buying drugs is an offence... mainly because of the harm it causes to the user
I realise this is off-topic, but I feel the need to vent anyway. I have never understood why it is illegal to do harm to yourself. After all, you own your body, is it as least once thing that isn't licensed to you (Does God have a EULA?), and so why shouldn't we be allowed to do whatever we want to it?
The only arguments I can think of are:
Intentional damage to yourself will cost the state money when you check yourself into a hospital. This applies in countries like mine, the UK, but not the USA, where healthcare is not funded by the government. Even in the UK, I wonder how hard it would be to limit the free healthcare to those who did not cause intentional damage to themselves. (It would also be very handy to lump smokers into this category.)
The other argument I can think of is
Being under the influence of drugs may prompt you to cause harm to others. This, surely, can be solved in neater ways than banning drugs outright. Ban them in public places, but allow them at home.
I don't take drugs, I don't even smoke, but banning them does seem unfair.
Has anyone actually seen an X10 ad recently? Since buying a Mac and now using Safari as my browser, I don't get any pop-ups anymore, X10 or otherwise, but I haven't seen any "regular" banner ads for them either, and I'm not blocking those.
It is indeed there just to placate the RIAA. The restriction is 10 burns per identical playlist too, and not per track. You can get around the restriction by recording a new, tiny, silent track, and sticking it on the end of the disc.
Presto, 10 more burns.
Rinse, repeat.
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The very cheapest devices are non-bluetooth. For anything other than budget, it tends to come bluetooth-enabled whether you want it or not.
This, I'm sure, has helped with adoption of the technology.
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This appears to be a similar case to MiniDisc. In the USA, it never seemed to catch on, but here in TheRestOfTheWorld, we lapped it up.
A large percentage of new mobile phones from the major manufacturers are all equipped with Bluetooth, and combined with GPRS, it's an ideal way to connect your laptop to the internet when you're on the move.
It allows my calendar on my Mac to synchronise with the calendar on my organiser, it lets me send files to and from my office PC without the need for a network, and it's even used for wireless keyboards, mice, and audio headsets.
It's the wireless equivalent of USB, and it works just fine thank you.
Many astronomical events, such a gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, last for a very short amount of time, so it is important to get any many people observing them as possible as soon as they are detected.
Aside from the really obvious massive bias that Roblimo has, he's completely anti-Windows even before he starts, lets rebut a few points:
(Note: I'm defending Windows in the interests of fairness. I am in fact a Macintosh user.)
1. mIRC does not blink "Your evaluation time is up", it's just a registration reminder. In fact, you can use it forever without registering, although this is morally and legally questionable, it never stops working.
2. He couldn't work out how to add a new network to mIRC in two weeks? I honestly do not believe him. He's either lying, not trying, or really, really dumb.
3. "I have heard that over 90% of all Web-connected people in the world use this browser, but I find this hard to believe." You do? No, of course you don't. You're just trolling. (Although the point about Mozilla being superior is well taken. It is.)
4. "My copy of Windows XP Pro seems to have a program included with it called 'Windows Messenger' that, as far as I can tell, is some sort of ad delivery mechanism." It was at this point that I realised this was not a genuine attempt to learn Windows, it's mostly a giant Windows flame-fest.
Even the sarcastic comment about Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V at the top is rendered utterly pointless by the end of the story, where he admits that in fact it's simply what you're used to.
This is indeed still the case in the UK, any form which collects personal data must have a "No you may not give my data to anyone else" option, and that includes web forms served from the UK.
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It seems to be working already.
buying drugs is an offence... mainly because of the harm it causes to the user
I realise this is off-topic, but I feel the need to vent anyway. I have never understood why it is illegal to do harm to yourself. After all, you own your body, is it as least once thing that isn't licensed to you (Does God have a EULA?), and so why shouldn't we be allowed to do whatever we want to it?
The only arguments I can think of are:
Intentional damage to yourself will cost the state money when you check yourself into a hospital. This applies in countries like mine, the UK, but not the USA, where healthcare is not funded by the government. Even in the UK, I wonder how hard it would be to limit the free healthcare to those who did not cause intentional damage to themselves. (It would also be very handy to lump smokers into this category.)
