My calculation whether I do something myself or get it done usually hinges on how long it takes me to do it and how much money I could make in that time working. If that's more than what the professional costs, someone gets a job and I rather do mine.
You probably got blacklisted. I managed to get this feat accomplished with a few scammers, and it seems that such lists get traded around, there's been a decline in annoying asshole calls in the more recent past, I guess my "weird old stupid geezer who wastes our time" skit finally bears fruit.
Then maybe Mrs. May should fire the incompetent idiots and get some advisers that are smarter than herself. That shouldn't be that hard to accomplish, I am actually confident she can get at least that done without making a total fool out of herself.
She does not. Because unless her goal is to undermine any and all chances for the UK to ever have a relevant industry, she's doing it wrong.
What does a ban on real encryption (read: encryption with a deliberate back door) mean? Mostly that NO corporation that isn't run by a council of idiots will want to do business in such a country. Whatever communication you might have with anyone can and will be read, not only by the ones that "may" do it, but by anyone willing to hand over enough money to bribe someone who has the key.
We're talking about a country's master key to any and all encryption happening in said country. Can you imagine who might be interested in that key? Aside of every corporation on the planet, pretty much ANY secret service (friendly or otherwise) WILL want that key. And they will bribe, blackmail and torture their way to it if need be.
Sorry, sorry, my fault. What I meant is that they hope their health service improves back to the levels it was before. It seems that some blame immigrants for (ab)using the health system beyond its supposed usage level and thus the service quality has deteriorated.
But of course I have voice mail. I just don't listen to it and never return calls. But it keeps people who want to annoy me busy, thinking that I will return the call.
People who know me know that they have to keep calling. People who don't think that the voice mail will eventually entitle them to being called by me and don't go on my nerve calling constantly.
That's why I usually insist that I call back first to have the negotiation talk. You know, there's so many scammers out there and while I do think you sound really honest and your offer is more than welcome to me, I am also sure a honest businessman like you understands.
Couldn't we just ban politicians from making laws about shit they have no clue about? I'm aware that this means we'll get WAY, WAY fewer laws but then, you take a look at the laws we've gotten recently and try to tell me with a straight face that it would be a bad idea.
Any motivation for murder is bad. I do hope we can agree on this.
But if you can't hate groups of people without any rhyme or reason anymore, how do you convince a soldier to go to war? You think it's easy to kill people indiscriminately? Just because they happen to have the wrong colored shirt you are supposed to shoot someone in a war, that's not easy to sell, ya know? You have to dehumanize them first and convince your soldiers that all of them deserve to die because they're ALL evil bastards who do unspeakably horrible things. The person you're looking at through your scope has to die, not for something he did but for the group of people he belongs to.
Then I guess the lesson here is to know how good to be: Better than so bad that they fire you, but not so good that you get a key asset that can't decide his own shifts.
Personally, I think it was a wrong decision to force any private company to do something like that. What they should enforce is priests perform gay weddings. If you take government money, you agree to do government's bidding.
If that Fairphone didn't smell like it was more concerned with bleeding-heart do-goodie than actually being a phone that gives you the choice to have what you want to have, it would be a good start.
But yeah, maybe it's time to ponder the possibilities of a RasPi as a phone.
What you have here is a lottery jackpot millionaire telling you that his lucky numbers were 4, 6, 12, 28, 34 and 45, and you thinking that this is great advice. Can you win picking the same numbers? Sure. But there's like ten thousands of people out there who did just that and are still poor.
The only non-bullshit in it is that putting your money on the 88 in a lottery that draws from a pool of 1 to 50 is not a good idea.
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My calculation whether I do something myself or get it done usually hinges on how long it takes me to do it and how much money I could make in that time working. If that's more than what the professional costs, someone gets a job and I rather do mine.
You probably got blacklisted. I managed to get this feat accomplished with a few scammers, and it seems that such lists get traded around, there's been a decline in annoying asshole calls in the more recent past, I guess my "weird old stupid geezer who wastes our time" skit finally bears fruit.
Then maybe Mrs. May should fire the incompetent idiots and get some advisers that are smarter than herself. That shouldn't be that hard to accomplish, I am actually confident she can get at least that done without making a total fool out of herself.
