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| 11-12-16 03:26pm - 2979 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I'm looking at a site that uses MBI-PROBILLER as the billing agent. I've always trusted CCBILL and Epoch, because they gave great service: easy to cancel, easy to dispute a payment (on the few times I've disputed a payment). I don't remember using MBI-PROBILLER. Are they reliable? I know that some billers are not reliable: either they are hard to contact, they give you a hard time when cancelling, charge you extra money when you want to cancel, or give you other problems. Anyone have experience with MBI-PROBILLER? Good, or bad? | |
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| 11-10-16 11:42am - 2981 days | #8 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
That's probably one of the best explanations I've read about how people can lie and believe their own lies. Trump probably sincerely believes he's a hero, a man who tells it like it is, and will lead America to greatness again. | |
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| 11-10-16 01:00am - 2981 days | #5 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Well, if President Trump bans all forms of porn, we can always move to New Zealand or some other place that is more porn-friendly. From Wikipedia: In New Zealand, pornography is generally treated in a liberal manner although the most extreme forms of pornography (such as child pornography, rape, incest and bestiality) are classified as objectionable material by the law. New Zealand law is permissive, and magazines and other print copy are sold openly at newsstands. | |
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| 11-07-16 04:13pm - 2983 days | #3 | |
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It sounds a bit like the B.F. Skinner theory on conditioning that I dimly remember from high school. But I agree that the brain can make connections between an activity and a response, that becomes automatic. Which can be useful, if you can control the response. | |
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| 11-07-16 11:06am - 2984 days | #102 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Strapless Dildo (StraplessDildo.com). Site has been around for years. Not why it isn't listed at PU. Girl on girl site. | |
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| 11-05-16 11:39pm - 2985 days | #3 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Your link leads to: The page you requested was not found. A direct link to the YouTube page with the Tom Waits song is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71gI8xMfJO0 (There are several copies/versions of the Tom Waits song at YouTube.) As far as Hilary Clinton, my personal opinion, is that many politicians are professional liars. It just goes with the territory. Harry Truman is one of the few politicians I can respect. He was not in the game to make a personal fortune, but to do the best job he could for the people. | |
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| 11-05-16 06:09pm - 2985 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Alicia Keys explains that Snow White classic cartoon is sexist. Keys states she does not allow her sons to watch the film. Does no one realize that Snow White is cleaning for seven dwarfs? That Snow White is being exploited by dwarfs? Does the PU site allow this kind of exploitation to take place? Should PU boycott Disney for unfair and demeaning images of young women? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://etcanada.com/news/179251/alicia-k...ng-for-seven-dwarfs/ Alicia Keys Blasts Disney’s ‘Snow White’: ‘Totally Sexist, Misogynistic — She’s Cleaning For Seven Dwarfs’ By Brent Furdyk. 3 hours ago Walt Disney’s 1937 “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” is considered a groundbreaking, trailblazing animated classic, but Alicia Keys admits she’s no fan of the film — and refuses to let her sons watch it. “I feel like it’s by design that I’m raising boys, like there’s a reason. I really feel that,” she says in a new interview with The Edit. “They say that every child learns from their mother – it’s ingrained from babyhood. Have you watched ‘Snow White’ lately? I get real funky about the classics; I don’t like [my sons] watching it. It’s totally sexist, misogynistic — she’s cleaning for seven dwarfs.” RELATED: Alicia Keys Talks Inner Beauty, Goes Makeup-Free For V Magazine As the “Voice” coach sees it it’s not the fact that Snow White stays in the house and cooks and cleans for the septet of dwarfs, but the message it sends. “There’s nothing wrong with a woman who chooses to stay at home with her family, it’s a hard-ass job,” she explains, “but it’s the way it’s spoken about.” +++++ >>>>> Vote for Trump. Let's make America great again. Watching the debates, I've come to realize that US politics are screwed. Trump is a bigot. Clinton is a liar. Who's the better choice? We're going to get screwed either way. As usual. JMHO.  | |
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| 11-04-16 07:17am - 2987 days | #6 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I posted this on a different thread. But this thread seems to be the more popular thread on Khan's condition. So I'm re-posting it here, because Khan and his GoFundMe memorial are worth our attention: https://www.gofundme.com/robrose I made a small donation. Made it anonymous because I don't need my real name posted on the Internet. But I sent a message to Rick Moby stating: I just had a casual contact with Khan through PU over the years. He was a professional, and helped maintain the site in a neutral, friendly way. He never mentioned anything about his personal issues, which is why this recent news is so surprising. He was a major force at the PU site, and made many friends. | |
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| 11-03-16 10:16am - 2988 days | #2 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I think it's been a year since graymane posted at PU. Poor health and disapproving family members were the reasons he stated for his absences (family members cutting off his access to a computer, because he is elderly, in poor health, and should not be spending time on such things). I fear that his condition has not improved. | |
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| 11-01-16 06:47am - 2990 days | #2 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I made a small donation. Made it anonymous because I don't need my real name posted on the Internet. But I sent a message to Rick Moby stating: I just had a casual contact with Khan through PU over the years. He was a professional, and helped maintain the site in a neutral, friendly way. He never mentioned anything about his personal issues, which is why this recent news is so surprising. He was a major force at the PU site, and made many friends. | |
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| 10-16-16 03:13pm - 3006 days | #3 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I posted this a while back, because I thought it might be useful. Because some card processors are less reliable than others. PU member standard posted a tip on how to switch to a more trusted payment processor (like Epoch or CCBILL). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "standard (25) Thanks for giving everyone a heads up. I try to do the BangBros trick someone mentioned in their review/complaint with EVERY website that doesn't use Epoch these days: If Epoch isn't the primary biller, enter everything correctly except for your credit card's expiration date. Make it a year in the future, and the system will reject it. Repeat the year-in-the-future wrong date when it tells you there was an error and prompts you to re-enter your info. On the third time (possibly fourth?), and assuming Epoch is a secondary biller, it should give you a different error message and say something like "please wait while you're redirected." The Epoch page should appear next." | |
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| 10-15-16 10:07pm - 3006 days | #99 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
xconfessions.com A new site for me. Met-Art has a referral to this site, so I imagine the site is OK. | |
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| 10-13-16 03:50pm - 3009 days | #4 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Before Obama became president, he campaigned for restricted government spying on private citizens. Once he became president, he changed directions 180 degrees. And went for greater, more comprehensive programs for government access on private citizens, both home and abroad. The same for civil rights. He was for civil rights before he became president. In fact, he was a lawyer who taught classes on constitutional law. He called himself: "a constitutional law professor," After he became president, his ideas on the constitution protecting the rights of citizens changed: Then he believed that those in power have the duty to protect their citizens with increased powers of the government. What is the old saying? Power corrupts? Your thinking changes when you gain power. It's just human nature.  | |
