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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Video: Troubleshoot Windows Vista drivers with Driver Query and DriverView | TR Dojo | TechRepublic.com

This is a bit Technical, but it may help you with Vista Driver Problems.

Video: Troubleshoot Windows Vista drivers with Driver Query and DriverView

* Date: July 27th, 2009
* Author: Bill Detwiler

When Windows Vista was first released, many early adopters complained of
device driver incompatibilities with older hardware. Since then, most
hardware vendors have released updated, Vista compatible drivers, but
unfortunately even updating your drivers doesn't always put a stop to
erratic driver behavior. In this IT Dojo, I'll show you two handy tools
that can help you solve those pesky Vista driver problems–Driver Query
and DriverView.

Go there and watch video...
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=848&tag=nl.e099.dl090729&tag=nl.e099
<http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=848&tag=nl.e099.dl090729&tag=nl.e099>

Don

Linux Today - Get started with HomeBank

Get started with HomeBank
Jul 30, 2009, 15 :34 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (413 reads)

"You see, we work hard for our pay cheques - well, some of us work
harder than others - and we spend money on groceries, utilities and,
ahem, fun Fridays. But keeping track of what's coming in, when the bills
are due and how much is left after the recurring monthly expenses is not
something that many of us make the effort to do. It's time-consuming and
boring and there's always that episode of 24 that you'd rather be watching.

"If you take the time to master some good home accounts software -
such as HomeBank or one of the other great apps we featured in our home
finance software group test - you'll find these accounting chores much
less painful. Read on!

"HomeBank is available in the software repositories of most
distributions. If you're running Fedora or Ubuntu, it's only a su -c
"yum install homebank" or sudo apt-get install homebank command away.
You can similarly install it on Debian, OpenSUSE, Mandriva and Arch
Linux using their native package managers."

Go there...
http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-07-30-016-35-OS-DT-SW

Friday, July 24, 2009

Free Utility Can Remove Annoying Nag Screens

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Last Update: Thu, 07/23/2009 - 04:42 — ianjrichards

It's not uncommon for free versions of commercial programs to flash up a nag screen suggesting you upgrade to the paid version. Well here's a free utility called ClickOff that may kill off some of those annoying nag screens for you. It won't work in every instance but is sure worth trying.

The program works in several ways:

1. It can simply close a window that you don't want
2. It can press a particular button in a window
3. It can enter text into windows then press a button

Draw Plans and Diagrams Online

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Last Update: Tue, 07/21/2009 - 21:19 — rhiannon

Brought to you by the people who created AutoCAD, Project Draw lets you draw, layout or diagram just about anything.

Project Draw can create diagrams, floor plans (home and office), diagram furniture placement - just about anything that you would need a sketch or layout for.
Using Project Draw is fairly easy, with a drag and drop interface, a basic shapes feature, and uncluttered toolbars that can insert images, add text, and add color. You can download and save your creations to your computer, and if you work offline, it has an offline mode.
To save diagrams to your computer, you'll need to use the Export Diagram feature under the File menu. Your diagram is sent briefly to a server, after which a window appears allowing you to save your diagram to your computer in any of these formats: MMD/FMD (editable), JPEG, PNG, SVG, PDF, DWF(alpha) or DWFx (alpha).
Saving diagrams on the Project Draw server requires free registration.

http://freewheel.labs.autodesk.com/index.aspx

Don

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Video: Firefox about:config hacks that can speed up and customize your browser | TR Dojo | TechRepublic.com

Video: Firefox about:config hacks that can speed up and customize your
browser

* Date: July 13th, 2009
* Author: Bill Detwiler
* Category: Firefox, Hacks, TR Dojo, TR Dojo Video

Unbeknownst to many users, Firefox has a whole host of application
settings (called preferences) that aren't found under the regular
Options or Preferences interface. These preferences, both hidden and
not, are stored in a prefs.js file. Prefs.js is a plain text file
located in the Firefox profile folder. You could edit the file using a
text editor, but there's an easier and somewhat safer way. In this IT
Dojo video, I'll show you how to access and modify Firefox's hidden
preferences using the browser's about:config feature.

Go there and Watch Video...

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=815&tag=nl.e101
<http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=815&tag=nl.e101>

Don

The 10 most useful Linux commands | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com

The 10 most useful Linux commands

Date: July 10th, 2009
Author: Jack Wallen
Category: 10 things
Tags: Grep, Mozilla Firefox, Permission, Command, Tool, PID, UGO, Manpages, Linux, Productivity
Special Reports » See more posts on: Linux Basics, 10 Things

17 comment(s)

Maybe the command line isn't your favorite place to hang out, but to be an effective Linux admin, you need to be able to wield a few essential commands. Jack Wallen says these 10 are guaranteed to simplify your Linux admin life — and he explains why.

