I'm in the UK. I have a Three contact that gives me unlimited data in the UK, free calls & texts and 12GB of data when roaming (in selected countries) which makes my phone cheap to use when back in Ireland or on holiday.
I also have my work Vodafone data-only SIM, so I can use that if Three coverage is sketchy.
It's also the 3rd largest country (by area) in the world, and second in terms of energy consumption, so it's not that great a surprise. Not to knock the US, but it lags in terms of wind as a percentage of energy consumption - 4.7% compared to Spain (19%), Germany (13.3%) and the UK (11%) - but ahead of China (3.3%).
I missed the first two and watched the 3rd with some friends. I think the only spontaneous moment in the whole episode was the bloke in the audience shouting out "Brown Aston" in response to something Clarkson said. Nothing really amused me*, the constant repeating of Hammond doing doughnuts & reving in tunnels and May's "nervous tick". The cinematography was stunning, but it could have been filmed in literally any country - they have this huge budget and did nothing (apart from a small opera bit) that could only have been done in Italy.
Sure, the old one (which I really enjoyed) was scripted, but at least you could let yourself believe it was happening, not this one. I had a quick search to see how it was received and it was "the best so far" - which didn't really persuade me to watch regularly.
Maybe they'll find their mojo again...
* The house bit was funny, but still seemed very wooden.
No you can't. However, the UK is free to pass laws that contravene EU privacy laws. It just takes some time for the UK government to be taken to task over them. Take David Davis - the UK Brexit Minister - he took legal action against [his own] government over mass monitoring in the European Court of Justice.
A friend of mine used to have a TVR. He used to wave at it as he went past the garage (mechanic) as it was the only time he saw it. I wonder if the constant repair costs were more or less than the cost of off street parking in London?
"they never eat dead meat". Better tell David Attenborough that - Planet Earth 2 took some amazing footage of a golden eagle fighting off birds (crows, I think) that were pecking away at a dead animal. It then had to fight off another eagle.
After the 2010 UK general election - where the incumbent Labour government were doing everything and anything to try staying in power by trying to form a coalition - I made a comment on facebook along the lines of
Time to get a rifle and put this government out of its misery
I came across it a few years later and thought "that wasn't too bright" and deleted it. Luckily my account's settings have the highest privacy settings (but that doesn't stop somebody taking a screenshot), but I doubt my defence "it was clearly a reference to what you do to a sick animal" would have garnered much sympathy in a UK court, especially with my Irish ancestry.
My understanding of US law is that "putting a female police officer in a skirt and asking if you want a good time" *isn't* entrapment. The punter can simply say "no thanks" and walk on. It's entrapment if the punter is coerced into doing something illegal because you are given no choice but to break the law.
That's exactly how I added a hard reset to my RF key fob controlled Arduino light controller. One of the buttons was used to charge a capacitor which then pulled down the reset pin.
No software needed (or at least no software I wrote). The PT2272 did the hard RF work.
I fail to understand why ISPs aren't blocking packets from customers (bots) that have a source address that is impossible from that location. They know the end point address out subnet already.
Years ago (when i was stupid, times were tough and everything was done on a shoestring) I had a BSD box that "load balanced" two connections (ADSL & WISP). The WISP one caught packets not being correctly SNATed, dropped them and told me.
Same with Arthur C. Clarke. His concept was along the lines of jury service. As in, you got called up for a certain period. That period was shortened if people felt you were doing a good job, almost like your sentence was commuted for good behaviour!
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I'm in the UK. I have a Three contact that gives me unlimited data in the UK, free calls & texts and 12GB of data when roaming (in selected countries) which makes my phone cheap to use when back in Ireland or on holiday.
I also have my work Vodafone data-only SIM, so I can use that if Three coverage is sketchy.
It's also the 3rd largest country (by area) in the world, and second in terms of energy consumption, so it's not that great a surprise. Not to knock the US, but it lags in terms of wind as a percentage of energy consumption - 4.7% compared to Spain (19%), Germany (13.3%) and the UK (11%) - but ahead of China (3.3%).
