Java, Silverlight left in cold as Firefox disables all plugins by default -- except Flash

In an effort to prevent "drive-by exploitations," upcoming versions of Firefox will have Java, Adobe Reader and Silverlight disabled by default, according to a recent Mozilla Security blog. All other third-party plugins except Flash will also be disabled, requiring users to enable them using the so-called click to play feature introduced last year. All that is to prevent "poorly designed" Firefox plugins from crashing or recent headline-grabbing exploits involving the likes of Java, with Adobe's Flash player being the one exception that works out of the box -- though versions longer of tooth than 10.3 won't see daylight without your say-so.

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Auto Loan Reccomendations - The Hull Truth - Boating and Fishing ...

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? Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,591	This is THT. I keep at least 16 years cash in reserve at all times. I pay for trucks with cash and buy two at once and store the other one, just in case. Other than that, credit union.
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? Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Posts: 53	Quote: This is THT. I keep at least 16 years cash in reserve at all times. I pay for trucks with cash and buy two at once and store the other one, just in case. Other than that, credit union. Lmfao. That is so true. But you forgot to mention that your boat is the best and everything else is crappy.
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? Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cape Cod/Central Ma Posts: 3,622	Quote: Lmfao. That is so true. But you forgot to mention that your boat is the best and everything else is crappy. He doesn't have a boat.... __________________ 2008 Sea Hunt 240 Triton w/Yamaha F250 2006 HydraSports 212 WA w/Yamaha F150 - sold
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Senior Member ? Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Too far from salt. Posts: 2,682	Don't you belong to a bank or credit union? Do you really have to ask where to find a loan? Google, best auto loans. Jeez
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? Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,591	Quote: He doesn't have a boat.... I do, I just don't brag about it. It's at my house. The house on St. Kitts.
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? Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cape Cod/Central Ma Posts: 3,622	Quote: I do, I just don't brag about it. It's at my house. The house on St. Kitts. When can I come for a visit? I can pick you up in my plane. It's the same one Phil Mickelson has. __________________ 2008 Sea Hunt 240 Triton w/Yamaha F250 2006 HydraSports 212 WA w/Yamaha F150 - sold
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Senior Member ? Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 541	Quote: Don't you belong to a bank or credit union? Do you really have to ask where to find a loan? Google, best auto loans. Jeez Why would he have ever had to get a loan? He kept every dime he ever made stuffed in his mattress, but after taxes returned to what they were in previous years, plus that damn Obamacare that is going to instantly suck everyone dry, a loan is now required! Like others have said, shop your local credit union, but don't hesitate to haggle with dealer financing as well, as they can sometimes offer lower rates as they bring many loans to different banks.
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? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pompano Beach, FL Posts: 6,014	Try penfed.org It'll take a week or so to get the check, and they aren't the brightest, but they are dirt cheap. That's a big benefit when you're dealing with a car manufacturer that doesn't have great rates on their more popular models. Penfed right now is 1.49% for a 5 year loan I believe. The usual, you apply online and they mail you a check that you can make out to the car dealer. You have to be "a member" but you can join on their site for $20. Totally legit. __________________ 2004 Cape Horn 31
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? Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 54	Quote: Try penfed.org It'll take a week or so to get the check, and they aren't the brightest, but they are dirt cheap. That's a big benefit when you're dealing with a car manufacturer that doesn't have great rates on their more popular models. Penfed right now is 1.49% for a 5 year loan I believe. The usual, you apply online and they mail you a check that you can make out to the car dealer. You have to be "a member" but you can join on their site for $20. Totally legit. To Everyone: Thanks for keeping the mood "light". Sometimes people have a great experience with a particular company in these situations that is why I asked. Of course I have a bank to go to but prefer not to deal with Wells Fargo.
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Senior Member ? Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 7,166	I have a friend who buys car paper for a bank all day long. He went to a credit union as they had a better rate than his banks employee rate. __________________ Living in South Carolina, fishing any place. "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf". G. Orwell
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Member ? Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 78	credit union, local bank. Just get informed, dealership may be the best around. I would definitely know what I could get elsewhere and then make the dealer work to match or beat it.
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Felix Free Fall for Windows 8

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Snap Any Window to Half the Screen Size in Windows 7

The community Taskforce initiative has now come to a close.
Thanks to everyone who made thoughtful and genuine contributions to the website.
All submissions will be kept publically available for the forseeable future for reference purposes.

