Sure. Contact your (zomg, i r assuming u r in usa) legislators and make them aware that:
A. the internet is slowly running out of IPs B. replacing the current system will cause problems and cost money C. these scumbags are using a huge chunk of the current system that could do with some purging
Being Australian of course my opinion matters not to US high and mighty, doesn't stop my government from getting up their dictators sluice gate though.
I would stick to using lynx but tab-browsing is a killer-feature.
Virtual consoles are your friend.
On the whole though, I don't mind it, except there is no button to disable karma bonus for just one post, guess I will just have to whore it out all over the place.
Well, as a comp tech, my policy is "Don't search" and if you do accidentally find it while backing up data (yeah, I have to trawl through docs'n'settings a lot) "Don't look" and frankly "Don't care" flows on from either of those.
Yes I have accidentally seen stuff, it happens, unless the customer asks for details, I ain't saying anything (excluding my requirement under Australian law to report child pornography), have had one case where the customer (the mother of the computer owner) demanded to know what a video file on their engaged daughters PC was, the resulting conversation about sea creatures and females was... uncomfortable.
In short, I would recommend to the guy doing this recovery to have a member of the family present when accessing ANYTHING, and asking them before proceeding in anything (excluding technical process of course), that way there will be no nasty words or lawsuits later:)
Little after the fact, but the word Aborigine means indigenous people, which of course Australian Aborigine are, but in this case it was, of course, assuming that everyone in the world is American and would not be able to think beyond their border.
Yes I read the article, about 4 hours after my first post on it, all I want is that a summery contain, you know, a condensed set of facts?
Yeah, have had that problem with YouTube on ubuntu as well, and it only happens if YouTube is the first site you go to, they fubar their refer to adobe.
If she had of gone to, say, ANYWHERE else first it would have been fine and just popped up with a bar saying "i can haz plugin?", say yes and bam, its all good.
Long and short, it should have flash already on it.
Oh and she was lucky it was the 32bit version, installing and using skype is pretty hard when there ain't a 64bit binary available for the platform (last time I looked anyway).
Not to mention the mp3s were in 320kb/s, as close to lossless as that format gets.
And just a note for the GP, if you want music in the most pure format, NIN Ghosts was released with a version where all the tracks were at their highest digital grade on Blu-Ray.
Oh and if you think "its just NIN" download the first few for free and listen to em (yes, they are free, go to http://thepiratebay.org/ ) you may be surprised:)
If you buy Vista Business or Ultimate, you have the option to upgrade to XP Pro or Windows 2000 instead, this only requires you to have a single license install media for the older OS but it doesn't have to be unique.
So dell simply brought a 1 user mass license for XP and give it out with that nifty "pre activated" thing, to everyone who gets vista business.
This process was explained to me by a MS OEM sales rep, sounds stupid imho, why not just keep selling XP?
Ahh yes, but if the RIAA is believed, pirating is a source of income for terrorists, so, do they then need to ask for a warrant at all? You gave your government the power to tear your country apart, live with it:)
Anyone using encrypted transfer programs (SSL IRC, ToR, etc) is merely obstructing justice, detain them, deport them, lock them somewhere denying them rights...
As a computer sales person (yeah yeah, snarl, hiss, whatever, I at least am honest with customers) every time I hear someone say "I am computer illiterate" I just have to think "I am computer ignorant", no they shouldn't be expected to know how a CPU or video card works, but I have met some age 90+ peeps who can ask for ram/hard drives/sound cards without belittleing me in the process by saying they "don't have time for all that computer rubbish" or something similar.
I am not a mechanic, but I don't drive my distributor cap to work each day.
Just venting, you hit a nerve, I work retail, meh:P
I am sure this li'l video applet would run fine, as soon as I white list its provider (why not host it on/.?) and yet still wont show me the funny unless I accept a cookie from them? forget it:)
Oh and owning a 24" monitor and having the/. CSS fubar and compact this text entry box into a 2"x3" rectangle? BRILLIANT!
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Sure. Contact your (zomg, i r assuming u r in usa) legislators and make them aware that:
A. the internet is slowly running out of IPs
B. replacing the current system will cause problems and cost money
C. these scumbags are using a huge chunk of the current system that could do with some purging
Being Australian of course my opinion matters not to US high and mighty, doesn't stop my government from getting up their dictators sluice gate though.
It is there, its under options before you preview the post, however it remembers state from post to post :)
Virtual consoles are your friend.
On the whole though, I don't mind it, except there is no button to disable karma bonus for just one post, guess I will just have to whore it out all over the place.
Great interpretation of a concept.
*clap*
Well, as a comp tech, my policy is "Don't search" and if you do accidentally find it while backing up data (yeah, I have to trawl through docs'n'settings a lot) "Don't look" and frankly "Don't care" flows on from either of those.
