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Man alive, what did I do to my network?

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 20:30

After getting Ubuntu to stream audio to an Apple Stereo Express unit, I began to fiddle with PulseAudio's settings in an attempt to eliminate the audio skips, and or to increase the audio buffer. Thinking no further about it, as it wasn't handling the audio the way I wanted, I gave up, settling for Pandora.com through the local speakers. Besides, why am I fiddling with this? I have other things I should be doing!

Moments later Pandora.com ceased to work. After unplugging and rebooting every network device I had without success, I ran ping in a terminal to see the time:

ping 192.168.0.1

Evolution Mail program for Ubuntu doesn't play sound upon receiving new mail

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:04

Evolution Mail program for Ubuntu 9.10 doesn't play sound upon receiving new emails.

The box is checked, but only a notification overlay appears upon receiving new mail. If I'm away from the computer, there's no audible tone to indicate getting new mail.

I've overlooked this issue for some time and am now determined to figure out why the sound is not making it to the speakers.

I've also noticed that Evolution's Mail Notification Plugin is unable to play OGG files.

Install mail-notification-evolution. In a terminal, type:

Google Chrome 5.0.307.11 beta

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 07:30

The Good: Lightweight, simple interface, loads quick, awesome tab openner!

The Bad: CKeditor doesn't work well with Chrome. Hitting Control-B within the editor doesn't operate javascript bolding within the editor. Somehow the button combination pressed went back into browser history, therefore losing everything I had typed. I'm done testing Chrome!!!

I don't care about being green. I just care about my investment!

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 06:57

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124485343&ft=1&f=1001

Knowing how much Toyota is gonna get screwed over for flaws in their Prius line definitely motivates me to run out and do something great for a mass amount of people.

What gets me, is Toyota will probably be screwed over for a product that devalued itself, yet the Government can continue to print more money, therefore devaluing your safe full of money... That's stealing.

Is Google bias in prioritizing Adsense over search engine content relativity?

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 18:51

UPDATE 2010-03-09: As of the time this article was written, not one Google Search query referral has been made to this article. Several Google spiders have indexed the page, but is Google filtering out negatives about themselves, and from their own search engine? 

Google knows who buys the ads. Google knows who clicks the ads. Google then can shape and filter search engine results based on your demographics and what other things you search for, therefore optimizing Google's Adsense Campaign. 

On to old business ...

My QuiBids Experience

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 19:07

I became curious of what QuiBids was, especially after seeing numerous laptops and Mac Book Pros go for pennies on the dollar. So I bought 40 credits for $25 and gave it a whirl.

Here are a few things I found interesting:

Auto Insurance Quote

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 13:29

After having auto insurance with Progressive for the past few years, I thought I'd give the others a try, or at least revist a few quotes.

Seeing dozens of ads on Internet sidebars promoting Allstate insurance, I figured, what the heck; maybe they've got a deal for me, assuming they're trying to get new customers, hence the numerous Allstate ads.

Allstate Auto Insurance: I visit allstates web site and get an online insurance quote. Though the quote was a $100 more than Progressive, the user interface was very intuitive and easy to use; it was a breeze getting a quote, ... but... the price a bit steep. I closed out Allstates' site and went back with Progressive (mind you, I didn't have much time to search).

10KW Genset Project

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Sun, 01/24/2010 - 11:48

Engine: Kabota Z482-E

Bell Housing Kit: (PDF) (Webpage)

SAE5 Bell Housing PTO With Manual Clutch: (Webpage)

 

 

SPAM

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 06:48

Hello Spammer,

There are several ways that you can spam people. You can buy your own domain, build your own site, and create your own content!

Well the only problem with going through all that work, is that you wouldn't be considered a spammer anymore.

Nevermind..

Law vs Love

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 10:00

As an Internet user, having little or no experience administrating servers, you may get an email from MAILER-DAEMON@localhost*, subjected "undelivered mail returned to sender" and think nothing of it. However for us administrators, it freaks us out, as these emails outright hit us with an alarming impact, simply because this is usually what happens when our mail servers can't get the mail out.

Spammers have been labeling their mail as such for the previous two years and its getting too predictable. If you had the chance to stop a spammer from getting too big, would you? Or has our freedom of business as an American right desensitized us to the point where we can't tell the difference or simply don't care?

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