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Add commentHey Mac. Good to see you. The
Hey Mac. Good to see you. The forums bit the dust. Told y'all I'd never post there again. Someone there wanted to bet on that. He lost.
TY Riverman1....... I've
TY Riverman1....... I've changed my posting style. I'm more my real self now.
The automatic redirects to
The automatic redirects to advertisements and the pop up subscription request is most annoying. Whoever thought that was a good idea should be publicly flogged.
You are so right, Bruno. The
You are so right, Bruno. The pages have gotten so complex with animated ads and ads with audio and video; ads so large it takes several seconds to load; scripts running in the background and who knows what else. It runs clunky now. There is an annoying "Bookmark & Share" pop-up you see occasionally. And what is this where the focus on the article jumps down to the bottom of the story for a second or two and then back up to the top?
Any elected official who
Any elected official who doesn't pay his/her taxes on time, shouldn't ask for my vote.
This Associated Press story
Salt Lake City — Disguising himself with an alias, the mayor of Utah's second largest city has been writing upbeat free-lance articles about his town for area news outlets because he claimed the media spent too much time on crime coverage.
He unapologetically revealed himself this week, insisting the balance was needed. “I thought about all the people just reading about crime in our city and nothing better,” West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder said Friday. “I'm trying to stand up for us because we do get the short end of the stick – negative stories.”
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Sound like someone we know?
Here's something to think
Here's something to think about. I got it from the 11/21/11 issue of Environmental Compliance Alert:
Tighter water quality standards are in the future for California facilities, especially those releasing toxic materials like mercury.
Reason: The list of impaired waterways jumped 170% between 2006 and 2010, the state told EPA.
The jump in toxicity listings for California waterways is largest for mercury, which has prompted a sharp increase in fish consumption warnings.
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Little Lamb's commentary: Well, the chickens are coming home to roost. That time period — 2006 through 2010 — corresponds to the increasing use of compact fluorescent light bulbs in homes. They contain mercury. When they are broken in the home, or crushed in the landfill, the mercury is released to the air, where it disperses throughout the atmosphere until it returns to earth dissolved in rainfall, thus eventually making its way into waterways.
Another unintended consequence of environmental correctness.
If we assume the more times
If we assume the more times something is seen and heard the more likely it is for a consumer to buy it, then online papers are about 10,000 times more effective than printed newspapers. The Chronicle would fold without this online edition. The comments section adds to the readers and the Chronicle knows it.
I know lots of people who only open the online edition to read the comments and they never post. Where I work, lots of people read my comments and tell me about them, but none of them ever post.
Okay, I got my obligatory
Okay, I got my obligatory Costco's card today and went shopping there. After over $400, I decided it's not much different than Sams. Heh. Someone refresh my memory why it's different and deserves a tax break?
Absolutely, RM! It is
Absolutely, RM! It is fundamentally wrong to give a tax break to a company coming to the area while all the competing companies have to pay their taxes. It reminds me of the infuriating practices of the telephone companies and cable companies. They will give an introductory offer to nab new customers, all the while their existing customers are being stabbed in the back with the higher rates. It seems backward to me.
LL, think abou this. I also
LL, think abou this. I also have a Sams card and usually do big shopping there. The county sales tax portion of the $400 I spent would be coming to the county if I had shopped at Sams. Looks to me like the county will experience a net loss in revenue.
Wow! The county is taking a
Wow! The county is taking a property tax hit and a sales tax hit by bringing in Costco. And, in addition to that, they're reducing the revenue of all Costco competitors. Nice deal, if you can get it.
This is directed to Sean. I
This is directed to Sean. I made a comment under a letter and it was posted both there and here. How does this work?
Thanks
scoobydoisback, I don't
scoobydoisback, I don't understand. Your comment should only appear under the story where you posted it. Can you explain exactly what happened?
Full page auto redirect as
Full page auto redirect as soon as you get to the website. Yeah that it brilliant.
I've got a question for you
I've got a question for you technical gurus. For some reason when I type in these comments, I can't click back in the sentence. Ummm, let me try to explain this better. You know how you can click your mouse anywhere and it will be visible so you can make changes and so on? Well, I can go back and make changes, but it doesn't show me where I've moved the cursor or whatever you call this thing. Have I turned something off? Ha. A technical writer I could never be.
Riverman, I'm pretty sure
Riverman, I'm pretty sure that is something on your end. The first thing I would do is restart my computer.
Okay, to anyone who reads
Okay, to anyone who reads this post: when you navigate to the Discussion page, do you have anything in the center column under the "Most Active Discussions" header? All I see is a sea of white phosphors on the screen. Some time ago, there was a list of the most popular stories that you could click on. It seemed like there were twenty-five or more stories listed there.
I admit that I am using Internet Explorer for my browser and I was just wondering if those of you with the popular souped-up browsers still had the "Most Active Discussions" feature still available to you.
LL That happens a lot.
LL That happens a lot. Granted, I would rather see that than the full page flash ad that you get before you can even read the first word on the homepage or the drop down asking to you to register.
I see white space too...I
I see white space too...I asked about it & was told it may come back soon...hope so...I miss it..
Sean, and others, in regard
Sean, and others, in regard to my earlier problem of not being able to see where I was typing a comment or being able to move the cursor with the arrows, I fixed it by doing a restore on my computer. Works fine now.
Boy, talk about incomplete
Boy, talk about incomplete reporting, this was in today's print edition (Page 5A):
33% of CEOs of the largest American companies expect to add employees and spend more on large equipment in the next six months.
40% of CEOs of the largest American companies plan to keep their work forces steady.
27% of CEOs of the largest American companies will cut staffers in the next six months.
It would have been nice if they told us who those 33% companies are so we could apply. Also it would have been nice if they told us who the 27% companies are so we wouldn't waste our time submitting applications there.
Seems like I'm moving
Seems like I'm moving backward by making suggestions. When I mentioned that there was a heading for "Most Active Discussions" in the center column of the Discussion page but that the data was no longer displaying; they have now removed the heading instead of bringing back the data. Now the only thing in the center column is the link to this blog!
Little Lamb, we removed the
Little Lamb, we removed the header until we could come up with a replacement program to list the most discussed stories.
Hey Sean. I've been going to
Hey Sean. I've been going to Customer Service for a few days to change my credit card info for the $6.95 thing and I keep getting it's temporarily closed. Either y'all get this thing working or Riverman may be gone when the bankers catch up with my last bogus credit card. Ponzi schemes need rapid communications to work.
Sounds like a diabolical plot
Sounds like a diabolical plot to get rid of Riverman.
JTF, I wouldn't describe a
JTF, I wouldn't describe a plot to get rid of Riverman as being diabolical. It's the right thing to do. I've been trying to get rid of him for a couple of years.
ha, OK, good luck.
ha, OK, good luck.
Riverman, send an email to
Riverman, send an email to customercare@mypressplus.com with the new credit card information. Press Plus has been very good about customer service in the past. If you don't get a reply, email me and I will contact them.
Hey, Riverman, you can also
Hey, Riverman, you can also send an e-mail to me with your credit card information. I will provide excellent customer service as well.
:-)