I understand that many of you don't want to use the command line in Linux (or in any operating system, for that matter). But the truth is, to be a good administrator, you have to know the command line. Why? Well, with Windows there are times when the command line is the only thing that can save your skin. With Linux, the command line is vast, reliable, flexible, fast… I could go on and on.

And of the 2,119 possible commands from the /usr/bin directory (in Mandriva Spring 2008) and the 388 possible commands from /usr/sbin/, a few are indispensable. Here are 10 of them that might make your Linux admin life — or your introduction to Linux — a whole lot simpler.

I could make this easy and go with the most used commands (cd, ls, rm, etc — okay, etc isn't a command, but you get the point). But instead, I am going to go with the most useful commands, and I'll keep it as distribution-neutral as I can.

Go there...

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=452&tag=nl.e101

Don

Watch out for one of these Comments or E-mails

Watch out for one of these Comments or E-mails coming to your MySpace, FaceBook, Twitter or any of your Social Networking Accounts. It will most likely lead you to a Trojan Virus or something even worse!:O Luckily I was suspicions, when I got one as a MySpace Comment and e-mailed my friend that is was claiming to have come from and he never sent it to me!:) The e-mails below are in reverse order, so the actually scam comment is the last one. But I think you can get the picture from reading them...

Don

That's what I was afraid of... I thought it was odd for you to send me an e-mail on MySpace and I have read recently about e-mails and App or Game invites being sent out to FaceBook and Tweeter Members by Hackers claiming to be a friend, but actually leading you to Trojan Viruses!:) So, guess what! Looks like You're MySpace Account has been Hacked!:O You might want to get in touch with their Admin and let them know so they can put a stop to your user name being used for this. Otherwise the next friend of yours who gets one of these may not be so vigilant and may loose some data or money!:)

Don

Jeffrey Tucker wrote:

I did not send this to you. I have not been on myspace since May. I forgot my password and I don't really care about myspace anymore.

Jeff Tucker
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: Jeff added a comment to your profile

Dude what is all that? I can't even follow it long enough to put it into Google to see what would come up. Also, that could be very dangerous thing to do in your Browser Window. It sounds to me like you will wind up at some random site and there could be anything there. Viruses, Trojans...

Don

Jeff has posted a comment on your profile:

.

I think u'll enjoy this one. It's pretty cool but also a little creepy too LOL. You'll need to follow these directions EXACTLY to get the proper results. Put the followwing into the address-bar of your web-browser. Type ur favorite number between 1 and 999 & then type a dot & then type your favorite color & then type a dot & then type one word that best describes your mood & then type a dot & then type the word retwistic & then type a dot & then type com & then click enter. Let me know how it turns out for you.

Forward this comment to 10 or more friends.

MySpace wrote:
Jeff added a comment to your profile. According to your settings, you must approve this comment before it's posted.  .<br /><br /><br />I think u'll enjoy this one. It's pretty cool but also a little creepy too LOL. Y..  To read and approve the full comment, go to MySpace: http://messaging.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mail.notifications&type=notifications&group=1  Manage your settings: http://profileedit.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=accountSettings.spam     -------------------------  To update your Account Settings, go to: http://www.myspace.com/reloc.cfm?c=23      
--

God Bless,

Don

Check out my Web Pages and Blog's too...

Don's Music and Poems at DonSongs.com

DonSongs! Download Both Albums in MP3's Free! Also, there's Pages of my Songs, Poems and Pic's of me and friends:>) www.DonSongs.com

DonSongs New Site With Music Players for Both Albums and New Page Design...

Download The Whole Living Beings - Climate Control Album Free!:) We have our New Album Out Now! With me, Don Bishop doing Vocals and Lyrics and Marty Splawn Playing all the Music! And You can Download the whole Album Free!

http://bishopco.com/LivingBeings/LivingBeings-ClimateControl-mp3.html

And here's an alternative Living Beings download site that also has smaller 64Kbps M3U versions for Dialup connections and it has Streams of the complete album too if you just want to listen online without saving the MP3's. http://www.archive.org/details/DonBishopLivingBeingsClimateControl

Living Beings Blog has some MP3 Song clips from our Living Beings - Climate Control album. Also, I put up some of my favorite Pic's. http://livingbeings.blogspirit.com/

And here's an alternative DonSongs download site that also has smaller 64Kbps M3U versions for Dialup connections and it has Streams of the complete album too if you just want to listen online without saving the MP3's. http://www.archive.org/details/DonBishopDonSongs002

CMU - Christian Music Underground

CMU was started by Don Bishop to share the music of myself and of course the rest of you guys who are among the non commercial artists out there who work hard at their music and want to Glorify, Praise and Share the Love of our Lord Jesus.

http://christianrocker.com/index.php?mode=player&type=radio&id=79

DonSongs Blog... This is a Collection of Songs written & Sung by Don Bishop from 01-1991 to 03-2002.http://donsongs.blogspirit.com/

I need help starting a ministry for Kids. Do you love Kids and Teenagers? If you feel a calling on your life to help the least of these grow up and learn to live and love and believe in Jesus, then please check out our vision.