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| 10-13-16 08:30am - 3009 days | #2 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Why is there no nobel prize for porn? James Joyce, considered one of the greatest novelists, never won a nobel prize. Ulysses was banned in the UK as pornograpic. In the 1920s, the United States Post Office Department burned copies of the novel. However, in 1933 and 1934, US courts found Ulysses was not porn, and should not be banned. We are now in 2016. Should porn be eligible for a nobel prize? Especially since porn sites are supposed to be the most popular sites on the internet. | |
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| 10-13-16 08:13am - 3009 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/arts/m...literature.html?_r=0 Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature By SEWELL CHAN and BEN SISARIOOCT. 13, 2016 The singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, 75, won the prize on Thursday. The singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, one of the world’s most influential musicians, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” in the words of the Swedish Academy. He is the first American to win the prize since the novelist Toni Morrison, in 1993. The announcement, in Stockholm, was a surprise: Although Mr. Dylan, 75, has been mentioned often as having an outside shot at the prize, his work does not fit into the literary canons of novels, poetry and short stories that the prize has traditionally recognized. “Mr. Dylan’s work remains utterly lacking in conventionality, moral sleight of hand, pop pabulum or sops to his audience,” Bill Wyman, a journalist, wrote in a 2013 Op-Ed essay in The New York Times arguing for Mr. Dylan to get the award. “His lyricism is exquisite; his concerns and subjects are demonstrably timeless; and few poets of any era have seen their work bear more influence.” Sara Danius, a literary scholar and the permanent secretary of the 18-member Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, called Mr. Dylan “a great poet in the English-speaking tradition” and compared him to Homer and Sappho, whose work was delivered orally. Asked if the decision to award the prize to a musician signaled a broadening in the definition of literature, Ms. Danius jokingly responded, “The times they are a changing, perhaps,” referencing one of Mr. Dylan’s songs. Mr. Dylan emerged on the New York music scene in 1961 as an artist in the tradition of Woody Guthrie, singing protest songs and strumming an acoustic guitar in clubs and cafes in Greenwich Village. But from the start, Mr. Dylan stood out for dazzling lyrics and an oblique songwriting style that made him a source of fascination for artists and critics. In 1963, the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary reached No. 2 on the Billboard pop chart with a version of his song “Blowin’ in the Wind,” with ambiguous refrains that evoked Ecclesiastes. Photo Mr. Dylan in Paris in 1987. Credit Bertrand Guay/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Within a few years, Mr. Dylan was confounding the very notion of folk music, with ever more complex songs and moves toward a more rock ’n’ roll sound. In 1965, he played with an electric rock band at the Newport Folk Festival, stewing controversy from folk purists who accused him of selling out. After reports of a motorcycle accident in 1966 near his home in Woodstock, N.Y., Mr. Dylan withdrew further from public life but remained intensely fertile as a songwriter. His career has continued to surprise fans and critics and has led to one of the most densely analyzed bodies of work in the history of pop music. His 1975 album “Blood on the Tracks” was interpreted as a supremely powerful account of the breakdown of a relationship, but just four years later the Christian themes of “Slow Train Coming” divided critics. His most recent two albums were chestnuts of traditional pop that had been associated with Frank Sinatra. Since 1988, Mr. Dylan has toured almost constantly, inspiring an unofficial name for his itinerary, the Never Ending Tour. Last weekend, he played the first of two performances at Desert Trip, a festival in Indio, Calif., that also featured the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and other stars of the 1960s. Mr. Dylan was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minn., and grew up in Hibbing. He played in bands as a teenager, influenced by the folk musician Woody Guthrie, the authors of the Beat Generation and modernist poets. Mr. Dylan, whose original name is Robert Allen Zimmerman, identifies as Christian and has released several albums of religiously inspired songs, but he was born into a Jewish family. The critic Greil Marcus, one of the foremost scholars of Mr. Dylan’s work, has examined the influence on his music of Harry Smith’s “Anthology of American Folk Music,” a 1952 compilation that was pivotal to the folk revival in the United States. Mr. Dylan first heard the anthology in 1959 after he had dropped out of the University of Minnesota. In 1962, Mr. Dylan signed a contract with the record producer John Hammond for his debut album, “Bob Dylan.” He was only 22 when he performed at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, singing “When the Ship Comes In,” with Joan Baez, and “Only a Pawn in Their Game,” a retelling of the murder of the civil rights activist Medgar Evers, before the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. “As the ’60s wore on,” Giles Harvey wrote in The New York Review of Books in 2010, “Dylan grew increasingly frustrated with what he came to regard as the pious sloganeering and doctrinaire leftist politics of the folk milieu.” He “began writing a kind of visionary nonsense verse, in which the rough, ribald, lawless America of the country’s traditional folk music collided with a surreal ensemble of characters from history, literature, legend, the Bible, and many other places besides.” David Hajdu, a music critic for The Nation who has written extensively about Mr. Dylan and his contemporaries, said that the Nobel recognition was long overdue and that it may be intended in part to honor the broader American music movement that Mr. Dylan emerged from. “It’s partly a recognition of the whole tradition that Bob Dylan represents, so it’s partly a retroactive award for Robert Johnson and Hank Williams and Smokey Robinson and the Beatles,” Mr. Hajdu said in an interview on Thursday. “It should have been taken seriously as an art form a long time ago.” In giving the literature prize to Mr. Dylan, the Nobel committee may also be recognizing that the gap between high art and more commercial art forms has narrowed. Nobel Prize Winning Scientists Reflect on Nearly Sleeping Through the Life-Changing Call How eight winners got the word. “It’s literature but it’s music, it’s performance, it’s art, it’s also highly commercial,” Mr. Hajdu said. “The old categories of high and low art, they’ve been collapsing for a long time, but this is it being made official.” Mr. Dylan’s many albums, which the Swedish Academy described as having “a tremendous impact on popular music,” include “Bringing It All Back Home” and “Highway 61 Revisited” (1965), “Blonde On Blonde” (1966) and “Blood on the Tracks” (1975), “Oh Mercy” (1989), “Time Out Of Mind” (1997), “Love and Theft” (2001) and “Modern Times” (2006). “Dylan has recorded a large number of albums revolving around topics like the social conditions of man, religion, politics and love,” the Swedish Academy said in a biographical note accompanying the announcement. “The lyrics have continuously been published in new editions, under the title ‘Lyrics.’ As an artist, he is strikingly versatile; he has been active as painter, actor and scriptwriter.” The academy added: “Since the late 1980s, Bob Dylan has toured persistently, an undertaking called the ‘Never-Ending Tour.’ Dylan has the status of an icon. His influence on contemporary music is profound, and he is the object of a steady stream of secondary literature.” Along with his albums, Mr. Dylan has produced experimental work like “Tarantula,” a 1971 collection of prose poetry, and “Writings and Drawings,” a 1973 compilation. The first volume of his autobiography, “Chronicles,” published in 2004, recounts his early years in New York, where he moved at age 19. Mr. Dylan’s many honors include Grammy, Academy and Golden Globe awards; he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. “By the time he was 23, Bob’s voice, with its weight, its unique, gravelly power, was redefining not just what music sounded like, but the message it carried and how it made people feel,” President Obama said at the White House ceremony. “Today, everybody from Bruce Springsteen to U2 owes Bob a debt of gratitude. There is not a bigger giant in the history of American music. All these years later, he’s still chasing that sound, still searching for a little bit of truth. And I have to say that I am a really big fan.” The Nobel comes with a prize of 8 million Swedish kronor, or just over $900,000. The literature prize is given for a lifetime of writing rather than for a single work. | |
