Then all your friends and family must be geeks too. I now get spam at my "secret" address because I was stupid enough to give a non-geek "friend" my personal email address. (I usually give out a unique address for each institution/site that I sign up to, but a single one for friends and family).
Alas, at least one friend has sent out a mass email to everyone in her address book and not used BCC. Since then, I have started to get spam and I've been unable to reduce the traffic to zero.
Kids, always use BCC if you're sending emails to a number of people who do not know each other.
I draw the line at ads for photo phones that say in small print "Images Simulated".
Why not also say "It can call anyone in the world for free!" and in small print add "Charges apply"? Why not also say "It gives you next week's winning lottery numbers!" and in small print add "Cannot fortell the future".
If your product's USP is visual, do not "simulate" the visuals.
But when someone uses a trademark similar to ours...
So they are using a trade mark that's similar to yours, but not actually yours. Sounds like the ACS is ripe to be sued by the owner of the original registered trademark. Either that or they're not using a very good trademark lawyer.
Pfaffenbach: You've got four bogies heading toward you! [sneezes on the radar screen] Pfaffenbach: Oh my God, a dozen more of them! And a blimp, a big, shiny blimp and it's slowly moving south!
I agree - C4 is close to the top of things I miss too.
I wondered about bad TV on Sat. nights, and thought that it was because there's little demand for interesting stuff - all the interesting people are likely out painting the town red, or cosy with their 2.4 kids.
Getting back on topic - I wonder if there'd be the opportunity to time-share the spectrum, kind of like how the Independent TV broadcasters do in London (Carlton & LWT).
[Anyone know when the ITV franchises are up for auction again? I can't be arsed to google]
It's all relative. You don't know how good you have it there in the UK. I'm an expat, and top of the list of things I miss: the BBC.
Attenborough, world perspective news, Grandstand, HIGNFY, The Sky at Night, Top Gear, Mastermind, Shooting Stars - Red Dwarf - Monty Python and other comedy shows, more intelligent documentaries than you can shake a stick at, AND NO AD BREAKS.
I'm sure there are plenty of others I could reel off, but until my first coffee of a morning I think that list will do without research.
The point is, regardless of what you might bemoan as a shoddy broadcasting outfit, the BBC is actually the "most respected broadcasting organisation". I've been to Japan, South Africa, across Europe and now I live in North America - there are some good TV outfits around, but none hold a candle to the BBC.
So the guy who has been working at a steel plant for the last 15 years who is now losing his job because the plant puts out too much in emissions... he just suddenly becomes an expert at energy sources? He's able to just stop work at the factory on Friday and pick up in a consulting gig on Monday?
Enough to live a good lifestyle. What's the point of arguing for more/less %age points when the real issue is quality of life? Money isn't everything. When I discovered that, life got a whole lot better.
Cameras are not everywhere. For a start, they are not in changing rooms, which is probably what this "UK group" is majorly concerned about.
I see lots of slashdotters mocking the idea with "oh, a piece of tape would get around this, ha ha ha", but no-one actually addressing the root cause of the problem, which is that the invention of digital video recording devices small enough to go un-noticed brings into being a new crime.
I don't have kids, but if I did, I am sure that in the back of my mind would be the suspicion that maybe they were being recorded when they go to swim practice. Paranoid? Of course, but here on slashdot I am in good company - just look at any discussion. We're all worried about something that not a lot of other people are.
So what's the solution? Change the law? Change the technology? Change society? Change nothing and mock those who point out that something's not quite right?
Invest in a professional. You'll be surprised how cheaply (sadly) good graphic artists will work.
I'll bite...
What's the best way to hire a good graphic artist? Look in the yellow pages? Google for "good graphic artist"? Surf until you find a site you like the look of and hope the webmaster tells you who drew the graphics?
I'll be in the market to hire a graphic artist next year for a (very) small personal project, and hadn't even started to think about graphics yet.
So if you hired a good graphic artist, how did you find them?
Isn't the US supposed to be a "classless" society? As a brit, I've lost count of the times that I, personally, have been accused by North Americans of single-handedly upholding the class-system, and also lost count of the times that Hollywood pokes fun at the existence of the class system in the UK.
So please can I have an apology from every yank who on one hand takes pride in the US being a classless meritocracy, and on the other hand casts their vote to protect their middle-class lifestyle (and "values")?
I'm having a bad day (and it's only 8am) so I'm taking it out on/. as is my right as a toffee-nosed limey who emigrated to North America.
Slashdot Mirror
Did they find anything? WMD? Osama?
Sounds like my wife.
Free TV isn't about art. It's an advertising conduit, and nothing more.
You've never watched the BBC, have you?
Then all your friends and family must be geeks too. I now get spam at my "secret" address because I was stupid enough to give a non-geek "friend" my personal email address. (I usually give out a unique address for each institution/site that I sign up to, but a single one for friends and family).
Alas, at least one friend has sent out a mass email to everyone in her address book and not used BCC. Since then, I have started to get spam and I've been unable to reduce the traffic to zero.
Kids, always use BCC if you're sending emails to a number of people who do not know each other.
IIRC, the USA allowed the EU to build this system
I beg your pardon? Allowed ??
I draw the line at ads for photo phones that say in small print "Images Simulated".
