What happens when the cutover from one system to the backup system fails? How do you avoid a single point of failure? Yes, you could run both pumps in parallel at half power and devise some means of shutting off a failed pump and running the other at full power. That *still* introduces more complexity and more potential failures.
It's like they say about twin-engine aircraft - if one engine goes, the other has enough power to fly you right to where the crash happens.
Is there any parody or ridicule that is not exactly the same as the anti-Semitic propaganda produced by the Nazis?
You make quite a good point there; it's ridiculous to the point of parody. The trouble is, it was created as hate speech by an anti-islamic group which kind of knocks the parody idea on the head. These are the same people who support the idea of having the Israelis herd even more Palestinians into ghettoes and exterminating them; something you'd think the Israelis would have more sense than to do.
So under freedom of speech, should they be allowed to publish neo-Nazi material too? Post up a video calling for the extermination of all the Jews and see how long it takes before it gets pulled.
This "Innocence of Muslims" video is exactly the same as the anti-Semetic propaganda produced by the Nazis 80-odd years ago.
I quit Mensa because it was full of astonishingly stupid people. IQ is not a measurement of intelligence, it's a measure of ability to do well on IQ tests.
The problem with Mensa and "clever" Eton scholars is that while they might test quite high, they couldn't think their way out of a wet paper bag. They're awesome at passing tests, but useless at actually thinking.
He's right wing, so I'm surprised he's literate enough to understand the big words in the article.
Have you noticed how people to the right of the political spectrum always seem a bit less intelligent, and have a noticeably lower reading comprehension age?
Yeah, kind of the same as the "peace-loving" "Christians" who attacked cinema patrons and staff, and firebombed cinemas that showed The Last Temptation of Christ.
Oh those wacky Christians! What will they do next?
Well yeah, exactly - this is what the tech support guy was "saying without saying".
It's worth noting that they block outgoing 25 on ADSL too, presumably for the same reason. There are too many Windows machines still sitting there in people's houses hooked up to ADSL, and every one pumping out spam.
Orange block SMTP that goes through port 25 but not their mail servers; they will allow you to add email addresses to a list that will be passed through their system unmolested.
Having spoken to Orange tech support, they were quite clear that port 25 was filtered, and that wasn't going to change. There was absolutely no way to get my mail sent on port 25 without passing through their servers. I thanked the tech support guy for his help, having spotted what he was saying between the lines.
Here's a hint - these days, most people should be using SSL or TLS with SMTP...
Because, like WHAM, we can not make a distinction between being witness to a crime and being participant in a crime? When did that happen?
It's because it's a "strict liability" offence, like speeding. You might be doing 90mph up the high street to get a little old lady to the hospital, but you're still going to get done for speeding.
You know, it's only in the US that animals are routinely pumped full of hormones and antibiotics. In the rest of the world it's discouraged if not actually illegal.
If I lived in the US I'd be vegan. Oh, wait, the vegetables are full of chemical crap too. Well, it's a good job I'm not in the US, then.
Most people at the time seemed to be thinking "aw, there's some shit going on outside, let's leave via the international arrivals hall, it's closer to the car park anyway". I'm sure *some* people were freaking out, but most people weren't.
The only significant terrorist attacks in the UK have been carried out by white Christians, generally Irish. Since these attacks were largely funded by US Republicans eager to help "the folks back home", maybe we should be watching Americans too, since they think it's okay to commit terrorist acts.
We've never had any bother from the Muslims here, at all.
Oh, that old chestnut. I think you'll find that US cities have just as many CCTV cameras - possibly more - as UK cities.
The number that's often trotted out only works if there's a CCTV camera for every 50m (yes, fifty metres, about ten car lengths) of road right down to dirt farm tracks - which is clearly not the case.
What I want to know is, when is it going to be the year of Windows on the desktop? With the new not-Metro interface, it looks like WIndows is getting pretty close to being as powerful and sophisticated as GNUStep...
We have a right-wing government. That means *big* government, who want to put their sticky little fingers into everything. That means everything state-funded must be sold off, and the money pumped into private companies which just co-incidentally happen to have certain politicians on their board.
So, what's going to happen is the NHS is going to be taken apart, and replaced by private healthcare, with - like all countries that have private healthcare - massive waiting lists, dirty hospitals with primitive equipment crippling debts for anyone who gets ill, and big flash cars in the hospital admin car parks.
Healthcare is too important to leave to private industry.
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What happens when the cutover from one system to the backup system fails? How do you avoid a single point of failure? Yes, you could run both pumps in parallel at half power and devise some means of shutting off a failed pump and running the other at full power. That *still* introduces more complexity and more potential failures.
It's like they say about twin-engine aircraft - if one engine goes, the other has enough power to fly you right to where the crash happens.
Civilised people don't drink and drive, either.
Is there any parody or ridicule that is not exactly the same as the anti-Semitic propaganda produced by the Nazis?
