It`d be good if we could have a `junkbuster` style list of words or expressions that we could apply to posts, so ones containing the usual stuff i cant see cos i surf at threshold=1 would be marked as -1. Make it easy to grab other users `junkbuster` lists too so we can share the good ones (like www.waldherr.org has a good sblock.ini file for junkbusters)
Yeah, similar thing happened in the uk - a gas company (i think) had that happen, suggested people apply for new cards, gave them some cash for the trouble too.
"CD Enclosed. If the disc package seal is broken, the purchaser forfiets all return rights and privileges to the seller."
If it didnt also say `statutory rights not affected` (which basically points out that it is not attempting to over-rule the 1979 Sale Of Goods Act, which states that you can have a full refund it its crap, doesnt work, doesnt do what it said it would do etc) then its breaking u.k. law.
Well, for a society which had a thriving capitlism for thousands of years, they got the hang of communism pretty quickly!
They`ll get over it.
Oh, and Stephenson was wrong. There was/is/will be no backlash.
Looks like you are British, as indeed am i! Maybe they stopped selling it here, juse like Wired pulled out a year or 2 ago (we just get american imports now).
Yeah, Mondo 2000 was cool to look at for an issue or 2. Thats about it. Next.
"IBM sees linux as a disrupting technology of the same class as the internet: an OS that can run on many platforms and that nobody owns: something that can fundementally change the landscape of computing. "
I think this has been discussed, er, once or twice before.
I prefer PSX games cos i get to stick a disk in and it works, and the games (generally) dont crash.
Other people have the money, time and patience to install a game and get it working with their hardware and their 400 dollar gfx cards etc and can put up with that horrible jerkyness you get with graphics on the pc (yes, i know its in a higher resolution and colour depth, i just dont really care ).
*Most* people who buy and play games agree with me, and buy games for consoles, and not pcs.
Well, IDHAVR (I dont have a video recorder) but if it was MY video recorder that was taken, in which way would your copying of it destroy its value to me? I`m assuming the copying didnt damage it in any way.
"So, then, if someone invents a fantastic tool to break into houses, then conventional property will be "rendered obsolete", then, will it?"
Your sentence reads better thus:
So, then, if someone invents a fantastic tool to break into houses [and copy the contents], then conventional property [law] will be "rendered obsolete", then, will it?
To which the answer would be `yes`, but thats not what we`re talking about.
"Sure, it was interesting to read about futuristic visions of tomorrow, but after 5 years of this crap, and hardly any progress in bandwidth, usability, AI, speech rec, home automation, etc., I have had enough of reading about this thing. Anybody can write vague gee whiz stuff, full of buzzwords that nobody quite agrees upon. "
That reminds me of Mondo 2000! Does that still exist? Jesus, what a pile of crap!
I still think that nuking MIT would be a good starting place! All this rubbish starts of with wearable computers, and ends up suggesting we`ll actually BE computers!
Sorry, but this thread violates my `if you cant explain a concept in just a few sentences, using words most people can understand, then i dont want to hear it` rule.
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"Among all the penis bird postings, perhaps one
can ask a serious question: "
Or you can browse at 1, or 2. I`ve not seen one for weeks!
a) Evokes a favorable disposition towards your company in the eyes of people who`ve never heard of it before?
b) Makes you look like a clueless bunch of tossers?
2) As a result of this action, do you think your company will perform:
a) Better than before?
b) Worse than before?
c) Wont make any difference, but will make you look like a clueless bunch of tossers?
3) Do you understand the concept of satire, and recognize that it is specifically protected, even under current U.S. law?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Dont know, we`re just a clueless bunch of tossers.
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It`d be good if we could have a `junkbuster` style list of words or expressions that we could apply to posts, so ones containing the usual stuff i cant see cos i surf at threshold=1 would be marked as -1. Make it easy to grab other users `junkbuster` lists too so we can share the good ones (like www.waldherr.org has a good sblock.ini file for junkbusters)
The faq tells you its at the top of the screen. Its not. It doesnt appear anywhere on my screen.
"We need moderation moderators!"
What, like meta-moderation?
Yeah, similar thing happened in the uk - a gas company (i think) had that happen, suggested people apply for new cards, gave them some cash for the trouble too.
