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GoDaddy, F*ck you!
Yesterday I signed up with Godaddy to register a domain name.
After I paid & registered the domain, I configured everything, and 2 hours later my website(that I made earlier) was live.
Today i've got an email that my account is blocked(?!), and that they will cancel it, if I wouldn't sent my ID, and provide a brief explanation on how I intend to use my domain. Right now my account is BLOCKED.
WTF?! It's none of your f*cking business what I'm going to do with my domains. If I'm violating a policy, email me.. But asking me on forehand what my plans with a domain name are?
If this would be for hosting for example, I don't care. I'd just switch to another one. But a domain name is unique, and therefore irreplaceable. And threatening to cancel an account, while MY domain is already in it?
Even if my domain name would be "download-illegal-movies.com", then I'll take responsibility for that, I don't need a registrar be the judge.
And if you find my registration for whatever reason suspicious, tell me during registration, instead of after you received my money.
My brief explanation was by the way that it's none of their business. (IF my domain was something weird or suspicious I'd be happy to give them an explanation).
Wonder if they'll cancel my account. Could even find it funny, Godaddy canceling an account because I'm not telling them how I'm going to use it.
After I paid & registered the domain, I configured everything, and 2 hours later my website(that I made earlier) was live.
Today i've got an email that my account is blocked(?!), and that they will cancel it, if I wouldn't sent my ID, and provide a brief explanation on how I intend to use my domain. Right now my account is BLOCKED.
WTF?! It's none of your f*cking business what I'm going to do with my domains. If I'm violating a policy, email me.. But asking me on forehand what my plans with a domain name are?
If this would be for hosting for example, I don't care. I'd just switch to another one. But a domain name is unique, and therefore irreplaceable. And threatening to cancel an account, while MY domain is already in it?
Even if my domain name would be "download-illegal-movies.com", then I'll take responsibility for that, I don't need a registrar be the judge.
And if you find my registration for whatever reason suspicious, tell me during registration, instead of after you received my money.
My brief explanation was by the way that it's none of their business. (IF my domain was something weird or suspicious I'd be happy to give them an explanation).
Wonder if they'll cancel my account. Could even find it funny, Godaddy canceling an account because I'm not telling them how I'm going to use it.
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[Wiktionary] Importing wiki XML dumps into MySQL
I was trying to import an XML dump of Wiktionary into MySQL. It all worked well until I tried some non latin languages like Arabic, Chinese etc. The character encoding was messed up.
Just as a reminder for myself, and maybe useful to other people who are struggling with importing wikipedia xml dumps as utf-8 into mysql. These are the steps I took on Windows:
For example for importing the Arabic Wikipedia:
1. Create a database, in my case I created `wiktionaryar` (ar = language code for arabic)
2. Create these tables: http://svn.wikimedia.org/...evision=87357&view=co
Run the following queries to convert them to utf-8:
TRUNCATE TABLE `page`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `text`;
ALTER TABLE `page` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
ALTER TABLE `page` CHANGE `page_title` `page_title` VARCHAR( 255 ) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL;
ALTER TABLE `text` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
3. Drop the Unique page_title index from the `page` table
4. Download the Arabic XML dump. Go to http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html and search for the link 'arwiktionary'. Click it, and on that page search for:
pages-articles.xml.bz2. Download it and extract the xml file.
5. Download & Open de wikixml importer mwdumper.jar
6. Run mwdumper.jar, select the Arabic .xml set database to wiktionaryar and start your import.
To get the meaning for a specific word you can use this tool http://www.igrec.ca/projects/wiktionary-text-parser/
Just as a reminder for myself, and maybe useful to other people who are struggling with importing wikipedia xml dumps as utf-8 into mysql. These are the steps I took on Windows:
For example for importing the Arabic Wikipedia:
1. Create a database, in my case I created `wiktionaryar` (ar = language code for arabic)
2. Create these tables: http://svn.wikimedia.org/...evision=87357&view=co
Run the following queries to convert them to utf-8:
TRUNCATE TABLE `page`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `text`;
ALTER TABLE `page` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
ALTER TABLE `page` CHANGE `page_title` `page_title` VARCHAR( 255 ) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL;
ALTER TABLE `text` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
3. Drop the Unique page_title index from the `page` table
4. Download the Arabic XML dump. Go to http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html and search for the link 'arwiktionary'. Click it, and on that page search for:
pages-articles.xml.bz2. Download it and extract the xml file.
5. Download & Open de wikixml importer mwdumper.jar
6. Run mwdumper.jar, select the Arabic .xml set database to wiktionaryar and start your import.
To get the meaning for a specific word you can use this tool http://www.igrec.ca/projects/wiktionary-text-parser/
[tutorial] Realflow Hybrido basic concepts series
I was watching a tutorial on how to setup a Hybrido simulation in Realflow:
If I would want to recreate this whole scene, I wouldn't want to watch the tutorial all over again. That's why I wrote down each step:This tutorial is the first of the HYBRIDO BASIC CONCEPTS tutorials series. Here we will explain in a clear and concise manner the fundamentals of the new HYBRIDO approach to large scale liquids simulations.