You make quite a good point there; it's ridiculous to the point of parody. The trouble is, it was created as hate speech by an anti-islamic group which kind of knocks the parody idea on the head. These are the same people who support the idea of having the Israelis herd even more Palestinians into ghettoes and exterminating them; something you'd think the Israelis would have more sense than to do.
So under freedom of speech, should they be allowed to publish neo-Nazi material too? Post up a video calling for the extermination of all the Jews and see how long it takes before it gets pulled.
This "Innocence of Muslims" video is exactly the same as the anti-Semetic propaganda produced by the Nazis 80-odd years ago.
I quit Mensa because it was full of astonishingly stupid people. IQ is not a measurement of intelligence, it's a measure of ability to do well on IQ tests.
The problem with Mensa and "clever" Eton scholars is that while they might test quite high, they couldn't think their way out of a wet paper bag. They're awesome at passing tests, but useless at actually thinking.
He's right wing, so I'm surprised he's literate enough to understand the big words in the article.
Have you noticed how people to the right of the political spectrum always seem a bit less intelligent, and have a noticeably lower reading comprehension age?
Yeah, kind of the same as the "peace-loving" "Christians" who attacked cinema patrons and staff, and firebombed cinemas that showed The Last Temptation of Christ.
Oh those wacky Christians! What will they do next?
Well yeah, exactly - this is what the tech support guy was "saying without saying".
It's worth noting that they block outgoing 25 on ADSL too, presumably for the same reason. There are too many Windows machines still sitting there in people's houses hooked up to ADSL, and every one pumping out spam.
Orange block SMTP that goes through port 25 but not their mail servers; they will allow you to add email addresses to a list that will be passed through their system unmolested.
Having spoken to Orange tech support, they were quite clear that port 25 was filtered, and that wasn't going to change. There was absolutely no way to get my mail sent on port 25 without passing through their servers. I thanked the tech support guy for his help, having spotted what he was saying between the lines.
Here's a hint - these days, most people should be using SSL or TLS with SMTP...
Why do you think those multiple "Linux desktop is dead" stories which were posted here in the last few weeks garnered so many comments?
Page views, and hence ad impressions.
Get a small child who is just about old enough to understand that telephones are for talking to people. They love to talk to *anyone* on the phone.
Did you know that if telemarketers hang up on a call, it counts against them in their call stats?
Because, like WHAM, we can not make a distinction between being witness to a crime and being participant in a crime? When did that happen?
It's because it's a "strict liability" offence, like speeding. You might be doing 90mph up the high street to get a little old lady to the hospital, but you're still going to get done for speeding.
You know, it's only in the US that animals are routinely pumped full of hormones and antibiotics. In the rest of the world it's discouraged if not actually illegal.
If I lived in the US I'd be vegan. Oh, wait, the vegetables are full of chemical crap too. Well, it's a good job I'm not in the US, then.
It's been done already. It's called Mac OSX.
It runs on FreeBSD rather than Linux, though.
Most people at the time seemed to be thinking "aw, there's some shit going on outside, let's leave via the international arrivals hall, it's closer to the car park anyway". I'm sure *some* people were freaking out, but most people weren't.
For it to be "terrorism", it would have to be in some way terrifying. It wasn't.
Oh that? Hardly significant. Give me a shout when they get to multiple thousands, like the American-funded Irish terrorists.
The Glasgow airport "attack" wasn't terrorism, it was two drunk Asian kids crashing a car. It happens all the time in Renfrew, it's a rough area.
The only significant terrorist attacks in the UK have been carried out by white Christians, generally Irish. Since these attacks were largely funded by US Republicans eager to help "the folks back home", maybe we should be watching Americans too, since they think it's okay to commit terrorist acts.
We've never had any bother from the Muslims here, at all.
Oh, that old chestnut. I think you'll find that US cities have just as many CCTV cameras - possibly more - as UK cities.
The number that's often trotted out only works if there's a CCTV camera for every 50m (yes, fifty metres, about ten car lengths) of road right down to dirt farm tracks - which is clearly not the case.
What I want to know is, when is it going to be the year of Windows on the desktop? With the new not-Metro interface, it looks like WIndows is getting pretty close to being as powerful and sophisticated as GNUStep...
We have a right-wing government. That means *big* government, who want to put their sticky little fingers into everything. That means everything state-funded must be sold off, and the money pumped into private companies which just co-incidentally happen to have certain politicians on their board.
So, what's going to happen is the NHS is going to be taken apart, and replaced by private healthcare, with - like all countries that have private healthcare - massive waiting lists, dirty hospitals with primitive equipment crippling debts for anyone who gets ill, and big flash cars in the hospital admin car parks.
Healthcare is too important to leave to private industry.
The royal family have no political power at all.
I'm not sure I follow. What does Prince Charles have to do with the government?
I suspect that an elderly person with mobility issues might not want to look after a dog that's roughly the same size and weight as them.