer» So many times have you read this headline:' The PC Is Dead'. This MORNING I was listening to the radio and heard a blurb on the Wall Street Journal Radio, and they said it again. Is there any truth in this? And does it really matter? First of all, we need to think about what is a good definition of the PC. If we think of a personal computer like we had in the late 80s and early 90s, thin we would say that that kind of PC is no longer with us. Perhaps the point the Wall Street Journal is trying to make is that we no longer have a platform where many small companies can participate in producing a useful device at a low cost that could be used by almost anybody can do almost anything. Today there is so much VERTICAL entry creation that the value of a PC has been lost. Somebody went so FAR to say that the official time of death was when Steve Jobs announced the new thing called the I iPad. Of course it was not a new idea. But if it really works good it would change the way we do things. That has not happened yet. Yet people had been making this remark for some time. Like the past 10 years. Checking for the Wall Street Journal radio website I was not able to find a TRANSCRIPT of this morning's program. But I do recall he made quite a bit about pronouncing the PC has been dead because of the changes that have taken place in the vertical integration. Can somebody find that link? Here is a link that was posted a month ago by someone else. http://www.tnr.com/article/the-pc-officially-died-today In some countries the main SOURCE of Internet is by cell phone. So if you consider that I could see someone thinking that these alternate ways of getting to the WWW might be the future. IMHO the PC will not go away for many years. There are way too many out there and in a business environment you can't get by using a cell phone or mini anything. You have to have the flexibility that only an actual computer offers.Somewhere around here I still have a Palm 5 PDA although I haven't used it in years. I bought a spreadsheet program for it that would link to a PC and I could download spreadsheets I created on a PC. I thought it was a good idea at the time. The screen size was similar to a lot of the smart phones of today. I quickly found out that spreadsheets on a screen that size were very difficult to use and almost totally useless. It seems a lot of journalists are impressed by the IPad just because it's from Apple. Tablets have been around for at least 10 years, and touch screens date back to the late 60s.Interesting... This morning both of my PC's reported the Wall Street Journal is dead...Quote from: patio on February 28, 2010, 07:00:07 AM Interesting... This morning both of my PC's reported the Wall Street Journal is dead... Heh, so true.

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Solve : PC is dead. Again. WSJ radio says.?

Answer»

So many times have you read this headline:' The PC Is Dead'.
This MORNING I was listening to the radio and heard a blurb on the Wall Street Journal Radio, and they said it again. Is there any truth in this? And does it really matter?
First of all, we need to think about what is a good definition of the PC. If we think of a personal computer like we had in the late 80s and early 90s, thin we would say that that kind of PC is no longer with us.
Perhaps the point the Wall Street Journal is trying to make is that we no longer have a platform where many small companies can participate in producing a useful device at a low cost that could be used by almost anybody can do almost anything. Today there is so much VERTICAL entry creation that the value of a PC has been lost.
Somebody went so FAR to say that the official time of death was when Steve Jobs announced the new thing called the I iPad. Of course it was not a new idea. But if it really works good it would change the way we do things. That has not happened yet. Yet people had been making this remark for some time. Like the past 10 years.
Checking for the Wall Street Journal radio website I was not able to find a TRANSCRIPT of this morning's program. But I do recall he made quite a bit about pronouncing the PC has been dead because of the changes that have taken place in the vertical integration. Can somebody find that link?

Here is a link that was posted a month ago by someone else.
http://www.tnr.com/article/the-pc-officially-died-today
In some countries the main SOURCE of Internet is by cell phone. So if you consider that I could see someone thinking that these alternate ways of getting to the WWW might be the future.

IMHO the PC will not go away for many years. There are way too many out there and in a business environment you can't get by using a cell phone or mini anything. You have to have the flexibility that only an actual computer offers.Somewhere around here I still have a Palm 5 PDA although I haven't used it in years. I bought a spreadsheet program for it that would link to a PC and I could download spreadsheets I created on a PC. I thought it was a good idea at the time.

The screen size was similar to a lot of the smart phones of today. I quickly found out that spreadsheets on a screen that size were very difficult to use and almost totally useless.

It seems a lot of journalists are impressed by the IPad just because it's from Apple. Tablets have been around for at least 10 years, and touch screens date back to the late 60s.Interesting...
This morning both of my PC's reported the Wall Street Journal is dead...Quote from: patio on February 28, 2010, 07:00:07 AM

Interesting...
This morning both of my PC's reported the Wall Street Journal is dead...

Heh, so true.

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932.	Solve : Google to offer 'ultra high-speed' broadband in US?
Answer» QUOTE from: JJ 3000 on February 26, 2010, 09:40:16 PM Doesn't this MEAN that they will have to run NEW physical cable? No. The important parts of the fiber network are in place. They can reach a very large number of homes with exsisting infrastructure. Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 26, 2010, 09:53:19 PM No. The important parts of the fiber network are in place. They can reach a very large number of homes with exsisting infrastructure. Not even close. The typical fiber deployment runs 2 to 6 fibers to SERVE anywhere from 250 to 1,000 homes. There are very, very few fiber deployments that were designed to provide fiber to every home.

932.

