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From the article -
A final word of advice to anyone planning to enrol in the school - which has already had enquiries from abroad - if you want to pay by credit card, do it over the phone.
As the school's website says, paying over the internet isn't secure.
OK. So paying over the internet isn't secure. Paying over the phone is???
The only time I have ever needed a floppy, *ever*, is when I bought my network card - the drivers were on floppy. Ironic, I thought... I would have normally chosen to ftp the drivers onto the computer.
Ummm, if you are installing a NIC, wouldn't that mean you (probably) are not yet connected to the network? Wouldn't that make ftp access rather difficult?
The folks that make the dead tree books now don't type them out one at a time. I mean, they are probably composed on a computer. So they have already been written.
The only work that would have to be done would be for those companies to convert them to something suitable for viewing online.
I'm still a bit fuzzy on how they would make any money on this, considering they now charge "by the book" and once they are published digitally they will have to start playing the anti-piracy game, but you get the idea.
Just as a point of reference, Visa would not be calling you about possible fraudulent card usage. Visa would notify your card issuer (usually a bank) and they would make a decision about notifying you or not. Visa maintains the machine (Sun Ultra 10k, IIRC) that runs the scenarios and tracks usage, but the members, otherwise known as issuers and merchants, are the ones that use that information.
I maintain the global network for Visa, so I know a bit about the subject.
...other government agencies couldn't "think" so clearly.
But ACCC chairman Professor Allan Fels says they also act to keep prices high by restricting competition. "These restrictions are artificially imposed by a group of multinational film entertainment companies," Professor Fels said.
It's a good bet we won't see any US agencies speaking out the same way. And that's a shame.
Dutch scientists are on their way to cracking one of the most urgent problems of the space era - how an astronaut can get a decent beer in zero gravity.
The first challenge has been how to get the ale out of the barrel.
Researchers from the Delft University of Technology have spent three-and-a-half years on the dilemma and now appear to have the ideal barrel.
Britain's New Scientist magazine reports the revolutionary container has a flexible membrane which contains the beer inside the barrel.
Air is pumped between the barrel wall and the membrane to force the beer out.
The team has tested its invention in zero gravity on Earth and found the beer plopped neatly out of the tap, floating in identical, ping-pong ball-sized amounts.
However, there is no foamy head, as gas bubbles need gravity to rise.
If the.sig field could be larger, and I had the inclination, it would be more correct if I posted it as -
"More Citizens Owning Guns = Less Citizens Being Vicitmized by Worthless Scum Criminals"
In fact, the folks that choose to not own are safer as long as the crooks have to guess who is armed and who is not.
If the.sig field could be larger, and I had the inclination, it would be more correct if I posted it as - "More Citizens Owning Guns = Less Citizens Being Vicitmized by Worthless Scum Criminals"
In fact, the folks that choose to not own are safer as long as the crooks have to guess who is armed and who is not.
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At least you acknowledge the lies. Most that like his, umm, documentaries, do not.
Kind of like Al Gore and Michael Moore winning Oscars...
Then it must be good, right?
From the article -
A final word of advice to anyone planning to enrol in the school - which has already had enquiries from abroad - if you want to pay by credit card, do it over the phone.
As the school's website says, paying over the internet isn't secure.
OK. So paying over the internet isn't secure. Paying over the phone is???
NOT!
Does anyone else think of Hole when the term BroadBand is used?
Maybe it's just me....
Ummm, it's David Hasselhof. Doesn't make him a better actor, but at least it gives him proper (dis)credit.
Possibly you were thinking of Michael Knight, the part he played in Knight Rider.
Geeebus, I'm ashamed I remember this shit...
The only time I have ever needed a floppy, *ever*, is when I bought my network card - the drivers were on floppy. Ironic, I thought... I would have normally chosen to ftp the drivers onto the computer.
Ummm, if you are installing a NIC, wouldn't that mean you (probably) are not yet connected to the network? Wouldn't that make ftp access rather difficult?
Just curious here, but is dried condensation the same thing as dehydrated water?
Well damn. Guess I forgot that the search pages time out. Oh well. It was the thought that counted, right?
And the funny thing is, at least in my mind, that cringingfacelesstoady.com is available as of 0836gmt, 14 Jan 2001.
Who's gonna jump on that bad boy?
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Here's a thought along those lines.
The folks that make the dead tree books now don't type them out one at a time. I mean, they are probably composed on a computer. So they have already been written.
The only work that would have to be done would be for those companies to convert them to something suitable for viewing online.
I'm still a bit fuzzy on how they would make any money on this, considering they now charge "by the book" and once they are published digitally they will have to start playing the anti-piracy game, but you get the idea.
Just as a point of reference, Visa would not be calling you about possible fraudulent card usage. Visa would notify your card issuer (usually a bank) and they would make a decision about notifying you or not. Visa maintains the machine (Sun Ultra 10k, IIRC) that runs the scenarios and tracks usage, but the members, otherwise known as issuers and merchants, are the ones that use that information.
I maintain the global network for Visa, so I know a bit about the subject.
My tagline is three sentences. Each sentence is a statement of fact. How does that not show clear thought?
...other government agencies couldn't "think" so clearly.
But ACCC chairman Professor Allan Fels says they also act to keep prices high by restricting competition.
"These restrictions are artificially imposed by a group of multinational film entertainment companies," Professor Fels said.
It's a good bet we won't see any US agencies speaking out the same way. And that's a shame.
Here ya go...
Scientists develop space ale
Dutch scientists are on their way to cracking one of the most urgent problems of the space era - how an astronaut can get a decent beer in zero gravity.
The first challenge has been how to get the ale out of the barrel.
Researchers from the Delft University of Technology have spent three-and-a-half years on the dilemma and now appear to have the ideal barrel.
Britain's New Scientist magazine reports the revolutionary container has a flexible membrane which contains the beer inside the barrel.
Air is pumped between the barrel wall and the membrane to force the beer out.
The team has tested its invention in zero gravity on Earth and found the beer plopped neatly out of the tap, floating in identical, ping-pong ball-sized amounts.
However, there is no foamy head, as gas bubbles need gravity to rise.
If the
Since I can't change that, I guess I'll leave it this way.
The old way was "catchier", but what the heck.
Are you happy now??
And it probably came from the little green men peeing in their corner of the universe.
I thought Windows was the only OS with vulnerabilities.
Guess not.
If the
"More Citizens Owning Guns = Less Citizens Being Vicitmized by Worthless Scum Criminals"
In fact, the folks that choose to not own are safer as long as the crooks have to guess who is armed and who is not.
I wonder if there is a public-toilet Web ring? If not, this deserves a place of honor on it,
But wouldn't there be a Web Tidy-Bowl salesman going around to take care of that ring?
Actually, more people using guns != less crime
.sig field could be larger, and I had the inclination, it would be more correct if I posted it as -
If the
"More Citizens Owning Guns = Less Citizens Being Vicitmized by Worthless Scum Criminals"
In fact, the folks that choose to not own are safer as long as the crooks have to guess who is armed and who is not.
Well, that and the fact that they sell more software than anyone else.....