You can't track from 'your house' to 'your work'. The tracking data is for London's bike hire scheme. These are picked up from specific 'docking points' around the city, and are returned to any docking point.
Microsoft Volume Licensing agreements contain specific clauses that allow Microsoft to give notice ( 90 days I think ) that they are going to come on site and perform a software audit. You don't have to sign these agreements, but then you lose a whole load of benefits ( pricing, downgrade rights, etc )
We currently have a customer that has been put on notice by Microsoft that they are going to be subject to a random audit. We have 4 weeks to supply a full list of software in use, list of purchased licenses and other evidenced documentation that they are in compliance. If MS aren't satisfied, they can send a team in to do an audit.
This type of thing applies to all sorts of domains. IT, finance, insurance. If you look, you'll find any large business has signed countless contracts that allow for on-site inspections to ensure compliance.
Wait... With Windows, you are beholden to HP to fix the driver, but.... with, Linux HP would be able to fix driver ?
Wonderful.
And I would lay money that a driver/firmware upgrade solved the issue, rather than HP deploying a brand-new, non-regression tested driver to a high volume site that was due to go live in under 12 days.
I remember you. The zone with the tower that had the guardian that had the awesome armor/spear was yours, right ? Lots of lectures missed whilst taking it down with Malcolm, if memory serves.
By this point, most Firefox users have grown accustomed to keeping their bookmarks synchronized with an online service. Really ? Do you have any figures to back that up ?
If we're going to pull 'facts' out of our collective ass, I'll state that most Firefox users probably don't even realise you can do such a thing.
Just having a wander through the streets of Delhi makes you realise how daft this idea of offering every citizen broadband is.
I was having a conversation recently with a well educated, wealthy, middle class Indian lady. She was telling me how high the average Indian wage was now. I was staggered at the figure she quoted, which, upon some questioning didn't include anyone not 'middle class'. Or, in other words, most of the country.
Something tells me this is the type of person who decided it would be offered to 'every citizen', for a suitable definition of 'every citizen'
There's a huge shortage of landlines for a start, which help the mobile boom ( again, for the middle classes ) and can be seen in the vast number of STD/ISD booths all over Delhi.
And this is just Delhi. Are they going to cable up Srinagar or Jammu in the next couple of years ? somehow I doubt it.
It's a laudable aim, but a dose of realism is needed I think
The difference is that 'President' is a title, whilst 'Prime Minister' is an office. Thus you would say President Bush, or Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, as you point out.
Prime Minister Blair is simply incorrect, as Prime Minister is not a title.
In fairness to Paxman, the question was raised because a (black) member of panel raised the issue that Galloway had chosen to attach Labour, via standing against one of their MP's ( in this case Oona King IIRC) and that his attack on the Labour party had the effect of removing one of the few black female MP's in Parliament.
Paxman was just putting the point to Galloway to answer himself.
Whilst a big fan of Google Earth ( wasted hours and hours looking round at places ), for the very first place I tried to compare the MS and Google products, the MS product was *way* better. See:
I'm quite happy with that. It peaks at around 240KB/s but as an average, 230KB/s or thereabouts is pretty good. Despite the slating BT often get, I've never had a problem with the technical serivce, even if their customer service/helpdesk leaves something to be desired.
I want it built in to the product, not *another* piece of kit to carry round. If Nokia are going to build SD card reading into phone, surely having it build into a iPod type device isn't too much to ask ?
I'd love for someone to tell me I'm wrong here, but....
What I was hoping for from this was an iPod that has an SD card slot. If I'm out and about ( the most likely time I'll use an iPod ) then being able to move the images from my camera's SD card to the iPod, freeing up space and letting me more easily review the images would be perfect.
Looks like Apple have missed a chance here - with an SD card I'd have bought one ASAP, as it is, I'm stuck looking for a product that meets my needs.
Hmm... another one who doesn't know that there's a fair amount of land outside the US borders.
Nope. He said he'd never been outside the UK, so I'd be fairly certain he's aware of land outside the US.
Also living in the UK, I can attest that whenever you hear '1 billion', '1000 million' is meant. The UK converted to this for accounting purposes during the 70's.
The same I suspect is true for most of previously Europe-dominated countries (say India for example).
India, in particular, is toally different. They don't rely on millions and billions but 'crore' and 'lakh' which are 10million and 100k respectively.
Good analysis. I'd also point out that it's quite common for Indian families in the UK to own enormous numbers of pirated indian films on VCD, and so even the small market Bollywood films currently have abroad isn't likely to be affected very much, and may even turn more of a profit.
'Normalcy' is a perfectly valid word in 'English' English. It may have fallen out of common use, but it wasn't made up in America. This is true of many 'Americanisms', such as -ize vs -ise, 'ass' vs 'arse', etc, etc.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm moving house next week and that was going to bring my number of house moves equal to slashdot owners since I've been a member.
And then this happens.
Damn you all!
It's not that simple.
You can't track from 'your house' to 'your work'. The tracking data is for London's bike hire scheme. These are picked up from specific 'docking points' around the city, and are returned to any docking point.
So you can only get 'station to station' data.
