I know you say 'I'm by no means saying you should be suspect of *any* foreign person..' - but really you don't mean it. You wouldn't have made such a post in the first place if you didn't really mean it.
At the end of the day we are a global economy.. our card numbers and personal bits of information have been flying all over the globe for years now. Quite frankly I trust the people working in the indian call centres as much as I trust the person working down the high street in my own city bank.. i've worked with a number of consultants from India on coding projects here in the UK and have found them to be nothing but exceptionally dedicated, meticulous and hard working.
Just because they are foreign, it doesn't automatically make them a potential terrorist for christs sake.
They feature the original characters and not some of the newer tosh.
I'd personally be just as happy to see Transformers: The Movie remastered and re-released at the cinema. It would be awesome to watch that on the big screen.
Indeed. I went well off Realplayer.. Realplayer 8 was the last one I used. Now I know that was probably as bad as the rest of them for spyware and calling home, etc, but when it started to get to RealOne player with 'messaging centres' that popped up annoying dialogues and such stuff that I really felt enough was enough!
Thankfully Real Alternative seems to work exceptionally well and has enabled me to use Real Media streams without the need for the Real Networks awful software!
I can't believe they still have my IRIX review linked their front page. Yes, i'm embarassed to admit that I wrote that, and about 3 or 4 few years ago as well.
A technical review of something has never been much of a strength of mine - I think its time they pulled it:\
I wasn't referring to the governments and other corrupt individuals who were looking to profit from the misery of thousands of people.
I think the general public (well, at least outside of America) realise what a hell hole it is now right there, and how GWB has managed to stick a huge great big stick into the proverbial hornets nest.
But as long as the companies owned by his good friends are making a nice tidy sum on the rebuilding of the country whilst innocent people and soldiers continue to get picked off by islamic extremists on a daily basis then fine. I wouldn't exactly say i'm pleased with the way its going over there though.
No, I think its a sensible person realising that there are somewhat graver concerns about the state of the middle east right now, rather than how much money one can make from repairing the damage done by the coalition.
I think you need to re-evaluate your priorities if you think people care about how much money can be made from Iraq.
Less talk and more action. When companies TALK about doing something, but actually don't seem to actually be DOING a lot of anything, people lose interest.
Creative have been at this for long enough, and I don't see why they don't just channel all this hype up into a bloody good product rather than releasing products which try and keep up with what Apple are doing. Nothing of theirs that I have seen so far has been particularly innovative - just one big game of catchup.
Make the killer product ffs and then wow us with it..
You can hang around on any of the Mac rumour sites, who usually have people at the shows connected via WiFi reporting on exactly whats going on - either via frequent updates to a webpage or on an IRC channel.
Thats what i've done for the last few Mac shows where big announcements were expected:)
To be fair mine is uncapped and pretty much no nonsense - NTL! I think they have a not very hard enforced limit of 1GB a day.. but its pretty rare I ever exceed than and as an average there is no way I am touching on 31GB a month.
I've had it for about 3 years and gradually bumped my speed up from base level to their top tier now. Its been supremely reliable!
Actually I thought these were a really bloody good idea, but I was always a little concerned that the alarming red / white chemical mixture which you could see through the bottom would some how leak into the coffee.
It didn't taste spectacular, but if you were cold and wanted a warm cup of coffee (and it did get pretty damn hot) it was a fantastic solution. Just a shame it cost so much and didn't sell so well.
As a result, I haven't seen these for about a year or so now:(
I might be taking the kind of attitude that stifles innovation, but what more is it that you are supposed to do to a nice clean POP3/IMAP mail client beyond what the Thunderbird guys have already done?
They set out to make a fast, free, clean and more secure version of Outlook Express and I think they have achieved that goal many times over.
I personally found the initial switch over to TB from OE much easier than initially going to Firefox from IE.. so perhaps they've done a better job in that respect so far?
Bloody hell - Percy Potty Pigeon - that takes me back a bit. Remember playing it on my cousins Spectrum about.. 14 years ago? Talk about old school..:)
Is that because none of the doctors or hospitals are able to immediately diagnose these problems, they are just sending him away.
Surely they should have him in until they get to the bottom of this! Our NHS may be in pretty rough shape but you if staggered into hospital with some of the symptoms he has been having, he'd be in a bed and getting looked at and wouldn't be allowed to leave until he was fixed up, or at least they had identified the problem and knew how dangerous it was and what they needed to do to fix it!
Now a decent Smart car is the Brabus version of the roadster.
I think the petrol engine is something like a 0.7 litre 3 cylinder with a low pressure turbo.. Brabus made 6 proof of concepts with basically two of the engines welded together to produce a twin turbo V6. And being as they weigh nothing it went like absolute stink.. even the wheels they used looked really nice as well.
Some piccies here:
http://www.fast-autos.net/brabus/brabusroadster. ht ml
Shame they'll never make it as a production car really. Its the only Smart i'd ever own;)
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They are a company. Their sole point of existance is to make money. They aren't a charity FFS.
They have employees that need to be paid, and they have probably enormous bills that need to be paid. Its going to be in their interest to make money.
I think as companies go, they are pretty generous.. they still get respect from me.
Oh thats it.. play the terrorism trump card.
I know you say 'I'm by no means saying you should be suspect of *any* foreign person..' - but really you don't mean it. You wouldn't have made such a post in the first place if you didn't really mean it.
At the end of the day we are a global economy.. our card numbers and personal bits of information have been flying all over the globe for years now. Quite frankly I trust the people working in the indian call centres as much as I trust the person working down the high street in my own city bank.. i've worked with a number of consultants from India on coding projects here in the UK and have found them to be nothing but exceptionally dedicated, meticulous and hard working.