:)
Yes I have accidentally seen stuff, it happens, unless the customer asks for details, I ain't saying anything (excluding my requirement under Australian law to report child pornography), have had one case where the customer (the mother of the computer owner) demanded to know what a video file on their engaged daughters PC was, the resulting conversation about sea creatures and females was... uncomfortable.
In short, I would recommend to the guy doing this recovery to have a member of the family present when accessing ANYTHING, and asking them before proceeding in anything (excluding technical process of course), that way there will be no nasty words or lawsuits later
So, uh, they win?
It needs to be policed NOT ignored.
Little after the fact, but the word Aborigine means indigenous people, which of course Australian Aborigine are, but in this case it was, of course, assuming that everyone in the world is American and would not be able to think beyond their border.
:)
Yes I read the article, about 4 hours after my first post on it, all I want is that a summery contain, you know, a condensed set of facts?
Anywho, burning karma for knowledge
Yeah, I heard a rapist once.... watched the news on television!!!11!
Proposition 5318008 is to remove from the public anything a rapist has done within a week leading up to their crime...
Funny!
:)
For fuck sake someone mod parent funny
Yup, so long as the thing you are doing is not illegal in your country you can.
What I want to know, where does this leave people who run multiple accounts? Are we multiple-personality wanna-bees?
:)
Or, maybe there's nothing magical in it at all, maybe I just do it to help my guildies get xp/loot/kills faster
Aboriginal of what continent?
Yeah, have had that problem with YouTube on ubuntu as well, and it only happens if YouTube is the first site you go to, they fubar their refer to adobe.
If she had of gone to, say, ANYWHERE else first it would have been fine and just popped up with a bar saying "i can haz plugin?", say yes and bam, its all good.
Long and short, it should have flash already on it.
Oh and she was lucky it was the 32bit version, installing and using skype is pretty hard when there ain't a 64bit binary available for the platform (last time I looked anyway).
Not to mention the mp3s were in 320kb/s, as close to lossless as that format gets.
:)
And just a note for the GP, if you want music in the most pure format, NIN Ghosts was released with a version where all the tracks were at their highest digital grade on Blu-Ray.
Oh and if you think "its just NIN" download the first few for free and listen to em (yes, they are free, go to http://thepiratebay.org/ ) you may be surprised
I always use the spin (I sell PCs) that for the same cost as MS Office they could use OOo (that we pre-install) and quadruple their ram :)
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When slipstreaming you can just use the OEM key MS hand out to all system integrators, it will not activate but will allow install.
If you have problems selling within the "reseal" window, you can always re-factory mode it and tell it to reset the activation period.
For those wondering :)
If you buy Vista Business or Ultimate, you have the option to upgrade to XP Pro or Windows 2000 instead, this only requires you to have a single license install media for the older OS but it doesn't have to be unique.
So dell simply brought a 1 user mass license for XP and give it out with that nifty "pre activated" thing, to everyone who gets vista business.
This process was explained to me by a MS OEM sales rep, sounds stupid imho, why not just keep selling XP?
Actually imho google just won the race to become the first cyberpunk style "mega-corp" with their finger in EVERY pie.
:)
How long before we see genetically enhanced, cyber augmented killing machines storming microsoft headquarters?
Hopefully not long
Ahh yes, but if the RIAA is believed, pirating is a source of income for terrorists, so, do they then need to ask for a warrant at all? You gave your government the power to tear your country apart, live with it :)
Yeah, I will point out the obvious :)
... Its the American way.
Anyone using encrypted transfer programs (SSL IRC, ToR, etc) is merely obstructing justice, detain them, deport them, lock them somewhere denying them rights...
Would sure as hell make survivor more interesting.
"oh, and by the way, anything you eat is likely radioactive"
Maybe make the first episode with reality TV execs on the island....
Queue Gilligan's Island jokes too.
Worse? Or BETTER?
As a computer sales person (yeah yeah, snarl, hiss, whatever, I at least am honest with customers) every time I hear someone say "I am computer illiterate" I just have to think "I am computer ignorant", no they shouldn't be expected to know how a CPU or video card works, but I have met some age 90+ peeps who can ask for ram/hard drives/sound cards without belittleing me in the process by saying they "don't have time for all that computer rubbish" or something similar.
:P
I am not a mechanic, but I don't drive my distributor cap to work each day.
Just venting, you hit a nerve, I work retail, meh
WTF?
/.?) and yet still wont show me the funny unless I accept a cookie from them? forget it :)
/. CSS fubar and compact this text entry box into a 2"x3" rectangle? BRILLIANT!
I am sure this li'l video applet would run fine, as soon as I white list its provider (why not host it on
Oh and owning a 24" monitor and having the