I'd eat better if I could afford it, quite frankly.
Yes, fast/junk food can be astonishly cheap, but that does not make it good value, especially if it's loaded with stuff that's bad for your health, (typically far too much saturated fats, salt and sugar).
But you can eat well, and cheap. For example, if you have no time to cook, get a slow cooker. Throw some natural rice and whatever else you fancy into it, (fish, meat, veg.), turn on & go to work. Hot meal waiting for you when you get home in evening. Ingredients will cost less than a hamburger, and most importantly you know what you put into it...
I'd love to have an alternative - a real, no compromise one - for fuelling my activities without destroying the planet. Really.
But we ain't there yet. Not just because nothing - repeat nothing - comes remotely close to matching the energy density AND cost of fossil fuels. (And this after we've shipped the fuel halfway round the world).
No, the main problem is infrastucture. Be it public charging sockets for your Tesla or Chevy Volt, or H being available at your local gas (sic) station.
The only organisations with enough power - and money - to enable the promising technologies of the future to flourish is central Gov. As usual, they're doing nothing.
So how about it Pres Obama - ditch no-future subsidies for ethanol & Detroit, and use them to build nuclear powerstations (no CO2) and a nationwide H and elec infrastruture. Now that would be change I can believe in.
Yeah - I'll probably get hammered by the FOSS crowd, but I must admit that - whilst "better" VOIP solutions exist - in the family we all use Skype because of the simplicity & wide variety of dedicated periperals available.
Somewhat offtopic, but the Swiss have lots of guns because most adult males are obliged - as part of military sevice - to have one at home. Unlike the US, when they misuse them, it's to kill themselves, not other people.
True, although increasingly many large international organisations are paying more than just lip service to sustainability etc. Yes, beacuse they see this is key to making a buck, or just survival, still, it's progress.
Sometimes serendipity intervenes too. On the 'swords into ploughshares' front, look at what they're using SOSUS for these days - whale watching!
Video calling is more of gimmick for mobile devices IMHO. When 3G first came out here in France, my wife & I got two GSMs that had video calling. We used it twice as a gimmick, then just never bothered again.
It's different in a business context, but there again, the video part seems always to be sued to slow slides rather than faces. Good advice that I've always followed is 'meet the people in real life first' before you try doing anything significant via videoconf - or even a normal call.
Finally, what may propel uptake by the kids and elders is simplicity. My elderly mther did not use Skype until I bought her a cordless skypephone that 'just works' (no PC required).
Webcams and software used to be a bitch to setup and use, and you had to stay stuck to the desktop PC. Plus all the conferencing s/w was incompatible.
Now my kids all have little Asus Eee PCs with Skype/MSM and integrated Wifi & Webcam, so they can wonder about the place untethered and chat with their grandparents and friends 'normally'. Interesting, though, they'll always be doing another thing at he same time - you just don't seem to get the same focused concentration on the other person with video conf.
hmm isn't that a modern way of the old heat a knife over a fire then burn the wound closed with the side of it like on movies?
I think the modern version of that would be using superglue. Both effective but fairly brutal & 'last resort'.
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If would probably think this a great idea, if I had not lived in appartments or houses with shared facilites - parking spaces, pools, whatever.
1. Everybody treats 'shared' resources with zero respect. 2. Everybody bitches about the cost. Some don't pay. 3. There's a regular shitfest disguised as a 'resident's association meeting' or something. Always dominated by a few activists whose opinions inevitably are the reverse of yours. 4. The people hired by the 'association council' to do installation & maintenance are always more expensive and less competent than people you've picked. 5. Whenever something breaks, it's always faster and cheaper to fix it yourself, so the vaguely competent end up doing everything if they want their hall lights, garage door, cable to work...
So, I can do without the pool, but depend on this setup for my (vital for work) broadband? Noooooooooooooooo!
Because I use ad-blockers? How about people who use TIVO? I have no problem paying for stuff, and contribute to free projects, donate to Wikipedia etc. Just because I sometimes want a less-intrusive browsing experience does not make me a leech. And who gives a shit about karma anyway?
