Let me guess, you're from Rochdale Social Services? Learn the difference between UKIP which is a legitimate political party with a dozen seats in the European Parliament and three in the House of Lords, and the BNP which is an openly violent fringe group.
CPS used fraud in a commercial tribunal to "legally" kidnap my children citing "risk of future emotional harm". I have never been arrested, charged, tried or convicted of any crime. I get to see them eight times a year for one hour at a time. IF it suits CPS to allow me to do so. It was during one of these "contact" sessions in 2010 that an unprompted disclosure was made. CPS immediately STOPPED further contact, and I had to drag their arses through a commercial tribunal to *see my own children*. I still do not have letterbox or telephone contact, nor do I even know what schools they go to, although I do know that they have been separated, and the older two are being pumped full of psychotropic drugs.
You don't treat depression (a symptom) with electric shocks, you treat the cause (usually some traumatic stress which is ongoing). Once the cause is dealt with on a permanent basis, the brain will repair itself.
Yes, I speak as someone who tolerates constant and persistent traumatic stress, I have refused all drugs, I have refused all counselling and I am dealing with the shit myself by inflicting righteous retribution on those who wrong me. The stress fuels me.
no, it's a demonstration by example that on a PC you need something more substantial than the posted spec to run anything to the point of satisfaction. Console developers have not only a software specification to which they must comply, they also have a static hardware model. If a 360 developer can't pull 60fps at 1080p with all the pretties on then he's doing something wrong and *he* needs to fix it. If a PC developer can't do it then he pumps up the spec until you "need" a 2GB SLI monster with multiple monitors, 16GB of RAM and a $600 flight yoke.
Let's hear from actual game developers here, but my thinking is it's easier to develop to a standardised hardware model (eg console) than it is to a dynamic driver layer.
no, developers target the high end and mark on the box the absolute minimum spec the software will run on. That's NOT to say "this will run as smooth as if you bought our XBox version", you would be lucky to pull 3fps@800x600 at minimum spec.
Example:
Emperor: Battle For Dune. Box spec: 400MHz PII, 64MB RAM, DX7, 16MB D3D GPU, 600MB HDD for minimum install. I bought this game when I had an AMD K6/II-400 with 256MB RAM and a 32MB GeForce II MX, and it was a bag of shit. I could count the frame rate on ONE HAND and have change!
My laptop which runs like a proper gaming rig for games like this: dual core AMD E350, 6GB RAM, 2GB Radeon HD, 64-bit host OS. I run Emperor in a VM with 1GB memory, 256MB video and just one core. Fucking FLIES in fullscreen, on an external monitor and forced to 1440x900.
Toshiba dual core laptop, bought new in March 2010; Asus EeePC 1008HA, bought new in May 2010; HP 19" widescreen, 18 months old; custom built P4 2.6 workstation, 6 years old; dual Athlon MP2400 in custom server case and 3TB stack of hard drives, components between 14 and 7 years old include floptical and Zip drives, HP Colorado tape streamer and a 52x CDROM; Fujitsu Stylistic 3500, bought secondhand in 2004; Dell Latitude C400, bought new in 2002, is an alternative "netbook" for when I absolutely need 1024x768 without having to squash the desktop; Dell Latitude CP, bought new in 1997, is now a print server; And a stack four feet high of old Dell PPX chasses that I'm working through currently and scrapping the ones that are lifeless (apparently they don't like to sit in a closet for five years...);
and now for the doozy old stuff:
10MB Winchester 5.25" hard drive, with controller card (still works!); Sinclair ZX Spectrum + (1 of), +2 (2 of), +3 (1 of) (still all work); BBC Model A (still works);
that's just off the top of my head, there's a truckload more...
um...kay... to someone like you (no offence intended), the UK does have Freedom of Speech, though not in so many words. Domestic Law (Statute) places restrictions on that freedom*, which negates it. So, basically, you can say what you want where and when you want, as long as you don't offend anybody.
*it's a false image of freedom; the Government would like you to think that you are in fact free to say what you want, but we've seen through such high profile cases as Abu Hamza (booted for preaching the Koran) and those who have suffered and continue to suffer at the hands of the Family Proceedings tribunals** that this is entirely untrue. Also refer to the Public Order Act (concerning public protests), the Harassment Act (concerning things like slander, stalking and such), and various liberalistic and frankly Nazi Statutes passed over the last 25 or so years, all of which are intended to suppress what, where and how you can speak.
***through a blanket gagging order in Section 97 of the Children Act 1989 to not talk about their cases and through superinjunctions issued at forced adoptions which puts a risk of contempt of court for any parent who talks about the existence of that order, never mind the existence of their own children.
