I've used the Virgin news server for downloading binaries for about two years now - it's the reason I'm with Virgin - what do you mean about not trusting it?
Allows us to have less advertisement time than in the USA
I truly doubt that advertising would be cut if this tax was introduced.
Also, paying for television with blanket taxes is wrong regardless of whether other countries already do it. If there was one television channel that provided essential news, information, and educational programming (for children and adults) then there would be a strong case for funding that channel and that channel only via a tax. In that case, even if you did not watch the channel yourself it would provide a betterment to society which would indirectly be to your favour, in the same way that your tax dollars funding road maintenance is to your benefit even if you don't drive.
But funding non-essential entertainment with a blanket tax? No.
Becuase you then lose all your pre-15 market due to having uncensored material available on your device..
...and all your post-15 audience due to them seeing the app store as being filled with an ocean of peurile and flaky apps. Not a professional image to present to your customers.
i find it hard to believe there was no mischief behind moot getting 16m votes, it would take take 4chan 100% of there visitors to vote for the last 3 months
It's even better than that, and more impressive - they made the first letter of each of the top 21 names read "marblecake, also the game" link
The BBC News website does something similar - on most news stories they have links on the right to other places covering the same story. It's still not an aggregator that people are going to bookmark as their portal for all news, but it's close.
The problem is that google is pulling them away from their own web sites
Google isn't pulling people away - people are actively seeking news aggregators and Google happens to be one of the best. People just like to use aggregators when looking for anything, be it news, small ads, auctions, whatever. With eBay it makes it easy to find the best deal, with news it makes it easy to find more details or to get a more balanced view by comparing what different sites report.
If the newspapers wanted to they could provide their own news aggregator, showing news stories from other newspapers next to their own, and as a dedicated news site they could probably do a better job than Google. They just haven't grasped that it would work in their favour.
In my experience, the withdrawals start on the next day and last for about 48-72 hours.
Depends - the headaches go after a few days, but if you exercise much the caffeine takes a long time to work its way out of your muscles. If you lift weights the withdrawal will hit you in your arms. I'm a cyclist and quit drinking coffee last year (8 cups a day), and had two weeks of muscle cramps in my legs.
Yes, if people with the necessary L33t Skillz want to crack my SSL connection they probably could, and if the UK police wanted to know my email headers then I'm fairly sure Google would just hand them over wherever in the world they're stored - but I just don't think I'm interesting enough to warrant that much effort being spent on me.
Its busybody third parties I'm worried about - I want to know if my email will be affected by this law, where almost any third party can request my email headers for the past year and have them handed over. It's a security/privacy/identity theft nightmare and I want to protect myself from it.
Some more info - I set up my Gmail account originally as an American one, and when I set up my parents with Gmail accounts recently I set theirs up as US too (so they could have @gmail addresses rather than @googlemail).
Say I send an email to my dad - will that at any time be stored on a European Google database that will be affected by this law? ie Does the country setting in your Google account affect where your data is stored?
If I'm using Gmail for email (using SSL) and am in the UK, does this directive affect my email?
Obviously my ISP won't be able to read the headers and Google is a US company, but is my data still stored in the UK and if so does it fall under the directive?
Privacy isn't all or nothing, it's a matter of respecting other people's wishes. There are more social rules in public places than there are in private - it's not a free-for-all where you should upset other people to the bleeding edge of what the law says is permissible. These people don't want their houses on Street View, whether you are fine with your house being on Street View is irrelevant.
And they aren't "idiots" - as somebody has tagged the story - they are just normal people. There's a staggering lack of respect for other people's wishes being shown in the comments here.
At higher temperatures than the testing was performed at the ram may become unreliable.
I wonder if that would explain the difference in the RAM performance between Linux and Windows on the same system, if Windows tends to thrash the system more and run hotter?
I emailed VirginMedia (my ISP) on Sunday about them censoring Wikipedia, and got a reply today. I asked why they showed a generic error page for the blocked URL instead of explaining they had blocked it, I asked them about the IWF, if they would provide an uncensored internet connection to those who asked, and if they provided a list of what else they were blocking.
They denied that they "actively" block anything (?), and then suggested the blocked Scorpions page was a fault with Wikipedia or with my computer settings. I'm looking for a new ISP.
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I've used the Virgin news server for downloading binaries for about two years now - it's the reason I'm with Virgin - what do you mean about not trusting it?
I truly doubt that advertising would be cut if this tax was introduced.
Also, paying for television with blanket taxes is wrong regardless of whether other countries already do it. If there was one television channel that provided essential news, information, and educational programming (for children and adults) then there would be a strong case for funding that channel and that channel only via a tax. In that case, even if you did not watch the channel yourself it would provide a betterment to society which would indirectly be to your favour, in the same way that your tax dollars funding road maintenance is to your benefit even if you don't drive.