This video covers the initial setup for the core fluid simulation
HYBRIDO REALFLOW 5 TUTORIAL BASIC 1
HYBRIDO REALFLOW 5 TUTORIAL BASIC 2
HYBRIDO REALFLOW 5 TUTORIAL BASIC 3
HYBRIDO REALFLOW 5 TUTORIAL BASIC 4
HYBRIDO REALFLOW 5 TUTORIAL BASIC 5
HYBRIDO REALFLOW 5 TUTORIAL BASIC 6
Unfortunately the last step on how to import and render the mesh/splash/foam/mist in 3D Studio Max is not there(yet?).How to setup a Hybrido in Realflow:
- Add -> Grid fluid -> Domain (resizable)
- Add -> Object -> Cube (resizable)
- Add -> Grid fluid -> Emitter
- Add -> Daemon -> Gravity
Click simulate.
Next the simulation needs to be cached:
- Select Grid_Fluid_Domain01
- in the Node menu, change Simulation from "Active" to "Cached".
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Add Splash
- Make sure animation is in first frame
- Add -> Grid fluid -> Splash
- Position/Resize the Splash box to where Splash particles will be generated
- Add -> Daemon -> K Volume
- Position/Resize the K volume. Particles outside of the K volume will be destroyed
Global links/Exclusive links
- With K volume selected, remove all items from the global links menu
- From the Nodes menu, drag&drop Grid Fluid Domain to Exclusive Links
- Now drag the following items on top of the Grid Fluid Domain:
- emitter, Cube01
- Grid Fluid Emitter01
- Grid Fluid Splash01
- Gravity Deamon
- From the Nodes menu, drag&drop Grid Fluid Splash01 to Exclusive Links
- Now drag the following items on top of the Grid Fluid Splash01(in the Nodes menu):
- K Volume01 Deamon
- Gravity Deamon
Click simulate. (This could take many hours!)
Want quick results? Lower the Particles->resolution from 100 to 1, and it will go a 100 times faster.
Next the simulation needs to be cached:
- Select Grid_Fluid_Splash
- in the Node menu, change Simulation from "Active" to "Cached".
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Add Foam
- Make sure animation is in first frame
- Add -> Grid fluid -> Foam
Global links/Exclusive links
- With Grid_Fluid_Foam01 selected, remove the Grid_Fluid_Foam item from the global links menu
- Now drag the following items on top of the Grid Fluid Domain(in the Nodes menu):
- Grid Fluid Foam
- From the Nodes menu, drag&drop Grid Fluid Foam01 to Exclusive Links
- Now drag the following items on top of the Grid Fluid Foam01:
- K Volume01 Deamon
Click simulate. (This shouldn't take long)
- in the Foam Node menu, change Simulation from "Active" to "Cached".
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Add Mist
- Add -> Grid fluid -> Mist
Global links/Exclusive links
- With Grid_Fluid_Mist01 selected, remove the items from the global links menu
- Now drag the following items on top of the Grid Fluid Domain(in the Nodes menu):
- Grid Fluid Mist
- From the Nodes menu, drag&drop Grid Fluid Mist01 to Exclusive Links
- Now drag the following items on top of the Grid Fluid Mist01:
- Gravity Deamon
- Grid Fluid Splash01
- K Volume01 Deamon
Click simulate. (This shouldn't take long)
- in the Mist Node menu, change Simulation from "Active" to "Cached".
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Add a mesh that will support the fluid
- Go to export -> export central
- Check the following: Grid Emitters->Grid fluid, Grid fluid->Particle cache. Click Done
- Add mesh->Grid mesh
- Click simulate. (This shouldn't take long)
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Solve imperfections like fluttering and popping, by making the mesh smoother
- Select Gridmesh, and change Nod Params->Filter from No to Yes, Relaxation to 0.2, and steps to 64.
- Click simulate again
Regaining detail by using a displacement map
- Select Grid Fluid Domain.
- Node->Displacement->Calculate Displacement-> Change to Always, Change Quality to 2048
- Node->Displacement->Vertical scale to 0.05, Auto dimension to No, Dimension to 10, Repeat U to 3.
- Select Grid Mesh
- Node->Shader->Shader Type-> Change to Displacement
How many squares do you see? 
Zag dit op Facebook voorbij komen:
> Everyone here at the station is talking about this one today. The best answer
> we have is 25. How many squares do you see?
>
>
Dacht dat het geen enkel probleem zou zijn, en dacht 36... Maar had mezelf overschat, ik zat er naast.
> Everyone here at the station is talking about this one today. The best answer
> we have is 25. How many squares do you see?
>
>
Dacht dat het geen enkel probleem zou zijn, en dacht 36... Maar had mezelf overschat, ik zat er naast.
Analytics old interface link
Google Analytics has introduced the new version. In the past it was still possible to use the 'old' version, which was linked at the top right corner. That link is gone now.
However, if you know the address, it still works:
Analytics old interface: https://www.google.com/analytics/settings/home
Update
Just clicking the link doesn't work.
But visiting the old interface however is still possible.
First go into you analytics account and click at the bottom Old version - Reporting .
After that go to this link: https://www.google.com/analytics/settings/home
And you'll see the old analytics overview.
(I think it's a cookie related problem why you can't visit the old overview link straight away)
However, if you know the address, it still works:
Analytics old interface: https://www.google.com/analytics/settings/home
Update
Just clicking the link doesn't work.
But visiting the old interface however is still possible.
First go into you analytics account and click at the bottom Old version - Reporting .
After that go to this link: https://www.google.com/analytics/settings/home
And you'll see the old analytics overview.
(I think it's a cookie related problem why you can't visit the old overview link straight away)