"Search that sucks so bad we have to pay you to use it."
Rather than bite at the rather meager reward for a search engine that forces the use of a non-standard virus-magnet browser, I'd settle for one that just gets me the results I'm looking for most of the time.
...like Google.
BTW, I suspect that since you have to download a "tracking app", you will be penalized for using any other search engine.
Note to M$: Call me, and I will explain to you exactly where you can stick that, and how far.
-- www.chl-tx.com Without the 2nd Amendment, the rest of the document is just wishful thinking.
...then you just haven't been around long enough. Programming's an ok living until you hit your 40's, then you will find out that somebody from India or China can do your job at half the salary.
Also, note that companies like HP are actively recruiting H1-b's to replace US programmers, despite the fact there is NO PROGRAMMER SHORTAGE.
Just remember that a programmer's job is always temporary, and that managers consider programmers to be fungible.
-- http://www.chl-tx.com Without the 2nd Amendment, the rest of the document is wishful thinking.
So far, the government there is nominally secular. However, since the muslim superstition claims over half of the population of Turkey, that won't last much longer.
-- www.chl-tx.com
Islam, the bronze-age superstition started by a pedophile, is currently the most dangerous superstition on the planet.
I'm all for tolerance, but a superstition that preaches "submit, pay a special tax, or die" is not something I'm willing to tolerate. It does not merit tolerating, and its followers have no legitimate place in a world of decent people.
-- www.chl-tx.com
The actual marketing of Android apps hasn't really started yet, and the developers have been a little disappointed in how slowly the SDK is coming along.
Yeah, I hope Android is better. I signed up as an iPhone developer, but I have pretty much lost interest. I was initially enthusiastic about the iPhone, but it slowly dawned on me that the one app I use the most on the iPhone, namely email, is generally done much better on other platforms, and I'm probably going to switch when my current contract is up. The iPhone is sorta neat in some ways, but not sufficiently neat to stand in line for, much less camp out all night.
That said, I'm not going to sign on as an Android developer until I can actually buy and use an Android-based phone, and decide if it's good enough to warrant my attention.
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Texas certified Concealed Handgun License Instructor http://www.chl-tx.com
"what better way to deter crime than to let people know they're being watched"
Hmmm... There is nothing that deters *violent* crime anywhere nearly as effectively as the possibility that the intended victim might shoot back. Nothing.
There is nothing that *encourages* violent crime as much as certain knowledge that the intended victim is defenseless.
For instance: Muslims hate Jews, so they hijack American airliners. Make sense? Why not hijack Israeli airliners? Answer: Israeli pilots (and some flight crews) are *armed*, US pilots and flight crews were defenseless.
-- http://www.chl-tx.com
It may actually have been ranked fairly high -- mine was, but I missed it the first time I looked because of the random photo attached to my listing.
-- www.chl-tx.com
I looked up my own site on Cuil.com (keywords=CHL Plano Texas), and the listing for my site had a picture with it that had nothing to do with my site, and did not appear anywhere on my site. I checked out several of the other listings in the same category, and found similar results. Their "FAQ" on where they get their pictures is just plain wrong. In fact, they get the pictures that they put on their listings from some random place unrelated to the sites they list.
Since Google is far more than just a search engine, my guess is that Cuil is no threat to them. They are definitely not ready for Prime Time.
-- www.chl-tx.com
When I learned that the Apple fanatics where camping out on Thursday night, I scrapped my plans to go to the AT&T store for a new iPhone on my birthday (the 11th). That decision turned out better than I expected, given the hassles folks experienced that day getting their iBricks.
I might still get a 3G iPhone 2.0. Or maybe wait until 2.1, or until the price goes down again, or maybe just check out the competition. After all, I'm still amazed that somebody could call something a 'smart' phone when it doesn't have a search feature for its calender, or even a simple cut & paste between applications.
Sorry, SJ, I'm not one of your mindless minions.
-- www.chl-tx.com
Without the 2nd Amendment, the rest of the document is just wishful thinking
The large, multinational bank where I used to work had the most strict restrictions on internet use I have ever seen. Among other things, any site associated with porn, guns, political commentary, social networking, job search, or streaming video of any kind was filtered out. I'm not 100% sure, but I think some religious sites where blocked. Occasionally, I would trip the filters without knowing why the site was banned, but that pretty much stopped happening after I downloaded one of the available HOSTS files that vectors most adware sites to localhost. I'm certain that at least part of the process was done by a live person reviewing sites that were visited by employees; my own site (www.chl-tx.com) was accessible for a couple of weeks after the first time I accessed it from work before the filters started blocking it. The site has been there for years; I brought it up just to see if the filters would catch it about a month before I quit. It was blocked by the time I left the bank.