But funding non-essential entertainment with a blanket tax? No.
What? This is Slashdot, news for nerds. You need to stay inside more often.
No, members of a cult don't argue vehemently among themselves. (cue replies saying "Yes they do!")
Yes, which just shows its main purpose will be to track the general populace who are technically clueless, rather than "terrorists", I suppose.
Possibly the Trackmenot plug-in for Firefox?
It's even better than that, and more impressive - they made the first letter of each of the top 21 names read "marblecake, also the game" link
Cool fact about democracy: if you're in the minority your vote doesn't count.
Oh it counts in some wishy-washy you've-made-your-voice-heard kind of way, but as for actually counting, no. Winner takes all.
The BBC News website does something similar - on most news stories they have links on the right to other places covering the same story. It's still not an aggregator that people are going to bookmark as their portal for all news, but it's close.
Google isn't pulling people away - people are actively seeking news aggregators and Google happens to be one of the best. People just like to use aggregators when looking for anything, be it news, small ads, auctions, whatever. With eBay it makes it easy to find the best deal, with news it makes it easy to find more details or to get a more balanced view by comparing what different sites report.
If the newspapers wanted to they could provide their own news aggregator, showing news stories from other newspapers next to their own, and as a dedicated news site they could probably do a better job than Google. They just haven't grasped that it would work in their favour.
Depends - the headaches go after a few days, but if you exercise much the caffeine takes a long time to work its way out of your muscles. If you lift weights the withdrawal will hit you in your arms. I'm a cyclist and quit drinking coffee last year (8 cups a day), and had two weeks of muscle cramps in my legs.
It's called Trackmenot.
I use Gmail via IMAP and my parents use it via POP. I never visit the Gmail website.
Yes, if people with the necessary L33t Skillz want to crack my SSL connection they probably could, and if the UK police wanted to know my email headers then I'm fairly sure Google would just hand them over wherever in the world they're stored - but I just don't think I'm interesting enough to warrant that much effort being spent on me.
/privacy /identity theft nightmare and I want to protect myself from it.
Its busybody third parties I'm worried about - I want to know if my email will be affected by this law, where almost any third party can request my email headers for the past year and have them handed over. It's a security
Some more info - I set up my Gmail account originally as an American one, and when I set up my parents with Gmail accounts recently I set theirs up as US too (so they could have @gmail addresses rather than @googlemail).
Say I send an email to my dad - will that at any time be stored on a European Google database that will be affected by this law? ie Does the country setting in your Google account affect where your data is stored?
If I'm using Gmail for email (using SSL) and am in the UK, does this directive affect my email?
Obviously my ISP won't be able to read the headers and Google is a US company, but is my data still stored in the UK and if so does it fall under the directive?
I wouldn't worry about the system having to last for 15 years if he's already a veterinarian. What is that, 140 years old? Wow.
It's called an ellipsis, not an ellipse.
Privacy isn't all or nothing, it's a matter of respecting other people's wishes. There are more social rules in public places than there are in private - it's not a free-for-all where you should upset other people to the bleeding edge of what the law says is permissible. These people don't want their houses on Street View, whether you are fine with your house being on Street View is irrelevant.
And they aren't "idiots" - as somebody has tagged the story - they are just normal people. There's a staggering lack of respect for other people's wishes being shown in the comments here.
I'm guessing "The Maker" is starting a comment thread, rather than just replying to a comment.
I wonder if that would explain the difference in the RAM performance between Linux and Windows on the same system, if Windows tends to thrash the system more and run hotter?
Precisely, it's not a psychological test at all - it's legal ass-covering, like asking "Are you a terrorist?" on the immigration form.
If you move around on Street View you can see them in different poses as the camera car took different photos - when they're looking at the camera their faces are blurred.
I emailed VirginMedia (my ISP) on Sunday about them censoring Wikipedia, and got a reply today. I asked why they showed a generic error page for the blocked URL instead of explaining they had blocked it, I asked them about the IWF, if they would provide an uncensored internet connection to those who asked, and if they provided a list of what else they were blocking.
They denied that they "actively" block anything (?), and then suggested the blocked Scorpions page was a fault with Wikipedia or with my computer settings. I'm looking for a new ISP.
Reply from VirginMedia:
Thank you for your e-mail dated 7 December 2008.
We're sorry to hear you feel we have censored our internet connection, we are a part of the Internet Watch Foundation and this is a common code of practise between many service providors, we do not activley block content and do not have a list of blocked content nor do we provide a censored or uncensored Broadband service. Sites with restricted content may be blocked for many reasons, these include the providor of the website or service, your internet security settings or if the site has been removed or disabled or is having technical issues.
If you have further queries regarding this matter or any other issue, please use the link provided below:
www.virginmedia.com/contact
Please note if you reply directly to this e-mail your response will not be received.
Kind regards
Customer Concern
E-Contact Team
Virgin Media