Yup - know that. Have one. Good tool. Robust as well, (my Pearl's been in the pool twice so far)
Do you think there is any possibility of a leak there?
Yup - as per the article, where there are humans, there are weaknesses to exploit. See Ames, et al. if we're talking FBI.
Of course, that's not the only reason, it's also because of legislation requiring all the Pres's stuff to be auditable. Can't see Putin, Chavez or Castro signing up for that anytime soon, eh?
Seven of the world's biggest film studios and the Seven Network last week filed suit against iiNet, Australia's third largest ISP, in the Federal Court.
They claim iiNet authorised copyright infringement by failing to prevent its users from downloading pirated movies and TV shows.
iiNet, and the industry body, the Internet Industry Association, say ISPs should not be required to take action against any customers until they have been found guilty of an offence by the courts.
Amen to that last part. So seems like 'good guys' to me - but probably more worried about 1. Losing clients 2. Having to do the work than being pioneers of net freedom.
Many inmates get, and get to keep, whatever they want, (drugs, weapons, phones) via bribed and/or intimidated guards...at least a 'blanket' jamer would sidestep the problem. You can't cavity-search all the inmates and staff every 20 minutes...
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I'd eat better if I could afford it, quite frankly.
Yes, fast/junk food can be astonishly cheap, but that does not make it good value, especially if it's loaded with stuff that's bad for your health, (typically far too much saturated fats, salt and sugar).
But you can eat well, and cheap. For example, if you have no time to cook, get a slow cooker. Throw some natural rice and whatever else you fancy into it, (fish, meat, veg.), turn on & go to work. Hot meal waiting for you when you get home in evening. Ingredients will cost less than a hamburger, and most importantly you know what you put into it...
Well, there's 'support' and 'support'. See this post in this very thread...
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1046105&cid=25933393
MS Vista claimed broken, IPv6, Apple AND Linux?
I'm getting the popcorn...
I'd love to have an alternative - a real, no compromise one - for fuelling my activities without destroying the planet. Really.
But we ain't there yet. Not just because nothing - repeat nothing - comes remotely close to matching the energy density AND cost of fossil fuels. (And this after we've shipped the fuel halfway round the world).
No, the main problem is infrastucture. Be it public charging sockets for your Tesla or Chevy Volt, or H being available at your local gas (sic) station.
The only organisations with enough power - and money - to enable the promising technologies of the future to flourish is central Gov. As usual, they're doing nothing.
So how about it Pres Obama - ditch no-future subsidies for ethanol & Detroit, and use them to build nuclear powerstations (no CO2) and a nationwide H and elec infrastruture. Now that would be change I can believe in.
Yeah - I'll probably get hammered by the FOSS crowd, but I must admit that - whilst "better" VOIP solutions exist - in the family we all use Skype because of the simplicity & wide variety of dedicated periperals available.
Somewhat offtopic, but the Swiss have lots of guns because most adult males are obliged - as part of military sevice - to have one at home.
Unlike the US, when they misuse them, it's to kill themselves, not other people.
True, although increasingly many large international organisations are paying more than just lip service to sustainability etc. Yes, beacuse they see this is key to making a buck, or just survival, still, it's progress.
Sometimes serendipity intervenes too. On the 'swords into ploughshares' front, look at what they're using SOSUS for these days - whale watching!
Video calling is more of gimmick for mobile devices IMHO. When 3G first came out here in France, my wife & I got two GSMs that had video calling. We used it twice as a gimmick, then just never bothered again.
It's different in a business context, but there again, the video part seems always to be sued to slow slides rather than faces. Good advice that I've always followed is 'meet the people in real life first' before you try doing anything significant via videoconf - or even a normal call.
Finally, what may propel uptake by the kids and elders is simplicity. My elderly mther did not use Skype until I bought her a cordless skypephone that 'just works' (no PC required).
Webcams and software used to be a bitch to setup and use, and you had to stay stuck to the desktop PC. Plus all the conferencing s/w was incompatible.
