Anybody can report here. Yes, even you.
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Internet Technology | March 07, 2010 @ 2:08 AM
That's right. If you've got something important to say yet it seems like no one wants to listen, why not send it here? Heck, why not send it to all of these places if it's important enough to warrant the time?
http://wikileaks.org/ (Watch the video)
http://www.nowpublic.com/
http://www.qondio.com/
Write 1 Line, 1 paragraph or 20 pages. Whatever you want.
http://www.ireport.com/ by CNN
Twitter - sortof
You *almost* need "followers" for people to notice you wrote something. The ease of posting once established is fantastic.
Spread the word. Spread your word. Listen to others. Communicate with others. Continue becoming yourself.
Perhaps this kind of free speech will keep our humanity honest, humble, and forgiving.
Don't give yourselves labels, do not reduce yourselves to a cage of words, open yourself to all of those words and beyond. Explore with care. Witness life with care. Live with care. Make amends to yourself, others and everything.
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Be Kind - Rewind Your NES Games
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Funny Funnies | March 01, 2010 @ 10:06 PM
With the emergence of new technology, clouds of confusion abruptly follow.
When looking at the back of one of my Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games, I noticed what appears to be a Blockbuster Video store "Be Kind Please Rewind" sticker. That sticker was almost a hallmark for blockbuster when I was growing up, because we used to use VHS tapes and if you didn't rewind them before sending them back to the video store you borrowed (rented) them from, the next person may have to rewind a movie for 10 minutes while their popcorn gets cold and their first in-home couch date slowly withers to the sound of a VHS tape rewinding *weeooweeeeeeeeeeweeeeeweeeeeeeeeoooo*
Feel free to share this image!
Know that you are fortunate. Know that you may never have to be subject to another VHS rewinding. Now the motto can be "be kind don't scratch the dvd."
The ironic thing about this whole debacle though, is NES games needn't be rewound. When Nintendo games first game out, companies apparently paid for stickers and employees to put those stickers on games that couldn't be rewound anyway.
What's the difference? LCD or Plasma TVs? Blackberries or iPhones? A presidential candidate claims to have invented the internet. Sometimes the clouds of confusion clear quickly, sometimes they linger for years.
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Time Machine Completed - SMASHED
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Funny Funnies | February 13, 2010 @ 11:54 AM
I finally built my time machine & an elephant smashed it. I've been working on that since I was 5! I HATE ELEPHANTS!!!
DeLorean Source: Photographed by Luigi Novi. - Found on Wikipedia
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
Elephant Source: Usien - Found on Wikipedia
Lisence: GNU Free Documentation Lisence 1.2
I just wanted to have some fun :D
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Pentax K-X Firmware Update Irony
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Funny Funnies | February 04, 2010 @ 2:45 PM
I recently purchased a Pentax K-X digital SLR camera. I love it. The photos taken with it are great (for example, this picture I took of my wife holding our son born last week (Jan 29th at 4AM) without a flash and on auto:
You can see a larger view of Aiden here.
The funny thing about the Pentax concerning the firmware is it doesn't meter the battery properly. Rarely it tells me new batteries are dead and often it things old batteries are fully charged. Despite this, they recommend using it to judge the safety of an operation that could "brick" or make your camera inoperable.
On their firmware update page, they say if using batteries while updating make sure the "battery level indicator is displayed “Green” (Batteries are full) before updating". Ironically, this is the very thing there's a problem with - You can't rely on the battery indicator.
Worse yet, Pentax further indicates "If the camera turns off during updating due to lack of battery power, the camera will become inoperable. If this happens, a charge will be made for repairs even if within the warranty period." So don't trust the battery indicator as recommended by Pentax! At least not until you fix it, lol.
My suggestion is to put a fresh pack of Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries in if you have to use batteries. They're flipping amazing. They actually stand up to their "8x longer in high tech devices" claim.
I haven't used the camera much since I've (successfully) updated the firmware, but I always carry an extra pack of batteries anyway.
If you're in need of the Pentax K-x firmware update, you can find instructions on their website with a download link:
http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-x_s.html
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Status Bar: Basic Internet Security
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Internet Technology | January 25, 2010 @ 11:24 PM
WHY DOES ALMOST NO ONE USE THIS SECURITY - ONE OF THE BEST METHODS OF COMPUTER SECURITY? AND IT'S COMPLETELY FREE!
I used to work at a computer lab at a local community college, tutored there on the side, and took classes as well. One browser feature I found seriously under valued was the status bar. It's a fantastic tool although its title is somewhat misleading from its best purpose. The title of the "Status Bar" suggests its primary intention- to let you know the "status" of the website your visiting. The things it tells you whether the page is loading, if there's a problem, or if it's done loading are obvious things you can tell even without the status bar though. So most browser producers turn the status bar off by default. This is a serious mistake. Web surfers should be educated to the golden usage of the status bar: To let you know where you're going- before you get there. The status bar shows you the actual internet address of the link you're holding your mouse cursor over.
Please turn the status bar on in your browser. Please choose: FireFox, Internet Explorer, Opera, or Chrome. Turn it on in Internet Explorer:
 How to turn it on in Opera
 Chrome: The status bar in Chrome only appears when hovering over a link. It disappears to save web space, although this can be an annoyance for many people. It is a subject of debate: It's unlike other browsers in the way it operates and what it displayed. This section will remain as is until appropriate functionality of the Chrome status bar is set. See complaints: 1 | 2 | 3 Turn the status bar on in FireFox
See at the bottom, where it tells you the actual address of the website your visiting? Now that you have it turned on, hold your mouse over any link on this page. Down at the bottom left you will see the actual address that link will send you to if you click on it (example: the image directly above). Without it turned on, you're like a bat in the day time- just wandering until you run into something you don't like. At first it will just be nice to know where you're going. After a while you'll learn what addresses you do and don't want to go to. Here's a few links to try it out: http://chexed.com/ | Web Design Cafe | Rudy | www.yahoo.com | Opera Browser Be aware that there are tricks and hacks which have been able to change the status bar in the past, though securities are getting better. Good luck internet surfers, captains, and tourists. If you would ever like to avoid untrustworthy sites brought up in Google or Yahoo's lists, you might want to check out my number #1 plugin review for IE and FireFox: McAfee Site Advisor. I consider it invaluable and I am not paid or endorsed by McAfee to promote it. It's that damned good.
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