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By Tiernan Ray
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Research in Motion (RIMM) are up 14 cents, or 1.2%, at $11.90 after Synchronoss (SNCR) late yesterday said it would purchase the operation called NewBay from RIM for $55.5 million in cash.
NewBay is what analysts call a "white label" cloud computing services provider, which can be branded by phone companies to give cloud services to customers. Gray Powell with Wells Fargo, who rates Synchronoss shares Market Perform, this morning offers his approval of the deal, writing that it "will likely accelerate SNCR's cloud deployment with Verizon [Communications (VZ)], which was expected to ramp to $45MM – $50MM in annualized transaction revenue in early 2013 and to $70MM in 2014. Furthermore, it gives SNCR a foothold to up sell cloud services to multiple carriers. Note – SNCR is already testing cloud services with AT&T (T) and has an early stage relationships with Orange."
Synchronoss shares this morning are up 73 cents, or 4%, at $21.22.
Shares of chip maker LSI (LSI) are up 5 cents, or 0.7%, at $6.96 after Wunderlich Securities's William Sandy Harrison initiated coverage with a Buy rating, writing that the company should benefit from its early entry into NAND flash-based storage systems, for which it provides controller chips, and also from designs wins for its wireless infrastructure chips.
Apple (AAPL) last night said in its proxy statement for its annual shareholders meeting, to be held February 27th at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, that it granted no restricted stock units to CEO Tim Cook following the $376 million it granted him last fiscal year, which vests in 2016 and 2021.
Cook's total compensation this year is $1.36 million in base salary plus $2.8 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation, plus a 401K contribution. Apple's board noted in the filing that despite increasing Cook's base salary from $900,000 to $1.4 million, "the target annual cash compensation for Mr. Cook remains significantly below the median annual cash compensation level for CEOs at peer companies."
In case you were wondering what that might be, a piece this morning by Reuters's Sinead Carew and Liana Baker states "According to a study of the Fortune 500 conducted by Forbes this year, CEOs were paid a base salary of $1.1 million in 2011 on average, with the mean annual bonus at $2.4 million and average total compensation – including stock awards – at around $17 million." The median is not the mean, of course, but the report gives some context, at least.
Speaking of Apple, a piece this morning by DigiTimes's Aaron Lee and Joseph Tsai claims that Apple's plans for revisions to its laptops is causing concern among vendors of "ultrabooks," the slim, sleek, lightweight notebooks that Intel (INTC) has heavily promoted with hardware partners. According to the authors, the revamped MacBook "Air" model, which may come in June, could prompt price cuts in existing MacBook models, which the ultrabook vendors fear would put pressure on their own prices.
Apple shares this morning are down $1.46, or 0.3%, at $513.60.
Shares of Barnes & Noble (BKS) are up $1.07, or 7.6%, at $15.42, after the company this morning said its holiday sales results "will be below expectations and that the NOOK business will not meet the Company's prior projection for fiscal year 2013," referring to its Nook Media LLC outfit, its e-book reader platform. However, the investors have looked past the bad news and are instead focusing on the announcement in the same filing that U.K. publisher Pearson (PSO) will invest $89.5 million in the company's. Nook Media has a valuation of $1.79 billion, post-money, said B&N, giving Pearson a 5% stake. Microsoft (MSFT) owns 16.8% of the operation. Pearson will bring its expertise in various study curricula to the Nook, B&N said.


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GARDNER — There was never a threat against Gardner-South Wilmington High School, but rumors caused the Grundy County Sheriff's Department to make deputies present at the school this week.
"No threat was ever made to the school," Sheriff Kevin Callahan said.
The situation started last month when the sheriff's department received a complaint about a student at the school receiving a threatening text message from another student.
The sheriff's department began investigating the 15-year-old male juvenile that made the text-threat. In their investigation, deputies discovered he had some "anti-government beliefs," Callahan said.
The name of the student cannot be released because he is a minor. School administration was made aware of the discoveries.
Shortly after their follow-up investigation began, "unsubstantiated rumors" began circulating around the school that something may occur Jan. 10 by the actions of this student, Callahan said.
The sheriff's detectives investigated the rumors and found no threat to the school by this student or any other. No charges have been filed.
Detectives interviewed students, made visits to the school and found nothing, Superintendent Michael Perrott said.
Callahan said Grundy County Sheriff's Deputies were present at the school Thursday and Friday as a precautionary measure.
School officials have spoken to about 70 parents so far regarding the rumors.
"It's flabbergasted us because a rumor has just gotten life," Perrott said. "It's a rumor that unfortunately has taken up a lot of valuable time and resources."
On a positive note, Perrott said the situation has made the school review and practice the safety procedures it has had in place, and built relationships between the school and the Grundy County Sheriff's Department.

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Each week, we'll ask our stable of scribes to weigh in on the three most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below.
Blogtable Week 3: The new-look Lakers | Does a coach matter? | Are the Clips legit?
How much difference can a good coach really make? It's the players, right?
Steve Aschburner: The advanced-stats crews can probably decipher that a coach is worth somewhere between 3.6 and 11.2 victories per season, depending on their weighting of factors such as Xs & Os, offensive/defensive ratio, interpersonal skills and wardrobe. I think it's more intangible, yet huge. A coach sets a team's tone, and more important, establishes its edge and demeanor on and off the court. It's like my old pal Al McGuire used to say, "A team reflects its coach's personality — my team is obnoxious." I believe that certain coaches are builders, others are closers, and you'd better have them matched up correctly with the right rosters. Yes, it is a players' league. Yes, some coaches are accidental winners thanks to the talent around them. But fitting the right coach to the roster, to management and to the market is vital. Relatively rare, too.
Fran Blinebury: You're kidding, right? There really is more to it than unlocking the doors to the gym and rolling the balls onto the court. Philosophy, system, organization, motivation. Ask anyone who every played for, oh, Red Auerbach, Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich, Pat Riley, John Wooden. If anyone could do it, I'd be firing wisecracks at Craig Sager during timeouts like Pop did instead of typing answers.
Jeff Caplan: I think a lot. Look at Rick Carlisle in Dallas, for example. So much of coaching is relating to players, running schemes that put them in position to succeed and allowing them to be who they are. Coaches who figure this out are very successful with different personnel groups. I think Rick Adelman is another. Look how he kept Houston competitive through all those Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady injuries and what he's done with the banged-up Timberwolves.
Scott Howard-Cooper: Coaches make a difference, more than a lot of people realize. Sometimes it has to do with Xs and Os, sometimes it has to do with communication and motivation. Bad coaches can squeeze the life out of a locker room and fail to get players to execute. Good, or great coaches, can make the difference between a lottery team and a playoff team or even a playoff team and a championship team. It's not just a roll-the-balls-out world.
John Schuhmann: It depends on the situation, because some teams need more coaching than others. Ultimately, talent is more important, but a coach can make the most of whatever talent is on the roster. Tom Thibodeau, with how he's kept the Bulls afloat without Derrick Rose, is a clear example of how important coaching can be. But there are also certain kinds of players — a point guard like Jason Kidd in his prime or a defensive anchor like Kevin Garnett — that can make the same kind of impact on the floor.
Sekou Smith: A decent coach can make a huge difference, depending on the talent on his roster. But it's not necessarily about a "good" coach but more about the "right" coach. We all know Doug Collins was and is a good coach. He just wasn't the right coach for those Chicago teams that Phil Jackson led to six titles. Good coaching is one thing. Great coaching is another.