Now my kids all have little Asus Eee PCs with Skype/MSM and integrated Wifi & Webcam, so they can wonder about the place untethered and chat with their grandparents and friends 'normally'. Interesting, though, they'll always be doing another thing at he same time - you just don't seem to get the same focused concentration on the other person with video conf.
hmm isn't that a modern way of the old heat a knife over a fire then burn the wound closed with the side of it like on movies?
I think the modern version of that would be using superglue. Both effective but fairly brutal & 'last resort'.
If would probably think this a great idea, if
I had not lived in appartments or houses with shared facilites - parking spaces, pools, whatever.
1. Everybody treats 'shared' resources with zero respect.
2. Everybody bitches about the cost. Some don't pay.
3. There's a regular shitfest disguised as a 'resident's association meeting' or something. Always dominated by a few activists whose opinions inevitably are the reverse of yours.
4. The people hired by the 'association council' to do installation & maintenance are always more expensive and less competent than people you've picked.
5. Whenever something breaks, it's always faster and cheaper to fix it yourself, so the vaguely competent end up doing everything if they want their hall lights, garage door, cable to work...
So, I can do without the pool, but depend on this setup for my (vital for work) broadband?
Noooooooooooooooo!
What's wrong with Azureus? Is there a better open-source client out there that I'm not aware of?
Well, 'better' will always lead to a fight. But personally, I prefer Transmision.
http://transmission.m0k.org/
You can also try Deluge.
http://deluge-torrent.org/
YMMV
Mod up!
As per the Ono plugin. Not everybody's cup of Java.
Put me in a room with a bear, repeat a hundred times and see who comes out on top. Doesn't mean the bear is smarter.
Depends if you have a decent weapon, or not. Homo sapiens got to its current status by using violence and tools.
You are a leech on the rest of society
Because I use ad-blockers? How about people who use TIVO? I have no problem paying for stuff, and contribute to free projects, donate to Wikipedia etc. Just because I sometimes want a less-intrusive browsing experience does not make me a leech. And who gives a shit about karma anyway?
Summary: IE is crap, Safari has some issues, Opera most compatible with Acid 3, Firefox is OK and Chrome is fast but not finished.
So, a stripped-down browser is fast. Wow.
In the real world, I'll be sticking with Firefox, with Ad blockers, Greasemnkey etc.
Sorry, meant Hanssen of course. Ames was CIA.
Ha. Blackberry is one heck of a secure device.
Yup - know that. Have one. Good tool. Robust as well, (my Pearl's been in the pool twice so far)
Do you think there is any possibility of a leak there?
Yup - as per the article, where there are humans, there are weaknesses to exploit. See Ames, et al. if we're talking FBI.
Of course, that's not the only reason, it's also because of legislation requiring all the Pres's stuff to be auditable. Can't see Putin, Chavez or Castro signing up for that anytime soon, eh?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/us/politics/16blackberry.html
This is why Obama won't be allowed to use normal cells and his beloved Blackberry...
I think you mean politicans and criminals.
Same thing
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/23/america/shuttle.php
Hope they've got a good, strong blend!
So, your electric utility company should cut you off too, since you're using electric power to perform your illegal act?
FTA:
Seven of the world's biggest film studios and the Seven Network last week filed suit against iiNet, Australia's third largest ISP, in the Federal Court.
They claim iiNet authorised copyright infringement by failing to prevent its users from downloading pirated movies and TV shows.
iiNet, and the industry body, the Internet Industry Association, say ISPs should not be required to take action against any customers until they have been found guilty of an offence by the courts.
Amen to that last part. So seems like 'good guys' to me - but probably more worried about 1. Losing clients 2. Having to do the work than being pioneers of net freedom.
Many inmates get, and get to keep, whatever they want, (drugs, weapons, phones) via bribed and/or intimidated guards...at least a 'blanket' jamer would sidestep the problem. You can't cavity-search all the inmates and staff every 20 minutes...
Probably not possible, (they can always go outside), and maybe not good if your staff need to use phones / radios
No need IMHO - you'll always be able to find someone to host what you want by simply choosing your hosting country.