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Snap Any Window to Half the Screen Size in Windows 7

Submitted by lenida on April 14, 2010 to Usability

Problem: I have a 23inch monitor and its somewhat difficult for me to drug a window across the screen so that it can be half the screen size.

Solution: There should be a link or a right click option on the menu bar to allow users to do that.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

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3-D microchip moves information from left to right, back to front, and up and down as well

Jan. 30, 2013 ? Scientists from the University of Cambridge have created, for the first time, a new type of microchip which allows information to travel in three dimensions. Currently, microchips can only pass digital information in a very limited way -- from either left to right or front to back. The research was published January 31, in Nature.

Dr Reinoud Lavrijsen, an author on the paper from the University of Cambridge, said: "Today's chips are like bungalows -- everything happens on the same floor. We've created the stairways allowing information to pass between floors."

Researchers believe that in the future a 3D microchip would enable additional storage capacity on chips by allowing information to be spread across several layers instead of being compacted into one layer, as is currently the case.

For the research, the Cambridge scientists used a special type of microchip called a spintronic chip which exploits the electron's tiny magnetic moment or 'spin' (unlike the majority of today's chips which use charge-based electronic technology). Spintronic chips are increasingly being used in computers, and it is widely believed that within the next few years they will become the standard memory chip.

To create the microchip, the researchers used an experimental technique called 'sputtering'. They effectively made a club-sandwich on a silicon chip of cobalt, platinum and ruthenium atoms. The cobalt and platinum atoms store the digital information in a similar way to how a hard disk drive stores data. The ruthenium atoms act as messengers, communicating that information between neighbouring layers of cobalt and platinum. Each of the layers is only a few atoms thick.

They then used a laser technique called MOKE to probe the data content of the different layers. As they switched a magnetic field on and off they saw in the MOKE signal the data climbing layer by layer from the bottom of the chip to the top. They then confirmed the results using a different measurement method.

Professor Russell Cowburn, lead researcher of the study from the Cavendish Laboratory, the University of Cambridge's Department of Physics, said: "Each step on our spintronic staircase is only a few atoms high. I find it amazing that by using nanotechnology not only can we build structures with such precision in the lab but also using advanced laser instruments we can actually see the data climbing this nano-staircase step by step.

"This is a great example of the power of advanced materials science. Traditionally, we would use a series of electronic transistors to move data like this. We've been able to achieve the same effect just by combining different basic elements such as cobalt, platinum and ruthenium. This is the 21st century way of building things -- harnessing the basic power of elements and materials to give built-in functionality."

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Spruce Up Your Pay-Per-Click Strategy | Windy City Strategies

With the Internet playing a bigger role in research, pay-per-click advertising proved an increased necessity over the course of 2012. With the success of this strategy and its cost effectiveness, businesses are realizing that online advertising is essential.

Last year businesses saw increased returns from Product Listing Advertising while advertising costs fell. This increased revenue prompted businesses to increase their pay-per-click budgets. Since PPC proves to pay off, more businesses are encouraged to participate in online advertising. As more businesses utilize PLA and PPC, prominence on the Internet is harder to achieve. So businesses must keep their online campaigns fresh to stand out from their competitors.

With this is mind, businesses should prepare to update their online presence. To start 2013 off right, Windy City Strategies offers this advice to keep your business relevant on the web.

1. New Ad Formats

At the beginning of 2013, Yahoo! launched a new ad format called cost-per-lead. This format allows advertisers to start leads directly from the search page. This makes signing up easier and saves customers? time. Increased efficiency starting on the search page makes your business?s website more appealing.

2.?Attention to Psychographics

With the increased use of Google+, Google is collecting more data about the popularity of certain sites. This information will be used for Google?s Remarketing 3.0. Incorporating this information will help Google better direct ads to consumers, so that ads are better matched to their viewers.

3. PPC To Grow in 2013

As online advertising becomes more popular, more businesses are getting on board. Consumers are flooded with business advertisements, so your business needs a creative ad to attract their customers. Incorporating new elements, like catchy content and efficient formats will help set your business apart.