Psalms 68 Ministries http://www.Psalms68.com

My Web Site's Business Page, the Entry Point for all the rest. My New Site is at http://bishopco.com/mambo/ and my old faithful is at http://www.BishopCo.com

Classified Ads, Place Your's for Free Here! Try out my free Classified Ads Site.

Don's Deals Free Classifieds http://epage.com/js/csp/c44364/b44364/r571658/?csp=44364

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Where were you when Apollo flew? - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN APOLLO FLEW

On July 20, 1969, I was an Iowa farmboy watching every black-and-white move of a fuzzy-looking, spacesuited figure on our living-room television set. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was doing pretty much the same thing in New York City (though he was a mere 10 years old, four whole years younger than I was).

Sen. John McCain was sitting in a Hanoi prison - and wouldn't even find out that someone landed on the moon until a year and a half later. But for millions and millions of people around the world, even for McCain's Vietnamese captors, the Apollo 11 landing and that "one small step" on another world was a red-letter day that would be remembered through the decades.

Go there...

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/10/1992656.aspx

Don

I think I'll take up Bike Riding...

I think I'll take up Bike Riding now...

Chainsaw powered bicycle - Hack a Day
http://hackaday.com/2009/07/11/chainsaw-powered-bicycle/

I always wanted to do that when I was a kid. But I didn't have a Chain
Saw Motor to use. I tried it with an Edger Motor once. But of course I
didn't have a Welder. I bolted it all together and I used a fan belt for
the drive belt. But, I couldn't get it to stop slipping:O It went really
fast down the hill!:) But it just set there making noise when I tried to
go back up!:( Well, off to get ready for bed...

Don

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Oops, looks like the images didn't work on the first one... Today's Inspirational Message

Today's Inspirational Message Today's Inspirational Message

Never piss off a guy that owns a Backhoe!:O

Oops, looks like the images didn't work on the first one... so here it is again. Origin of the Pic, unknown. I got in a forward form a friend...
--

Don's e-mail sig DonSongs links

God Bless,

Don

Check out my Web Pages and Blog's too...

Don's Music and Poems at DonSongs.com

DonSongs! Download Both Albums in MP3's Free! Also, there's Pages of my Songs, Poems and Pic's of me and friends:>) www.DonSongs.com

DonSongs New Site With Music Players for Both Albums and New Page Design...

Download The Whole Living Beings - Climate Control Album Free!:) We have our New Album Out Now! With me, Don Bishop doing Vocals and Lyrics and Marty Splawn Playing all the Music! And You can Download the whole Album Free!

http://bishopco.com/LivingBeings/LivingBeings-ClimateControl-mp3.html

And here's an alternative Living Beings download site that also has smaller 64Kbps M3U versions for Dialup connections and it has Streams of the complete album too if you just want to listen online without saving the MP3's. http://www.archive.org/details/DonBishopLivingBeingsClimateControl

Living Beings Blog has some MP3 Song clips from our Living Beings - Climate Control album. Also, I put up some of my favorite Pic's. http://livingbeings.blogspirit.com/

And here's an alternative DonSongs download site that also has smaller 64Kbps M3U versions for Dialup connections and it has Streams of the complete album too if you just want to listen online without saving the MP3's. http://www.archive.org/details/DonBishopDonSongs002

CMU - Christian Music Underground

CMU was started by Don Bishop to share the music of myself and of course the rest of you guys who are among the non commercial artists out there who work hard at their music and want to Glorify, Praise and Share the Love of our Lord Jesus.

http://christianrocker.com/index.php?mode=ayer&type=radio&idy

DonSongs Blog... This is a Collection of Songs written & Sung by Don Bishop from 01-1991 to 03-2002.http://donsongs.blogspirit.com/

I need help starting a ministry for Kids. Do you love Kids and Teenagers? If you feel a calling on your life to help the least of these grow up and learn to live and love and believe in Jesus, then please check out our vision.

Psalms 68 Ministries http://www.Psalms68.com

My Web Site's Business Page, the Entry Point for all the rest. My New Site is at http://bishopco.com/mambo/ and my old faithful is at http://www.BishopCo.com

Classified Ads, Place Your's for Free Here! Try out my free Classified Ads Site.

Don's Deals Free Classifieds http://epage.com/js/csp/c44364/b44364/r571658/?cspD364

Friday, July 10, 2009

Import bookmarks - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

This page has info on Importing your Favorites (Windows Internet Explorer) or your Bookmarks into Firefox.

