I think the fault here is with the moron that managed and accepted the software in the first place. One of the first disclaimers all software companies make is that they do not gauruntee that they are suitable for life threatening situations. Who accepted this software? Who speced it? Who supervised their work and ensured that they were competent people to manage this type of work?
No! The tradition is that regardless of your location within the UK you always travel "up" to the capital city of London. I live much further north than Edinburgh, and therefore by sheer geography alone, I, quite simply, must know what I am talking about. And before we get into an argument about national identity, I don't agree with it either but that is the tradition.
As for house prices, Edinburgh has gone through an explosive increase in the past few years, mostly due to the Scottish Parliament. You must have bought a house in the past 2-3 years, in which case it will be some time before you see a return on your investement.
Hello everybody, I don't understand what I am talking about. I bought Mandrake and the frontend was very shiny. The commands were hard to understand. I think Windows XP is better 'cos it is more secure and more reliable. It came in a box wiv a manual.
Next week I will be revoowing different types of hot oats.
I disagree with you. I think the technology is poorly conceived. Don't get me wrong, it is brilliantly done and very, very clever but it still does not "work". There is no way that I would make a call to my missus in a public place, shouting at a handset held two feet from my face. There is no way I would take out my expensive phone and make a video call in the pouring rain. There is no way I would make a video call whilst walking because I would end up bumping into people, standing on dog turds or falling down stairs. I cannot use the phone in bright light because of the ill-conceived TFT screen.
Basically I can only fully use the phone inside, in privacy. I'm sorry, I have a life.
We have had 3G introduced here in the UK and so far it is awful. The handsets are expensive, the service is expensive, the battery life is very poor, the phones don't play mp3/ogg, the reception is extremely bad and you cannot get "The Internet" on the system either (they don't like you talking about that).
Call it what you like and make it as fast as you like but no-one is biting. It is an expensive technology conceived and financed at the height of the.COM boom which will never make its money back.
Our biggest telecoms company wrote off the £9-billion license cost last week to try and stimulate the market. Guess what...no change.
The first commercial vendor of 3G (a company called "3") has already resorted to pron to try to raise interest.
Save your money, buy more memory or a bigger screen, or send your money to Ethiopia, but don't waste your cash on this junk it will only disappoint.
IN the UK we are about to roll out a massive scheme whereby we don't use our signature to validate our bank card/credit card transactions, we use a PIN number instead.
I guess the days of innocence are passing, my concern is that the general public is going to be the ones that get hurt and the criminals will carry on regardless.
Don't the residents of the USA have the highest personal debt levels in the world? The lowest production rates in the world? The least efficient transport systems in the world?
I know I am going to get flamed here but my point is perfectly honest, the US has all the right ingredients for a major recession. The whole thing is buoyed by cheap fuel. When it runs out or the fuel gets more expensive the whole house of cards falls down.
Yep, my central heating has died, I need to raise £2500 to fix that, my "interest free" computer purchase has gone pear-shaped and I will be over charged by about £300 for that. My gutters need replacing, my drive is sinking and my windows will need renewed in about 3-4 years. Oh yes, my 1 year old child has discovered posting toast into the VCR, pressing buttons on the telephone and being sick into the most difficult crevases of my ageing leather sofa.
Needless to say integrated audio is the least of my worries!
I have gone for a different approach. Instead of one, single point of failure, I have several separate devices around the house. The downside is that I cannot listen to internet radio throught my home, but should my computer die my television will work and my wife can listen to whatever she likes on the stereo.
Its also cheaper as I don't have to fork out for "new" technology. If I was you I'd be saving my money for the coming recession....;-)
I agreet that we need more than one representative, I also think that we have to be careful and make sure that the representatives cross political boundaries i.e. the Iraqi OS representative is just as valid as the USA's and their input should be de-politicised. Are there any models for this type of structure? Medicine perhaps?
OK, I generalised and allowed myself to interpret Linus' statements in a certain way. However, I have no interest in the DRM argument (in this circumstance). I am, however, concerned with who is going to represent me on the important issue of Software Patents.
So who can we rely upon to represent us? There is division over the whole spectrum of open source, for example Linus Torvalds wants to incoroporate DRM, yet many others don't.
To my mind the solution to this is to elect a council of representatives which will be empowered to act on behalf of the community. I nominate Guy Kewney to represent a sane point of view.
