Also.. if someone follows you and you don't like them (spammer, or simply don't like them), it's one click to block them to stop them following you ever again.
The spam potential on twitter is low to nonexistent, provided you're not stupid with it.
If you have friends who retweet the 'latest' offers because they believe they'll get something for it.. they're probably the same type that would forward 'virus warning' emails to you twice a week anyway. Just unfollow them (wish you could do that with email).
How could a follower pitch to you? You'd have to be their follower for that to happen. That's why Twitter doesn't get any real spam... you have to ask for it, and marketers can't get over that hurdle.
.. and if someone follows you it's optional to follow them - so the spam potential is low. Doesn't stop the spammers *trying* - they don't get it yet:p
Email is just about dead now due to the spam problem , so you're left with SMS/MMS, Facebook (can they make that website any more cluttered?), or Twitter.
Its search sucks though. I searched for 'ipod' and it recommend half a dozen cars, some hifis, a number of rooms to rent (!), and a pair of underwear (!!!).
I don't see the attraction. There are no controls - it seems to be a mixture of sex services, stolen goods and plain ripoffs. The genuine stuff is just buried. There's no payment system, no ratings system.. if you use it you're just asking to be ripped off.
It's not popular at all.. the local site has only 12 items in the computer section since February. ebay probably sells that much in an hour.
Maybe they like being ripped off in the US or something. It seems to me using a system like that you might as well set fire to your money.. at least you're less likely to be arrested for handling stolen goods that way.
One of the problems in the US is that drug companies are allowed to advertise direct to the public - this is not the case in many other countries.
That leads to people walking into the surgery and saying "I have $DISEASE. Give me $DRUG." - and, as paying customers they often get it too. What should be happening is the patient goes "I have $SYMPTOMS. Cure me." then the doctor chooses the best (supported by evidence as being clinically effective) drug for the job.
In the UK our newspaper boys aren't lazy asses and actually deliver the newspapers instead of throwing them in the general direction of the house, as they seem to in the US.
If you'd used milk bottles as an example you might have had a point (except few areas still have milkmen.. haven't seen one in years).
You do have a right of self defence. You don't have the right to kill someone. That's not defence that's murder, and you'd rightly be put away for a long time for it.
You also have the power of arrest, provided you have reasonable suspicion of an indictable offence (Trespassing isn't, btw. that's a civil offence).
If they avoid going past that guys house I expect they'll have no hassle.
It's just one idiot on one street who happens to have 'friends' and a big mouth. You get them in all over.. most people learn to avoid them pretty quickly.
Yes it's perfectly legal. There's no privacy in a public place, and a street is public.
It's unlikely a village would have CCTV.. you do know the often quoted stats are completely made up don't you? (They took a crime ridden street in London & muliplied it by the number of high streets in the UK.. doesn't take a genius to see the flaw in that method).
Same here.. I gave up hosting my own email & went to google apps because of the amount of bandwidth spam was using. I've managed to halve my monthly download limit (and saved a bundle of cash) since doing that.
That depends. Did you give them permission? If it's unsolicited it's spam. I always check the 'do not email me' boxes when I order and if they email me regardless they get reported as spam.
if they rang her, she could charge PRS for her time in answering the telephone
That's a recognised way of getting asshole companies off your back.. I've invoiced lots of them over time - they've not paid but they've stopped calling:p
Not sure if it'd work with the PRS though.. they're the asshole of assholes..
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Also.. if someone follows you and you don't like them (spammer, or simply don't like them), it's one click to block them to stop them following you ever again.
The spam potential on twitter is low to nonexistent, provided you're not stupid with it.
If you have friends who retweet the 'latest' offers because they believe they'll get something for it.. they're probably the same type that would forward 'virus warning' emails to you twice a week anyway. Just unfollow them (wish you could do that with email).
How could a follower pitch to you? You'd have to be their follower for that to happen. That's why Twitter doesn't get any real spam... you have to ask for it, and marketers can't get over that hurdle.
.. and if someone follows you it's optional to follow them - so the spam potential is low. Doesn't stop the spammers *trying* - they don't get it yet :p
Email is just about dead now due to the spam problem , so you're left with SMS/MMS, Facebook (can they make that website any more cluttered?), or Twitter.
