We do, along with many other social networking sites. It's all part of CIPA,
which affects out eligibility for Federal funds.
We use hosts files regularly to selectively filter sites that may not be
objectionable but are distracting.
Dan
On May 24, 2012, at 7:27 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
> Fmis
Exactly.
When little Johnny wants to go to Pandora to listen to music instead of study
or do research, we need to find a way to prevent him from accessing it.
Hosts files are the perfect means of doing this, which is exactly why we use
them. Easy to update and change, easy to manage.
Dan
On M
Dieselhead wrote:
I think apple's decision to ban flash on the ipad/iphone is a good one.
It is a pig. Flash was bad when it came out, and has never gotten any
better. I generally don't allow flash to load, and quickly leave
websites that require flash, unless there is something non-flash th
Adobe products are mildly annoying as are some websites who rely on them.
Just yesterday T-Mobile sent me an mail saying my bill was ready. I had
to download and install a new version of Acrobat Reader just to look at the
bill and then I couldn't save it because of the way they created it.
Norm
I think apple's decision to ban flash on the ipad/iphone is a good
one. It is a pig. Flash was bad when it came out, and has never
gotten any better. I generally don't allow flash to load, and
quickly leave websites that require flash, unless there is something
non-flash that is interesting.
Fmiser wrote:
Uhh. He has them all pointed to 127.0.0.1 - or localhost. In
otherwords, a dead end. None of those will ever load anything.
I don't think that's what you did in the schools
A lot of schools block, or should block, facebook.
I know my niece's high school does.
Mitch.
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Jim Cathey writes:
> Try a different browser for awhile. Those Quad G5's are _fast_!
Ah I didn't realize it was a PPC mac. If you like FireFox, you might
try the G5 build of tenfourfox then
http://www.floodgap.com:80/software/tenfourfox/
Allan
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I get this idea that this is not how it should be. I think it is
Firefox that is buggering it, as the system monitor shows FF running
over 1GB of memory usage as time goes on, and varying CPU usage up to
80-90+% sometimes.
If you kill FF and it's back to normal, then what's the confusion?
Wha
Peter Frederick writes:
> Ditch Flash player, it eats 95% of CPU time while idle.
Yeah I always have Flash (actually all plugins) and Java disabled in my
browsers.
Allan
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I'm surprised all you folk who like to heat your home with your server
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On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Fmiser wrote:
> > > > Tim C writes:
> > > >
> > > > About the only way I know to handle Facebook is Chrome, so
> > > > when it misbehave
Adobe products are mildly annoying as are some websites who rely on them.
Just yesterday T-Mobile sent me an mail saying my bill was ready. I had
to download and install a new version of Acrobat Reader just to look at the
bill and then I couldn't save it because of the way they created it.
Norma
> > > Tim C writes:
> > >
> > > About the only way I know to handle Facebook is Chrome, so
> > > when it misbehaves at least you can close just the one tab.
> > On May 23, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> >
> > I handle facebook like this:
> >
> > $ grep facebook /etc/hosts
> > 127.0.0.
Google "flash blocker" -- I use it all the time, but I'm still
running 10.4 here (10.5 if I need to, 10.6 on the MacBook). It keeps
Flash off unless you tell it to run, saves lots of CPU time.
Flash is probably the worst software out there at the moment, almost
as bad as ATM. Must be writ
Interesting you say that. About every week the Flash updater wants to
update Flash, which of course means going through some various hoops to
get the files, approve the update, typing in codes, then shutting down
the browser and restarting it, and various other annoying activities.
Not sure h
On Wed, 23 May 2012 20:45:46 -0400 Dan Penoff wrote:
> Nothing like adding your favorite sites to the hosts file that's a
> simple workaround we used to do in the schools...
Yes, indeed, but note the IPs he's assigned to them; a request for
facebook anything doesn't leave his box.
Craig
>
It is all the crap that makes OSX able to run windows. Unix based OS, unlike
winblows.
On May 23, 2012, at 5:39 PM, Tim C wrote:
> On May 23, 2012 8:30 PM, "Allan Streib" wrote:
>>
>> Tim C writes:
>>
>>> Blah blah blah Windows.