The other argument I can think of is
Being under the influence of drugs may prompt you to cause harm to others. This, surely, can be solved in neater ways than banning drugs outright. Ban them in public places, but allow them at home.
I don't take drugs, I don't even smoke, but banning them does seem unfair.
Anyway... </rant>
Although this is a pretty depressing state of affairs, don't be so damn naive. 99% of Virtual PC users run Windows on it, and nothing else.
such as the ability to put an "and" in your search
Eh?
Search for Black and White.
Or did you mean a logical "and"? Google does this by default, including all words in a search.
Has anyone actually seen an X10 ad recently? Since buying a Mac and now using Safari as my browser, I don't get any pop-ups anymore, X10 or otherwise, but I haven't seen any "regular" banner ads for them either, and I'm not blocking those.
Are they actually still advertising?
Most popular for who?
Most popular for computer equipment manufacturers...
No, that wasn't me. I can't prove it, but there you go.
Here and here.
It is indeed there just to placate the RIAA. The restriction is 10 burns per identical playlist too, and not per track. You can get around the restriction by recording a new, tiny, silent track, and sticking it on the end of the disc.
Presto, 10 more burns.
Rinse, repeat.
The very cheapest devices are non-bluetooth. For anything other than budget, it tends to come bluetooth-enabled whether you want it or not.
This, I'm sure, has helped with adoption of the technology.
A large percentage of new mobile phones from the major manufacturers are all equipped with Bluetooth, and combined with GPRS, it's an ideal way to connect your laptop to the internet when you're on the move.
It allows my calendar on my Mac to synchronise with the calendar on my organiser, it lets me send files to and from my office PC without the need for a network, and it's even used for wireless keyboards, mice, and audio headsets.
It's the wireless equivalent of USB, and it works just fine thank you.
No price is given. Presumably, if you need to ask, you can't afford it...
Many astronomical events, such a gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, last for a very short amount of time, so it is important to get any many people observing them as possible as soon as they are detected.
Time is indeed of the essence.
Yes, the ones and zeros definitely sound better when travelling through this cable that costs 50 extra... ;P
It's not a hoax, I've seen one of the smaller versions of these things in Harrods, London, UK.
They're gorgeous.
http://www.bbcworld.com/content/template_clickonli ne.asp?pageid=666&co_pageid=3
Please note that the USA is not "anyone". iTunes Music Store is not available outside the USA.
Nah, XBox 3 will be the killer. Everyone knows MS always does well on version 3.
Now it works fine.
Slow down cowboy! Error messages should not be patronising.
The daily builds of Camino now use a sidebar instead of a drawer.
Aside from the really obvious massive bias that Roblimo has, he's completely anti-Windows even before he starts, lets rebut a few points:
(Note: I'm defending Windows in the interests of fairness. I am in fact a Macintosh user.)
1. mIRC does not blink "Your evaluation time is up", it's just a registration reminder. In fact, you can use it forever without registering, although this is morally and legally questionable, it never stops working.
2. He couldn't work out how to add a new network to mIRC in two weeks? I honestly do not believe him. He's either lying, not trying, or really, really dumb.
3. "I have heard that over 90% of all Web-connected people in the world use this browser, but I find this hard to believe." You do? No, of course you don't. You're just trolling. (Although the point about Mozilla being superior is well taken. It is.)
4. "My copy of Windows XP Pro seems to have a program included with it called 'Windows Messenger' that, as far as I can tell, is some sort of ad delivery mechanism." It was at this point that I realised this was not a genuine attempt to learn Windows, it's mostly a giant Windows flame-fest.
Even the sarcastic comment about Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V at the top is rendered utterly pointless by the end of the story, where he admits that in fact it's simply what you're used to.
What a waste of time that article was.
This is indeed still the case in the UK, any form which collects personal data must have a "No you may not give my data to anyone else" option, and that includes web forms served from the UK.
Bluetooth, high-res screen, nicer shape, and the fact that I own a P800 and am already familiar with them.
Personally, I would rather wait for the Sony Ericsson P900, also out soon.
Brings new meaning to "ugly naked guy".