Yeah, the CDs you had were probably music, not multimedia. That's been done to death. We've had them for years in the UK. Most Sunday papers have some sort of free music CD every so often, but the story posted made it here because it's a regular CD-ROM, not music CD.
How long before the Sundays are published on CD-ROMs (or DVDs) and you print your own version of the paper to read in the bathroom...
How about something that's sooooo 2004? Boycott sites that use pop-ups.
If you want me to visit your site, don't make it unvisitable. If I want to use IE, that's my lookout, and your site should consider providing me with a good experience if you want me to return, regardless of the browser I use. That way you widen your audience to the max.
I don't have a problem with dev in the UK. The posting I commented to was bemoaning the fact that Ken was spending money outside the UK to get this project implemented and working.
Getting it designed and developed in the UK - not the issue I'm arguing:) My point is, which UK based software house could Ken have given his wad of cash to?
You mention UK software development, then leap in with a US based software house.
My position isn't that UK software development is bad, merely asking someone to name a decent UK based software house. (i.e. one that's still decent now, and still based in the UK)
You are basically saying "If you parade your black skin around in public, you don't have any reasonable expectation of privacy, and people should be able to just discriminate against you."
I'll go out on a limb here and say that I would be at ease discriminating based on skin colour. Or sex. Or hair colour. I do it all the time. I bet you do too. Example:
Her: "Which one is Sarah?"
Me: "That young white girl with blonde hair"
Oops! I've just been racist, ageist and sexist to boot. The fact that one discriminates is not in itself a bad thing. It's when one segregates for the purposes of benfitting one group over another.
The benefits here seem to be on the side of white non-muslims. I cannot see how discrimination of this type is beneficial in any way, but please feel free to correct me.
I'll continue to discriminate in my day to day life, thank you very much. And if I'm the only white guy in a group of blacks, why not point me out to someone looking for me as "that white guy"?
Just my 2d worth - not all discrimination is bad, and sometimes, just sometimes, it annoys me when people say it is.
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Where are the Thank Yous? Hmm, where were the official Thank Yous from Quebec to Ontario and the other provinces for bailing out your asses in 98?
Canada has states now?
Guinness, that great British drink ...
I guess the Irish have an opinion on that.
So if a CD won't play, it's an "American CD",
but if it does, it's a "Freedom CD"?
Yeah, the CDs you had were probably music, not multimedia. That's been done to death. We've had them for years in the UK. Most Sunday papers have some sort of free music CD every so often, but the story posted made it here because it's a regular CD-ROM, not music CD.
...
How long before the Sundays are published on CD-ROMs (or DVDs) and you print your own version of the paper to read in the bathroom
Don't you mean Water Polo?
Sorry :)
I meant Republican.
Furthermore, do you know what we call something that is so over compeditive that it cannot do anything BUT compete with everything?
American?
Since the internet was "born", HK has only been under the People's Republic of China rule since July 1997.
How about something that's sooooo 2004? Boycott sites that use pop-ups.
If you want me to visit your site, don't make it unvisitable. If I want to use IE, that's my lookout, and your site should consider providing me with a good experience if you want me to return, regardless of the browser I use. That way you widen your audience to the max.
oh no! now I can't lookup slashdot.org anymore.
That's OK - us real geeks know the IP address off by heart.
It doesn't bother me in the slightest, its not my job to care about the worlds problems.
Then you'll excuse me when I look the other way as you're getting mugged.
Much of the shit in this world is caused by people not giving a fuck about anyone but themselves. That goes for many governments too.
2nd World, 3rd World ...
:)
I wish people would get it right
Old World = Europe
New World = Americas/Australasia (European colonies)
Third World = The bits the Old World never got around to colonising.
Just like there is no spoon, there is no "First World" or "Second World".
Come on
Harrison Ford is Australian?
Perhaps you mean "The Patriot", but Mel Gibson was born in New York.
Could these guys use a spell-checker on their site?
It depends on which spells they are casting.
Oh, you mean "spelling checker"
Sorry.
While you're at it, can you retrain them to never again use mm/dd/yy?
Thanks
Yeah, yeah, and I have more than the average number of legs.
I have two legs, and the average is slightly less than that.
I have heard only one person use it in spoken communication, and it didn't make him sound cool.
:)
I wonder if that says more about the people you mix with, than the term "googling"
I bet it still won't play SimCity4 at a playable speed.
I don't have a problem with dev in the UK. The posting I commented to was bemoaning the fact that Ken was spending money outside the UK to get this project implemented and working.
:) My point is, which UK based software house could Ken have given his wad of cash to?
Getting it designed and developed in the UK - not the issue I'm arguing
You mention UK software development, then leap in with a US based software house.
My position isn't that UK software development is bad, merely asking someone to name a decent UK based software house. (i.e. one that's still decent now, and still based in the UK)
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You are basically saying "If you parade your black skin around in public, you don't have any reasonable expectation of privacy, and people should be able to just discriminate against you."
I'll go out on a limb here and say that I would be at ease discriminating based on skin colour. Or sex. Or hair colour. I do it all the time. I bet you do too. Example:
Her: "Which one is Sarah?"
Me: "That young white girl with blonde hair"
Oops! I've just been racist, ageist and sexist to boot. The fact that one discriminates is not in itself a bad thing. It's when one segregates for the purposes of benfitting one group over another.
The benefits here seem to be on the side of white non-muslims. I cannot see how discrimination of this type is beneficial in any way, but please feel free to correct me.
I'll continue to discriminate in my day to day life, thank you very much. And if I'm the only white guy in a group of blacks, why not point me out to someone looking for me as "that white guy"?
Just my 2d worth - not all discrimination is bad, and sometimes, just sometimes, it annoys me when people say it is.
Quite possibly right now I think about it. Sorry for assuming
No doubt they have their own rules about who is the agent and who is the registrant.
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