Why not also say "It can call anyone in the world for free!" and in small print add "Charges apply"?
Why not also say "It gives you next week's winning lottery numbers!" and in small print add "Cannot fortell the future".
If your product's USP is visual, do not "simulate" the visuals.
So if I'm on a bus and I watch an R rated clip, and a kid watches over my shoulder, who gets sued?
But when someone uses a trademark similar to ours ...
So they are using a trade mark that's similar to yours, but not actually yours. Sounds like the ACS is ripe to be sued by the owner of the original registered trademark. Either that or they're not using a very good trademark lawyer.
And that man is Richard Branson, the space cowboy...
No, that would be Maurice.
Peter Woodward, son of the other british actor Edward (affectionately known as edwoodwoodwoodwood)
... "No, but Edward Woodward would"
Affectionately known as "Ewar Woowar". [prn. Eee-wah woo-wah]
You're thinking of the joke that ends
The issues you mentioned are not controversial.
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Maybe not now, but in their time
ISTR Galileo having a pretty rough time about something that we now know to be true.
Pfaffenbach: You've got four bogies heading toward you!
[sneezes on the radar screen]
Pfaffenbach: Oh my God, a dozen more of them! And a blimp, a big, shiny blimp and it's slowly moving south!
Surprised that Junta hasn't had a mention. I've spent many a weekend playing this game when we were supposed to be playing Diplomacy.
Fond, fond memories of this game, even though I haven't played it in over 10 years.
... wouldn't know Wales if it hit them in the ass ...
Obviously not a Welsh sheep then.
Bzzzt - Logic error.
Personally, I live ~20 miles from my place of work, so i'm forced to use a car everyday instead of walking.
No, you live ~20 miles from your place of work and you don't use public transit, so you're forced to use a car everyday instead of walking.
Run for president. You'd get the geek vote based on that posting alone.
I agree - C4 is close to the top of things I miss too.
I wondered about bad TV on Sat. nights, and thought that it was because there's little demand for interesting stuff - all the interesting people are likely out painting the town red, or cosy with their 2.4 kids.
Getting back on topic - I wonder if there'd be the opportunity to time-share the spectrum, kind of like how the Independent TV broadcasters do in London (Carlton & LWT).
[Anyone know when the ITV franchises are up for auction again? I can't be arsed to google]
It's all relative. You don't know how good you have it there in the UK. I'm an expat, and top of the list of things I miss: the BBC.
Attenborough, world perspective news, Grandstand, HIGNFY, The Sky at Night, Top Gear, Mastermind, Shooting Stars - Red Dwarf - Monty Python and other comedy shows, more intelligent documentaries than you can shake a stick at, AND NO AD BREAKS.
I'm sure there are plenty of others I could reel off, but until my first coffee of a morning I think that list will do without research.
The point is, regardless of what you might bemoan as a shoddy broadcasting outfit, the BBC is actually the "most respected broadcasting organisation". I've been to Japan, South Africa, across Europe and now I live in North America - there are some good TV outfits around, but none hold a candle to the BBC.
So the guy who has been working at a steel plant for the last 15 years who is now losing his job because the plant puts out too much in emissions... he just suddenly becomes an expert at energy sources? He's able to just stop work at the factory on Friday and pick up in a consulting gig on Monday?
More jobs for teachers!
Enough to live a good lifestyle. What's the point of arguing for more/less %age points when the real issue is quality of life? Money isn't everything. When I discovered that, life got a whole lot better.
Insightful? Come on ...
Cameras are not everywhere. For a start, they are not in changing rooms, which is probably what this "UK group" is majorly concerned about.
I see lots of slashdotters mocking the idea with "oh, a piece of tape would get around this, ha ha ha", but no-one actually addressing the root cause of the problem, which is that the invention of digital video recording devices small enough to go un-noticed brings into being a new crime.
I don't have kids, but if I did, I am sure that in the back of my mind would be the suspicion that maybe they were being recorded when they go to swim practice. Paranoid? Of course, but here on slashdot I am in good company - just look at any discussion. We're all worried about something that not a lot of other people are.
So what's the solution? Change the law? Change the technology? Change society? Change nothing and mock those who point out that something's not quite right?
He presented pretty good evidence to support his argument, too
Yeah, but who can be bothered to read it?
Invest in a professional. You'll be surprised how cheaply (sadly) good graphic artists will work.
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I'll bite
What's the best way to hire a good graphic artist? Look in the yellow pages? Google for "good graphic artist"? Surf until you find a site you like the look of and hope the webmaster tells you who drew the graphics?
I'll be in the market to hire a graphic artist next year for a (very) small personal project, and hadn't even started to think about graphics yet.
So if you hired a good graphic artist, how did you find them?
Is she hot?
I am just fighting for the U.S middle class
/. as is my right as a toffee-nosed limey who emigrated to North America.
Isn't the US supposed to be a "classless" society? As a brit, I've lost count of the times that I, personally, have been accused by North Americans of single-handedly upholding the class-system, and also lost count of the times that Hollywood pokes fun at the existence of the class system in the UK.
So please can I have an apology from every yank who on one hand takes pride in the US being a classless meritocracy, and on the other hand casts their vote to protect their middle-class lifestyle (and "values")?
I'm having a bad day (and it's only 8am) so I'm taking it out on