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| 10-13-16 06:05am - 3009 days | #2 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I should add a note that Yahoo is my main email address. I am not going to delete the email account just because the US govt is a snoop. You, or the average citizen, can assume that the US govt can access almost any computer, telephone or electronic data that you produce or consume. Just a thought, to keep in the back of your head. | |
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| 10-13-16 05:50am - 3009 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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There have been past threads about cybersecurity threats. And it's been mentioned in the past that the US govt loves to snoop, on its citizens as well as anyone else who uses a computer, telephone, or takes a breath (anyone living on this planet). Here's an update on how the US govt probably has complete access to all Yahoo email accounts. Without a court order. Why should the US govt need a court order to access private citizens' data, as long as the companies supplying the technology want to remain friendly with the US govt? And what company wants to be considered "unfriendly" to the US govt? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Yahoo let the NSA read your email before you even opened it. Jeff at FFTF Oct 12 at 11:55 AM To XXXXXXX@YAHOO.COM Hey, I’m writing to all the Yahoo users on our list with some critical security information. I wanted to make sure you are aware about the massive security breach at Yahoo. Recently it was leaked that Yahoo compromised the security and privacy of hundreds of millions of users by installing a secret program that searched all incoming emails at the request of US intelligence officials. I strongly recommend that you delete your Yahoo account immediately. This is what we know so far: Sometime last year, the US government served Yahoo with a secret order asking them to install a program that would search all of its users incoming message for a specific piece of information called a “selector.” It is unclear what the exact selector was, but the New York Times reports that the US intelligence agency was searching for a “signature” tied to the communications of a state-sponsored terrorist organization. There have been conflicting reports about what kind of program was installed, with initial reports stating it was probably just a modified version of Yahoo’s existing scanning system that searches all incoming email for malware, spam and images of child pornography. But sources have since told Motherboard that the program was more like a “rootkit,” or a piece of malware that grants a hacker nearly complete and undetectable control over the infected system. Rootkits generally allow an attacker -- or in this case the government -- to take complete control over a computer or network in a manner that is difficult to detect. This also suggests that the government had much greater access to Yahoo's data than was previously reported. A rootkit could grant total surveillance capability over all data coming into or out of Yahoo's servers. Delete your Yahoo account, now. Please sign our pledge to continue receiving important updates from Fight for the Future. This is an absolutely unprecedented privacy violation. Surveillance experts and former government officials are saying they have never seen such a broad demand for real-time digital surveillance. Even former Yahoo Chief Information Security Officer, Alex Stamos, is appalled by the program. When he found out about it in 2015 he immediately resigned his position, telling coworkers that he had been excluded from the decision to implement the program. He also cited flaws that seriously endangered the security of user data and left the program vulnerable to hackers. You deserve to have the safety and privacy you expect. It’s time to dump Yahoo. Click here to sign the pledge and join thousands of users who have deleted their account to protect themselves and the people they care about. Thanks for all you do, Jeff Lyon CTO, Fight for the Future Fight for the Future works to protect your rights in the digital age. Edited on Oct 14, 2016, 04:04pm | |
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| 10-08-16 07:17am - 3014 days | #9 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Duplicate post. PC hung up, then posted the same message twice. | |
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| 10-08-16 07:16am - 3014 days | #8 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I used irfanview for many years until I got a new laptop and didn't download irfanview, because I think the Win 10 Windows Photos program does a pretty good job. But maybe I will download irfanview, to see if it's better than Windows Photos program. Will also try out FFmpeg. I remember when I was a child, I bought some flipbooks. Of comics? Don't really remember what they were about. But they were kinda cool. | |
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| 10-08-16 05:12am - 3014 days | #6 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Creating a gallery using VLC: I changed the default file type from PNG to JPG. Used Windows Photo Viewer program to create a slide show. The screen caps created by VLC play more smoothly than the PNG files did. But you definitely get a degraded image from the screencaps you create with VLC from the visual clarity of the original video file (which was a 720 MOV file with good to excellent clarity). So the VLC program will create free screen cap galleries, of inferior quality (image-wise). And the slide show using the screen cap gallery it creates is much slower than usual. Conclusion: Unless you can make screen caps from the VLC program that have sharper clarity and work better in a slide show, VLC is a poor choice for making screen caps. The main things VLC has going for it: -The program is free. -It's easy to use to create low-quality screen caps. There are much better programs out there for making screen caps from a video, as evidenced by the screen cap galleries at some of the porn pay sites. Note: the Windows Photos program (that comes with Windows 10) will play the slide show from the VLC screencaps faster and more smoothly than the Windows Photo Viewer program (that comes with Windows 10). But you still get images that are degraded from the clarity of the original video file. Edited on Oct 08, 2016, 05:26am | |
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| 10-07-16 01:05pm - 3015 days | #5 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Note: I have a lot of old Playboy photos from the Playboy Playmates. I forget what the series are called. These files are not screen caps, but photos made from the original Playboy photo shoots back in the 1970s, 1980s, etc. The file sizes range from about 30 KB to 190 KB, on average. The photos are nice and crisp. These file sizes are about the same file sizes you get from a low-res photo gallery from MetArt (MetArt is one of the premier softcore photo sites on the internet). So the file size is not the reason for the VLC screencaps to lose the clarity/sharpness of the video I was working from. And both the Playboy photos I have, and the MetArt galleries, play smoothly in slide shows on my PC software, unlike the screen caps I made with VLC. Edited on Oct 07, 2016, 01:09pm | |
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| 10-07-16 12:49pm - 3015 days | #4 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I used the VLC software to make a screencap gallery from a video. The gallery was created. This was my first attempt at using this process. I followed the instructions at http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/10/tuto...shots-video-vlc.html I used the default settings for VLC, because I have no idea what are the best settings. Problems: Even though the screencaps are created: -It's difficult to use a software program to play a slide show. The slideshow keeps stopping. -The screencaps created are not crisp, clear images, even though the video I used to create them was OK to good quality. So I need to play around with the VLC software, to see if I can create a usable slide show, that plays smoothly, and gives nice, crisp images. The screen cap images are PNG files, that range in size from 150KB to 325KB, so the file size should not be a problem in playing them in a slide show, and the quality of the images, based on file size, should be OK to good. And I am not getting OK to good quality on the screen caps. But it's true that you get a lot of screen cap photos, from a video. Even at the default setting. | |