Solve : Google to offer 'ultra high-speed' broadband in US?

Answer» QUOTE from: JJ 3000 on February 26, 2010, 09:40:16 PM

Doesn't this MEAN that they will have to run NEW physical cable?

No. The important parts of the fiber network are in place. They can reach a very large number of homes with exsisting infrastructure.
Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 26, 2010, 09:53:19 PM

No. The important parts of the fiber network are in place. They can reach a very large number of homes with exsisting infrastructure.

Not even close. The typical fiber deployment runs 2 to 6 fibers to SERVE anywhere from 250 to 1,000 homes. There are very, very few fiber deployments that were designed to provide fiber to every home.

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933.	Solve : Support is ending for some versions of Windows?
Answer» Support is ENDING for some versions of WINDOWS http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/end-support-windows-xp-sp2-windows-vista-without-service-packs?os=xp This of interest to those still using XP SP2 and have not, or can not UPGRADE to SP3. Here is a RELATED link: How to troubleshoot wireless network connections in Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870702

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934.	Solve : Microsoft warns of fake "Security Essentials 2010" anti-virus software?
Answer» FULL STORY...

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935.	Solve : Firefox User? Be Aware Of Two More Malicious Add-Ons?
Answer» Mozilla has released information in an add-on security VULNERABILITY announcement providing details of two serious Firefox add-on vulnerabilities, one stealing all of your personal information and the other allowing an attacker to remotely TAKE over your computer. Link Thanks for the heads up. I personally never download un-tested add-ons from Mozilla but I feel for the people who have.Quote from: Mulreay on July 14, 2010, 08:32:09 PM Thanks for the heads up. I personally never download un-tested add-ons from Mozilla but I feel for the people who have. The thing is, the second addon isn't in the EXPERIMENTAL stage. Those versions are quite old. Quote from: Helpmeh on July 14, 2010, 09:03:26 PM The thing is, the second addon isn't in the experimental stage. Those versions are quite old. A valid point. I guess nothing is 'guaranteed' safe these days.Quote from: Helpmeh on July 14, 2010, 09:03:26 PM The thing is, the second addon isn't in the experimental stage. Those versions are quite old. Neither one was experimental... and EITHER way, they were both listed on the addons pages. regardless- they have both been removed from said list and ADDED to the blocklist so that people with them installed will be prompted to remove them. It's not even a vulnerability in the addons, but the fact that the addons are purposely written to steal passwords and usernames whenever a form with a password field is submitted.Quote Mozilla Sniffer was not developed by Mozilla, and it was not reviewed by Mozilla. The add-on was in an experimental state, and all users that installed it should have seen a warning indicating it is unreviewed. Unreviewed add-ons are scanned for known viruses, trojans, and other malware, but some types of malicious behavior can only be detected in a code review. -from link in first postQuote from: BC_Programmer on July 14, 2010, 09:40:56 PM and either way, they were both listed on the addons pages. -From fifth post

935.

Solve : Firefox User? Be Aware Of Two More Malicious Add-Ons?

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Mozilla has released information in an add-on security VULNERABILITY announcement providing details of two serious Firefox add-on vulnerabilities, one stealing all of your personal information and the other allowing an attacker to remotely TAKE over your computer.

Link
Thanks for the heads up. I personally never download un-tested add-ons from Mozilla but I feel for the people who have.Quote from: Mulreay on July 14, 2010, 08:32:09 PM

Thanks for the heads up. I personally never download un-tested add-ons from Mozilla but I feel for the people who have.

The thing is, the second addon isn't in the EXPERIMENTAL stage. Those versions are quite old. Quote from: Helpmeh on July 14, 2010, 09:03:26 PM

The thing is, the second addon isn't in the experimental stage. Those versions are quite old.

A valid point. I guess nothing is 'guaranteed' safe these days.Quote from: Helpmeh on July 14, 2010, 09:03:26 PM

The thing is, the second addon isn't in the experimental stage. Those versions are quite old.

Neither one was experimental... and EITHER way, they were both listed on the addons pages.

regardless- they have both been removed from said list and ADDED to the blocklist so that people with them installed will be prompted to remove them.

It's not even a vulnerability in the addons, but the fact that the addons are purposely written to steal passwords and usernames whenever a form with a password field is submitted.Quote

Mozilla Sniffer was not developed by Mozilla, and it was not reviewed by Mozilla. The add-on was in an experimental state, and all users that installed it should have seen a warning indicating it is unreviewed. Unreviewed add-ons are scanned for known viruses, trojans, and other malware, but some types of malicious behavior can only be detected in a code review.

-from link in first postQuote from: BC_Programmer on July 14, 2010, 09:40:56 PM

and either way, they were both listed on the addons pages.

