So maybe we should use Macs rather than anything else because they're easier to use ???;-)
Some of us like cars, and like _driving_. I would apply the same passion towards a decent car as you would (I am supposing here..) linux.
Driving is a very complex thing. Having a computer arbitarily decide what you can or can't do is dangerous, and ignores the REAL reasons people have accidents. Speed alone is rarely the sole cause of an accident, but is by far the easiest along with alcohol to blame.
How many of you realise that driving while suffering a bad cold/flu (WITHOUT even taking medication) puts you in as much risk/danger as being over the alcohol limit ?
>And unfortunately, LP's are basically a playback only media, and a dead one at that (since virtually no new content is released in that format anymore).
Eerr, maybe where you are, but there's quite a lot of activity over here in Europe, and down under.
Ahh, but WHOSE _national_ trademark laws apply. Whose jurisdiction applies. Maybe etoy should sue etoys in Switzerland or one of their other resident companies.
This is only going to become more and more of a problem.
I recall a related incident in NZ. A small shop in a small town in NZ had a name like Harrads, which was the name of the original owner. Harrods (UK) took exception and tried all sorts of bully boy tactics against the shopcompany. In protest, the whole town renamed all business to Harrads...... and the town changed its name. Harrods backed off;-)
NZ is in just as bad a position geographically speaking, and marketwise the whole country is smaller than the market for Sydney, yet the internet deal is much better. Yes, Telecom does try and screw consumers and ISPs, but at NZ$39.99 (about US$20.00) or less for unlimited dial up, with NO call charges, things aren't too bad. There are options too now for xDSL and in some places cable.
But it still doesn't change the fact that it is illegal to sell and produce hormone treated beef in the EU. If the EU farmer cannot produce and sell it, why should an American farmer be allowed ?
What is unique about NZ (and AUS) TV sets ?? The only difference I know of is that some stations broadcast on VHF, but there are UHF transmitters as well. They both use PAL, and TV sets from Europe (possible exception of old SECAM only TV sets from France) seem to work.
They (the biotech companies) are not doing anyhting for the benefit of consumers - it is motivated entirely by the prospect of a captive market and enormous profits!
Genes, plants, end products etc. should not be able to be patented, only the specific method of producing said items.
In some ways I do agree with you on the (UK) contracting, but the negative views you have of the quality of the contractors is also mirrored in the quality of a lot of permanent staff. There is an awful lot of 'dross' out there. With the contracting (pun intended) of the contracting market in the UK, hopefully the crap will be filtered out.
There are some very good contractors out there who _choose_ to work that way because of the freedom, greater variety, travel, and the desire to explore new challenges. The good ones tend to be those who have a decent amount of experience (not necessarily those that have MCSE/CNE/CLP/CCIE etc.).
One thing I would say, (and I have been the interviewer many times) is that the standard of interviewing I have seen (as the interviewee) in many places is very poor - this is one of the prime reasons why you can end up with unsuitable staff.
It was designed by a German, Felix Wankel, hence its name. It was first used in some NSUs in the mid '60s(now part of Audi), and sold in some volume in the NSU Ro80 (which was years ahead of its time). Citroen also fitted them to their GS.
The problem was with the rotor tip seals. These lasted only 30.000km before they were gone. This caused massive warranty claims, which led to the downfall of NSU.
Mazda licensed the engine, and continued its development. The rotor tips seal material was changed, and this with better oils has led to much better reliabilty. Suzuki also had a rotary motorbike. The engines also go quite well in Fiat 500's, Hillman Imps etc;-)
It's not so much the safety of eating the foods per se, but rather the long term effect on the environment. We already overproduce food using current methods, and reality has shown that pesticide and herbicide use has not significantly reduced with GMO crops.
Another interesting point I heard raised was by someone who is seriously allergic to gluten. He must have a gluten free diet. So, he eats a lot of rice. However, one company wants to grow rice with a wheat gene, which could further limit his food choice. Without mandatory labelling, eating something like GM rice could kill him.
Whether right or wrong, surely the consumer should be given the relavent information to make an informed choice ? Producers have to learn that they have to produce goods that the consumer wants.
Actually, some EU economies are out-performing the US at the moment. It is just that they are the smaller countries (such as Holland with ~4% growth and ~3% unemployment (negative unemployment if you subtract the number of vacancies from the number of jobless). All this in a "socialist" country;-)
The larger economies, Germany, France and Italy have all gone through a bad path, but are slowly picking up. The economic cycles in the EU are not the same as the US.
What about cable modems - the're available around most parts of Amsterdam now, and there is a special of NLG69 per month with free installation (and no telephone per minute charges !!!!!!).
The Sparrow, and God's Children, by Mary Doria Russell are both very good books. Don't get too concerned with the science, but the general principles of the books.
