Oops, sorry about the misinformation. The politechbot link talks about a Macromedia program called 'Fontographer'. Are you sure that they aren't being wacked over a similar issue in another program?
I only posted because everyone kept asking about the violation, instead of reading the previous posts themselves. That'll teach me not to attempt good deeds:-)
I just find it amusing that you guys complain about paying an extra 10-20 cents per gallon. You want to try driving over here (UK), we pay over a dollar per litre. Can't be bothered to look up the metric/US conversion at the moment, though.
The trouble is, we pay about 5 times as much for the priviledge. I'm all for reducing consumption somehow, though (as long as I can still drive my car).
Almost as good as 'The staff have no collective power, but we the management do. Let's pay them the minimum we can get away with, give them minimum breaks and make them deal with 20 calls an hour.'
Some people need a union, they aren't all corrupt powerbases.
A previous poster provided this link. The issue is Macromedia software which wrongly sets the 'allow embedding' bit in the font. Monotype say that circumvents a copy control device.
Showing my age here, but I remember UK computer magazines printing BASIC listings, often with a footnote which said 'our daisywheel printer only prints £ signs, please substitute # for £ in the program'.
The wealth (energy) we have is limited by this planet's resources. There may not be enough to get us to the stars, especially if we keep burning it at the present rate.
Generally the UK uses 3 phase cable buried in the street. Each property uses one phase in turn, so every 3rd building is on a particular phase. Also, the transformers tend to cover more than 6 properties, they are large and housed in brick buildings. Each (urban) transformer covers a radius of several hundred yards.
Having said that, rural buildings tend to share a smaller pole-mounted transformer nearby, similar to what I think you are describing.
I wonder if this solution would work. There's no harm asking them, I suppose.
I recently finished working at Hutchison 3g, they are currently building a 3rd generation mobile telecomms network in the UK.
One of their contractors specialises in this stuff. They visit a site, inspect and photograph the material they are going to mimic, and produce custom shrouds for cables and antennae.
They are the same people who created the sets for the Wallace and Gromit animated films. Their website is at http://www.theundetectables.co.uk/ , unfortunately, the linux flash plugin goes crazy on this site, but windows will view it ok (although it is still very flash-heavy).
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Maybe it's a subtle demonstration of Linux stability.
"Look, you need a steam hammer to make it crash!"
Oops, sorry about the misinformation. The politechbot link talks about a Macromedia program called 'Fontographer'. Are you sure that they aren't being wacked over a similar issue in another program?
:-)
I only posted because everyone kept asking about the violation, instead of reading the previous posts themselves. That'll teach me not to attempt good deeds
That's interesting, thanks.
I just find it amusing that you guys complain about paying an extra 10-20 cents per gallon. You want to try driving over here (UK), we pay over a dollar per litre. Can't be bothered to look up the metric/US conversion at the moment, though.
The trouble is, we pay about 5 times as much for the priviledge. I'm all for reducing consumption somehow, though (as long as I can still drive my car).
Almost as good as 'The staff have no collective power, but we the management do. Let's pay them the minimum we can get away with, give them minimum breaks and make them deal with 20 calls an hour.'
Some people need a union, they aren't all corrupt powerbases.
Whilst I agree with your first sentence, I would argue that the second is not always true.
A previous poster provided this link. The issue is Macromedia software which wrongly sets the 'allow embedding' bit in the font. Monotype say that circumvents a copy control device.
I tend to make the you/your mistake though. Its usually a typing rather than grammatical error.
Students can't fathom the concept, or the teacher is too clueless to teach fundamental structures?
Showing my age here, but I remember UK computer magazines printing BASIC listings, often with a footnote which said 'our daisywheel printer only prints £ signs, please substitute # for £ in the program'.
an American law in a world where the majority of the population isn't American. :) Doesn't sound like an issue.
:(
Unfortunately, it's an American law which is beginning to be replicated elsewhere
I think I'll wait for KDE 3.11 for workgroups.
Hehe, you put an apostrophe in "gramma nazi's".
Was it bait?
The wealth (energy) we have is limited by this planet's resources. There may not be enough to get us to the stars, especially if we keep burning it at the present rate.
Misunderestimated? Your surname wouldn't be Bush by any chance, would it? :-)
Generally the UK uses 3 phase cable buried in the street. Each property uses one phase in turn, so every 3rd building is on a particular phase. Also, the transformers tend to cover more than 6 properties, they are large and housed in brick buildings. Each (urban) transformer covers a radius of several hundred yards.
Having said that, rural buildings tend to share a smaller pole-mounted transformer nearby, similar to what I think you are describing.
I wonder if this solution would work. There's no harm asking them, I suppose.
Perhaps they are getting buried under tons of paperwork, and want an integrated system to track their work.
:-)
Maybe the office is so boring they want to play Doom3 when it comes out
Or lazy people who don't read the story (or be arsed to spell properly)
Hard line (cabled) ethernet cannot be used as it will be both be too expensive and involve digging underground which is not allowed.
I recently finished working at Hutchison 3g, they are currently building a 3rd generation mobile telecomms network in the UK.
One of their contractors specialises in this stuff. They visit a site, inspect and photograph the material they are going to mimic, and produce custom shrouds for cables and antennae.
They are the same people who created the sets for the Wallace and Gromit animated films. Their website is at http://www.theundetectables.co.uk/ , unfortunately, the linux flash plugin goes crazy on this site, but windows will view it ok (although it is still very flash-heavy).
Thanks for that, I'll try it in work tomorrow.
Try 'oil'.
It's only as smart as its administrator.
Firstly, I think the parent poster is mistaken. As far as i know, private copyright violation in the UK is a civil matter.
Secondly, your government introduced the DMCA, don't be so complacent.
Got to give him a plug - listen to John Peel on BBC Radio 1, he plays anything and everything. The guy is over 60 and still a hardcore music fan.
The show is streamed Tuesday to Thursday between 22:00 and 24:00 GMT, go here for more details (and beware, most of Radio 1 is mainstream crap).
I thought the advice submitted by readers was funny:
'And finally, three readers who shall remain nameless suggested Bauckham switch to BT Openworld's service: "He will be disconnected regularly!'