Anyone Ever Notice?

[gunhilltrain]

Save your post draft regularly - page and magnifying glass, top right in the tool bar. That cures the time-out problem.

Thank you for the information. Perhaps it would have been nice if Lit had told us this.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I often use Disk Cleanup to remove a lot of the Windows temp files. Type Disk Cleanup in the search box near the start icon, then choose which kinds of files you want deleted. I am on Windows 10.

Thank you, but through some searching with Google, I was able to locate the folder with the temp files.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Firefox works, just not as well as Chrome. I've hardly even tried Edge. I haven't found any viruses when I do a sweep, if that matters. By the way, what is a "cache?" I remember cleaning out a ton of temp files from some Windows folder, but I've got to find it first. Somebody else told me to delete the browsing history of each browser, but that seems like an entirely different operation as far as I can tell.

Why would that word, of all the millions of such words, be unauthorized? You mean that is Lit's doing? Why would they care?

That temp files is in what is called cache. It's where all those cookies and things are stored. You can clear them from your browser in settings, additional settings.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Now... I don't use Google anything, except Android on my phone and tablet, yet I have shut off everything Goggle that I can. Even the Google Store, unless I need to update some games. Same for Windows 10. In fact if you saw my screen or click on the start icon you would see a Windows 7 menu. And no I won't be upgrading to Window 11. And not only because it says my machine won't work with it, yet there are ways around that without having to buy a new motherboard. I also have all the little tattle tales turned off.

As for a browser I use Brave, it a chromium clone, not using Chrome, but the original Chromium open source code. Then then add things like not allowing third party cookies and blocking ads automatically. They also have a search engine you can use that will give you everything, not just what Google or MS ants you to see.

 

[gunhilltrain]

That temp files is in what is called cache. It's where all those cookies and things are stored. You can clear them from her browser in settings, additional settin

I found it in a folder called AppData/Local/Temp. (Never mind how I found it; the instructions were online.) I haven't cleaned it out in a while, like three years at least. I don't know what all those files are, but there were thousands of them. Some of them were in folders within the main folder. I went through Windows itself, not the browsers. (I have one browser I use a lot, one I use occasionally, and one I hardly use at all.)

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Firefox works, just not as well as Chrome. I've hardly even tried Edge. I haven't found any viruses when I do a sweep, if that matters. By the way, what is a "cache?" I remember cleaning out a ton of temp files from some Windows folder, but I've got to find it first. Somebody else told me to delete the browsing history of each browser, but that seems like an entirely different operation as far as I can tell.

Why would that word, of all the millions of such words, be unauthorized? You mean that is Lit's doing? Why would they care?

********** is not really a unauthorized word, but some site don't want it to be used.

Now if it was blocked above... Java-script, Java script, script of java.

 

[gunhilltrain]

********** is not really a unauthorized word, but some site don't want it to be used.

Now if it was blocked above... Java-script, Java script, script of java.

That's kind of amusing because they have no trouble with finger fucking, blowjob, and probably hundreds of other such terms and expressions. I wonder if they would block it in a story too, although that is most likely to be used in a Geek Pride contest. (Hot programmers getting it on, or whatever. "Wanna see my spicy coding?")

 

[Zeb_Carter]

That's kind of amusing because they have no trouble with finger fucking, blowjob, and probably hundreds of other such terms and expressions. I wonder if they would block it in a story too, although that is most likely to be used in a Geek Pride contest. (Hot programmers getting it on, or whatever. "Wanna see my spicy coding?")

But all those words aren't programing languages that can sometime get executed in places they aren't supposed to be.

Probably, although I have never found a reason to include it in one of mine. It might just get the story rejected.

 

[gunhilltrain]

But all those words aren't programing languages that can sometime get executed in places they aren't supposed to be.

Probably, although I have never found a reason to include it in one of mine. It might just get the story rejected.

You mean literally executed? Like where? China, North Korea?

