Tabbed browsing is usefull enough on it’s own, but there are a few simple tricks that make it even more so. I find that the most useful trick for me is to open the previous page in a new tab. This is done by simply holding down the “Command” key while clicking the back button (or selecting back from the contextual menu).
This also works with the forward button. Any link you click on can be opened in a new tab by holding down command when you click the link. If you want to view an image in a new tab follow the same pattern with the “View Image” or “View Background Image” commands accessed via a right click or a “Control” click.
Inline linking (also known as hotlinking, leeching, piggy-backing, direct linking, offsite image grabs and bandwidth theft) is the use of a linked object, often an image, from one site into a web page belonging to a second site. The second site is said to have an inline link to the site where the object is located.
Inline Linking and the HTTP Protocol
The technology behind the World Wide Web, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), does not make any distinction of types of links-all links are functionally equal. Resources may be located on any server at any location.
When a web site, such as Malagent’s Sandbox, is visited, the browser first downloads the textual content in the form of an HTML document. The downloaded HTML document may call for other HTML and/or stylesheet files to be processed. These files may contain <img> tags which supply the URLs which allow images to display on the page. The HTML code generally does not specify a server, meaning that the web browser should use the same server as the parent code (<img src=”picture.jpg” />). It also permits absolute URLs that refer to images hosted on other servers (<img src=”http://www.example.com/picture.jpg” />).
When a browser downloads an HTML page containing such an image, the browser will contact the remote server to request the image content. Continue reading ‘What is Inline linking?’
Mean time between failures (MTBF) is the mean (average) time between failures of a system, and is often attributed to the “useful life” of the device i.e. not including ‘infant mortality’ or ‘end of life’ if the device is not repairable. Calculations of MTBF assume that a system is “renewed”, i.e. fixed, after each failure, and then returned to service immediately after failure. The average time between failing and being returned to service is termed mean down time (MDT) or mean time to repair (MTTR).
It's just a matter of time.
Mathematically, the MTBF is the sum of the MTTF (mean time to failure) and MTTR (mean time to repair). The MTTF is simply the reciprocal of the failure rate, Continue reading ‘Mean time between failures’
As a technician, system administrator and all around super geek, I have told others over and over again to back up their data. Sometimes my own advice is a bit hard to follow, ya know how it is - you get busy looking through Flickr, debating politics or whatever and the next thing you know. ZAP, just like that, all your really important irreplaceable data that you just happen to need right now is gone.
This normally would not be an issue for me, but this drive is not usually on my Mac protected by the Leopard’s Time Machine. This drive comes from a Windows 2003 Server from my little data center. At least the Mac is letting me copy the data whereas Windows just freaks out and goes into a BSOD spewing tantrum.
So there they sit, billions and billions of useless ones and zeros doing nothing but making me mad.
So I’m off to wait on 280GB of data to copy (I wonder how long I’m gonna waste burning 64 DVDs?) so I can rip this damn drive out and smash it to pieces with a hammer. Then I will kick myself a few times for failing to practice what I preach. Oh, and don’t forget to back up your data, you never know when you are going to learn the meanings of MTBF, MDT, and MTTR.
Nearly a decade ago I got my first iMac. Although it has been retired and passed along, the orange CDs still remain in my collection of Mac Stuff. Being a Mac Addict, Geek, Pack Rat, and a general Mac Lover I find it hard to part with anything Apple.
I have a feeling I’m not the only one.