She does not. Because unless her goal is to undermine any and all chances for the UK to ever have a relevant industry, she's doing it wrong.
What does a ban on real encryption (read: encryption with a deliberate back door) mean? Mostly that NO corporation that isn't run by a council of idiots will want to do business in such a country. Whatever communication you might have with anyone can and will be read, not only by the ones that "may" do it, but by anyone willing to hand over enough money to bribe someone who has the key.
We're talking about a country's master key to any and all encryption happening in said country. Can you imagine who might be interested in that key? Aside of every corporation on the planet, pretty much ANY secret service (friendly or otherwise) WILL want that key. And they will bribe, blackmail and torture their way to it if need be.
How STUPID is that woman?
Sorry, sorry, my fault. What I meant is that they hope their health service improves back to the levels it was before. It seems that some blame immigrants for (ab)using the health system beyond its supposed usage level and thus the service quality has deteriorated.
Wow! 5 numbers!
That kinda reminds me of the 10 free AOL hours.
Why should I put the telemarketer on his porch, that lazy bastard can go there himself!
Whoever makes it legal to shoot these bastards on sight has my vote!
Go get it.
In my world, it would be legal to use them as aiming tools for mortar target practice.
So it's full. What exactly seems to be the problem? That they can't load more spam into my voice trash can?
And I'm honestly surprised that it's still illegal to hunt them for sport. You know, in a working democracy, the majority gets their way...
So what?
It's like with the first amendment caveat: You may talk all you want, but you can't force me to listen.
But of course I have voice mail. I just don't listen to it and never return calls. But it keeps people who want to annoy me busy, thinking that I will return the call.
People who know me know that they have to keep calling. People who don't think that the voice mail will eventually entitle them to being called by me and don't go on my nerve calling constantly.
That's why I usually insist that I call back first to have the negotiation talk. You know, there's so many scammers out there and while I do think you sound really honest and your offer is more than welcome to me, I am also sure a honest businessman like you understands.
Speed redial is quick to do and annoys the next CC agent.
What? You put me on your black list for doing that?
Well, mission accomplished.
Just send a stack of black sheets from early Saturday through Sunday night. It usually gets the message across.
Couldn't we just ban politicians from making laws about shit they have no clue about? I'm aware that this means we'll get WAY, WAY fewer laws but then, you take a look at the laws we've gotten recently and try to tell me with a straight face that it would be a bad idea.
Whoopsie, almost a millennium. I'm ahead of my time, it seems. :)
It's spelled Cardassian, and it's always a good idea to know your enemy.
Any motivation for murder is bad. I do hope we can agree on this.
But if you can't hate groups of people without any rhyme or reason anymore, how do you convince a soldier to go to war? You think it's easy to kill people indiscriminately? Just because they happen to have the wrong colored shirt you are supposed to shoot someone in a war, that's not easy to sell, ya know? You have to dehumanize them first and convince your soldiers that all of them deserve to die because they're ALL evil bastards who do unspeakably horrible things. The person you're looking at through your scope has to die, not for something he did but for the group of people he belongs to.
How is that not a hate crime?
Then I guess the lesson here is to know how good to be: Better than so bad that they fire you, but not so good that you get a key asset that can't decide his own shifts.
Personally, I think it was a wrong decision to force any private company to do something like that. What they should enforce is priests perform gay weddings. If you take government money, you agree to do government's bidding.
If that Fairphone didn't smell like it was more concerned with bleeding-heart do-goodie than actually being a phone that gives you the choice to have what you want to have, it would be a good start.
But yeah, maybe it's time to ponder the possibilities of a RasPi as a phone.
Yes, to be friends with the bimbo that picks the lottery numbers sure helps winning it.
What you have here is a lottery jackpot millionaire telling you that his lucky numbers were 4, 6, 12, 28, 34 and 45, and you thinking that this is great advice. Can you win picking the same numbers? Sure. But there's like ten thousands of people out there who did just that and are still poor.
The only non-bullshit in it is that putting your money on the 88 in a lottery that draws from a pool of 1 to 50 is not a good idea.