This is true. It used to be the local Bells that did this free of charge. My wife's late grandmother was deaf, and we'd call the TDD relay operator to call her. Or vice versa.
On top of that, I suspect this is a googlebomb attempt, as well. So removing links would help.
But as the story poster, I have to say that part of the problem is the site software. It's running Discus, which doesn't have a "log in once" thing. I don't even know if it's possible to add captchas, though that would probably be the best solution. I also like the "Banana" solution below.
The best solution, which would retain the site flavor would be require registration, but allow pseudonymous posting.
For example, my Slashdot name actually comes from the target site. We had a long-running silly-superhero interactive fiction that came out of pseudonymous posting, and I started posting as "The Amazing Quantum Man". On other portions of the board, I use my "real" name. This sort of silliness is part of the culture, and forcing people to post under real names would kill that sort of thing.
Don't know if it's good or not, but there are these amazing things called "libraries", that let you borrow dead trees with words on them, so that you can read them. Then, when you're finished, you give them back to the "library". And the best part is that it doesn't cost you a cent, and it's all legal, too!
I already have 2 kids (both daughters), and don't want and can't afford more. Had the dirty deed done 7 years ago. The wife is much happier off the Pill, too...
In the Intel world, maybe. But the 68020 was self-virtualizing, though it required an external 68851. The 68030 was fully self-virtualizable without an external MMU.
Those don't sound like ordinary users to me. They sound like people who have the expertise to actually change the software they use.
I have no clue as to how to work on the electric lines in my house. But I can contract out to *any* qualified person to fix them.
Similarly, if I have a problem with Firefox, I may not have the knowledge to fix it myself. But I can contract out to *any* qualified person to fix it.
On the gripping hand, if I have a problem with $CLOSED_SOURCE_SOFTWARE, I'm screwed unless the vendor itself decides to fix it.
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This is true. It used to be the local Bells that did this free of charge. My wife's late grandmother was deaf, and we'd call the TDD relay operator to call her. Or vice versa.
Nothing for you to see here... move along.
On top of that, I suspect this is a googlebomb attempt, as well. So removing links would help.
But as the story poster, I have to say that part of the problem is the site software. It's running Discus, which doesn't have a "log in once" thing. I don't even know if it's possible to add captchas, though that would probably be the best solution. I also like the "Banana" solution below.
The best solution, which would retain the site flavor would be require registration, but allow pseudonymous posting.
For example, my Slashdot name actually comes from the target site. We had a long-running silly-superhero interactive fiction that came out of pseudonymous posting, and I started posting as "The Amazing Quantum Man". On other portions of the board, I use my "real" name. This sort of silliness is part of the culture, and forcing people to post under real names would kill that sort of thing.
I mean the FCC is perfectly willing to accept bogous legal and technical arguments for deregulation of the airwaves.
Except when it comes to b008i35!!!
Two words: "Public Library".
Don't know if it's good or not, but there are these amazing things called "libraries", that let you borrow dead trees with words on them, so that you can read them. Then, when you're finished, you give them back to the "library". And the best part is that it doesn't cost you a cent, and it's all legal, too!
I already have 2 kids (both daughters), and don't want and can't afford more. Had the dirty deed done 7 years ago. The wife is much happier off the Pill, too...
Thank God we still have the Easter Bunny.
And a good thing too, since who else would maintain the Linux kernel?
My sig seems to be an appropriate response.
In the Intel world, maybe. But the 68020 was self-virtualizing, though it required an external 68851. The 68030 was fully self-virtualizable without an external MMU.
\i{I mean, the Russians didn't send a painter up did they?}
Back on Vokhshod I. Alexei Leonov.
Same here. Sometimes I shave in the shower, others just at the sink.
When I'm in the shower, I do the same as maharvey (don't have a good shower mirror).
I use the mirror when I'm at the sink, though.
I use Edge gel. But when I'm in the shower, and I touch up (after rinsing), I just use plain moisturizing soap.
Here ya go:
Last on Earth. Then door knocked.
Just two.
As you say, paper ballets have been around for centuries and work just fine.
Won't somebody think of the dancers?
What? Didn't they get the memo that Microsoft "innovated" the meaning of RC to mean what the rest of the world calls "beta"?
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Related Links: "Compare prices on Mozilla"
"right to privacy", "right to their own body"
Please see the Ninth Amendment, as well as the Fourth.
That's COPPA, not COPA. COPA is "Son of CDA" or the "OMG kiddi3z can look at b008i35!!!!" Law.
Ha! I own "A Method for Doing Stuff with Things... On the Internet!"
Those don't sound like ordinary users to me. They sound like people who have the expertise to actually change the software they use.
I have no clue as to how to work on the electric lines in my house. But I can contract out to *any* qualified person to fix them.
Similarly, if I have a problem with Firefox, I may not have the knowledge to fix it myself. But I can contract out to *any* qualified person to fix it.
On the gripping hand, if I have a problem with $CLOSED_SOURCE_SOFTWARE, I'm screwed unless the vendor itself decides to fix it.
Nice try. Here's the Straight Dope article on it.
We are at war with Eurasia. We have always been at war with Eurasia.
where
"at war with Eurasia" = "Selling Windows".
I didn't get that badge, and neither did my wife. It's one of her favorite things to do!
How much, if any, has your strategic partnership with SCO hurt MySQL, either financially or image-wise?
And...
There's Klingons off the starboard bow!
We come in peace, shoot to kill!