It's oddly reminicent of one of the Pod Racers's machine in Episode 1 where the two engines break away from the pilot's section and zip off in different directions. So really they perfectly emulated a part of Star Wars, only the wrong part.
1) with the ever growing list of people getting done for illegal activity, ie downloading mp3s/illegal porn/'hacking' etc., will you be exempt from any charges relating to criminal activity through someone using your router?
2) is the broadband service provided truly unlimited?
I can't see many people in their right minds signing up to such a service if they weren't protected from neighbours doing heavy downloading and the drive-by wifi'ers downloading stuff deemed illegal. Because on one end of the scale I wouldn't want additional charges for bandwidth use or have the speed restricted due to too someone else using it too much, and the other end I wouldn't want to be arrested because someone else used my internet connection through the wifi router for criminal activities.
The idea is a good one - how many hollywood films have you seen where the secret agent/bad guy has managed circumvent security guards & systems because work like clockwork.
But really, using the "catch terrorists!!!" bandwagon? how many terrorists do airports catch a day anyway?
Whilst it's true that lossy compressed audio can't sound exactly the same as the original, it's worth bearing in mind that people will listen to their portable mp3 player in places where the background noise is sufficient to drown out any imperfections the compression creates.
I often have up to 2 dozen IE windows open and don't have a problem keeping track of them, sure it's a lot of little buttons at the bottom of the screen but I'm running W2k and so there isn't the problem of slowness as with XP with it's fugly bloated GUI (yes I know you can 'rollback' the GUI on XP to look like 2k but I just don't like XP, it has that kid-gloves feel to it, like MS don't want you to have any real control over things).
From my experience of using tabs in browser windows is that it can get quite confusing, trying to remember which window has which sub-window in tab form, and I don't find IE7 as responsive as IE6 in regards to the tabs, especially as when you open a link in a new tab it re-orders the list of tabs just to help confuse things more. I've been using IE6 on this machine for well over 3 years, no antivirus or firewall software running on it (though there is a firewall on the ADSL router) and only once caught a nasty program which I admit was entirely my fault as I clicked on an obvious bad link - restored my setup from backup and didn't lose any data. Apart from that one mishap (the 2nd time I've ever caught something nasty on any of the PCs I've had in many many years of using Windows) I'm extremely careful what I click on and what sites I visit, too many people believe their antivirus & firewall software will save them when all too often it's their own stupidity/ignorance that causes them to end up having a fucked up PC (my brother makes some nice money from spyware removal).
So no, I don't think I'm in the wrong place, I'm just very dilligent in regards to using the internet.
Side tracking slightly but on the subject of HTML, how do I get Slashdot to fix theirs?
I've been given moderation points about 6 times now but haven't been able to use any of them because I'm using IE6 and trying to give a moderation point to someone just results in a javascript error (when error reporting is turned on). On a similar note, the main Slashdot logo at the top of each page isn't completely clickable, the search bar on the right invisibly overlaps the center of the main logo.
"Upgrade!" I hear you cry, but apart from this small problem I don't have any others whilst browsing so I have no real reason of going to IE7 (which I've used on other people's machines and don't particularly like) or a non-MS browser.
I was medically diagnosed with it over 14 years ago and agree that the fad of people who find themselves a little bit more shy/unsusual/inteligent/dislike people & social situations than the average person decide they've got it too doesn't help those who truly have it. Growing up with it and not knowing why you're really different from other kids was not an easy ride, being constantly bullied at the schools I went to because I was different, teachers not doing diddly squat to help and even one of them took me aside and told me it was my fault I was being bullied, is not something anyone should have had to put up with.
As someone who has AS I'd just like to say; fuck you with a cherry on top you ingnorant small-minded arsehole. Actually that's wrong, an arsehole actually has a useful function.
