True, I've not seen a Mutual Obligation activity where one picks up rubbish from the side of the road, however most activities are of the gardening, weeding and painting gravestones variety. Unless one lives in a capital city of course, where you might get more variety.
I've only had to do one stint of 'work for the dole' Mutual Obligation, helping with gardening, mowing etc. I can tell you that the participants are pretty much regarded as free labour and are revenue-positive for many setups. The govt gives WftD projects around $1300 to take on attendees for 6 months, each participant being expected to work 15-30 hours a week depending on personal circumstances.
Incidentally, I volunteered for it alright, I had to pick a work for the dole activity or lose my payments.
While not a MUD client in of itself, I prefer to use PuTTY on the Win32 platform simply because its' light, quick and supports ANSI colours. Yes, zMUD is the primary MUD client for Win32, however I have always found zMUD to be clunky and buggy since its 3.x days.
Yes, that is true, European copyrights ARE 95 years, for NEW copyrights. They didnt make the extension retrospective like the USA's act. (And oh how the *AA tried). So anything made in the 1950's had a copyright of 50 years in Europe stayed at 50.
The retrospective extension of copyright is one of the issues that Lawrence Lessig is fighting in the supreme court. I hope for all our sakes that he is victorious.
a) If an Australian broke a US law, in Australia, the Australian courts would happily agree that the USA has jurisdiction if someone actually bothered to prosecute.
b) If a US person with money/political power broke an Australian law *and came to Australia/or while in Australia* you can bet your sweet ass that the USA would block any such attempt or our own USA-ass-kissing govt would interfere and kill off any such action.
Witness the increase of agricultural subsidies in the USA while trying to encourage us to lower OUR already small tariff's, mouthing the phrase 'free trade' as an example of 'one rule for us, different rules for the world'
A GSM tower has far less coverage than analogue (about half), plus GSM just drops out at the edge of range. With analog you'd at least get scratchy reception.
The only advantage of GSM over analog is that is (supposedly) harder to listen in on conversations. Although that doesnt stop those who really want to do so (criminal or otherwise).
Actually, that all depends on how old your setup is. I live in Australia, so divde by 2 to get the USD equivalent (or thereabouts). The CPU itself, costs $99 AUD, a SDRAM board will cost you around 150 (more for DDR) and the RAM will set you back (Say, 256mb), is about 90$.
So all up, that will be around $340, or 170 USD. That's assuming you dont need to purchase a new case and peripherals for your upgrade, too. Even in USD thats an $80 minimum price difference. For those on a low budget or simply unwilling to buy a gigahertz CPU, this is not bad. Afterall, why should I need a gigahertz CPU to run my OS, use a productivity suite and watch some movies when a 500mhz can do the job just as well.
The battle for control over the freedom of information and the right to use digital information with the same 'fair use' conventions as those of the analog versions is over. The corporations have already won, we havent even realised it yet.
We, slashdot readers, are the minority of people who actually care about such issues. The average person, the majority of the population, does not care and has been dumbed down by years of propaganda. Joe Blow doesnt have time to care about the rights he has for using and watching his DVD, he just wants to be able to see them. The corporations behind such digital control acts have done their work well. They have consistently portrayed all those opposing such works as pirates seeking to rip off honest companies. They have been working behind the scences, lobbying governments to put in place laws and structures restricting copyright. Indeed, earlier laws introduced by the USA, has merely 'softened up' the public for subsequent ones.
Any lobbying by the EFF or other freedom organisation will be portrayed in the media as the work of extremists and ignored as such. I have repeatedly written polite letters to members of parliment about important issues (I live in Australia, sigh) and I usually get a 'thank you for your interest' response.
Now, the EU is issuing a Directive to other Eurpoean states to pass laws similar to the DMCA, while not binding, you can bet that the states will be pressured to comply. With millions of consumers living under such laws, the rest of the world will a)be subject to the rule of those laws (Skarlov (sp?)case in point) b)be pressured by the companies to introduce similar laws.
Hmm, I remember reading the first novel, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy when I was just 12 years old. Absolutely loved it, laughed myself silly when I got the chance to hire out the TV series on video some years later. (I'm only 23!).
I must say however that I was rather saddened by the last book, Mostly Harmless, as it was a very poignant (sp?) way to end the series. And it happened far too quickly. After reading that novel it felt like Wham, Bam, thank you Ma'am and the Earth is no more.