There was another place I worked a few years ago that had much more reasonable access restrictions. You couldn't get to known porn sites any time, but you could access streaming media, ebay, social networking sites, and the like, but not from 8am-noon or 1pm-5pm.
CAPTCHAs have been pretty handily defeated. There is one company that farms out CAPTCHAs all over the 'net, offering free porn for solving a CAPTCHA. Typical CAPTCHA is solved in about 10-15 seconds with that system.
Even the OCR (and neural net) programs are getting pretty good at solving CAPTCHAs.
CAPTCHA is not the answer. Wish I knew what was.
-- http://www.chl-tx.com Concealed Handgun License Training in North Dallas, Tx.
Ah, there's the rub. How much are you going to train with something that costs more than $10/round to fire?
The Irving, TX "taser specialist" called out to try to prevent a suicide a couple of years back missed a relative easy shot, and I'd bet money the root cause was lack of sufficient training. I use that example in my CHL classes. Probably should write it up for my blog.
Because spam does not cost the sender anything, so a response rate of 0.000001% is profitable. If email cost one cent per 100 messages, the spam problem would disappear.
A universal "e-postage" charge of one cent per 100 emails (preferably payable to the recipient) would stop spam dead instantly, without seriously impacting any legitimate emailer. All we need is a good system to handle micropayments securely.
Whenever I hear a conversation at work involving names I don't recognize, it's generally somebody talking about a TV program. I have not watched commercial television since FarScape ended. It was then that I canceled my satellite TV service. I do watch a DVD movie about twice a year...
I have no clue how anybody watches 20+ hours/wk of TV. I simply don't have the time, and last time I checked, there was absolutely nothing worth spending that amount of time on there.
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Does the 2nd Amendment actually mean anything? www.chl-tx.com
I'm going to look into buying Blue Jean cables from now on. I LIKE that guy's attitude.
Not that I ever bought Monster Cables anyway. After all, copper wire is copper wire, and the connectors either fit properly, or not. I certainly can't hear the difference between Monster and Radio Shack, and I suspect anybody who says he can is deluding himself (or herself) or just imagining things that aren't really there.
I use The GIMP for my photo-processing needs. I do passport photos for my CHL students, and I just need to crop them and size them for my printer, and do some minor corrections for the color balance of my camera.
Works great, and the price is right. AFAICT, The GIMP does everything PhotoShop can do.
On the post: Microsoft Expands Program To Bribe Users Into Using Its Search
Search...
"Search that sucks so bad we have to pay you to use it."
Rather than bite at the rather meager reward for a search engine that forces the use of a non-standard virus-magnet browser, I'd settle for one that just gets me the results I'm looking for most of the time.
...like Google.
BTW, I suspect that since you have to download a "tracking app", you will be penalized for using any other search engine.
Note to M$: Call me, and I will explain to you exactly where you can stick that, and how far.
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www.chl-tx.com Without the 2nd Amendment, the rest of the document is just wishful thinking.
On the post: Apple Finally Realizes That NDAs For Developers Are A Bad Idea
"so that others don't steal our work"
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www.chl-tx.com Without the 2nd Amendment, the rest of the document is just wishful thinking.
On the post: Will Financial Crisis Drive Students Back To CS?
If you don't believe in age discrimination...
Also, note that companies like HP are actively recruiting H1-b's to replace US programmers, despite the fact there is NO PROGRAMMER SHORTAGE.
Just remember that a programmer's job is always temporary, and that managers consider programmers to be fungible.
--
http://www.chl-tx.com Without the 2nd Amendment, the rest of the document is wishful thinking.
On the post: Turkey Bans Richard Dawkins' Website, Because It Offends A Creationist
Re: Re: Not about Creationism
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www.chl-tx.com
On the post: Turkey Bans Richard Dawkins' Website, Because It Offends A Creationist
Islam
I'm all for tolerance, but a superstition that preaches "submit, pay a special tax, or die" is not something I'm willing to tolerate. It does not merit tolerating, and its followers have no legitimate place in a world of decent people.
