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Does anyone know if there's been any studies on those who have taken no medications at all in past X days vs those that take any (either OTC or otherwise) and those with and without symptoms?

I ask because I'd assume drug use would be lower in prisons, and among those in poorer countries. I'm just wondering if a particular set of drugs could accelerate/make this worse?

That said, I'm not sure this is even possible to obtain metrics on, it'd just be interesting to see if there's any type of correlation to rule out. I realize there's been conflicting studies on whether certain heart meds may accelerate, but I've not been able to find anything about any drugs use whatsoever.

It uses FFMpeg vs Plexs proprietary transcoder. So, hardware/GPU transcoding can be done for free.

It also doesn't have the latest "free" stuff Plex has started adding in. Personally, I just want my movies or TV and that's it. If I want steaming or news, I'll go find it elsewhere.

It catalogs and let's you play/transcode to devices. It's a replacement for Plex based off a fork of Emby; however, Jellyfin is completely open source.

I just installed it a few weeks back, and like it a lot. Much less clutter and overhead compared to Plex. The Roku app is what's missing for me, though. When that is finished (it's in development), this will be a great full replacement for Plex, for me.

I rarely comment, but the article, until the last page was great. It felt very bait and switch -- pull you along with the story, then, oh yeah... you could vote for this guy, and be just as terrible as he is.

While the article is very biased against him, which I would usually feel is fine (and without further researching the topic, I'd agree he seems pretty terrible), but if there's a possibility that this is politically motivated let people know up front. Why not add his political affiliation early in the first page, instead of waiting until the very the end?

And to be clear, I don't believe that he "invented email."

Then I did the impossible 6 years ago. :) In Alabama, no less!

I worked through high school, saved several thousand, had a little pay-as-you-go flip phone, an old $1500 car, and rarely ever saw the inside of a restaurant.

All I know is, it worked for me.

That said, costs have been going up... so sure, it does cost more now. If I didn't have the money for a semester, I'd have just had to take less credit hours. Not optimal, but not the end of the world. And much better than paying thousands in interest for a loan.

No, I'm not. I'm saying a part of maturity is paying and cash flowing things.

It might take a lot longer, and it might be a lot harder and a few less dinners with friends, but it is very possible to cash flow college.

It's a different mindset. What most people think today is you should always have a loan for something -- car, house, college, a little consumer debt... but it's incredibly freeing when you don't have any of that stuff. I wasn't given anything, but I've learned that hard work and no debt can make life so much greater.

Instead of pushing students to loans, why not show them the value of hard work thru college? People make out like it's an impossibility, but it isn't. It isn't fun, and you might not get the 4.0 average you'd want, but it is possible because I've done it. I didn't have a fancy car or a great high paying job. I also didn't go to a well known college, but rather just a smaller college locally.

What we really should be doing is showing students that WHERE they go to college very often doesn't matter at all after graduation, because so much is learned on the job. What matters is the core concepts are given that lays a great foundation for their "real" jobs later.

I've been using Froxlor to manage over 200 sites. I use it mainly as a bare bones Apache configuration editor and have also added a few things to it, such as cron jobs and such.

I'll echo what others have said though... the project is great at what it does, but the programming practices and backend are spaghetti and mess all over.

There are several other systems out there, but this one uses barely any resources in an environment that is fully PHP anyway, and that's primarily why I chose it.

I've been a PHP developer for years, and recently switched jobs from a place where we were proactive in ALWAYS upgrading to the bleeding edge PHP, MySQL and, when possible, CentOS version.

Now I'm at a place that has VERY loosely managed code where they virtually cannot upgrade some sites without a rewrite. They're on an old version of PHP 5.2 and MySQL 5.0. I'm doing all I can to get everyone there to understand the issues with legacy software, but it's a tough battle. Thankfully, I've got new code and features running the latest PHP and MySQL versions, it'll be several (many) years until all of it's managed enough to be upgradable.

I can also say I've always thought the PHP complaints were unfounded -- no real company doesn't understand OOP, datatypes, etc. Yeah... I completely understand now. It's a fun challenge putting good, solid standards in place and moving a horrid codebase into a great one, though.

Maybe it's just me, but I think changing wall papers on Android is much more simple than iOS. Actually, all you need to do is just long press a blank area and change the wallpaper.

It's simple, basic shortcuts like this that are the reason I like Android. It does take some getting used to, though, if you're coming from iOS (I made the move back in 2010).

The company I currently work for started with zero marketing in the mid 2000s (2004/2005). We grew into a multi-million dollar company. We're in the home and garden e-commerce category.

We didn't really start doing any marketing until 2010 (Google TV, at that!). Now, though, competition is a mess (tiny sites rank above established brands) so we're almost forced to do some form of PPC. In some ways now, you're completely at the mercy of Google and their latest algorithm update, regardless of whether or not you follow the SEO rules.

To answer your question though, if competition is low it can definitely be done, just do everything with SEO in mind, but design and write for users.

Online Commerce Group is looking for a PHP developer in Montgomery, AL.

Job Description and Responsibilities With big initiatives planned in 2012, Online Commerce Group is looking for a driven, motivated PHP software programmer with experience distributing and supporting enterprise level software.

Desired Technical Skills

+ Object oriented design, design patterns, and data structures

+ Experience with PHP

+ Strong demonstrated RDBS experience with at least one of the following: SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL

+ Working knowledge of at least one JavaScript framework (eg: Prototype.js, jQuery) along with strong Ajax experience is a plus

+ Experience working with a version control system; GitHub is a plus

+ Experience in releasing a software related package

Ideal candidates are those who possess the following attributes:

+ Those who are PASSIONATE about their work and desire to learn and grow in their craft

+ Those who think outside the box of conventional thinking

+ Those asking and answering the question: “How can we make this easier to use?”

+ Those who love semantics and well-structured code

+ Looking to bring networking and connectivity to the current team

+ Those with great character who are servants to those around them

+ Those who believe the impossible is possible

E-mail [email protected] if interested.