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Re: 14 New Features In Thunderbird 3 That Will Make You Rejoice

pB — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:41:38 -0000

Mozilla was most certainly not the first one to implement a tabbed interface -- not even close, for browsers or otherwise.

That aside, I've found myself a bit underwhelmed by Thunderbird 3. RC1 and 2 work well, which is nice, but for my purposes the only meaningful change is some things got moved around so so there would be fewer icons on the main bar (not sure what really the point of that was since you could change what was on your main bar anyway, and, silly me, I thought the main bar was for all that stuff, rather then cluttering it everywhere else) and the tabbed system. Can't really say as I like the tabbed system over the previous, so far, but I'm leaving it as is to see if I feel it's an improvement with some use. I can see how people who need/want to keep a bunch of e-mails open might find it useful. For me, though, very much unlike a web browser, I don't see the point.

For me Thunderbird 3 is a bit of a 'meh', but there's no real reason not to upgrade since, fortunately, you can undo most of the... "improvements" by changing a few options.

Re: Leaked OS 5.0.0.421 For The BlackBerry Bold 9700 [Operating System]

pB — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:13:05 -0000

Just in case you guys have not installed it yet, I did it the other day, and the radio feature on this version is horrible. I'm currently running 5.0.0.344 from Telus and I find it to be an extremely good release. This one definitely lacks in a few ares, but the radio connectivity was so poor and intermittent I just couldn't do it.

Cheers!

Re: Hey Microsoft, Soapbox Is Dead. Do You Know That?

pB — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:14:18 -0000

According to Wikipedia, Soapbox ended August 2009.

The current version of Moviemaker appears to have been released 8/17/2009.

I suppose you could dun MS for not having fixed this utterly trivial matter in the four months since, but when Moviemaker was written, betaed, and released, Soapbox was still around.

Re: Faster Google Analytics Code

pB — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:44:02 -0000

Given the number of people who have Goggle Analytics blocked (via noscript, customize goggle, and any number of other common tools), I'm really kind of surprised anyone still uses it.

Re: Why Podshow Doesn’t Suck

pB — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:43:51 -0000

Leesa,
Talk to CC and Marcus Couch. Those boys LOVE godaddy and there is good reason. Oh yeah, I love them too, as well as Tylenol PM.

Dave Jackson
Musicians Cooler
www.musicianscooler.com
www.learntosubscribe.com

Re: Texas man charged with $1.5M Medicare fraud

pB — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:04:41 -0000

What else you should know is.... that despite the success of the matter in this article, there are efforts in motion to CLOSE the Concord NH investigative office and leave us UNPROTECTED from these scam artists!!!

This matter revolves around a situation, that was a quick Associated Press blip from last week, that people don’t seem to have picked up on, or, understand the importance of. See Article -> http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AI...

A PDF of the letter from Hodes to Sibelius is available for download at http://www.filedropper.com/5192009hhsofficeofth...

To date, I’ve seen only ONE followup -> http://www.topix.com/forum/city/concord-nh/TSSG...

Reader’s Digest version of what’s going on:

( I must preface the following by saying that this is OPINION only, not statements of fact, thus, cutting off opportunity for any downline recourse, however, with minimal digging through YOUR resources, I believe you will come to the same opinions, and, possibly, find the facts. )

As you know, political parties engage in dirty tricks, and fouling of wells upon exit, so as to sabotage the opposition, so they may engage in finger pointing at the next electoral opportunity and, regain their dominant position.

Post election, but, prior to the new administration being sworn in, knowing that public health and oversight were to be priorities, the outgoing administration crafted a sabotage scenario, crippling HHS / OIG oversight in NH as well as several other states, gutting the efficacy of upcoming healthcare reforms.

Most people don’t understand the HUGE amount of public funds consumed by waste, error and outright fraud. Last year alone, over 20 BILLION dollars was recovered by HHS / OIG from investigations of abuse and fraud. .. Little things like a Podiatrist billing Medicare for a surgical procedure, when in fact, an assistant simply provided a pedicure to a patient. This misbill repeated hundreds of times over in this one office alone. The single physician, who magically claims to have been able to see over 100 patients in a day, and bills insurances accordingly. The Nigerian teams of home health care and durable medical equipment scam artists, now relocating to NH from Texas and other heavily scrutinized HHS / OIG venues upon hearing of the impending oversight void, billing Medicare and other insurances for goods and services never delivered.

