... but I might have friends scattered across, say, five of these.
This whole social networking thing is stupid. It's got to the point where it's not 'Who you know' but 'who you know depends on what site you use!' Real, proper friends are people you actually meet and talk to, go out with, enjoy life with. Even distant friends can be phoned/skyped/emailed. Social networking is just a pointless way of giving people you don't know too much information about you. If you want a proper cyber-presence get a Homesite...it's cheap and easy enough, and far more secure as you have full control and there are no 'terms and conditions'.
If they were prosecuted for facilitating access to copyright material, does this mean that all the ISPs (through whose tubes the copyright material was 'accessed') are going to get screwed for Handling Stolen Property, or at least as Accessories to the crime/s?
It's great on Firefox. It has a few bugs on Safari. It will work on Chrome as soon as Google gets a Mac port out (Hint hint!). As for IE... well, you'll keep the old system for a few more weeks, but you're only like 14% of our users, and you keep shrinking.
Er...havn't you forgotten something. A lot of us are Sooo nerdy we use Opera
Oops! Forgot about S4C, and you're right about the transmitters.
I believe you also get a FREE T.V.licence if you're aged over 80! Only another 28 years for me to go then.
It works like this. Everyone in the UK who owns a T.V. has to buy a licence for £131.50 ($187.2). The money raised all goes to fund the BBC, which is "non-commercial" ie no ads etc. This covers the cost of some 7 TV channels and numerous national and local radio channels, as well as the BBCi online services. The BBC also gains revenue from sales of it's programmes abroad, and from a commercial merchandising arm. None of the licence fee goes to any other broadcaster. ITV, Channel Four, Channel Five, B-Sky-B (Sky) and Vigin media are all commercial operations and depend on advertising revenue etc for their income.
Having said all that, I don't see that this is relevent to a "Broadband Tax" at all. This is just another misguided nonsense from this misguided and non-sensical govenrment that we Brits are currently enduring.
Strictly not. Games like Rugby (and American 'Football') have been around since ancient Greek times, and 'Rugby' was developed at Rugby College from a similar game where hands could be used but the ball could not be carried forward. The distinctive features of 'proper' Football are that the ball is spherical (not egg-shaped) and that the hands (including arms and shoulders) must not be used. The body and head can, however, so even proper Football should logically be called 'Foot, Body and Head ball'. I wonder why it isn't?
Sorry to be a troll, but there's no point using anything if no-one can see it. Have you checked your 'homepage' and 'sig' links lately? I'm getting a 403 error message on them. Just trying to be helpful.
You've never worked in health care, have you. Your apparent perceptions of medicine are quaintly naive.
**Yes, actually I have. Healthcare is to cure the sick. If that's naive, then OK**
I'd suggest having a sit down with, oh - say, an Oncologist. Learn something about how many are maimed to save their lives.
**I don't see how maiming someone with a gun is likely to save their life.**
Your assumption of 'no therapeutic benefit' is inaccurate. There simply is no "clearly".
**This will in no way help them to live their lives more easily, or to do any more than they can already.**
I'm sure you can recognize the benefit of enabling confidence and self determination - special in a demographic that often feels isolated and out of control of their own destiny.
**True, but again not a medical issue**
I think this is a great idea.
And it's a right that has been recently clarified for US citizens by the SCOTUS.
I certainly wouldn't deny anyone the right to self defence, but self defence is not a medical issue. You could just as easily argue that poverty can cause depression, so doctors could prescribe Money, or that because the sick may need to visit their Doctor or a Hospital they should be prescribed cars. No, I'm sorry but this is the most patently stupid thing I've heard since, well ever!
Slashdot Mirror
They are still with us, working for some IT departments. Have you never seen an IEsixosaurus?
Grey Goo! Nuff said.
The residents of Tuscarora, Nevada...circle the town with boomboxes at regular intervals to drive off the millions of crickets.
If the crickets have got any sense, they'll be Going to California.
... but I might have friends scattered across, say, five of these.
This whole social networking thing is stupid. It's got to the point where it's not 'Who you know' but 'who you know depends on what site you use!' Real, proper friends are people you actually meet and talk to, go out with, enjoy life with. Even distant friends can be phoned/skyped/emailed. Social networking is just a pointless way of giving people you don't know too much information about you. If you want a proper cyber-presence get a Homesite...it's cheap and easy enough, and far more secure as you have full control and there are no 'terms and conditions'.
