I assume that the techs with whom he was speaking had to sort most of the problem out, so a partial "somebody else's problem" field would have been in operation. Doesn't sound too bad to me.
I know I'm being picky, but fuse has a Y sound in there.
It would sound something like "Lyooze"
I'll be happy to talk about your moose, but only if we can follow up with a discussion of my rough plough, though it's just a thought. Argh, what a horrid language this is.
I was government educated, and I know the difference. Ok, I admit being something of a bookworm in my childhood. Another advantage of reading a great deal is the ability to write a word to check the spelling. Most of the time, a misspelled word just looks wrong.
...you see far more people spelling it this way than the correct way
Not looking for an argument here, but are you sure that the majority use lose and loose incorrectly? Maybe - hopefully - you just notice the exceptions and don't spot the correct usage.
True, it is just a happy coincidence that I'm reading the book at the moment, so the quote came to mind. I posted it as information really (and maybe to score a mod point, which didn't work).
Isn't it interesting that the SNIPER is picking one of the tightest GUN CONTROL areas in the country? Could it be because if he tried it somewhere else someone might return fire?
If someone was popping people with a pistol, there might be some merit in your argument. Since he appears to be firing from long range, I assume you must live in an area where people carry rifles whilst shopping, filling up the car etc.
Isn't it interesting that the SNIPER is operating in a country with extremely lax gun control laws?
I worry the next step will be MS, Sony and Nintendo getting an injunction to stop them from exporting Japanese software to American/European markets. That'll really suck eggs.
Wouldn't they then fall foul of the almighty GATT agreements?
Paranoia, in some respects, I think, is a modern-day development of an ancient, archaic sense that animals still have - quarry type animals - that they're being watched... I say paranoia is an atavistic sense. It's a lingering sense, that we had very long ago, when we were - our ancestors were - very vulnerable to predators, and this sense tells them they're being watched. And they're being watched probably by something that's going to get them...
And often my characters have this feeling.
But what really I've done is, I have atavised their society. That although it's set in the future, in many ways they're living - there is a retrogressive quality in their lives, you know? They're living like our ancestors did. I mean, the hardware is in the future, the scenery's in the future, but the situations are really from the past.
--Philip K. Dick, in an interview, 1974.
(Quoted from the preface of a book of short PKD stories called 'Second Variety' - his 1950's stories, when it seems everyone in the USA was paranoid).
Or just leave your phone next to an FM radio. My girlfriend's Nokia seems to emit a signal about every 15-20 minutes when static in the house.
I thought about the advertising angle too. I just hope we don't have advertising posters which change according to who walks past. Could get a little embarrassing if adverts for porn or foot odour started following you around.
When 3g networks are finally rolled out, with their smaller cell coverage, I assume the triangulation resolution will increase. I guess that even now, those in urban areas can be located to within a few streets.
I have two Orange GSM towers within a mile of my house, I expect there is will be least one more somewhere on the circumference of that area too. Coverage is excellent though, which is my main concern:-)
Camping in North Yorkshire last year. Set up camp, got into the tent all warm and snug, checked the 'phone... no signal. You know what? Just the feeling that we were really 'away from it all' was wonderful (even if it was just for one night).
Strange how being connected is so ubiquitous that just being out of touch comes as something of a relief.
The UK government seems to think that obtaining a warrant would impede the efficiency of our law enforcement agencies. Some UK government departments can already obtain private information without a warrant.
Most of my opposition to the use of surveillance technologies would disappear if a judge had the final word on each operation. I do not trust the police to regulate themselves. Under current UK law, my communications traffic data must be handed over by my telco with nothing more than a mid-ranking police officer's signature on the request.
Point taken, but they did seem to have a political motivation too. Why else were they critisising the proposed breakup of Railtrack (if I recall correctly).
BTW, I'm not a member of any political party, although I did vote Labour, but they seemed to be scoring political points at the time.
Oh, did i mention that turning off your phone isn't going to help? Batteries out is the key....
Are you sure about that? When the 'phone is switched off (press and hold the power button, blank screen), I always thought that it ceased contacting the network until it was switched back on. Do you *know* something to the contrary?
If this is forging new legislative waters as well, I hope they do come up with something soon limiting the use of such systems without court approval.
I wouldn't hold your breath. A couple of years ago, the UK government have gave the police, customs and security services the power to retrieve communications metadata (who called whom, when and where etc). The act allowed for further expansion of those with access to this information. Earlier this year, they tried to pass an executive order giving the snooping power to a long list of public agencies. Some of us made a noise about this, and they backed off 'for a period of consultation'.
I'm not sure, but I think they plan to try this again next month (November). Anyone in the UK, keep your ears open and start bugging your MP about this when they try again.
Personally, I understand the government's desire to use this information. What I don't like is the lack of judicial oversight on a case-by-case basis. I asked my representative to explain why a warrant should be unnecessary, but of course I didn't get a direct reply to the question.
I have been playing with MLDonkey, an EDonkey implementation on Linux. It is controlled using a web interface, I can access my home machine from work, to run searches and start downloads.
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I assume that the techs with whom he was speaking had to sort most of the problem out, so a partial "somebody else's problem" field would have been in operation. Doesn't sound too bad to me.
Oh well, each to his own:
$ vrms
32 non-free packages, 2.2% of 1437 installed packages.
=p
Quite right. 'Catched' is the kind of error my 6 year old niece (occasionally) makes.
I know I'm being picky, but fuse has a Y sound in there.
