@trooks, you could of course call Parallax's sales people. I've only called Parallax a few times but each time it's like talking to an old friend you've never met. To say the sales staff is cheerful and nice is an understatement.
I once entered the wrong credit card number when I make a web purchase and the call from Parallax to get the correct number was so pleasant, it made me think I've been missing out on some nice chats by not placing phone orders.
You've got to find some way of getting Propeller boards.
There you go!
I refuse to do business with sites that _require_ cross scripting.
I won't try to change the way you think and I'm happy to take a telephone order. My direct number is (916) 625-3010. If you wanted to place an order with 10% off but wouldn't do it due to concerns about JavaScript, I'll extend that discount for you.
And, just so you know, though I was raised in California I spent many summers in Tennessee on the other side of the Appalachia. So we've got that in common too.
Pick up the phone tomorrow morning and have your credit card handy Chances are I'll make you laugh and you'll talk me into free shipping.
Now what's the farthest anyone has modified a WT for autonomous operation
I'm trying. Right now I got it going with a Sony Remote. Trying to get it to work with a Ping and IR sensor is another issue. Not sure if I want to use SPIN or SimpleIDE. Right now SPIN is winning.
I won't try to change the way you think and I'm happy to take a telephone order. My direct number is (916) 625-3010. If you wanted to place an order with 10% off but wouldn't do it due to concerns about JavaScript, I'll extend that discount for you.
And, just so you know, though I was raised in California I spent many summers in Tennessee on the other said of the Appalachia. So we've got that in common too.
Pick up the phone tomorrow morning and have your credit card handy Chances are I'll make you laugh and you'll talk me into free shipping.
Ken Gracey
Ken,
My problem is not so much with JavaScript as it is some of the things being done with it.
I am glad you got to enjoy some summers "in Tennessee on the other said of the Appalachia" wherever that is.
Were you one of those city kids that got to spend some time in the country during the summer and go on snipe hunts?
I appreciate your generous offer but by accepting it I would be going back on my word not to do business with sites that require cross-scripting for online transactions.
Tim
- Character is much easier kept than recovered. - Thomas Jefferson
I appreciate your generous offer but by accepting it I would be going back on my word not to do business with sites that require cross-scripting for online transactions.
That's a pretty extreme code of yours, trooks, but to each his own. Silly question: who DO you do business with, and how did you get involved with Parallax in the first place?
I have JavaScript blocked by default, mostly because the huge amount of advertising spam uses it in some way. No JavaScript = Less Advertising.
If a person is going to buy product from a company, by default they are placing a certain amount of trust in that company. I see no problem also trusting that they will not abuse the use of JavaScript. I have had JavaScript enabled for parallax.com for many years and there has never been a problem. As a matter of fact, I do most of my shopping over the internet. I have purchased from almost every major seller at one time and I can't recall a single one that didn't require JavaScript.
That's a pretty extreme code of yours, trooks, but to each his own. Silly question: who DO you do business with, and how did you get involved with Parallax in the first place?
Well...., hmmm.., Who I do business with is one of the things I try to keep to myself. The only thing I will rule out at this time is eBay since I have neither time nor money for 'pig-in-a-poke' deals.
I try to set a mean firewall. My experience is that having turned off JavaScript has eliminated all pop-ups and cut my spam to less that 1/4 of what it once was. All my friends know to never send links for me to click on.
The name Parallax kept coming up now and again in a search I was doing towards helping a friend build something we would both enjoy demonstrating and selling.
It has been/is quite a challenge having to catch up on a couple of decades of advancements in hardware and software. My friend and I would like to be as close to current technology available that we can afford for our gizmoflidgit(name will likely be changed for marketing).
Once all our research is done we will be buying sturdier products than what is a available here.
I don't mean to insult your desire for security - I also often value having a secure system more than most people do - but I've never understood the point of having a firewall. If they block hackers, won't they also block legitimate users? If you don't want some hacker in Russia or China connecting to your computer, don't have your computer support insecure protocols and don't have your router forward any ports except those you absolutely need. Pretty much every protocol used now is authenticated and encrypted, and I've never seen a router that forwarded ports unless you explicitly told it to. If you don't plan for anyone to connect to some port on your computer, close it - stop the server program - instead of leaving a potential security hole. If you do plan for legitimate users to connect to some port, you can't use a firewall or it will also block the legitimate users. Can someone please enlighten me?