Since getting internet access back in '95 I've somewhat 'come out of my shell', posting to usenet and spending hours on IRC (past dialup phonebills of £300-£500 a quarter will testament to that!) has enabled me to communicate with other people without having to do it face to face, without having to respond in the moment the other party stopped speaking, 30-60s delay on replying on IRC was fine because there was no awkward silence and wondering where to look as with face-to-face conversations, and no real time limit on usenet replies meant they could be well thought out before pressing the Post button.
The years of communication through text has helped me with being in social situations (but I still dislike them) and face-to-face communication like looking in the other persons eye, not always feeling out of place and sometimes being able to talk about other things than computers & electronics;)
Another thing the internet has given me is a much thicker skin, you can swear blue murder at me, call me names etc. and I let it wash over me, before I'd take it deeply personally and it'd screw me up for the rest of the day and probably the next one or two.
I'll leave this post with this nice quote, don't know it originated from but seems quite apt:
Words are strange creatures. When spoken, they have emphasis and inflection. Written words, however, are inert, completely subject to interpretation, and as a result are quite often misconstrued.
"* 25 year jail and a $2M fine for those who use spammers. Tracking spammers is hard. Typical the fools that reply to spam give their details to a spammer web site, who sells a call list to a mortgage agency, who then calls you, supposedly unaware of the source. Some journalists have done this and followed the trail. Now if journalists can do it, maybe the FBI can do it? If the FBI aren't up to the task, bounty hunters maybe?"
The problem where this comes into play is when a rival company uses a spamming service to advertise your company, so that when the authorities follow up on which company the spam is advertising, you get fingered.
Useful tip: if you're feeling thirsty at 2am, don't pick up a can of Red Bull because it's close by. Found that out the hard way when I couldn't sleep till 7am.
I think to get the strips in without the alarms going off you use the same technique as shoplifters, create a 'booster bag' (essentially a faraday cage) by lining the inside of the bag with tin foil. Then you could sneak some security tags in and stick them to random items in the store, provided you can do it without the cameras seeing what you're up to.
My local supermarket has gone extremely low-tech with trying to stop the casual trolley thief (ie chav scum kids), one of the wheels of each trolley has a magnetic triggered brake and the pedestrian entrances to the grounds have a bunch of magnets embedded into the concrete.
One of the problems of being an 'answer person' (I like trying to help people get the right & correct information, and yes I've often posted a question only to answer it myself later that week) is when things get technical to a point where the answer is over the head of the knowledge seeker, they'll often expect you to 'babysit' them through some technical problems you worked out yourself with a little dilligence.
If they're not prepared to put some time into using the initial information you've given them to learn what they have to do, I'm not really prepared to put my time into holding their hand through every step of the process involved., especially if the process is complicated and very involved.
Q: What's the difference between intelligence and stupidity?
A: There's a limit to intelligence.
Ahh nuts, looks like they finally removed On The Edge of Blade Runner from google video. I take it as a sign that the DVD box set is definitely happening, they wouldn't want people watching their stuff for free when they know they can make people pay for it.
I still have my original VHS recording of it though.
REALLY looking forward to the super-duper-mega box set coming out, my HD to DVD conversion of the DC is nice but the 5.1 audio doesn't sound much better than the original 2.0 fed through Pro-Logic II, and getting a proper copy of theatrical version is going go to be great (no more putting up with the laserdisc transfer) - I just hope they don't copy Lucas and make it a 4:3 letterbox release like the OOT.
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It's oddly reminicent of one of the Pod Racers's machine in Episode 1 where the two engines break away from the pilot's section and zip off in different directions. So really they perfectly emulated a part of Star Wars, only the wrong part.
If you do sign up to the scheme then:
1) with the ever growing list of people getting done for illegal activity, ie downloading mp3s/illegal porn/'hacking' etc., will you be exempt from any charges relating to criminal activity through someone using your router?
2) is the broadband service provided truly unlimited?
