I ran into another silly case where they have lists.samba.org blocked. When I asked about this the reply was "it is an internet newsgroup, we block those".
So, mailing list archives are blocked as a group because newsgroups are 99% non-work-related in someone's view.
So, I just use google cache and can get to the content. Shhh, don't tell them or they might block google as well!
Yep, I remember learning about something like that in soc101
Company realizes that product is defective and estimates it will cause x thousand accidents, y hundred serious injuries and z deaths. Cost of recall will be n million dollars.
Figure out the anticipated cost of liability suits for accidents, injuries and deaths and if it is more than the cost of the recall then you do the recall.
If not, congratulations... you have just put a dollar figure on a human life.
No shit. This was a real example of leaked internal documents.
"Well, we didn't really use that as the basis for our decision... we just made sure we analyzed it from every possible angle."
(I did a couple searched on Google and couldn't find anything to back this up, sorry.)
When you leave your country for another, you do both. From the perspective of your former contry, you emigrate. Your new country considers you an immigrant.
No, I understood it that way. You are circumventing an agreement. If you do it by electronic means, it probably isn't much different.
If you signed a loan for your car using invisible ink, you have still entered into an agreement, you've just made it a little harder to prove.
"Your honor, my client is obviously not bound by the terms of this agreement and this case should be dismissed!"
"On what grounds?"
"That my client hacked the install program and never clicked on the 'OK' for the EULA. In fact, he never even _saw_ the agreement that he is accused of violating!"
You got a point there. As long as we're going this far offtopic...
I hate those Moto-crap ads about as much as those Samsung spots (where everyone is in some surreal pastel color, including their hair) and the M-life spots.
>the RIAA more concerned about *power* then *profit*.
Damn straight! No punk kids with computers are gonna dictate to us how music is distributed and 'consumed'.
*We* control the means of production and distribution and, by God, you'll only listen to the recording artists *we* decide at the time and place of *our* choosing.
To do otherwise hands the terrorists their victory. It'll be anarchy! Old Testament fire and brimstone stuff... rain 40 days and nights... cats and dogs living together... mass hysteria!
My dad called to ask if I could come over and 'fix' his computer. I'm always willing to come down and see dad and untangle whatever mess exists on his PC.
His dial-up connection was slow, he said. Indeed, every site I visited in his favorites was really slow and now wonder... everysite seemed to launch a couple of pop-unders that were consuming bandwidth downloading ads.
"Yeah, I've been getting that ever since I installed 'gator'"
"gator is something I got from yahoo that helps me fill in forms or something"
That rat-bastard gator had put hooks everywere, was a real pain to uninstall ("please stop the gator program before proceeding" - except to the ordinary user the concept of stopping a taskbar icon isn't very obvious).
The uninstaller launched a browser and loaded a page telling you why you shouldn't uninstall. Geez, go away already!
Yeah, my dad is pretty clueless - I reminded him not to download and install stuff unless he is pretty clear on what he is getting.
This software seems to exploit that cluelessness, posing as some innocuous, helpful utility when it's real purpose is far more invasive and it is relatively complicated to get rid of.
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Ok, please explain the joke. I've seen a couple refences and google just returns lots and lots of hits on russian caviar
Maybe Chris should change this to
from the give 'em hell dept.
>My vote ... would be for Eddie Izzard
;-)
Yeah, Dr. Who in drag... that would be good.
Mind, Izzard is brilliant, no doubt about it. Question is, what color lipstick would the good Doctor wear?
Ah, I guess that makes sense, thanks.
I ran into another silly case where they have lists.samba.org blocked. When I asked about this the reply was "it is an internet newsgroup, we block those".
So, mailing list archives are blocked as a group because newsgroups are 99% non-work-related in someone's view.
So, I just use google cache and can get to the content. Shhh, don't tell them or they might block google as well!
Filters just don't work. (duh)
Grrr.... my company recently put in a filter that inexplicably blocks babelfish.altavista.com
Why in the world would you block *that*!? (unless it is because you can enter a URL for a non-english porn site to get past the filter?)
...and, as was pointed out previously, spider-man opened against... not much else. Star Wars opened against spider-man...
Katz's arguments are interesting, but the fact that spider-man made more money faster than AoTC doesn't necessarily prove his arguments.
Well, this was in 1986... a little before fight club (which I've actually never seen)
Yep, I remember learning about something like that in soc101
Company realizes that product is defective and estimates it will cause x thousand accidents, y hundred serious injuries and z deaths. Cost of recall will be n million dollars.