Most interface studies seem to focus purely on how easy it is to get up and running. Unfortunately, when you become more familiar with the environment, you are stuck with a UI designed for new entrants.
WPS was not so easy to use first up (on Warp 4 it was much easier than OS/2 2.0). But, the more you used it, the more you found out, and the more you realised you could do just about anything. For an advanced user, it is way ahead of anything else around.
Unless you've used it for about 6 months or more, you don't get to fully appreciate what it can do.
Before being so beligerent, a bit of research may have come in handy;-)
Lotus uses an RFC assigned port, number 1352. They ARE playing by the rules, and they are not the only ones affected by this. This has NOTHING to do with what API they write to. (BTW, not all products/service (should) use port 80!!)
I don't subscribe to the conspiracy theory, only that once again MS are shown to be grossly incompetent: for not testing one of the most widely used corporate email/groupware/whatever products, and worse, for not documenting this change (that all ports above 1024 are blocked unless the user is logged on as a local admin).
They have stated, quite publicly that SPs will no longer contain feature enhancements, only bug fixes. With this they changed the way NT worked. Yes, they have posted a fix, but it should have been CLEARLY documented.
Ultimately, they will lose even more respect from this episode.
No, it's not Lotus fault. Any software that uses ports above 1024 will be affected. Notes uses port 1352. This is their assigned port, assigned by the relevant standards body.
Nowhere in the documentation that comes with SP6 does it tell you that all ports above 1024 are blocked unless the logged on user is a local admin. Now, WTF would something as important and significant as this not be documented ???!!
Yes, you can argue that it is a security feature (blocks BO etc.), but it SHOULD have been documented.
MS does look extremely lax, even stupid with this.
I really doubt EPOC will die with the backers it has (Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola etc.). The Symbian group members are not forced to only ever use EPOC. Plus, it seems from some announcements that there maybe some sort of merging of the best of EPOC and the best of PalmOS features for future mobile devices.
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So maybe we should use Macs rather than anything else because they're easier to use ??? ;-)
Some of us like cars, and like _driving_. I would apply the same passion towards a decent car as you would (I am supposing here..) linux.
Driving is a very complex thing. Having a computer arbitarily decide what you can or can't do is dangerous, and ignores the REAL reasons people have accidents. Speed alone is rarely the sole cause of an accident, but is by far the easiest along with alcohol to blame.
How many of you realise that driving while suffering a bad cold/flu (WITHOUT even taking medication) puts you in as much risk/danger as being over the alcohol limit ?
>And unfortunately, LP's are basically a playback only media, and a dead one at that (since virtually no new content is released in that format anymore).
Eerr, maybe where you are, but there's quite a lot of activity over here in Europe, and down under.
Ahh, but WHOSE _national_ trademark laws apply. Whose jurisdiction applies. Maybe etoy should sue etoys in Switzerland or one of their other resident companies.
...... and the town changed its name. Harrods backed off ;-)
This is only going to become more and more of a problem.
I recall a related incident in NZ. A small shop in a small town in NZ had a name like Harrads, which was the name of the original owner. Harrods (UK) took exception and tried all sorts of bully boy tactics against the shopcompany. In protest, the whole town renamed all business to Harrads
Plus, as the other respondant added, you can get unlimited dial-up fpr NZ$39.99 or less with NO call charges.
NZ is in just as bad a position geographically speaking, and marketwise the whole country is smaller than the market for Sydney, yet the internet deal is much better. Yes, Telecom does try and screw consumers and ISPs, but at NZ$39.99 (about US$20.00) or less for unlimited dial up, with NO call charges, things aren't too bad. There are options too now for xDSL and in some places cable.
So the WTO didn't allow the US to impose trade sanctions against the EU refusing hormone treated beef.....?
But it still doesn't change the fact that it is illegal to sell and produce hormone treated beef in the EU. If the EU farmer cannot produce and sell it, why should an American farmer be allowed ?
What is unique about NZ (and AUS) TV sets ?? The only difference I know of is that some stations broadcast on VHF, but there are UHF transmitters as well. They both use PAL, and TV sets from Europe (possible exception of old SECAM only TV sets from France) seem to work.
DON'T give them any more ideas !!!!!!;-)
They (the biotech companies) are not doing anyhting for the benefit of consumers - it is motivated entirely by the prospect of a captive market and enormous profits!
Genes, plants, end products etc. should not be able to be patented, only the specific method of producing said items.
>Australia. Just when you thought it was safe to go >back into the south-east pacific...
;-)
Eeeehhh. Has someone just moved Oz ?? I suppose that's one way to keep people out
I think the directive says a maximum of 48 hours per week averaged over 15 weeks. (There are some exemptions, e.g. junior doctors).