The EXCUSE given for the closure is to save $$ .. hmm .. The NH office is and has been HEAVILY cash flow positive for years, .. returning almost $10 in recovered funds, for every $1 spent on investigation, facilities and salary. .. By that logic, all the $$ we “waste” in commuting costs to and from the office could be saved by simply not working any more … Yup, that’ll serve us well in the long term.

The claim that NH, VT and Maine investigative matters could be handled by the already overworked Boston office, itself facing a reduction order of Full Time Employees, might be accepted as a valid approach by some, so long as one forgets about the travel time and costs wasted, hauling agents up from Boston and, providing per diems and short term lodging costs, to conduct interviews, searches and perform surveillance in places like Nashua, Concord, North Conway etc … Sound logic .. for non-thinkers.

One last little monetary detail .. the new administration has set aside, and is DELIVERING $300 MILLION dollars Specifically to HHS / OIG so as to EXPAND oversight and investigation to curtail waste, eliminate fraud and RECOVER $$ from and prosecute offenders. OIG is, with the exception of the NASA division, cash flow positive, HHS / OIG particularly so. Shutting down a POSITIVE CASH FLOW source, does not appear to be in the best interest of the public.

The Attorney General’s office should be drafting a letter shortly strongly supporting the need for the NH office of HHS / OIG to remain open, unless HHS Upper admin is successful in dissuading them from doing so.

Sibelius will be in New England this coming week.

It would be an EXCELLENT time to bring this matter before the NH people, and suggest that they contact their representatives, voicing their opinions as to whether we wish to be a pocket of abuse, waste and criminal fraud, w/o personnel to keep our medical costs down by preventing such things, or, intelligent, forward thinking, rational people.

Thank you for taking the time to wade through all this .. I hope you find this worthy of pursuit, and, hope to read of it further in your pages.

Re: You to can have a $600 slide show maker

pB — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:18:21 -0000

About time the Mac weenies caught up.

http://www.archive.org/details/tucows_293514_Pr...

Re: Taking the good out of doing good

pB — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:17:23 -0000

People are going to criticise for one reason or another, and it really doesn't matter much what your motivations are at the end of the day.

If you feel good because you felt you helped then good for you. The real test IMO is whether in your heart you would be happy to go down to a shelter somewhere, when a) it's not Christmas, and b) there were no 'influencers' to network with, just ordinary unsung heroes doing their damndest to make a difference and often doubting whether they might be, but turning up anyway.

Perhaps if y'all weren't so busy networking you might have sorted 45k lbs of food?

Good luck, I'm looking forward to more posts from the trenches.

Re: Let’s stop this now - right here

pB — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:50:45 -0000

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Re: They just don’t get it

pB — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:54:51 -0000

This is interesting, and is kind of inline with some thoughts I had the other day. Might chat about it sometime over the weekend.

Cheers

Re: Hey Robert - I was only kidding

pB — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:19:34 -0000

Then some people don't even care what the TOS say, because they believe "If you don't have a facebook account you don't exist".

They feel that they need to be a part of "The business model".

Then they feel that they are a special case, and that for whatever reason, the TOS doesn't apply to them.

I wonder if facebook have a good backup regime, since data is their business.

"Run as many deletion scripts as you want funny man, all your data is still belong to us muahhaahaaa"

Also, if Scoble decided he wanted to delete all of "his" "personal" "data" from other places, in violation of their TOS, say the IRS or DMV, would he still be considered a tech champion, exposing the crooks who hold our data?

I think not.

:o)

Re: The Scoble Hype is nothing compared to what Sears is doing

pB — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:38:23 -0000

Yup,

Half the "blogosphere" should just get a life. The same half should also stop telling the rest of us how to live ours.

:o)

Re: Slide ruler, Calculator, Google and Lazy Thinking

pB — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:29:36 -0000

Glad someone else noticed that too <G>

Re: A few requests for my blogging tools

pB — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:21:26 -0000

Ummmmm.......
It's *Windows* live writer. From an M$ POV there is only one browser....

Re: [CARTOON] Goths

pB — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:53:26 -0000

hahahah That was cute. :)

Re: [CARTOON] Barney the Dinosaur wears Nike

pB — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:53:00 -0000

Just Do It!!!!!!!!!! That was a good mix. lol :)

Re: Dennis Kucinich Introduces Resolution To Impeach Dick Cheney

pB — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:01:06 -0000

Here is the actual resolution: kucinich.house.gov

Re: Review: 'The Blade' (1995)

pB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:49:23 -0000

Congrats, Mark. This review is really beautiful. Almost as great as "The Blade" itself.

