seems to be the design prototype for a bunch of Bluetooth headsets. It's just silly. The nift factor of obviously wearing a headset will wear off very quickly, and leave the BlueSpoon users just looking like ST geeks.
When I inprocessed into the US Army in 1989, the immunizations they gave to everyone were administered by medics using what looked and sounded like an airgun.
Old news. I inprocessed in 1974 and the airgun injections were well-established even then.
The actual mechanism is a high-power squirt gun. Somewhat disturbing to watch the medic cleaning one out by shooting into a trash can 20 feet away. And whatever you do, don't flinch! They told us this in those exact words. One session, they were giving one in each arm, and one guy didn't see the second one coming and flinched away. He ended up with a bunch of stitches to close up the gash.
We need less government, less welfare, less projects, less help.
Almost. How about no welfare, no projects and no help? You're absolutely right that the gov. has no business protecting us from ourselves. But the meme is strong, having been birthed by the Great Depression. Natural economic law would have had the US tank at that point because the economic system failed. But the government stepped in and suspended reality. That suspension is still in effect, as vast sums of money extorted from the public at large are dedicated to supporting otherwise useless societal units. But that fits right in with the unslakeable thirst for power that drives our "leaders". Face it, they won't be satisfied until they achieve their optimal balance: 50% police state, 50% welfare state.
Certainly there are industry people that consider only NT 4 as being the only MS OS at all securable and only then because it has been around long enough to pretty much have it's holes ironed out.
But what about mailing lists and whatnot operated by small organizations?
Whitelists are the obvious solution. So perhaps instead of charging for every email (with a rebate mechanism, perhaps), we should just charge for the first piece to enter the system.
it's obsessively perfect engineering that you describe that's put Starbucks so tremendously in the hole with their WiFi plans.
No, it's T-Mobile's bone-headed move to monthly subscriptions from a daily ad hoc rate that's killing the Starbucks Wi-Fi. Just so happens I was in San Francisco last week, needed to get online and was near a Starbucks. They make a big deal out of being able to get a "free day pass", but when you try to get one, you find out that you have to subscribe first (and it's a monthly sub, so the value of a "day pass" is dubious at best), not to mention that the T-Mobile site is confusing as hell. "Click here if you're already a T-Mobile subscriber"... but that doesn't take you to a signup form.
Zark it! I just used my T-Mobile GPRS. I don't need a monthly subscription, ferchrissakes! I want to be able to buy a few hours or a day (if I have to) of high-speed once in a while when I'm on the road.
Next time, use something designed for the application. (that KSM067 looks like it could withstand a karaoke bar)
Seriously, a karaoke bar isn't a cyber cafe. The patrons aren't geeks and have absolutely no respect for computer gear. Putting a standard keyboard out there is just asking for vandalism.
If anybody has bought anything advertised by email, or is considering doing so, or knows anybody who buys from email advertisements, then please be aware: you are supporting the criminals who are deliberately and maliciously attacking your computer, and the computers of your friends.
Take a breath, sport. There are legitimate email advertisements. That's why Computer Geeks gets some of my money, and why the whole damn spam debate is so hard to clearly delineate. When you want to go off on criminal spammers, use a little more linguistic precision. </rant>
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But don't type 'wget -r --accept=.rpm --http-user= --http-pass= http://linuxupdate.sco.com/scolinux/update/RPMS.up dates/', no sir! That just wouldn't be friendly, now would it?
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This is akin to blaming Smith and Wesson for injuries to the neighbors when you fire your gun in random directions.
Nit: It's more akin to blaming Smith & Wesson when mayhem results from you firing your Glock in random directions.
This is why I think linux should be hard - so that you have to work a little to get in to "the club" and then continue to work to enjoy the benefits.
Amen, brother! How often do I think back to the days when the only ways to get on the net were be a wizard or go to college. (weren't Septembers fun then?) Then Prodigy launched the September That Never Ended, and it's really been downhill since.
It would seem that the real goal is to show how many people are stupid enough to still click on attachments when they have no idea what the fuck they are.
Weird thing is : it arrived to a non-existant address on my domain (and was forwarded to the catch-all). I have no idea how it got that email...
It's called a "dictionary attack". I saw incoming to 3 non-existant names on my domain last night, plus about half a dozen bounces where the From: line was forged to be a non-existant user here.
The money may "go to the RIAA", but in reality it's going to pay off the debts incurred by the bands.
And you can be assured that the RIAA members structure the contracts such that most artists never see a dime of that money. At the absolute best, a signed artist can only expect to get 90% of their due, because the "standard" recording contract includes a 10% "breakage" withholding (dating from the days when shellac records would often be damaged in transit, whereas now substantially less then 1% spoilage occurs).
So, once again: The RIAA members screw their artists at every turn.
Me, I only buy used or direct from the artist these days.
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Maybe John was right after all.
Fortunately, at least one headset isn't ugly, garish and obvious.
OTOH, Jabra seems to have done it right.
The actual mechanism is a high-power squirt gun. Somewhat disturbing to watch the medic cleaning one out by shooting into a trash can 20 feet away. And whatever you do, don't flinch! They told us this in those exact words. One session, they were giving one in each arm, and one guy didn't see the second one coming and flinched away. He ended up with a bunch of stitches to close up the gash.
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Any OS is secure if you don't turn on the computer. After that, all bets are off.
Wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it firsthand.
The Computer is your Friend. Trust the Computer.
Zark it! I just used my T-Mobile GPRS. I don't need a monthly subscription, ferchrissakes! I want to be able to buy a few hours or a day (if I have to) of high-speed once in a while when I'm on the road.
Seriously, a karaoke bar isn't a cyber cafe. The patrons aren't geeks and have absolutely no respect for computer gear. Putting a standard keyboard out there is just asking for vandalism.
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Take a breath, sport. There are legitimate email advertisements. That's why Computer Geeks gets some of my money, and why the whole damn spam debate is so hard to clearly delineate. When you want to go off on criminal spammers, use a little more linguistic precision.
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But don't type 'wget -r --accept=.rpm --http-user= --http-pass= http://linuxupdate.sco.com/scolinux/update/RPMS.up dates/', no sir! That just wouldn't be friendly, now would it?
Two jackaii?
ThinkGeek has the answer to this problem.
So, once again: The RIAA members screw their artists at every turn.
Me, I only buy used or direct from the artist these days.