Remember it's british political satire not US political satire... the humour was all about the british government... the fat deputy PM bore more than a passing resemblance to John Prescott, for example. Quite a bit of taking the p...s out of Andrew Marr too (who was clearly up for it).
The landmark destruction didn't come across as a 9/11 thing.. very early on it was deemed to be accidental, and little or no mention of it was given in the subsequent dialog... I think it was just a dramatic special effect to start the story.
He didn't quit after one episode. He had a contract for a single series, and decided not to renew it. The first series had already been filmed in its entireity by the time that happened.
I still keep a USB floppy drive around... It's needed sometimes (they're not big and the one I have came with an old laptop).
eg. I had to install XP on a brand new machine. XP can't install directly on SATA and I didn't want to do my usual trick of having an old 30MB IDE drive as drive C, so I had to use the boot drivers that came on floppy that are for this purpose (The XP installer won't read a CD prior to installation, however it will read USB floppy drives... go figure).
I wouldn't store anything on floppies any more... we have ethernet these days.
I always keep a static busybox around for those eventualities.
I have in fact quite recently done rm -rf * in the root. I was trying an app and it immediately dumped itself in the root directory.. and refused to go anywhere else (lots of hardcoded paths). I decided it sucked, and decided to delete it. Forgot I was in the root for a second...
It got as far as/etc before I killed it... lost all the configuration files, most of/dev,/bin,/boot...
But ATOM is just a forked version of RSS anyway (it seems to be RSS 1.0 compatible as I haven't found a reader that didn't use it), so it can't be 'better' just because it hasn't forked...
One of my mailservers is on MAPS for some reason - although the MAPS website says it isn't, the one custmer I have that uses MAPS to block says it is. I surmise the MAPS database is hopelessly inconsistent.
Funny thing is that mailserver accepts no incoming email except for a single IP address over VPN, and only routes mail for a single domain running Mailman. Nobody has ever complained or even suggested that I've ever sent spam either.
I can only imagine they blocked purely on the evidence of a joe-job or something, and didn't even have the courtesy to send an email to notify me.
It's *extremely* rare for the reverse and HELO to be the same... even when I had a netblock where I could control the reverse, my HELO was 'mail.nodomain.org' and the reverse as 'sisko.nodomain.org'.
Blocking on no reverse at all is probably legitimate (as only an utterly incompetent admin wouldn't setup proper reverse.. the same kind that would run open relays).
It's where you have an insecure server and someone manages to modify your zone file externally. It really shouldn't be possible any more... all dns servers ship secure by default, and any admin that makes such a configuration change should be fired on the spot.
We have this situation in the UK. You simply cannot have DSL without a phone line, and you can't compromise with a 'dial in only' one either.. it must be a proper one with all the rental cost etc. (which admittedly isn't large but pushes up the price of DSL).
Having DSL also disqualfies you from all the 'low user' rebates even though you never make calls or use the analogue line at all.
As far as 'cutting the cord' goes, that's not possible unless you're lucky enough to live in a cable area (cable is very patchy.. I've been told I may never have it even though there's a cable switch box less than 12 feet from my window... they only do the 'profitable' streets/houses).
It really *really* sucks. You really don't want to be in that sort of situation in the US... campaign against it as much as possible.
I'm running it. Since the last beta there's more drivers (my wireless works now).
There's a realtec AC97 driver but it bluescreened the first time I installed it.. be careful with it.
I had to edit the inf file of the ATI driver install to support my 1280x800 display, and my 9700 Mobility chipset... Luckily this is relatively easy but ATI really should get this right.
I still have two devices on my laptop that don't work - the PCI Modem and a 'System Device' that I believe to be the SD connector. I don't really care about either of them.
On that note Fujitsu have officially stated that they will *not* be writing drivers for or supporting in any way installation of 64 bit XP or 2003 on their 64bit laptops. What the F**K they think they're playing at I've no idea.. I got a 64bit laptop precisely to run a 64bit OS on it. Do not buy Fujitsu. They suck.
JP2 wasn't all that conservative compared to some (hell, compared to some popes he was positively liberal), and remember he has a big say in who follows him... if he's recommended someone the first we'll know is when he's elected by a unanymous decision.
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Remember it's british political satire not US political satire... the humour was all about the british government... the fat deputy PM bore more than a passing resemblance to John Prescott, for example. Quite a bit of taking the p...s out of Andrew Marr too (who was clearly up for it).
The landmark destruction didn't come across as a 9/11 thing.. very early on it was deemed to be accidental, and little or no mention of it was given in the subsequent dialog... I think it was just a dramatic special effect to start the story.
It was quite funny... remember it was filmed long before the election date was known.
The 45 second line and the subsequent 'he's making it all up!' had us rolling about on the floor laughing...
The overweight deputy prime minister definately reminded me of someone too...
He didn't quit after one episode. He had a contract for a single series, and decided not to renew it. The first series had already been filmed in its entireity by the time that happened.
I watched Newsround will into my 20's.
When the major news is all about wars and elections, it's much better viewing.
I still keep a USB floppy drive around... It's needed sometimes (they're not big and the one I have came with an old laptop).
eg. I had to install XP on a brand new machine. XP can't install directly on SATA and I didn't want to do my usual trick of having an old 30MB IDE drive as drive C, so I had to use the boot drivers that came on floppy that are for this purpose (The XP installer won't read a CD prior to installation, however it will read USB floppy drives... go figure).
