When we use fossil fuels for energy, we leave a carbon footprint. Even though I drive a Prius, it still burns gas. But what got to me was when I realized the carbon emissions from everything else I do.
I started walking around the house viewing each device consuming energy as a little fire pouring a little bit of carbon into the atmosphere. There’s that clock radio on all the time. Then there is that other clock radio in the guest room. Then there is that other clock radio that really only gets used to charge my iPhone. Then there is the TV, stereo equipment, satellite dish box that are “turned off” but not really. Two computers on all the time, and the inkjet printer. There’s all manner of bricks (wall mounted AC adapters) powering routers, scanners, shredders, laptop chargers, cell phone chargers, a digital picture frame and an electric drill recharger. I walked into the kitchen and not one but three digital clocks greeted me, one on the oven, one on the microwave and one on the coffee maker. The refrigerator runs, and the hot water heater, the house heat, and the heating pad in the dog house.
Even after I go through the house turning off all those lights the wife left on, my house is full of little fires pouring their little bits of carbon into the air.
With great trepidation, I embarked on what I figured would be a painful journey trying to get my favorite game working under Windows 7. I thought I would be clever and install it under the “Windows XP Mode” virtual machine. It installed, but crashed when I ran it.
Next I tried to install it native directly on my 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate desktop. It installed without a hitch. When I ran the game, the opening video looked awful, took long pauses, appeared pixelated, and suffered from trash left on the screen left over from previous screens.
Once the opening video played, the game started and has run FLAWLESSLY with no patches, settings, or other complications. I am running the 3DO Version 4.0 Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete.
419 is the section of the Nigerian criminal code dealing with the email scams we all see in our inbox from time to time. I did a Google search on “419 scam” and found some information. But in addition, Google Ad Sense advertising returned this jewel:
A tiny group of FireFox developers have pushed out a blocklist that automatically installs itself without permission, that cannot be rejected and cannot be removed. And by so doing, they knowingly prevented mission critical applications based on Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation from working.
I think this unilateral action by FireFox is outrageous. What were they thinking?
[This has since been reversed.]
A tiny group of FireFox developers have pushed out a blocklist that automatically installs itself without permission, that cannot be rejected and cannot be removed. And by so doing, they prevent mission critical applications based on Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation from working.
I think this unilateral action by FireFox is outrageous. What were they thinking?
Looking towards a run for president in 2012, Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina played games refusing to accept stimulus funds from the federal government to boost his right-wing credentials, while ignoring the second highest unemployment rate in the country.
Now we see Sanford went off the radar for a whole week, telling his staff he was hiking the Appalachian Trail, while he was really AWOL in Argentina with his mistress. What if something serious had happened? Duh! This irresponsible conduct makes him unfit to be a small town mayor, much less a state governor, and heaven forbid president!
Sandord did a microscopic pennance by resigning as head of the Republican Governors Conference. That shows about how sorry he really is.
Sanford, checkmated by the legislature in his attempt to starve the state, has now tried disgrace. Mark Sanford should resign, right now, and not after the polls come in to see whether anybody forgives him.