By the way, the sheer amount of technical knowledge that the average person needs to have today is, well, notable. "But we live better with smartphones, the Internet, etc." In some ways, maybe yes, but it all chews up a significant amount of time and money too. The constant upgrading and obsolescence of software and hardware - not sure it's all truly needed - is always an issue.

 

[Beholders_Eye]

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[gunhilltrain]

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Like many technologies, the time savings on the front end are often lost on the back end. I've just had that problem in the last few days when my anti-virus software let some malware slip through (the first time in years) and I wound up with constant phoney pop-up ads. (Ironically, one of them as supposedly for another anti-virus program, McAfee.) Getting that fixed eventually caused some new problems that I won't get into here.

People have been creating these awful viruses (some are malicious while others are merely annoying) since before the Internet became popular. In the 1980s, they sometimes came in through a diskette (and before that, floppy disks) although they weren't so common. I guess 12,000 years ago people first had something worth stealing, and they had to invent doors with locks. Then other people (equivalent to the present hackers, perhaps) discovered ways to crack locks. Human nature remains the same.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Jesus, look at Norton's identity-theft protection options.

Norton Anti-virus

I guess the $349 annually for Ultimate Plus is worth it. If you can afford that, you must have enough worth stealing.

Paul Theroux described highway bandits in Kenya who would prey on passing vehicles, mainly trucks also operating as buses. At least those guys hit once and they were done with you. These identity-theft people have the same impulses but they never let go.

 

[PennameWombat]

Thanks, but I don't think I want to remove the browsing history per se. I want to remove the Windows temp files, which I thought was a different matter. I know the last time I did that there were several hundred of them at least.

The browser's cache has a variety of things and is separate from the Windows temp files.
- Your history (sites you've visited, tabs opened and closed, etc.)
- Cookies (small files that indicate if you've logged into a site, last location visited, etc.)
- Temporary files. Many of these are pictures (jpegs, etc.) and text downloaded from sites you visit. If you return to a page the browser will use these instead of retrieving them from the server, so long as the files aren't 'too old'. You can override this by reloading a page (the 'circle' on Chrome or Firefox.)
To clear the cache, you should use the browser's facility. In Chrome, click on the 'three vertical dots' then Settings then Privacy and Security. Choose what you want to delete, you can remove the temp files and keep history and cookies, or whatever.

Thanks, but I don't think I want to remove the browsing history per se. I want to remove the Windows temp files, which I thought was a different matter. I know the last time I did that there were several hundred of them at least.

Windows temp files are what the operating system and Windows applications use. The 'Disk Cleanup' app will allow you to clean these up. A couple of common places stuff piles up are the Recycle Bin, since it's not automatically flushed, Temp Files and Windows Updates files, from all updates that might've been applied. Disk Cleanup will show you these and you can select which ones to flush. To see the Windows Updates file, once Disk Cleanup is running, select 'Show System Files'.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Jesus, look at Norton's identity-theft protection options.

Norton Anti-virus

I guess the $349 annually for Ultimate Plus is worth it. If you can afford that, you must have enough worth stealing.

No, it's not worth it. For the length of time they've been in business, you'd think they would have an efficient piece of software that doesn't grind your computer to a halt. They don't. It's not worth buying.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

You mean literally executed? Like where? China, North Korea?

By the way, the sheer amount of technical knowledge that the average person needs to have today is, well, notable. "But we live better with smartphones, the Internet, etc." In some ways, maybe yes, but it all chews up a significant amount of time and money too. The constant upgrading and obsolescence of software and hardware - not sure it's all truly needed - is always an issue.

No, executed as in the program runs and starts doing things that nobody but the person who programmed it wants it to do.

I'm really thinking that we are over dependent on our tech and a lot of it should be done away with. Like smart phones. True they have given us all a world at our fingertips, yet so many who user them are just getting stupider and stupider and no longer pay attention when they should, like driving.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

No, it's not worth it. For the length of time they've been in business, you'd think they would have an efficient piece of software that doesn't grind your computer to a halt. They don't. It's not worth buying.