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German Proposal For Search Engines To Pay For Displaying Publishers? Text Snippets Gets Expert Hearing. Google Dubs It ?Bad Law?

Google is sounding a warning klaxon about a proposed law change in Germany which aims to strengthen copyright law for publishers by requiring search engines and online news aggregators to pay a royalty to display snippets of copyrighted text -- such as the first paragraph of an article displayed within a Google News search. If the law passes, fines would be imposed for unlicensed use of snippets.

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RIM names multiple BlackBerry 10 music, video partners

(Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd has a gathered a number music and video partners for its BlackBerry 10 storefront, ranging from Walt Disney Co's Walt Disney Studios and Sony Corp's Sony Pictures to Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.

RIM announced the partners on Monday, ahead of Wednesday's launch of its first phones based on its much-delayed BlackBerry 10 smartphone platform, which may be the company's last chance to regain ground it has lost to Apple Inc's iPhone.

Content partnerships are a crucial part of this effort as analysts have largely attributed the success of iPhone and devices running Google Inc's Android software to the selection of applications and media content they offer.

RIM said its BlackBerry World would include an extensive catalog of songs, movies and television shows. Most movies will be available the same day they are released on DVD, and with next-day availability for many TV series.

RIM's offerings will also include Matador Records, Rough Trade Records and Sony Music Entertainment music that will be initially be available in 18 countries.

The video downloads and rentals will initially be available just in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada and will include TV shows from providers such as ABC Studios, BBC Worldwide and CBS Corp.

RIM's U.S. shares were up 0.9 percent at $17.70 in trading before the market opened.

(Reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Lisa Von Ahn)

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What are missing in MOOC research? | Learner Weblog

MOOC is here to stay!

Reference to Peter Sloep?s comments on this post on Google Plus and Scoop.it

Good reflection on MOOCs. ?How about research into MOOCs?

There are missing elements ? learners? needs (and motivation), pedagogy (from both teachers and learners? perspectives) and openness which seems?fundamental and universal in most Higher Education system, but not thoroughly addressed, as most posts published in those newspapers have been written from the perspectives of news reporters, senior executives or CEO, professors, administrators and researchers, but not much by teachers and learners.

As I shared in my posts, the learners? needs may be segmented in accordance to a few categories ? (a) those who are in high school, but would like to advance their knowledge or have some remedial knowledge through KA or preliminary courses in university, (b) those who are looking for university or degree education, (c) those who are graduates, and would like to use MOOC to further their professional development, and (d) those who are interested in life-long and continuing education, and (e) those who are retired or just have an interest in the course (MOOC). ?Such diverse needs would also require different pedagogies ? instructivist approach for those novice of (a), (b), a mix of social constructivist and or connectivist approaches for (c), (d) and (e). ?Openness could be difficult to define, though would likely be based on individual?s preference.

Unfortunately, there aren?t much research findings (from xMOOCs) published on these areas, leading to lots of posts basing only on expert?s knowledge and experience, but not much on empirical and statistical findings as evidences to support those assertions and assumptions.

I did researches on cMOOCs and published findings based on empirical data, rather than the mere use of blog posts or basic statistics as reported in blogs. ?It seems that without those empirical data, we are just best speculating on the trend, but that these are not yet fully reflective of the ?reality?. ?Besides, if we are to ask people what serves them best, they would likely tell you what is available now for free (like instructivist approach) where the instructors might have curated all information, taught what is required for the quizzes, assignments, and examination, leaving the learners to consume what is presented. ?This would surely satisfy the requirements for the course, from an institutional perspective, and all auditors? requirements. ?However, that would only cover the procedural knowledge and at best declarative knowledge which is known and could be tested and assessed by automated system.

There is not much emphasis on generative and creative knowledge, as they are not tested or assessed (or cannot be assessed), and there aren?t much progress in this area, simply because social constructivism and connectivism may only be given a light touch in those MOOCs, where the professors have no time to interact or connect with each of the participants (i.e. it is impossible with tens of thousands of students). ?This is again based on the assumptions that learners would learn better using different pedagogies which may only be valid with empirical findings and validation.

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