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Monday, June 30, 2008
cool bridge
has 23 arches and is about 344 feet long
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cool bridge
Lupu Bridge in Shanghai is the world's longest arch bridge, measuring two miles long
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cool bridge
Hangzhou Bay Bridge links Shanghai to Ningbo Opened to traffic on May 1, 2008, it is the world's longest sea bridge
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cool bridge
San Diego-Coronado Bridge is one of the few bridges that was made famous by a TV show popular 1980s show "Simon & Simon."
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cool bridge
213 feet long and spans the Linxi River
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cool bridge
Ships in Germany use the giant Magdeburg Water Bridge to get between the Elbe-Havel and the Mittelland canal. The kilometer-long bridge
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cool bridge
n southern France, has the distinction of being the world's tallest vehicular bridge
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Don't use an Administrator user account
defense strategy for home computers
Don't use an Administrator user account when you don't need to Log on with a non-Administrator user account whenever possible. This step is extremely effective. It arbitrarily stops or cripples most "inside" attacks from viruses and spyware that attack Windows itself, and other software you use. If you have "problem" software which doesn't want to cooperate with your non-Administrator account, see these tips. Windows Vista has much better support for non-Administrators than Windows XP, so if you can use Vista, it'll make this step far easier.
Don't let other people use the Administrator account on your computer. Make a separate non-Administrator account for visitors to use, so they're not logging onto one of your own user accounts.
How to change to a non-Administrator account
There always needs to be at least one Computer Administrator account. So if you've been using the computer's only Computer Administrator account as your regular "daily driver" account, you'll need to make a new Administrator account before you can switch your own account to a non-Administrator account. The following directions are for Windows XP, but Vista is similar.
In Control Panel, open User Accounts, click Create a new account and make a new account (I named mine superuser). Let it remain a Computer Administrator account.
Now that you've got this new Administrator account, you have the option to set your account to a non-Administrator ("Limited," in this case).
Click Start > Log Off and log off. You should now see a Welcome screen showing the new Administrator account, as well as your regular account. Log into your new Administrator account.
Go to User Accounts and click on your usual account:
superuser is my new Administrator account. user is the account I've been using, which I want to change from Computer Administrator to Limited.
Click Change the account type:
Above: I click Change the account type for my regular account, so I can change it to Limited.
Change the account to a non-Administrator (Limited), as shown in the picture below. If I want to reverse the change, I log into my Administrator account, and simply change this account back to a Computer Administrator again.
Now my account is a Limited account (below).
You're done! : ) The key idea is to only use your Administrator account when you actually need Administrator-level powers, such as when adding new hardware & software. For instant messaging, email, Web browsing and other daily computer use, use your non-Administrator account.
If you have Windows XP Professional Edition, or Vista Business or Ultimate Editions, take another two minutes and follow my easy Software Restriction Policy instructions too. To see what version of Windows you have, just click Start > Run, type winver in the box and click OK.
So if this is so effective, why don't more people do it? There's GOT to be a catch. Some software doesn't work correctly when you run it from a non-Administrator account. If you have problems, try the following tips, (Windows Vista is specifically designed to handle this stuff better)
Step 1 Check whether there's a patch that fixes the problem. There's an update for The Sims 2, for example, that makes it work under Limited accounts among other things.
Step 2 Temporarily change your Limited account to a Computer Administrator account, run the software once, then close it and change your account back to Limited. This is all it takes for some programs to get their act together.
Step 3Start the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key repeatedly when you anticipate that the first WindowsXP bootup screen is about to show. This gets you access to the Security and Permissions tabs when you right-click folders and choose Properties.
Find the program's folder within C:\Program Files, right-click it, and give the Users group Full Control Security. Some programs also have a folder in the C:\Program Files\Common Files folder and in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data folder (which is a hidden/protected OS folder), so check those too and adjust their Security also.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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my top software and sites
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Antivirus for Vista
does not
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fix sp3 update problem with HP pc using AMD
Have you included Windows XP (service pack 3) on your computer?. Does it kept restarting and restarting all day. This is a known bug, but seems to affect only HP machines with AMD processors...unless anyones more information.
There appears to be a couple of fixes. One involves uninstall the sp3, run the sp37394.exe fix, then reinstall sp3.
Want to know how to remove SP3, go here.
Here is a great blog about many of the issues caused by installation of SP3, and ways to get around the issues.