The one of the ways for visually impaired people to use computers is via "braille screens", which in themselves struggle to render graphical displays.
This work will have the important consequence that visually impaired people will be able to do more than they currently can, the collection will make it much simpler to select the applications available. Great work which will make the world a better place.
The world's most complex and intricate machine, of variable size and of huge expense to the world's resources, used to crack the genetic code of SARS, which makes a cure possible.
OR..... A white hanky:
A small white rectangle of tightly woven cloth, totally impervious to SARS, which provides absolute protection to its spread. Simply cover mouth and nose with said cloth to prevent infection.
Aye fair comment. I would have pointed out the North American bias but I did not want to become a flame grilled wopper! It will be interesting to see how Linux develops on 64bit architecture...lets face it, the application porting will be far, far more rapid than the rate of it's closed source cousin's.
Linux from scratch is critical to the future of GNU/linux. It stops the corporates from stealing all the limelight (yes I mean SuSE, Redhat et al) and is the ultimate counter measure to the "Linux will fragment like UNIX did" naysayers.
For all Linux users, building from scratch is like the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, it is something that you should do at least once in your life. I for one support this and will do my bit to ensure continuing freedom.
Perhaps if Joe Bloggs was prohibited from using VCRs (an apostrophe is NOT required) we would have a higher standard of television and film making. As Joe Bloggs is not banned from this media and he seems to be able to entertain himself with the most turgid drivel imaginable, we have the result that the MAJORITY of our broadcasts are of the lowest standard.
I agree, imagine if the same were said about 20 years ago. What a better place the world might be.
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I think the fault here is with the moron that managed and accepted the software in the first place. One of the first disclaimers all software companies make is that they do not gauruntee that they are suitable for life threatening situations. Who accepted this software? Who speced it? Who supervised their work and ensured that they were competent people to manage this type of work?
No! The tradition is that regardless of your location within the UK you always travel "up" to the capital city of London. I live much further north than Edinburgh, and therefore by sheer geography alone, I, quite simply, must know what I am talking about. And before we get into an argument about national identity, I don't agree with it either but that is the tradition.
As for house prices, Edinburgh has gone through an explosive increase in the past few years, mostly due to the Scottish Parliament. You must have bought a house in the past 2-3 years, in which case it will be some time before you see a return on your investement.
What island? I don't want to make an offer and discover that I have bought myself a chunk of Rockall!
So, instead of the traditional "Let's go up to London" should we be now using the more technically accurate "Let's go down to London"?
Is the UK stock market in a permanent state of decline? We have a right to know!
Hello everybody, I don't understand what I am talking about. I bought Mandrake and the frontend was very shiny. The commands were hard to understand. I think Windows XP is better 'cos it is more secure and more reliable. It came in a box wiv a manual.
Next week I will be revoowing different types of hot oats.
How the hell did that review make slashdot?
I disagree with you. I think the technology is poorly conceived. Don't get me wrong, it is brilliantly done and very, very clever but it still does not "work". There is no way that I would make a call to my missus in a public place, shouting at a handset held two feet from my face. There is no way I would take out my expensive phone and make a video call in the pouring rain. There is no way I would make a video call whilst walking because I would end up bumping into people, standing on dog turds or falling down stairs. I cannot use the phone in bright light because of the ill-conceived TFT screen.
Basically I can only fully use the phone inside, in privacy. I'm sorry, I have a life.
We have had 3G introduced here in the UK and so far it is awful. The handsets are expensive, the service is expensive, the battery life is very poor, the phones don't play mp3/ogg, the reception is extremely bad and you cannot get "The Internet" on the system either (they don't like you talking about that).
.COM boom which will never make its money back.
Call it what you like and make it as fast as you like but no-one is biting. It is an expensive technology conceived and financed at the height of the
Our biggest telecoms company wrote off the £9-billion license cost last week to try and stimulate the market. Guess what...no change.
The first commercial vendor of 3G (a company called "3") has already resorted to pron to try to raise interest.
Save your money, buy more memory or a bigger screen, or send your money to Ethiopia, but don't waste your cash on this junk it will only disappoint.
IN the UK we are about to roll out a massive scheme whereby we don't use our signature to validate our bank card/credit card transactions, we use a PIN number instead.
