Yeah, and you shouldn't go fiddling with things inside your computer, either! DIY in the home - that's another thing. Don't touch it - you'll only go and kill yourself. Don't ever say me and penfold don't warn you about this stuff.
In order to use the software you (I'm guessing here) need to connect to their game server. Whilst negotiating a connection for your game, the spyware funnels up a load of information on your usage habits (you spend 10 hours a day looking at/., 2 hours playing Civilization). Thus the same port is used for both espionage and recreation and you can't block it without breaking the game.
Not exactly 'war ravaged'. The north east is basically a no-go area for tourists, but apart from the occasionaly flare up (e.g. Tamil Tigers take over control tower at Columbo international airport two years ago) it's basically very safe, and yes, beautiful too.
... for New Year I went as a robot in honour of Robot Frank. IIRC there are some photos of what he did one halloween himself on his site. For halloween two years ago I went as a werewolf, with all the fangs, hair etc. I got drunk and tried scaring all the passengers on a bus. Unlucky for me, it turned out that one of them was my mother and she recognised me straight away! One of the more embarrassing moments of my life...
These phones also have replaceable batteries. They have very good reception and sound quality, as well as a respectable speaker phone function on the handsets and a 200 number memory.
However, in all other respects they suck hard. This is mainly because the UI is counter-intuitive and very unresponsive.
There is some kind of serial interface on the base station, which I assume could be used for synchronising the phonebook with a PC, but in their wisdom Philips have denied us that facility and you have to use the crappy UI to peck in each entry.
What really gets me about these DECT phones is that they are mostly similar to cellular models from the same manufacturer but they are always stripped of the most useful functional extras.
Pigs and dogs are used to find truffles. Apparently the truffle gives off a scent like that of a male wild boar which is what attracts the pigs, and the dogs are just trained to go for the smell in the same way that sniffer dogs are trained for drugs or explosives.
Useless facts - we got 'em!
Slashdotted - but with style...
on
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Well, at least they're honest about it!
"We are currently being slashdotted. Due to stupid Apache settings on our side, performance has been very low. We appologize for the inconvenience. We have now allocated 300 processes to Apache in order to provide faster access"
...to sign up to the Faxing Preference Service. Once you have done this, you appear on the list of people it is unlawful for anyone to fax-spam.
If you're concerned about the amount of tree-ware spamming you through your letterbox then sign up for the Mailing Preference service while you're at it.
Finally, you can also sign up to the Telephone Preference service and foil those legalised war-diallers that phone you up and then hang up on you when they realise they can't connect you to a sales drone.
If you type in, say, 'there' (as opposed to 'ereht'), you still get 1038 sites, and they are all shown the right way round. What's the point in publishing your site in mirror english? Is this just evidence of people writing crappy code that reverses all their text whilst trying to do parse it, or is it something more interesting?
Perhaps they think that it would be better to use renewable energy?
Thousands of people in the West use stationary bicycles several times a week. The only difference is that in gyms the energy is wasted as heat rather than converted into something useful.
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I know for a fact you can become a doctor in about five minutes on the internet.
Yeah, and you shouldn't go fiddling with things inside your computer, either!
DIY in the home - that's another thing. Don't touch it - you'll only go and kill yourself.
Don't ever say me and penfold don't warn you about this stuff.
In order to use the software you (I'm guessing here) need to connect to their game server. Whilst negotiating a connection for your game, the spyware funnels up a load of information on your usage habits (you spend 10 hours a day looking at /., 2 hours playing Civilization). Thus the same port is used for both espionage and recreation and you can't block it without breaking the game.
Just my 0.02
First blind guy to be given a new set of video camera cyborg eyes leaves hospital.
"At last! I can finally go to the movies and find out what I was missing all these years"
After half an hour of sitting in the theatre, right after the ads finish, his eyes suddenly start streaming snow to his visual cortex.
"Sweet Jesus! I'm blind again - farewell cruel world!"
*BANG*
Not exactly 'war ravaged'. The north east is basically a no-go area for tourists, but apart from the occasionaly flare up (e.g. Tamil Tigers take over control tower at Columbo international airport two years ago) it's basically very safe, and yes, beautiful too.
And also from ketamine. Apparently.
Clearly there is much educational material available on CDs.
Why not buy and rip?
... for New Year I went as a robot in honour of Robot Frank. IIRC there are some photos of what he did one halloween himself on his site.
For halloween two years ago I went as a werewolf, with all the fangs, hair etc. I got drunk and tried scaring all the passengers on a bus. Unlucky for me, it turned out that one of them was my mother and she recognised me straight away! One of the more embarrassing moments of my life...
...and soon there will be data rape
These phones also have replaceable batteries.
They have very good reception and sound quality, as well as a respectable speaker phone function on the handsets and a 200 number memory.
However, in all other respects they suck hard. This is mainly because the UI is counter-intuitive and very unresponsive.
There is some kind of serial interface on the base station, which I assume could be used for synchronising the phonebook with a PC, but in their wisdom Philips have denied us that facility and you have to use the crappy UI to peck in each entry.
What really gets me about these DECT phones is that they are mostly similar to cellular models from the same manufacturer but they are always stripped of the most useful functional extras.
There. I've said it.
And then you go and post it in the 'Toys' topic. wtfiuwt?
/., and this story is wasteful pollution.
The toys topic is the best thing about
I'm a fan of video cards and I'm very reliable, thank you.
...so that it sounds like an achievement.
e.g. Was a member of a team that selected a new problem management tool
becomes
Selected a new problem management tool
Do this on every line and use bullet points.
BYU
Lesley Judd was a FOX!!!
Pigs and dogs are used to find truffles.
Apparently the truffle gives off a scent like that of a male wild boar which is what attracts the pigs, and the dogs are just trained to go for the smell in the same way that sniffer dogs are trained for drugs or explosives.
Useless facts - we got 'em!
"We are currently being slashdotted. Due to stupid Apache settings on our side, performance has been very low. We appologize for the inconvenience. We have now allocated 300 processes to Apache in order to provide faster access"
But oil lamps don't really conjure up that whole Tron thing quite so well, do they?
I don't know how they do it, but they do. The support is great, with an IRC channel as well as forum based FAQ's etc.
I don't have any interest in this company.
Give them a different sum to solve each week, the answer to which is the amount of cash they get.
That should sort the little terrors out.
30 miles to school in the snow?! You don't know you're born! We lived in a hole in the middle of the road, and had to get up before we went to bed!
Eggs don't bounce.
There are no bones in a jelly fish.
...to sign up to the Faxing Preference Service. Once you have done this, you appear on the list of people it is unlawful for anyone to fax-spam.
If you're concerned about the amount of tree-ware spamming you through your letterbox then sign up for the Mailing Preference service while you're at it.
Finally, you can also sign up to the Telephone Preference service and foil those legalised war-diallers that phone you up and then hang up on you when they realise they can't connect you to a sales drone.
I am looking for a connector to connect my Ask Slashdot questions to the editors.
I know this is possible, because I have seen other peoples questions get posted.
Maybe it's because mine aren't stupid enough?
Please help!
If you type in, say, 'there' (as opposed to 'ereht'), you still get 1038 sites, and they are all shown the right way round.
What's the point in publishing your site in mirror english?
Is this just evidence of people writing crappy code that reverses all their text whilst trying to do parse it, or is it something more interesting?
Perhaps they think that it would be better to use renewable energy?
Thousands of people in the West use stationary bicycles several times a week. The only difference is that in gyms the energy is wasted as heat rather than converted into something useful.