It would sound something like "Lyooze"
I'll be happy to talk about your moose, but only if we can follow up with a discussion of my rough plough, though it's just a thought. Argh, what a horrid language this is.
I was government educated, and I know the difference. Ok, I admit being something of a bookworm in my childhood. Another advantage of reading a great deal is the ability to write a word to check the spelling. Most of the time, a misspelled word just looks wrong.
They are known as a homonyms (two words which share the same sound, and sometimes the same spelling).
...you see far more people spelling it this way than the correct way
Not looking for an argument here, but are you sure that the majority use lose and loose incorrectly? Maybe - hopefully - you just notice the exceptions and don't spot the correct usage.
I had never heard/seen this until about a year ago and now everyone seems to forget how to spell "lose". Where did this come from?
They're just a bunch of loosers.
True, it is just a happy coincidence that I'm reading the book at the moment, so the quote came to mind. I posted it as information really (and maybe to score a mod point, which didn't work).
Isn't it interesting that the SNIPER is picking one of the tightest GUN CONTROL areas in the country? Could it be because if he tried it somewhere else someone might return fire?
If someone was popping people with a pistol, there might be some merit in your argument. Since he appears to be firing from long range, I assume you must live in an area where people carry rifles whilst shopping, filling up the car etc.
Isn't it interesting that the SNIPER is operating in a country with extremely lax gun control laws?
You could put proper clickable links in there, so that those of us using Mozilla could right-click-open-new-tab, but thanks for the pics anyway :-)
I worry the next step will be MS, Sony and Nintendo getting an injunction to stop them from exporting Japanese software to American/European markets. That'll really suck eggs.
Wouldn't they then fall foul of the almighty GATT agreements?
Maybe it was that jar of 'white cross' tablets (speed) he reportedly kept stashed in the 'fridge.
Paranoia, in some respects, I think, is a modern-day development of an ancient, archaic sense that animals still have - quarry type animals - that they're being watched... I say paranoia is an atavistic sense. It's a lingering sense, that we had very long ago, when we were - our ancestors were - very vulnerable to predators, and this sense tells them they're being watched. And they're being watched probably by something that's going to get them...
And often my characters have this feeling.
But what really I've done is, I have atavised their society. That although it's set in the future, in many ways they're living - there is a retrogressive quality in their lives, you know? They're living like our ancestors did. I mean, the hardware is in the future, the scenery's in the future, but the situations are really from the past.
--Philip K. Dick, in an interview, 1974.
(Quoted from the preface of a book of short PKD stories called 'Second Variety' - his 1950's stories, when it seems everyone in the USA was paranoid).
Or just leave your phone next to an FM radio. My girlfriend's Nokia seems to emit a signal about every 15-20 minutes when static in the house.
I thought about the advertising angle too. I just hope we don't have advertising posters which change according to who walks past. Could get a little embarrassing if adverts for porn or foot odour started following you around.
When 3g networks are finally rolled out, with their smaller cell coverage, I assume the triangulation resolution will increase. I guess that even now, those in urban areas can be located to within a few streets.
:-)
I have two Orange GSM towers within a mile of my house, I expect there is will be least one more somewhere on the circumference of that area too. Coverage is excellent though, which is my main concern
And when 'bin' becomes a verb, I suggest you get a job as an English tutor :-P
Camping in North Yorkshire last year. Set up camp, got into the tent all warm and snug, checked the 'phone... no signal. You know what? Just the feeling that we were really 'away from it all' was wonderful (even if it was just for one night).
Strange how being connected is so ubiquitous that just being out of touch comes as something of a relief.
Well, I think the news that my government is interested in this does rate a new article.
The UK government seems to think that obtaining a warrant would impede the efficiency of our law enforcement agencies. Some UK government departments can already obtain private information without a warrant.
Most of my opposition to the use of surveillance technologies would disappear if a judge had the final word on each operation. I do not trust the police to regulate themselves. Under current UK law, my communications traffic data must be handed over by my telco with nothing more than a mid-ranking police officer's signature on the request.
Point taken, but they did seem to have a political motivation too. Why else were they critisising the proposed breakup of Railtrack (if I recall correctly).
BTW, I'm not a member of any political party, although I did vote Labour, but they seemed to be scoring political points at the time.
Oh, did i mention that turning off your phone isn't going to help? Batteries out is the key....
Are you sure about that? When the 'phone is switched off (press and hold the power button, blank screen), I always thought that it ceased contacting the network until it was switched back on. Do you *know* something to the contrary?
It can also be used to prevent imprisonment without charge. The court can demand to 'see the body', meaning the defendant must be brought to court.
If this is forging new legislative waters as well, I hope they do come up with something soon limiting the use of such systems without court approval.
I wouldn't hold your breath. A couple of years ago, the UK government have gave the police, customs and security services the power to retrieve communications metadata (who called whom, when and where etc). The act allowed for further expansion of those with access to this information. Earlier this year, they tried to pass an executive order giving the snooping power to a long list of public agencies. Some of us made a noise about this, and they backed off 'for a period of consultation'.
I'm not sure, but I think they plan to try this again next month (November). Anyone in the UK, keep your ears open and start bugging your MP about this when they try again.
Personally, I understand the government's desire to use this information. What I don't like is the lack of judicial oversight on a case-by-case basis. I asked my representative to explain why a warrant should be unnecessary, but of course I didn't get a direct reply to the question.
Hmm, Mozilla doesn't like it.
I have been playing with MLDonkey, an EDonkey implementation on Linux. It is controlled using a web interface, I can access my home machine from work, to run searches and start downloads.
The homepage is here:
www.nongnu.org