And if you us a VPN they'll never know you're around. And if you add a proxy server in the mix, you become Mr. Anonymous. With a VPN your data gets encrypted before it leaves your machine and comes back to be decrypted by your machine. A proxy server strips out any and all identifiable information before the data leaves.

As far as anyone knows, my machine is in Ontario, Canada, right now. That could change depending on the site I plan on going too.

ETA: Oops, it just changed to Dallas, Tx. I guess the process thought the one in Canada was too slow.

 

[Bubo_bubo]

No, executed as in the program runs and starts doing things that nobody but the person who programmed it wants it to do.

I'm really thinking that we are over dependent on our tech and a lot of it should be done away with. Like smart phones. True they have given us all a world at our fingertips, yet so many who user them are just getting stupider and stupider and no longer pay attention when they should, like driving.

I might have a slightly different perspective. Thanks to smartphones millions of people on this continent are connected and have access to some basic financial services that they otherwise wouldn't have.

 

[gunhilltrain]

The browser's cache has a variety of things and is separate from the Windows temp files.
- Your history (sites you've visited, tabs opened and closed, etc.)
- Cookies (small files that indicate if you've logged into a site, last location visited, etc.)
- Temporary files. Many of these are pictures (jpegs, etc.) and text downloaded from sites you visit. If you return to a page the browser will use these instead of retrieving them from the server, so long as the files aren't 'too old'. You can override this by reloading a page (the 'circle' on Chrome or Firefox.)
To clear the cache, you should use the browser's facility. In Chrome, click on the 'three vertical dots' then Settings then Privacy and Security. Choose what you want to delete, you can remove the temp files and keep history and cookies, or whatever.


Windows temp files are what the operating system and Windows applications use. The 'Disk Cleanup' app will allow you to clean these up. A couple of common places stuff piles up are the Recycle Bin, since it's not automatically flushed, Temp Files and Windows Updates files, from all updates that might've been applied. Disk Cleanup will show you these and you can select which ones to flush. To see the Windows Updates file, once Disk Cleanup is running, select 'Show System Files'.

I'm not super-techie, but what I did was not to use an app, but just go into the folder and removed the files manually. I wanted to see what was in there. Of course, it was almost all useless, but I wanted to know it first.

I had another issue with Chrome, but I don't want to get into that know. As a sort of literate computer person (I'm 67, which doesn’t help), I'm amazed at the amount of jargon and lingo involved with computers. My late mother (born in 1931) could use a computer, but I had to explain what a "scroll bar" was. To her, it was "that gray thing on the side that moves the page up and down." That was enough for her. I doubt she could identify what a jpeg or a pdf was.

Years ago, the same thing held true for automobiles. People could drive, but many of them didn't know how many cylinders their cars had. Forget about "displacement," whether it was in cubic inches or liters. Many of them had no idea what a camshaft, crankshaft, timing belt, rocker arm (now obsolete), connecting rod, flywheel, or any number of other things were. They relied on their mechanics to fix them (often at an inflated price). Otherwise they just stepped on the gas and went, which was satisfactory for them.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I might have a slightly different perspective. Thanks to smartphones millions of people on this continent are connected and have access to some basic financial services that they otherwise wouldn't have.

Gee, I grew up in a world without smart phones, guess what, every household had at least one phone that you could make calls to others on, even to your bank or broker. And when you were driving you weren't made completely stupid by a thing buzzing at you to pay attention to it and not what you were supposed to be doing, driving.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I'm not super-techie, but what I did was not to use an app, but just go into the folder and removed the files manually. I wanted to see what was in there. Of course, it was almost all useless, but I wanted to know it first.

I had another issue with Chrome, but I don't want to get into that know. As a sort of literate computer person (I'm 67, which doesn’t help), I'm amazed at the amount of jargon and lingo involved with computers. My late mother (born in 1931) could use a computer, but I had to explain what a "scroll bar" was. To her, it was "that gray thing on the side that moves the page up and down." That was enough for her. I doubt she could identify what a jpeg or a pdf was.

