japan is actually a large reclaimer of land, they create it from trash then add top soil, or bring in the eingineers to pump away the water and dam it.
Ah, but does yer paperback have the correct spelling for curmudgeonly?
Sorry, gotta agree with your entire point though. The paperback is a joy to behold, got mah thesaurus, dictionary and "a brief history of time"(unread) in far less space than mah lappy.
I've had a few people get them stolen from airports too. Often from right on top of their suitcase while they nip into a duty free shop or to make a phone call. Actually watched in on airport security files later too whilst filing the reports.
Can't expect execs to keep an eye on things, they are far too important (us lower-middle rankers seldom have stuff stolen cept in break-ins or muggings in my exp.).
Gotta hand it to corporate wisdom of carrying a nice uniform case with "Dell" or somesuch emblazoned on the side, make you know just what you're getting.
havent seen a copy of bonzai buddy in the wild for years. but i will admit the new wave of "useful" tools such as google desktop are beginning to proliferate, though these cause a whole different set of problems in a secure environment.
In general I maintain my stance that the "average" user knows its a problem and needs guidance as to the right and wrong ways of dealing with the problem.
Sure, a camnpaign of awareness about downloading should be in the forefront more than sales of yet another spyware remover... but awareness campaigns don't get ad and sales revenues from hawking clients
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why cant you still use old software? mine runs fine, even better on the newer hardware.
My old windows 3.1 box with bundled MS works that I keep for my gran still runs the same as it did when i first got it. she doesnt want updates, and we dont need em - sure, no aftersales support anymore, but it all works
oh sorry, did you want the whisltes and bells with the new stuff? coz the old stuff works just like it used to and will keep doing so .
oddly enough I have notice dthe opposite of "average" users. They are very concerned. Most of my several hundred strong userbase (academics too... very IT illiterate) has asked for advice on home firewalls and virus killers. I seldom see a users laptop that doesnt have one or another anti-spyware packages on scheduled startups. i dare say I am talking 70-80%.
Now, the problem to me is that the media scaremonger over such things and users are receiving the wrong information. and junk "virus warning" that are nothing but lame hoaxes. These overload the average user (anyone who just wants a PC to work) so they don't notice genuine concerns.
Despite the enormously over-rated posted you seem to have nothing to offer than to suggest that the parent is somehow a lesser human being for being a home user.
I work with a variety of machines at work and consider myself above average in knowledge, but I too go home and boot up my windows "home" CP, and play games, and send emails and never care about servicing...
Oh, btw - you never considered it so, but perhaps like me the parent has a decent set of policies and the right software to ensure he is as clean as most.
And as for the "99% of zombies are windows machine" - of courtse they are, the majority of home PC's are windows boxes and the majority of scripts used are written for windows.
The assumption appears to be that slashdot readership will be fooled by lots of IANAL's telling them the law.
Byt the same token I feel if this is the case,k the same readership needs to be aware that editorial slant can be used to present facts in a number of ways.
but true enough as you state is is illegal to download copyrighted material, in the UK, from a non-registered download site.
Please remember when quoting the BBC, that they are the holders a large amount of intellectual property output over many years.
They too have a corner to fight.
(please note I support the BBC wholeheartedly in both news and TV/Radio/Internet operations, I pay my license gladly) I just believe that EVERYONE has a motive.
Every generation of Fifa i have acquired, yet i never seem to have enough buttons on my controller - got a saitek with 2 analog, 1 digital, 6 thumb buttons and 2 triggers and still swear blind i cant hit certain moves as I have no key assigned
Granted, this really only applied if you're an old fart who lives in England. English is evolving.
Oddly I find english people far more tolerant of linguistic variation than I do other native english speakers. And we can manage to handle many meanings for a single word. Goddamn the confusion I encountered in the US for saying "tap" instead of "fawcet" (sp?), or "courgette" instead of "zucchini".
Apparently not. The "teen" pictures talked about in the press were the same as the "barely 18" pictures that are spammed to a millioon inboxes everyday.