EDIT: I was thinking about a firewall in a router, and wasn't thinking about what happens after you get a virus (but getting a virus already implies serious security problems). I can understand a firewall on your computer, which is probably what you meant. But my question still stands - is there any real point of a firewall in a router? Our router came with one and I think it was enabled, but I completely disabled it because it only got in the way.
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I once entered the wrong credit card number when I make a web purchase and the call from Parallax to get the correct number was so pleasant, it made me think I've been missing out on some nice chats by not placing phone orders.
You've got to find some way of getting Propeller boards.
Very cool. Now what's the farthest anyone has modified a WT for autonomous operation or RoboMagellan?
I hope Parallax fixed that egregious website error and charged you the proper amount! Don't go taking advantage, DD!
I won't try to change the way you think and I'm happy to take a telephone order. My direct number is (916) 625-3010. If you wanted to place an order with 10% off but wouldn't do it due to concerns about JavaScript, I'll extend that discount for you.
And, just so you know, though I was raised in California I spent many summers in Tennessee on the other side of the Appalachia. So we've got that in common too.
Pick up the phone tomorrow morning and have your credit card handy
Ken Gracey
Doc
Tennesee is a fun place. My cousin is a party animal and nuke-you-lar engineer, he works for TVA near Signal Mountain/Chattanooga.
Ken,
My problem is not so much with JavaScript as it is some of the things being done with it.
I am glad you got to enjoy some summers "in Tennessee on the other said of the Appalachia" wherever that is.
Were you one of those city kids that got to spend some time in the country during the summer and go on snipe hunts?
I appreciate your generous offer but by accepting it I would be going back on my word not to do business with sites that require cross-scripting for online transactions.
Tim
- Character is much easier kept than recovered. - Thomas Jefferson
That's a pretty extreme code of yours, trooks, but to each his own. Silly question: who DO you do business with, and how did you get involved with Parallax in the first place?
If a person is going to buy product from a company, by default they are placing a certain amount of trust in that company. I see no problem also trusting that they will not abuse the use of JavaScript. I have had JavaScript enabled for parallax.com for many years and there has never been a problem. As a matter of fact, I do most of my shopping over the internet. I have purchased from almost every major seller at one time and I can't recall a single one that didn't require JavaScript.
Well...., hmmm.., Who I do business with is one of the things I try to keep to myself. The only thing I will rule out at this time is eBay since I have neither time nor money for 'pig-in-a-poke' deals.
I try to set a mean firewall. My experience is that having turned off JavaScript has eliminated all pop-ups and cut my spam to less that 1/4 of what it once was. All my friends know to never send links for me to click on.
The name Parallax kept coming up now and again in a search I was doing towards helping a friend build something we would both enjoy demonstrating and selling.
It has been/is quite a challenge having to catch up on a couple of decades of advancements in hardware and software. My friend and I would like to be as close to current technology available that we can afford for our gizmoflidgit(name will likely be changed for marketing).
Once all our research is done we will be buying sturdier products than what is a available here.
Tim
What you too little value you too soon loose.
-Tor
I don't mean to insult your desire for security - I also often value having a secure system more than most people do - but I've never understood the point of having a firewall. If they block hackers, won't they also block legitimate users? If you don't want some hacker in Russia or China connecting to your computer, don't have your computer support insecure protocols and don't have your router forward any ports except those you absolutely need. Pretty much every protocol used now is authenticated and encrypted, and I've never seen a router that forwarded ports unless you explicitly told it to. If you don't plan for anyone to connect to some port on your computer, close it - stop the server program - instead of leaving a potential security hole. If you do plan for legitimate users to connect to some port, you can't use a firewall or it will also block the legitimate users. Can someone please enlighten me?
EDIT: I was thinking about a firewall in a router, and wasn't thinking about what happens after you get a virus (but getting a virus already implies serious security problems). I can understand a firewall on your computer, which is probably what you meant. But my question still stands - is there any real point of a firewall in a router? Our router came with one and I think it was enabled, but I completely disabled it because it only got in the way.