But this is about an English village nowhere near the other side of the pond.
Following your provided link gave a subsequent link to a PDF from a UK site describing UK Photographers' Rights which states that there's nothing illegal about doing the photographing in the UK provided that it is done from a public place and does not invade on a person's privacy (i.e., no telescopic lenses into people's windows). However, the PDF was written way back in 2004 so things could have easily changed since then.
I'd sue, claiming loss of moderation points which is quite clearly detrimental to ones health and state of mind. Slashdot should have a clear and obvious warning on every page stating that moderation can be harmful to your posts.
The fact that Duke Nuke 'Em Forever may actually hit the shelves...
Or:
1. Management change the minimum spec from a 5Ghz CPU to 286.
2. Deadline mysteriously alters from next year to next month.
3. Asked to put in a simulated porn film easter egg which could potentially kill the company through law suits and make you loose your job...
And 'girlfriend' doesn't necessarily mean 'a female which whom you have a sexual-type relationship' in the English-language sense. It also stands for a female companion, a friend who is female etc.
Of course, all of this wouldn't be an issue if the Amiga had been called Novia...
And yes, all of my "amigos" are gay - in the happy sense. Don't you just love the English language?
Err, how come RIAA are only (close-mindedly) pointing the figure at recordable CDs as the source of piracy? Are they a memory-selective organisation to not remember those little spinny analogue things which contained an antiquated media called "tape"? Hell, given that one of the RIAA's original tasks/roles was to define standards for not only tape, but (gosh!) CDs (Source: RIAA entry @ WikiPedia) then aren't they indirectly to blame for such a allegedly pirate-friendly media?
They also need to be careful with respect to DRM. As the article states, it's only really the Microsoft platform that supports DRM and thus, ironically, by employing such copy-protection schemes will likely cause some buyers to return their CDs for a refund, and therefore loose the money for the artist, given that a lot of people do not necessarily listen to music straight from the CD. I'm an example of that - my (non-computer) CD player bearly gets a look in these days. I buy a CD not only for the sound quality but to ensure that I pay what I get for (sort of a backwards sentence!) However, I will then rip it to OGG etc for use on my computer and portable music player and the CD then gets stored away.
I download music. I find it a great way to discover different bands etc. If I like the music I buy the CD. Yes, I actually go out and buy that dangerous media of CD. If I don't like the music, it gets deleted there and then.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for payment to the artists etc. I fully support it, which is borne out in my buying of the music if I like it. However, it's the overstated/exaggerated comments by the RIAA that really annoy me and lead me to believe what a generally screwed up world we live in at times. If the RIAA are so concerned about ensuring that artists receive their relevant monies, then do the RIAA soley follow this practice/creed outside of the music industry (only buying FairTradeproducts, for example)?
Apologies for my naivety (and perhaps ignorance), but could you explain to me - as a non-US citizen and not particularly au-fait with US politics - how gerrymandering is not classed as effectively cheating?
From what I've just read, it appears that this is simply a way of increasing the vote for a particular party within the newly-drawn district, and thus lands more seats.
I suppose it's only a matter of time before someone formulates "stating the bleeding obvious"...
""A mathematician, a psychologist and an economist commissioned by British Gas have finally put into mathematical terms... Murphy's Law (a.k.a. Sod's Law)."
That'll explain why British Gas "had to" increase the price of energy: to pay for such folly as this.
"The patents describe a method by which a program can "ask for help" from another application to carry out certain computer-oriented functions. That's generally similar to the way Java operates, according to Kodak and other experts."
[Emphasis added by me].
Generally similar? I'd love to see the videotape/transcript of the court session when Kodak explained the reason for the case: "Well, it...errr...sort of...you know....kinda looks.....errr..sorta, erm, the same...if you look at it in, err, a certain light."
"Ironically, the verdict came a day after Sun introduced a new version of Java."
Ironically that above sentence proves the oft-said point that Americans (and some Canadians) just don't know what irony is...
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(Just as long as it doesn't hamper out financial plans)
Not sure about the US, but over here in ol' Blighty there's "chip and PIN" - a replacement to signatures: instead of signing for a credit/debit card transaction, the card is put into a terminal with a chip reader and you enter your pin number via a small keypad.
Re:What I think will be interesting is...
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I for one would definately love to see Microsoft build a decent search engine. One without bias, without specificsoftware requirements, without...(you get the idea).
The only way that Google is going to continue to improve on an already outstanding engine is through competition - even from Microsoft! Additionally, a good, well-built product range, fair Microsoft company would be nicer to have than the current (read: "so far has been") incarnation. Yes! There, I've said it - I want Microsoft to succeed: but only as a respected IT company delivering uncompromised less buggy (let's not get too carried away here) software/products without man-handling of smaller companies, aggressive take-overs, lies/FUD and what not.
However, there are times when you feel a particular company has crossed that psychological "screw-you" line far too often and so you don't hold your breath for much longer than a BogoMip when hearing about their "Next Big Thing TM".