Re: Wallpaper Pack for Windows Mobile – Pack 15 ( QVGA 240×320 Screen Optimised )

pB — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:55:44 -0000

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Re: Why Podshow Doesn’t Suck

pB — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:43:51 -0000

Re: So Paul, What Is This PremiumCast.com Thing You Keep Talking About? What Can It Do For Me?

pB — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:36:15 -0000

Paul,
I just thought of this. You know how everyone is shouting "We need a universal stats system! How can we tell an advertiser exactly how many people listen to the show..."

Um... would you like me to tell you their names?

Re: Plastic to oil fantastic

pB — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:08:52 -0000

When I first saw this post, I though, ‘that’s great – look at this. How simple a concept: getting oil from plastic. Wonderful’

Anyone can be forgiven for craving the hope that could be gained by the validity of this story. It presents one man and his invention (and his newly-awakened concerns about the environment) which really must be questioned. It's a very emotive and uneasy topic for anyone to take in: there’s very substantial (and scientifically verifiable) evidence that particles of plastic outnumber particles of plankton in very sensitive marine areas in several oceans. It’s understandable to want some good news in light of these undeniable facts.

Both this video and article need clarification and fact checking. Who is Blest Company? Are they controlled or owned by a ‘parent’ company? Has any independent scientific journal, organisation or laboratory confirmed that this machine actually does what the video implies (or, even states in no uncertain terms) that it can do?

It’s more rational than cynical to question this. The use of recylced plastics in the new manufacture of non recyclable plastics is old (and rather sad) news. This requires liquified plastics (some of it may be recycled) for new injection mouldings or for clothing fabrication. It’s needed to make new PVC plumbing pipes, window frames and polartec fleece, amongst other popular items. PVC doesn’t currently have a great environmental record, btw (http://archive.greenpeace.org/toxics/html/conte...).

This video states the plastic ‘oil’ this machine generates can be used for heating or other alternative uses, perhaps even to make petrol or diesel, which may be theoretically possible, but also quite expensive. It’s more profitable, it should have been added, to sell this plastic ‘oil’ on to others to make new plastic, vinyl and fabric products, like tents, clocks, rain gutters, pens and disposable razors. It’s a fact that there are many, many factories all over southeast Asia and China ready and willing to buy this material. Someone should have checked if Blest Company sells this valuable plastic ‘oil’ on to these companies – it’s very likely they do.

If this story’s noble claims are accurate (and it’s not an exaggeration of a common process used to prepare plastics for use in new moulds), why wouldn’t the BBC or any other worldwide new services have reported this story, which ‘broke’ as long ago as 2007? (http://www.japancorp.net/Article.asp?Art_ID=14962) Why is the man in this video only shown with this machine in impoverished countries, and not in The Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Canada, the UK or the US?

Many, many questions are left unanswered – or even asked. Based on what’s written and shown in this video, facts about this machine are sorely lacking. If a stronger case can be made for this company and its product, please do so – or post a retraction of this online recommendation which apparently is offered without the benefit of any credible independent testing or verification. Offer these much-needed details, please – and this may be good news.

Re: Fish Farm Taps Biodiesel From Fish Guts

pB — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:56:51 -0000

This is another wonderful example of using the resources that you have instead of dumping them and importing. Great job!

Hi-Tek Homeless

Re: The Elephant in the Room: Overpopulation

pB — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:13:40 -0000

I second Rhett's comment. One obvious expample of this for me is my butterfly garden. The Gulf Frits will over populate and eat my plants down to nothing. In turn they starve. Then the butterflies laying the eggs will lay 5 eggs where there is only 2 leaves. When they do this, every single one of their broad is destined to parish due to starvation.

It is the same with deer. If we didn't keep their populations low, disease would. They know no boundries themselves.

Hi-Tek Homeless

Re: Gnome 3 – A Quick Visual Tour

pB — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:53:21 -0000

Ah, well said. Hear, hear! Buncha squids.

Re: Gnome 3 – A Quick Visual Tour

pB — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:03:28 -0000

Finally someone is brave enough to change the way we interface with a PC in a drastic way. In a way that isn't too far off the end of the bridge but just far enough that it excites one to want to explore more!

Microsoft will copy it soon, just wait and see. Ballmer hasn't had an original thought in his entire life.

Heavy development in Gnome-shell and vast user adoption will make this truly a dominating OS, hopefully, maybe, ya think?

Re: Why Podshow Doesn’t Suck

pB — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:43:51 -0000