Microsoft Volume Licensing agreements contain specific clauses that allow Microsoft to give notice ( 90 days I think ) that they are going to come on site and perform a software audit. You don't have to sign these agreements, but then you lose a whole load of benefits ( pricing, downgrade rights, etc )
We currently have a customer that has been put on notice by Microsoft that they are going to be subject to a random audit. We have 4 weeks to supply a full list of software in use, list of purchased licenses and other evidenced documentation that they are in compliance. If MS aren't satisfied, they can send a team in to do an audit.
This type of thing applies to all sorts of domains. IT, finance, insurance. If you look, you'll find any large business has signed countless contracts that allow for on-site inspections to ensure compliance.
D.
Wait... With Windows, you are beholden to HP to fix the driver, but.... with, Linux HP would be able to fix driver ?
Wonderful.
And I would lay money that a driver/firmware upgrade solved the issue, rather than HP deploying a brand-new, non-regression tested driver to a high volume site that was due to go live in under 12 days.
D.
Hey Quint!
I remember you. The zone with the tower that had the guardian that had the awesome armor/spear was yours, right ? Lots of lectures missed whilst taking it down with Malcolm, if memory serves.
'93 - the year my degree died..
Wasted far too much time on these two during the early nineties.
Tried a few other Diku/CircleMUD's but always came back to Fusker then StrangeMUD
Endian.
If we're going to pull 'facts' out of our collective ass, I'll state that most Firefox users probably don't even realise you can do such a thing.
Just having a wander through the streets of Delhi makes you realise how daft this idea of offering every citizen broadband is.
I was having a conversation recently with a well educated, wealthy, middle class Indian lady. She was telling me how high the average Indian wage was now. I was staggered at the figure she quoted, which, upon some questioning didn't include anyone not 'middle class'. Or, in other words, most of the country.
Something tells me this is the type of person who decided it would be offered to 'every citizen', for a suitable definition of 'every citizen'
There's a huge shortage of landlines for a start, which help the mobile boom ( again, for the middle classes ) and can be seen in the vast number of STD/ISD booths all over Delhi.
And this is just Delhi. Are they going to cable up Srinagar or Jammu in the next couple of years ? somehow I doubt it.
It's a laudable aim, but a dose of realism is needed I think
The difference is that 'President' is a title, whilst 'Prime Minister' is an office. Thus you would say President Bush, or Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, as you point out.
Prime Minister Blair is simply incorrect, as Prime Minister is not a title.
In fairness to Paxman, the question was raised because a (black) member of panel raised the issue that Galloway had chosen to attach Labour, via standing against one of their MP's ( in this case Oona King IIRC) and that his attack on the Labour party had the effect of removing one of the few black female MP's in Parliament.
Paxman was just putting the point to Galloway to answer himself.
Whilst a big fan of Google Earth ( wasted hours and hours looking round at places ), for the very first place I tried to compare the MS and Google products, the MS product was *way* better. See:
4 92%7C-121.920142&style=h&lvl=19&v=1
http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.72
vs the same place in Google Earth
MS has far more detailed imagery for this area.
Wierd... BT rolled out my free upgrade to 2MB last Thursday, and it's really not bad for a theoretical service.
Barclays online banking http://ibank.barcalys.co.uk/ works fine with Firefox
Fine, so make it a general card reader.
At the end of the day my still camera, my video camera, my laptop and my MP3 player all use SD cards.
Having an iPod-type device ( ie, large HDD/colour screen ) with built-in SD card abilities would be extremely useful.
I want it built in to the product, not *another* piece of kit to carry round. If Nokia are going to build SD card reading into phone, surely having it build into a iPod type device isn't too much to ask ?
I'd love for someone to tell me I'm wrong here, but....
What I was hoping for from this was an iPod that has an SD card slot. If I'm out and about ( the most likely time I'll use an iPod ) then being able to move the images from my camera's SD card to the iPod, freeing up space and letting me more easily review the images would be perfect.
Looks like Apple have missed a chance here - with an SD card I'd have bought one ASAP, as it is, I'm stuck looking for a product that meets my needs.
Does anyone do such a product !?
No problem modding here either. Used some mod points just yesterday.
Hmm... another one who doesn't know that there's a fair amount of land outside the US borders.
Nope. He said he'd never been outside the UK, so I'd be fairly certain he's aware of land outside the US.
Also living in the UK, I can attest that whenever you hear '1 billion', '1000 million' is meant. The UK converted to this for accounting purposes during the 70's.
The same I suspect is true for most of previously Europe-dominated countries (say India for example).
India, in particular, is toally different. They don't rely on millions and billions but 'crore' and 'lakh' which are 10million and 100k respectively.
I believe it was Alfred Sauvy ( A Frenchman ) who coined the phrase Third World ( but in French, I presume )
Good analysis. I'd also point out that it's quite common for Indian families in the UK to own enormous numbers of pirated indian films on VCD, and so even the small market Bollywood films currently have abroad isn't likely to be affected very much, and may even turn more of a profit.
Ah, but at least they choose the actresses on looks* rather than, ooooh, lets say 'acting ability', which does make the movies nice to look at.
*or having a famous/powerful relative
And there are people in northern India who are *very* pale ( and with blue eyes and red hair sometimes )
'Normalcy' is a perfectly valid word in 'English' English. It may have fallen out of common use, but it wasn't made up in America. This is true of many 'Americanisms', such as -ize vs -ise, 'ass' vs 'arse', etc, etc.