But can anyone comment on the quality of connection with a GSM phone attached to a laptop ? I love my GSM phones but I'm not sure I would trust the quality of connection to try doing something remotely if there was a risk of things going pear shaped if the connection dropped.
anything to stop me running thru the US patents list , picking some choice patents and taking out new patents based on them (perhaps ever so slightly modified) in Europe ?
2. A pitiable person. E.g."He's just had his car stolen and his wife has just run off with the milkman, the poor sod." This use is also be found with the expressions 'poor bastard' and 'poor bugger'.
I was reading this article earlier and I was thinking what a sickening feeling it must have been when they realised that the main antennae was not going to deploy properly leaving them up the creek so to speak. I think its a brilliant achievent that they managed to recover from this huge setback, reprogram the vehicle, retask the mission to focus on the Jovian moons and still get so much useful information. A very cool piece of engineering improvisation.
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Thats pretty normal procedure to round up the usual suspects when an offence is committed.
With regard to the article though in the UK they have an almost pathological condition when it come to peadophiles. Its seems in most cases no punishment is enough. People wrongly suspected of being peadophiles have been murdered, and those convicted are essentially branded for life. There have also been calls for a suspected offenders list, an idea so wide open to abuse its staggering, no proof required, just allegation and you are stigmatised for life.
Its a disgusting crime but it needs proper treatment by the courts and legal system, not the continual erosion of rights we are seeing today. However its such an emotive issue most people are prepared to dispense with common sense when it comes to child abuse, much as in the way The Patriot legislation did not seem quite so restrictive in the emotional aftermath of 9/11. Who will be next ? Drug dealers, then gangsters then perhaps people with too many points on their driving license.
Phone companies sue 12 year old girl who was calling his grandfather
I'm glad you can see it cos I'm confused now. Is this a case of phone company induced transgenderism or was the girl calling the Phone Company's grandfather illicitly?
It always makes me laugh when I see this comment about letting the private sector take over space exploration.
How would you feel if for the sake of arguement the eventual winner of the X-Prize were to become the MS of space exploration, with almost total control over who does what in space. The private sector is not about bettering mankind, its about profit and many private sector companies are not averse to using very dubious, and in many cases downright criminal methods to achieve their aims. Suppose they discover valuable caches of materials. Do you think they are going to share them with the rest of the world or make us pay thru the nose ? What will the visa requirements be for landing on Planet Microsoft I wonder ? Suppose you are vacationing on Mars and disaster strikes, what do you reckon the odds would be the highest bidders get the first seats off the planet.
In typical fashion the private sector will not become a serious player in space travel until NASA and the other space agencies have made serious reductions in the cost of entry with lots of tax payer research dollars. The private sector will then demand access and want to cherry pick the most lucrative aspects.
Remember, there was a time when Bill Gates was an entreprenuer.
That mobile phones, one of the most useful applications of technology ever are so ubiqutious they are now practically being treated as fashion accessories rather than technology.
Given the recent trends we have seen from the US (Pax Americana, attempting to control the Gulf, the intention to control technology etc). I am curious to know how people think the US would respond were China for example to make sudden huge breakthroughs in space technology within the next 5-10 years and begin establishing Lunar/Martian bases and exploring deeper space?
So, they compared.NET to J2EE development and called it a comparison between Windows and Linux?
No they refered to Windows and Linux based applications. They also state the primary conclusion is that MS is cheaper as a developer platform, not a cheaper OS.
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They keep telling me large parts of the Amazon are unexplored. How will they find anything?
But can anyone comment on the quality of connection with a GSM phone attached to a laptop ? I love my GSM phones but I'm not sure I would trust the quality of connection to try doing something remotely if there was a risk of things going pear shaped if the connection dropped.
True, Must try actually engaging brain when reading article
just how useful will mozilla be to me on my cell phone with its miniscule display, or any other full blown regular GUI based PC app for that matter?
With the new improved gay daleks it will more likely be FOR-NI-CATE...FOR-NI-CATE...
anything to stop me running thru the US patents list , picking some choice patents and taking out new patents based on them (perhaps ever so slightly modified) in Europe ?