You write to the RIAA yet you post your beliefs under the cowel of anonymity??
I thought you said there was bravery in stating 2+2=4? this is like writing it on a poster and putting it out in the dark - if you haveany conviction in your beliefs you would be happy to put your name to them (after all, who really is gonna associate your/. mick to your real persona and then boycott your store???)
Sorry, any thought you have on this are null due to your hiding.
Oh and just as an extra..... I believe retailers make more money from out of copyright music sales than those where royalties and profits are paid to record companies. Small generic publishers charge less and ask for less profits leaving the retailer more scope on the pricing.
If im wrong about this (willing to accept I am, my info is just anecdotal) please feel free to correct
Nto to try and start any trans-atlantic slanging matches, is this idea of drive-to booze shops the norm in the US/Canada?
I have only been to Canada once, but was gobsmacked that in order to buy beer, we had to drive to the beer store (off the freeway, no way to walk), then for liqour had to go to another store (right next door actually, but still had to take car from one to the other).
Do normal communities have shops that sell alcohol? what about supermarkets? - sure its off topic, but i can't find a "laws in other ocuntries" thread...
btw: uk dweller here - we go the the offy "off license" to buy beer (one on most streets in any size town)
Oddly enough, I've always found smoking a large amount of marijuana before any drive will quell the alcohol fumes when I breathe into the breathalyzer...... which is nice.
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japan is actually a large reclaimer of land, they create it from trash then add top soil, or bring in the eingineers to pump away the water and dam it.
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Ah, but does yer paperback have the correct spelling for curmudgeonly?
Sorry, gotta agree with your entire point though. The paperback is a joy to behold, got mah thesaurus, dictionary and "a brief history of time"(unread) in far less space than mah lappy.
I've had a few people get them stolen from airports too. Often from right on top of their suitcase while they nip into a duty free shop or to make a phone call. Actually watched in on airport security files later too whilst filing the reports.
Can't expect execs to keep an eye on things, they are far too important (us lower-middle rankers seldom have stuff stolen cept in break-ins or muggings in my exp.).
Gotta hand it to corporate wisdom of carrying a nice uniform case with "Dell" or somesuch emblazoned on the side, make you know just what you're getting.
havent seen a copy of bonzai buddy in the wild for years. but i will admit the new wave of "useful" tools such as google desktop are beginning to proliferate, though these cause a whole different set of problems in a secure environment.
In general I maintain my stance that the "average" user knows its a problem and needs guidance as to the right and wrong ways of dealing with the problem.
Sure, a camnpaign of awareness about downloading should be in the forefront more than sales of yet another spyware remover... but awareness campaigns don't get ad and sales revenues from hawking clients
why cant you still use old software? mine runs fine, even better on the newer hardware.
My old windows 3.1 box with bundled MS works that I keep for my gran still runs the same as it did when i first got it. she doesnt want updates, and we dont need em - sure, no aftersales support anymore, but it all works
oh sorry, did you want the whisltes and bells with the new stuff? coz the old stuff works just like it used to and will keep doing so .
oddly enough I have notice dthe opposite of "average" users. They are very concerned. Most of my several hundred strong userbase (academics too... very IT illiterate) has asked for advice on home firewalls and virus killers. I seldom see a users laptop that doesnt have one or another anti-spyware packages on scheduled startups. i dare say I am talking 70-80%.
Now, the problem to me is that the media scaremonger over such things and users are receiving the wrong information. and junk "virus warning" that are nothing but lame hoaxes. These overload the average user (anyone who just wants a PC to work) so they don't notice genuine concerns.
Despite the enormously over-rated posted you seem to have nothing to offer than to suggest that the parent is somehow a lesser human being for being a home user.
I work with a variety of machines at work and consider myself above average in knowledge, but I too go home and boot up my windows "home" CP, and play games, and send emails and never care about servicing...
Oh, btw - you never considered it so, but perhaps like me the parent has a decent set of policies and the right software to ensure he is as clean as most.
And as for the "99% of zombies are windows machine" - of courtse they are, the majority of home PC's are windows boxes and the majority of scripts used are written for windows.