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ArthroCare Corp. (NASDAQ: ARTC), a leader in developing
state-of-the-art, minimally invasive surgical products, announced today
participation in an upcoming investor conference, as detailed below.
On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 ArthroCare will present during the 24th
Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference. David Fitzgerald, President
and Chief Executive Officer, will deliver the business presentation.
Please see the conference details below.
24th Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare
The presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed on
ArthroCare's website at www.arthrocare.com.
The webcast will remain available for 30 days following the presentation.
ArthroCare develops and manufactures surgical devices, instruments, and
implants that strive to enhance surgical techniques as well as improve
patient outcomes. Its devices improve many existing surgical procedures
and enable new minimally invasive procedures. Many of ArthroCare's
devices use its internationally patented Coblation®
technology. This technology precisely dissolves target tissue and limits
damage to surrounding healthy tissue. ArthroCare also develops surgical
devices utilizing other patened technology including its OPUS®
line of fixation products as well as re-usable surgical instruments.
ArthroCare is leveraging these technologies in order to offer a
comprehensive line of surgical devices to capitalize on a multi-billion
dollar market opportunity across several surgical specialties, including
its two core product areas consisting of Sports Medicine and Ear, Nose,
and Throat as well as other areas such as spine, wound care, urology and
The information provided herein includes forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. Statements that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on
beliefs and assumptions by management and on information currently
available to management. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update
any of them publicly in light of new information or future events.
Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those contained in any forward-looking statement include, without
limitation: the resolution of litigation pending against the Company;
the impact upon the Company's operations of legal compliance matters
which may require improvement and remediation; the ability of the
Company to control expenses relating to legal or compliance matters; the
Company's ability to remain current in its periodic reporting
requirements under the Exchange Act and to file required reports with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on a timely basis; the results of
the investigation being conducted by the United States Department of
Justice; the impact on the Company of additional civil and criminal
investigations by state and federal agencies and civil suits by private
third parties involving the Company's financial reporting and its
previously announced restatement and its insurance billing and
healthcare fraud-and-abuse compliance practices; the results of the
civil investigation by the Department of Justice related to the Civil
Investigative Demand we received arising under the False Claims Act; the
possibility that the Department of Justice could institute civil
proceedings against us, based on the results of the investigation
related to the Civil Investigative Demand; the risk that we could be
subject to qui tam suits involving the False Claims Act; the possibility
that the Department of Justice could institute a criminal enforcement
action against us based on the results of the civil investigation
related to the Civil Investigative Demand; the resolution of any
litigation related to the civil investigation; the ability of the
Company to attract and retain qualified senior management and to prepare
and implement appropriate succession planning for its Chief Executive
Officer; general business, economic and political conditions;
competitive developments in the medical devices market; changes in
applicable legislative or regulatory requirements; the Company's ability
to effectively and successfully implement its business strategies, and
manage the risks in its business; and the reactions of the marketplace
to the foregoing.
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Early in December, Rosie's Bar and Grill was decorated — I mean decorated! — for Christmas. I couldn't begin to count the number of pink Christmas trees I saw there. It was also Rosie's 10th anniversary weekend, so each customer was offered a free Hawaiian-style lei. Given Rosie's location at the epicenter of South Florida's gay community, you can only imagine the double-entendres being thrown around regarding these complimentary leis.
While it would be wrong to call Rosie's a gay bar, it also wouldn't be incorrect. That said, the biggest fans of Rosie's Sunday brunch that I know are two heterosexual couples. Who wouldn't love Rosie's big welcome, warm service and inventive brunch fare? I've had other meals here over the years, but Sunday brunch remains my favorite.
Owners John Zieba and Cliff Mulcahy operate Rosie's like a well-oiled party machine. A DJ spins just the right kind of upbeat stuff you want to hear on Sunday morning. If you have to wait, there's always a spot at the bar where, on Sundays, the Bloody Marys cost $3 and five-bottle buckets of beer run between $8 and $12. While there are about 100 seats inside, most folks sit on the covered patio, where there are another 120 seats. Misters keep the place cool in the summer.
There's something about the music, the sitting outside and the free-flowing drinks that makes a simple Sunday brunch at Rosie's feel festive — somewhere between a fancy hotel brunch and a diner's bacon-and-eggs breakfast.
If you like French toast, you're going to love Miss Truvy's Deep-Dish Southern-Style Not-So-French Toast ($9.50). A wedge of eggy bread cooked until golden is topped with a pecan-praline glaze. It's New Orleans meets breakfast. There are plenty of pancakes, from basic ($7.50) to wild berry ($9.95), s'mores ($9.95) and bananas Foster ($9.95).
And who can resist a menu item called the Fat Elvis ($8.95)? It's as over-the-top as its name suggests. A peanut-butter-covered banana is stuffed inside challah and then soaked in French toast mix. It's then deep-fried until crunchy and served with whipped cream and syrup.
My favorite dish, however, is Nelly Frittata ($10.95). (I wonder if singer Nelly Furtado knows there's a brunch dish named in her honor.) Egg whites are baked with turkey sausage in a small skillet with chives, zucchini, squash, peppers, onions, spinach, mozzarella and Swiss cheese. Like many dishes here, it can be ordered with a biscuit.
Those biscuits are the base for most of the items in the Benedict section of the menu, which includes classic poached eggs with hollandaise ($8.95) and something called Goldie Lox ($10.95) — smoked salmon, steamed asparagus, poached eggs, herb hollandaise, whipped cream cheese, capers and red onions. The inventive fried green tomato ($9.95) Benedict is a good idea, but not as successful as other dishes on the menu. Biscuits get replaced with tomatoes. The eggs are fried, and it's served with tomatoes, onion rings, avocado and ranch dressing.
There are plenty of nonegg and nonpancake offerings. These dishes are served with a choice of fries, loaded baked potato, coleslaw, Rosie's loaded brown rice, home fries or the delightful sweet-potato waffle fries. The Gypsy Rose Lee Wrap ($9.50), for instance, features chicken tenders, lettuce, tomato and blue-cheese dressing in a tomato-basil tortilla. The BLT ($9.50) is served on toasted grain bread. Cheesy Over Easy ($10.95) is a hamburger with American cheese and bacon topped with a fried egg.
There are always specials on the brunch menu. On my most recent trip, there were red-velvet waffles ($8.50) that were dark-burgundy but tasted just like regular waffles. A steak-and-egg feature ($18.95) combined a rib-eye with pineapple.
Some folks joke that gay men invented brunch. While I will neither confirm nor deny that claim, I'd say we've pretty much perfected it at Rosie's.
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2449 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors
954-563-0123, RosiesBarandGrill.com
Cuisine: Eclectic American breakfast
Cost: Inexpensive-moderate
Hours: Brunch 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays, lunch and dinner daily
Reservations: For eight or more
Credit cards: All major
Bar: Full service
Sound level: Can be noisy
Outside smoking: No
For kids: Highchairs, boosters, menu items on request
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Jackson, Miss. Mississippi's Prepaid College Tuition program is at a stand-still. It's supposed to allow parents to lock in college tuition rates early and not have to pay for any tuition hikes later.
But there's been a growing crack in the piggy bank. A recent audit of the program raised multiple financial concerns and put the board on notice that changes had to happen to keep it going.
"It laid out a road map on how we can work through the issues," said State Treasurer Lynn Fitch. "Look at investments, our debt allocation and how to make this fund sustainable and then also how we look at other opportunities as we move forward."
Since the audit presentation Apr. 30, committees have met to focus on MPACT's future. While there's currently a freeze on new enrollees to the program, the board has started taking steps to bring it back to life.
"There has been a lot of careful and considered study about how to make the MPACT plan sustainable. How to make it so the state can afford it, as well as deliver on the promises we've made to Mississippi school kids," incoming board member Cory Wilson said.
Those currently enrolled in the program will have their investments honored. But two of the committees recommended a change. And the full board approved lowering the assumed rate of return from 7.3 percent to 7.0 percent.
"The changes will just be truly investment," Fitch said. "How we switch our investment. How we look at where we invest and we allocate our debt."
The bottom line is the college savings program still has a future, but it will be restructured.
"It may not be exactly like it is but certainly, how we can make progress to open it sometime in the future," said Fitch.
And the board still has questions it's researching before pressing play again.
"Do you do a full tuition plan or do you go by the semester plan or possibly by the hour?" asked Fitch.
Because this phase of research and recommendations is complicated, the board has not set a timeline for how soon it may reopen enrollment.


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Ohio, home of "take your guns to the sporting events" laws has another "no-brainer" they're considering (and I literally mean no brain): state officials are debating a proposal to establish the nation's only statehouse bar.
That's right. Get smashed, make laws.
|College student? That's my state rep!
Tressel's consultation with Browns yields predictable results
Yesterday, we blogged about Jim Tressel showing up on the sidelines during the Cleveland Browns training camp. Well, you just knew how that was going to end.
ED. NOTE: With this 'Shopped picture above, I'd like to officially welcome the newest member of the MZone team, Rigby. Rigby will be handling Photoshop duties here at the MZone as well as some other things he's working on.
As you know, the Photoshop position here at the MZone is second in importance only to the ability to find scantily clad co-ed pix (a thankless job I do because I'm selfless like that). Since our founding in 2005, there have only been two resident Photoshop gurus here: Benny, who departed during The Original MZone (respect) and may or may not currently be in the Witness Protection Program, and Andy, who gave the MZone family a home via Spawn of MZone after T.O.M.Z. was shuttered in '08 then convinced me to come back full-time last fall, but has recently decided to hang up his keyboard.
While those are gigantic keystrokes to fill, I have no doubt Rigby will be able to step in and help us to continue to fulfill your procrastination needs so that you keep getting paid for doing very little at work.


