Not sure I'd agree with you - but that would be my opinion, and I find the definition of "left" in the UK and the US somewhat skewed as well (although in rather different ways).
Is there an internationally acceptable definition of "left"?
For the UK, it seems to be "the party who leaves the country virtually bankrupt".
Absolutely. I often hot-desk in one of our offices, with a special-bake of Win2k. Unfortunately, because hundreds of other people have previously logged in (the purpose of a hot-desk) each OS keeps bumpf from each and every previous person. I'm not sure if this is the reason for the time-delays involved, but the login process takes at least 5 minutes before being usable.
either that or accounting. Both require fairly strong maths and of late are incredibly creative.
As for not too nerdy, I don't think that will matter quite so much when she's driving a car worth more than her classmates are likely to make in their lifetime.
Fun? Sure. Think of it as a game where you get to take money from fools and bend the rules of the game as much as possible while avoiding the authorities. Pretty much the same as Grand Theft Auto, but without the Auto part.
Sorry Simon, whilst I agree with your sentiment entirely, you have missed a couple of horror stories such as the Guilford 4 and the Birmingham 6 - as well as the policy of internment. The UK doesn't have a clean sheet on this matter either, and Brown is in the process of shitting the bed.
...in making more accurate weather predictions, meaning that Brits can not only talk about the weather today (their favourite subject) but how pants it is going to be tomorrow.
Can I suggest that your analogy is beyond silly? In fact I'd go so far to call it Stupid.
It's not a frickin house for crying out loud, or anyone's personal property - It's a publicly accessible phone-banking system.
From TFA: "He told the bank its phone calls and facsimile transmissions could be intercepted from overseas." The Judge said "Macridis used his talents to identify security risks and he had identified a grave risk to the Reserve Bank and its customers."
Genuine question: How is this any different to a researcher finding security holes in IE? Is it because IE is distributed as binary, and the phone-banking system is hosted? Are we to expect that attempting to find holes in WindowsLive is a criminal offence?
At any rate - it's not like he was searching for evidence of alien life on their system...
"Come on people, your supposed to be geeks and nerds and so inclined to actually care about real figures."
Yes, the sad thing is that a supposedly reputable british broadsheet doesn't seem to care about the figures. Of course this shouldn't surprise anyone who has actually read the Guardian.
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Not sure I'd agree with you - but that would be my opinion, and I find the definition of "left" in the UK and the US somewhat skewed as well (although in rather different ways).
Is there an internationally acceptable definition of "left"?
For the UK, it seems to be "the party who leaves the country virtually bankrupt".
Second that embarrassment.
It seems figure 9 required some editing to protect the children..
Truth is, there really aren't many homeless people in NZ...
Absolutely. I often hot-desk in one of our offices, with a special-bake of Win2k. Unfortunately, because hundreds of other people have previously logged in (the purpose of a hot-desk) each OS keeps bumpf from each and every previous person. I'm not sure if this is the reason for the time-delays involved, but the login process takes at least 5 minutes before being usable.
As for not too nerdy, I don't think that will matter quite so much when she's driving a car worth more than her classmates are likely to make in their lifetime.
Fun? Sure. Think of it as a game where you get to take money from fools and bend the rules of the game as much as possible while avoiding the authorities. Pretty much the same as Grand Theft Auto, but without the Auto part.
Sixth? I've only just found discovered that hardly anyone posts on Friday night.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildford_4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Demetrius.
...in making more accurate weather predictions, meaning that Brits can not only talk about the weather today (their favourite subject) but how pants it is going to be tomorrow.
From TFA: "He told the bank its phone calls and facsimile transmissions could be intercepted from overseas." The Judge said "Macridis used his talents to identify security risks and he had identified a grave risk to the Reserve Bank and its customers."
Genuine question: How is this any different to a researcher finding security holes in IE? Is it because IE is distributed as binary, and the phone-banking system is hosted? Are we to expect that attempting to find holes in WindowsLive is a criminal offence?
At any rate - it's not like he was searching for evidence of alien life on their system...
"Come on people, your supposed to be geeks and nerds and so inclined to actually care about real figures." Yes, the sad thing is that a supposedly reputable british broadsheet doesn't seem to care about the figures. Of course this shouldn't surprise anyone who has actually read the Guardian.