-From fifth post

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936.	Solve : iPhone/iPod Hackers being punished??
Answer» Full article -&GT; iPhones, jailbreaking and blocked Apple IDs Quote Update: The Register's John Leyden has also commented on the issue at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/16/apple_bans_iphone_hackers/ There's been a burst of interest in the last day or so in the blocking of certain Apple IDs from the iTunes App Store. Some bloggers have suggested that this might be a precursor to a massive blocking of jailbroken PHONES from accessing the App Store. However, the reports I've SEEN all mention only two specific IDs, both of associated with individuals who are well known as having publicised VULNERABILITIES, so it sounds to me as if this measure is specific to individuals PERCEIVED as posing a security threat, not as a means of punishing jailbreakers by denying them the opportunity to pay for legitimate, approved apps supplied by software houses with whom Apple has a commercial relationship. Well a lot of the apps are starting to "require" OS 3.1.2. [sarcasm] The "battery fixes" (aka. the jailbreak fix) must really be necessary for games to operate.[/sarcasm] They pulled the same censored with the psplets send them back to jail!

936.

Solve : iPhone/iPod Hackers being punished??

Answer»

Full article -&GT; iPhones, jailbreaking and blocked Apple IDs

Quote

Update: The Register's John Leyden has also commented on the issue at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/16/apple_bans_iphone_hackers/

There's been a burst of interest in the last day or so in the blocking of certain Apple IDs from the iTunes App Store. Some bloggers have suggested that this might be a precursor to a massive blocking of jailbroken PHONES from accessing the App Store.

However, the reports I've SEEN all mention only two specific IDs, both of associated with individuals who are well known as having publicised VULNERABILITIES, so it sounds to me as if this measure is specific to individuals PERCEIVED as posing a security threat, not as a means of punishing jailbreakers by denying them the opportunity to pay for legitimate, approved apps supplied by software houses with whom Apple has a commercial relationship.

Well a lot of the apps are starting to "require" OS 3.1.2. [sarcasm] The "battery fixes" (aka. the jailbreak fix) must really be necessary for games to operate.[/sarcasm] They pulled the same *censored* with the psplets send them back to jail!

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937.	Solve : Randall Kennedy outed from InfoWorld?
Answer» Press Release This is starting to READ like a spy-novel.... More Here...Quote Metrics vendor defends Windows 7 memory claims 'EVERYONE thinks they're a performance expert,' REBUTS Devil Mountain CTO By Gregg Keizer February 19, 2010 06:01 AM ET Computerworld - Editor's NOTE: The person quoted in this story as "Craig Barth" is actually Randall C. Kennedy, an InfoWorld contributor. Kennedy, who presented himself as the CTO of Devil Mountain Software, no longer works at InfoWorld. GIVEN that he disguised his identity to Computerworld and a number of other publications, the credibility of Kennedy's statements is called into question. Rather than simply remove stories in which he is quoted, we have left them online so readers can weigh his data and conclusions for themselves. The Florida firm that on Wednesday said most Windows 7 machines exhaust their physical memory, and as a result take a performance hit, defended its data and conclusions after naysayers dismissed its findings. "Everyone thinks that they're a [Windows] performance expert," said Craig Barth, the chief technology officer of Devil Mountain Software, a performance metrics software maker. "They look at their PC and say, 'My PC doesn't do that.'" Barth was reacting to the firestorm of criticism over his claim that 86% of the Windows 7 PCs among the 23,000 tracked by Blue Mountain's community-based Exo.performance.network (XPnet) exhibit signs of severe and sustained memory exhaustion.

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938.	Solve : Microsoft plans an end to battery insertion issues?
Answer» Now, you probably don't lose any sleep worrying about inserting batteries the wrong way round but we're willing to guess that each and everyone of you has experienced putting a battery in upside down. And now, Microsoft has signalled the end for the polarity issue by announcing its InstaLoad technology. InstaLoad is a mechanical SOLUTION meaning that positive and negative connections become irrelevant when inserting traditional batteries including the popular AA and AAA sizes. Link I guess I'm a little surprised that MS has been developing this technology, (and even a little more surprised that they are offering it for free), although they do have several products that use batteries so maybe overall it will help their tech support.Was a little surprised too that they're just giving this technology away for free. Would assume they'd license it out. This would be extremely helpful for kids' toys... especially when they get to the age where they want to do THINGS themselves but don't understand the concept of left/right or plus/minus.Won't WORK with parrallel battery setups...Quote from: patio on July 12, 2010, 01:40:16 PM Won't work with parrallel battery setups... It should work the same using parallel or series. It's basically just two connectors sitting next to each other.In series no matter what software is used the batteries will not make a continious flow if one is out of kilter... Think about it.I wish they had more details about it works but take another look at the pictures in the link Nathan posted. It SHOWS four pictures of two batteries going every which way.You wouldn't need to use any kind of software. The whole set up is in the hardware. Take a look at the plans on the Microsoft webpage. You would just need to make a couple adjustments to where the leads go.

938.

Solve : Microsoft plans an end to battery insertion issues?

Answer»

Now, you probably don't lose any sleep worrying about inserting batteries the wrong way round but we're willing to guess that each and everyone of you has experienced putting a battery in upside down.

And now, Microsoft has signalled the end for the polarity issue by announcing its InstaLoad technology.

InstaLoad is a mechanical SOLUTION meaning that positive and negative connections become irrelevant when inserting traditional batteries including the popular AA and AAA sizes.