From Internet Explorer

On Windows, Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey will automatically import Internet Explorer "Favorites" when first installed and (in Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey 1.x) whenever you create a new profile.

You can manually import your IE Favorites but you have to first use Internet Explorer to export the Favorites to a file, then use the Mozilla Suite SeaMonkey or Firefox Bookmarks Manager to import it.

[edit]

To export your IE Favorites to a file

Open Internet Explorer.
Go to "File > Import and Export...", then click Next.
Select "Export Favorites", click Next, click Next again (unless you only want to export a subfolder of your Favorites, in which case, select that subfolder now).
Click "Export to a File or Address", click "Browse" to choose a location such as the desktop (or accept the default location) and save the file, which is named "bookmark.htm" by default.
Click Next, then Finish to complete the export.

After you've finished exporting your IE Favorites to a file, use the Mozilla Suite or Firefox Bookmarks Manager and import the file.

Go there...

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_bookmarks#From_Internet_Explorer

Don

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Malware: Trojans accounted for 70 percent of all new malware between April and June 2009 | Textio

Malware: Trojans accounted for 70 percent of all new malware between April and June 2009

Jul.09, 2009 in Communications

[PRNewswire] Panda Security, the Cloud Security Company, today announced that PandaLabs, Panda Security's laboratory for detecting and analyzing malware, announced the findings from its second quarterly report of 2009 and determined that Trojans accounted for 70 percent of all new malware between April and June 2009.

Go there...

http://textio.co.uk/communications/malware-trojans-accounted-for-70-percent-of-all-new-malware-between-april-and-june-2009/

Don

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Official Tax Day TEA Party, July 4th, 2009

Did you even know about this? I didn't, not until it was all over:(... I
Didn't even know about the 4th Tea Parties utile they were all over that
night. The News Reported the low turn outs here and not much else... I
would have followed them on line if I had known. Sad that the Liberal
News Media is basically Blacking out any real coverage on this movement.
I agree with most of what they are saying and am praying that we don't
loose our Country to Debt owed to Asian Countries because of what the
current Administration is doing. Not to mention the Government take over
of the Largest and Most important Business and Industry's in the USA and
World for that matter!:O

Official Tax Day TEA Party, July 4th, 2009 Web Site...
http://www.teapartyday.com/

Don

What will Google's Chrome OS watch you do? | Webware - CNET

I like the Google Search Engine. But Don't think I'll be using their New OS!:O Here's Why...

What will Google's Chrome OS watch you do?

by Josh Lowensohn

Google has a long history of tracking user activity, and the introduction of its Chrome operating system later this year is sure to follow suit. While we know that it's being built off of Linux, one big thing we don't know is how its terms of service will differ from those found in other Google products, and what kinds of user data it will be collecting. Based on the company's track record of watching and monetizing user data, it could be anything from which applications you're using, to all the information that's coming in and out of your computer.

To provide a better picture on what to expect, let's take a look at some of the ways Google is currently monitoring user activity in a handful of its products and how that may trickle down into the OS:

PharmacyChecker.com: About Online Pharmacies

About Online and Mail-Order Pharmacies:
What You Need to Know

BENEFITS AND RISKS:

Using an online or mail-order pharmacy (referred to below as online pharmacy) can save you a great deal of money and provide other benefits. However, there are also potential risks.

BENEFITS:

Lower prices — Lower drug prices in other countries, lower overhead costs compared to bricks and mortar pharmacies, and lower price mark-ups by discount and wholesale pharmacies often result in savings compared to local pharmacy prices. You can quickly shop around for the lowest prices online. Click here to compare prices across online pharmacies.
Privacy/Anonymity — You may feel more comfortable purchasing or asking questions online (or by fax or phone) regarding certain medications. However, privacy can be compromised if an online pharmacy uses your information for unauthorized purposes so it is important that the online pharmacy has an appropriate privacy policy; this is one of the things that PharmacyChecker.com checks for you.
Access to more generics — Due to differences in patent protection, generic drugs may be available outside the U.S. for drugs only sold as brand name versions in the U.S.
Convenience — If you find it physically difficult to make it to the pharmacy, live in a remote rural area, or have a very busy schedule, online and mail-order pharmacies enable you to avoid travel and can save you time.
Medical information — Some online pharmacies provide useful information about medications and diseases as well as links to medical resources such as universities, government agencies, and health associations.

