It's his content why doesn't he post an ad asking for end-users to send him their names and addresses voluntarily? Murdoch could even offer incentives to sign up. I doubt readers would be interested but at least everyone would know where they stood.
Come on now Salsa is not easy to learn. It's statements like that which put people off when they've been taking classes for two or three months and find they still struggle with the basics. "It's easy to learn but I can't do it, what is wrong with me?" and they give up.
Well-motivated ladies can get to "OK" in about six months, guys double that.
A bit of a digression but I don't know anyone anyone who owns a laptop without a USB 3G data gadget to go with it. These are quite cheap to run with no contract required.
The functionality depends upon the thief being unaware that information from the laptop is being transmitted somewhere and thus could give away information revealing the theft. If the thief knew about the client then they would of course find a way to disable it before attaching to a network.
With the current state of technology it's credible that a thief would steal the laptop, connect to the internet, then hopefully get caught. But what if laptops routinely had a GPS receiver onboard, and possibly also a GSM/UMTS modem? At that point it would become widely known by even the dumbest thieves that "laptops are trackable when you turn them on" and an arms race would ensue. The distributed tracking system would no longer be any good though
I already have a mobile phone with onboard GPS and there is an app which at power-on can auto-send a GSM text message containing the phone's detail to a pre-specified number. This is not defeated by changing the SIM card.
I really wanted to have Linux on my Acer Aspire One but the struggle was just too much. I spent days then gave up with Linpus, then tried again unsuccessfully with eeebuntu. It's now got Windows 7 and runs fine.
Is it too much to want to close the lid on a netbook and then everything to come back again when I open it? And to get a bluetooth 3G modem connection without huge messing about?
How do you live like this? Serious question. I mean you are at continuous risk of dangerous insect attack? Say you are watching TV or something and just happen to stick your finger into a spider instead of the popcorn. Whoops, then you're dead or at least off to hospital. Doesn't it wear you down psychologically?
I'm English so I speak slow stuttery French (England is about 20 miles from France.) I've been to Quebec a few times (ski-ing or on business) and whenever I try my French on the locals they tolerate me for a short time but then voluntarily switch to English just to speed things up.
Crucially though I've run into plenty of people who honestly don't speak English at all. Usually this is at the financially poorer end of the scale like people who serve me in Wal-Mart. So it could be that protecting those people is the real intent of these weird laws even if it fails in practice.
We have a similar "project" or rather it should be characterised as a "permanently stalled horror story." There are only 70 million or so people in the UK so nobody understood why the initial budget was in the billions. Now it's in the tens of billions and no end in sight. Google NHS IT if you really want to spoil your day.
I can't count the number of times the kids or some friend has asked me to help with a fscked PC and when I look at it there is some sort of DRM happening. SecureROM being the most usual. Even if the problem is actually caused by something unrelated I still have to discount the DRM first. What a complete pain the entire thing is.
I used my UK Vodafone mobile when I visited Canada on a skiing trip and it was costing me one pound per minute (say two dollars) to call back to England. Even calls to the local area were almost as expensive. Instead I switched to using the Windows Mobile Skype-out client on my PDA and instantly reduced the cost to just over 1 (Euro) cent per minute. Nobody can ignore savings of that magnitude.
When you're looking at how much you save on travel don't forget to factor in the less-visible costs of working at home. To begin with heating and lighting costs are coming out of your pocket, also you'll be needing a home office so you are effectively paying the same rent/mortgage but for a smaller living space. Plenty more small expenses that soon add up. Maybe there are the intangible benefits of being with your dog all day but make sure you do the numbers to make sure you are not losing out financially. That's why you have a job in the first place isn't it.
I can work from wherever I want but I choose to make the short journey to the office every day - home is home for me and I want to relax not work. I can see how my attitude might change though if I were faced with a long commute.
I remember in the late 90s there was a similar war with music stores. There was some aggregator I forget who but they would name and shame the companies who didn't play ball "Acme Records is blocking our spider" etc. But where's all that now? These things work themselves out.
But I flew Ryanair once and unless truly desperate to get somewhere I would never ever fly with them again not even if THEY paid ME.
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I can't believe I had to scroll so far down looking for this!
It's his content why doesn't he post an ad asking for end-users to send him their names and addresses voluntarily? Murdoch could even offer incentives to sign up. I doubt readers would be interested but at least everyone would know where they stood.