Link
I guess I'm a little surprised that MS has been developing this technology, (and even a little more surprised that they are offering it for free), although they do have several products that use batteries so maybe overall it will help their tech support.Was a little surprised too that they're just giving this technology away for free. Would assume they'd license it out. This would be extremely helpful for kids' toys... especially when they get to the age where they want to do THINGS themselves but don't understand the concept of left/right or plus/minus.Won't WORK with parrallel battery setups...Quote from: patio on July 12, 2010, 01:40:16 PM

Won't work with parrallel battery setups...

It should work the same using parallel or series. It's basically just two connectors sitting next to each other.In series no matter what software is used the batteries will not make a continious flow if one is out of kilter...
Think about it.I wish they had more details about it works but take another look at the pictures in the link Nathan posted. It SHOWS four pictures of two batteries going every which way.You wouldn't need to use any kind of software. The whole set up is in the hardware. Take a look at the plans on the Microsoft webpage. You would just need to make a couple adjustments to where the leads go.

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939.	Solve : MS pulls Office Installer Repair Utility?
Answer» See Here... They still have the fixit links though wouldn't that do just as GOOD?The Office Installer Repair Utility = Microsoft Fix it tool, right? So, I don't see that it's been pulled.Quote While the WINDOWS Installer Cleanup utility resolved some installation problems, it sometimes damaged other components INSTALLED on the computer. Because of this, the tool has been REMOVED from the Microsoft Download Center OK, after another look at your link, I now understand that Office Installer Repair Utility is not the same thing as the Microsoft Fix it tool. That's the point I was trying to clarify.

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940.	Solve : Minority Wireless Online.?
Answer» Looking for a business OPPORTUNITY? eWeek REPORTS: "Mobile Internet Use on the Rise, Led by African-Americans, LATINOS." In total, 59 percent of American adults are now wirelessly online, up from 51 percent in 2009. Full StoryYour lead sentence is crude....no matter what the stats say.Quote from: patio on July 08, 2010, 10:41:14 AM Your lead sentence is crude....no matter what the stats say. Please show me how I should have SAID it.

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941.	Solve : Emisoft (of a-squared free fame) aquires Online Armor????
Answer» read Read HereAlthough Online Armour has slipped in the last few YEARS i see this as a great aquisition...a-squared FREE is STILL good like malwarebytes is?? but anyway, they've HELPED themselves.Yes...excellent product.

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942.	Solve : Ethernet cables to replace HDMI ? ??
Answer» Full Story...I read an article a while back that HDMI was to replace Ethernet cables. I suppose this would be more beneficial, what with more devices having ethernet ports than HDMI ports. But then, would you need two ethernet ports, or could the TV share the connection?According to the article it will do both power and bandwidth...I read that article and find it hard to believe yo can do 10 Gbps in copper wires up to a 100 feet. But big guys like Jupiter says that and a lot more. http://www.techspot.com/news/35020-juniper-intros-worlds-first-100gbps-ethernet-interface.html Now when they do that. might as well forget about having a computer. Everybody will have a 'cloud' appliance.I personally dislike cloud services. Who you gonna call when your data goes missing? Ghostbusters?Carbon Dudeoxide, our world is already so complex and interwoven that a failure anywhere has some impact on us all.If Giga Bytes of data goes down in one place , you may not be able to call anybody. The whole system will go down. Do you remember years ago when New York City went black? The point is this: When any connection to the rest of the world is 10 times faster than any hard drive storage, few people will bother having mass storage devices on their PERSONAL computers. And nobody will do backups, except you and me. And I am not sure about you.Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on July 03, 2010, 10:20:54 AM I personally dislike cloud services. Who you gonna call when your data goes missing? Ghostbusters? What about having your data striped across multiple locations with parity blocks generated and stored locally and elsewhere?I'm talking about things like phones and MOBILE devices. I remember a while back T-Mobile (i think it was them) lost a bunch of user's contacts and messages due to a server failure. That's the kind of cloud computing I was talking about.It was T-Mobile that had a large data and service loss last year. I just read an article yesterday that predicted T-Mobile would be one of the companies that would be gone before the end of 2010. I'm sure the outage had something to do with their problems. To have an outage like that it had to be a lack of planning, poor back up, and too much emphasis on marketing and not enough on engineering.None of this has anything to do with the article....True. Somehow it got off on the subject of cloud computing. Back to HDMI cables. I feel like the connectors on cat 5 or 6 cables are more secure than HDMI. I've had HDMI cables get pulled loose a few times when moving stuff around. Much less likely to happen with RJ-45 connectors. And cat 5 and 6 cables are EASY to connectorize. I've never seen a connector kit for HDMI cables. SOURCE: http://www.physorg.com/news197525576.htmlDoes sound promising and I do like the idea of keeping with Cat wiring although a reader did make an interesting point in the article. Quote Great in theory... As long as there is some protection from accidentally connecting the wrong cables into the wrong RJ-45 sockets. I mean, what could go wrong with pumping 100W into an ethernet hub that isn't wired to take that kind of power? I know from experience that users have enough issues distinguishing between RJ-45 and RJ-11, whose to say they could identify supported networking equipment and not plug a powered Cat5 wire into a non-supported device or worse a computer. Although maybe there are methods of preventing / protecting this from happen I'm not aware of. Don't have much experience with power going over Cat5e/6.Color coding would work...but it's far from idiot-proof...Quote from: patio on July 06, 2010, 09:19:41 AM Color coding would work...but it's far from idiot-proof... Definitely something that could help. But could be a lot more difficult with Cat5 cabling since there are already so many different colors of cables. In my home alone I have red, blue, black, YELLOW, and white Cat5 cabling. I think the best solution after thinking about it would be to key the RJ-45 connector if it posed a threat to other hardware.