RISKS:

Some online pharmacies do not dispense drugs through licensed pharmacies. It is essential that you use pharmacies that are licensed. Licensed pharmacies are inspected on a regular basis and require the presence of licensed pharmacy personnel. Purchasing drugs from an unlicensed pharmacy greatly increases your chances of buying counterfeit and/or substandard products. PharmacyChecker.com verifies that a site is, or fills orders with, a licensed pharmacy.
Some online pharmacies do not adequately protect your personal and financial information. It's important for an online pharmacy to include a privacy policy, one that promises not to share your personal information with third parties. Online financial transactions should be secured by the online pharmacy through adequate encryption technology. PharmacyChecker.com's verifies whether privacy is promised and transmittal of financial information is secured.
Some online pharmacies do not give their address and/or telephone number. If in the course of purchasing drugs from an online pharmacy you have a problem, question, or complaint, it becomes very important to contact the company using its telephone number or address. PharmacyChecker.com verifies contact information and provides it in the Profile of each online pharmacy listed on this site.
Additional fees are typically added to the drug price. There is almost always a shipping fee and there may also be a medical fee, order fees, and/or an account set up fee. PharmacyChecker.com shows you these fees and compares total costs. Compare drug prices at http://www.pharmacychecker.com/ListingAlpha.asp.
Prices can change quickly. online pharmacies are continually changing their prices. Lowball prices are common in order to attract new customers, but these prices don't always last. PharmacyChecker.com regularly updates all prices.
Some online pharmacies don't adequately safeguard your health. By failing to require a prescription, some online pharmacies might send you medication that could be dangerous to you. PharmacyChecker.com verifies that online pharmacies require a prescription.
Some online pharmacies may sell medications that can be extremely dangerous, if not taken under medical supervision. In the U.S., these drugs are known as controlled substances, such as hydrocodone, valium, or xanax. See U.S. laws on importing drugs below for more information about controlled substances. For a list of controlled substances go to http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/scheduling.html . Other drugs, known as restricted distribution drugs, such as such as Accutane, Mifeprex or Thalomidare, while not controlled substances, are also very dangerous if taken without the appropriate medical supervision. For a list of these drugs see: http://www.fda.gov/oc/buyonline/consumeralert120902.html.

To help protect you from risky websites, PharmacyChecker.com checks for you whether online pharmacies are licensed, offer security and privacy of your information, provide an address and phone number, require an original prescription and your medical information. It also finds out whether online pharmacies charge added fees and periodically updates prices to help you can find the lowest drug prices.

In addition, PharmacyChecker.com maintains a list of Rogue Pharmacy Websites; sites that do not follow safe online pharmacy practices and from which we strongly recommend you never order.

Read more...
http://www.pharmacychecker.com/aboutop.asp

Don

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Pharmacy Reviewer - Online Pharmacy Reviews - FAQs

Scams / fraud: What are some common scams used against online pharmacy
customers?
Is it legal to buy non-controlled substances over the internet for
delivery to, or within, the US?
How will the Ryan Haight Act affect U.S. consumers of controlled medicines?
What are the risks of customs seizing orders coming into the US?
What are "generic" drugs? What is the difference between generic and
brand drugs?
Is it legal to buy controlled substances over the internet for delivery
to the US?

Go there...

http://www.pharmacyreviewer.com/frequently-asked-questions/faqs/

From this web site...

http://www.pharmacyreviewer.com/option,com_pharmacy/Itemid,35/

Don

Conundrum: Britney

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Britney

I was driving up to the ski mountain and as the NYC radio stations started to fade to static, I pressed seek in search of something new. I came across a song called "Britney" by Norman Bebo. Call it Christian Rock if you want, but the story of Britney is as compelling as any story of the bible and the lyrics of the song are about as honest as songs get. We let grown men dress up a 15 year old in a Catholic school uniform to sell sex under the guise of innocence. We laughed when the innocence couldn't be sold anymore at the Crossroads. We thrived of tearing her apart as she could not longer make sense of the fishbowl world into which we confined her.

Britney I'm sorry for this cruel cruel world
We sell the beauty but destroy the girl

Go there...

http://justinalpertesq.blogspot.com/2008/11/britney.html

Video with the Song...
http://www.onlylyrics.com/hits.php?grid=11&id=1023148

Don

Monday, July 6, 2009

LifeType Development Journal | Features

This is the LifeType Developers Site. It has allot of info about what you can do with the Blog Sites. And allot about how the system operates. Allot more than you'll want to know. But this page gives a quick run down of the features. I like how it works, it's easy to figure out how to use it... Here's my LifeType Blog, http://bishopco.com/lifetype/index.php?blogId=1

And I just set up my Psalms68.org Domain to go there. It may take a little while for this one to point there though. So, if it goes to the old site, wait till later and try it again...

LifeType Development Journal | Features

http://lifetype.net/page/features

Don

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Priyank Bolia: Ultimate Firefox Productivity Tips: For the Geeks.

Ultimate Firefox Productivity Tips: For the Geeks.