I wouldn't store anything on floppies any more... we have ethernet these days.
LS120. Replacement floppy drive.. completely backward compatible with 120MB capacity. It died. Nobody bought it.
If the computer industry would have kept this technology up to date ... we would have a floppy that is 46 megs
We had 120mb floppies years ago (google for 'LS120').
They didn't take off, because at that time CDROM and CDRW were just taking hold and people couldn't see the point.
Did you make that up or did your guru tell it to you?
Newsflash. We are a part of the universe. A small part. A tiny, insignificant part. It doesn't depend on us for *anything*.
Then go back and read the specs for Longhorn: a GB of RAM, a terabyte of hard disk, and a minimum 3GHz CPU.
You're shitting me. Who the hell is going to use it with those kind of requirements?
Users are administrators by default on Windows boxes.
That's why they are so prone to viruses, becoming spam zombies, etc.
A properly admined box wouldn't have that issue, but then half the coporate machines I've used haven't been properly admined let alone the home ones.
The only OS I know of besides Unix that enforces proper user/admin separation by default is OSX (it does it really nicely in fact).
I always keep a static busybox around for those eventualities.
/etc before I killed it... lost all the configuration files, most of /dev, /bin, /boot...
I have in fact quite recently done rm -rf * in the root. I was trying an app and it immediately dumped itself in the root directory.. and refused to go anywhere else (lots of hardcoded paths). I decided it sucked, and decided to delete it. Forgot I was in the root for a second...
It got as far as
Much fun was had by all.
The deltree command is *not* gone. It's called rmdir /s now.
Running it from c:\ will very rapidly hose your system. Try it if you're so certain it won't.
But ATOM is just a forked version of RSS anyway (it seems to be RSS 1.0 compatible as I haven't found a reader that didn't use it), so it can't be 'better' just because it hasn't forked...
What freedom?
You can't use GPL software without paying a license fee?
Sounds exactly like Microsoft licensing to me.
On Windows it's *select* not *deselect*
Windows is insecure by default. Also that option isn't obvious at all.
There are other reasons I won't use Windows DNS but this doesn't help...
One of my mailservers is on MAPS for some reason - although the MAPS website says it isn't, the one custmer I have that uses MAPS to block says it is. I surmise the MAPS database is hopelessly inconsistent.
Funny thing is that mailserver accepts no incoming email except for a single IP address over VPN, and only routes mail for a single domain running Mailman. Nobody has ever complained or even suggested that I've ever sent spam either.
I can only imagine they blocked purely on the evidence of a joe-job or something, and didn't even have the courtesy to send an email to notify me.
It's *extremely* rare for the reverse and HELO to be the same... even when I had a netblock where I could control the reverse, my HELO was 'mail.nodomain.org' and the reverse as 'sisko.nodomain.org'.
Blocking on no reverse at all is probably legitimate (as only an utterly incompetent admin wouldn't setup proper reverse.. the same kind that would run open relays).
It's where you have an insecure server and someone manages to modify your zone file externally. It really shouldn't be possible any more... all dns servers ship secure by default, and any admin that makes such a configuration change should be fired on the spot.
Yup. When I read the summary I as convinced it was an April Fool someone had taken seriously.
Actually I'm still not convinced it's not...
We have this situation in the UK. You simply cannot have DSL without a phone line, and you can't compromise with a 'dial in only' one either.. it must be a proper one with all the rental cost etc. (which admittedly isn't large but pushes up the price of DSL).
Having DSL also disqualfies you from all the 'low user' rebates even though you never make calls or use the analogue line at all.
As far as 'cutting the cord' goes, that's not possible unless you're lucky enough to live in a cable area (cable is very patchy.. I've been told I may never have it even though there's a cable switch box less than 12 feet from my window... they only do the 'profitable' streets/houses).
It really *really* sucks. You really don't want to be in that sort of situation in the US... campaign against it as much as possible.
btw. The .NET 64bit beta takes about half an hour to install as it compiles itself via the installer.
.NET (couldn't install the prerequisites) but I'm more hopeful now...
Not tried to get VS.NET on there yet - last time it failed due to lack of
I'm running it. Since the last beta there's more drivers (my wireless works now).
There's a realtec AC97 driver but it bluescreened the first time I installed it.. be careful with it.
I had to edit the inf file of the ATI driver install to support my 1280x800 display, and my 9700 Mobility chipset... Luckily this is relatively easy but ATI really should get this right.
I still have two devices on my laptop that don't work - the PCI Modem and a 'System Device' that I believe to be the SD connector. I don't really care about either of them.
On that note Fujitsu have officially stated that they will *not* be writing drivers for or supporting in any way installation of 64 bit XP or 2003 on their 64bit laptops. What the F**K they think they're playing at I've no idea.. I got a 64bit laptop precisely to run a 64bit OS on it. Do not buy Fujitsu. They suck.
Loans are much more profitable - the punter/mark/putz pays often 2-3 times the asking price for a loan.
JP2 wasn't all that conservative compared to some (hell, compared to some popes he was positively liberal), and remember he has a big say in who follows him... if he's recommended someone the first we'll know is when he's elected by a unanymous decision.