942.

Solve : Ethernet cables to replace HDMI ? ??

Answer» Full Story...I read an article a while back that HDMI was to replace Ethernet cables.

I suppose this would be more beneficial, what with more devices having ethernet ports than HDMI ports.

But then, would you need two ethernet ports, or could the TV share the connection?According to the article it will do both power and bandwidth...I read that article and find it hard to believe yo can do 10 Gbps in copper wires up to a 100 feet. But big guys like Jupiter says that and a lot more.
http://www.techspot.com/news/35020-juniper-intros-worlds-first-100gbps-ethernet-interface.html
Now when they do that. might as well forget about having a computer. Everybody will have a 'cloud' appliance.I personally dislike cloud services. Who you gonna call when your data goes missing? Ghostbusters?Carbon Dudeoxide, our world is already so complex and interwoven that a failure anywhere has some impact on us all.If Giga Bytes of data goes down in one place , you may not be able to call anybody. The whole system will go down. Do you remember years ago when New York City went black?

The point is this: When any connection to the rest of the world is 10 times faster than any hard drive storage, few people will bother having mass storage devices on their PERSONAL computers. And nobody will do backups, except you and me. And I am not sure about you.Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on July 03, 2010, 10:20:54 AM

I personally dislike cloud services. Who you gonna call when your data goes missing? Ghostbusters?

What about having your data striped across multiple locations with parity blocks generated and stored locally and elsewhere?I'm talking about things like phones and MOBILE devices. I remember a while back T-Mobile (i think it was them) lost a bunch of user's contacts and messages due to a server failure. That's the kind of cloud computing I was talking about.It was T-Mobile that had a large data and service loss last year.

I just read an article yesterday that predicted T-Mobile would be one of the companies that would be gone before the end of 2010. I'm sure the outage had something to do with their problems.

To have an outage like that it had to be a lack of planning, poor back up, and too much emphasis on marketing and not enough on engineering.None of this has anything to do with the article....True. Somehow it got off on the subject of cloud computing.

Back to HDMI cables.

I feel like the connectors on cat 5 or 6 cables are more secure than HDMI. I've had HDMI cables get pulled loose a few times when moving stuff around. Much less likely to happen with RJ-45 connectors. And cat 5 and 6 cables are EASY to connectorize. I've never seen a connector kit for HDMI cables.

SOURCE: http://www.physorg.com/news197525576.htmlDoes sound promising and I do like the idea of keeping with Cat wiring although a reader did make an interesting point in the article.

Quote

Great in theory... As long as there is some protection from accidentally connecting the wrong cables into the wrong RJ-45 sockets. I mean, what could go wrong with pumping 100W into an ethernet hub that isn't wired to take that kind of power?

I know from experience that users have enough issues distinguishing between RJ-45 and RJ-11, whose to say they could identify supported networking equipment and not plug a powered Cat5 wire into a non-supported device or worse a computer. Although maybe there are methods of preventing / protecting this from happen I'm not aware of. Don't have much experience with power going over Cat5e/6.Color coding would work...but it's far from idiot-proof...Quote from: patio on July 06, 2010, 09:19:41 AM

Color coding would work...but it's far from idiot-proof...

Definitely something that could help. But could be a lot more difficult with Cat5 cabling since there are already so many different colors of cables. In my home alone I have red, blue, black, YELLOW, and white Cat5 cabling. I think the best solution after thinking about it would be to key the RJ-45 connector if it posed a threat to other hardware.

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943.	Solve : Warning?
Answer» http://mashable.com/2010/07/04/itunes-accounts-hacked/ Just a heads up.Wait...i thought Apple products were immune to these type of nefarious activities.....So they would have us believe. Youtube was hacked as well on the same day. http://www.helpmyos.com/latest-computer-news-f43/youtube-and-itunes-independence-day-hack-t2036.htm The YT comment form was susceptible to an XSS ATTACK, and a fairly simple one at that. Something in the form of Code: [Select]<script>IF_HTML_FUNCTION?<h1><marquee><font color="red">(YOUR TEXT HERE)<script> Video of attack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjoa1WY35bEand then youtube decided to go noob style and directly replace the word "script" in comments with blank. so even if the context was completely benign, suddenly the comment is nonsense. This is called a clbuttic mistake. the best part was that for quite some time you could still, and maybe you still can- easily insert script by MAKING the deleting of a "script" entry create a new one, such as: scripscriptt, sscriptcript, scscriptript, etc etc. Dear youtube: This is how you do validation. Whatever happened to simply transforming < and > into HTML entities when displaying the comment? why all this nonsense to make sure that the < and > are not forming some malignant tag? just disallow tags to begin with. No matter how DEVIOUS a person can be, <script> can not be used to create a script tag. I'm not sure what kind of filtering functions Python has compared to PHP but they can't be that bad. That's if YT is BUILT with Python, but I think it is.Quote from: kpac on July 05, 2010, 02:02:47 PM I'm not sure what kind of filtering functions Python has compared to PHP but they can't be that bad. That's if YT is built with Python, but I think it is. http://forums.thedailywtf.com/forums/t/18289.aspx Just goes to once again prove that no company (even Apple and Google) are immune to security vulnerabilities. I still think a lot of people are being driven down the wrong path by the false sense of security Apple portrays and I think eventually as Apple and their products become more popular more hackers / troublemakers are going to start targeting them as easy prey. Regardless of the companies product you use or the websites you visit you should always be concerned about your computers security. There has never been and there never will be a full-proof system. EVERY company that seems to believe that they can't be hacked or compromised has been proven wrong.