Already got a pretty good pyre going on there.... just enough room for gareth himself,
The assumption appears to be that slashdot readership will be fooled by lots of IANAL's telling them the law.
Byt the same token I feel if this is the case,k the same readership needs to be aware that editorial slant can be used to present facts in a number of ways.
but true enough as you state is is illegal to download copyrighted material, in the UK, from a non-registered download site.
At least with established agenda and prejudice we can read with the relevant filters to extract only what we consider to be fact
I could handle the arcasm right until the Gareth Gates ting.
Sir, if you know of 10 year olds downloading Greth Gates tracks, it is your duty as a right thinking human to burn them
Please remember when quoting the BBC, that they are the holders a large amount of intellectual property output over many years.
They too have a corner to fight.
(please note I support the BBC wholeheartedly in both news and TV/Radio/Internet operations, I pay my license gladly) I just believe that EVERYONE has a motive.
If this was MS who bundled al lthis info in widgets on your desktop, wouldnt they get sued for over-bundling under anti-trust agreements?
Play their job?????
Dude, the whole reason I play games is to set me mentally away from my Job.
As far as I see it my only "job" in a game is to enjoy it.
Every generation of Fifa i have acquired, yet i never seem to have enough buttons on my controller - got a saitek with 2 analog, 1 digital, 6 thumb buttons and 2 triggers and still swear blind i cant hit certain moves as I have no key assigned
blimey! i never suspected a time when goatse would be appropriate.
full marks to you sir!
and its a hella lot easier to change the colour of an OS desktop or skin a mass market app than it is to repaint a house
spot on!
renting new build apartments I found noise issues and cracking and plumbing problems caused by the house "settling",.
with various plumbers and sparkys attending over 12 months, that polace must have been on version 4 by the time we left.
Now, our old house that we bought.. runs fine, all the teething probs ironed out. - Now, try bolting some extras on this baby and it feels like SP2.
Granted, this really only applied if you're an old fart who lives in England. English is evolving.
Oddly I find english people far more tolerant of linguistic variation than I do other native english speakers. And we can manage to handle many meanings for a single word. Goddamn the confusion I encountered in the US for saying "tap" instead of "fawcet" (sp?), or "courgette" instead of "zucchini".
Being found guilty does not necessarily make him a paedophile., merely a convicted one.
Whether or not he fiddled with young kids is what makes him a paedo, and quite frankly most of us aint ever gonna know either way.
(sorry to anyone who trusts the legal system, especially when practised on celebrity)
Apparently not. The "teen" pictures talked about in the press were the same as the "barely 18" pictures that are spammed to a millioon inboxes everyday.
You write to the RIAA yet you post your beliefs under the cowel of anonymity??
/. mick to your real persona and then boycott your store???)
I thought you said there was bravery in stating 2+2=4? this is like writing it on a poster and putting it out in the dark - if you haveany conviction in your beliefs you would be happy to put your name to them (after all, who really is gonna associate your
Sorry, any thought you have on this are null due to your hiding.
Oh and just as an extra..... I believe retailers make more money from out of copyright music sales than those where royalties and profits are paid to record companies. Small generic publishers charge less and ask for less profits leaving the retailer more scope on the pricing.
If im wrong about this (willing to accept I am, my info is just anecdotal) please feel free to correct
Nto to try and start any trans-atlantic slanging matches, is this idea of drive-to booze shops the norm in the US/Canada?
I have only been to Canada once, but was gobsmacked that in order to buy beer, we had to drive to the beer store (off the freeway, no way to walk), then for liqour had to go to another store (right next door actually, but still had to take car from one to the other).
Do normal communities have shops that sell alcohol? what about supermarkets? - sure its off topic, but i can't find a "laws in other ocuntries" thread...
btw: uk dweller here - we go the the offy "off license" to buy beer (one on most streets in any size town)
Oddly enough, I've always found smoking a large amount of marijuana before any drive will quell the alcohol fumes when I breathe into the breathalyzer...... which is nice.