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Senior Jenny Mizikar recently became the sixth Batavia girls tennis player to surpass 100 career victories. Should she and No. 1 doubles partner Amelia Cogan keep rolling – the pair is 6-0 entering today's St. Charles East Invitational – Hannah Potter's school record of 115 wins is well within reach. The landmark was on Mizikar's radar, she said in the latest edition of the Weekend Chit-chat, but a berth in the state meet next month remains the ultimate goal. Here's more from Mizikar's conversation with Kane County Chronicle sports reporter Kevin Druley. The following is an edited transcript:
What's the feeling about the team the first few weeks out of the gate?
I'm feeling really good. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season. We've had a good start so far. Hopefully, we can just keep working harder. We're going to be playing some hard teams coming up here soon, so hopefully we can step it up some and get some wins.
The morale around here has been high for some time. Where does that come from?
I think, just especially since we've done really well in the past (including three straight Upstate Eight Conference River Division titles), that we want to continue the tradition. We don't really want to [drop off]. I think we just are all really excited to do well and kind of show the school that, 'Oh, our tennis team is really good.'
How much were you following the 100-victory mark?
Well, it was always in the back of my head, because at the beginning of the season, I had 90-something – 97, I think. And so I knew and I had my goal that I wanted to. So I knew that it's a big deal, and I was pretty excited.
And it sounds like Hannah is in your crosshairs, too.
Mm-hmm. Yep. And we're actually good friends, so. ... I'm trying to beat her record, so hopefully, I get it.
What's worked well with you and Amelia the past few years?
We're really close, on and off the court, so our chemistry on the court, we can get along and we know our playing styles. So we know what she's good at. We know what I'm good at. ... I started playing one year with Kaitlin [Mills] and then she played doubles with Hannah, so this is my third year with Amelia, which also helps because we've been playing together for a long time.
Do you keep in touch with Kaitlin?
Somewhat. She's over at Case Western now, and her mom actually just came to the match [Tuesday against Elgin]. So somewhat.
Any recruiters been knocking on your door?
Yeah. I'm thinking of just going to some smaller [NCAA Division III] schools. I really like [Wisconsin-Whitewater] and some in Michigan and North Carolina. So I have to figure out if I want to stay close or go farther.
How much of the U.S. Open did you watch?
Actually, not much of it because school started and everything. I watched the first day and then the finals. I'm not a big fan of [women's singles champion Serena Williams], but I guess it's good for her for doing well.
The team was moved to the St. Charles East Sectional this season and you play at East's tournament this weekend before the conference dual. What's the outlook?
There's going to be some rough teams this weekend, so it'll definitely help us if we do play East with the sectional. So we need to do our best that match and in the tournament ... It's always a good challenge.
Is it ever distracting when cars or people pass by the back fence, or are you guys always in the zone?
We're pretty much always in the zone. There's always a few people that will sit right behind the fence, but we just try to ignore it and keep playing.


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Raw with K2 UXOL Bin.
1 Hour + Run time on New (Not so low) setting 45-50 Lumen's.
High Burst Mode 25 Min's Run time @ 70 Lumen's.
Same epic Low 10 Hours (8-10 Lumen's) with Regular CR2 3 Volt.
The new (Not so low) setting is 300 Ma which is very efficient & produces allot of light & not much heat for 1 hour + from the Protected PRCR2 350 Mah Battery.
You still have the options of full power high (Recommended for burst mode 1-2Mins only)
And epic Low for huge a 10 hours from 1 Regular CR2 3 volt.
All these options & more than ample light in a Thumb Size package.
I only have 9 of the K2 LEDs ATM if Popular I will try to get more??
The above new Low setting is also available for the Raw & Raw Ns Lux 3 watt TYOK's.
Cost is £35 www.Lummi.co.uk
Extra for Nano charger & 2 Stage etc.
If ordering online please follow up with a email stating K2, 1Hour Low.
Below photo shows the Raw K2, You can tell the K2 LED by the hexagon Reflector inside the K2 package.


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Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away...The omniscient deity, who already knew that his Palestinian-born son would be a long-haired white man, sent the yet unborn/unconceived spirit[1] of this future son/self, to give the message of paternity to an alien pagan? No wonder folks have to go to school for this theology stuff. It is pretty complicated. 1. sorry if I am demonstrating a lack of understanding about the trilogy here


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Hello, I (just turned 21!) female, average surfer.. No barrels .....YET!
Based in the UK, I get plenty of water time but really wanting to focus on improving my surfing.
I surf as much as I can and want to start an excersise routine based on this. However I have a really bad back, I feel like my spine bone has actually curved due to paddling on the board...could this be possible?? Been to chiropractor didnt help so have just decided to rely on massages!
So am slightly wary about starting excersise plan. I am a 'strong' built surfer wide shoulders but would also like to loose some weight in the hope it will make my surfing more dynamic. SO have started the couch to 5k program...has anyone done it ? for cardio. At the mo plan looks a bit like this....
Mon - swim
Tues - couch to 5k
Weds - circuits
Thurs- couch to 5k / yoga
Fri - couch to 5k
Sat - day off
Sun - day off
Most of this when there is no swell......
PLease advice would be good!!!! With regards to swimming im doing about 16x25m warm up, then 16x25m sprint with 30/60 second rest between each length then 16x25m to warm down. This is general idea...please give me some feedback...Thanks!!!


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The railway tracks in Port Moody will be relocated to accommodate a portion of the Evergreen Line guideway adjacent to Clarke Street, from Queens Street to Mary Street. Rail service will continue without major interruption.
Work begins in August and includes relocation of utilities, realignment of Columbia Street adjacent to the tracks and construction of a gravel base for the relocated tracks. Final track construction and relocation will occur in 2013.
"The Evergreen Line will create more than 8,000 direct and indirect jobs during construction and the new rapid transit connection will deliver new economic opportunities and improved quality of life in the Tri-Cities," said the Honorable James Moore, senior minister for British Columbia and member of parliament for Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam. "The Evergreen Line demonstrates that our government's Economic Action Plan is working."
The relocation of the railway tracks is part of a series of early works construction for the Evergreen Line. Early works construction lays the groundwork for major construction and will help keep the project schedule on track.
The British Columbian government will select a primary contractor to design and build the Evergreen Line this summer.
The Evergreen Line will open in the summer of 2016, providing rapid transit for the first time to the communities of Coquitlam and Port Moody, as well as the students of Douglas College.


