My gut instinct is to agree with you, and contribute the truism "you get the government you deserve".
If people are dissatisfied, I think they need to vote fringe - whatever party YOU think will represent you, or at least send a message to the incumbents. Sure, none of them are going to get elected, at least not anytime soon, but you have exactly one vote. For all the difference it makes, you may as well cast it with your conscience.
Enough people do it, change will happen*
*not withstanding any "errors" introduced by those fantastic electronic voting machines...
I played it for a bit too and was impressed with how well it would have held up against the ATARI 2600 crop of games 20 years down the road. Some of those really stunk
>> it seems like every single CD I order arrives with a cracked case.
Pretty much to be expected using a carrier that is pronounced "OOPS!"
I avoid UPS if at all possible. Usually on time, often damaged and with obscene customs fees on cross border shipments.
Why some businesses insist on inflicting these guys on their customers is beyond me.
I've seen employees tape over lights that annoyed, tape foam over speaker grills that alarmed and habitually lay small weights on their keyboards to avoid an AFK logout. For some folks, this keyboard will just be another annoyance to overcome.
This might allow someone who _would_ log out anyway to do so automatically, but if pitched as a "fix" for not following policy, think again.
Pretty standard amongst publishers of maps, dictionaries etc. - anything where the legitimate content lends itself to wholesale theft without obviously looking stolen as a result.
So the big question I guess is:
"step 4: A 3rd party with no connection searches for the tweaked term on bing." If they get the results seeded by google for a spurious term, it smells funny.
>> What is the point of going dark on the internet?
I'm thinking this isn't about the rest of the world or they'd be kicking journalists out too They're not worrying about the UN (who does?) and the US is busy elsewhere (everywhere?) at the moment
I bet this is intended to degrade communication within the country and limit coordination of the protests. I bet it is also not gonna help. - I saw footage someplace of what looked like protesters riding on the outside of a military vehicle & figured their government is done...
After the umpteenth crash on my Toshiba laptop running win7, I upgraded it to slack 13.1. The volume/mute controls worked out of the box. - this is on a approx one year old laptop. Try googling your particular laptop + linux - you might find it a painless upgrade.
>> You sound as if that article contains something that is news to you? How so?
Not all of us have worked (or even been to) UAE.
So yeah, the article was a good read for me. Plenty of the content covers problems that have been reported elsewhere, but some of it was new to me and worth the read.
another vote in favour of reading it. thanks to GP for the link.
>> What is with all these pro-USA governments in democratically elected western countries?
At least in Canada, the right* is unified. They are decent fundraisers. The left is fragmented and doesn't tap its' base for funds as efficiently.
The result, as things stand is a pro-us minority in power that is very receptive to big business.
* our "right" is two notches left of your demos...
>> I doubt GM / Ford / Ferrari will be too worried about off white lumpy 'cars' with plastic engines
Given the huuuuge percentage of the cars that are built from plastic chunks that are often stupid expensive to replace, they should be worried.
The last window repair I had done required buying an entire (new) actuator with all ancillary parts, because some 20 cent plastic piece gave up in the cold.
None of the scrap yards around here had a used one because - guess what - they all break on this poorly engineered p.o.s. (less than 4 years old, just off warranty)
If I had access to a makerbot/reprap, I woulda taken a stab at making the part myself. perhaps it'd fail, perhaps not.
When these printers get a little more user-friendly and make a decent installed base, it'll be something any company ripping us for small parts will need to think about.
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fix the problem nicely. Not sure what add-on gets rid of "stories" like this. Did anyone else think "paid link" once the site loaded?
>> That does not require the CC number to be displayed.
Bingo. principle of least privilege. hide what isn't needed from the folks that don't need it.
You, me and about a thousand people reading this thread probably get it.
Sounds like their system was designed by a second semester intern
nah, this has been fairly well reported on/discussed for the last day or so. I'd drop a link to his version of the book, but I'd hate like hell for someone to mistakenly buy it.
context is everything. the use of the word throughout the novel punches home the bone deep, offhanded racism present in the protagonist and the people of his time.
A shame the publisher doesn't think we're smart enough to understand the book as written.
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My gut instinct is to agree with you, and contribute the truism "you get the government you deserve".
If people are dissatisfied, I think they need to vote fringe - whatever party YOU think will represent you, or at least send a message to the incumbents. Sure, none of them are going to get elected, at least not anytime soon, but you have exactly one vote. For all the difference it makes, you may as well cast it with your conscience.
Enough people do it, change will happen*
*not withstanding any "errors" introduced by those fantastic electronic voting machines...
I played it for a bit too and was impressed with how well it would have held up against the ATARI 2600 crop of games 20 years down the road. Some of those really stunk
>> it seems like every single CD I order arrives with a cracked case.
Pretty much to be expected using a carrier that is pronounced "OOPS!"