If they were prosecuted for facilitating access to copyright material, does this mean that all the ISPs (through whose tubes the copyright material was 'accessed') are going to get screwed for Handling Stolen Property, or at least as Accessories to the crime/s?
Let's hope that "grrlscientist" isn't the dead bird in question. It's just the prose that's a bit unwell.
These IE users could be the poor souls forced to use it by unscrupulous employers. They should be pitied, not edged out!
It's great on Firefox. It has a few bugs on Safari. It will work on Chrome as soon as Google gets a Mac port out (Hint hint!). As for IE... well, you'll keep the old system for a few more weeks, but you're only like 14% of our users, and you keep shrinking.
Er...havn't you forgotten something. A lot of us are Sooo nerdy we use Opera
It's better than mine, which is truly lame, and plugging it here is the only way I'll get any hits!
Can you masturbate with a phantom limb?
Yes, and you can type stupid replies with them, as well!
Pity the guy who has to hand over the royalties cheque to the author of Mein Kampf
I suppose, for 7 minutes, it technically wasn't extinct!
Oops! Forgot about S4C, and you're right about the transmitters. I believe you also get a FREE T.V.licence if you're aged over 80! Only another 28 years for me to go then.
It works like this. Everyone in the UK who owns a T.V. has to buy a licence for £131.50 ($187.2). The money raised all goes to fund the BBC, which is "non-commercial" ie no ads etc. This covers the cost of some 7 TV channels and numerous national and local radio channels, as well as the BBCi online services. The BBC also gains revenue from sales of it's programmes abroad, and from a commercial merchandising arm. None of the licence fee goes to any other broadcaster. ITV, Channel Four, Channel Five, B-Sky-B (Sky) and Vigin media are all commercial operations and depend on advertising revenue etc for their income.
Having said all that, I don't see that this is relevent to a "Broadband Tax" at all. This is just another misguided nonsense from this misguided and non-sensical govenrment that we Brits are currently enduring.
Fridges may be cold-blooded killers, but still need human assistance.
Let's give every appliance a connection to the Internet!
Do you really want your Fridge wasting all day on Slashdot?
Think of it as virtual Go-Faster stripes!
Soccer is a bastardised form of rugby too.
Strictly not. Games like Rugby (and American 'Football') have been around since ancient Greek times, and 'Rugby' was developed at Rugby College from a similar game where hands could be used but the ball could not be carried forward. The distinctive features of 'proper' Football are that the ball is spherical (not egg-shaped) and that the hands (including arms and shoulders) must not be used. The body and head can, however, so even proper Football should logically be called 'Foot, Body and Head ball'. I wonder why it isn't?
What's wrong with being a 'webmaster' these days?
there is no need for tables in a layout scheme.
Sorry to be a troll, but there's no point using anything if no-one can see it. Have you checked your 'homepage' and 'sig' links lately? I'm getting a 403 error message on them. Just trying to be helpful.
yes, I agree, but on prescription? Surely in a case like this the gun is a tax-deductable business expense, and therefore won't cost a bean
You've never worked in health care, have you. Your apparent perceptions of medicine are quaintly naive. **Yes, actually I have. Healthcare is to cure the sick. If that's naive, then OK** I'd suggest having a sit down with, oh - say, an Oncologist. Learn something about how many are maimed to save their lives. **I don't see how maiming someone with a gun is likely to save their life.** Your assumption of 'no therapeutic benefit' is inaccurate. There simply is no "clearly". **This will in no way help them to live their lives more easily, or to do any more than they can already.** I'm sure you can recognize the benefit of enabling confidence and self determination - special in a demographic that often feels isolated and out of control of their own destiny. **True, but again not a medical issue** I think this is a great idea. And it's a right that has been recently clarified for US citizens by the SCOTUS.
Thanks for that. I don't think I can cope with TWO really stupid things in one day!
1) Prescribe guns to elderly
2) Wait for inevitable accidental shootings and resultant injuries
3) ???
4) Profit
Option 3 - Sue Doctor for supplying weapon (negligence/malpractice)?
I certainly wouldn't deny anyone the right to self defence, but self defence is not a medical issue. You could just as easily argue that poverty can cause depression, so doctors could prescribe Money, or that because the sick may need to visit their Doctor or a Hospital they should be prescribed cars. No, I'm sorry but this is the most patently stupid thing I've heard since, well ever!