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Absolutely awesome! Thanks (and same little notes as uastasi)
Hey Oliwer, thanks for adding the OSS support! Seems to be working like a charm other than the having to choose the OSS driver after restarting the app. Anyway, thanks so much for making this!
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Alright guys, time for beta 2 : http://olwtools.googlecode.com/files/vo … ta2.tar.gz
The bugs should be fixed. Do ypu still have problems with mute function uastasi ?
Also, this version contains my perl class
Beta2 works great here! Thanks again. Oss bugs gone.
I get bad mixer control name with OSS.
I have tried a few different values like 'mixer' 'mix0' 'pcm0' etc but I can't work out what it's supposed to be.
Alright guys, time for beta 2 : http://olwtools.googlecode.com/files/vo … ta2.tar.gz
The bugs should be fixed. Do ypu still have problems with mute function uastasi ?
Also, this version contains my perl class
Seems that it mutes a sub-channel and not the main called vmix-outvol
What do you mean for mixer? Because the default OSS mixer is intented to be ossxmix that belongs to OSS package and located into /usr/bin.
Crap ! I forgot to rename 2 variables in OSS.pm. In the functions 'mute' and 'unmute', replace '$opt{channel}' by '$channel'. Of course it couldn't work !
@sandman : you you can't find the right channel right ? Try with 'vol' or 'vmix-outvol'. This is something you should be able to figure out by yourself but maybe i'll add something to help you in a future release.
Crap ! I forgot to rename 2 variables in OSS.pm. In the functions 'mute' and 'unmute', replace '$opt{channel}' by '$channel'. Of course it couldn't work !
It works partly now because on unmute it restores volume to 100%. _Great_ work anyway oliwer
I <3 volwheel 4 OSS! thanks
Man! This is one of the thngs I needed the most for Arch, it is an incredible application!!!
I'd like to help you testing the new relesaes. I installed version 0.2.6-1. Where can I get a newer version version?
"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know...
It's what we know for sure that just ain't so."
Mark Twain
Man! This is one of the thngs I needed the most for Arch, it is an incredible application!!!
I'd like to help you testing the new relesaes. I installed version 0.2.6-1. Where can I get a newer version version?
Get the 0.2.7beta3 from here, since on oliwer's repo there's 0.2.7beta2 yet.
Have fun
Sorry for the long wait. The month of February has been quite busy and I had very little time to take care of VolWheel.
But today was a free day, and here it is : VolWheel 0.2.7
Changelog :
* Added OSS support through ossmix
* Added the MiniMixer
* Added configurable prefix
* Added support for xdg-user-dir spec
* Added an install script
* Modularisation and lots of code rewrite
You can see a little screenshot a the new MiniMixer here. It is quite handy when you want to quickly access to both output and input channels (when using Skype for example). I'm also thinking of using this to manage the volume of each applications using PulseAudio.
The Community package should be updated soon.
I like this app very much. Can't wait until 0.2.7 gets into [community].
I can't get 0.2.7 to work... it complains about a missing Alsa.pm module.
Any tip which CPAN provides that?
Microshaft delenda est
Since the package is outdated from a very very long time here's a PKGBUILD to build the latest version
# $Id: PKGBUILD,v 1.4 2009/01/03 10:46:10 pizzapunk Exp $
# Maintainer: Alexander Fehr <pizzapunk gmail com>
# Contributor: Olivier Duclos <firstname.lastname@example.com>
pkgdesc="Tray icon to change volume with the mouse"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
depends=('perl-gtk2-trayicon' )
build() {
cd "$srcdir/volwheel-$pkgver"
./install.pl --prefix=$pkgdir/usr || return 1
It seems some people have problems with the current installer which doesn't create all the necessary directories. Although I can't reproduce this on my box, I've fixed the installer and released a new tarball :
http://olwtools.googlecode.com/files/vo … xed.tar.gz
There is no need to download it if your current version works fine.
@scarecrow : this will solve your problem. VolWheel doesn't require any CPAN stuff besides Gtk2-perl. And BTW, the perl-Gtk2-trayicon dependency will disappear in the next version since Gtk+ 2.16 has vastly improved its StatusIcon widget.
I updated volwheel in community using the standard tarball (it works fine for me)
Oh snap. So glad I saw this thread; this app is amazing and simple. Great job!
[ lamy + pilot ] [ arch64 | wmii ] [ ati + amd ]
Is there a way to increase the priority on start of the volwheel app ? As its response time is very slow since upgrading to 0.2.7.
I thought I'd done it by launching with
nice -20 volwheel
But changing master volume is still to slugish, i've gone back to 0.2.6.
I'm using xfce4 panel
Last edited by foggybrain (2009-04-10 12:09:17)
For the next time, a niceness of -5 is more then enough for a user desktop operation. -2'0 gives it precedence to the most basic system operations.
Mortuus in anima, curam gero cutis
Tried niceness of -5 and the new volwheel is still slow and unresponsive in the xfce4 panel, there is something very wrong with the new version.
Try GVolWheel (not required Perl) :
Just tried GVolWheel and it works perfectly.
Thank-you so much for the recommendation.
Hey guys!
Is it only me but I need first to click on volwheel icon and only then I can use mouse wheel to adjust volume. Nothing happens if I just hover mouse over the icon and scroll the wheel.
I'm using fluxbox BTW. I've used wmix docapp before. But todays update broke it, so I was forced to find another alternative.
Last edited by void_false (2009-05-26 16:24:40)
What's the window name of the minimixer?
I can't set it to floating in my awesome config because I can't run xwininfo on it to get the name; it disappears as soon as I focus another window.