I guess the days of innocence are passing, my concern is that the general public is going to be the ones that get hurt and the criminals will carry on regardless.
Don't the residents of the USA have the highest personal debt levels in the world? The lowest production rates in the world? The least efficient transport systems in the world?
I know I am going to get flamed here but my point is perfectly honest, the US has all the right ingredients for a major recession. The whole thing is buoyed by cheap fuel. When it runs out or the fuel gets more expensive the whole house of cards falls down.
Yep, my central heating has died, I need to raise £2500 to fix that, my "interest free" computer purchase has gone pear-shaped and I will be over charged by about £300 for that. My gutters need replacing, my drive is sinking and my windows will need renewed in about 3-4 years. Oh yes, my 1 year old child has discovered posting toast into the VCR, pressing buttons on the telephone and being sick into the most difficult crevases of my ageing leather sofa.
Needless to say integrated audio is the least of my worries!
What?! REAL cardboard? Luxury.
Never, the only true system is the duo-decimal system! Base12 is the only way forward!
I have gone for a different approach. Instead of one, single point of failure, I have several separate devices around the house. The downside is that I cannot listen to internet radio throught my home, but should my computer die my television will work and my wife can listen to whatever she likes on the stereo.
Its also cheaper as I don't have to fork out for "new" technology. If I was you I'd be saving my money for the coming recession....;-)
[I don't wish to discuss DRM in this forum]
I agreet that we need more than one representative, I also think that we have to be careful and make sure that the representatives cross political boundaries i.e. the Iraqi OS representative is just as valid as the USA's and their input should be de-politicised. Are there any models for this type of structure? Medicine perhaps?
OK, I generalised and allowed myself to interpret Linus' statements in a certain way. However, I have no interest in the DRM argument (in this circumstance). I am, however, concerned with who is going to represent me on the important issue of Software Patents.
So who can we rely upon to represent us? There is division over the whole spectrum of open source, for example Linus Torvalds wants to incoroporate DRM, yet many others don't.
To my mind the solution to this is to elect a council of representatives which will be empowered to act on behalf of the community. I nominate Guy Kewney to represent a sane point of view.
The one of the ways for visually impaired people to use computers is via "braille screens", which in themselves struggle to render graphical displays.
This work will have the important consequence that visually impaired people will be able to do more than they currently can, the collection will make it much simpler to select the applications available. Great work which will make the world a better place.
The interenet:
The world's most complex and intricate machine, of variable size and of huge expense to the world's resources, used to crack the genetic code of SARS, which makes a cure possible.
OR.....
A white hanky:
A small white rectangle of tightly woven cloth, totally impervious to SARS, which provides absolute protection to its spread. Simply cover mouth and nose with said cloth to prevent infection.
Yay white hanky!
Aye fair comment. I would have pointed out the North American bias but I did not want to become a flame grilled wopper! It will be interesting to see how Linux develops on 64bit architecture...lets face it, the application porting will be far, far more rapid than the rate of it's closed source cousin's.
Simply shout "Shut the curtains, switch off the lights, disable the alarm and unlock the front door" through the letter box.
I am surprised that this actually counts as news when SuSE repleased their 64bit version a couple of weeks ago.
Linux from scratch is critical to the future of GNU/linux. It stops the corporates from stealing all the limelight (yes I mean SuSE, Redhat et al) and is the ultimate counter measure to the "Linux will fragment like UNIX did" naysayers.
For all Linux users, building from scratch is like the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, it is something that you should do at least once in your life. I for one support this and will do my bit to ensure continuing freedom.
I used to like the Internet,
If I was looking for info,
It was my best bet.
I used to search for whatever I sought,
I used to find ideas 'n thoughts,
But now everything has got to be bought.
Bye bye for now my intertwined friend,
I think we have reached,
Your commercial end.
(This bad poem brought to you by the Corporate whores of the USofA (tm) (r))
Perhaps if Joe Bloggs was prohibited from using VCRs (an apostrophe is NOT required) we would have a higher standard of television and film making. As Joe Bloggs is not banned from this media and he seems to be able to entertain himself with the most turgid drivel imaginable, we have the result that the MAJORITY of our broadcasts are of the lowest standard.
I agree, imagine if the same were said about 20 years ago. What a better place the world might be.
Ahh, OK, that makes sense. Thanks.