Steps to Avoiding a Deadly Heart Attack
Four Steps to Avoiding a Deadly Heart Attack
Step #1: Keep Your Cholesterol and Blood Pressure in Check
Here's what your numbers should be:
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- LDL-cholesterol: <>
- HDL-cholesterol: 40 or higher
- Cholesterol ratio (total cholesterol/HDL): less than 5
- Blood pressure (the pressure of the blood against the walls of the arteries): below 120/80 mmHg
Step #2: Exercise Every Day
Regular exercise helps control your weight (which in turn helps lower LDL-cholesterol and blood pressure). What's more, according to a meta-analysis published this year in the Archives of Internal Medicine, exercise also appears to increase levels of HDL-cholesterol - that's the good cholesterol that lowers your risk for heart disease. On most days, aim for at least 30 minutes of moderately intense activity (60 to 90 minutes to lose weight or maintain weight loss).
Step #3: Minimize Your Middle
It's always important to balance physical activity with a calorie-appropriate diet to maintain your weight (or lose weight if you're overweight). However, when it comes to heart disease risk, research shows that where you carry fat - not necessarily how much fat you're carrying - can markedly increase the risk of calcium and plaque buildup in the arteries of the heart. Abdominal fat - as opposed to fat around the hips - seems to trigger a chain of inflammatory activities that translates into harmful metabolic changes, plaque buildup...and ultimately heart disease. In other words, the "waist-to-hip ratio" (that is, the size of your belly in relationship to your hips) is a better indicator of early signs of heart disease than other common measures of overweight and obesity, such as body mass index (BMI) and height/weight charts. Here's how to calculate your own waist-to-hip ratio:
- While standing, use a tape measure to measure your waist in inches at its smallest point or at your navel (without holding in or pushing out your tummy).
- Next, measure your hips in inches at the widest area.
- Lastly, divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement.
For example, if your waist measures 38" and your hips measure 38", you're 1.0. The ideal waist-to-hip ratio for men is .9 or less, while for women, it's .8 or less.
For both men and women, 1.0 or higher is considered "at risk" for heart disease. The good news is that even small improvements prove to be beneficial.... Lose an inch or two off your waist and you're already better off.
Step #4: Eat a Heart-Smart Diet
Incorporate the following into your diet for a healthier heart:
- Eat plenty of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.
- Limit saturated fat to less than 7% of your calories.
- Limit sodium to less than 2,300 mg/day.
- Limit alcohol to one drink a day for women and 2 drinks a day for men.
- Eat fish rich in omega 3 fats three times a week (wild salmon, mackerel, sardines, herring, lake trout, and Pacific oysters).
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
scary toys of the 60s
size=2>Green Ghost was advertised as the first board game that glowed in the size=2>Up until this time, the only glow in the dark products were radioactive
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scary toys of the 60s
melt a sheet of styrene plastic and quickly make a mold of any item A type of Vac-U-Form called Vac-U-Former was manufactured in the 1990s by ToyMax, using safe light bulbs for the heat instead of the sizzling hot 110 volt hotplate of the original machines.
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scary toys of the 60s
Time Bomb Game based on the old "hot potato" idea. You twist the top "fuse" of the bomb
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scary toys of the 60s
Seance 1972
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scary toys of the 60s
1962; King Zor the fighting dinosaur face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#ffcc00>King Zor came with a
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scary toys of the 60s
Mattel's Lie Detector Game, 1960 Every amateur
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great tips for a notebook computer
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Windv - free and very good video capture
WinDV is a small and easy to use Windows application for capturing videos from DV device (camcorder) into AVI-files and for recording AVI-files into DV device via FireWire (IEEE 1394) interface.
open the finished recording in VirtualDub for editing 32 bit Vista premium and WinDV runs on it like a dream
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
World's deepest swimmimg pool
Nemo 33 is a recreational diving center in Brussels, Belgium that is home to the world's The complex was designed by Belgian diving expert John Beernaerts as a
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
Photoshop Tutorials
Photoshop Tutorials at Melissa Clifton
Andy-Warhol-Up Your Photographs
Pop Art Inspired by Lichtenstein
Turn Photos of People into Line Art
Learn how to use filters to manipulate your existing images into stunning creations
Friday, June 6, 2008
relation maths
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Amazing Monasteries
Madonna del Sasso with its Capuchin monastery is towering high above Locarno Switzerland built to honour the Virgin Mary, who was said to have appeared in a vision in 1480
one of the earliest buildings in Tibet and it has a history of more than 2,000 years
south-west side of Mount Athos
Greece
wife of Serbian King Uros I
wooden monastery built on stilts over the lake at the end of the 1850s Myanmar
mountain in Catalonia
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