I can't see many people in their right minds signing up to such a service if they weren't protected from neighbours doing heavy downloading and the drive-by wifi'ers downloading stuff deemed illegal. Because on one end of the scale I wouldn't want additional charges for bandwidth use or have the speed restricted due to too someone else using it too much, and the other end I wouldn't want to be arrested because someone else used my internet connection through the wifi router for criminal activities.
I'm inclined to say they're removing the WGA restriction because the popularity of FireFox is now rivalling IE.
The idea is a good one - how many hollywood films have you seen where the secret agent/bad guy has managed circumvent security guards & systems because work like clockwork.
But really, using the "catch terrorists!!!" bandwagon? how many terrorists do airports catch a day anyway?
Whilst it's true that lossy compressed audio can't sound exactly the same as the original, it's worth bearing in mind that people will listen to their portable mp3 player in places where the background noise is sufficient to drown out any imperfections the compression creates.
"they can also build a little village complete with a bar."
But you can already get a mars bar here on earth.
I remember having fun with powerful magnets and CRTs, does this mean LCD panels made with this new liquid be susceptible to magnetic fields too?
I often have up to 2 dozen IE windows open and don't have a problem keeping track of them, sure it's a lot of little buttons at the bottom of the screen but I'm running W2k and so there isn't the problem of slowness as with XP with it's fugly bloated GUI (yes I know you can 'rollback' the GUI on XP to look like 2k but I just don't like XP, it has that kid-gloves feel to it, like MS don't want you to have any real control over things).
From my experience of using tabs in browser windows is that it can get quite confusing, trying to remember which window has which sub-window in tab form, and I don't find IE7 as responsive as IE6 in regards to the tabs, especially as when you open a link in a new tab it re-orders the list of tabs just to help confuse things more. I've been using IE6 on this machine for well over 3 years, no antivirus or firewall software running on it (though there is a firewall on the ADSL router) and only once caught a nasty program which I admit was entirely my fault as I clicked on an obvious bad link - restored my setup from backup and didn't lose any data. Apart from that one mishap (the 2nd time I've ever caught something nasty on any of the PCs I've had in many many years of using Windows) I'm extremely careful what I click on and what sites I visit, too many people believe their antivirus & firewall software will save them when all too often it's their own stupidity/ignorance that causes them to end up having a fucked up PC (my brother makes some nice money from spyware removal).
So no, I don't think I'm in the wrong place, I'm just very dilligent in regards to using the internet.
Side tracking slightly but on the subject of HTML, how do I get Slashdot to fix theirs?
I've been given moderation points about 6 times now but haven't been able to use any of them because I'm using IE6 and trying to give a moderation point to someone just results in a javascript error (when error reporting is turned on). On a similar note, the main Slashdot logo at the top of each page isn't completely clickable, the search bar on the right invisibly overlaps the center of the main logo.
"Upgrade!" I hear you cry, but apart from this small problem I don't have any others whilst browsing so I have no real reason of going to IE7 (which I've used on other people's machines and don't particularly like) or a non-MS browser.
I was medically diagnosed with it over 14 years ago and agree that the fad of people who find themselves a little bit more shy/unsusual/inteligent/dislike people & social situations than the average person decide they've got it too doesn't help those who truly have it. Growing up with it and not knowing why you're really different from other kids was not an easy ride, being constantly bullied at the schools I went to because I was different, teachers not doing diddly squat to help and even one of them took me aside and told me it was my fault I was being bullied, is not something anyone should have had to put up with.
How dare you call me English! I'm Welsh, thank you very much.
:)
As someone who has AS I'd just like to say; fuck you with a cherry on top you ingnorant small-minded arsehole. Actually that's wrong, an arsehole actually has a useful function.
;)
Since getting internet access back in '95 I've somewhat 'come out of my shell', posting to usenet and spending hours on IRC (past dialup phonebills of £300-£500 a quarter will testament to that!) has enabled me to communicate with other people without having to do it face to face, without having to respond in the moment the other party stopped speaking, 30-60s delay on replying on IRC was fine because there was no awkward silence and wondering where to look as with face-to-face conversations, and no real time limit on usenet replies meant they could be well thought out before pressing the Post button.