Just because they are foreign, it doesn't automatically make them a potential terrorist for christs sake.
They feature the original characters and not some of the newer tosh.
I'd personally be just as happy to see Transformers: The Movie remastered and re-released at the cinema. It would be awesome to watch that on the big screen.
Indeed. I went well off Realplayer.. Realplayer 8 was the last one I used. Now I know that was probably as bad as the rest of them for spyware and calling home, etc, but when it started to get to RealOne player with 'messaging centres' that popped up annoying dialogues and such stuff that I really felt enough was enough!
Thankfully Real Alternative seems to work exceptionally well and has enabled me to use Real Media streams without the need for the Real Networks awful software!
Have you never eaten Milka chocolate? You get it in Europe and its actually really rather nice :)
That this wasn't left to George Lucas to create ;)
Its just because Kim Jong-Il is 'ronery' :)
Hahaha... thanks ;)
Didn't actually notice that my name was down at the bottom.
I can't believe they still have my IRIX review linked their front page. Yes, i'm embarassed to admit that I wrote that, and about 3 or 4 few years ago as well.
:\
A technical review of something has never been much of a strength of mine - I think its time they pulled it
Wow - so Michael Jackson does post on Slashdot!
I'm imagining your voice mails being sent to your GMail account - possibly one of the reasons why they give us a whole 1GB of storage?
I wasn't referring to the governments and other corrupt individuals who were looking to profit from the misery of thousands of people.
I think the general public (well, at least outside of America) realise what a hell hole it is now right there, and how GWB has managed to stick a huge great big stick into the proverbial hornets nest.
But as long as the companies owned by his good friends are making a nice tidy sum on the rebuilding of the country whilst innocent people and soldiers continue to get picked off by islamic extremists on a daily basis then fine. I wouldn't exactly say i'm pleased with the way its going over there though.
No, I think its a sensible person realising that there are somewhat graver concerns about the state of the middle east right now, rather than how much money one can make from repairing the damage done by the coalition.
I think you need to re-evaluate your priorities if you think people care about how much money can be made from Iraq.
Less talk and more action. When companies TALK about doing something, but actually don't seem to actually be DOING a lot of anything, people lose interest.
Creative have been at this for long enough, and I don't see why they don't just channel all this hype up into a bloody good product rather than releasing products which try and keep up with what Apple are doing. Nothing of theirs that I have seen so far has been particularly innovative - just one big game of catchup.
Make the killer product ffs and then wow us with it..
I think the belt is a physical feature on the moons surface - not a floating belt of debris, rock, etc.
You can hang around on any of the Mac rumour sites, who usually have people at the shows connected via WiFi reporting on exactly whats going on - either via frequent updates to a webpage or on an IRC channel.
:)
Thats what i've done for the last few Mac shows where big announcements were expected
To be fair mine is uncapped and pretty much no nonsense - NTL! I think they have a not very hard enforced limit of 1GB a day.. but its pretty rare I ever exceed than and as an average there is no way I am touching on 31GB a month.
I've had it for about 3 years and gradually bumped my speed up from base level to their top tier now. Its been supremely reliable!
Trust me when I say that the US has it good on EVERYTHING, including broadband.
Try the UK... entry level broadband (256k down and 64k up) is about £20/month - thats nearly $40.
I'm on 1.5mbit down and 256k up and thats costing me nearer $80/month.
Makes your prices seem a bit more reasonable now, eh?
"What else are geeks doing differently this Christmas?"
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Taking a shower, and going out socialising!
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Actually I thought these were a really bloody good idea, but I was always a little concerned that the alarming red / white chemical mixture which you could see through the bottom would some how leak into the coffee.
:(
It didn't taste spectacular, but if you were cold and wanted a warm cup of coffee (and it did get pretty damn hot) it was a fantastic solution. Just a shame it cost so much and didn't sell so well.
As a result, I haven't seen these for about a year or so now
I might be taking the kind of attitude that stifles innovation, but what more is it that you are supposed to do to a nice clean POP3/IMAP mail client beyond what the Thunderbird guys have already done?
They set out to make a fast, free, clean and more secure version of Outlook Express and I think they have achieved that goal many times over.
I personally found the initial switch over to TB from OE much easier than initially going to Firefox from IE.. so perhaps they've done a better job in that respect so far?
Bloody hell - Percy Potty Pigeon - that takes me back a bit. Remember playing it on my cousins Spectrum about.. 14 years ago? Talk about old school.. :)
Is that because none of the doctors or hospitals are able to immediately diagnose these problems, they are just sending him away.
Surely they should have him in until they get to the bottom of this! Our NHS may be in pretty rough shape but you if staggered into hospital with some of the symptoms he has been having, he'd be in a bed and getting looked at and wouldn't be allowed to leave until he was fixed up, or at least they had identified the problem and knew how dangerous it was and what they needed to do to fix it!
Scary, really scary. Good luck Patrick.
Now a decent Smart car is the Brabus version of the roadster.
:
. ht ml
;)
I think the petrol engine is something like a 0.7 litre 3 cylinder with a low pressure turbo.. Brabus made 6 proof of concepts with basically two of the engines welded together to produce a twin turbo V6. And being as they weigh nothing it went like absolute stink.. even the wheels they used looked really nice as well.
Some piccies here
http://www.fast-autos.net/brabus/brabusroadster
Shame they'll never make it as a production car really. Its the only Smart i'd ever own
Lots more lawsuits perhaps?