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| 10-07-16 06:53am - 3015 days | #2 | |
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I don't know the specific software, but it must exist. Because many of the porn sites are now posting good to excellent screen cap galleries that are much improved over the screen cap galleries from years ago. I assume you still need a good video to work from, but the sceen caps give a clear, focused image, and most of the individual photos can be very good quality. I've wondered what the software is for converting the video to a photoset, in several of my site reviews, because some of the screen cap galleries are worth collecting. But the screen cap galleries are not of every frame of a movie, because that would mean hundreds or more individual photos. So I assume that there is an option to choose how often the movie is sampled to create the screen caps. | |
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| 10-06-16 02:30am - 3016 days | #2 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Smart car for taking your kids to school. Bugatti price: $2,600,000 estimated, base price For PU members who can not affort the $2,600,000 price for a car to take their kids to school, there is a cheaper alternative: The Confederate G2 P51 Combat Fighter is being offered: The blonde version will cost US $ 113,900 and Black flag will be priced at US $ 119,500. This is a motorcycle with 200 hp and 230 Nm of torque. Only 61 units will be produced, 30 in light colored theme, also called ‘Blonde’ and 31 in dark theme christened ‘Black Flag’. If you have more than one child, you will need to make more trips to carry them to school. But the savings over a Bugatti are considerable. http://autoworldcar.com/confederate-g2-p...ampaign=autoworldcar | |
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| 10-04-16 10:41pm - 3017 days | #208 | |
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Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When little Johnny received his plate, he started eating straight away. “Johnny, wait until we’ve said our prayer,” his mother reminded him. “I don’t have to.” – the little boy replied. “Of course you do.” – his mother insisted. “We say a prayer before eating at our house.” “That’s at our house,” Johnny explained, “but this is Grandma’s house and she knows how to cook.” | |
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| 10-04-16 10:37pm - 3017 days | #207 | |
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The year is 2222 and Mike and Maureen land on Mars after accumulating enough frequent flier miles. They meet a Martian couple and are talking about all sorts of things. Mike asks if Mars has a stock-market, if they have laptop computers, how they make money, etc. Finally, Maureen brings up the subject of sex. “Just how do you guys do it?” asks Maureen. “Pretty much the way you do,” responds the Martian. Discussion ensues and finally the couples decide to swap partners for the night and experience one another. Maureen and the male Martian go off to a bedroom where the Martian strips. He’s got only a teeny, weeny member about half an inch long and just a quarter inch thick. I don’t think this is going to work,” says Maureen. “Why?” he asks, “What’s the matter?” “Well,” she replies, “It’s just not long enough to reach me!” “No problem,” he says, and proceeds to slap his forehead with his palm. With each slap of his forehead, his member grows until it’s quite impressively long. “Well,” she says, “That’s quite impressive, but it’s still pretty narrow…” “No problem,” he says, and starts pulling his ears. With each pull, his member grows wider and wider until the entire measurement is extremely exciting to the woman. “Wow!” she exclaims, as they fell into bed and made mad, passionate love. The next day the couples rejoin their normal partners and go their separate ways. As they walk along, Mike asks “Well, was it any good?” “I hate to say it,” says Maureen, “but it was pretty wonderful. How about you?” “It was horrible,” he replies. “All I got was a headache. All she kept doing the whole time was slapping my forehead and pulling my ears.” | |
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| 09-27-16 06:05pm - 3024 days | #2 | |
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Some porn sites will occasionally create a spoof or parody of some popular film. Devil’s Film has some parodies on the Twilight films and other popular films. I haven't watched them, so don't know how good they are. Devil's Film is a porn site, part of a porn site network. The parodies at Devils Film are only a tiny part of the site contents. | |
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| 09-26-16 03:58pm - 3026 days | #17 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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I know that some sites I've joined have just changed the posting date of their videos/photosets without remastering them So like merc77 wrote, they are recycling old material as updates. But some people won't realize this, because they have poor memories, have not been at the site before, or whatever. So if a site pays the time and money to remaster their older content, and it improves the visual clarity, I have no problem with the site giving it a new date and calling it an update. I mean, there are lots of problems with running a porn site. From a consumer standpoint, I just want a site that is easy to use, has content that I can enjoy, and gives value for the money I pay. Separately, the idea of "exclusive" content is more of a problem. Sites and networks advertise exclusive content, when that same content can be on several different sites. But the truth is: Porn sites rarely get shut down for false advertising. Look at all the sites that advertise daily or weekly updates: and haven't updated in months or years. . And yet, they almost all sell multi-month memberships, and year-long memberships, and some newbie might come along and pay for an extended membership, not realizing until later that the site is not updating. I paid for a year-long membership at some porn site, and they never updated during the time I was a member. That site has since closed. But there wasn't a review of the site at PU, so you could say I went in blind. I thought the site could have been good, because it was run by a photographer who sold some of his work to MetArt, but I guess the photographer ran into financial problems, or health problems, or whatever, and did not support the site with new updates while I was a member. | |
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| 09-26-16 01:00pm - 3026 days | #15 | |
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I don't know if this is the same idea or not: But some sites re-issue older material (videos and photos) in higher definition. And they call it "new" material, with a new posting date. So, in a sense, that is acceptable to me: especially if the content is improved visually. But some porn members in the past have commented that this type of content often shows signs/defects of artifacts and other problems that translate into quality that has not improved over the older, original content. I don't remember specifically when I read about this at PU, but it was sometime in the past. I think the process is called "remastering" older content. Edited on Sep 26, 2016, 01:03pm | |
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| 09-25-16 12:40pm - 3027 days | #2 | |
