The end of the world storm yesterday left us with nearly 14" of snow and about 33,000 homes without power. I used about 15 gal of diesel fuel(for the generator) in the 14 hours we didn't have power, I even had the x-mas lights lit up. I was the one in the neighborhood with a generator.
-dan
I always wondered if whoever came up with the Mayan date took that Gregorian calendar thing into account...cuz if they didn't then we'll be doing this all over again on 12/31/12 or 1/1/13....I can't take much more of this EOW stuff!!
Please don't link to facebook, we should try not to encourage them.
Mindrobots,
For sure the Mayans did not know about any Gregorian calender. They were just making astronomical observations as best they could.
Also for sure they were never so dumb as to suggest the world would end just because their counting system had rolled over.
You guys take some of this stuff too seriously....I'm well aware the Mayans weren't aware of the Gregorian calendar just as early COBOL programmers weren't aware of the new millennium!! :0)
You guys take some of this stuff too seriously....
One can never be too serious at the end of the world. Only 2.5 hours left to go. But, thankfully, tonight I managed to finally scratch this one off my bucket list:
Circuitsoft, if you are not a Facebook member most FB content is inaccessible, and if you are FB works tirelessly to record and monetize every single click you give them. I decided I had no need for their "service" when I realized that they made a record of the fact that I logged in, looked around my own stuff, and didn't do anything off-account. They monitor everything you do with the goal of building profiles they can use to sell targeted advertisingj -- but those profiles could also be used for a lot of other things and there's no accountabilityabout that.
Generally, before posting a Facebook link, I open it in a Chrome Incognito window to make sure that it is viewable without logging in. This one included.
As for recording and monetizing, it does provide a valuable service for me, and after some consideration, I don't actually mind info about me being used to target me with ads. Occasionally I do find them interesting, and am perfectly willing to contribute to new economic forces and ideas. However, this is getting seriously off-topic.
It's a cute picture. I don't think it really matters where it was hosted. Everyone is going to have some sort of log, and I don't want to individually examine the privacy policy of absolutely every single website on the internet.
That's the picture in question (and it's still hosted by facebook...). I still don't see why my link was removed. Those who choose not to patronize Facebook can avoid the link.
It's mostly a personal thing but I simply hate, loath and detest everything about Facebook from it's stupid name on wards.
Recently I have found that when I meet new people they start asking for my Facebook ID (or whatever it's called) instead of a phone number or email address. They start looking at me like I'm an idiot when I tell I don't have a Facebook account and even more so if I start to explain why not.
localroger has explained the why not part well enough.
As a practical matter, in the extreme everyone on the planet has a Facebook account, except me of course. I might then find all content un-accessible because I refuse to give in.
Hence my request to not link to Facebook, to not encourage them.
And in any case, all those facebook buttons and facebook images and whatnot that web pages tend to add slows things down. I got fed up with waiting for the browser to finish loading when it looked complete but still showed 'loading some-fb-url' down in the status bar. So now all facebook domains are re-directed to 127.0.0.2 before they even reach my browser. Must faster, and I never get to see the rubbish, whether I want to or not.
Which means that no, on this site I can't see an image if it's on facebook, doesn't matter where - it's invisible.
It's mostly a personal thing but I simply hate, loath and detest everything about Facebook from it's stupid name on wards.
Recently I have found that when I meet new people they start asking for my Facebook ID (or whatever it's called) instead of a phone number or email address. They start looking at me like I'm an idiot when I tell I don't have a Facebook account and even more so if I start to explain why not.
localroger has explained the why not part well enough.
As a practical matter, in the extreme everyone on the planet has a Facebook account, except me of course. I might then find all content un-accessible because I refuse to give in.
Hence my request to not link to Facebook, to not encourage them.
You are not alone. I joined for a short time and was inundated with ads, started receiving scam emails, and an increase in attempts to hack my computer when online. Fortunately I used one of my disposable id's to try it out so I could close the account and abandon that id.
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Welcome to a brave new world everyone. Nothing quite like a fresh new start.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151144553571607
-dan
But, really, it's just a start of the next cycle of dates on the calendar, not "the end."
Please don't link to facebook, we should try not to encourage them.
Mindrobots,
For sure the Mayans did not know about any Gregorian calender. They were just making astronomical observations as best they could.
Also for sure they were never so dumb as to suggest the world would end just because their counting system had rolled over.
One can never be too serious at the end of the world. Only 2.5 hours left to go. But, thankfully, tonight I managed to finally scratch this one off my bucket list:
As for recording and monetizing, it does provide a valuable service for me, and after some consideration, I don't actually mind info about me being used to target me with ads. Occasionally I do find them interesting, and am perfectly willing to contribute to new economic forces and ideas. However, this is getting seriously off-topic.
It's a cute picture. I don't think it really matters where it was hosted. Everyone is going to have some sort of log, and I don't want to individually examine the privacy policy of absolutely every single website on the internet.
It's mostly a personal thing but I simply hate, loath and detest everything about Facebook from it's stupid name on wards.
Recently I have found that when I meet new people they start asking for my Facebook ID (or whatever it's called) instead of a phone number or email address. They start looking at me like I'm an idiot when I tell I don't have a Facebook account and even more so if I start to explain why not.
localroger has explained the why not part well enough.
As a practical matter, in the extreme everyone on the planet has a Facebook account, except me of course. I might then find all content un-accessible because I refuse to give in.
Hence my request to not link to Facebook, to not encourage them.
Which means that no, on this site I can't see an image if it's on facebook, doesn't matter where - it's invisible.
-Tor
if you're interested, there's been some discussion about Facebook, mostly my own personal ranting, on these threads:
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?137886-Why-is-it-advantageous-for-companies-to-channel-their-business-through-Facebook
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?135866-So-how-long-will-it-be-before-we-can-t-use-our-fake-names-any-longer
You are not alone. I joined for a short time and was inundated with ads, started receiving scam emails, and an increase in attempts to hack my computer when online. Fortunately I used one of my disposable id's to try it out so I could close the account and abandon that id.
Naw. Heck, the world didn't end. And now we're faced with a whole bunch of future we had never planned on. What else is there to do?