Really, ten or twenty execs spending has such an enormous trickle down effect? I don't think so..
You're forgetting the basketball players and other sports-models paid millions to promote them. Thus there will be a cashflow into the US gold jewellery, steroids, cocaine, and call-girl industries.
Jesus. Now I realize why I haven't read SF in so long. The names for 1953 are all giants. Does anyone believe that today's winners will be viewed similarly in 50 years?
Well, these are being awarded 50 years afer the event, so naturally those today considered "giants" probably score higher than a contemporary award might have.
Perhaps it is dishonest for a bill collector to use someone else's phone number on a caller ID, but how else can the collectors get the money that is owed to them.
Send a certified letter.
Take them to court.
Often these bill collectors get a number and ring it continuously. Sometimes the person at the other end has little or nothing to do with the debt (parents, room mates, etc). After you've informed them of the debt, any more "reminders" are basically harrassment.
In fact, a service such as this one, should upset the makers of Caller ID equipment more than it does regular folks, as this basically makes the technology obsolete and takes us back to the days before Caller ID. Any phone company charging their customers extra for Caller ID could possibly have a case against the company over lost revenue.
Agreed with everything up to that point. Because someone's technology makes your business obsolete should not be a cause for suing them. However, it does identify a group with deep pockets who might fund attacks on this using other justifications.
On the other hand, you could tell anyone who you want to have the ability to call you from somewhere other than their house to spoof their id with their home telephone number. That way, you could ignore all telephone calls that don't appear to originate from a select set of telephone numbers.
That "use" was mentioned in the earlier article. But by people, like collection agencies, who would have your file incuding referees and their phone numbers. Is that a good thing?
I just named several legitimate uses, the fact that you think that those people can go another route doesn't make those uses any less legitimate.
Actually, you named several uses. Their legitimacy is a matter for debate.
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In fact, compact fluorescents are still a ways away from the quality of regular incandescent. I haven't had one last even 1/5th of the time they claim, and not as long as some incandescent.
I had some Phillips ones that lasted well over 5 years. Some much cheaper ones now have been going for 2-3 years so far. I use the pure white one for the kitchen, the slightly yellow ("sunlight") ones elsewhere. Still have some incandescents, in the bathroom and bedroom, which are only used for a few minutes a day.
was attacked several years ago. Unprovoked; they were drunk, I was drunk. Anyway, the attack resulted in me being partially blinded in one eye. The police never caught the idiot who did it; not that they didn't try, but I couldn't exactly give them a good description. I wish there had been a camera at the spot where it happened.
You'd still be out an eye, they might have got a few months in gaol. More likely, they couldn't be identified or you being drunk would be seen as contributory and they'd get off. Cameras don't prevent crimes by drunks.
I realy didn't mean my post as a flame on the Secret Service, If they tell the locals do A,B, and C and the locals do it is it realy the Secrer Services' fault that the locals didn't tell them they were nuts?
IMO using any WIFI hotspot without permission is like walking through someones front door if its not locked and sitting in their living room (though the latter is explicitly illegal).
A terrible analogy. Going into someone's home involves issues of privacy, potential violence, etc. If you must analogise, how's this: in a town where local calls are free, someone has left a phone connected outside his front gate. Passers-by just walk up and use it. (Actually, you see this a lot in Hong Kong, many shops have a phone extension at the front, or even on the outside wall. Less prevalent now with the ubiquity of cellphones.)
Hrmm... library is closed? Means the services they provide are as well I believe.
So I shouldn't use my public library's online catalogue/reservation/loan extension service except in "open" hours? Or more absurdly, am I not allowed to read books I've borrowed except at these times? Libraries are closed at all only because it costs money to have staff present, not because they want to restrict their services. Automated services can and do run 24/7.
Of course, the officer *did* have a copy of the library's AUP, right???
Since when is it a cop's job to enforce an AUP? I believe it'd have to be escalated through a whole bunch of bureaucrats before it got to having an armed policeman do anything, and that's only because a public library is a part of the government.
