I don't have enough points to moderate you up Chasuk, but I wish I did. This post nicely summarises something that a lot of us should not forget: That computers are there to do a job.
So long as your technology does whatever your job is, and you are happy with it, then why bitch about the rest of it?
We all tend to be a bit spoilt in this forum, and get on our high horses about needless trivia. Is the hotmail thing any different? Perhaps, as it has had a benificial effect of opening a few peoples' eyes as to the possible security implications of email, and the internet in general. We are not all as fortunate to know all the implications of the technology that we use. If a few people now realise that they can get stung out there, then maybe it will save someone getting ripped off by sending their credit card number, unsecured, to someone undesirable. Does it matter if we use Microsoft, or Redhat, or whatever-is-K00l-this-week, so long as the message remains: Lets be careful out there!
Yep, about 6 minutes to put an NT image on a machine from a CD Ghost Image.
However, add one day to set up the original image, plus another day to create a Ghost boot disk with DOS network drivers to create the Image in the first place! Argh!
Sorry, there was meant to be a point to the above flippancy:
As pointed out by others above, with no real constitution or bill of rights in the UK, can we claim to have Freedom at all?
It's interesting to see that the Home Office spokesman sounds a bit nervous about how legitimate this would be under European Law. Just saying there have been no successful challanges doesn't mean it's legal. Does anyone know of any challanges?
I can't help but laugh when *everyone* descends to defend the freedom and non-commercialism of Redhat, when at the same time I have an advert for CodeWarrior flashing at the top of the screen which has been shackled to only REDHAT linux.
OK - you can let the OS be free, but you can still chain them with apps...
Can I just point out, that in fact the second bomb in Brick Lane was left on the ground in a crowded shopping street. Some brave soul put it in their car, which actually contained the blast, resulting in fewer deaths.
What a load of rubbish - Are we seriously expected to believe that bugs are not a major hinderance to our ability to do our job, but just something we should live with, or train ourselves to avoid? We pay money for software to work. I don't pay to be treated like some kind of lab rat pressing the button for his food pellet.
BTW - Just keep clicking reload - you'll get it eventually!
The quicker CRT technology dies a death, the better. In 50 years time our grandchildren will be amazed that we sat all day long in front of the dirty end of a particle accelerator.
That's assuming the radiation allows us to have grandchildren...:)
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Yeah, right. We'd have encrypted mail if it wasn't for your government. -- "Yeah, right" is the only example of a double negative in any language
There's a lesson here kids: 97 year old snowboarding grannies are the major web demographic for a reason :)
So long as your technology does whatever your job is, and you are happy with it, then why bitch about the rest of it?
We all tend to be a bit spoilt in this forum, and get on our high horses about needless trivia. Is the hotmail thing any different? Perhaps, as it has had a benificial effect of opening a few peoples' eyes as to the possible security implications of email, and the internet in general. We are not all as fortunate to know all the implications of the technology that we use. If a few people now realise that they can get stung out there, then maybe it will save someone getting ripped off by sending their credit card number, unsecured, to someone undesirable. Does it matter if we use Microsoft, or Redhat, or whatever-is-K00l-this-week, so long as the message remains: Lets be careful out there!
Strangely I also seem to have the ? problem. My machine: NT4. My browser: IE5.
Yep, about 6 minutes to put an NT image on a machine from a CD Ghost Image.
However, add one day to set up the original image, plus another day to create a Ghost boot disk with DOS network drivers to create the Image in the first place! Argh!
Just in case anyone else is scratching their heads:
:)
US - getting pissed = getting angry
UK - getting pissed = getting drunk
To get angry in the UK is to get pissed off.
This little tip may come in handy for anyone coming to the UK and being told that 'tonight we're going to get pissed'
Sorry, there was meant to be a point to the above flippancy:
As pointed out by others above, with no real constitution or bill of rights in the UK, can we claim to have Freedom at all?
It's interesting to see that the Home Office spokesman sounds a bit nervous about how legitimate this would be under European Law. Just saying there have been no successful challanges doesn't mean it's legal. Does anyone know of any challanges?
I think that should be 'get pissed OFF'. :)
Getting pissed is something quite different
I can't help but laugh when *everyone* descends to defend the freedom and non-commercialism of Redhat, when at the same time I have an advert for CodeWarrior flashing at the top of the screen which has been shackled to only REDHAT linux.
OK - you can let the OS be free, but you can still chain them with apps...
Can I just point out, that in fact the second bomb in Brick Lane was left on the ground in a crowded shopping street. Some brave soul put it in their car, which actually contained the blast, resulting in fewer deaths.
What a load of rubbish - Are we seriously expected to believe that bugs are not a major hinderance to our ability to do our job, but just something we should live with, or train ourselves to avoid? We pay money for software to work. I don't pay to be treated like some kind of lab rat pressing the button for his food pellet.
BTW - Just keep clicking reload - you'll get it eventually!
And this comes after the recent deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (Fox TV, etc). Is Yahoo intent on becoming another evil empire? Source: BBC
The quicker CRT technology dies a death, the better. In 50 years time our grandchildren will
... :)
be amazed that we sat all day long in front of the dirty end of a particle accelerator.
That's assuming the radiation allows us to have grandchildren