If that was all you liked then there`s probably not much point in you getting one.
To be honest i didnt like any of the games that came out for the SNES or Genesis, so i just stuck with the Amiga. Then again, the same games come out for all platforms now (with the exception of some of the more tedious pc games, and only slightly less tedious N64 ones), so it seems to matter less and less which one you get. Sounds like you should wait for the next Nintendo console, though you may want a PS2 just to tide you over until its finally released.
Why do you care about shortages? I certainly dont. Let the chumps and geeks pay full whack for it now; I want a ps2 but i doubt i`ll get one before next summer/xmas. By then the price will have been reduced by at least 20%, there`ll be new versions of some of the internal software, loads of good games etc.
"I value my privacy as much as the next guy, but this seems a bit extreme to me. Is it really worth all that effort just to make sure no one is reading your mail?"
Yeah, i know what you mean. I value my computer and hifi, but all that faffing about with keys, locking doors and making sure windows are shut etc - i just cant be bothered. And i`ve never been burgled.
"And courts in the USA would probably support this idea, but in the UK there is no Bill of Rights (constitutionally at least) to protect its citizens from the government. "
I`m not sure actually - we (in the U.K.) recently incorporated the European Human Rights Act into UK law, which protects you from having to incriminate yourself, so a test case regarding the handing over of keys would be interesting.
I have an email address for my phone - emails get converted into SMS messages. The email address for phones here is generally `phonenum@provider.whatever`, so pretty guessable.
You could always use BigFoot or some other redirector, but bigfoot is being a bit crap at the moment with delays, perhaps everyone is doing this! Still, with an emailable phone, you can avoid the 10p per SMS charge that is so popular here (UK) by just emailing from Rocketmail.
What personal information? Most of the information gathered on me will tell them stuff like i`m a 45 year old female from Afghanistan - dont think i *ever* put accurate info into any form i`ve ever filled in onscreen, and i`m running junkbusters. But if someone finds that information useful enough to sell and base business plans etc on then go for it!
Is there a way in (insert os of choice) to see *all* the apps which are running? Processes,threads,tasks,interrupts,tsr`s etc. If you could see them all, wouldnt that reduce the risk of keystroke loggers?
It wont affect steganography, or one-time pad based encryption.
It may make a mess of public key encryption though. You`d need to secretly communicate to your correspondants the page/offset/password you are using for the publicly posted message you are sending. If you could do that then you may as well send the message secretly anyway!
Use the filter, man! I opted out of reading his nonsense months ago, and the last time i saw any of it was when it the story was posted under someone elses name!
Lets cut the crap - what we REALLY want is a drug olympics - see who can put away the most narcotics.
Of course, we`d need people to test them, make sure they`re not doing any prohibited `sporting` activities, such as a sprint, or perhaps a little walking, to clear their heads. It has to be just: Sit down, skin/shoot up, repeat until senseless...
"If the cast majority of the populace is against it (and they will be!) "
This is the most common mistake that i see, again and again, whenever some new law that may/will remove rights is mooted. There is NO evidence that this is the case. People do NOT worry about losing their rights if they can be convinced it will keep them safe from drugs/criminals/dangerous dogs/asylum seekers/new-age travellers/paedophiles/insert perceived-threat-of-the-moment.
There is no conspiracy. If people didnt want this to happen, it just wouldn`t happen, its a simple as that. Another political party would say `vote for us and it wont happen`, and, if it were considered an important enough issue, people would vote for them instead.
The fact that no parties have stood up and say as much in this case reflects the fact that there are no votes in it.
Yeah, a few people have mentioned 1984 and said it`ll happen soon. I`m interested to know which aspects of the book arent supposed to have happened yet? About the only thing i can think of is that we dont have obligatory in-you-house cams, although i`m sure the street-cams will soon be hi definition ones capable of being swivelled around and pointed through your windows!
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If that was all you liked then there`s probably not much point in you getting one.
To be honest i didnt like any of the games that came out for the SNES or Genesis, so i just stuck with the Amiga. Then again, the same games come out for all platforms now (with the exception of some of the more tedious pc games, and only slightly less tedious N64 ones), so it seems to matter less and less which one you get. Sounds like you should wait for the next Nintendo console, though you may want a PS2 just to tide you over until its finally released.
Why do you care about shortages? I certainly dont. Let the chumps and geeks pay full whack for it now; I want a ps2 but i doubt i`ll get one before next summer/xmas. By then the price will have been reduced by at least 20%, there`ll be new versions of some of the internal software, loads of good games etc.
