Libraries can't afford to keep up to date with every technical book out there. We had just got the Photoshop 6 book in/processed/out on the shelf and back from an overdue borrower when photoshop 7 wa released.
This at least lets you keep with it. of course your local library might have a bigger bookfund than we do:)
STI's are on the increase. Herpes and Genital Warts are for life. you may have no symptoms and pass em on to someone you care about. you've worn rubbers. then the first time you do it without one. hey presto genital herpes.
I know i'm maybe being oversensitive. I laugh at lots of things that don't affect me. but STI's ain't a laughing matter...
the replacement customers will be people like my mum/sister - who were on unlimited AOL - but realised they were better off on NTl's 128Kb service. same money, low(ish) use, always on and no phone line tie up.
I agree about SKY's tv service being better - the interactive part of NTL isn't enabled on most of the channels - does that cost them money/bandwith ? it's the only reason I can think.
ok so you and all your buddies swap over to a sky/bt package...
then the ADSL provider you choose whether it be BT, Freeserve or whoever decide that they are gonna impose restrictions cause everyone is now using them to leech. where you gonna go then.
I'm not being a troll - I've got NTL's 512mb feed and love it to bits. i've done my (un)fair share of downloading "film clips", "Software(z)", mp3s etc. But people take the piss. they always do - whether it be all you can eat or all you can download. what do you think is a `fair` limit ?
>> eventually I see a single fiber line into the home, offering VoIP, or a higher-quality telephone connection; Tivo capabilities built into the headend; pausable PPV on demand (not every 30 mins); and of course, our ever increasing internet access speeds.
I would love this (hey I read/.) but I've go NTL's digital cable service. I love my cable modem to bits, I love some of the channels, but until they can sort out their set top box problems this ain't gonna happen. My Box crashes/hangs every other day. It seems to be if you press the buttons on the controller too fast. ie more than once every two seconds. Also the `red button` doesn't work on half the channels. so much for interactive tv on demand... offtopic perhaps - but these problems will hold back what you want more than bandwith.
used to smoke weed but I find large doses have the opposite effect. it keeps me awake; too stoned too sleep. plus if i'm stoned I tend to worry more about what is stressing me...
like I said in my post - everyones got an answer...;)
it's simple. you set up a hotmail/lycos/yahoo mail account and never use it apart from to register for things like this... (and to clean it out every so often - if the built in spam filters don't do it for u).
you make up the information they require at NY times. voila.
no-one need know who u are, what u like etc etc. jeesh.
Don't confuse being *able* to do your job and not being *arsed* doing your job. Two entirley different concepts. Maybe he can do it just fine but can't be bothered...
i'm not saying this is right or wrong. I can do my job just fine - but some days I can't be arsed (and post on slashdot instead!)
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I work for a public library - our competitors already are more successful!
;)
maybe i'll start spamming for blockbuster, game, the pub etc etc
>>a penalty on the beneficiary of the spam (not the conduit).
so If i wanna screw my business competitor I just send lots of spam out advertising his/her company?
something tells me the trolls are rubbing their hands with glee.....
until everyone up your street gets cable because of this report and yer speed drops.... ;)
not that i'm suggesting you break the law, but...
isn't there hacked software going about for those that lets you copy/use the files as many times as you want?
or was that an urban myth?
yet round our way it's the IT dept that get slagged... funny that eh ;)
IT technicians; the new Janitors - wielding power where they can...
yeah but me and all my colleagues will report ya!
the shaking of the desk is a *real* giveaway.
we used to get asked for pens n paper, now it's kleenex and a cigarette...
Weren't the french Government using their phonetapping powers to spy on non french businesses to give french ones the advantage in contract bids etc ?
guess more of that will be going on
on the other hand we have customers coming in looking for us to order books for them.
"It's out of print" we say
"No it's not " says customer "I saw it on Amazon"
Then I have to explain Amazon sells second hand books too...
customer looks puzzled.
A team of Library monkeys then mace em and take em out the back door...
either that or tell em thats where osama is hiding...
>> and even if it did you can't perform a search against a shelf of books.
err. most libraries have opacs nowadays. A lot of which are on the web. plus there's the Library of Congress/Bibliosource etc etc
Libraries can't afford to keep up to date with every technical book out there. We had just got the Photoshop 6 book in/processed/out on the shelf and back from an overdue borrower when photoshop 7 wa released.
:)
This at least lets you keep with it. of course your local library might have a bigger bookfund than we do
yeah dead funny.
STI's are on the increase. Herpes and Genital Warts are for life. you may have no symptoms and pass em on to someone you care about. you've worn rubbers. then the first time you do it without one. hey presto genital herpes.
I know i'm maybe being oversensitive. I laugh at lots of things that don't affect me. but STI's ain't a laughing matter...
...but still wear a rubber cause herpes is for life. And when you give it to that sweet girl you meet cause you don't know you've got it....
...cause i'm *ALWAYS* being asked for mine... :)
in my head
this is gonna mean *making up* phonenumbers more difficult ;)
and that was meant for the a/c... no offence mr P. off now for a wee lie down in a dark room...
it's monday morning... I was clubbing all weekend...
thats my *only* excuse...
now go fuck yourself
the replacement customers will be people like my mum/sister - who were on unlimited AOL - but realised they were better off on NTl's 128Kb service. same money, low(ish) use, always on and no phone line tie up.
I agree about SKY's tv service being better - the interactive part of NTL isn't enabled on most of the channels - does that cost them money/bandwith ? it's the only reason I can think.
ok so you and all your buddies swap over to a sky/bt package...
then the ADSL provider you choose whether it be BT, Freeserve or whoever decide that they are gonna impose restrictions cause everyone is now using them to leech. where you gonna go then.
I'm not being a troll - I've got NTL's 512mb feed and love it to bits. i've done my (un)fair share of downloading "film clips", "Software(z)", mp3s etc. But people take the piss. they always do - whether it be all you can eat or all you can download. what do you think is a `fair` limit ?
>> eventually I see a single fiber line into the home, offering VoIP, or a higher-quality telephone connection; Tivo capabilities built into the headend; pausable PPV on demand (not every 30 mins); and of course, our ever increasing internet access speeds.
/.) but I've go NTL's digital cable service. I love my cable modem to bits, I love some of the channels, but until they can sort out their set top box problems this ain't gonna happen. My Box crashes/hangs every other day. It seems to be if you press the buttons on the controller too fast. ie more than once every two seconds. Also the `red button` doesn't work on half the channels. so much for interactive tv on demand... offtopic perhaps - but these problems will hold back what you want more than bandwith.
I would love this (hey I read
used to smoke weed but I find large doses have the opposite effect. it keeps me awake; too stoned too sleep. plus if i'm stoned I tend to worry more about what is stressing me...
;)
like I said in my post - everyones got an answer...
it's simple. you set up a hotmail/lycos/yahoo mail account and never use it apart from to register for things like this... (and to clean it out every so often - if the built in spam filters don't do it for u).
you make up the information they require at NY times. voila.
no-one need know who u are, what u like etc etc. jeesh.
having had some problems sleeping recently due to stress I can tell you it ain't funny...
can't sleep cause you're stressed...
this stresses you...
cant sleep cause you're stressed...
not much fun..
and *everyones* got a cure:
"tried lettuce sandwiches"
"tried a piriton" etc etc.
thankfully i'm sleeping again, but I don't envy anyone who has this all the time.
Don't confuse being *able* to do your job and not being *arsed* doing your job. Two entirley different concepts. Maybe he can do it just fine but can't be bothered...
i'm not saying this is right or wrong. I can do my job just fine - but some days I can't be arsed (and post on slashdot instead!)