Mind you, if Microsoft does make it decent, my bet is that/.ters may actually use it, if it's good enough. I would like to think that we're a breed of people that have better moral values than to stoop to simply not using a product because Mr Gates et al have had their sticky paws over it. We won't bash Microsoft regardless of the quality of the product - we have SCO for that now;-)
"Assuming, of course, that Microsoft builds a better search engine, of course."
As someone once said to me: "Rule Number One: Never Assume.
It seems that it was first created in 1999.
A modification seems to be the fact that the title changed from "Compaq FAQ: Where do I find the any key on my keyboard? (FAQ2859)" to quoting the "Any" key (along with the relevant change in the text).
And what you fail to mention is that Debian is run/maintained/built completely by volunteers, and relies on good people'sdonations. Thus, this stable, powerful distribution created by this meriad of people is a testiment to their hard work and shown in the several other distributions which choose to base theirs on Debian.
Whilst you are certainly entitled to your own opinion on which distribution is best for you, not everyone shares the same opinion (and the world would be a boring place it they did).
It's a movement to create a better oiled desktop within Debian. I.e, make sure that GNOME and KDE desktop environments install correctly and with the minimum of fuss, have the setting up of X "as easy and foolproof as possible."
It's not a change in X or GNOME/KDE code, but rather a change in which the Debian distribution will handle the installation and configuration of them. The term "wrappers" would probably too coarse a word for it, but it'll be a collection of tools which help make the desktop environment setup as nice as possible.
It's not a replacement for either X as a windowing system or Gnome/KDE as desktop environments. It's more of a bringing together of what is available to a tighter binding so that a user can say "I want x type of desktop" (say, developer or a user) and Debian will create such an environment. Additionally, any environment which wishes to be included as a DebianDesktop must meet a minimum set of requirements.
Slashdot Mirror
But this is about an English village nowhere near the other side of the pond.
Following your provided link gave a subsequent link to a PDF from a UK site describing UK Photographers' Rights which states that there's nothing illegal about doing the photographing in the UK provided that it is done from a public place and does not invade on a person's privacy (i.e., no telescopic lenses into people's windows). However, the PDF was written way back in 2004 so things could have easily changed since then.
I'd sue, claiming loss of moderation points which is quite clearly detrimental to ones health and state of mind. Slashdot should have a clear and obvious warning on every page stating that moderation can be harmful to your posts.
Because this is the CEO.
The fact that Duke Nuke 'Em Forever may actually hit the shelves... Or: 1. Management change the minimum spec from a 5Ghz CPU to 286. 2. Deadline mysteriously alters from next year to next month. 3. Asked to put in a simulated porn film easter egg which could potentially kill the company through law suits and make you loose your job...
Well, if Slashdot can finally use CSS, then surely Duke Nukem [Taken] Forever can make it into the world as well!
And 'girlfriend' doesn't necessarily mean 'a female which whom you have a sexual-type relationship' in the English-language sense. It also stands for a female companion, a friend who is female etc.
Of course, all of this wouldn't be an issue if the Amiga had been called Novia...
And yes, all of my "amigos" are gay - in the happy sense. Don't you just love the English language?
The Amiga
And another point: what's RIAA's take on buying second-hand CDs? Is this also piracy?
Err, how come RIAA are only (close-mindedly) pointing the figure at recordable CDs as the source of piracy? Are they a memory-selective organisation to not remember those little spinny analogue things which contained an antiquated media called "tape"? Hell, given that one of the RIAA's original tasks/roles was to define standards for not only tape, but (gosh!) CDs (Source: RIAA entry @ WikiPedia) then aren't they indirectly to blame for such a allegedly pirate-friendly media?
They also need to be careful with respect to DRM. As the article states, it's only really the Microsoft platform that supports DRM and thus, ironically, by employing such copy-protection schemes will likely cause some buyers to return their CDs for a refund, and therefore loose the money for the artist, given that a lot of people do not necessarily listen to music straight from the CD. I'm an example of that - my (non-computer) CD player bearly gets a look in these days. I buy a CD not only for the sound quality but to ensure that I pay what I get for (sort of a backwards sentence!) However, I will then rip it to OGG etc for use on my computer and portable music player and the CD then gets stored away.
I download music. I find it a great way to discover different bands etc. If I like the music I buy the CD. Yes, I actually go out and buy that dangerous media of CD. If I don't like the music, it gets deleted there and then.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for payment to the artists etc. I fully support it, which is borne out in my buying of the music if I like it. However, it's the overstated/exaggerated comments by the RIAA that really annoy me and lead me to believe what a generally screwed up world we live in at times. If the RIAA are so concerned about ensuring that artists receive their relevant monies, then do the RIAA soley follow this practice/creed outside of the music industry (only buying FairTradeproducts, for example)?
Apologies for my naivety (and perhaps ignorance), but could you explain to me - as a non-US citizen and not particularly au-fait with US politics - how gerrymandering is not classed as effectively cheating?
