<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><b>OFFTOPIC</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Warning: this post may contain traces of old man ramblings.</b></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">For those of you who like this sort of thing, here are the annual cPanel stats for my <a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">vceit.com</a> domain in 2014. </div><div>Remember 2014? We were six-packed, independent, young, proud, and free to declare that we really didn't like memes of any variety.</div><div><br></div><div>Except cats. We really liked the cats. Jumping into boxes and...</div><div><br></div><div>(cough)<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Obviously this post features the <font color="#ff0000">Great Extra Free Bonus Taste</font> of <i>Irrelevant Old Man Ranting</i> - at <b>no</b> extra expense! Please enjoy. Tell your friends.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b>Reported operating systems..</b>.<div><br></div><div><table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-width:1px 0px 0px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><tbody><tr><td width="32" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px"><b>Windows</b></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">25,906</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">70.3 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px"><b>Macintosh</b></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">8,177</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">22.2 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px"><b>Linux</b></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">1,813</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">4.9 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,136)">Unknown</span></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">853</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">2.3 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px"><a href="http://mobile.java.com/" title="Java Mobile home page [new window]" style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,17,187);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Java Mobile</a></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">39</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">0.1 %</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><br clear="all"><div>Windows may be ailing and ageing, but it still has 3 times as many users as Mac.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking at <a href="http://vceit.com">vceit.com</a>'s stats for links from external pages, I wonder why '<a href="http://pornboobsy.com">pornboobsy.com</a>' appears so high in the list. I must be missing something....</div><div>But then, admit it. Doesn't normalisation theory really turn us <b>all</b> on - just a <i>little</i> bit? <br></div><div>You know... Those <i>tables</i>. Those <i>keys</i>. Those <i>one-to-many relationships</i>. Ooooh.</div><div><br></div><div>(cough)</div><div><br></div><div>Other stats:</div><div><br></div><div>The most commonly downloaded theory slideshow file was the <a href="http://vceit.nylon.net/slideshows/database-normalisation-example.ppt">normalisation example</a> (but I plan to improve that slideshow soon. Stay tuned*.) </div><div><br></div><div>I'm pretty sure that 10% of ITA students understand normalisation, and maybe 25% of teachers do. </div><div><br></div><div>So (VCAA thinks), "<i>Why don't we make the end of year exam weigh normalisation knowledge at - say - 15% of the year's mark? </i></div><div><i>If we keep examining this heavily, surely students will get better at it?</i>"</div><div><br></div><div>Why not? </div><div>I bet if I whipped my cat hard enough, he could perform calculus.<br></div><div><br></div><div>(cough)</div><div><br></div><div>The most commonly visited page was the <a href="http://vceit.nylon.net/p/00-ITA-summary2011.htm">ITA summary</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>The browsers used were: (ignore column 2 which refers to 'Grabber' - whomever she is):<br></div><div> <br></div><div><br></div><div><table class="" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-width:1px 0px 0px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><tbody><tr><td width="32" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></td><td class="" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px"><b>Google Chrome</b></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">No</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">19,745</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">53.6 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></td><td class="" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px"><b>Firefox</b></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">No</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">5,596</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">15.2 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></td><td class="" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px"><b>Safari</b></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">No</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">5,232</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">14.2 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></td><td class="" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px">Mozilla</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">No</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">2,338</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">6.3 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></td><td class="" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px"><b>MS Internet Explorer</b></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">No</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">2,328</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">6.3 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></td><td class="" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px"><b>Opera</b></td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">No</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">516</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">1.4 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></td><td class="" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px">Android browser (PDA/Phone browser)</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">No</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">383</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">1 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></td><td class="" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,136)">Unknown</span></td><td width="80" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">?</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">352</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">0.9 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></td><td class="" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px">IPhone (PDA/Phone browser)</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">No</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">167</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">0.4 %</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></td><td class="" style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px">Nokia Browser (PDA/Phone browser)</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">No</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">89</td><td style="border-color:rgb(236,236,236);border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)">0.2 %</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank Dog - Internet Explorer is finally in the toilet. </div><div>But isn't Microsoft and Bing so <b>cute</b> trying to be relevant? Awwwww. <br>You're tempted to scooch them on their furry cheeks - and then walk away to let them die.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Must admit though... <br></div><div>On a brand-new Windows install, IE is the *best* browser for downloading Chrome or Firefox. </div><div><br></div><div>---</div><div><br></div><div>* "Stay tuned" - I've realised that this is is a really antique reference to the days when people actually tuned analogue devices (radio, TV) to a frequency to receive broadcast signals. <br>"Tuning" means nothing to digital whippersnappers like you. <br></div><div><br></div><div><rockingchair></div><div> I remember clipping wire to the metal guttering as an antenna for my crystal radio so I could listen to amplitude modulation (AM) radio signals in bed...</div><div> even if the wire had to go through an open window and let the moths in.</div><div> And I only had DDT spray to kill those moths.</div><div> Gosh, I miss all of my siblings.<br></div><div></rockingchair><br></div><div><br></div><div>Wikipedia says "Cat's whisker detectors are obsolete and are now only used in antique or antique-reproduction radios, and for educational purposes."<br></div><div><br></div><div>I hope Wikipedia gets fat and starts losing its hair.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Mark Kelly</div><div>mark AT vceit DOT com</div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><i>I love the sound of people's voices after they stop talking.</i></div><div><br></div><div><div>I, Mark Kelly, am entirely responsible for the offensive verbiage I spew forth.</div><div>Have I offended anyone with this post? I would not be surprised.</div><div>If offended, please whinge to me at the email address above. <br>Please leave poor Kevork alone. It is not his fault.</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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