The years of communication through text has helped me with being in social situations (but I still dislike them) and face-to-face communication like looking in the other persons eye, not always feeling out of place and sometimes being able to talk about other things than computers & electronics
Another thing the internet has given me is a much thicker skin, you can swear blue murder at me, call me names etc. and I let it wash over me, before I'd take it deeply personally and it'd screw me up for the rest of the day and probably the next one or two.
I'll leave this post with this nice quote, don't know it originated from but seems quite apt:
Words are strange creatures. When spoken, they have emphasis and inflection. Written words, however, are inert, completely subject to interpretation, and as a result are quite often misconstrued.
"* 25 year jail and a $2M fine for those who use spammers. Tracking spammers is hard. Typical the fools that reply to spam give their details to a spammer web site, who sells a call list to a mortgage agency, who then calls you, supposedly unaware of the source. Some journalists have done this and followed the trail. Now if journalists can do it, maybe the FBI can do it? If the FBI aren't up to the task, bounty hunters maybe?"
The problem where this comes into play is when a rival company uses a spamming service to advertise your company, so that when the authorities follow up on which company the spam is advertising, you get fingered.
Useful tip: if you're feeling thirsty at 2am, don't pick up a can of Red Bull because it's close by. Found that out the hard way when I couldn't sleep till 7am.
The spelling of septic was correct in this instance.
Will you septics please see http://www.usa-vs-uk.com/petrol.html and STFU about your 'high' prices of fuel.
The main reason gel filled cushions have been invented is the cost per gigabyte of solid state memory is astronomical compared to harddrives.
Unscientific quick example, 160Gb 2.5" IDE harddrive = £70, 16Gb 2.5" IDE flash memory harddrive = £280. 10x the space for 1/4 the price.
I know the price of flash memory storage is falling, but in comparison the price of harddrive storage is plummeting.
I think to get the strips in without the alarms going off you use the same technique as shoplifters, create a 'booster bag' (essentially a faraday cage) by lining the inside of the bag with tin foil. Then you could sneak some security tags in and stick them to random items in the store, provided you can do it without the cameras seeing what you're up to.
"And all the bread and toilet paper is MINE! ALL MINE!!!"
Now that's a recipe for shit sandwiches.
My local supermarket has gone extremely low-tech with trying to stop the casual trolley thief (ie chav scum kids), one of the wheels of each trolley has a magnetic triggered brake and the pedestrian entrances to the grounds have a bunch of magnets embedded into the concrete.
One of the problems of being an 'answer person' (I like trying to help people get the right & correct information, and yes I've often posted a question only to answer it myself later that week) is when things get technical to a point where the answer is over the head of the knowledge seeker, they'll often expect you to 'babysit' them through some technical problems you worked out yourself with a little dilligence.
If they're not prepared to put some time into using the initial information you've given them to learn what they have to do, I'm not really prepared to put my time into holding their hand through every step of the process involved., especially if the process is complicated and very involved.
Q: What's the difference between intelligence and stupidity?
A: There's a limit to intelligence.
Ahh nuts, looks like they finally removed On The Edge of Blade Runner from google video. I take it as a sign that the DVD box set is definitely happening, they wouldn't want people watching their stuff for free when they know they can make people pay for it.
I still have my original VHS recording of it though.
In case you haven't seen it yet, the UK Channel 4 documentary On The Edge of Blade Runner.
REALLY looking forward to the super-duper-mega box set coming out, my HD to DVD conversion of the DC is nice but the 5.1 audio doesn't sound much better than the original 2.0 fed through Pro-Logic II, and getting a proper copy of theatrical version is going go to be great (no more putting up with the laserdisc transfer) - I just hope they don't copy Lucas and make it a 4:3 letterbox release like the OOT.
Well at least they won't let Roger Corman do any more Marvel flicks... The Fantastic Four (1994)
"I Win!"
Too late, I already did.