From what I've just read, it appears that this is simply a way of increasing the vote for a particular party within the newly-drawn district, and thus lands more seats.
You obviously haven't read the "Ask Slashdot" section recently [1] ;-) .
[1] For the past two years.
I suppose it's only a matter of time before someone formulates "stating the bleeding obvious"...
""A mathematician, a psychologist and an economist commissioned by British Gas have finally put into mathematical terms... Murphy's Law (a.k.a. Sod's Law)."
That'll explain why British Gas "had to" increase the price of energy: to pay for such folly as this.
"The patents describe a method by which a program can "ask for help" from another application to carry out certain computer-oriented functions. That's generally similar to the way Java operates, according to Kodak and other experts."
[Emphasis added by me].
Generally similar? I'd love to see the videotape/transcript of the court session when Kodak explained the reason for the case: "Well, it...errr...sort of...you know....kinda looks.....errr..sorta, erm, the same...if you look at it in, err, a certain light."
"Ironically, the verdict came a day after Sun introduced a new version of Java."
Ironically that above sentence proves the oft-said point that Americans (and some Canadians) just don't know what irony is...
--
Share Moments, Share Life
(Just as long as it doesn't hamper out financial plans)
Not sure about the US, but over here in ol' Blighty there's "chip and PIN" - a replacement to signatures: instead of signing for a credit/debit card transaction, the card is put into a terminal with a chip reader and you enter your pin number via a small keypad.
ChipAndPin
I for one would definately love to see Microsoft build a decent search engine. One without bias, without specific software requirements, without...(you get the idea).
/.ters may actually use it, if it's good enough. I would like to think that we're a breed of people that have better moral values than to stoop to simply not using a product because Mr Gates et al have had their sticky paws over it. We won't bash Microsoft regardless of the quality of the product - we have SCO for that now ;-)
The only way that Google is going to continue to improve on an already outstanding engine is through competition - even from Microsoft! Additionally, a good, well-built product range, fair Microsoft company would be nicer to have than the current (read: "so far has been") incarnation. Yes! There, I've said it - I want Microsoft to succeed: but only as a respected IT company delivering uncompromised less buggy (let's not get too carried away here) software/products without man-handling of smaller companies, aggressive take-overs, lies/FUD and what not.
However, there are times when you feel a particular company has crossed that psychological "screw-you" line far too often and so you don't hold your breath for much longer than a BogoMip when hearing about their "Next Big Thing TM".
Mind you, if Microsoft does make it decent, my bet is that
"Assuming, of course, that Microsoft builds a better search engine, of course."
As someone once said to me: "Rule Number One: Never Assume.
Which should mean that mail etc. will be unaffected.
acl verisign dst 64.94.110.11
http_access deny verisign
The Way Back Machine has the answers:
It seems that it was first created in 1999. A modification seems to be the fact that the title changed from "Compaq FAQ: Where do I find the any key on my keyboard? (FAQ2859)" to quoting the "Any" key (along with the relevant change in the text).
It's rather apt then.
They're both bloated, blow out a lot of hot air, and seemingly get their respective "companies" into trouble...
PS3 client and Sun server backend for on-line gaming
There are times when quotes are begging to be taken out of context:
(Taken from the Doom SysAdmin tool site.)
"...myself attacked by csh, csh was shot by friendly fire from behind, possibly by tcsh or xv, and my session was abruptly terminated."
Now that's just plain surreal.
And what you fail to mention is that Debian is run/maintained/built completely by volunteers, and relies on good people's donations. Thus, this stable, powerful distribution created by this meriad of people is a testiment to their hard work and shown in the several other distributions which choose to base theirs on Debian.
Not to mention, it is a free, open distribution.
Of course, you already knew that...
Whilst you are certainly entitled to your own opinion on which distribution is best for you, not everyone shares the same opinion (and the world would be a boring place it they did).
As far as I can tell: none of the above ;-)
It's a movement to create a better oiled desktop within Debian. I.e, make sure that GNOME and KDE desktop environments install correctly and with the minimum of fuss, have the setting up of X "as easy and foolproof as possible."
It's not a change in X or GNOME/KDE code, but rather a change in which the Debian distribution will handle the installation and configuration of them. The term "wrappers" would probably too coarse a word for it, but it'll be a collection of tools which help make the desktop environment setup as nice as possible.
It's not a replacement for either X as a windowing system or Gnome/KDE as desktop environments. It's more of a bringing together of what is available to a tighter binding so that a user can say "I want x type of desktop" (say, developer or a user) and Debian will create such an environment.
Additionally, any environment which wishes to be included as a DebianDesktop must meet a minimum set of requirements.
Locations which explain it fair better than I probably have are:
DebianDesktop
Debian Desktop Wiki
Debian Desktop Project Goals
Debian Desktop Tenets
Perhaps it's about time we got a new icon for these sort of "Ask Slashdot" questions: a Google icon!!!