"CD Enclosed. If the disc package seal is broken, the purchaser forfiets all return rights and privileges to the seller."
If it didnt also say `statutory rights not affected` (which basically points out that it is not attempting to over-rule the 1979 Sale Of Goods Act, which states that you can have a full refund it its crap, doesnt work, doesnt do what it said it would do etc) then its breaking u.k. law.
Well, for a society which had a thriving capitlism for thousands of years, they got the hang of communism pretty quickly!
They`ll get over it.
Oh, and Stephenson was wrong. There was/is/will be no backlash.
Dont have to much to worry about? Have you not read `the future doesnt need us` then?
It`s not that bad. Try reading Will Self (not to say that I don`t).
Looks like you are British, as indeed am i! Maybe they stopped selling it here, juse like Wired pulled out a year or 2 ago (we just get american imports now).
Yeah, Mondo 2000 was cool to look at for an issue or 2. Thats about it. Next.
"IBM sees linux as a disrupting technology of the same class as the internet: an OS that can run on many platforms and that nobody owns: something that can fundementally change the landscape of computing. "
This whole think stinks of Katz...
;)
I think this has been discussed, er, once or twice before.
I prefer PSX games cos i get to stick a disk in and it works, and the games (generally) dont crash.
Other people have the money, time and patience to install a game and get it working with their hardware and their 400 dollar gfx cards etc and can put up with that horrible jerkyness you get with graphics on the pc (yes, i know its in a higher resolution and colour depth, i just dont really care ).
*Most* people who buy and play games agree with me, and buy games for consoles, and not pcs.
Well, IDHAVR (I dont have a video recorder) but if it was MY video recorder that was taken, in which way would your copying of it destroy its value to me? I`m assuming the copying didnt damage it in any way.
"So, then, if someone invents a fantastic tool to break into houses, then conventional property will be "rendered obsolete", then, will it?"
Your sentence reads better thus:
So, then, if someone invents a fantastic tool to break into houses [and copy the contents], then conventional property [law] will be "rendered obsolete", then, will it?
To which the answer would be `yes`, but thats not what we`re talking about.
Does he go on about cybersex too, or is that just a little too early-90`s?
"Sure, it was interesting to read about futuristic visions of tomorrow, but after 5 years of this crap, and hardly any progress in bandwidth, usability, AI, speech rec, home automation, etc., I have had enough of reading about this thing. Anybody can write vague gee whiz stuff, full of buzzwords that nobody quite agrees upon. "
That reminds me of Mondo 2000! Does that still exist? Jesus, what a pile of crap!
I still think that nuking MIT would be a good starting place! All this rubbish starts of with wearable computers, and ends up suggesting we`ll actually BE computers!
These bozos must be paid by the word!
You`re right! I was about to check that out! They`re watching us! Help!
uh..huhhuh...huh...he said `tittites`...
Sorry, but this thread violates my `if you cant explain a concept in just a few sentences, using words most people can understand, then i dont want to hear it` rule.
"Among all the penis bird postings, perhaps one
can ask a serious question: "
Or you can browse at 1, or 2. I`ve not seen one for weeks!
Isnt TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsPonce partly to blame for this?
DividePeriod. Its a cool website, full of IT related stuff. I`d give you the URL, but i dont have it to hand.
Unfortunately, that means about as much as `information wants to be free` though!
Dont be so sure. There are a lot of unanswered questions about that flight. It may pay to pick around some of the non-mainstream news sources.
They`re not!
Actually, i think it would be more accurate if some companies were to use them more.
*_M_icro&soft?!
1) Do you think this sort of action:
a) Evokes a favorable disposition towards your company in the eyes of people who`ve never heard of it before?
b) Makes you look like a clueless bunch of tossers?
2) As a result of this action, do you think your company will perform:
a) Better than before?
b) Worse than before?
c) Wont make any difference, but will make you look like a clueless bunch of tossers?
3) Do you understand the concept of satire, and recognize that it is specifically protected, even under current U.S. law?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Dont know, we`re just a clueless bunch of tossers.
I`m in the u.k. - No idea if its different. Cheers though :)