But I digress:). I feel that those works which Mr Adam's was composing prior to his death should remain unpublished or perhaps set in public domain instead of copyrighted by his estate.
As for a movie? God save us all! I can just imagine some Hollywood director/producer getting their hands on The Guide and mutilating the plot in the name of a good movie. I would rather the excellent trilogy' be what Mr Adams is remembered for, not some crappy movie looking to cash in on his death.
So long, Mr Adams, and thanks for all the fish.
Yes, I remember when the main fiber op got cut to Australia - Most of the USA was unreachable unless you were signed up with an ISP that had its' own private link to the USA and even then it was dog-slow. So unless you were with either the incumbent telco (Telstra) or with another BIG ISP (OzEmail) you were pretty much screwed.
I will use a browser based on the following criteria (listed in order of importance)
1. Fully supports and correctly renders HTML 4.0, XML, CSS1/CSS2 as defined by W3C.
2. Does not crash more than once a day (preferably less).
3. Consumes less than 10Mb RAM when loaded.
Personally, I use an email client (Pine:) for email, a news reader (tin) for news, and a browser (Opera) for browsing. Its only the masses that want all those extra's jammed into one big, bloated piece of software.
Btw, according to Mozilla's milestone plan, M11 is at least 2 weeks overdue, which of course pushes back the release date for all other milestones *sigh*.
For those who say so long and good riddance to Mir, remember that without Mir NASA would have had to find another (and probably less reliable method) of studying the long-term effects of living in space. Mir taught NASA a great deal about potential problems and how to deal with them quickly. Also Mir's inital design life was a mere 3 years. It has now reached the grand old age of 13, although its' usefulnes declined in around '97 with the spate of accidents. Even at 11 years, Mir lasted almost 3 times its' expected age which is something for Russia to be proud of in my book. Let us hope that the vastly overbudget ISS can at least outlive its' design life by a few years. So do not mock Mir and say 'good riddance' but wave farewell to a station that has aged well through all kinds of storms.
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True, I've not seen a Mutual Obligation activity where one picks up rubbish from the side of the road, however most activities are of the gardening, weeding and painting gravestones variety. Unless one lives in a capital city of course, where you might get more variety.
I've only had to do one stint of 'work for the dole' Mutual Obligation, helping with gardening, mowing etc. I can tell you that the participants are pretty much regarded as free labour and are revenue-positive for many setups. The govt gives WftD projects around $1300 to take on attendees for 6 months, each participant being expected to work 15-30 hours a week depending on personal circumstances.
Incidentally, I volunteered for it alright, I had to pick a work for the dole activity or lose my payments.
To paraphrase the CEO of Sun:
Freedom of spech is dead, get over it.
While not a MUD client in of itself, I prefer to use PuTTY on the Win32 platform simply because its' light, quick and supports ANSI colours. Yes, zMUD is the primary MUD client for Win32, however I have always found zMUD to be clunky and buggy since its 3.x days.
My 5 cents
Yes, that is true, European copyrights ARE 95 years, for NEW copyrights. They didnt make the extension retrospective like the USA's act. (And oh how the *AA tried). So anything made in the 1950's had a copyright of 50 years in Europe stayed at 50.
The retrospective extension of copyright is one of the issues that Lawrence Lessig is fighting in the supreme court. I hope for all our sakes that he is victorious.
Excuse me for sounding just a tad bitter however:
a) If an Australian broke a US law, in Australia, the Australian courts would happily agree that the USA has jurisdiction if someone actually bothered to prosecute.
b) If a US person with money/political power broke an Australian law *and came to Australia/or while in Australia* you can bet your sweet ass that the USA would block any such attempt or our own USA-ass-kissing govt would interfere and kill off any such action.
Witness the increase of agricultural subsidies in the USA while trying to encourage us to lower OUR already small tariff's, mouthing the phrase 'free trade' as an example of 'one rule for us, different rules for the world'
A GSM tower has far less coverage than analogue (about half), plus GSM just drops out at the edge of range. With analog you'd at least get scratchy reception.
The only advantage of GSM over analog is that is (supposedly) harder to listen in on conversations. Although that doesnt stop those who really want to do so (criminal or otherwise).