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We should invade Australia to help bring democracy to the region?
It will be a tough fight. I see that their queen has fled to a former colony and is now probably negotiating with the head of the Green Gnome tribe to help her regain her throne.
We should invade Australia to help bring democracy to the region?
Please do. We keep getting screwed by higher prices and region locked on Steam, so if you make us a US territory it'll work out for everyone!
We should invade Australia to help bring democracy to the region?
Please do. We keep getting screwed by higher prices and region locked on Steam, so if you make us a US territory it'll work out for everyone!
And this statement is why people don't care about freedom. Lock people up for speaking? Fine. Charge an extra $5 for a computer game? Revolution!
Same in the U.S. That was a revolution about taxes. The freedom of speech/freedom to bare arms/etc were things to ensure that another revolution could happen in the future, and the reason for such a revolution will be financial.
And this statement is why people don't care about freedom. Lock people up for speaking? Fine. Charge an extra $5 for a computer game? Revolution!
OK, I understand it doesn't come particularly well through the medium of text, but I was actually being tongue-in-cheek. Do you really think I want my country to be invaded by the US? Hell no, and benefits to gaming would be far down the list of supposed "benefits" to becoming yet another US territory.
In other words, it was a joke.
We should invade Australia to help bring democracy to the region?
Please do. We keep getting screwed by higher prices and region locked on Steam, so if you make us a US territory it'll work out for everyone!
Tell you what.
We'll invade *you* and hang all *your* crap politicians, if *you* will agree beforehand to invade *us* and hang all *our* crap politicians afterwards.
BTW, I doubt if either of our armed forces would fire a shot. Only toss back a few.
It would give a whole new meaning to "fair-trade" agreements, that's certain!
Is Men at Work really that biased?
We should invade Australia to help bring corporatocracy to the region?
Too late guys, they already have plenty of it.
Australians defending their government against Americans talking about how crazy it is.
People applying their IANAL interpretation of laws... of other countries.
A frost pist that is off topic.
Several jokes about Foster's.
Retort that 'real IrishmenAustralians don't drink Foster's.
Jokes about 'Facebook police'.
Question about Men at Work.
Defense of vegemite.
Vegemite vs. marmite discussion.
Complaints about submission/slashdot in general.
the only really on-topic (albeit a bit meta) post gets modded offtopic by some saddo.
You forgot Crocodile Dundee references.
so the vulnerability is that private photos on facebook aren't private? is he a security researcher or an ass?
and how the fuck republishing it isn't illegal but copyright violations are?
Why should Sony be the only company to employ dirty tactics like that?
Yep, that's right the police chief equated receiving a "stolen" (copied) photo without permission to receiving a stolen TV. This is one time that "Copyright infringement is not theft" is very appropriate. Apparently our police just don't get it.
That tells you how rational and well informed our Police are. If it involves IT or computers they're just maroons.
i thought that's how cops are supposed to work... arrest first, ask questions later.
they tried it the other way round, but found that people ran away before they got a chance to ask the really important questions.
The concept of false arrest seems to have disappeared completely in the last 10 years.
they're just maroons
Well, it was in Queensland...
He was later released without charge
So a person was bought in by police for questioning. Which as I understand it is legal in most western nations.
But it is very important to keep up the uninformed Australia bashing here on
Who's bashing Australia?
You're probably the friendliest country in the world, has no major problems with economy or political stability, haven't done anything to piss off other countries, and your treatment of the native population seems humane compared to how most other countries have treated theirs.
I think you're referring to New Zealand.
Australia's treatment of indigenous people is deplorable. (nb: i am an Australian)
Australia's treatment of indigenous people is deplorable.
You wouldn't possibly believe what they do to sheep in NZ. Trust me, you're good. ~
Who's bashing Australia?
it's just a bit of sarcastic humour and is quite common in the wide brown land.
For the most part, I'm just pulling your leg although certain members of
I just wanted to head them off at the pass.
and your treatment of the native po
(mostly over the fact we haven't actually got a dusty document that states we are in fact a free society, apparently you cant be free without one)
I kind of like the idea of 'the right to all which hasn't had such right retracted' over what appears to be 'you have these explicit rights and we'll stomp on the rest if we please' and then stomping on the explicitly-granted rights, too...
Fucking summary
And the fact that these subpoenas were even served reminds us that in Australia there are no statutory protections for journalists - no shield laws, as they're known - worthy of the name.
Or there weren't, until a couple of weeks ago, when the
Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2011
-- Evidence Amendment (Journalistsâ(TM) Privilege) Bill 2011
was finally passed through both houses of the Federal Parliament.
It provides bluntly that...
If a journalist has promised an informant not to disclose the informant's identity, neither the journalist nor his or her employer is compellable to answer any question or produce any document that would disclose the identity of the informant...
-- Evidence Amendment (Journalistsâ(TM) Privilege) Bill 2011
It's a disgrace that it took until 2011, but the Aussies now have a shield law
I know poking a stick at foreign jurisdictions is a popular past time on Slashdot (and this is sometimes with good reason) but it would be nice if blanket statements weren't thrown around quite so much about the state of laws in other countries. As usual with most things in life, the situations is generally more complex than can be summed up in a sentence or two.
From the summary:
"Australia has no explicit right to free speech and lacks shield laws to protect investigative journalists from having to reveal sources."
Though this isn't an inaccurate statement at a high level, it's not quite true...
Australia has no ~constitutional~ right to free speech, in that its Constitution does not contain a Bill of Rights like the American one. This is not unusual - most Westminster democracies have no such thing and generally have rights conferred by common law (case law) and/or statutory rights. And at least two jurisdictions DO have "explicit rights" to freedom of expression in Australia - the ACT and Victoria, which both have (statutory) 'Bills of Rights'.
Incidentally there have been proposals to introduce a constitutional Bill of Rights in the past. They have not been successful. There are as many arguments against an entrenched and absolute statement of rights, as there are for one - there are pros and cons in each case.
And as for shield laws - again, the jurisdiction matters. One state, NSW, does indeed have a shield law. The others don't, although I believe WA and a couple of others are working on one at the moment. However, as of March this year, a Federal shield law also passed both houses of the Federal Parliament in March this year and is currently awaiting Royal Assent.
So basically, Australia has some shield laws that may or may not apply depending on the case. In a NSW or Federal court, or a case regarding the NSW or Federal Police or a NSW or Federal law, yes, there are shield laws that apply. Otherwise, no, not at this point in time.
speech is still far from free, and press freedom is somewhat less than what befits the standard of democracy that Australia claims to be.
now, the USA has similar problems (worse problems?), but "other people are doing it" does not really cut it as an argument.
Oh, I full agree with you. I was just making the point that things aren't usually black and white in law and blanket statements often aren't very accurate.
Australia is by no means a leader on these issues. Freedom of speech (as distinct from freedom of ~political expression~, which is somewhat protected here), has never been considered a particularly important issue here, and as a result legal protection of it is patchy, at best. Certainly not as good as in many (perhaps even most) other western countries.
Incidentally there have been proposals to introduce a constitutional Bill of Rights in the past. They have not been successful. There are as many arguments against an entrenched and absolute statement of rights, as there are for one - there are pros and cons in each case.
Funny thing is, the founders of the U.S. Constitution wrestled with this very idea as well. It was debate over this very thing that led to the Bill of Rights being the first 10 amendments as opposed to a part of the constitution itself.
The 10th amendment or something similar is probably the key to any codified objections. In your case, perhaps the equivalent to the 10th amendment can read something like "any rights not explicitly expressed are granted based on common law."
...again! Because if you don't read/hear/see any problems, then they can be safely ignored. <massive sarcasm>
When will governments/law enforcement around the world accept that reponsible leaking of information is in everyones best interests (except the corrupt)?
(I guess the answer to that is: When governments/law enforcement cease to be corrupt.)
But I guess I'm preaching to the converted.
An absolutely disgraceful peformance by the Queensland Police involved.
He was released without charge once everything became clear wasn't he? They are actually a lot better than some of them were twenty years ago. The formerly frequent fabricated trifecta of obscene language, resisting arrest and assaulting an (untouched) officer and the subsequent time in hospital and jail is unheard of now.
Those that gave false information to the Police that a crime had been committed are far more deserving of your disg
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/journalists-facebook-arrest-transcript-of-police-interview-20110518-1esrr.html [smh.com.au]
It is abundantly clear that, while everything was going ok for a while, Ben's fatal flaw was being "helpful" to the police and offering information to them. The interview was voluntary, and they even told him he could walk out at any time. The minute he mentioned that he had taken notes of the converstaion with the security
The expert, Christian Heinrich.... {showed} how he had been able to gain access to the Facebook photos of the wife of a rival security expert, without a username or password.
Sounds like a breach of the Queensland's Criminal Code Act 1899 Section 408E parts 1 and 2 to me.
but he went through it personally with me straight afterwards.
Probably using Grubb's iPad I would imagine, hence the seizure.
When I questioned under what legislation they had the right to seize my iPad, Coultis told me I was under arrest in relation to receiving unlawfully obtained property.
I'm assuming under Queensland's Criminal Code Act 1899 Section 433.
Assuming Grubb let Christian Heinrich use his iPad for the act he's most likely in trouble, even if it was intellectual property. I'm not fully aware of the precedence regarding the definition of 'property' for the purposes of Section 433 and whether intellectual property is also co
I would show you where the weakspots are in your (home's | business' | network's | Facebook profile's) security systems that any malcontent may exploit, if only for the fact that it was made illegal to do so... In short: Good luck, you clearly need it.
If you outlaw exploits, only outlaws will have exploits.
Victimized computers that have not been disinfected using anti-virus software updates will continue to attempt to contact the Coreflood botnet servers. When this happens, we will respond by issuing a temporary stop command to the virus
So -- The FBI can use the bot-net controls [fbi.gov], but if I, a security researcher, did that same very thing for the exact same
Like anywhere else in the world, you'd still need permission from the owner of the system to do that for it to be completely legal.
There is a difference between water-tight consent and exploiting the interpretation of the law, hence the qualifier I used. As someone who is part of the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) he agreed to "...maintain the confidential nature of all sensitive and proprietary documentation and information that I encounter." it seems apparent he disregarded this during his demonstration, at the very least this is an violation of a Code of Ethics he agreed to. I know of no reputable IT Security pro
EC: Ok. We're governed by the police powers and responsibilities act. And we have a power to seize property that we believe may contain evidence of a commission of an offence. Ok?
BG: OK. Now I work and my iPad is my working device. I'm a journalist. I have rights to keep my sources close. What legislative, what legislation are you prepared to take my iPad away from me under and do I have to give you the password?
EC: OK. The legislation is the police powers and responsibilities act. And if you wish we can tell you the exact section or sub-section but we have a power generally under the police powers and responsibilities act to seize evidence that we believe, we reasonably believe contains evidence of a commission of an offence. And we reasonably believe that on your iPad is recorded evidence of a commission of an offence and therefore we are going to seize your iPad to examine forensically.
According to Grubb he only has notes on his iPad and a copy of the picture, frankly I don't see how they need to seize his entire device just to obtain his notes, the device may have been used to collect evidence of the offence but seizing the entire device is overkill.
EC: I haven't had a chance to tell you this [to JS] but his law firm which is Johnson Winter and Slattery has asked that we don't conduct an examination until 24 hours at a minimum because they want to fully consider the matter before...
EC: I understand we don't have to wait for their permission or anything like that but I thought given the consideration and how helpful everyone had been in relation to this matter that we can wait at least 24 hours before... as per their request
Hopefully someone will see that the seizure of the whole device is
Must be nice, being able to legally steal peoples' iPads (and presumably other devices, like laptops) for no apparent reason.
(Note that I'm not blaming the victim here, just pointing out a fact people tend to forget)
This is why you never, ever talk to the police without a lawyer. A good lawyer would have asserted his client's full rights out of the bat, suggested him what to say and how to say it, and probably threatened to sue for harassment if they wanted to confiscate the iPad. At that point most policemen would have given up as "not worth the hassle".
Instead, they just saw a boy playing with toys, and made him frame himself. He completely missed the big picture here; when asked if he thought a crime had been committed, he basically said "it's for the hacker to define that" -- "crimes" are defined by criminals now? It's for the *police* to decide, and they did indeed decide, probably because they saw the boy being somehow ambivalent about it ("when in doubt, charge" is a common police attitude in many parts of the world). Again, a good lawyer would have stopped him from saying anything -- you don't debate the fine points of the law while under official questioning, because it doesn't matter and it can only hurt your case. Let the lawyers debate it for you, they'll do it better than you ever could.
"Anything you say can be used against you" is not really understood by the common folk until they have this sort of experience. It should be taught in school.
He gained access to photos from a womans Facebook account, and published them on the Internet. This woman then made a complaint to the police, which they followed up. No charges have been filed.
Nothing to see here people. This isn't a big conspiracy. Facebook themselves didn't send the goon squad. Simply the police following up a complaint by another citizen.
I've got a bad feeling about this.