...Yes, he was wrong. I'm typing this on my Panasonic Toughbook CF-M34 which has a (pitifully small) touchscreen as well as netbook-sized keyboard. Over the past decade or so all I've wanted has been and continues to be a full-sized laptop, nay desktop replacement, with a fucking TOUCHSCREEN.
I don't want to have to go Surface for what I want, not least because I don't want a keyboard module that splits after a month. I don't want a tablet, I've got a tablet and you know what I use that for? It's the UI for a jukebox cabinet in my living room. I want a LAPTOP with a TOUCHSCREEN.
And contactless gesturing (Kinect has this, some of the smartest smart TVs have this, why is this not standard laptop tech yet??). And built in 3G (iPad has this in the bag, but for prior art look to Panasonic - most of their Toughbooks have built in GSM modems). And Bluetooth AS STANDARD. In most low-to-mid range laptops this isn't even an optional extra - you have to plug in a USB wart and pray it works. Global positioning? If they can fit this into a PHONE they can fit it into a LAPTOP. Can I start on very high definition screens? Or shall I just leave that to manufacturing constraints (the fact that most laptop panels are made using the same fabrication processes and even the same production lines, as HDTV panels so that's just a cost-saving measure on the part of Samsung et. al)? Hell for that matter, let's have a DAB/DVB tuner in there - if they can fit that on a USB wart (of which I have several examples) they can find an inch of space to fit it inside a laptop chassis.
February's judgement which appears to have been conducted ex parte (without the respondents or their representation present) and resulted in summary judgement for Dramatico et. al.
Telling in para. 17:
For the purposes of these proceedings, the Claimants rely in particular upon the copyrights which the relevant Claimant owns in each of the recordings in the following sample albums: Recording Claimant "The House" by Katie Melua Dramatic Entertainment Ltd "It's Not Me, It's You" by Lily Allen EMI Records Ltd "Last Night On Earth" by Noah & The Whale Mercury Records Ltd "Lights" by Ellie Goulding Polydor Ltd "Valhalla Dancehall" by British Sea Power Rough Trade Records Ltd "Everybody Wants To Be On TV" by Scouting For Girls Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd "What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?" by The Vaccines Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd "Hold Me Down" by You Me At Six Virgin Records Ltd "Seasons Of My Soul" by Rumer Warner Music UK Ltd "The Defamation of Strickland Banks" by Plan B 679 Recordings Ltd
Like I'd even consider buying anything from those "artists" on CD, much less pull them down from a Torrent site! What the fuck do they think I am, some spotty little fucking urchin?
Pedant point: haven't TPB stopped using Torrents now? Don't they use Magnet links? This would render this judgement and the following order irrelevant.
yes, it does, under Common Law: if it is not specifically illegal, then it must by definition be lawful.
The restrictions (there are many) encompass: defamation, hate speech including racism/sexism/anyotherism, incitement to violence, and affray.
Waitasec. I think you might be right, actually. By the strictest definition of the term "freedom of speech", it has been removed by (unlawful*) Statute.
*refer to the Parliament Act 1911, which removes the requirement of the physical Royal Seal on Acts of Parliament; since that Act came into force, the passing of Acts into Law has been the sole purview of Parliament via the House of Commons and the House of Lords (which has no hereditary Peers now since 2003, so the entire system is now completely corporatised). There is NO Royal Veto which is the basis of a Constitutional Monarchy.
in the UK, internet is internet. Filtered content is not internet, it's subscription channeling.If you pay for internet YOU GET INTERNET or the provider is in breach of contract. End of story. Ive had this out with Virgin Media, when they capped my broadband (I was on an uncapped tariff). I told them, they give me what I paid for already or I cancel the contract right there and then, and fuck their early termination clause. They pulled the same shit two months later and I shitcanned them.
what, 7? I just plug the damn thing in and it worked. Hell, I plugged in a USB VGA dongle and that just worked. You must have some weird exotic graphics card or monitor for it not to...
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Let me guess, you're from Rochdale Social Services? Learn the difference between UKIP which is a legitimate political party with a dozen seats in the European Parliament and three in the House of Lords, and the BNP which is an openly violent fringe group.
CPS used fraud in a commercial tribunal to "legally" kidnap my children citing "risk of future emotional harm". I have never been arrested, charged, tried or convicted of any crime. I get to see them eight times a year for one hour at a time. IF it suits CPS to allow me to do so. It was during one of these "contact" sessions in 2010 that an unprompted disclosure was made. CPS immediately STOPPED further contact, and I had to drag their arses through a commercial tribunal to *see my own children*. I still do not have letterbox or telephone contact, nor do I even know what schools they go to, although I do know that they have been separated, and the older two are being pumped full of psychotropic drugs.