Except its not a haiku AND its also not English.
Why do all your songs sound the same?
...we`ll have no trouble here!
Seriously,
Its on the U.K. statute books now - so it IS a `local` law, so i`d like to see it ignored!
"I value my privacy as much as the next guy, but this seems a bit extreme to me. Is it really worth all that effort just to make sure no one is reading your mail?"
Yeah, i know what you mean. I value my computer and hifi, but all that faffing about with keys, locking doors and making sure windows are shut etc - i just cant be bothered. And i`ve never been burgled.
"... so what? "
:)
Well, for starters there are more good games out for Linux that for Dreamcast...
"And courts in the USA would probably support this idea, but in the UK there is no Bill of Rights (constitutionally at least) to protect its citizens from the government. "
I`m not sure actually - we (in the U.K.) recently incorporated the European Human Rights Act into UK law, which protects you from having to incriminate yourself, so a test case regarding the handing over of keys would be interesting.
I doubt any suicide bombers care much about privacy - they are insane, and have other things (or not) on their minds!
They arent. Its bombing.
I have an email address for my phone - emails get converted into SMS messages. The email address for phones here is generally `phonenum@provider.whatever`, so pretty guessable.
You could always use BigFoot or some other redirector, but bigfoot is being a bit crap at the moment with delays, perhaps everyone is doing this! Still, with an emailable phone, you can avoid the 10p per SMS charge that is so popular here (UK) by just emailing from Rocketmail.
Hey, nows your chance to add a checksum to the phone number, and add code to the firmware of new phones to not bother accepting the call if its wrong.
"Tell that to Isaac Asimov"
and Douglas Adams!
What personal information? Most of the information gathered on me will tell them stuff like i`m a 45 year old female from Afghanistan - dont think i *ever* put accurate info into any form i`ve ever filled in onscreen, and i`m running junkbusters. But if someone finds that information useful enough to sell and base business plans etc on then go for it!
Is there a way in (insert os of choice) to see *all* the apps which are running? Processes,threads,tasks,interrupts,tsr`s etc. If you could see them all, wouldnt that reduce the risk of keystroke loggers?
It wont affect steganography, or one-time pad based encryption.
It may make a mess of public key encryption though. You`d need to secretly communicate to your correspondants the page/offset/password you are using for the publicly posted message you are sending. If you could do that then you may as well send the message secretly anyway!
I posted here a little while ago, then i couldnt get to the site, now the comment has gone! Gone forever!
Use the filter, man! I opted out of reading his nonsense months ago, and the last time i saw any of it was when it the story was posted under someone elses name!
Lets cut the crap - what we REALLY want is a drug olympics - see who can put away the most narcotics.
Of course, we`d need people to test them, make sure they`re not doing any prohibited `sporting` activities, such as a sprint, or perhaps a little walking, to clear their heads. It has to be just: Sit down, skin/shoot up, repeat until senseless...
"From the approximately five hours of film in the original footage, only about two-fifths emerged from the cutting room. "
He must have known that no-one was going to watch a five hour long version of Dune? Even his mother would have made her excuses and left by the end!
"The visuals are quite good in most places"
Snippet from a Spitting Image (satirical tv show in the UK) book:
q: "How did you manage to avoid making the giant worms look like they were made from cardboard and coat hangers?"
a: "We didnt"
"If the cast majority of the populace is against it (and they will be!) "
This is the most common mistake that i see, again and again, whenever some new law that may/will remove rights is mooted. There is NO evidence that this is the case. People do NOT worry about losing their rights if they can be convinced it will keep them safe from drugs/criminals/dangerous dogs/asylum seekers/new-age travellers/paedophiles/insert perceived-threat-of-the-moment.
There is no conspiracy. If people didnt want this to happen, it just wouldn`t happen, its a simple as that. Another political party would say `vote for us and it wont happen`, and, if it were considered an important enough issue, people would vote for them instead.
The fact that no parties have stood up and say as much in this case reflects the fact that there are no votes in it.
Yeah, a few people have mentioned 1984 and said it`ll happen soon. I`m interested to know which aspects of the book arent supposed to have happened yet? About the only thing i can think of is that we dont have obligatory in-you-house cams, although i`m sure the street-cams will soon be hi definition ones capable of being swivelled around and pointed through your windows!
Not sure what the European Human Rights Act would make of this - perhaps Liberty could try a test case? Would be interesting.
At least, i think he works for our IT department! :)