willfe

@willfe (149)

United States • Age 45

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Friends help you move, but real friends help you move bodies.

Discussions (15)

willfe's Discussions

Is Internet Radio Doomed?

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 17 Apr 07

Recently, the Copyright Royalty Board issued a new ruling about how internet broadcasters must pay for the music they broadcast. Many online broadcasters testified or submitted opinions/materials on the subject, which the CRB...

internet radio

internet radio station

mafiaa

mp3

riaa

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1 person

Do You Opt-Out From Ads?

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 16 Apr 07

On an advertising revenue-supported site like myLot, I'm nervous about even posting this, but I'm doing so anyway :) With the BBC reporting that an upcoming release of the Flash-based video player used on popular sites like...

ad blockers

advertisements

context sensitive ads

searching

1 person

Do Schools Expect Too Much From Their Students?

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 12 Apr 07

Modern American schools, despite (or perhaps because of) all the claims that they're falling behind, pressure our students into all sorts of "extras" that aren't strictly required for graduation (or even admission to good...

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TurboGears Experiences?

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 9 Apr 07

I've written frameworks and applications in several languages, but I've gotten little opportunity to muck with Python for web development. I've written lots of Python stuff but just never for the web before. My experiences with...

Reasonably Priced Breeders in Florida?

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 9 Apr 07

Are there *any* reasonably priced chinchilla breeders in the state of Florida? I'm loathe to just buy a chinnie from a pet store (overpriced and it's the usual "they probably aren't well cared for" story there too) but I've been...

animals

breeders

rescues

Clearance at Wal-Mart!

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 4 Apr 07

Love them or hate them, Wal-Mart does generally translate directly to low prices on cheap-to-mediocre goods, and on occasion rather high quality goods. As I do not enjoy the luxury of being wealthy enough to choose the "morally...

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Ever Realized Just What You're Actually Eating?

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 4 Apr 07

This evening during dinner my friend pointed out to me, as I was eating some delicious fried shrimp, that it had not, in fact, been de-veined. Now oddly enough I knew what this meant and as I examined my knowledge about shrimp I...

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Is ANYONE Out There Actually Happy With Windows Vista?

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 2 Apr 07

I've read all sorts of reviews (none of them glowing) about Windows Vista -- too many different versions, too expensive, too resource-greedy, too incompatible, just as vulnerable to the old tricks as XP and all the Windows...

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Anybody Else Tired of April Fool's Day?

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 2 Apr 07

I may well incur the wrath of my fellow myLotters for asking this question, but is anybody else glad April Fool's day has come to an end? It irritates me that sites like slashdot.org, reddit.com, and plenty of others turn from...

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2 people

Pounded By the Waves -- Tell Me Your Beachside Tales

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 26 Mar 07

Wow, it's been a long time since I've been pummeled by the ocean like I was yesterday :) I grew up near the coast, in California (Santa Cruz, the San Francisco bay area, etc.) but moved (with the family) inland for a number of...

When Invoices Aren't Really Invoices

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 25 Mar 07

A new trick landed in my mailbox today (the real, literal one, outside my home, not the virtual "e-mail" boxes we're all used to) that I hadn't seen before. Well, okay, I've seen it, but it was cleverly disguised enough that I...

fraud

junk mail

unethical business practices

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Should movie theaters warn viewers about subtitles?

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 24 Mar 07

Pan's Labyrinth won three academy awards, even though it was produced in Spanish and subtitled. It was well-regarded by moviegoers and critics alike. There are some, though, who think the movie studio intentionally "downplayed"...

ethics

movie industry

subtitling

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3 people

Internet Explorer 6/7 Quirks

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 22 Mar 07

I'm embarking on an "adventure" tonight and tomorrow to adjust a site full of features that work just fine on every browser *except* IE 6/7, mostly CSS issues with a couple nuisance JS issues. Does anybody out there have...

1 response

Anyone Using TrueCrypt?

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 21 Mar 07

It's supposed to be an open-source (free as in speech and as in beer), transparent encryption system that provides encrypted virtual disks -- mount it with the right key/passphrase and you get your data; unmount it and the file...

encryption

privacy

safety

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