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I've never given a site a score of 100. But I have given MetArt a score of 99 (my highest score so far) because I think MetArt is the best softcore site on the internet, in spite of any flaws (and it does have flaws). MetArt was the first site I reviewed for PU, and at the time I gave it a score in the high 90s. Then on my second review I gave it a score in the higher 90s. Then I finally gave it a score of 99. But several other PU members have given MetArt a score in the 90s. And mbaya gave MetArt a score of 99 on his last review of MetArt. So I think that PU is loosening up, and gone are the days when a score near 100 is regarded as suspicious or unreasonable. It's a matter of attitude. 100 is perfect, and no site is perfect. But most newbies don't realize that. And probably don't care. But a score of 100 is still something that only a newbie will give, as far as I know. Or something that is very rare for regular PU member to give out. I took a look at lelulove, and it's not my kind of site. But we have all kinds of tastes. So maybe you found a person who absolutely loves that site--in spite of it's faults. If you read marcdc1's review, he states the site is not perfect, but it's his favorite porn site on the internet. And it's the only site he's ever been a long-term member for years. marcdc1 is not a newbie. He has a score of 186, which means he has close to 100 approved reviews. His review of lelulove is worth reading. It's not a puff piece. He gives reasons why he loves the site. So if he loves it, he feels it deserves a 100 score. That's his opinion. I can accept that. And inflation is part of life. Every year you go to the grocery store, the prices of most items keep rising. I remember when you could buy a loaf of bread for $0.35 back in the 1970s. Now the same loaf of bread costs over $4.00 (not the same exact loaf of bread, because I ate the one I bought in the 1970s, but a similar loaf of bread).   Edited on Sep 25, 2016, 12:49pm | |
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| 09-24-16 11:45pm - 3027 days | #204 | |
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Q: Why don't women blink during sex? A: There isn't enough time. | |
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| 09-24-16 11:08am - 3028 days | #4 | |
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The site seems to be less active than it used to be, but Drooler is still here, with an occasional comment or whatever. Old timers do drop by every once in a while. Glad to see you are still around, and kicking. | |
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| 09-21-16 06:53pm - 3030 days | #2 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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JAV HD is a network of Japanese porn sites. Almost all of it is uncensored (not pillated). Joining through JAV HD is expensive. $49.99/month (recurring). A multi-month membership is also very expensive. I was a member back in February of this year. But I joined through some discount for less than $10/month (recurring), I don't remember how I got the discount. Maybe if you search around, you can find a discount, to make the price more reasonable. Some negatives about the network: 1. Many of the more famous Japanese porn models are not well-represented. 2. The average model has nowhere near the attractiveness of the Japanese porn stars I remember from years ago. 3. Although there are a ton of videos, a lot of them are not that hot. Or exotic. It's almost like a Westernized version of Japanese porn. It's like Japanese-lite, with a flavor of Japanese porn, but not like I remember from years ago. | |
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| 09-21-16 04:06pm - 3031 days | #6 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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In one of the emails I got when I bought WinRAR, it states: Please remember that your registration keyfile is valid for the current and future versions of WinRAR. We recommend making a backup copy of your keyfile as soon as you receive it. Although we can recover lost keys, there may be a small charge and delay involved in recovering any lost keyfiles. I assume you registered WinRAR, because that was suggested with the purchase. And starting with WinRAR 3.0 (release date 2002-06-22), registration was automatic when you used the registration keyfile to get rid of the nag screen telling you to buy the product. So you should be able to contact WinRAR and request your lost key, for free or a small fee. Just give them your name and email address (the one you used for registration). Hope that helps. | |
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| 09-20-16 11:45pm - 3031 days | #4 | |
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Toadsith's post made me re-read the license file for WinRAR: "Home users may use their single computer usage license on all computers and mobile devices (USB drive, external hard drive, etc.) which are property of the license owner. Business users require one license per computer or mobile device on which the software is installed." So the license is pretty generous. They only require a single purchase for a home user, no matter how many computers he might have. Which is both generous and practical, because I doubt many home users would be willing to pay for a separate license for each computer he owns. Especially over time, when replacing a failing PC for a newer PC. | |
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| 09-20-16 11:21pm - 3031 days | #21 | |
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Curtis Hanson (1945–2016) died today (September 20, 2016, age 71) He was a director. Some of the movies he directed (especially L.A. Confidential, the one I remember best): 2011 Too Big to Fail (TV Movie) 2007 Lucky You 2005 In Her Shoes 2002 8 Mile 2000 Wonder Boys 1997 L.A. Confidential | |
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| 09-20-16 11:06pm - 3031 days | #3 | |
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I bought WinRAR on 09/16/06 because I wanted a simple, easy to use unzip program. I'm glad I did, because it was simple, easy to use. There are free unzip programs available, but I liked WinRAR so much that I was willing to pay for it. And it's still working today. Which is lucky for me, I guess. Because many software companies go out of business. | |
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| 09-19-16 04:04pm - 3033 days | #4 | |
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merc77, you are glad that something is being done to punish the big banks? Right.  The head of the Wells Fargo bank division that is being investigated for fraud and overcharging customers is retiring this year. Her retirement package from Wells Fargo is only worth about $124 million (shares, options, restricted stock, plus other benefits). When the financial meltdown of 2008 occurred, and many banks and brokerages were close to going bankrupt, the US government bailed out the banks and brokerages with many billions of dollars in aid. A large percentage of the bailout money (many billions of dollars) went to the executives at the banks and brokerages in the form of bonus money: this was to the executives who led the banks and brokerages to bankruptcy except for the government bailout. ======================================= http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/12/investin...ccounts-exec-payday/ $124 million payday for Wells Fargo exec who led fake accounts unit by Matt Egan @mattmegan5 September 13, 2016: 2:52 PM ET Senator Warren calls Wells Fargo scam a "staggering fraud" Carrie Tolstedt has made a fortune presiding over Wells Fargo's efforts to aggressively sell multiple accounts to each of its millions of customers. But that "cross-selling" strategy is now under intense scrutiny after the bank was caught creating over 2 million fake bank and credit card accounts without the knowledge or consent of its customers. Wells Fargo on Thursday was fined $185 million and admitted to firing 5,300 employees in recent years. The disturbing practices took place under the leadership of Tolstedt, who headed the community banking division of Wells Fargo (WFC) for at least nine years. Last year, as executive vice president of the division, Tolstedt made $9 million in total pay, a reward for "continued growth in primary checking customers" and other metrics. Carrie Tolstedt headed the community banking division of Wells Fargo for at least nine years. Despite the shocking scandal at her division, 56-year-old Tolstedt is set to walk away with an even bigger fortune when she retires at the end of the year -- a $124 million payday through a mix of shares, options and restricted stock, according to calculations of company filings based on the current stock price. The huge package was accrued over her two-plus decades at Wells Fargo and was not directly tied to her retirement. One of Tolstedt's biggest achievements was the expansion of multiple accounts held by Wells Fargo customers. In 2014, Wells Fargo specifically cited "strong cross-sell ratios" as a factor behind Tolstedt's multi-million dollar pay. In fact, that same year, in a presentation to investors, Tolstedt and other executives touted the bank's "expertise" in selling multiple products, which was immensely profitable for the bank. In fact, customers that had 10-plus products each with the bank were 10 times more profitable. The phrase "cross-sell" came up in the presentation 19 times. It was this kind of internal analysis that led to Wells Fargo's internal goal of selling at least eight financial products per customer. Wells Fargo calls it the "Gr-eight initiative." The