Actually, that all depends on how old your setup is. I live in Australia, so divde by 2 to get the USD equivalent (or thereabouts). The CPU itself, costs $99 AUD, a SDRAM board will cost you around 150 (more for DDR) and the RAM will set you back (Say, 256mb), is about 90$.
So all up, that will be around $340, or 170 USD. That's assuming you dont need to purchase a new case and peripherals for your upgrade, too. Even in USD thats an $80 minimum price difference. For those on a low budget or simply unwilling to buy a gigahertz CPU, this is not bad. Afterall, why should I need a gigahertz CPU to run my OS, use a productivity suite and watch some movies when a 500mhz can do the job just as well.
The battle for control over the freedom of information and the right to use digital information with the same 'fair use' conventions as those of the analog versions is over. The corporations have already won, we havent even realised it yet.
We, slashdot readers, are the minority of people who actually care about such issues. The average person, the majority of the population, does not care and has been dumbed down by years of propaganda. Joe Blow doesnt have time to care about the rights he has for using and watching his DVD, he just wants to be able to see them. The corporations behind such digital control acts have done their work well. They have consistently portrayed all those opposing such works as pirates seeking to rip off honest companies. They have been working behind the scences, lobbying governments to put in place laws and structures restricting copyright. Indeed, earlier laws introduced by the USA, has merely 'softened up' the public for subsequent ones.
Any lobbying by the EFF or other freedom organisation will be portrayed in the media as the work of extremists and ignored as such. I have repeatedly written polite letters to members of parliment about important issues (I live in Australia, sigh) and I usually get a 'thank you for your interest' response.
Now, the EU is issuing a Directive to other Eurpoean states to pass laws similar to the DMCA, while not binding, you can bet that the states will be pressured to comply. With millions of consumers living under such laws, the rest of the world will a)be subject to the rule of those laws (Skarlov (sp?)case in point) b)be pressured by the companies to introduce similar laws.
Game Over!
Hmm, I remember reading the first novel, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy when I was just 12 years old. Absolutely loved it, laughed myself silly when I got the chance to hire out the TV series on video some years later. (I'm only 23!). I must say however that I was rather saddened by the last book, Mostly Harmless, as it was a very poignant (sp?) way to end the series. And it happened far too quickly. After reading that novel it felt like Wham, Bam, thank you Ma'am and the Earth is no more. But I digress :). I feel that those works which Mr Adam's was composing prior to his death should remain unpublished or perhaps set in public domain instead of copyrighted by his estate.
As for a movie? God save us all! I can just imagine some Hollywood director/producer getting their hands on The Guide and mutilating the plot in the name of a good movie. I would rather the excellent trilogy' be what Mr Adams is remembered for, not some crappy movie looking to cash in on his death.
So long, Mr Adams, and thanks for all the fish.
Yes, I remember when the main fiber op got cut to Australia - Most of the USA was unreachable unless you were signed up with an ISP that had its' own private link to the USA and even then it was dog-slow. So unless you were with either the incumbent telco (Telstra) or with another BIG ISP (OzEmail) you were pretty much screwed.
I will use a browser based on the following criteria (listed in order of importance)
:) for email, a news reader (tin) for news, and a browser (Opera) for browsing. Its only the masses that want all those extra's jammed into one big, bloated piece of software.
1. Fully supports and correctly renders HTML 4.0, XML, CSS1/CSS2 as defined by W3C.
2. Does not crash more than once a day (preferably less).
3. Consumes less than 10Mb RAM when loaded.
Personally, I use an email client (Pine
Btw, according to Mozilla's milestone plan, M11 is at least 2 weeks overdue, which of course pushes back the release date for all other milestones *sigh*.
For those who say so long and good riddance to Mir, remember that without Mir NASA would have had to find another (and probably less reliable method) of studying the long-term effects of living in space. Mir taught NASA a great deal about potential problems and how to deal with them quickly. Also Mir's inital design life was a mere 3 years. It has now reached the grand old age of 13, although its' usefulnes declined in around '97 with the spate of accidents. Even at 11 years, Mir lasted almost 3 times its' expected age which is something for Russia to be proud of in my book. Let us hope that the vastly overbudget ISS can at least outlive its' design life by a few years. So do not mock Mir and say 'good riddance' but wave farewell to a station that has aged well through all kinds of storms.