Next daft question?
careful, you're projecting.
Besides, there are far more satisfying methods than murder.
I don't know, how traumatic is having your children stolen then one of them being told to tell his new school that his parents are dead?
You don't treat depression (a symptom) with electric shocks, you treat the cause (usually some traumatic stress which is ongoing). Once the cause is dealt with on a permanent basis, the brain will repair itself.
Yes, I speak as someone who tolerates constant and persistent traumatic stress, I have refused all drugs, I have refused all counselling and I am dealing with the shit myself by inflicting righteous retribution on those who wrong me. The stress fuels me.
no, it's a demonstration by example that on a PC you need something more substantial than the posted spec to run anything to the point of satisfaction. Console developers have not only a software specification to which they must comply, they also have a static hardware model. If a 360 developer can't pull 60fps at 1080p with all the pretties on then he's doing something wrong and *he* needs to fix it. If a PC developer can't do it then he pumps up the spec until you "need" a 2GB SLI monster with multiple monitors, 16GB of RAM and a $600 flight yoke.
Let's hear from actual game developers here, but my thinking is it's easier to develop to a standardised hardware model (eg console) than it is to a dynamic driver layer.
for Sir Patrick Moore, who died earlier today. Story & link to BBC obituary.
yanno, there's a lesson in there somewhere...
no, developers target the high end and mark on the box the absolute minimum spec the software will run on. That's NOT to say "this will run as smooth as if you bought our XBox version", you would be lucky to pull 3fps@800x600 at minimum spec.
Example:
Emperor: Battle For Dune. Box spec: 400MHz PII, 64MB RAM, DX7, 16MB D3D GPU, 600MB HDD for minimum install. I bought this game when I had an AMD K6/II-400 with 256MB RAM and a 32MB GeForce II MX, and it was a bag of shit. I could count the frame rate on ONE HAND and have change!
My laptop which runs like a proper gaming rig for games like this: dual core AMD E350, 6GB RAM, 2GB Radeon HD, 64-bit host OS. I run Emperor in a VM with 1GB memory, 256MB video and just one core. Fucking FLIES in fullscreen, on an external monitor and forced to 1440x900.
isn't the Arctic like, mostly ocean??
I would say so.
mod up.
...that the same human who had the birds wings clipped so it can't move has had to build him a fucking go kart so he's able to move around again.
Fuck you, Andrew Gray, and the horse you rode in on. IF you haven't clipped its hooves at the knee, that is!
"1 13-amp plug with earth pin connected to a wrist strap and two alligator clips"
Guess you missed that, huh?
cue awful movie with talentless hack wannabe singer and desperate-for-work-since-getting-bisected-by-darth-maul in 5... 4... 3...
...the tech museum of me:
Toshiba dual core laptop, bought new in March 2010;
Asus EeePC 1008HA, bought new in May 2010;
HP 19" widescreen, 18 months old;
custom built P4 2.6 workstation, 6 years old;
dual Athlon MP2400 in custom server case and 3TB stack of hard drives, components between 14 and 7 years old include floptical and Zip drives, HP Colorado tape streamer and a 52x CDROM;
Fujitsu Stylistic 3500, bought secondhand in 2004;
Dell Latitude C400, bought new in 2002, is an alternative "netbook" for when I absolutely need 1024x768 without having to squash the desktop;
Dell Latitude CP, bought new in 1997, is now a print server;
And a stack four feet high of old Dell PPX chasses that I'm working through currently and scrapping the ones that are lifeless (apparently they don't like to sit in a closet for five years...);
and now for the doozy old stuff:
10MB Winchester 5.25" hard drive, with controller card (still works!);
Sinclair ZX Spectrum + (1 of), +2 (2 of), +3 (1 of) (still all work);
BBC Model A (still works);
that's just off the top of my head, there's a truckload more...
um...kay... to someone like you (no offence intended), the UK does have Freedom of Speech, though not in so many words. Domestic Law (Statute) places restrictions on that freedom*, which negates it. So, basically, you can say what you want where and when you want, as long as you don't offend anybody.
*it's a false image of freedom; the Government would like you to think that you are in fact free to say what you want, but we've seen through such high profile cases as Abu Hamza (booted for preaching the Koran) and those who have suffered and continue to suffer at the hands of the Family Proceedings tribunals** that this is entirely untrue. Also refer to the Public Order Act (concerning public protests), the Harassment Act (concerning things like slander, stalking and such), and various liberalistic and frankly Nazi Statutes passed over the last 25 or so years, all of which are intended to suppress what, where and how you can speak.