pursuit of cross-selling was at the heart of the pressure cooker environment described by Wells Fargo employees to CNNMoney. In fact, a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles against Wells Fargo in May 2015 says that the bank was consumed by this goal. District managers discussed daily sales for each branch and employee "four times a day, at 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm," the lawsuit said. wells fargo fake account employee To reach unrealistic goals, Wells Fargo employees engaged in all kinds of sordid practices, including the creation of fake email accounts. Wells Fargo did not comment on Tolstedt's compensation, which CNNMoney calculated from regulatory filings. Fortune previously reported on Tolstedt's huge looming payday. In theory, Wells Fargo could try to "claw back" this pay, given the turmoil in Tolstedt's division. Wells Fargo's policies give the bank the ability to demand bonuses and other forms of pay be taken away if they're based on "materially inaccurate financial information or performance criteria." Creating millions of fake accounts would seemingly fall under that category. And Tolstedt was head of Wells Fargo's retail banking and credit card divisions during the time that regulators say the illegal sales activity took place. The scandal "probably should lead to a pay claw-back" from Tolstedt, CSLA analyst Mike Mayo wrote in a report on Monday. However, a Wells Fargo spokesman declined to comment to CNNMoney on whether the bank is planning to claw back any of Tolstedt's pay. Wells Fargo is also standing by its July announcement that Tolstedt is leaving the bank at the end of the year to "retire" after a "long and successful career." "She made a personal decision to retire after 27 years with the company," the spokesman said. Tolstedt's compensation could become fodder at a potential Senate hearing on the Wells Fargo scandal. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and four other lawmakers on Monday called for Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf to testify on what she called a "staggering fraud." --CNNMoney's Cristina Alesci contributed to this report. CNNMoney (New York) First published September 12, 2016: 4:24 PM ET delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar:  2016 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2016. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2016 and/or its affiliates. 2016 Cable News Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you. 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| 09-19-16 01:22am - 3033 days | #7 | |
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elephant, you killed my illusions. I read a long time ago that Europe had a faster, more advanced Internet delivery system than the US. But you (I assume you are in the UK) have 1 MB/sec download speed, which is far slower than my US Internet connection of approximately 6 MB/sec download speed. I could upgrade to double my speed for another $10/month, but 6 MB/sec is fast enough for my needs.  | |
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| 09-18-16 07:07am - 3034 days | #4 | |
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By the way, Game of Thrones leads the Emmy nominations list, as the HBO show is up for 23 awards. It will be televised tonight. | |
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| 09-18-16 06:54am - 3034 days | #3 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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I was on dial-up for many years. My download speed averaged 4-6 KB/sec (4 to 6, not 46). But that's normal, with a 56 kbit/s connection, which is what most dial-up is. Then I switched to DSL and got around 1 Mb/sec, which was a vast improvement. (I'm not really sure what my exact download speed was--my memory is bad--but it was a vast improvement. Recently I've been getting a max download speed of 50 Mb/sec which is 6.25 MB/sec (bits converted to bytes). On a good paysite, I usually average around 4-5 MB/sec download speeds. But it will probably be many years before this amazing terabit speed will be available to the average consumer in the US. I'll probably be dead by then. Below are the Internet download speed recommendations per stream for playing movies and TV shows through Netflix. 0.5 Megabits per second - Required broadband connection speed 1.5 Megabits per second - Recommended broadband connection speed 3.0 Megabits per second - Recommended for SD quality 5.0 Megabits per second - Recommended for HD quality 25 Megabits per second - Recommended for Ultra HD quality Those figures are in bits, not Bytes. Elephant, If you are getting 1 Gbps, that's equal to 125 MBps, which is not available to a regular consumer in the US. You would need to be a large business, university or government to find such speeds. So I guess that Europe offers far faster Internet speeds, and for a much lower price, to consumers. Edited on Sep 18, 2016, 07:01am | |
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| 09-16-16 10:58am - 3036 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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The death of Game of Thrones: How the Internet will demolish this series. Read the entire article below. Or just the sentence that states: "To put that in perspective, they noted it was fast enough to download an entire Games of Thrones series in high definition within one second." http://www.zdnet.com/article/think-googl...84754384421679931766 Think Google Fiber's fast? Nokia to show off tech that's 1,000 times faster Core internet networks could see a major boost in coming years with the new terabit-speed optical-fiber links of the type being unveiled by Nokia Bell Labs. Liam Tung By Liam Tung | September 16, 2016 -- 10:10 GMT (03:10 PDT) | Topic: Networking The terabit speeds achieved by Nokia over fiber will present a major leap forward over current internet-backbone network limits Researchers will this week demonstrate a newly-refined data-transmission technique that can deliver one terabit per second (Tbps) over optical fiber. Nokia Bell Labs, Deutsche Telekom T-Labs, and the Technical University of Munich will be showing off how a technique called Probabilistic Constellation Shaping, or PCS, can deliver blistering 1Tbps speeds over a fiber connection. The work provides more momentum behind the push to bring terabit networks to reality. It follows another optical breakthrough earlier this year by researchers at University College London, who achieved speeds of 1.25Tbps. To put that in perspective, they noted it was fast enough to download an entire Games of Thrones series in high definition within one second. Of course, thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, video bingeing doesn't require downloading a whole series at once and 5Mbps will suffice for HD-quality streaming. Still, terabit-speed networks will meet growing demand for higher-capacity core networks, thanks in large part to streaming. Terabit speeds will present a major leap forward over current internet-backbone network limits of 40Gbps to 100Gbps. For comparison on the consumer side, Alphabet's Google Fiber embryonic US fiber-to-the-premises service is offering 1Gbps connections. Nokia Bell Labs, which came to Nokia via its Alcatel Lucent acquisition last year, says its optical breakthrough will allow operators and enterprises to improve the distance and capacity of high-speed data transmissions in optical metro and core networks. "The trial of the novel modulation approach, known as Probabilistic Constellation Shaping (PCS), uses quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) formats to achieve higher transmission capacity over a given channel to significantly improve the spectral efficiency of optical communications," Nokia explains. "PCS modifies the probability with which constellation points, the alphabet of the transmission, are used. Traditionally, all constellation points are used with the same frequency. PCS cleverly uses constellation points with high amplitude less frequently than those with lesser amplitude to transmit signals that, on average, are more resilient to noise and other impairments. This allows the transmission rate to be tailored to ideally fit the transmission channel, delivering up to 30 percent greater reach." It's not clear when the technology will be deployed in real networks, although the demonstration is described as having been achieved in "real-world conditions". A Nokia Networks spokesman told ZDNet that earlier testing had achieved 1Tbps on a round trip between the German cities of Stuttgart and Darmstadt, as well as between Stuttgart and Nuremberg. It had also recorded 0.8Tbps between Stuttgart and Berlin. The technology may eventually be useful for backhaul networks for fiber-to-the-home connections, but currently is not applicable to backhaul for wireless networks, the spokesman added. "The success of the close collaboration with Nokia Bell Labs, who further developed the technology, and Deutsche Telekom T-Labs, who tested it under real conditions, is satisfying confirmation that TUM engineering is a label of outstanding quality, and that TUM teaching gives our students the intellectual tools to compete, succeed and lead globally," Technical University of Munich professor Gerhard Kramer said. | |