Also, in the FA the cop said it was a "federal law", but he neglected to specify which one. Just the general feeling that "hackers" are terrorists I think.
You know, I always wonder what makes people spell Mac that way. But then, I hear people say "labtop" all the time too. Who knows what goes on in their minds...:)
The origin of the word as "Macintosh" has become less obvious, people know it's an abbreviation, but not what for, and assume it's an acronym.
A few Malapropisms that brings to mind: straight-jacket (strait-jacket), straight-laced (strait-laced), hoard (horde), it's (its), phased (fazed), blonde [adj] (blond).
The loss of old content is sad, really. The web is sometimes more like the spoken word than the written word. It is ephemeral -- if you weren't there when the page was posted, you have a high chance of never getting it.
It's always worth trying the Wayback Machine. I've found documentation for lots of old hardware from defunct companies there. Also Usenet, via Google Groups.
especially when your date starts to snigger over the abnormally small size of your equipment
By the time you've both got your clothes off, it's a little late to back out, You'll at least get a screw out of it. But if you're good with foreplay and go down on her, you'll probably get repeat business no matter how small your equipment.
I run dsniff on my workplace network and pick up peoples passwords to all the pay porn sites and that is almost as cool as having a girlfriend. And with all the CC numbers I keep collecting eventually I'll probably just give in to the temptation and use one of them to buy a Real Doll.
Christ; you're probably not serious, but if you are: Try a human being before you start jerking off into a plastic doll. For what one of those mannequins cost you could get dozens of blowjobs from real hookers. Go to Mexico. Or go to Thailand. The girls there are very good at making losers with money feel like Don Juans.
I hate these "Don't be surprised..." posts. Unless you have something to back this up, it's worthless FUD.
In this case, the Windows logo is certainly a trademark, (unlike the debateable status of the word "Windows") and thus cannot be used without permission of Microsoft. A moment with Google finds this page: LOGO_KEY_LLA_AMENDMENT which seems to be about that (not running IE they won't let me see it...)
his is a joke since it is actually making coping and pasting MORE difficult. currently, highlighting text auto copies it, and clicking the third mouse button pastes it.
This is a KEYBOARD. Real Men don't use mice for editing.
I would suggest that Hannibal's use predates the Indians
No, Alexander predates Hannibal; he fought Indians with war elephants in 327 BC, later he used them himself. Later Indian elephants wre brought to the Middle East for use in war. I suspect Hannibal's elephants were Asian rather than African, African elephants are much harder to tame.
Lucas also depended on Joseph Campbell for the appropriate mythic elements.
That's another myth George would like you to believe. See Galactic gasbag, "Beneath all the pseudo-mythic Joseph Campbell hogwash, the roots of George Lucas' empire lie not in The Odyssey but in classic and pulp 20th century sci- fi."
"You mean Lucas stole the AT-ATs from Tolkien??" I had always thought the idea of elephant-like walking tanks was brilliant, turns out he stole that too.
I always thought that was from War of the Worlds, the Martian fighting machines, though they had three legs were otherwise pretty similar in action. (The HG Wells book, not the George Pal movie where they were flying saucers.)
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You're forgetting the basketball players and other sports-models paid millions to promote them. Thus there will be a cashflow into the US gold jewellery, steroids, cocaine, and call-girl industries.
He was writng in New Worlds in the 60s. His first novel was Indoctrinaire, 1970.
Well, these are being awarded 50 years afer the event, so naturally those today considered "giants" probably score higher than a contemporary award might have.
Send a certified letter.
Take them to court.
Often these bill collectors get a number and ring it continuously. Sometimes the person at the other end has little or nothing to do with the debt (parents, room mates, etc). After you've informed them of the debt, any more "reminders" are basically harrassment.
Agreed with everything up to that point. Because someone's technology makes your business obsolete should not be a cause for suing them. However, it does identify a group with deep pockets who might fund attacks on this using other justifications.