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www.chl-tx.com
On the post: Apple Now Banning Potentially Competitive Apps From The iPhone
I *hope* Android won't have those problems...
Yeah, I hope Android is better. I signed up as an iPhone developer, but I have pretty much lost interest. I was initially enthusiastic about the iPhone, but it slowly dawned on me that the one app I use the most on the iPhone, namely email, is generally done much better on other platforms, and I'm probably going to switch when my current contract is up. The iPhone is sorta neat in some ways, but not sufficiently neat to stand in line for, much less camp out all night.
That said, I'm not going to sign on as an Android developer until I can actually buy and use an Android-based phone, and decide if it's good enough to warrant my attention.
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Texas certified Concealed Handgun License Instructor
http://www.chl-tx.com
On the post: Does The Public Have A Right To Know Where Surveillance Cameras Are Located?
Crime deterrence.
Hmmm... There is nothing that deters *violent* crime anywhere nearly as effectively as the possibility that the intended victim might shoot back. Nothing.
There is nothing that *encourages* violent crime as much as certain knowledge that the intended victim is defenseless.
For instance: Muslims hate Jews, so they hijack American airliners. Make sense? Why not hijack Israeli airliners? Answer: Israeli pilots (and some flight crews) are *armed*, US pilots and flight crews were defenseless.
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http://www.chl-tx.com
On the post: Are IE Users Really Jumping To Chrome?
Shiny, but...
Might try it again after a couple of releases, but for now, Firefox is MUCH easier to use.
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TX CHL Instructer www.chl-tx.com
On the post: Is Privacy That Cuil?
Re: Re: N'yes...
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On the post: Is Privacy That Cuil?
Not quite ready for Prime Time
Since Google is far more than just a search engine, my guess is that Cuil is no threat to them. They are definitely not ready for Prime Time.
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www.chl-tx.com
On the post: iPhone 3G Illustrates What A Real Contract Looks Like
Waiting in line?
I might still get a 3G iPhone 2.0. Or maybe wait until 2.1, or until the price goes down again, or maybe just check out the competition. After all, I'm still amazed that somebody could call something a 'smart' phone when it doesn't have a search feature for its calender, or even a simple cut & paste between applications.
Sorry, SJ, I'm not one of your mindless minions.
--
www.chl-tx.com
Without the 2nd Amendment, the rest of the document is just wishful thinking
On the post: Fun With Statistics: How Many Companies Are Blocking Facebook?
The bank where I used to work...
There was another place I worked a few years ago that had much more reasonable access restrictions. You couldn't get to known porn sites any time, but you could access streaming media, ebay, social networking sites, and the like, but not from 8am-noon or 1pm-5pm.
On the post: Competitors Using Software To Mark Each Other's Craigslist Postings As Spam
Re: CAPTCHA
Even the OCR (and neural net) programs are getting pretty good at solving CAPTCHAs.
CAPTCHA is not the answer. Wish I knew what was.
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http://www.chl-tx.com Concealed Handgun License Training in North Dallas, Tx.
On the post: Don't Blame The Taser, Doctor Bro... Or Else We Sue
Training...
The Irving, TX "taser specialist" called out to try to prevent a suicide a couple of years back missed a relative easy shot, and I'd bet money the root cause was lack of sufficient training. I use that example in my CHL classes. Probably should write it up for my blog.
On the post: What If Sneaky Adware Died And No One Noticed?
Re: Re: Questionable business practices
On the post: Another Spammer Sent To Prison
e-postage
On the post: How Do People Find The Time To Watch Television?
TV?
I have no clue how anybody watches 20+ hours/wk of TV. I simply don't have the time, and last time I checked, there was absolutely nothing worth spending that amount of time on there.
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Does the 2nd Amendment actually mean anything?
www.chl-tx.com
On the post: Blue Jean Cable Shows One Way To Respond To Overly Broad Patent Threats
Scratch Monster Cables
Not that I ever bought Monster Cables anyway. After all, copper wire is copper wire, and the connectors either fit properly, or not. I certainly can't hear the difference between Monster and Radio Shack, and I suspect anybody who says he can is deluding himself (or herself) or just imagining things that aren't really there.
On the post: Amazon Says It Will Only Sell Print-On-Demand Books That It Gets To Print
Re: Stocking PoD?
On the post: Will The Freemium Model Work For Photoshop?
The GIMP works well enough for me
Works great, and the price is right. AFAICT, The GIMP does everything PhotoShop can do.
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