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| 09-14-16 12:51pm - 3038 days | #5 | |
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I believe the offer of the free Octopuss Solo was appreciated, even if no PU member requested the item. We're a friendly community, but the truth is, not a lot of members say "Thank you" a lot. The thanks are implied--if that makes sense. Along with the attitude of trying to offer helpful advice or reviews or comments. So--glad that you will make some extra money off Amazon's mistake.  PS: What is your avatar? All I can see is a tiny figure, that I can't make out what it is. It's a picture of what? Edited on Sep 14, 2016, 12:58pm | |
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| 09-13-16 04:39am - 3039 days | #13 | |
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Writing to a text document is usually a good idea, if you want to post a comment or review. Especially a review, because of the time involved in writing it, and you don't want to try to re-create a review because it somehow "vanished." This was discussed on another thread recently, where several PU members talked about how the PU site can eat their posts. So if you want to post a comment or review, the safest method is to write it to a text document, then paste it to the PU site. | |
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| 09-10-16 10:38am - 3042 days | #2 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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I read an old article on the difference between HD and SD that was published on the internet in late 2013. I'm basically cutting and pasting from that article: http://dmediamom.com/2013/08/09/hd-vs-sd...r-hd-digital-videos/ HD (high definition) versus SD (standard definition). The article basically said that, unless you are a video fanatic (with expensive equipment to view and hear the video), the average person won't be able to tell the difference between HD and SD. So it's basically a waste of money to spend more to buy HD movies, for the average person. There are different reasons for this. -For anyone over the age of 40 who’s already had to start using reading glasses, there’s an upper limit to how much clarity we can expect, even when viewing the real world around us. -If the device you plan to use for watching digital videos doesn’t have an HD display (you can check this in the device’s product details either in the user guide that came with it or on the manufacturer’s website), there’s no point in paying extra to watch HD videos on it. This would also apply to the much higher 4K standard. -Screen size: HD is wasted on a small screen. The more pixels there are per square inch, the higher the resolution. The higher the resolution, the finer the detail on your pictures will be. But the extra pixels in a high-def image aren’t distinguishable by the human eye when the image is small. You know how sometimes when you’re online, you’ll see a small (or “thumbnail”) version of an image that looks pretty clear, and when you click on it to load the full-size image, the enlarged image looks fuzzy? That usually happens when the image was saved at a low resolution setting. The image looks fine to your eyes when it’s small but the bigger it gets, the worse it looks. So if you’re intending to view digital video on a small screen, not only will you NOT notice the loss of finer details in a standard definition video, you also won’t notice the increase in finer details in an HD video. But How Small Is The “Small” When I Say “Small Screen”? I’ve watched both the SD and HD versions of The Matrix and Constantine, two movies with a lot of digital special effects, on my Kindle Fire HD’s 7″ screen, and didn’t notice any difference whatsoever for either movie. I repeated the experiment on my 37″ diagonal HD television set, and again, did not notice any significant difference. I think this is because even though the image is a lot larger on my TV, I’m still sitting at least 12 feet away from the screen when I’m watching it. I don’t have a huge living room, this distance is mostly because the TV is mounted on the wall. The further I get from any image, whether on TV, my computer, my phone, my Kindle Fire or even in real life, the less I’m going to notice fine detail. In my opinion, the difference between SD and HD is most noticeable on broadcast, network TV. But when I’m watching the news, a sitcom or a panel discussion show, I’m focused much more on what the people are saying than whether or not I can count the freckles on their noses. Admit it: if we’d never heard of Blu-ray or HD, we’d have been perfectly content to keep watching DVDs and we would still be impressed by their image quality. The difference between SD and the old VHS tapes was huge, in terms of image clarity. But the difference between SD and HD is not that huge (except for the hype). -In Conclusion: Since HD digital movies run anywhere from $2 – $5 higher than their SD counterparts, and HD digital TV shows can be as much as $20 higher per season than the SD versions, the choice between HD and SD really can have a significant impact on your budget. For all the reasons above, for most of us, it’s not worth the extra spend. Also, 4K files are huge. So you will need increased storage space. Another expense. And if you can't tell the difference, when watching a 4K video versus watching a SD video, you're basically just fooling yourself that 4K is better. Unless you have high end equipment, and a huge monitor to watch it on. Since you have an old PC, I'm guessing that even if you were able to watch a 4K video with no playback problems, you would not be able to tell the difference between a 4K video and a SD video. Because you don't have the expensive equipment needed to actually see the difference between the two file definitions (or to hear the difference-unless you have upgraded your speakers as well). I've watched TV at my brother's house. He has a new, super-large TV with all the bells and whistles. And upgraded speaker system. I'm well over 60. I can hear the sound is nice. The image is nice. But my eyes are old. I can't really tell the difference between watching a TV show on his expensive, high grade TV and sound system and watching on my much smaller, older TV (that makes farting noises when the bass is too loud). Amend that. His sound is much nicer. And I know that his images are sharp and clear. But I can't really see the sharpness or clarity improvement that much. But since he has the money to spend, he spends it. I don't have the money to spend. So I'm satisfied with what I have (except for the farting noises from the over-loud bass noises). | |
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| 09-09-16 08:45am - 3043 days | #83 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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dadcrush.com Part of the Team Skeet network. But an "Unlock" site, which requires premium payment to access the site (beyond regular Team Skeet membership). | |
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| 09-05-16 03:55am - 3047 days | #3 | |
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I'm not a teetotaler. But I drink alcohol rarely. And almost never to where I would be considered legally drunk. I'm not certain, but the last time I could have been considered legally drunk was like 40 years ago or more. Drinking alcohol does not make me "happy" or "high". Instead, it makes me sleepy. And I don't like the taste of beer, wine, or most alcoholic drinks. But I do buy a six-pack of beer every so often, why, I don't really know. To do something different, I guess. But a six-pack of beer can last me a month or two. | |
