Never Combine, Hide Labels

Windows 7 does not have a "Never Combine, Hide Labels" option in the taskbar settings, but a lot of people would like to have this option. I have not seen instructions posted anywhere, so here is how to make Windows 7 never group taskbar icons but also hide the labels:

1.  Go to your taskbar properties and set Taskbar Buttons to "Never Combine".
2. Launch Regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
3. Create a new String Value and call it MinWidth.
4. Modify the string properties and set the value to 56.
5. Restart your computer, and now Windows 7 will never combine icons, but it will also hide the labels. 
   
   If you are unhappy with the changes simply delete the MinWidth key and change back to "Always Combine, Hide Labels"
   

I hope this helps some of you out.

My nightmares

The Stone
This is one of my oldest nightmares. In the nightmare, I am lying in a bed and a huge ball from polystyrene is pressing on my chest.

The Restroom
That I use a restroom in a dream. While it isn't terrifying in the dream, the consequence is terrifying.

The Math
Don't even attempt to solve a mathematical problem in a dream - even though you solve one part of the problem and write the solution on a paper, you forget it once you move to another part. So you have to return and solve the first part again. What a Sisyphus work!

The Time
It is dangerous to rely on clocks in dreams - their time don't have to be necessary the real time. And it is particularly embarrassing if you setup a timer in a dream and then you wake too late to attend an important meeting.


The Unpleasant Event
When you have to do something unpleasant, you may end doing that in a dream. But be aware, if you do it in a dream, it doesn't mean it was done in the real world even though you believe you have alredy done that!

The Laughing
This is a real nightmare - I start to laugh and can't stop. And to make it worst - I start to laugh when it is inappropriate.

The Loggia
Sometimes I slip on Loggia and I have to try hard to catch something and prevent a fall. This nightmare is particularly connected to my old loggia, which had huge cracks between the loggia floor and supporting walls, so the whole floor was tilted. To make it worse, the whole fence was connected with  four rusted steel bars, which were partially detached from the wall, so it was just a matter of enough force to pull it out completely. And the fence itself was from iron plates, of course thoroughly corroded, so you could see through. And did I mention that it was in the 8th floor, on a windy side and I was just 5 years old?

Unfinished House
Ownership of an unfinished poorly designed house full of rudimentary flaws is a true nightmare.   

Datamining has a bright future!

A study from University of California, Berkeley, found that data in the world doubles every three years. That means that I have approximately two times more work each three years!

Datamining

Statistics is good for description of population - with just two parameters, mean and deviance, you can describe amazing amount of things in the world. And more surprisingly, you can do that accurately due to the central limit theorem.On the other hand classification is good for description of individuals. Statistics tell you: with a 60% probability you die because this illness is averagely lethal in 60%. But classification can tell you more accurate prediction: you will die with a 58% probability because people with similar parameters to you die with a 58% probability. The disadvantage of this approach is that for classification you need much more data than for statistics. And a big amount of data requires datamining.


Thus if you need the highest possible accuracy you can get, you need datamining. If you are not an expert in datamining then you need a datamining expert. You need me. Leave a comment and I will contact you.

Memo

Už chápu, proč jsou Američané šílení z rozesílání mem. Já už z nich taky šílím. V kontaktním listu je chyba a ví se o ní. Tak se rozešle memo, ale kontaktní list se neopraví, i když je to velmi jednoduché. Proč? To je Amerika. 

Proč jsou Američané dobře stavění

Američané jsou dobře stavění ze tří důvodů:

1. Američané nepoužívají vidličku a nůž. Američan nejdřív použije nůž, potom ho odloží a následně použije vidličku. Ale Američané neradi používají nůž, takže většina jídel je připravena tak, že nůž nepotřebujete. Ale úplně nejšťastnější jsou, když můžou jíst rukama. Hamburger, hot-dog, to je jejich strava. Takže Američan může hltat, zatímco Evropan se musí piplat s příborem (Přemýšleli jste někdy nad tím, proč je o Vánocích na stole kapr? Je to proto, abyste ho do sebe nemohli naházet a říct: "Jdeme na dárky!" Místo toho musíte jíst způsobně pomalu tak, jako vaši příbuzní.). A jak tak Američan hltá, skonzumuje toho více než Evropan.
2. Americké jídlo je bez chuti a struktury. Takže vám nic neříká, dost, už jsi syt.
3. V Americe je levnější benzín, takže všichni jezdí do obchodu autem. A toho využívají prodejci a dělají větší balení potravin. Například v Americe každý kupuje čtyř litrový balení mléka a nikoliv jedno litrový, jako u nás. A člověku se nechce nechávat zbytky, tak sní celé balení sušenek najednou. Balení, které je čtyřikrát větší, než naše.

Bylo by divné, kdyby potom všem nebyly Američané dobře rostlý!

Povzdech

Vančura, Hašek, Kundera. To jsou literáti, nad kterými jsme na střední strávili celý rok. A dnes si ně ani nevzpomenu.