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Crowds gather in Tennessee for British princes
- Associated Press
- May 3, 2014 - 3:25 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fans are gathering near the Memphis Country Club hoping to spot British Princes William and Harry as they attend the wedding of a friend in Tennessee.
Multiple media outlets reported that the royal brothers on Friday went for a tour of Graceland, the one-time home of Elvis Presley. The men are in the city for Lizzy Wilson and Guy Pelly's wedding. She is the granddaughter of the late Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson and London club owner Guy Pelly. The wedding is Saturday afternoon.
Paparazzi lined a stone wall all trying to get a glimpse of the princes.
Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph says there no problems have been reported during the visit.
© 2018 Star Tribune


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Just went into my profile to try to remove / disable this POS and you are not even given the option to do so...
I am so close to closing my Facebook account it is not even funny anymore.
Nobody sees it but everybody knows that given an url https://www.facebook.com/you there is an address at firstname.lastname@example.com
The help reads that mail received by that address goes into facebook's messages. That would be good for spammers. I tried sending a mail to myself, still waiting for it to arrive or bounce.
I'm starting to agree on the "leaving" part (or at least stop using). Sure it's fun to reconnect with old classmates, but changing my default address from yahoo.com or gmail.com to facebook's service totally blows.
What ALSO blows is making me identify pictures when I log-in from non-home computers. How on earth am I supposed to identify which of my 1000 friends is tagged on a Calvin&Hobbes cartoon? For that matter, some of my friends have grown old and changed appearance. I barely recognize them anymore. Basically: I can't login because I keep guessing wrong on the photos. Bullshit facebook. (My username and password should be enough to let me in.)
My special hate:
Now I see status updates of pages liked by my friends, and the only way to get rid of them is to unsubscribe from the friend. I've taken to reporting every damn one of these updates that appear on my feed as spam.
It's makes little difference for spammers because Facebooks approach to spam filtering is, to put it mildly, "nuke it from space". Mail sent to you that isn't from a friend goes into the "other" section and generates no notifications at all. The only way to even know you have received such a message is to make a habit of going into Messages and manually polling the "other" section to see if there are messages there.
This is insane. The reason people fought so hard to build strong spam filters that let strangers could mail each other is that the internet is about connecting people, even people who may not already be friends. I am not the type to have histrionics over changes Facebook makes, in fact I don't remember the last time I got really annoyed about a change they made. Far more of my friends care about the forced transition to Timeline than this. But Facebook fucked up email totally, which is why I don't use my @facebook.com address. I'm sure the average Facebook user never corresponds outside their circle of friends, but I have projects and interests that often mean wanting to contact people who don't know me (and vice versa). So it actually matters to me that people can find my email address and use it. Silently changing my settings like this pisses me off, and the absolute bullshit their PR flaks spouted about it just rubs salt in the wound. "Making addresses more consistent" - since when is consistency of domain name a factor in anything? What possible benefit does that have for anyone except them? Ugh. Google+ gets this right, incidentally.
ANOTHER annoying thing is facebook keeps redirecting my Tablet to their mobile site. If I type www.facebook.com then THAT'S where I want to go, not m.facebook.
Facebook's actions are equivalent to when I tell a taxi driver "I want to see Baltimore," and he takes me to smalltown Annapolis instead. The taxi driver should Never take his customer someplace different than what was requested, and neither should a webpage programmer. (But given they are changing our emails from name@yahoo to name@facebook, I guess facebook doesn't care about netiquette.)
Isn't there an app for your tablet?
If not, isn't there a "use non-mobile site" (something like that) link, usually near the bottom of the screen?
You can't get rid of the address, but you can make it so that no one sees it. You can also display to whomever you like whatever address you like. The settings updates you have to make are pretty straightforward.
Sally's Facebook Wall, sometime in 2013
It's a Boy! David Zuckerberg Stevens joined our family this morning at 6:45 a.m. 7lbs 3oz
Sally: OMG! I totally didn't type Zuckerberg! His middle name is Anthony! WTF FaceBook?!
Judy: Relax! You can't get rid of the Zuckerberg, but you can just not use it in front of others and no one will know, except when you scold, "David Zuckerberg! Take your hand out of that cookie jar this instant!"
Sally: Who are you?
Judy: I'm your closest friend. We met when you called Facebook to close your account, and I talked you out of it. And remember when I talked you out of that abortion 8 months ago?
Sally: Wait, are you FB customer service?
Judy: We don't like to think of it that way.
The settings updates you have to make are pretty straightforward.
Provided you know that you have to make the updates to begin with, what with the lack of any announcement and all...
Just went into my profile to try to remove / disable this POS and you are not even given the option to do so...
I am so close to closing my Facebook account it is not even funny anymore.
Join the rest of us that left several months ago because of the increasing number of times that fb thought their views on privacy/settings/defaults was better than yours. At this point I only have a fb id so that I can be invited to events by others. Hopefully some sort of good event system will show up in one of the other social network sites.
At this point I only have a fb id so that I can be invited to events by others.
Some old-timers once told me of a time when you could have friends and get invited to things without needing the services of a corporation that makes its money by knowing and selling every detail of your life, but I can't imagine how it was ever done.
It was different back then, because all your friends lived in the same little town as you. Now, with people moving thousands of miles every time they change jobs (which happens every 2-3 years), it's not so easy. Before the internet, we tried to keep in contact with telephones, but that didn't work so well; how do you find someone you lost contact with? If you couldn't contact a mutual friend, or didn't know which city they lived in to look them up in the white pages (or they were unlisted), then you were out of luck. With the internet, a few things got easier, but finding people still wasn't too easy; email replaced telephone calls and snail-mail letters, but again if you didn't already know their email address you were out of luck. Facebook made reconnecting easy since it was basically like a giant internet-wide phone book.
Unfortunately, they've gone from just being a way of allowing people to reconnect and interact, to being a bunch of control freaks that make Apple look like they're not control freaks.
I make people who say that they are my friends call me, text me, send me an email. Heck. Sometimes they even stop by to say hello.
Anyone in my circle of friends that insists that I need a Facebook account to be their friend is not a friend.
there's so much extra privacy if you do NOT have an fb acct.
strange way to think of it, but its at the point where people just assume you 1) carry a smartphone and 2) have an fb account
I do neither. 2 less things to be searched and judged by!
employer: open your fb account for us
me: don't got one
customs: open your fb account for us
me: get bent, don't got one
it seems that the best way to play is not to play at all. anymore.
Could you suggest a similar site where I can upload unlimited 2000x2000 photos, tag my friends so that they get notified of them and let me share baby photos with even the most inept of family members?
Until then facebook it is.
I am so close to closing my Facebook account it is not even funny anymore.
Just do it.
I deleted mine over a year ago and haven't missed it for a second.
With social networks, you are not the customer, you are the product they market to their customers.
Don't make the mistake that your details are private. These companies make money selling your information to third parties; That's all they exist for.
Yes there is: Click "About" on your profile and scroll down to your email address. Click "Edit" to change them. Click on the circle next to your Facebook email address and change its setting to "Hidden From Timeline". Click on the circle next to your other email addresses and change their settings to "Shown On Timeline". Click the Save button at the bottom of the Edit popup (Don't forget this step).
from the BBC's article: [bbc.co.uk]
Users wishing to undo the change can do so by clicking on the "about" link in their profile and then clicking the "edit" button next to their contact information.
They then need to click make their Facebook email address "hidden from timeline" and then - if they wish - make one or more of their other preferred addresses visible.
I think that's pretty obvious... by facebook standards.
I am so close to closing my Facebook account it is not even funny anymore.
No you aren't you sheep, stop fantasizing. You are a slave.
Don't just walk from Facebook... [youtube.com]
Also I think facebook really helped reduce chain emails (and forwarded jokes) since all the stupid people just go to facebook and share and leave me alone.
cb radio was like that to ham radio, 30 or more years ago. the idiots who could not pass a ham radio code+theory test were left to rot on the cb (citizens band) freq's while the rest of us (yes, I was a ham radio guy a long time ago) were enjoying our band-space, clear of most idiots and 'lids'.
cb morons pretty much stayed there. and we stayed in our area. and life was good
fb, myspace and crap like that are magnets for morons (hey, is that a new catch-phrase?). whoever ends up on those services, well
Funny how people are always surprised by the reaction they get when they forget to consider others when making decisions
Funny how people are always surprised by the actions others take, when you give others the rights to make your decisions for you.
'I'm seeing this whole meme around the idea that it's us pushing for people only to use facebook.com addresses,' Chin said. "That was not our intention. We want people to use whatever's easier for them.'
So we made @facebook easiest.
To some degree I understand it though. Facebook hacks/bots becoming more and more common place. For 99% of normal users, they don't just have friends as "friends"
Facebook should be aware by now that users don't like Facebook (the system) forcing some changes onto them, or changing their preferences to something "that is good for you". (See privacy settings, Timeline)
Facebook should be aware by now that users don't like Facebook (the system) forcing some changes onto them, or changing their preferences to something "that is good for you". (See privacy settings, Timeline)
I'd say experience has taught them the exact opposite.
A forced changes causes a vocal minority to be vocal. A fraction of a percent of the user base might close their accounts, but more likely they just talk about how they're really close to doing it [slashdot.org]. The noise dies down, the vast majority of their active users accept the changes and move on (if they're even aware of them). Facebook wins. A couple months later, rinse and repeat.