It's more of a Wind Small Holding...
Uh?
I'm confused, not about the UK - I'm a resident but not a citizen - but because you seem to think that needed explaining to me!
I bought a bottle of wine with me. Is that ok?
I missed the first two and watched the 3rd with some friends. I think the only spontaneous moment in the whole episode was the bloke in the audience shouting out "Brown Aston" in response to something Clarkson said. Nothing really amused me*, the constant repeating of Hammond doing doughnuts & reving in tunnels and May's "nervous tick". The cinematography was stunning, but it could have been filmed in literally any country - they have this huge budget and did nothing (apart from a small opera bit) that could only have been done in Italy.
Sure, the old one (which I really enjoyed) was scripted, but at least you could let yourself believe it was happening, not this one. I had a quick search to see how it was received and it was "the best so far" - which didn't really persuade me to watch regularly.
Maybe they'll find their mojo again...
* The house bit was funny, but still seemed very wooden.
I think by definition "You can only have one number one priority"
You had to over embellish with "tips", didn't you...
How is this not news for nerds? Nerds like space, or at least some do, and this is about making stuff last longer in space.
No you can't. However, the UK is free to pass laws that contravene EU privacy laws. It just takes some time for the UK government to be taken to task over them. Take David Davis - the UK Brexit Minister - he took legal action against [his own] government over mass monitoring in the European Court of Justice.
A friend of mine used to have a TVR. He used to wave at it as he went past the garage (mechanic) as it was the only time he saw it. I wonder if the constant repair costs were more or less than the cost of off street parking in London?
Log of stuff sold and things done
"they never eat dead meat". Better tell David Attenborough that - Planet Earth 2 took some amazing footage of a golden eagle fighting off birds (crows, I think) that were pecking away at a dead animal. It then had to fight off another eagle.
After the 2010 UK general election - where the incumbent Labour government were doing everything and anything to try staying in power by trying to form a coalition - I made a comment on facebook along the lines of
Time to get a rifle and put this government out of its misery
I came across it a few years later and thought "that wasn't too bright" and deleted it. Luckily my account's settings have the highest privacy settings (but that doesn't stop somebody taking a screenshot), but I doubt my defence "it was clearly a reference to what you do to a sick animal" would have garnered much sympathy in a UK court, especially with my Irish ancestry.
My understanding of US law is that "putting a female police officer in a skirt and asking if you want a good time" *isn't* entrapment. The punter can simply say "no thanks" and walk on. It's entrapment if the punter is coerced into doing something illegal because you are given no choice but to break the law.
So he lied to get elected. And people are OK with that? How do you know which campaign pledges were "acceptable" less and which ones will be actioned?
If it is, then Trump should be worried if he made any election promises in California.
Because you can sell the excess back into the grid, which is good for increasing the RoI.
We got rid of our harriers, at least you've still got your A-10s
I've heard that there are plans on using inaudible ultrasound on ATM machines as it's more secure than using PIN numbers.
When you say it like that it reminds me of the EU referendum in the UK.
That's exactly how I added a hard reset to my RF key fob controlled Arduino light controller. One of the buttons was used to charge a capacitor which then pulled down the reset pin.
No software needed (or at least no software I wrote). The PT2272 did the hard RF work.
I fail to understand why ISPs aren't blocking packets from customers (bots) that have a source address that is impossible from that location. They know the end point address out subnet already.
Years ago (when i was stupid, times were tough and everything was done on a shoestring) I had a BSD box that "load balanced" two connections (ADSL & WISP). The WISP one caught packets not being correctly SNATed, dropped them and told me.
Same with Arthur C. Clarke. His concept was along the lines of jury service. As in, you got called up for a certain period. That period was shortened if people felt you were doing a good job, almost like your sentence was commuted for good behaviour!