That "use" was mentioned in the earlier article. But by people, like collection agencies, who would have your file incuding referees and their phone numbers. Is that a good thing?
Actually, you named several uses. Their legitimacy is a matter for debate.
I had some Phillips ones that lasted well over 5 years. Some much cheaper ones now have been going for 2-3 years so far. I use the pure white one for the kitchen, the slightly yellow ("sunlight") ones elsewhere. Still have some incandescents, in the bathroom and bedroom, which are only used for a few minutes a day.
You'd still be out an eye, they might have got a few months in gaol. More likely, they couldn't be identified or you being drunk would be seen as contributory and they'd get off. Cameras don't prevent crimes by drunks.
Yes.
Or they can just let the level of service degrade. Freeloading users can't demand any minimum standard.
A terrible analogy. Going into someone's home involves issues of privacy, potential violence, etc. If you must analogise, how's this: in a town where local calls are free, someone has left a phone connected outside his front gate. Passers-by just walk up and use it. (Actually, you see this a lot in Hong Kong, many shops have a phone extension at the front, or even on the outside wall. Less prevalent now with the ubiquity of cellphones.)
So I shouldn't use my public library's online catalogue/reservation/loan extension service except in "open" hours? Or more absurdly, am I not allowed to read books I've borrowed except at these times? Libraries are closed at all only because it costs money to have staff present, not because they want to restrict their services. Automated services can and do run 24/7.
A viola, being a stringed instrument, would be rather useless if wireless. You probably mean "voilà".
Since when is it a cop's job to enforce an AUP? I believe it'd have to be escalated through a whole bunch of bureaucrats before it got to having an armed policeman do anything, and that's only because a public library is a part of the government.
Also, in the FA the cop said it was a "federal law", but he neglected to specify which one. Just the general feeling that "hackers" are terrorists I think.
The origin of the word as "Macintosh" has become less obvious, people know it's an abbreviation, but not what for, and assume it's an acronym.
A few Malapropisms that brings to mind: straight-jacket (strait-jacket), straight-laced (strait-laced), hoard (horde), it's (its), phased (fazed), blonde [adj] (blond).
It's always worth trying the Wayback Machine. I've found documentation for lots of old hardware from defunct companies there. Also Usenet, via Google Groups.
By the time you've both got your clothes off, it's a little late to back out, You'll at least get a screw out of it. But if you're good with foreplay and go down on her, you'll probably get repeat business no matter how small your equipment.
Christ; you're probably not serious, but if you are: Try a human being before you start jerking off into a plastic doll. For what one of those mannequins cost you could get dozens of blowjobs from real hookers. Go to Mexico. Or go to Thailand. The girls there are very good at making losers with money feel like Don Juans.
In this case, the Windows logo is certainly a trademark, (unlike the debateable status of the word "Windows") and thus cannot be used without permission of Microsoft. A moment with Google finds this page: LOGO_KEY_LLA_AMENDMENT which seems to be about that (not running IE they won't let me see it...)
This is a KEYBOARD. Real Men don't use mice for editing.
Unfortunately, a belief not limited to the US. Eats Shoots & Leaves has plenty to say about punctuation abuse in the UK.
PS: That's correct American punctuation above. I believe it would be 'watch out, here comes an "s"'. in the UK.
Gold star. Bi-punctuated.
No, Alexander predates Hannibal; he fought Indians with war elephants in 327 BC, later he used them himself. Later Indian elephants wre brought to the Middle East for use in war. I suspect Hannibal's elephants were Asian rather than African, African elephants are much harder to tame.
That's another myth George would like you to believe. See Galactic gasbag, "Beneath all the pseudo-mythic Joseph Campbell hogwash, the roots of George Lucas' empire lie not in The Odyssey but in classic and pulp 20th century sci- fi."
I always thought that was from War of the Worlds, the Martian fighting machines, though they had three legs were otherwise pretty similar in action. (The HG Wells book, not the George Pal movie where they were flying saucers.)