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944.	Solve : High school spys on students with web cams?
Answer» Quote from: James1431997 on February 23, 2010, 10:08:44 AM Well. My school will PUNISH you if you are caught doing anything in uniform. your school also has UNIFORMS, which IMO is a censored to begin with.Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 23, 2010, 10:23:52 AM your school also has uniforms, which IMO is a censored to begin with. There, I would agree with you. UK private schools = FTL.

944.

Solve : High school spys on students with web cams?

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Quote from: James1431997 on February 23, 2010, 10:08:44 AM

Well. My school will PUNISH you if you are caught doing anything in uniform.

your school also has UNIFORMS, which IMO is a *censored* to begin with.Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 23, 2010, 10:23:52 AM

your school also has uniforms, which IMO is a *censored* to begin with.

There, I would agree with you.
UK private schools = FTL.

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945.	Solve : MagicJack's next act: disappearing cell phone fee?
Answer» Quote from: Juice217 on FEBRUARY 19, 2010, 07:21:39 AM super small text on the bottom of the advertisement Pretty much all advertisements have that, because what they're saying is not either the truth, the whole truth, or nothing but the truth. You should see the amount of FINE print on car commercials.Or Bank customer "agreements".Quote from: patio on January 08, 2010, 01:44:24 PM They are paying for their RATINGS...PCMag gave it an Editors Choice award for the Year... Well, I KNOW who's ratings I wont be relying on anymore.

945.

Solve : MagicJack's next act: disappearing cell phone fee?

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Quote from: Juice217 on FEBRUARY 19, 2010, 07:21:39 AM

super small text on the bottom of the advertisement

Pretty much all advertisements have that, because what they're saying is not either the truth, the whole truth, or nothing but the truth. You should see the amount of FINE print on car commercials.Or Bank customer "agreements".Quote from: patio on January 08, 2010, 01:44:24 PM

They are paying for their RATINGS...PCMag gave it an Editors Choice award for the Year...

Well, I KNOW who's ratings I wont be relying on anymore.

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946.	Solve : Microsoft pulls Kinphone?
Answer» Microsoft pulls the plug on Kin after just a few weeks Quote Mike Luttrell \| Wed 30th Jun 2010 In what may be one of the biggest blunders in mobile phone history, Microsoft has DECIDED to immediately halt production on its line of Kin phones after it showed extremely disappointing sales. ... http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-brief/50453-microsoft-pulls-the-plug-on-kin-after-just-a-few-weeks Microsoft REALLY needs to hire some people that know what they're doing for their mobile platform team. Amazing how fast they're pulling this. Guess we'll see if they've learned anything With the Windows 7 phone.Wow, I only managed to see 1 commercial for these and already they're being pulled?To be honest I've never heard of it.Quote from: kpac on July 01, 2010, 11:24:24 AM To be honest I've never heard of it. Wow, me neither. I thought Microsoft didn't do phones.they should have given it a better name, like Zune-a-ma-phone, or ZunePhone, or Microsoft Phone 2010 or something.Quote from: BC_Programmer on July 01, 2010, 01:00:59 PM they should have given it a better name, like Zune-a-ma-phone, or ZunePhone, or Microsoft Phone 2010 or something. Good point.....Heh Zune-a-ma-phone classic. I'm also not really that fond of the whole "Microsoft phone 7" either it's also confusing, I just noticed I even got confused with calling it "Windows 7 phone" above. Once again I have to give Apple some credit in the naming department, yes it's kind of cheesy naming EVERYTHING with "i" in the front but it is a lot more simple than Microsoft's naming scheme although hate that they're taking over other named products. Like iOS. Microsoft needs a KISS employee who takes everything and tries to simplify it as much as possible, get the engineers out of the equation. In the end it is probably in Microsoft's best interest to just focus on the Windows 7 phone and I must admit it's looking like a great setup, but at the pace they're going they may have lost any potential of GETTING anywhere in the mobile market with all the strong competitors now. Unless they create something no one can live without and have it on all the major networks. For those who haven't already seen the demos of Windowsphone7 this definitely worth checking out. http://www.windowsphone7.com/Quote from: kpac on July 01, 2010, 11:24:24 AM To be honest I've never heard of it. Me neither. I KNEW MS did some phone software, but I never heard of this one.PC World has just done a story on this: What Does Kin's Fate Say for Windows Phone 7?Well although it's pretty pathetic that they dropped the Kin this fan it does potentially show that Microsoft is more focused on the Windows Phone 7. This could potentially be a good thing as it will allow Microsoft to focus on just one main product and not have Phone 7 with the dead horse Kin.

