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That's it.
Wednesday September 14 2005, @03:12PM
Installed AdBlock on the last of my machines. For one, single reason. Slashdot ads.
No, I don't mind the ads themselves. I remember often clicking on the banners on Slashdot. Not once I pondered purchasing stuff from ThinkGeek. I got interested in the "airzooka" toy so much that I built one myself. I understand, source of revenue, subscriptions aren't enough etc.
But I'd at least expect keeping the ads servers working. Slashdot pages load for me in 2-5s on hosts with Adblock. But on this one, it was taking a minute or longer. Because the page would stop loading and wait for the ads server. I'd see "looking up a.as-us.falkag.net" indefinitely, while the black screen wouldn't contain any content.
The more intrusive the ads, the more probable the users will disable them. If the ads make the content proper completely unavailable, they will be disabled for sure. And screw you, Slashdot. Somehow I don't believe I'd re-enable Slashdot ads once you fix the ads server...
No, I don't mind the ads themselves. I remember often clicking on the banners on Slashdot. Not once I pondered purchasing stuff from ThinkGeek. I got interested in the "airzooka" toy so much that I built one myself. I understand, source of revenue, subscriptions aren't enough etc.
But I'd at least expect keeping the ads servers working. Slashdot pages load for me in 2-5s on hosts with Adblock. But on this one, it was taking a minute or longer. Because the page would stop loading and wait for the ads server. I'd see "looking up a.as-us.falkag.net" indefinitely, while the black screen wouldn't contain any content.
The more intrusive the ads, the more probable the users will disable them. If the ads make the content proper completely unavailable, they will be disabled for sure. And screw you, Slashdot. Somehow I don't believe I'd re-enable Slashdot ads once you fix the ads server...
Page 23
Saturday May 14 2005, @04:56PM
Just saw this in NMB3000's journal.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Turn to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
Zagadnienia zwiazane z mikroprocesorami i systemami mikroprocesorowymi stanowia rozlegla dziedzine wiedzy.
What a lame piece of crap. "This page intentionally left blank" is more meaningful. Source: Podstawy programowania mikrokontrolera 8051. Avoid this book!
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Turn to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
Zagadnienia zwiazane z mikroprocesorami i systemami mikroprocesorowymi stanowia rozlegla dziedzine wiedzy.
What a lame piece of crap. "This page intentionally left blank" is more meaningful. Source: Podstawy programowania mikrokontrolera 8051. Avoid this book!
Got unfairly M2'ed "unfair"?
Sunday January 02 2005, @11:04PM
That possibly means some stupid moderator really pissed me off.
I know hitting everyone blindly when only one is guilty isn't fair.
But it feels gooood! :P
ps. If the comment you've modded was actually VERY brillant and really begged for that moderation, you probably won't get modded "unfair". But anything medicore does. BTW, ALL of "redundant", maybe 90% of "flamebait" and a serious percentage of "troll" get m2ed unfair on regular basis. These, besides unmod2able "overrated" are the most abused moderations anyway. Sometimes a good thought food and discussion starter gets "flamebaited" into oblivion. If you don't want to discuss controversial topics, go to disney.com!
I know hitting everyone blindly when only one is guilty isn't fair.
But it feels gooood!
ps. If the comment you've modded was actually VERY brillant and really begged for that moderation, you probably won't get modded "unfair". But anything medicore does. BTW, ALL of "redundant", maybe 90% of "flamebait" and a serious percentage of "troll" get m2ed unfair on regular basis. These, besides unmod2able "overrated" are the most abused moderations anyway. Sometimes a good thought food and discussion starter gets "flamebaited" into oblivion. If you don't want to discuss controversial topics, go to disney.com!
A really cute toy
Saturday July 10 2004, @11:59PM
www.fairchildsemi.com/products/micro/
Please oh please, send the samples I've ordered! It's soooo cute! Sooo Sweeeeet!
(making all the noises a little kid does when seeing a puppy)
As much as 64 bytes of RAM, 1-2K of program eprom, 64 bytes of data eprom and 8 pins! The package the size of your average optocoupler, this puppy knows quite a few interesting tricks :) Clocks, power monitoring, eeprom writing, watchdog, serial output generator, sleep mode, idle mode and quite a few other goodies!
Eh, I'm so nerdish...
Accepting ideas of application?! (no, not nasally nor into any other body orifice. Just what should the circuit do :)
By the way, you can order your own for free too!
And check the FMS7401 too - adds ADC plus several more extras!
Update:
Did I mention I got it?
They didn't send the ADC version though :(
Please oh please, send the samples I've ordered! It's soooo cute! Sooo Sweeeeet!
(making all the noises a little kid does when seeing a puppy)
As much as 64 bytes of RAM, 1-2K of program eprom, 64 bytes of data eprom and 8 pins! The package the size of your average optocoupler, this puppy knows quite a few interesting tricks
Eh, I'm so nerdish...
Accepting ideas of application?! (no, not nasally nor into any other body orifice. Just what should the circuit do
By the way, you can order your own for free too!
And check the FMS7401 too - adds ADC plus several more extras!
Update:
Did I mention I got it?
They didn't send the ADC version though
