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Dialup prepaid card comes with FREE ads

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Stuck as I am on an ancient slow as molasses dialup connection, I find myself rather annoyed by the new practice by some Pakistani ISPs of redirecting scrath/prepaid card user’s requested pages to their own ad filled pages. Cybernet and gerrys are the two biggest culprits. Both of them randomly redirect you to a page filled with their ads and a continue link. The people at Gerrys advertise their stupid dsl service. Fortunately I am smart enought to use firefox and adblock plus which prevents the fat ads from squeezing my bandwidth. Nevertheless its damn annoying to have to refresh a page multiple times just to see a website.

I have however discovered a few solutions to preventing these redirects. For cybernet you either use any of thier dial in numbers NOT ending in 65 or you configure a proxy server. Often their other numbers don’t work so you have to use the one ending in 65. Using a proxy always works. You can find many online lists of proxy servers by googling for them. In the case of gerrys you have to use their proxy server proxy.gerrys.net. Of course you should still use FF and adblock plus because cybernet is fond of pop ups as well. Sigh….

A few common windows shortcut keys

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Here are a few useful windows shortcuts

  • Double click on a windows title bar to maximize it. Repeat to restore it. This is easier to do because the title bar is a wider area than the little square maximize button in the top right corner of a window.
  • windows key + m to minimize all windows. Functions sort of like the show desktop shortcut
  • select a file or shortcut icon and press alt-enter to view its properties window.
  • windows key + L to do a quick log out. Useful if want to quickly zip away from your computer but don’t want to leave yourself logged in.
  • windows key + e will display my computer.

Rotten Pakistan for sale!

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Yessiree! Throw us a few a billion dollars in "aid" and you’ll own the sixth most populous country on the planet. Think about what you could do with such a large body of human resource. Checkout some of our recent "projects":

  • A few years back we helped the americans invade a neighbouring country. We betrayed our own people ! We’ll do anything for a few dollars.
  • Why just yesterday we murdered 80 innocents studying in a maddressah in Bajaur among them many children. Will any other government murder its own people for such a cheap price? No! If you like we will even let you send your own terrorist helicopter gunships to do the job! And if your worried about public perception we’ll even claim we did it ourselves! You won’t get a better deal than this anywhere else.

And remember we pay you back your "aid" with interest so you actually make money!

Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe charms

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A few days ago I reviewed the classic real time strategy game Transport Tycoon Deluxe or TTD. TTD is considered by many to be abandonware since no organisation or individual claims ownership. Because of this, many versions of the game are available for free download online. However, none of these versions include any new features and so the zealous community of TTD fans have made an open source enhancement of Transport Tycoon called openttd.

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Medical Scrubs

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It is always interesting to see the unique ways in which people use the Internet. While there are many general online clothing stores one particular store is designed for a unique market. Scrubs Gallery sells medical uniforms, or Scrubs as they are called, directly to nurses and other medical staff.

The first thing that strikes a visitor to this site is the simple yet attractive design. Buyers can browse the selection using the left side menu or narrow down their choices using the quick search options. Scrubs Gallery features a wide selection of solid and printed tops and pants as well as lab coats. They have clothing for both male and female medical staff. An online size chart helps you decide which size is right for you. They even have a 30 day money back guarantee which is good to have if you make a mistake and buy the wrong size, or just change your mind. They also claim to save you money by offering lower prices. Scrubs Gallery is definitely an option worth looking at for medical scrubs.