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How Do I Stop Annoying Animations And Irritating
Music On Websites?
Question: Sometimes when I open a web page that
contains information I'm looking for it has ads that
flash brightly or contain silly animations. Other
times a site will have annoying music. I turn down the
volume and try to ignore the ads but is there a better
way to deal with pages like this?
Answer: Both the animations found in many banner ads
and the background music played on some websites can
truly drive a person batty. The "Stop" button on
browsers used to be the simple fix. When you'd come to
a site that contained irritating animations or
unpleasant music, you'd simply wait for the page to
fully load and then click your cursor arrow on the
browser's "Stop" button. The animations and the music
would stop but you'd be able to read the information
on the page that you were after -- in peace.
The "Stop" button worked (on Windows when using
Internet Explorer) because most web developers created
their animations in gifs and even attached the sound
file (music) to the gifs. The "Stop" button still
works on gifs. Today, however, many animations are
developed in a software called Flash.
Clicking on the browser's "Stop" button doesn't kill
Flash-based animations. However, if you right-click on
the Flash animation, you'll get a pop-up window
displaying controls that may or may not allow you to
stop or pause the animation. It depends on how the
developer set up the Flash file.
On a Macintosh, the Safari browser doesn't have
separate buttons for "Stop" and "Refresh." This makes
it impossible to stop animations after the page loads.
Firefox has separate "Stop" and "Refresh" buttons but,
once the page loads, the "Stop" button isn't
functional.
So, in summary, either turn down your volume and grin
and bear the animations or find a more pleasant site
to visit.
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Tech Tips & Tricks |
Short Tutorial:
Setting Up AutoComplete On Your Browser
Your browser may have a button on its toolbar called "AutoComplete."
(It's called "AutoFill" on a Macintosh.) AutoComplete is a useful yet
underutilized feature which is available on most browsers. Its purpose
is to save you time when filling out online forms when placing orders
with online
merchants. Rather than filling out an order form each time you make an
online purchase, browsers provide a place to store this information to
then use as needed when placing an order. Here's how to set up
AutoComplete on your browser:
Utilizing AutoComplete When Using Internet Explorer Browser
1) Open Internet Explorer.
2) Click on "Tools" on your browser's menu bar and select "InternetOptions."
3) Click on the "Content" tab and select "AutoComplete."
4) Check the box next to "Forms" and click "OK."
5) Click the "My Profile" button.
6) If you have placed contact information about yourself within your
Address Book, AutoComplete can use it for your profile. Select the
second option ("Select an existing entry from your Address Book to
represent your profile") and then choose an Address Book entry by
clicking on it. Click "OK" and this will be your profile.
7) If you do not have the contact information about yourself within your
Address Book, select the first option ("Create a new entry in the
Address Book to represent your profile"), fill in the information on the
form, and click "OK." The next time you go to make a purchase online or
fill out a form, AutoComplete will take your profile information and
automatically fill out the form for you once you key in the first few
letters.
8) To make changes to your profile information, click on the "My
Profile" button under the "Content" tab of the "Internet Options" window
and fill in the blanks in your profile. You can also simply go to your
Address Book in Outlook Express and make your revisions there.
Utilizing AutoFill When Using Macintosh's Safari Browser
1) Open Safari.
2) Click your cursor arrow on "Safari" on your browser's menu bar and
drop down to "Preferences."
3) Click on the "AutoFill" icon.
4) Make sure there is a check in the box next to "Using info from my
Address Book card."
5) Click on the "Edit" button to enter or update your information.
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Photos Of Food Served By Airlines
Around The World
http://AirlineMeals.net/ -
AirlineMeals.net claims to be "the world's first and leading site about
nothing but airline food." This site is filled with over eleven thousand
photos of, you guessed it, food served by airlines. Links include images
of crew meals, airline lounge food, airport restaurant food, and meal of
the week archives. Dozens of airlines are represented
including Iceland Air, Aero Mexico, United Airlines, Qantas, Air
Namibia, Croatia Airlines, Air China, and British Airways. (Check out
the fancy food served on the Concorde!) Images are submitted by regular
folks like you and me who fly. So the next time you take a flight, don't
forget your camera!
Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sixth
http://starwars.com/ - This
month marks the release date of the highly anticipated premiere of the
last of the three prequels to the Star Wars saga. Star Wars Episode III
- Revenge of the Sith is George Lucas's final Star Wars themed movie.