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Microsoft pulls the plug on Kin after just a few weeks

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Mike Luttrell | Wed 30th Jun 2010

In what may be one of the biggest blunders in mobile phone history, Microsoft has DECIDED to immediately halt production on its line of Kin phones after it showed extremely disappointing sales. ...
http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-brief/50453-microsoft-pulls-the-plug-on-kin-after-just-a-few-weeks

Microsoft *REALLY* needs to hire some people that know what they're doing for their mobile platform team. Amazing how fast they're pulling this. Guess we'll see if they've learned anything With the Windows 7 phone.Wow, I only managed to see 1 commercial for these and already they're being pulled?To be honest I've never heard of it.Quote from: kpac on July 01, 2010, 11:24:24 AM

To be honest I've never heard of it.

Wow, me neither. I thought Microsoft didn't do phones.they should have given it a better name, like Zune-a-ma-phone, or ZunePhone, or Microsoft Phone 2010 or something.Quote from: BC_Programmer on July 01, 2010, 01:00:59 PM

they should have given it a better name, like Zune-a-ma-phone, or ZunePhone, or Microsoft Phone 2010 or something.

Good point.....Heh Zune-a-ma-phone classic. I'm also not really that fond of the whole "Microsoft phone 7" either it's also confusing, I just noticed I even got confused with calling it "Windows 7 phone" above. Once again I have to give Apple some credit in the naming department, yes it's kind of cheesy naming EVERYTHING with "i" in the front but it is a lot more simple than Microsoft's naming scheme although hate that they're taking over other named products. Like iOS. Microsoft needs a KISS employee who takes everything and tries to simplify it as much as possible, get the engineers out of the equation.

In the end it is probably in Microsoft's best interest to just focus on the Windows 7 phone and I must admit it's looking like a great setup, but at the pace they're going they may have lost any potential of GETTING anywhere in the mobile market with all the strong competitors now. Unless they create something no one can live without and have it on all the major networks.

For those who haven't already seen the demos of Windowsphone7 this definitely worth checking out.

http://www.windowsphone7.com/Quote from: kpac on July 01, 2010, 11:24:24 AM

To be honest I've never heard of it.

Me neither. I KNEW MS did some phone software, but I never heard of this one.PC World has just done a story on this:
What Does Kin's Fate Say for Windows Phone 7?Well although it's pretty pathetic that they dropped the Kin this fan it does potentially show that Microsoft is more focused on the Windows Phone 7. This could potentially be a good thing as it will allow Microsoft to focus on just one main product and not have Phone 7 with the dead horse Kin.

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947.	Solve : Lawsuit: Dell covered up faulty computer issues?
Answer» When a batch of bad capacitors put millions of Dell computers at risk for failure, the company made excuses and tried to hide the problem’s TRUE nature, according to a lawsuit. Dell later took out a $300 million charge in part to fix the OptiPlex desktop computers, released between 2003 and 2005, but the lawsuit filed by ADVANCED Internet Technologies continues to haunt the company. Documents related to the case were unsealed this month and paint an unflattering PICTURE of Dell. Link and thats an other reason why i dislike dell, i mainly dislike them due to poor customer SUPPORT it depends on what support you get when buying a system. I am sorry but DELL by far has the best support program if you are willing to pay for it. They are one of the few true 4 hour on site replacement vendors I have found. I once had a HDD fail for a 7 year old SERVER at 10 PM on a Friday and they had the same drive type on site at 6 AM the following day. They are also one of the few that are willing to support not only the hardware but any software installed. That covers any software that you install on your self. I realize that not everyone is willing to pay for the support but I think that it is unfair to be critical of a vendor when they do offer the support that you or your customers are just not willing to pay for.

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948.	Solve : iPhone Banned in the USA?
Answer» Eastman Kodak is after your iPhone AND they want to TAKE away your BlackBerry. They won't come and pry the device out of your hand, but they definitely want to halt the phones from being imported until they get their piece of the pie. Eastman Kodak claims that Apple COMPUTERS and Research in Motion are guilty of infringement of patents. Kodak has taken the step to request the U.S. International TRADE Commission prevent both companies from importing their smart phones into the United States. Nokia filed a similar complaint in December 2009. Link Bah! Nothing a few hundred million won't fix. I wonder if Obama is watching this? His Blackberry addiction was a big deal when he was running for office... I have TOTAL respect for anyone who consciously set's out to be a patent attorney for a corporation of the likes of Apple or Kodak. I wonder just how many patents are involved in today's smart phones?Actually the Patent Attorny's wives are the sharp ones... Behind every smart man is a smarter woman!This is something we will only see in a court of law and no consumers will be affected...as you said their not gonna come grab your iPhone... On top of that i predict a MINIMUM of 3 years litigation...Quote no consumers will be affected.. Are you sure? Remember the Kodak and Polaroid thing? Re-read my post...With video. http://article.wn.com/view/2010/01/14/Kodak_launches_lawsuit_against_iPhone_and_BlackBerry/