>>
>> We're talking about an iMac though.
>>
>
> Which is
Ditch Flash player, it eats 95% of CPU time while idle.
Safari isn't anything to get excited about, either.
Peter
On May 23, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Firefox is a pig. Any reason you are not just using Safari?
Rich Thomas writes:
I have this iMac, it has 4GB of memory and
Nothing like adding your favorite sites to the hosts file that's a simple
workaround we used to do in the schools...
Dan
On May 23, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> Tim C writes:
>
>> About the only way I know to handle Facebook is Chrome, so when it
>> misbehaves at least you can
Tim C writes:
> About the only way I know to handle Facebook is Chrome, so when it
> misbehaves at least you can close just the one tab.
I handle facebook like this:
$ grep facebook /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net
127.0.0.1 faceboo
On May 23, 2012 8:30 PM, "Allan Streib" wrote:
>
> Tim C writes:
>
> > Blah blah blah Windows.
>
> We're talking about an iMac though.
>
Which is why I thought it was funny that Clay was giving the Windows 98
lines about regular rebooting and how you have to clean up things after
you've been usi
Brian Toscano writes:
> If that was the case they would always display pages the same, which they
> don't.
Well, WebKit itself is a moving target, and it's probably the case that
at any given time, the current Chrome and Safari are often built on
slightly different versions of WebKit.
Allan
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On May 23, 2012 3:47 PM, "Rich Thomas"
wrote:
> If I close FF (and usually I have to do a force quit) and restart it,
reload my session, it seems to be fine for awhile. Facebook seems to be
the app/page that hangs most, or maybe is causing the problem.
Facebook has a lot of Javascript and other
Tim C writes:
> Blah blah blah Windows.
We're talking about an iMac though.
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Agreed.
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Tim C wrote:
> On May 23, 2012 5:58 PM, "clay monroe" wrote:
> >
> > As time goes on, the processes build up and become more sticky. Might be
> good to reboot every month or so. Also good to do some system clean up of
> preferences and things with disk
On May 23, 2012 5:58 PM, "clay monroe" wrote:
>
> As time goes on, the processes build up and become more sticky. Might be
good to reboot every month or so. Also good to do some system clean up of
preferences and things with disk tools
Blah blah blah Windows.
Linux FTW! :)
-Tim
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If that was the case they would always display pages the same, which they
don't.
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> Brian Toscano writes:
>
> > I never use Firefox - I use Safari and if I run into problems I use
> Google
> > Chrome.
>
> Safari and Chrome are just a differe
Brian Toscano writes:
> I never use Firefox - I use Safari and if I run into problems I use Google
> Chrome.
Safari and Chrome are just a different UI over WebKit. I would be
surprised if there was a significant difference in processor/resouce
utilization.
Allan
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FB could be hogging system resources under FF. How many additional do-dads
have you got FF running? The more plug ins, the more it will hog. There are
also bound to be things FB is hooking into and not letting go of when you log
out. As time goes on, the processes build up and become more st
I never use Firefox - I use Safari and if I run into problems I use Google
Chrome.
Apple's own Preview app is usually what bogs my system down. When I hear
the fans speed up, I usually need to restart Preview.
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Dave Cavner wrote:
> Type 'top -u' (no quotes) i
Type 'top -u' (no quotes) in Terminal to view the processor hog(s).
If you want to keep FF, keep add-ons to a bare minimum. Ditto the number of
open tabs. Restarting the browser often/daily will keep the memory leaks in
check. FFs ad blockers are fabulous when they work but make some sites appe
Firefox is a pig. Any reason you are not just using Safari?
Rich Thomas writes:
> I have this iMac, it has 4GB of memory and 4 CPUs and 1 TB drive (half
> empty) with a 2TB connected for backups. The thing runs bog slow
> sometimes with the spinning wheel, with Thunderbird, Firefox, maybe a
>
I have this iMac, it has 4GB of memory and 4 CPUs and 1 TB drive (half
empty) with a 2TB connected for backups. The thing runs bog slow
sometimes with the spinning wheel, with Thunderbird, Firefox, maybe a
Preview doc or two, iTunes, and maybe an iChat and something else
running (and Finder, w
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