There are a lots of Firefox tips, on how to improve the Firefox speed, improve network utilization, decrease CPU and memory consumption. But here, in this article we will look at some of the Firefox productivity tips.

Auto complete address in the address bar: Instead of typing http:// prefix and .com, .net, or .org suffix in the Firefox address bar, you can just type the name of the website like slashdot and press CTRL+SHIFT+Enter to automatically append .org, and add http:// prefix to the URL name. Similarly, CTRL+Enter for .com and SHIFT+Enter for .net domain names. e.g.: type google and press CTRL+Enter to automatically convert google to http://google.com

Go there...

http://priyankbolia.blogspot.com/2009/07/ultimate-firefox-tips-for-geeks.html

Don

Backup plan to get NASA to moon cheaper

Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Sunday, July 5, 2009

(07-05) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Like a car salesman pushing a luxury vehicle that the customer no longer can afford, NASA has pulled out of its back pocket a deal for a cheaper ride to the moon.

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Analysis: GOP struggles for anti-Sotomayor message 07.05.09

It won't be as powerful, and its design is a little dated. Think of it as a base-model Ford station wagon instead of a tricked-out Cadillac Escalade.

Officially, the space agency is still on track with a 4-year-old plan to spend $35 billion to build new rockets and return astronauts to the moon in several years. However, a top NASA manager is floating a cut-rate alternative that costs around $6.6 billion.

Go there...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/05/MN2218GD18.DTL&type=science

Don

Saturday, July 4, 2009

YouTube - Jathia's Wager Open Soure Science Fiction Movie in HD

This is a cool concept and looks like a good Movie too. It was done like Open Source Software. Completely free by Volunteers and by Strangers who met on the Internet. I had trouble watching it on YouTube, it kept lagging and skipping. Probably too busy... So I'm downloading it with Bit Torrent now... I use Bit Tornado in Linux and Shareza is a good one for Windows...

Jathia's Wager Open Source Sci-Fi Movie 640X480 JWM1

Download this torrent!

or use the magnet link

5 seeds, 0 leechers

To start this P2P download, you have to install a BitTorrent client like Vuze.

Category: Movies > Sci-Fi

Total size: 98.78 megabyte

Added: 124 days ago by OpenSourceFilms

Share ratio: Perfect 5 seeds, 0 leechers

Last updated: 3 days ago

Downloads: 1,408

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Description:

Jathia's Wager is a science fiction film about a young man living in an isolated community of humans, who must make a life changing decision about his future species.

Length: 20:58
Release: JWM1
Resolution: 640x480
File Type: Mp4

Project Website: http://moviepals.org/solomons-corner/jathias-wager/

Licensing and Release: http://moviepals.org/solomons-corner/jathias-wager/releases-and-licenses/

A message from the Writer / Director / Actor - Solomon D. Rothman

Jathia's Wager is a no-budget Sci-Fi film created by a collaboration of strangers. Copy this film, distribute it, and give it away all you want - it's 100% free and I hope you like it. Most of the people involved (including the actors and the sound designers) only know me through our e-mails and online discussions. They learned about the project entirely online and joined the team, because they love movies and wanted to contribute.

An Open Source Movie?

Like open source software, this film is free, was released with the files used for its creation, was created using a collaboration of strangers, and you're strongly encouraged to modify it, expand it, and use it in your own derivative works.

Everything from the script, to the unedited video footage is available for downloading and using in your own creative endeavors. Fifty percent of the movie was filmed using green screen backgrounds. There are lots of opportunities for continuation of the story and continuing the project. If you really liked this film, you're encouraged to contribute or support it by sharing it with your friends.

If you liked this movie please join us and help create new films - visit: MOVIE PALS ENTERTAINMENT - Watch Free Movies And Open Source Films - http://moviepals.org

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http://moviepals.org/

on YouTube,
shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=555S8Z_0tMs

Don

Freedom is not Free for Countries nor Computer Users – The ERACC Web Log

Freedom is not Free for Countries nor Computer Users

Jul 4th, 2009

by Gene.

Do you run GNU/Linux? Participate in our poll.

Today is the day that the United States of America celebrates Independence Day. We declared ourselves free from England's rule and started a Revolution to create a country based on truly revolutionary ideals. The ideal that all people are created equal in the sight of God and no one is above another in God's eyes. The ideal that people have unalienable rights given to them from God, not from government. The ideal that people have the right to abolish an out of control, despotic government to replace it with one more amenable to the people. These unprecedented ideals had never been set forth in writing to form any other nation until the beginning of the United States of America. Yes, we did win our freedom but it was not freely given to us. Men pledged "… to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor." and went to war to win this freedom.