Years ago, the same thing held true for automobiles. People could drive, but many of them didn't know how many cylinders their cars had. Forget about "displacement," whether it was in cubic inches or liters. Many of them had no idea what a camshaft, crankshaft, timing belt, rocker arm (now obsolete), connecting rod, flywheel, or any number of other things were. They relied on their mechanics to fix them (often at an inflated price). Otherwise they just stepped on the gas and went, which was satisfactory for them.

Gee... when did this happen. All my cars have rocker arms. The engine being a overhead valve engine would need them to open the valves at the correct time. That's what's under the valve covers.

And if the rocker arms are obsolete, then why still have a connecting rod?

Sorry. I know a lot about computers and cars. I've been driving since I was 15. I'm now over 70 and still have a valid drivers license. I have known all that information about each and every car I drove. Even the newest hottest car has rocker arms in the engine.

 

[Bubo_bubo]

Gee, I grew up in a world without smart phones, guess what, every household had at least one phone that you could make calls to others on, even to your bank or broker. And when you were driving you weren't made completely stupid by a thing buzzing at you to pay attention to it and not what you were supposed to be doing, driving.

To clarify, this continent here = Africa.
The world you grew up in might not actually have been 'the World'.

 

[yowser]

Sorry. I know a lot about computers and cars. I've been driving since I was 15. I'm now over 70 and still have a valid drivers license. I have known all that information about each and every car I drove. Even the newest hottest car has rocker arms in the engine.

Plenty of over-head cam engines do without rocker arms, with the cam pushing directly down on the valves (often the valve-stems covered by 'buckets.')

But yes, many cars (BMW, Mercedes) still use rocker arms even on high-end over-head cam engines.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Gee... when did this happen. All my cars have rocker arms. The engine being a overhead valve engine would need them to open the valves at the correct time. That's what's under the valve covers.

And if the rocker arms are obsolete, then why still have a connecting rod?

Sorry. I know a lot about computers and cars. I've been driving since I was 15. I'm now over 70 and still have a valid drivers license. I have known all that information about each and every car I drove. Even the newest hottest car has rocker arms in the engine.

Actually, I was referring to "push rods;" the rocker arms are the things at the top of the engine that open and close the valves. Push rods were shafts of metal that connected the crankshaft at the bottom to the camshaft at the top, which in turn opens and closes the valves at the top of each cylinder - through its connection to the rocker arms, I assume. It's all very Rube Goldberg, but I was indeed using the wrong terminology.

Anyway, at some point (the 1970s or '80s?) metal push rods (the somewhat misnamed "overhead value engine") were replaced by a timing belt connecting the two shafts at the bottom and top of the engine. Those have to be replaced periodically, or they will break and shut down everything. (That happened to me once, although I was well within Volkswagen's time limit.)

So, did I get that right?

Anyway, you may know most of that but I'd guess that the vast majority of American drivers know almost none of it.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I might have a slightly different perspective. Thanks to smartphones millions of people on this continent are connected and have access to some basic financial services that they otherwise wouldn't have.

There are definitely upsides. Financial services: that definitely helps when your 3G phone becomes obsolete and you have to pay for a new one.I don't know, I guess I'm a grumpy geezer, but I don't want to be connected to most people on this continent.

 

[gunhilltrain]

To clarify, this continent here = Africa.
The world you grew up in might not actually have been 'the World'.

You are absolutely correct, but for most people "the world" is what they know or knew. Ever see one of those "person in the street" interview videos? (Jay Leno pioneered them.) "Name one country in South America," "name one country in Africa," "who won the Civil War?, "name the Vice-President." A lot of them can't answer any of those.

It's easy to laugh at them, or say that they are narrow-minded or ignorant. But I've come to believe something rather dark about human nature. They may say otherwise, but most people actually think, "I only care about what directly affects me or my family, or somehow interests me (like a hobby of some sort)."

"Point out Mali on a map." "What's Mali?" It's regrettable, but there is no point in bemoaning it.