A company in France was recently done for "allowing" its employees to work in excess of the directive.
In some ways I do agree with you on the (UK) contracting, but the negative views you have of the quality of the contractors is also mirrored in the quality of a lot of permanent staff. There is an awful lot of 'dross' out there. With the contracting (pun intended) of the contracting market in the UK, hopefully the crap will be filtered out.
There are some very good contractors out there who _choose_ to work that way because of the freedom, greater variety, travel, and the desire to explore new challenges. The good ones tend to be those who have a decent amount of experience (not necessarily those that have MCSE/CNE/CLP/CCIE etc.).
One thing I would say, (and I have been the interviewer many times) is that the standard of interviewing I have seen (as the interviewee) in many places is very poor - this is one of the prime reasons why you can end up with unsuitable staff.
It was designed by a German, Felix Wankel, hence its name. It was first used in some NSUs in the mid '60s(now part of Audi), and sold in some volume in the NSU Ro80 (which was years ahead of its time). Citroen also fitted them to their GS.
;-)
The problem was with the rotor tip seals. These lasted only 30.000km before they were gone. This caused massive warranty claims, which led to the downfall of NSU.
Mazda licensed the engine, and continued its development. The rotor tips seal material was changed, and this with better oils has led to much better reliabilty. Suzuki also had a rotary motorbike. The engines also go quite well in Fiat 500's, Hillman Imps etc
It's not so much the safety of eating the foods per se, but rather the long term effect on the environment. We already overproduce food using current methods, and reality has shown that pesticide and herbicide use has not significantly reduced with GMO crops.
Another interesting point I heard raised was by someone who is seriously allergic to gluten. He must have a gluten free diet. So, he eats a lot of rice. However, one company wants to grow rice with a wheat gene, which could further limit his food choice. Without mandatory labelling, eating something like GM rice could kill him.
Whether right or wrong, surely the consumer should be given the relavent information to make an informed choice ? Producers have to learn that they have to produce goods that the consumer wants.
Also try the latest Caldera and SuSe
Actually, some EU economies are out-performing the US at the moment. It is just that they are the smaller countries (such as Holland with ~4% growth and ~3% unemployment (negative unemployment if you subtract the number of vacancies from the number of jobless). All this in a "socialist" country ;-)
The larger economies, Germany, France and Italy have all gone through a bad path, but are slowly picking up. The economic cycles in the EU are not the same as the US.
What about cable modems - the're available around most parts of Amsterdam now, and there is a special of NLG69 per month with free installation (and no telephone per minute charges !!!!!!).
The Sparrow, and God's Children, by Mary Doria Russell are both very good books. Don't get too concerned with the science, but the general principles of the books.
Most interface studies seem to focus purely on how easy it is to get up and running. Unfortunately, when you become more familiar with the environment, you are stuck with a UI designed for new entrants.
WPS was not so easy to use first up (on Warp 4 it was much easier than OS/2 2.0). But, the more you used it, the more you found out, and the more you realised you could do just about anything. For an advanced user, it is way ahead of anything else around.
Unless you've used it for about 6 months or more, you don't get to fully appreciate what it can do.
Before being so beligerent, a bit of research may have come in handy ;-)
Lotus uses an RFC assigned port, number 1352. They ARE playing by the rules, and they are not the only ones affected by this. This has NOTHING to do with what API they write to. (BTW, not all products/service (should) use port 80!!)
I don't subscribe to the conspiracy theory, only that once again MS are shown to be grossly incompetent: for not testing one of the most widely used corporate email/groupware/whatever products, and worse, for not documenting this change (that all ports above 1024 are blocked unless the user is logged on as a local admin).
They have stated, quite publicly that SPs will no longer contain feature enhancements, only bug fixes. With this they changed the way NT worked. Yes, they have posted a fix, but it should have been CLEARLY documented.
Ultimately, they will lose even more respect from this episode.
No, it's not Lotus fault. Any software that uses ports above 1024 will be affected. Notes uses port 1352. This is their assigned port, assigned by the relevant standards body.
Nowhere in the documentation that comes with SP6 does it tell you that all ports above 1024 are blocked unless the logged on user is a local admin. Now, WTF would something as important and significant as this not be documented ???!!
Yes, you can argue that it is a security feature (blocks BO etc.), but it SHOULD have been documented.
MS does look extremely lax, even stupid with this.
An excellent book and movie - the whole concept is one that has not been explored that much, although the reason for the downlfall is a bit weak.
AFAIK the CD was a joint development between Philips and Sony.
I really doubt EPOC will die with the backers it has (Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola etc.). The Symbian group members are not forced to only ever use EPOC. Plus, it seems from some announcements that there maybe some sort of merging of the best of EPOC and the best of PalmOS features for future mobile devices.