***through a blanket gagging order in Section 97 of the Children Act 1989 to not talk about their cases and through superinjunctions issued at forced adoptions which puts a risk of contempt of court for any parent who talks about the existence of that order, never mind the existence of their own children.
...Yes, he was wrong. I'm typing this on my Panasonic Toughbook CF-M34 which has a (pitifully small) touchscreen as well as netbook-sized keyboard. Over the past decade or so all I've wanted has been and continues to be a full-sized laptop, nay desktop replacement, with a fucking TOUCHSCREEN.
I don't want to have to go Surface for what I want, not least because I don't want a keyboard module that splits after a month. I don't want a tablet, I've got a tablet and you know what I use that for? It's the UI for a jukebox cabinet in my living room. I want a LAPTOP with a TOUCHSCREEN.
And contactless gesturing (Kinect has this, some of the smartest smart TVs have this, why is this not standard laptop tech yet??). And built in 3G (iPad has this in the bag, but for prior art look to Panasonic - most of their Toughbooks have built in GSM modems). And Bluetooth AS STANDARD. In most low-to-mid range laptops this isn't even an optional extra - you have to plug in a USB wart and pray it works. Global positioning? If they can fit this into a PHONE they can fit it into a LAPTOP. Can I start on very high definition screens? Or shall I just leave that to manufacturing constraints (the fact that most laptop panels are made using the same fabrication processes and even the same production lines, as HDTV panels so that's just a cost-saving measure on the part of Samsung et. al)? Hell for that matter, let's have a DAB/DVB tuner in there - if they can fit that on a USB wart (of which I have several examples) they can find an inch of space to fit it inside a laptop chassis.
2. What, the cheeky fuckers calling paying customers thieves? They can stick Farcry 3 as far up their arses as it will go.
Sideways.
February's judgement which appears to have been conducted ex parte (without the respondents or their representation present) and resulted in summary judgement for Dramatico et. al.
Telling in para. 17:
For the purposes of these proceedings, the Claimants rely in particular upon the copyrights which the relevant Claimant owns in each of the recordings in the following sample albums:
Recording Claimant
"The House" by Katie Melua Dramatic Entertainment Ltd
"It's Not Me, It's You" by Lily Allen EMI Records Ltd
"Last Night On Earth" by Noah & The Whale Mercury Records Ltd
"Lights" by Ellie Goulding Polydor Ltd
"Valhalla Dancehall" by British Sea Power Rough Trade Records Ltd
"Everybody Wants To Be On TV" by Scouting For Girls Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd
"What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?" by The Vaccines Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd
"Hold Me Down" by You Me At Six Virgin Records Ltd
"Seasons Of My Soul" by Rumer Warner Music UK Ltd
"The Defamation of Strickland Banks" by Plan B 679 Recordings Ltd
Like I'd even consider buying anything from those "artists" on CD, much less pull them down from a Torrent site! What the fuck do they think I am, some spotty little fucking urchin?
Pedant point: haven't TPB stopped using Torrents now? Don't they use Magnet links? This would render this judgement and the following order irrelevant.
I've got two different websites here... (Hutchison 3G UK, nothing is blocked through these guys)
yes, it does, under Common Law: if it is not specifically illegal, then it must by definition be lawful.
The restrictions (there are many) encompass: defamation, hate speech including racism/sexism/anyotherism, incitement to violence, and affray.
Waitasec. I think you might be right, actually. By the strictest definition of the term "freedom of speech", it has been removed by (unlawful*) Statute.
*refer to the Parliament Act 1911, which removes the requirement of the physical Royal Seal on Acts of Parliament; since that Act came into force, the passing of Acts into Law has been the sole purview of Parliament via the House of Commons and the House of Lords (which has no hereditary Peers now since 2003, so the entire system is now completely corporatised). There is NO Royal Veto which is the basis of a Constitutional Monarchy.
that is a sig waiting to happen. Thanks, AC! :D
in the UK, internet is internet. Filtered content is not internet, it's subscription channeling.If you pay for internet YOU GET INTERNET or the provider is in breach of contract. End of story. Ive had this out with Virgin Media, when they capped my broadband (I was on an uncapped tariff). I told them, they give me what I paid for already or I cancel the contract right there and then, and fuck their early termination clause. They pulled the same shit two months later and I shitcanned them.
I'll stick with DSS DJ Pro, thankyaveemuch.
what, 7? I just plug the damn thing in and it worked. Hell, I plugged in a USB VGA dongle and that just worked. You must have some weird exotic graphics card or monitor for it not to...