Has reader changed with respect to the handling of previously read items?
Now I see them even though I read them before. Using the space bar, it just goes through every old post.
I’m going to have to switch back to bloglines.
This is what’s wrong with cloud computing.
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Posted by reinkefj
FACEBOOK is a free service. As such, I give them a lot of latitude about what they choose to do.
BUT, (there is always a big butt),
The keep changing the their human interface.
Without apparent rhyme or reason. And, without consideration of their users.
I liked the old “FRIEND GROUP” page. Why not have an option to use the new or the old?
It’s a small thing but groups in the left column are displayed sort of by last use. I’m an alpha guy. You try finding a specific group in a jumble of groups.
Argh!
FACEBOOK maybe the “only game in town”, but heaven help them if they aren’t. I think they are at risk of competition.
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Posted by reinkefj
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/21/mivitals-cant-find-pulse-for-online-health-records/
Can’t Find Pulse For Online Health Records
by Leena Rao on April 21, 2009
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Online health records is a rapidly growing segment of the health 2.0 world—Google Health, Microsoft’s HealthVault, WebMD, Aetna’s SmartSource (via a partnership with Healthline), and Revolution Health (now part of Waterfront Media), are just a few of the many online platforms that let consumers organize their health records online in a secure portal.
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http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/26/1418219&from=rss
Irish Reject E-Voting, Go Back To Paper
Posted by Soulskill on Sunday April 26, @12:07PM
from the progress-is-progress dept.
Government News
Death Metal tips news that the Irish government has announced their decision to abandon e-voting and return to a paper-based system. “Ireland has already put about $67 million into building out its e-voting infrastructure, but the country has apparently decided that it would be even more expensive to keep going with the system than it would be to just scrap it altogether.” John Gormley, Ireland’s Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, said, “It is clear from consideration of the Report of the Commission on Electronic Voting that significant additional costs would arise to advance electronic voting in Ireland. …the assurance of public confidence in the democratic system is of paramount importance and it is vital to bring clarity to the present situation.” He added that he still thinks there is a need for electoral reform.
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As some one who has some modest experience in computer security, this is a wise decision. The only process that I thought was worthwhile was to use technology to create the ballot that was “cast” by depositing the paper receipt in the ballot box. Those cash register receipts, with a crypto hash that can preserve the document’s integrity, would be available for recounts and verification.
Sorry, but anything less is unacceptable.
I laugh at the Minnesota debacle where they had more votes than voters and the courts say that’s ok. Makes banana republics look downright honest.
Argh!
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Posted by reinkefj
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[Billing] Weights & Measures – Time Warner & Comcast: Exempt?
How is it that my electric company, gas company, phone company (landline & cell) water, sewer, local gas station, local supermarket, etc., etc. all abide by strict governmental regulations regarding weights & measures BUT THESE ISPs don’t?
How is it these ISPs think that they are exempt from providing accurate, metered service without oversight? How is my usage determined? Where is my meter? How is my meter calibrated? What standards are used to determine the calibration? What guarantees that my service is metered correctly and accurately.
Why is it that these ISPs think that my exceeding an arbitrary threshold warrants punitive action? If I exceed my minutes allotment on my cell plan I pay for it. If I use more water this month than last, I pay for it. If my car is almost empty I fill it and pay for it. All of these are heavily regulated by strict weights & measure standards set by the government. IMHO it’s the governments job to set and enforce these standards.
Who maintains and enforces standards for metered bandwidth? Frankly I don’t trust the ISPs to self regulate.
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Write, call or visit your states Office of Weights & Measures and find out.
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Interesting concept!
Could it be the ISPs contribute more than the other Utilities?
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Posted by reinkefj
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As I write this, people are accessing the personal Apple MobileMe account of Hollywood actress Salma Hayek, after its login details were posted earlier today on Anonymous imageboard 4chan.org. Hacking into a famous celebrity’s e-mail account might sound like it would take an awful lot of work and experience and knowledge in hacking, but as it turns out, the evil deed could be carried out with just a few keystrokes. The Anonymous poster who started it all left the following bits of information for all to see and use to access Salma Hayek’s MobileMe e-mail account.
Her email address is shayek@mac.com
Go to me.com, forgot password, type shayek@mac.com
Her birthday is Sept. 2
Answer to change password question is: frida
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My non-critical passwords are 16 random alphanumeric characters. I have pages of them developed with ROBOFORM’s “PASSWORD GENERATE” function. My critical ones are long mnemonics of my favorite sayings.
AND, I treat secondary questions as exactly what they are — backdoors.
SO if you see my Grandmother C9HJLPQVK say hi. Say hi to my little dog KEZNBF6N9. And, I will be at my first school — VRT9ZWDX6.
If you know these “answers”, then you own my account at the New York Times. The free one. That they make you set up to read the slanted stories of the day.
Bottom line, security is for everyone. And, it’s easy.
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Posted by reinkefj
http://www.mynameise.com/about
About us.
E is a privately funded startup based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. E started as a graduation project in January of 2006 and grew into a service to connect users and their online lifes to the real world. The letter E stands for whatever meaning the users would like it to have. E can be emotion. Evolution. Everybody. Everything.
Our team has grown from three founders to a group of lovely, and very talented individuals. Click on their photos to meet them.
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I’m a sucker for useful applications of technology.
http://www.mynameise.com/reinkefj
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Posted by reinkefj
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/090416/
Windows Genuine Advantage is still genuinely bad
Ryan Russell By Ryan Russell
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Microsoft’s system for validating Windows before users can download most updates continues to be a problem for legitimate customers and for Internet security as a whole.
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And, what exactly are you buying when you give Microsoft your hard earned money — either directly or indirectly?
Nothing. Potentially nothing.
For any reason at all they can “turn you off”.
Sorry.
Not for me any more.
I’m moving.
Glacially it seems at times, but moving.
To Linux.
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Posted by reinkefj
The Nambu Network
The Nambu Network is just that: a network of services for social messaging, integrated seemlessly into our client software to maximize the integration and user experience.
And, best of all, everything Nambu is free.
Nambu is emerging as the best social messaging experience for OS X, only just starting with Twitter and FriendFeed. Tell us what you want us to work on. We need your input to help us build the software that we all want to use.
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Jury’s still out on this.
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Posted by reinkefj
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The Gallery’s Terms of Service have changed.
Can’t see everything? Visit us here.
Add Membership@smile.kodakgallery.com to your Address Book to ensure delivery to your inbox.
Thank you for being a Gallery customer-we appreciate you choosing us for your photo management needs.
So that you are aware, we have modified our Terms of Service*: To more effectively serve our Gallery members, we have adjusted our photo-storage policy to align with storage usage.
To store photos at the Gallery, members with photo storage of 2 gigabytes (GB) or less must make annual minimum purchases totaling at least $4.99.** Failure to meet this requirement may result in your photos being deleted from the Gallery.
Your recent purchases make you compliant with the new storage policy until 12/15/2009; no action is required at this time. Click Here to see your status details.
Thanks again for choosing the Gallery. We look forward to our continued relationship with you.
The KODAK Gallery
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Here’s another problem with cloud services: They think they can change their TOS anytime they want.
They don’t realize that they are betraying the trust that people put in them and all cloud services.
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