To remain free we in the USA still must be ever watchful of government, maintain a standing military and keep up with advancing military practices and hardware. We must all be educated in the ideals laid out by our country's founders. We must all learn how our government should work and make sure it does not fall into fascism or despotism. We must make certain that our Constitution is not diluted and sullied by those who loathe it for the restrictions it places on their ambitions of power and control. Thus our freedom comes at a price and these are the costs of having that freedom.

Is it correct to compare the freedom of Free Open Source Software (FOSS) to the freedom gained from the Revolution of the States? In some ways it is not. No one has yet had to die in a war to win freedom to use FOSS. As far as I know God does not guarantee any unalienable rights for free software. But in other ways the comparison is appropriate. Some people have to give their time, talent, and in some cases money to create free software for everyone to use. These people are the founders, the statesmen and the warriors that give us all the opportunity to have and to use FOSS. This is one cost of FOSS. Then there are "we the people" the users of free software. These users must take the time to study, learn to use and share their knowledge of the FOSS that is so generously created and given by others. This is the cost of having FOSS for the end-user.

True freedom requires one to make an effort to be liberated and to stay liberated. Therefore freedom is not free. Even though freedom has a cost it is always worth the price in this author's humble opinion.

Go there...

http://blog.eracc.com/2009/07/04/freedom-is-not-free-for-countries-nor-computer-users/

Don

Friday, July 3, 2009

YouTube - Sarah Palin's Resignation Press Conference

Here's a video of just her News Conference announcing her Resignation.
That's sad... I haven't heard any of that stuff. I'll try and see what
I can find, probably tomorrow... I remember looking up her church and
seeing her in a video there. She was revisiting for an anniversary
celebration. That's when I realized that she was a real Christian and
seemed to have a great heart. I doubt that she has converted to a
Cult!:O But you never know what people might end up doing in life... She
has been hit so hard by the Devil-Media and so many lies have been told
about her and her family. I think we need to keep praying for all of
them...

Sarah Palin's Resignation Press Conference
shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OyjXE7OhSk

Zumastor Linux Storage Project

Zumastor is Free software that adds enterprise storage features (primarily improved snapshots and remote replication) to Linux.

You can read all about it in the Zumastor Howto. The current release is 0.8, which adds several bugfixes (in particular, replication between x86 and x86_64 hosts now works) and experimental native Hardy packages.

Prebuilt Debian/Ubuntu packages are available at zumastor.org/downloads/releases.

Zumastor development is hosted at zumastor.googlecode.com.

Kernel Patches

Zumastor requires a few kernel patches. These are online at http://zumastor.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ddsnap/patches/ and http://zumastor.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/zumastor/patches/. The most interesting patches are:

Dan Phillips' bio throttling patch, part of how we prevent deadlock during memory pressure. See lkml discussion from 6 Dec 2007 and coverage at LWN.NET.
Dan Phillips' PR_SET_MEMALLOC/PR_SET_LESS_THROTTLE patch, other part of how we prevent deadlock during memory pressure. (Any user app that's in the block writeout path needs to be written very carefully to avoid memory recursion deadlock; in particular, it should probably use mlockall, never allocate any memory while handling a write request (modulo a few KB of Heisenslop), and it should set PF_LESS_THROTTLE|PF_MEMALLOC using prctl, as provided for by this patch.) (Mixed in with the ddsnap stuff for now, sorry; ignore everything but the changes to include/linux/prctl.h and kernel/sys.c.)
NFS suspend patch, part of how we make new snapshots available via the NFS server as they arrive from remote sites

Current contributors

Daniel Phillips, Jiaying Zhang, Shapor Naghibzadeh, Drake Diedrich, Will Nowak, Timothy Huber

Previous contributors

Robert Nelson, Jane Chiu, Ross Combs, Alex Polvi, Chuan-kai Lin, Mark Roach
Phil Dibowitz - ddsnap SIGHUP handling patch
Jonathan Van Eenwyk - ddloop deltafile mount patch (tarball includes a paper)

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Linux Today - Editor's Note: Freedom is Not Embarrassing

Editor's Note: Freedom is Not Embarrassing
Jul 3, 2009, 00 :04 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (418 reads)
(Other stories by Carla Schroder)

by Carla Schroder
Managing Editor

This Saturday is Independence Day in the US, celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, which was the colonies' farewell to King George III and British rule.

Those were more dramatic times than now, with people risking their lives and taking other great risks for the cause of independence. But one thing has not changed, and that is the eternal fight between freedom and tyranny. The contemporary version is much less bloody, and more sneaky and insidious. It's big businesses invading our personal privacy in every way they can get away with, and buying and selling our personal data with no oversight or accountability. We don't even get a cut of the swag. It's the erosion of our civil liberties, aided and abetted enthusiastically by business in pursuit of profits, no matter how unethical. It's the manipulation and ruination of the courts, for example the insane unchecked litigation by the RIAA that has brought ruin to so many people, and the never-ending SCO saga. It is absurd that these weiners should have so much power for destruction and obstruction. In a sane world their top executives would spend their weekends in the stocks in the public square, being mocked and pelted with offal.