I guess the amazing part is that they expect their lies to be believed.
I don't think they expect you to believe it...Just tollerate it. Facebook basically assumes that if they piss you off in small enough increments, that only like 10% of people are actively considering quitting at any given time, they can be successful, because the 90% provide enough gravity to pull you back in. But there's a tipping point, and studies show that there really is a disproportionate amount of gravity around "cool kids", the most social people in your family, and other social people who act like "hubs". When these people move, they tend to pull others with them.
The point of this is that FB is not a stock to have in your portfolio. Because they rely on being cool in order to continue to make money. But making more money than they currently make requires doing increasingly uncool things.
Because they rely on being cool in order to continue to make money.
So sayeth the Slashdot demographic as they stand in the cold and stare hungrily at the "cool kids" through the window.
But it's bullshit. Facebook stopped being about cool years ago, and it continues to pull huge traffic and hold onto enormous numbers of users. Why? Because it's not about being cool - it's about being useful, and they've pretty much mastered that.
How long before FB is hated and flamed as much as MS and Apple on
How long before FB is hated and flamed as much as MS and Apple on
Probably not before it slips away into the obscure forgotten Internet shoe-box along with Myspace and Friendster.
"Your Facebook email is based on your public username. Email sent to this address goes to Facebook messages."
http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=224049364288051 [facebook.com]
So if I didn't want a public email address on my FB profile then why would I want one now?
Your Facebook email is based on your public username.
What this also means is that if you have someone's "public username", you don't need to see their profile to learn their email address. You can get the public username from any search or friend list, concatenate "@facebook.com" to it and start spamming.
Your Facebook email is based on your public username.
What this also means is that if you have someone's "public username", you don't need to see their profile to learn their email address. You can get the public username from any search or friend list, concatenate "@facebook.com" to it and start spamming.
Exactly, so, bring on not only the spam, but also fakemails / spear phishing
My primary email is hidden, and a junk dump address anyway
If anyone sends mail to my @facebook address it be ignored
Facebook has posting, direct messages, and chat why would I want an email?
A facebook email address says one thing about you , you use facebook. So when your boss see's it and sticks in a friend request how do you tactfully say never in a million years.
There has to be a good number of people that you don't really want accessing your facebook page for one reason or another at least you can deny being on facebook if your privacy settings are set secure enough.
Seriously A facebook email address says one thing about you , you use facebook. So when your boss see's it and sticks in a friend request how do you tactfully say never in a million years.
Personally, I would do it by declining the request. It isn't hard. If that isn't option because he's a scumbag, accept and add him to a group with the same privileges as non-friends.
Yes, just like whenever people see my GMail address I get tons of requests for Google+.
slashdot should have email aliases.
I imagine firstname.lastname@example.com would be a pretty popular registration at paywalls. Maybe it already is.
Now that I've been off Facebook for a long time, whenever I see friends we actually have something to talk about, because I have no clue as to what's been going on with them. It's brilliant!
Try it!
I hadn't noticed this but in the last week or so I've noticed the appearance of ads masquerading as 'likes'. I'm getting all sorts of shit in my newsfeed on a regular (i.e. daily basis.) FaceBitch is definitely going out of its way to piss off users. Thank goodness for Social Fixer.
I just checked my own Facebook info page and discovered that while my gmail address was still "Friends/not shown on timeline," my new Facebook address is "Friends/shown on timeline." Depending on exactly is meant by that last bit, it could explain why I'm suddenly getting about double the spam in my Gmail account that I was getting a month ago. (I get email notifications from Facebook sent to me Gmail account, as I suspect most people do.) Thank goodness for good spam filters...
There's a good reason why I ratchet-down my email address' availability on web pages, and apparently Facebook isn't nearly so concerned (which, of course, comes as no great surprise). I'd be curious to know if someone whose normal address is set to "hidden" now has a non-hidden Facebook address.
Also, the line, "We want people to use whatever's easier for them" has a somewhat different meaning when you're actively making it easier for those looking at a user's info page to see the @facebook address, rather than the one the user intentionally put there. Either the staff is oblivious, or they're being dishonest about their intentions. (Not sure, given their track record with privacy and such...)
I'd rather have the FB crap go to a spambox rather than my real email.
I don't have a Facebook acct and don't intend to get one. However it seems that these days the only way to send feedback to TV shows, politicians and other celebrities is to "Like" them on Facebook (and follow them on Twitter).
How can I send an ordinary email to these people?
Look up their page on Google? Seriously, everyone who is interested in your feedback has an email address. If they are only asking you for "Likes" and feedback on their Facebook profile page, and follow them on Twitter, they are asking you to be a co-marketer for them and nothing else.
I don't know why your wrapped around the axle about not having a FB page for communication if you should need it. You're here on slashdot which, in the words of John Bender, is "sorta social, demented and sad, but social." Go
So perhaps when then fb think im a bit dumb since i dont use there site (four years) they will tell me how to rejoin on there email thing (that i dont have access to) rather than to the email i use. I'm good with that foolery.
they are essentially reverting the internet back to what it was in the mid-90's.
Everything computer-related has been going backwards since the mid/late 2000s. That was the golden age of openness, apparently.
Ironic, considering Mark Z is all about openness.
Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
Zuck: Just ask.
Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you
Zuck: People just submitted it.
Zuck: I don't know why.
Zuck: They "trust me"
Zuck: Dumb fucks.
I'm surprised Facebook still requires an email to sign up. Seems like they really want to replace all open and closed internet communications protocols (except VoiP and games). I give it about two years before most consumers no longer have e-mail addresses. I don't really like it, but SMTP seems like a perfect target for the likes of Facebook and Google to replace, because it's so open, valuable and a bit clumsy/anachronistic.
The entire purpose around user settings is to allow users to display what they want and to see what they want. So that means DON'T FUCK WITH MY SETTINGS. That means with every update don't check boxes that I didn't have checked before, don't force me to accept a change that gives me no way to say "No Thank You"
And the fact that Facebook was not prepared for the reaction it received is a bold-faced lie. If they didn't expect this reaction, it would not have be implemented so quietly. Facebook knew there would be controversy, again, thus the hush-hush.
On the other hand, Facebook is free to use, so it is in Facebook's interest to change the email address extension. If you were paying for your Facebook account do you really think there would be as many people on the site? Nope. So sadly, you're getting what your pay for, no fees, no freedom no privacy.
If you don't like the TOS, leave Facebook.
And the fact that Facebook was not prepared for the reaction it received is a bold-faced lie.
At least it wasn't Comic Sans. That would be a real slap in the face!
Facebook has put me face-to-face with the fact that my online "friends" all suck. Almost all of my network turns out to be people I knew in high school and haven't talked to in 20 years, half of them are religious or political nuts, and none of them are really my "friends". My real friends don't use Facebook.
Facebook is a fad. It's going to be a very long-lived fad, which is fine. But it's hard to see them as anything other than a clearinghouse for data that isn't worth distributing any other way. I do not care about what happened to you today in MobWars.
'I'm seeing this whole meme around the idea that it's us pushing for people only to use facebook.com addresses,' Chin said, 'That was not our intention.'
That is all.
I didn't have any email addresses under my "About". Facebook didn't change my email addresses, it added the @facebook.com one to my About page. I was able to hide it, but you won't be able to get rid of it.
You can easily spoof FB messages to people using an unsecured SMTP server. I tried sending myself a message from my wife (not knowing my wife's FB or email passwords), and it worked; it looked as though the message were from her! Since there's no email headers to evaluate, you can't tell where it really came from. There is a little icon indicating that it is "Unable to confirm X as the sender." But it still shows up with her FB profile picture and full name (which I didn't provide in the email).
Email has never been secure. It is very similar to postal mail; you can write whatever return address on the envelop that you want.
Yes, there have been some suggestions lately to improve this. The postal equivalent of comparing the return address's zipcode and the originating post fffice's zipcode, and marking that ones that don't match as "likely spam". It's not ubiquitous, and it's just extra points in the spam scoring.
I know that was "only a movie" and "facts were changed" make it more dramatic, but why do I get the sinking feeling that between the constant changes to privacy settings, the shady, over-valued IPO that the basic leitmotif of the movie -- that Zuckerberg is a morally deficient opportunist -- is the basic leitmotif of the entire operation?
There seems to be nothing about Facebook and the way it is run that is honest or straightforward. I read the article on the NY Times this morning and the naked, unapologetic dishonesty on display was fairly breathtaking although totally and completely expected.
I can't say I will stop using the site, but I've always been reluctant to put much "serious" information in my profile. Most of it is silly (Religion: "I believe I'll have another") and I regularly check my privacy settings to see what has been unset.
Although lately it seems that people use it less for even meaningful textual communication -- it's just reposting dumb jpeg humor and I find myself using it less and less. More changes like this and I might just decide to jettison it completely.
I noticed this the other day. I sync my phone with facebook for many of my contacts. Now I have an address book full of bogus email addresses where they were correct before.
Now every time they turn email notifications back on that I don't want, it won't go to one of the email addresses I ever check... (It was already linked to my 'spam attractor' email that I only check once a week.)
In less than a century, computers will be making substantial progress on ... the overriding problem of war and peace. -- James Slagle


