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Patrick Shields commented about The Pendulum of Racism Swings, On Friday July 25th, 2008 07:22:00 PM
I don't like Obama or McCain either. Personally, I support Bob Barr, the libertarian nominee. Libertarians believe in individual liberty and limited government. I think you would agree with him on a lot of the issues.
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Patrick Shields commented about Computer Data too Big for Virus Program, On Monday August 11th, 2008 07:24:00 PM
I don't think a scan should take that long. Are you using an old computer?
My favorite virus software is AVG free edition, and it never runs that long. Here's the link.
I am trying to figure out the best solution for storage as well. I have about 20 gigs of data. My plan is to zip the important folders and upload them to a private part of my website once a week in case I ever lose my laptop. I had an external hard drive, but it really just got in the way.
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Patrick Shields commented about Computer Data too Big for Virus Program, On Tuesday August 12th, 2008 10:05:00 AM
It sounds like you have a nice computer, so I agree; it must be the half-million files.
I think an external hard drive would work best. If you moved all your old files to that, it would presumably speed up the scans.
I have high speed internet here in the U.S., so I like my method of uploading the files to a hidden portion of my website via FTP. Of course, if you're using free wifi, somebody could always steal your data.
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Patrick Shields commented about Spammed by Check out my Facebook.com profile, On Tuesday August 19th, 2008 07:09:00 PM
Facebook tries hard to not be spammy. The reason you have to sign up is not because it's viral marketing, it's for privacy; on facebook, the default privacy setting only allows your friends (who are logged in) to see your profile.
If you don't like facebook, you can add a rule to your email spam filter to filter out all email from facebook.com. I tried to find your email address but I couldn't, so I don't know what type you use, but I use GMail and it allows me to do that easily.
I recommend getting a facebook. It is not full of spam at all; it's a great way to interact with your friends. You are one of my role models and I think it would be awesome if you had a facebook. Another traveler whose blog I read, Christian, has a facebook, which I think is pretty cool. You can always set privacy settings to change what people are allowed to see.
I hate spam too, but Facebook's not bad at all.
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Patrick Shields commented about Making Maps Fit on Pages, On Friday August 22nd, 2008 10:26:00 AM
Andy, here is one alternative that may also work.
1) View the part of the map you want on maps.google.com
2) Click the link button and it will create a link to the map.
3) Put the code in your blog and adjust the width and height.
This gives the reader much more control, as they can zoom in or move around on the map.
The blog won't allow me to post the code but I'm sure this would also work. Just adjust width to 680 and height to about 800 or so and you've got a great, scalable, movable map on the blog.
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