Production was a three-year endeavor and the special effects promise to
be amazing once again. Check out this site for updated information,
movie trailers, and more.
What Kind Of Dog Would You Be?
http://Gone2theDogs.com/ - If
you were a dog, what kind of a dog would you be? You probably wonder
about this all of the time. Well this site has the answer. The website
promotes a British film to be released this summer called Gone To The
Dogs. Click on either the "Game" link or the "What Dog Are You?" link
and answer ten personality-related questions. The site will then tell
you the breed and traits of the dog you'd be ... if you were to turn
into a dog, of course.
Save Money When Filling Your Car With Fuel
http://www.FuelEconomy.gov/ -
With fuel prices so high right now, we could all use some tips on saving
money at the gas pump. This site provides information on how to
calculate your MPG, how hybrid cars work, how cars are tested for fuel
economy ratings, and more. A section on gas mileage tips
will help you get the best gas mileage possible. It's a pretty handy
site to review before you take this summer's road trip vacation.
USDA Introduces New Interactive Food Guide Pyramid
http://MyPyramid.gov
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture introduced a new Food Guide Pyramid
late last month called MyPyramid. MyPyramid is triangle-shaped like the
old pyramid but now includes six colored vertical stripes representing
food categories. The USDA's interactive site,
MyPyramid.gov, allows consumers to enter their own age, gender, and
average daily physical activity for a customized report of suggested
daily amounts and types of foods to consume. Unfortunately, chocolate
was passed over
again as one of the main food groups.
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Internet Classes |
Browsing Only
Eden Valley High School
Computer Lab Room 127
May 9........7:00 - 9:00
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Call to
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This Month's Chronicles |
Birthstone: Emerald
Flower: Lily-of-the-Valley |
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This Day in
History
www.scopesys.com/anyday
Horoscopes
Taurus: April 20 - May 20
Gemini: May 21 - June 20
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Question & Answer |
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Q. What is the "Sober Worm"?
A. There's an e-mail worm that recently began to circulate around the
Internet called the "W32.Sober.N@mm
worm." (The worm only infects Windows-based systems - not Macintosh, Unix,
or Linux systems.) Also known as the W32/Sober.o@MM
worm, this new variant of the Sober worm was first discovered on April 19,
2005, and includes a tricky Trojan horse feature. The text of the deceptive
e-mail message promises the recipient a benefit if he/she opens the
accompanying attachment but something quite different occurs when the
attachment is opened.
Click Here to link to the exact text of an actual
W32.Sober.N@mm e-mail worm
currently circulating the Web.
As you can see, the goal of the worm is to trick you into thinking that the
sender has received some of your private e-mail messages and is simply
returning them to you within a zipped attachment. When you open the
attachment, you are infected with the
W32.Sober.N@mm worm. Pretty slick!
The W32.Sober.N@mm worm is a
mass-mailing e-mail worm. Once the attachment
is opened, it sends itself as an attachment to e-mail addresses found within
the infected machine. Like most worms circulating around the Internet, the
W32.Sober.N@mm worm also has a
"spoofing" feature that conceals the actual
sender of the e-mail message by randomly selecting e-mail addresses from the
infected computer's system to disguise the source of the e-mail. So, if a
person receives this e-mail worm from a co-worker or relative, chances are
that the person it shows being sent from was probably not the person who
actually sent it.
Remember, receiving an e-mail attachment from a trusted friend or a reliable
source may not necessarily mean that they were the actual senders of the
message and attachment. Also, the ultimate responsibility of protecting your
computer against worms and viruses lies with you. Many viruses and worms not
only spread via e-mail, but also through the sharing of files when using
floppy disks, zip disks, CDs and networks, as well as when downloading
software from the Internet. We encourage each of our users to install and
utilize virus-scanning software, to update this software on a regular basis,
and to scan all incoming e-mail attachments before opening them, even if the
attachment shows coming from a reliable source.
Email
your questions and we will do
our best to answer them!
netnews@meltel.com
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Student Bloopers |
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Below are actual test answers by grade
school students:
The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn't
have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a female moth.
Eventually, the Romans conquered the Greeks. History calls
people Romans because they never stayed in one place for very long.
Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea, where they
made unleavened bread which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses
went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. He died before he ever
reached Canada.
Solomon had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines
The inhabitants of Moscow are called Mosqitoes.
Define H2O and CO2. H2O is hot water and CO2 is cold water.
The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.
The word trousers is an uncommon noun because it is singular
at the top and plural at the bottom.
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