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Is there a way to bring back a dumped post? Partially to test this, I found an interesting post by JohnC pertaining to proposed changes to the Roth IRA in the OT bullpen and added what I thought was a reasoned response. I thought the post warranted …
Due to numerous requests of people mistakenly clicking Mark All Viewed in the Menu when viewing from Desktop Computer.
for logged in Users:
"Mark All Viewed" is in the cogwheel (top left panel cogwheel), it is no longer in the Menu
On various mo…
Mo,
There has never been a discussion relating to funds that I have seen that when a user asked a question or made a discussion that was not a link-only discussion that wasn't commented upon immediately the first day. So, I think there will not be…
Yes, if thats what you call it, it will just have fund category discussions that have zero comments (after 2 days) moved to another category. A user suggested it, and David and Chip approved it.
everything is still viewable and commentable.
So, it is "Crickets" until I get a new name.
you can add comments to category but not discussions, and it will contain the discussions from the funds discussion category that have zero comments after 2 days basis.
The update and movement of dis…
@chip: You mean, I'm going have to talk to my wife for six hours. You've got to be kidding me.
Regards,
Ted
you could write her notes every once in a while and put some links in the note.
Its the John & Scott Off-Topic show best suited for twitter, facebook, or other social forums ,not a mutual fund discussion board. No offense gentlemen, but I call them as I see them. Do you realize that 95% of your posts have nothing to do wi…
>Airborne" might need defining for purposes of discusdion, I'll not be afraid to sit on an aircraft as I always do
me neither.
but, what if the person sitting next to you was a nurse (who had little or no training with level 4 diseases) takin…
I thought they fixed the health care system?
they made some things better as far as uninsured. unfortunately they couldn't revamp the entire system, too many other corporate interests, and too little understanding about other health-care systems, m…
>Yes, cable is expensive but so is chicken without bones,
Actually chicken is fairly inexpensive and chicken with bones is as good or better than chicken without bones (chicken mcnuggets).
I watch TV a few hours per month, still doesn't change…
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/17/356966590/why-wont-the-fear-of-airborne-ebola-go-away
Ebola is an RNA virus.
http://jvi.asm.org/content/79/18/11555.full
>but it suggests to me that cable companies aren't going away anytime soon.
Sad and True, they've divied up the space anyway. Many parts of the U.S. the only option you have for high speed internet is the "One" cable company serving your regio…
>I really think this is overblown
what is overblown? inability to contain a deadly virus devastating 3 west african countries, or the lack of procedures for hospitals in the US dealing with sick people who have been travelling to West Africa, …
speaking of Ebola -
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/12/cuba-leads-fights-against-ebola-africa
Btw, Cuba has the largest medical school in the world.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-scare-creates-utter-panic-caribbean-cruise-ship/st…
So, if this were to be done Mas discussion movement to another Category.
Do you want only Fund discussions with zero comments moved to a "Yet to be named orphan Fund Category".
or do you want Off-topic discussions with zero comments to a "Yet to…
I have seen the older two. Man, you probably do not want to give away those hours of your life and patience.
I'd much rather watch the movies (w/ Patricia Neal) then giving up hours of my life re-hashing politics :)
Even, if you don't like the philosophy (which I don't) , the movies are quite good, see for yourself, if you want, rather than going by the ratings.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480239/
as well as
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041386/
and this w…
very interesting and engaging book. fast read for a long book.
If that kind of thing is interesting to you.
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/books/review/spillover-by-david-quammen.html
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the cookie expires 30 days from the second you initially signin even if you click keep me signed in.
if you sign in at sept 26 8:09:30 - it will expire exactly 30 days later to the second.
of course if your browser deletes your cookies upon closi…
>OK... Here you go: .....oops, sorry. Wonderful Bill Gates and his wonderful Windows software make finding that simple piece of information impossible
It has nothing to do with windows or Bill Gates on how to find version.
google could tell you…
>FYI; This article by Chuck Jaffe was posted on 8/30/14 at 1:00 PM
I must have missed your post, I searched in off-topic, but you posted in Fund discussions but it was not a discussion about funds, hence I posted in off-topic in this thread.
…
FYI: Seriously, this thread needs to get a life !
life
edited: news syndication delay...
http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/market-watch-with-chuck-jaffe-welcome-to-silly-season-for/article_9f684da8-fa3d-592a-a704-069735315bed.html
I've linke…
Great. Just great. At this rate the use of the internet for financial purposes is so compromised that it's approaching uselessness.
it gets worse.
you may need to cut out ice cream as well
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/08/dq-breach-hq-says-no-b…
>Hundreds of companies are accumulating vast quantities of data about each and everyone of us.
and because they are being hacked, it is shared....
http://www.darkreading.com/biggest-cache-of-stolen-creds-ever-includes-12-billion-unique-logins/d…
>One question is the purpose of the activity box.
I already explained the purpose in my previous post, so no need to repeat myself.
> Perhaps it is not necessary
perhaps
Probably one of those times to live, learn and adapt. now that you …
you also might want to go into Edit Profile on your page.
and Edit preferences, and check accordingly for notifications.
I've suggested this before, I think alot of people ignored it.
> it's really bad UI if you need to read the documentation in order to use the private messaging function.
Perhaps, but ....
I highly suggest you read the documentation, if you want to get the most out of the forum. Despite you wanting everyth…
another way to send a message is click on inbox on the horizontal menu.
then click new message.
then type the name of the person you want to send it to.
it auto-fills suggested names.