Figure out the anticipated cost of liability suits for accidents, injuries and deaths and if it is more than the cost of the recall then you do the recall.
If not, congratulations... you have just put a dollar figure on a human life.
No shit. This was a real example of leaked internal documents.
"Well, we didn't really use that as the basis for our decision... we just made sure we analyzed it from every possible angle."
(I did a couple searched on Google and couldn't find anything to back this up, sorry.)
Heh, give your harddrive the riceboy treatment, eh?
I vote for fog lights, VTEC emblems and 4 inch exhaust tip. That should really boost performance!!!
Any cases of *Spontaneous Human Combustion reported yet?
*sorry, couldn't resist!
Yeah, that might explain those mysterious earthquakes that alway coincide with SHC cases!
Now if any instances of SHC were always at the time of an earthquake, you would have something!
Do a search for 'scientology' first, then this link comes up:
Society > Religion and Spirituality > Opposing Views > Scientology
Links to clambake, steve fishman and the rest come up.
What, you were expecting it to be on the front page?
>ask me if I have found jesus yet
my fav:
"Oh, I didn't know he was lost! Hmm, last time I saw him he was nailed to that cross-thing. If I see him I'll let someone know."
My mother-in-law said she uses that one. She says they pretty much just walk away without saying a word.
Isn't that what I said?
When you leave your country for another, you do both. From the perspective of your former contry, you emigrate. Your new country considers you an immigrant.
invisible => disappearing
No, I understood it that way. You are circumventing an agreement. If you do it by electronic means, it probably isn't much different.
If you signed a loan for your car using invisible ink, you have still entered into an agreement, you've just made it a little harder to prove.
"Your honor, my client is obviously not bound by the terms of this agreement and this case should be dismissed!"
"On what grounds?"
"That my client hacked the install program and never clicked on the 'OK' for the EULA. In fact, he never even _saw_ the agreement that he is accused of violating!"
"Oh, well... case dismissed then!"
emigrate Pronunciation Key (m-grt)
intr.v. emigrated, emigrating, emigrates
To leave one country or region to settle in another.
Immigrate means to move _into_ a country.
Emigrate is the opposite.
Every immigrant emigrated from somewhere.
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=emigrate
I wouldn't make comments on spelling, IIWY.
>If someone was to program some sort of work around [...] would it apply?
Hmm, that seems as unlikely as
"hey honey, come click 'ok' here while I leave the room. Why? so I won't be bound to this crappy EULA, that's why!"
Trick is to find a good school with a beautician's school nearby.
"You have to consider the possibility that this will be the only opportunity in your entire life to get laid!"
You got a point there. As long as we're going this far offtopic...
I hate those Moto-crap ads about as much as those Samsung spots (where everyone is in some surreal pastel color, including their hair) and the M-life spots.
>the RIAA more concerned about *power* then *profit*.
... cats and dogs living together... mass hysteria!
Damn straight! No punk kids with computers are gonna dictate to us how music is distributed and 'consumed'.
*We* control the means of production and distribution and, by God, you'll only listen to the recording artists *we* decide at the time and place of *our* choosing.
To do otherwise hands the terrorists their victory. It'll be anarchy! Old Testament fire and brimstone stuff... rain 40 days and nights
Worse yet, that bull and bear in those Ameritrade spots.
>When an icon of pre-pubescent virtue [...] becomes publicly sexual the public gets creeped out.
;-)
Then how do you explain Drew Barrymore?
My dad called to ask if I could come over and 'fix' his computer. I'm always willing to come down and see dad and untangle whatever mess exists on his PC.
His dial-up connection was slow, he said. Indeed, every site I visited in his favorites was really slow and now wonder... everysite seemed to launch a couple of pop-unders that were consuming bandwidth downloading ads.
"Yeah, I've been getting that ever since I installed 'gator'"
"gator is something I got from yahoo that helps me fill in forms or something"
That rat-bastard gator had put hooks everywere, was a real pain to uninstall ("please stop the gator program before proceeding" - except to the ordinary user the concept of stopping a taskbar icon isn't very obvious).
The uninstaller launched a browser and loaded a page telling you why you shouldn't uninstall. Geez, go away already!
Yeah, my dad is pretty clueless - I reminded him not to download and install stuff unless he is pretty clear on what he is getting.
This software seems to exploit that cluelessness, posing as some innocuous, helpful utility when it's real purpose is far more invasive and it is relatively complicated to get rid of.