Neither - it's just another alternate universe, which RD can get away with since the scifi isn't really the point.
Remember at the end of the last series the ship blew up and everyone died.. they can't have any real continuity from there.
Never heard of that one before...
Its search sucks though. I searched for 'ipod' and it recommend half a dozen cars, some hifis, a number of rooms to rent (!), and a pair of underwear (!!!).
Virtually nonexistant in the UK as well.
I don't see the attraction. There are no controls - it seems to be a mixture of sex services, stolen goods and plain ripoffs. The genuine stuff is just buried. There's no payment system, no ratings system.. if you use it you're just asking to be ripped off.
It's not popular at all.. the local site has only 12 items in the computer section since February. ebay probably sells that much in an hour.
Maybe they like being ripped off in the US or something. It seems to me using a system like that you might as well set fire to your money.. at least you're less likely to be arrested for handling stolen goods that way.
One of the problems in the US is that drug companies are allowed to advertise direct to the public - this is not the case in many other countries.
That leads to people walking into the surgery and saying "I have $DISEASE. Give me $DRUG." - and, as paying customers they often get it too. What should be happening is the patient goes "I have $SYMPTOMS. Cure me." then the doctor chooses the best (supported by evidence as being clinically effective) drug for the job.
ipv6.google.com is one page, and since google doesn't index ipv6 it's actually pretty damn useless unless you also have ipv4 connectivity.
In the UK our newspaper boys aren't lazy asses and actually deliver the newspapers instead of throwing them in the general direction of the house, as they seem to in the US.
If you'd used milk bottles as an example you might have had a point (except few areas still have milkmen.. haven't seen one in years).
Stop reading the Daily Mail. Seriously.
You do have a right of self defence. You don't have the right to kill someone. That's not defence that's murder, and you'd rightly be put away for a long time for it.
You also have the power of arrest, provided you have reasonable suspicion of an indictable offence (Trespassing isn't, btw. that's a civil offence).
You *do* realize Buckinghamshire is a county...
So you're prepared to give someone a death sentence on suspicion of being a 'crook'. "Screw a fair trial, I just want to blow someones head off"
My god, the Daily Mail really does rot your brain.
If they avoid going past that guys house I expect they'll have no hassle.
It's just one idiot on one street who happens to have 'friends' and a big mouth. You get them in all over.. most people learn to avoid them pretty quickly.
Yes it's perfectly legal. There's no privacy in a public place, and a street is public.
It's unlikely a village would have CCTV.. you do know the often quoted stats are completely made up don't you? (They took a crime ridden street in London & muliplied it by the number of high streets in the UK.. doesn't take a genius to see the flaw in that method).
One disgruntled guy can rouse a few of his mates to run a car out of town.
I see no indication it was the entire neighbourhood, or even that the majority of the village agreed with him.
Who said that?
Since slashdot is about 14 hours late with the april fools, will we expect this for another 24 hours, well into April 2nd?
J.J. Abrams. Fringe. Need I say more?
So the director is a producer, directory, and writer from? Lost, Alias? ..and Fringe.
Oh god, the movie is doomed.
'Hints of a link' becomes the next press campaign leading to millions of worried parents. These kinds of reports can be very damaging.
Same here.. I gave up hosting my own email & went to google apps because of the amount of bandwidth spam was using. I've managed to halve my monthly download limit (and saved a bundle of cash) since doing that.
That depends. Did you give them permission? If it's unsolicited it's spam. I always check the 'do not email me' boxes when I order and if they email me regardless they get reported as spam.
PPL represent the performers and record company.
PRS represent the writers, composers and publishers (ie. the record company).
Someone gets paid roylaties twice in this scheme.....
I *think* they have legal power behind them.. they certainly talk as if they do.
You could try to start a new one.. we only have two - PRS for songwriters, composers and publishers, and PPL for the performer and record company.
Maybe you could start a new one, for the guy who does the sound desk.
if they rang her, she could charge PRS for her time in answering the telephone
That's a recognised way of getting asshole companies off your back.. I've invoiced lots of them over time - they've not paid but they've stopped calling :p
Not sure if it'd work with the PRS though.. they're the asshole of assholes..