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| 09-04-16 01:06pm - 3048 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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The law can be tough on convicted criminals. Drake Bell was sentenced to 96 hours in jail after DUI plea. This is his second conviction in the last 10 years. 96 hours translates into 4 days (if served consecutively). With good behavior, he might be allowed out of jail even earlier, I'm thinking. I live in LA county. The fine for running a red light is $490. So an actor gets a 4-day jail term for drunk driving? Of course, that doesn't count his probation period. But I've read that for other celebrities, the amount of jail time that is served can often be far less than what they are sentenced to serve. But 4 days for drunk driving? Ridiculous. https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/drake-be...hours-165906262.html Drake Bell Sentenced to 96 Hours in Jail After DUI Plea Us WeeklySeptember 3, 2016 Drake Bell was sentenced to 96 hours in jail for his second DUI conviction, according to TMZ. The Drake & Josh alum, 30, reportedly took a plea deal and will serve time in the Los Angeles County Jail. He will also be placed on four years’ probation and must attend an alcohol education program, TMZ reported on Saturday, September 3. Bell’s sentence for the December 2015 incident is mandatory under California state law as it is his second DUI conviction within a 10-year timeframe. As previously reported, the “Found a Way” singer was arrested in Glendale, California, at 2:20 a.m. local time on December 21 on suspicion of driving under the influence. According to the Los Angeles Times, Bell was swerving his car and speeding after abruptly stopping at a red light. After a police officer pulled him over and smelled alcohol coming from the car, Bell reportedly failed a field sobriety test. The Nickelodeon alum was reportedly previously arrested for DUI in San Diego in 2009. He was charged for the crime in 2010. Bell is best known for playing Drake Parker opposite Josh Peck on Drake & Josh from 2004 to 2007. He also starred alongside Amanda Bynes on The Amanda Show from 1999 to 2001. In recent years, the star has been busy touring and promoting his third album, Ready Set Go!, which was released in April 2014. | |
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| 09-03-16 10:49am - 3049 days | #3 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Who the heck is Tracey Walter? Just kidding. Like you write, I had no idea who Tracey Walter was, until I googled a photo of him. I've probably seen him in over 50, maybe a 100, movie/TV shows. But for some reason, his name never stuck in my mind. But Jon Polito did stick in my mind. He made such a big impression on me, for some of his roles. Tracey Walter is a fine character actor, but I can't recall any of his roles that impressed me, in the same way that Jon Polito did. But some character actors turn into A-list actors: like Nicholas Turturro. Who was also a Coen brothers favorite. | |
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| 09-03-16 02:44am - 3049 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Jon Polito died on September 1, 2016 (age 65). A wonderful character actor, who appeared in many of the Coen brothers films. I remember him best from Miller's Crossing (1990), where he did a fantastic job playing a gang boss in competition with Albert Finney. http://www.avclub.com/article/rip-jon-po...p;utm_campaign=feeds R.I.P. Jon Polito, a favorite of the Coen brothers By Sean O'Neal@seanoneal Sep 2, 2016 11:21 AM Jon Polito, the mustachioed, raspy-voiced character actor who squeezed both humor and surprising pathos from the many mobster and cop roles he played—most memorably for the Coen brothers—has died. The news was passed along by Polito’s friend, filmmaker John McNaughton, who directed Polito in the early episodes of Homicide: Life On The Street where Polito first earned attention as the pugnacious, philosophical Detective Steve Crosetti, as well as in the anthology series Masters Of Horror. No official cause of death has been given, though Polito was diagnosed with incurable blood cancer in 2010. Polito was 65. Providing a comprehensive overview of Polito’s incredibly prolific, 35-year career would be an impossible task; his work stretched from off Broadway to Broadway to cop dramas to sitcoms to short films to arthouse indies to big-budget family films to cartoon voiceovers, encompassing more than 200 credits. Anyway, there is IMDb and Wikipedia for that, while our own Nathan Rabin barely scratched the surface of Polito’s understandably crowded memories in a 2011 Random Roles. Suffice to say, any actor whose résumé includes Highlander, Miami Vice, The Rocketeer, The Crow, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Tales From The Crypt, Gilmore Girls, Flags Of Our Fathers, American Dad, Blankman, and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia—to name just a very few—has had a long, unusually varied career. Polito was a quintessential “that guy,” one of those idiosyncratic yet so familiar presences you were always pleasantly surprised to see blustering into even forgettable dross like, say, Veronica’s Closet. So let’s focus on the ones that counted most. Polito almost turned down his role on Homicide—the bleakly grounded, ahead-of-its-time cop drama set in David Simon’s unvarnished Baltimore—neither wanting to move to the city nor play the part they were offering. But he so impressed producers Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana with his audition that they rewrote the role to suit him, reimagining Detective Crosetti as a tough-yet-tenderhearted Italian who deeply loved his daughter, jazz, and God, and who was endlessly fascinated by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately, network executives saw only the show’s dismal ratings, so after the second season Polito was pushed out to make room for the addition of Megan Russert. After Polito complained about it to the press, his hiatus became permanent, setting off an even nastier feud with Fontana after the show had Crosetti die ignobly off-screen in a suicide, one that—while arguably creating Homicide’s most memorable episode—was a frustrating and thoroughly undeserved resolution for the character. Fortunately, bygones were bygones by the time of Homicide: The Movie, and Crosetti was allowed to return in a glimpse of the afterlife, finally at peace. Polito’s work for the Coen brothers began, quite naturally, with 1990’s Miller’s Crossing, where the actor—who’d already racked up a decade’s worth of mob roles in stuff like The Gangster Chronicles and Crime Story—was a perfect match for the part of Johnny Caspar. With his deeply held beliefs in friendship, character, and ethics, his refusal to take the “high hat,” and his strict adherence to code among thieves, Caspar makes for an unusually sympathetic murderer, simply because he’s one of the few characters in the film who isn’t out to double-cross anyone. Polito’s also given some of the funniest, most pointed lines in a screenplay full of them—and he also gives you some of the greatest advice you’ll ever receive about shaving. The Coens liked working with Polito so much, they would turn to him again and again, beginning with the film that spun out of their Miller’s Crossing-bred writer’s block, Barton Fink, where Polito plays a studio flunky. He would become part of the Coens’ stable of regulars, sometimes just popping up in bit parts (like a screaming business executive in The Hudsucker Proxy), but more often playing eccentrics who wander in from the fringes, like his “brother shamus” detective in The Big Lebowski, or the loquacious, flirtatious salesman who upends Billy Bob Thornton’s life in The Man Who Wasn’t There. “That alone has put me into the realm of the iconic, I guess, just because I’ve touched these Coen brothers,” Polito told The A.V. Club. “That I’ve really been able to have a career based on the fact that what they touch is gold and I just keep holding onto them and touching them.” When he wasn’t in the Coens’ company, of course, Polito still remained plenty busy, though their films had a huge impact in terms of Polito’s comic potential finally being recognized. While he continued to turn up in plenty of crime films and cop dramas, in the wake of his Coen movies, Polito also started bringing his intimidating yet oddly loveable energy to sitcoms like Dream On and Seinfeld (“Want me, love me, shower me with kisses!”). He also made good use of his voice—that gravelly, bulldog burr—in cartoons like Avatar: The Last Airbender and several animated Batman movies. That versatility allowed him to keep working steadily at a rate most actors would envy, completing as many as a dozen things per year even while in remission. A look at some of Polito’s final completed roles reflects his utility: another turn as Ed O’Neill’s estranged business partner on Modern Family; a grizzled detective on Comedy Bang! Bang!; and voicing mob boss Carmine Falcone in the Batman: Arkham Underworld video game. He may have been frequently typecast as the gruff heavy, but there were few who could make those often-thankless roles sing like Jon Polito. And the fact that he has such a lengthy recorded history of doing it means we’ll probably still be pleasantly surprised to find him popping up in something we’re just now getting around to discovering, long after he’s gone. | |
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