text: Chiefs players packed up Thursday and went their separate ways for a long weekend free of football and distractions, but they took with them a warning. And perhaps the undisturbed locker in the heart of the locker room delivered it best: Don't forget that good judgment and smart choices are part of the job. The players walked past running back Larry Johnson's locker after practice, before setting off on their bye-weekend plans. Coach Todd Haley gave them three days off before practice resumes Monday. Linebacker Mike Vrabel said he's going to Ohio. Cornerback Brandon Flowers posted on his Twitter page that he's throwing a party in south Florida.


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What do you get, or rather, whom do you get, when Lewis Black calls you "the funniest comic in America, bar none," and Ron White says you are "easily one of the best comics alive"?
If you answered Kathleen Madigan, then you've been paying attention.
FYI: Tickets for Kathleen Madigan's one-hour TV special May 4 at the Royal Oak Music Theatre are $35, available at www.romtlive.com.
In an hourlong telephone conversation, Kathleen talks about everything from leprechauns and obesity to fillet mignon addiction and social media. Needless to say, like her act, the conversation was eclectic.
Madigan, originally from St. Louis, now living in Los Angeles, is coming to the Royal Oak Music Theatre to film her latest one-hour television special on May 4. Mark Ridley, of Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, is promoting the show.
"My last special, 'Gone Madigan,' was shot in New York," she says. "I didn't have a lot of say on location. This time around, though, I said that I don't care what the cost is, we're filming in Detroit."
She has a healthy and twisted love for the area.
"Detroit is my best road city. I love the people. I told Mark (Ridley), let's blow it out of the city."
That is the healthy part. Each time Madigan has come to Detroit, her show has sold out. Her loyal fan base brings new people to shows every time, Ridley says. Then there is the twisted part.
"There's also something about the danger aspect of Detroit," she says. "Anything can happen. I feel a kinship, being from St. Louis, not exactly low on the murder rate. Plus, I think we've all resigned to the fact that we're just functioning alcoholics now."
Of course, this is all tongue in cheek, but when she tells people who have never been to Detroit that she is filming her special here, their eyes widen and they often ask her if it's safe.
"They don't know. All they know is what they see on TV. I know, because I've been to Detroit and it's filled with great people that are smart, hard working, and know how to have a good time. They get it."
Madigan has been touring nonstop for 25 years. She's performed all over the world -- in every city, it seems, in America -- and was a guest on nearly every late night show: Leno, Letterman, Conan and Ferguson, just to name a few you have heard of.
"I've not stayed in one place for more than two weeks in the last 25 years," she says.
Life on the road is hard, but fun. Madigan enjoys traveling and meeting new people, experiencing life, seeing America, but it's hard to stay healthy.
"I don't want to be one of those comics where people say, 'The road got her.'"
The late-night shows, the driving, flying and train trips tend to eat up the time one would spend at a gym or sitting down for a healthy meal. Her fame and success is what has made it hard.
In the early days of weeklong club gigs, she actually had time to adjust and relax. Now, it's one night shows in theaters across America. It's easy to get caught up in a lifestyle of carelessness. However, Madigan is very conscious of her health, something most of us tend to do once we hit our 40s. She keeps a number in her head. It's 10 pounds. If she hits the 10-pounds-over limit, she knows that she has gone too far.
Madigan also recently quit smoking, but now admits that she has a Tootsie Pop addiction.
"It's possible that I might buy every Tootsie Pop in America."
Becoming a comic was a happy accident. She was a bartender and one night her and some friends stopped at a comedy club during an open mic. She went up on stage and did five minutes.
"I was just watching some people and thought I could do better. It really was an accident, which goes against everything that Oprah will tell you."
It wasn't long after that Madigan quit her job and started to focus on comedy. Since then, she's won the American Comedy Award for Best Female Comedian and the Phyllis Diller award for Best Female Comedian. She's written and produced Lewis Black's "Root of all Evil" on Comedy Central and Garry Shandling's Emmy monologues. Madigan has also performed on USO tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Finally, as proven by my aching sides, Madigan is as funny off stage as she is on stage.
At the end of the conversation, her love for the city of Detroit surfaces again.
"I just want to make sure that I say thank you to Dick Purtan. I miss his program. It was one of the most professional and well-oiled shows in America. I loved going on the show and I loved listening to Dick and the crew."
We did, too, Kathleen.


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One big difference between ice skating in November at Fisherman's Wharf and say, Frostbite Falls, Minn., is that your tears won't freeze to your face if you fall and bust your whatchamacallit.
The sun baked down Saturday in Monterey, lifting temperatures into the 70s for Ice Skating by the Bay, a man-made rink at Custom House Plaza where kids and their parents navigated perilously across the city's artificial winter wonderland.
"I fell down a little bit," explained 3-year-old Maya Merchant. "It didn't hurt, but it was cold!"
Big brother Kaiden, 8, had no such issues. He's a star hockey player on a team of 9- and 10-year-olds in the East Bay.
His position? "Defense," Kaiden said.
Favorite part about playing hockey? "Defense," he said.
John and Christine Sellers of Los Altos brought 5-year-old twins Jason and Jessica and their Colorado Springs, Colo., grandparents to the Peninsula for a dreamy Thanksgiving weekend that included some beach fun at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, dinner on the wharf and a visit to the aquarium. But the skating rink was a highlight.
"The kids loved it. They had a great time," Christine Sellers said. "They took one round of ice-skating lessons last winter, but they haven't been on skates since, so I wasn't sure how it was going to go today. They actually did really well.
"It's so great that the city did this," she added. "What a great idea to have a place in California where we can be ice skating in the middle of November.
Another set of twins, Serena and Olivia de Ponce, traversed the ice with their mom, Deborah. Their dad, Bryan, observed safely from the perimeter.
"I don't skate — not at all. That's why I'm watching from the sidelines," declared the Santa Barbara resident with a laugh. "We have some family living close by, so we came up here for the weekend and thought we'd get in some ice skating before we drive back. We're thinking it's probably a good way to tire out the kids a little bit before the trip."
"I'm 5½," crowed the smiling Serena as Mom unlaced her skates. "My sister is 5½ , too, but I'm better."
Olivia, hanging her lower lip a bit, didn't argue.
"Did you have fun out there today?" her mother asked.
"Not so much fun to fall on your bottom," Deborah de Ponce explained.
No further comment from Olivia, who wasn't talking to the press, but Serena had more on her mind.
"I want some ice skates for Christmas now," she announced. "And I also want ... well, I forget what else I want."
Ice Skating by the Bay is open through Jan. 6 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, noon to 8 p.m. Sundays. Ticket prices, skate rental rates and other information can be found online at www.iceskatingbythebay.com.
Dennis Taylor can be reached at 646-4344 or email@example.com.