I avoid UPS if at all possible. Usually on time, often damaged and with obscene customs fees on cross border shipments.
Why some businesses insist on inflicting these guys on their customers is beyond me.
I think you are right about the duct tape.
I've seen employees tape over lights that annoyed, tape foam over speaker grills that alarmed and habitually lay small weights on their keyboards to avoid an AFK logout. For some folks, this keyboard will just be another annoyance to overcome. This might allow someone who _would_ log out anyway to do so automatically, but if pitched as a "fix" for not following policy, think again.
Can't fix people with hardware.
How I try to reduce my risk banking online:
1. Never ever log in from work.
2. Use a virtual machine w/ Minimal install of non Windows OS
3. Only use the VM for banking. Close it when done.
why did mentos spring immediately to mind?
should have called the vendor and done an RMA on it afterwards.
"It just quit working, I don't understand..."
FYI Teksavvy just bumped their "limited" plan to 300gb/month after scrapping the UBB.
If the CRTC's speed matching ruling ever comes into force, I'll be happy...
I bought an N900 because I wanted a bash shell in my pocket. I won't buy a Nokia running W7 anytime soon.
You post made me think of this technique.
Pretty standard amongst publishers of maps, dictionaries etc. - anything where the legitimate content lends itself to wholesale theft without obviously looking stolen as a result.
So the big question I guess is: "step 4: A 3rd party with no connection searches for the tweaked term on bing."
If they get the results seeded by google for a spurious term, it smells funny.
This keeps the US safe from the terrorists how exactly?
Change the name to 'The Department of Homeland Security and Corporate Enforcement' guys
I get the red bar stories too - and as you can tell from my #, I am new.
>> What is the point of going dark on the internet?
I'm thinking this isn't about the rest of the world or they'd be kicking journalists out too
They're not worrying about the UN (who does?) and the US is busy elsewhere (everywhere?) at the moment
I bet this is intended to degrade communication within the country and limit coordination of the protests.
I bet it is also not gonna help. - I saw footage someplace of what looked like protesters riding on the outside of a military vehicle & figured their government is done...
Jesus christ. I really LOL'd. Thank you.
WTB +5 funnycuzitstrue mod
After the umpteenth crash on my Toshiba laptop running win7, I upgraded it to slack 13.1.
The volume/mute controls worked out of the box. - this is on a approx one year old laptop.
Try googling your particular laptop + linux - you might find it a painless upgrade.
>> You sound as if that article contains something that is news to you? How so?
Not all of us have worked (or even been to) UAE.
So yeah, the article was a good read for me. Plenty of the content covers problems that have been reported elsewhere, but some of it was new to me and worth the read.
another vote in favour of reading it. thanks to GP for the link.
>> What is with all these pro-USA governments in democratically elected western countries?
At least in Canada, the right* is unified. They are decent fundraisers. The left is fragmented and doesn't tap its' base for funds as efficiently.
The result, as things stand is a pro-us minority in power that is very receptive to big business.
* our "right" is two notches left of your demos...
>> I doubt GM / Ford / Ferrari will be too worried about off white lumpy 'cars' with plastic engines
Given the huuuuge percentage of the cars that are built from plastic chunks that are often stupid expensive to replace, they should be worried.
The last window repair I had done required buying an entire (new) actuator with all ancillary parts, because some 20 cent plastic piece gave up in the cold.
None of the scrap yards around here had a used one because - guess what - they all break on this poorly engineered p.o.s. (less than 4 years old, just off warranty)
If I had access to a makerbot/reprap, I woulda taken a stab at making the part myself. perhaps it'd fail, perhaps not.
When these printers get a little more user-friendly and make a decent installed base, it'll be something any company ripping us for small parts will need to think about.
Ad Block No script fix the problem nicely.
Not sure what add-on gets rid of "stories" like this. Did anyone else think "paid link" once the site loaded?
this Dilbert Cartoon leaps to mind.
>> That does not require the CC number to be displayed.
Bingo. principle of least privilege. hide what isn't needed from the folks that don't need it.
You, me and about a thousand people reading this thread probably get it.
Sounds like their system was designed by a second semester intern
>> The US government are starting to embarrass themselves in front of an international crowd.
starting?
>>or maybe the article poster is making up shit ?
nah, this has been fairly well reported on/discussed for the last day or so. I'd drop a link to his version of the book, but I'd hate like hell for someone to mistakenly buy it.
context is everything. the use of the word throughout the novel punches home the bone deep, offhanded racism present in the protagonist and the people of his time.
A shame the publisher doesn't think we're smart enough to understand the book as written.
>>Ha! Wait until you enter the rule of Corporate Law.
until? Thought we were already there.
my (former) ISP took a looooong time to patch that poisoning exploit last year. I quit using them for DNS then.