Go there and read more...

http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-07-03-001-35-OP-BZ-CY

Don

YouTube - Cars that Think

Watch this Show from...

Scientific American Frontiers

YouTube - Cars that Think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvh6stybqU

Missions Mashup - Map of missionaries, missionary blogs

This is a Page on Ourchurch.com with listing of interesting foreign ministries. And if you are involved in one, you can list you're ministry here too...

Missions Mashup

Welcome to the Missions Mashup. This page has been created to help people find and learn about Christian missionaries serving outside of their native country as well as to encourage missionaries to blog and share information with other missionaries. If you're a missionary, you can add your info using this form.

(By the way, for the non-Internet geeks, a "mashup" is the technical term for a web application that combines data from more than one source into an integrated tool.)

Missions Map

Click on a "pushpin" on the map below to see the name, location, and links to their website and blog.

Missions and Missionaries

Name	City/State	Country	Website	Blog
Springs of Hope	Nakuru	Kenya	website	blog
Hearts Without Borders	Juarez	Mexico	website
Shiloah Ministries	Mutungo	Uganda	website
Frontier Ministries	Valencia	Spain	website
Sonny & Debbie Dix	Puertto Princesa City	Philippines	website
Tribal Audio Video Evangelism Mission, Inc.	Ifugao	Philippines	website
Uncle Bob and Dr. Jean Young - Evangel Bible Translators	Saboba	Ghana	website
Randy James - Church of the Nazarene	Nairobi	Kenya	website	blog
Greg and Lily Muir / Pioneers International	Sucre	Bolivia	website
Bishop Cathy Douglas - 1 World 1 Vision	Ashiyie (Adenta)	Ghana	website
William Anderson/Calvary Chapel Boise	Bucharest	Romania	website	blog
Stephen Crockett	Papua	Indonesia	website
The Eastern Harvest Team	Chongwe	Zambia	website	blog
John Fraser/OMS International	Budapest	Hungary	website	blog
Danny and Linda Carpenter	Maturin	Venezuela	website
Barb Richter - House of Faith	Bon Repos	Haiti	website
Owen & Sarah Ames	Tokyo	Japan	website
Alan Pasho	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires	Argentina	website
Henry John	Dehra Dun	India	website	blog
Golden Triangle Area Mission	Chaingrai	Thailand	website
Mike Manna / Youth Ministry International	Kiev	Ukraine	website
Going Worldwide Ministries - A Voice in Asia`s Highlands	Western	China	website	blog
Russian Harvest Ministries	Chernigov	Ukraine	website
dominion faith christian centre	port elizabeth	south africa	website
Ken & Thurleen Bain / ktbministries	Hikiwan, Arizona	Tohono O'dham Nation	website
CSPCU	Uzhgorod, Transcarpathia	Ukraine	website
The Poulette Family	Mexico City	Mexico	website	blog

Missions Feed

The missions feed is an RRS feed that combines the feeds from all of the missionary's blogs. That means you can come to this page to view the latest updates from all the missionaries listed above, or you can can subscribe to this RSS feed in your feed reader.

We are on our way...
posted on July 02, 2009 03:42:00 am
Today at 1:40pm we start on our journey to America. We are so excited!!! Please ...
?La Santa Muerte? and the Elections
posted on July 01, 2009 09:03:24 pm
Sunday is election day here in Mexico. It's a mid-term election. They aren't vot...
There?s Always Room for?
posted on June 30, 2009 10:09:05 am
In ministry, I think we ought to pose the question..."If there's time for an eme...
Kids
posted on June 29, 2009 02:53:00 pm
It's always fun having kids around to watch what they do and hear the things the...
School Is Out!
posted on June 29, 2009 02:40:00 pm
The school year is over for us. Justin completed 8th grade and will be heading t...
Outward Thinking
posted on June 29, 2009 12:16:20 am
A quick quote from Dr. Steyne in my "Biblical Theology of Missions Class"....
Creation to Christ
posted on June 26, 2009 01:27:00 pm
For the past two Thursdays I have been sharing the gospel at the women's meeting...
An unexpected visitor
posted on June 25, 2009 08:15:40 pm
This afternoon I was sitting in the living room of my house, and the next thing ...
My Thoughts on Transformers 2
posted on June 25, 2009 10:38:39 am
Yesterday I went to see Transformers 2. It's cheaper here to go on Wednesday. It...
United States beats Spain in Soccer
posted on June 24, 2009 04:04:18 pm
I tweeted something today that is, unfortunately, very true. "Everyone in Spain ...