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949.	Solve : USB coffee-cup warmer could be stealing your data?
Answer» ARE you sure that the KEYBOARD or mouse you are using today is the one that was attached to your computer yesterday? It might have been swapped for a compromised device that could transmit data to a snooper. The problem stems from a shortcoming in the way the Universal Serial Bus (USB) works. This allows ALMOST all USB-connected devices, such as mice and printers, to be turned into tools for data theft, says a team that has exploited the flaw. Link wow that is actually SHOCKING :O

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950.	Solve : Avatar is like the iPhone...?
Answer» I like this movie! its 3rd on my list after star trek and twilight hehhe! Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on January 25, 2010, 08:55:10 AM Whoopty doo. The plot isn't original. Who cares? It works! Heck, I didn't EVEN know it was an unoriginal plot until someone told me. Alot of the good ideas have been taken, chillQuote from: jaydeee on February 03, 2010, 04:49:27 AM I like this movie! its 3rd on my list after star trek and twilight hehhe! GASP!Avatar was pretty good. Sherlock Holmes was a bit better I think, scriptwise. Avatar was a lot better in terms of visual effects though.you know what else is great and KEEPS everybody away from you? raw onions! natures candy, I calls em. delicious. the outer husks make great cigarette papers, too. the ONION! the vegetable of so many uses!Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 19, 2010, 01:36:24 PM you know what else is great and keeps everybody away from you? raw onions! natures candy, I calls em. delicious. the outer husks make great cigarette papers, too. the ONION! the vegetable of so many uses! Were there any Onions in the movie? They ate fruit! It was not the food, but the CGI that made the movie Avitar so popular. Quote Computer-generated imagery[1] (also KNOWN as CGI) is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally... Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 19, 2010, 02:00:00 PM Were there any Onions in the movie? They ate fruit! It was not the food, but the CGI that made the movie Avitar so popular. What? Pandora and all the creature things aren't real? Quote from: James1431997 on February 19, 2010, 02:57:28 PM What? Pandora and all the creature things aren't real? And remember to HOP! for it says in the bible, "Faith, charity, and hop, and the most important of these is hop" People say my "religion" (their quotes, not mine) is based on a lie, but I say that it's ever so obvious that the reason the typographer had his head BRUTALLY crushed by a 100 pound bag of onions just as he was typesetting the e's was to send us a message. the message of hop. besides, not everybody believes in irrational numbers, so it makes sense to remove e wherever possible to prevent any science-y types for preaching sciencey things, like brushing teeth. And let's not forget the onion song! Oh I wish I was an Oakland farms Onion That is what I truly want to be for if I was an Oakland farms Onion Everyone would cry because of me! it's genius. I promised myself I wouldn't use an ellipsis here... curses. Vidalia...

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I like this movie!
its 3rd on my list after star trek and twilight hehhe!

Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on January 25, 2010, 08:55:10 AM

Whoopty doo. The plot isn't original. Who cares? It works!

Heck, I didn't EVEN know it was an unoriginal plot until someone told me.

Alot of the good ideas have been taken, chillQuote from: jaydeee on February 03, 2010, 04:49:27 AM

I like this movie!
its 3rd on my list after star trek and twilight hehhe!

GASP!Avatar was pretty good. Sherlock Holmes was a bit better I think, scriptwise. Avatar was a lot better in terms of visual effects though.you know what else is great and KEEPS everybody away from you?

raw onions!

natures candy, I calls em. delicious.

the outer husks make great cigarette papers, too.

the ONION! the vegetable of so many uses!Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 19, 2010, 01:36:24 PM

you know what else is great and keeps everybody away from you?
raw onions!
natures candy, I calls em. delicious.
the outer husks make great cigarette papers, too.
the ONION! the vegetable of so many uses!

Were there any Onions in the movie? They ate fruit! It was not the food, but the CGI that made the movie Avitar so popular.
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Computer-generated imagery[1] (also KNOWN as CGI) is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally...

Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 19, 2010, 02:00:00 PM

Were there any Onions in the movie? They ate fruit! It was not the food, but the CGI that made the movie Avitar so popular.

What? Pandora and all the creature things aren't real? Quote from: James1431997 on February 19, 2010, 02:57:28 PM

What? Pandora and all the creature things aren't real?

And remember to HOP! for it says in the bible,
"Faith, charity, and hop, and the most important of these is hop"

People say my "religion" (their quotes, not mine) is based on a lie, but I say that it's ever so obvious that the reason the typographer had his head BRUTALLY crushed by a 100 pound bag of onions just as he was typesetting the e's was to send us a message. the message of hop. besides, not everybody believes in irrational numbers, so it makes sense to remove e wherever possible to prevent any science-y types for preaching sciencey things, like brushing teeth.

And let's not forget the onion song!

Oh I wish I was an Oakland farms Onion
That is what I truly want to be
for if I was an Oakland farms Onion
Everyone would cry because of me!

it's genius. I promised myself I wouldn't use an ellipsis here...

curses.

Vidalia...

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