JA: Digging through old lkml archives, I see that your first name is Paul. Is Rusty a nickname?
no I was left out in the rain as a child
Exactly, apart from the Linux powered desktops that is :-)
Noun. 1. A contemptible or objectionable person.
2. A pitiable person. E.g."He's just had his car stolen and his wife has just run off with the milkman, the poor sod." This use is also be found with the expressions 'poor bastard' and 'poor bugger'.
* Abb. of the word sodomite.
I was reading this article earlier and I was thinking what a sickening feeling it must have been when they realised that the main antennae was not going to deploy properly leaving them up the creek so to speak. I think its a brilliant achievent that they managed to recover from this huge setback, reprogram the vehicle, retask the mission to focus on the Jovian moons and still get so much useful information. A very cool piece of engineering improvisation.
Hewey and Lewey got to say about this ?
Thats pretty normal procedure to round up the usual suspects when an offence is committed.
With regard to the article though in the UK they have an almost pathological condition when it come to peadophiles. Its seems in most cases no punishment is enough. People wrongly suspected of being peadophiles have been murdered, and those convicted are essentially branded for life. There have also been calls for a suspected offenders list, an idea so wide open to abuse its staggering, no proof required, just allegation and you are stigmatised for life.
Its a disgusting crime but it needs proper treatment by the courts and legal system, not the continual erosion of rights we are seeing today. However its such an emotive issue most people are prepared to dispense with common sense when it comes to child abuse, much as in the way The Patriot legislation did not seem quite so restrictive in the emotional aftermath of 9/11. Who will be next ? Drug dealers, then gangsters then perhaps people with too many points on their driving license.
Big Brother will want to watch us all eventually.
So do we get to call them freedombooks now ?
Phone companies sue 12 year old girl who was calling his grandfather
I'm glad you can see it cos I'm confused now. Is this a case of phone company induced transgenderism or was the girl calling the Phone Company's grandfather illicitly?
Who finds it a little strange that a science and history museum is having an exhibition dedicated to a work of fiction ?
Well you can have a chance to vote next year since you missed the election in 1999.
You can find out who your MEP is here and complain to them.
What marketing genius thought that one up ?
It always makes me laugh when I see this comment about letting the private sector take over space exploration.
How would you feel if for the sake of arguement the eventual winner of the X-Prize were to become the MS of space exploration, with almost total control over who does what in space. The private sector is not about bettering mankind, its about profit and many private sector companies are not averse to using very dubious, and in many cases downright criminal methods to achieve their aims. Suppose they discover valuable caches of materials. Do you think they are going to share them with the rest of the world or make us pay thru the nose ? What will the visa requirements be for landing on Planet Microsoft I wonder ? Suppose you are vacationing on Mars and disaster strikes, what do you reckon the odds would be the highest bidders get the first seats off the planet.
In typical fashion the private sector will not become a serious player in space travel until NASA and the other space agencies have made serious reductions in the cost of entry with lots of tax payer research dollars. The private sector will then demand access and want to cherry pick the most lucrative aspects. Remember, there was a time when Bill Gates was an entreprenuer.
Of course they would, but in true /. fashion it would be just after the event occurs with a dupe a few weeks later.
That mobile phones, one of the most useful applications of technology ever are so ubiqutious they are now practically being treated as fashion accessories rather than technology.
Given the recent trends we have seen from the US (Pax Americana, attempting to control the Gulf, the intention to control technology etc). I am curious to know how people think the US would respond were China for example to make sudden huge breakthroughs in space technology within the next 5-10 years and begin establishing Lunar/Martian bases and exploring deeper space?
NOT! For a much better book on Aliens watching us try Armageddon, the Musical. Guaranteed to raise more than a chuckle.
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Gnopernicus, the second accessibility application
How can you provide accessibility functionality thru an unpronouncable application ?
So, they compared .NET to J2EE development and called it a comparison between Windows and Linux?
No they refered to Windows and Linux based applications. They also state the primary conclusion is that MS is cheaper as a developer platform, not a cheaper OS.