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Wow you can't even visit that link using Google Chrome
I have a Nokia with GPS and I sure would like to be able to track it down if I lose it.
Come on now Salsa is not easy to learn. It's statements like that which put people off when they've been taking classes for two or three months and find they still struggle with the basics. "It's easy to learn but I can't do it, what is wrong with me?" and they give up.
Well-motivated ladies can get to "OK" in about six months, guys double that.
A bit of a digression but I don't know anyone anyone who owns a laptop without a USB 3G data gadget to go with it. These are quite cheap to run with no contract required.
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The functionality depends upon the thief being unaware that information from the laptop is being transmitted somewhere and thus could give away information revealing the theft. If the thief knew about the client then they would of course find a way to disable it before attaching to a network.
With the current state of technology it's credible that a thief would steal the laptop, connect to the internet, then hopefully get caught. But what if laptops routinely had a GPS receiver onboard, and possibly also a GSM/UMTS modem? At that point it would become widely known by even the dumbest thieves that "laptops are trackable when you turn them on" and an arms race would ensue. The distributed tracking system would no longer be any good though
I already have a mobile phone with onboard GPS and there is an app which at power-on can auto-send a GSM text message containing the phone's detail to a pre-specified number. This is not defeated by changing the SIM card.
I really wanted to have Linux on my Acer Aspire One but the struggle was just too much. I spent days then gave up with Linpus, then tried again unsuccessfully with eeebuntu. It's now got Windows 7 and runs fine.
Is it too much to want to close the lid on a netbook and then everything to come back again when I open it? And to get a bluetooth 3G modem connection without huge messing about?
How do you live like this? Serious question. I mean you are at continuous risk of dangerous insect attack? Say you are watching TV or something and just happen to stick your finger into a spider instead of the popcorn. Whoops, then you're dead or at least off to hospital. Doesn't it wear you down psychologically?
They better watch out then because Microsoft have several patents for not breaking the specification but extending things in a non-standard manner.
I'm English so I speak slow stuttery French (England is about 20 miles from France.) I've been to Quebec a few times (ski-ing or on business) and whenever I try my French on the locals they tolerate me for a short time but then voluntarily switch to English just to speed things up.
Crucially though I've run into plenty of people who honestly don't speak English at all. Usually this is at the financially poorer end of the scale like people who serve me in Wal-Mart. So it could be that protecting those people is the real intent of these weird laws even if it fails in practice.
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Dude how many times do we have to tell you, this is the Swedish Inquisition.
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Who cares if it works! I want to fly in a cool-looking plane with waves of LEDs shimmering from port to aft. Pimp my ride!
We have a similar "project" or rather it should be characterised as a "permanently stalled horror story." There are only 70 million or so people in the UK so nobody understood why the initial budget was in the billions. Now it's in the tens of billions and no end in sight. Google NHS IT if you really want to spoil your day.
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"University of South Hampton", nope I can't figure out where that is!
I can't count the number of times the kids or some friend has asked me to help with a fscked PC and when I look at it there is some sort of DRM happening. SecureROM being the most usual. Even if the problem is actually caused by something unrelated I still have to discount the DRM first. What a complete pain the entire thing is.
You don't want to memorise what you could look up in a book? No MCSE for YOU!
I used my UK Vodafone mobile when I visited Canada on a skiing trip and it was costing me one pound per minute (say two dollars) to call back to England. Even calls to the local area were almost as expensive. Instead I switched to using the Windows Mobile Skype-out client on my PDA and instantly reduced the cost to just over 1 (Euro) cent per minute. Nobody can ignore savings of that magnitude.
When you're looking at how much you save on travel don't forget to factor in the less-visible costs of working at home. To begin with heating and lighting costs are coming out of your pocket, also you'll be needing a home office so you are effectively paying the same rent/mortgage but for a smaller living space. Plenty more small expenses that soon add up. Maybe there are the intangible benefits of being with your dog all day but make sure you do the numbers to make sure you are not losing out financially. That's why you have a job in the first place isn't it.
I can work from wherever I want but I choose to make the short journey to the office every day - home is home for me and I want to relax not work. I can see how my attitude might change though if I were faced with a long commute.
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I remember in the late 90s there was a similar war with music stores. There was some aggregator I forget who but they would name and shame the companies who didn't play ball "Acme Records is blocking our spider" etc. But where's all that now? These things work themselves out.
But I flew Ryanair once and unless truly desperate to get somewhere I would never ever fly with them again not even if THEY paid ME.