Uni-ball Eyes from Mitsubishi are one of my faves too. Smooth, fluid writing, no clogs, never had a problem with one of them drying up on me while it still had ink in the chamber.
Conversely Gel pens I find hideous to use, constantly clogging, failing to write properly (especially if there's a litle grease from your hand on the paper.) I find Gel pens very unreliable.
If you throw out most of the plug-in crap that slows the Adobe Reader launching, it takes about 3 seconds to load & reading linked-to-PDFs is not such a pain.
There's a page about it somewhere [Google is your friend] but trial and error will also work, as the PDF reader will tell you what plug-ins it absolutely must have.
Darl-eks, The new poisoned sco-linux driven hegemony threatening the universe. Controlled by the evil Darlross, a vile and shrivelled evil "genius", and sent into the world to destroy all that is good and pure and beneficial to mankind; spreading FUD with their battle-cry:
" Eh, everyone likes whichever doctor they saw first, best."
That's not true for me. I saw Pertwee as a child, and I didn't like him at all - totally uncharasmatic, as far as I was concerned. It was only when Tom came along, with his cheeky attitude, that I became a fan.
Don't understate the appeal of Mr. Baker, in his own right.
Whilst I agree with the general thrust of your post, I would add that a significant lure, and I use the word advisedly, for young [and not-so-young] musicians is fame.
That, I feel, is what the RIAA members hold that influences musicians to give up their copyrights, ownership of their creations, and which is responsible for the faustian deals struck between the two parties: fame & potential "success."
Regardless of whether it's got the "CD Digital Audio" label on it or not, it's sold as a CD.
It will be included amongst all the other genuine CDs, when it is a significantly different format, to confuse the public into making an uninformed purchase.
With just his published home telephone number, that could amount to 50 million inquiries to see if he's interested in buying... I dunno... an old lawnmower... a stamp... an empty beer can.
The article states that UK broadband providers routinely cap bandwidth: "Telephone companies offering DSL service in the United States say they have no limits in place for their users, unlike Canadian, British or Australian counterparts that routinely cap their subscribers' usage."
How can the government easily track the interests and communications of it's citizens, if they don't use the internet?
How are they going to build that detailed profile database [to thwart terrorism/paedophilia/insert topical evil here] on every UK citizen if everyone doesn't join in?
How is the status quo going to monitor political association of it's enemies and harvest valuable insights and potential blackmail material of it's opponents, without widespread use of the internet and a few helpful pieces of legislation?
I am not and never have been a member of the tin-foil-hat-wearing association.
Let's not forget, it's not just e-mail, it's websites you visit also, which strikes me as synonymous as spying on what books and magazines you read.
Then there's the essential element of tracking who a person is corresponding with: mass surveillance of association.
You can send a letter to someone, and they won't track that, but do it "on the internet" and it's fair game for being spied on and monitored. All without warrants [for the police, anyway.]
Ooh... data trawling, imagine the possibilities. We're fucked short of a future revolution.
"except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others."
Wow. Couldn't they have given the government a little wiggle room? I mean, talk about tying them up in a straight jacket to protect citizens' rights!
Seriously though, thats 6 holes big enough to drive a liberating tank through, by any dishonest use of what constitutes "national security" (search and monitor everyone all the time in case they do anything bad), "public safety" (see previous), "economic well-being of the country" (monitor people's every electronic transfer of data, in case they wreck the movie and music industries, search houses for pirate material), "prevention of disorder or crime" (24-7 surveillance just in case - violence on the streets wiped out, violence in the home eradicated), "for the protection of health or morals" (DNA audits, and surveillance to make sure little Billy's boxing-gloves are securely tied on, when he's in bed and there are no blowjobs or anal shenannigans going on in anyone's bedrooms), and "for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others" (well, that just about covers anything and everything also.)
All of this is merely qualified by "in accordance with the law" which of course is rock-solid and uncorruptible, and "is necessary in a democratic society" which means "so long as there are elections, however bought and paid for and skewed (rather than fixed.)"
The Human Rights Act has saved us! Nothing to worry about. Those dastardly freedom-taking, privacy hating politicians are bound by hand and foot.
"Sorry, no results were found containing "google" [some minor things omitted]"
Strange, I clicked on your link and Google was rated as MSN's "Top Pick."
Blatant inaccuracy as humour? Maybe there's some new internet craze I'm missing out on here.
Well hopefully the people injured, and the relatives of those dead, will sue the parents for failing to teach their children the difference between consequence-less computer games and real-life actions that result in real effects.
Slashdot Mirror
Conversely Gel pens I find hideous to use, constantly clogging, failing to write properly (especially if there's a litle grease from your hand on the paper.) I find Gel pens very unreliable.
If you throw out most of the plug-in crap that slows the Adobe Reader launching, it takes about 3 seconds to load & reading linked-to-PDFs is not such a pain.
There's a page about it somewhere [Google is your friend] but trial and error will also work, as the PDF reader will tell you what plug-ins it absolutely must have.
EXTORTION-ATE... EXTORTION-ATE... EXTORTION-ATE
That's not true for me. I saw Pertwee as a child, and I didn't like him at all - totally uncharasmatic, as far as I was concerned.
It was only when Tom came along, with his cheeky attitude, that I became a fan.
Don't understate the appeal of Mr. Baker, in his own right.
See... the lines. Look... the lines.
Don't you see?
Capitalists/Government = Farmers.
Farm animals are so much easier to herd and milk when they're trained to conform to the milking/consumer system.
Whilst I agree with the general thrust of your post, I would add that a significant lure, and I use the word advisedly, for young [and not-so-young] musicians is fame.
That, I feel, is what the RIAA members hold that influences musicians to give up their copyrights, ownership of their creations, and which is responsible for the faustian deals struck between the two parties: fame & potential "success."
Regardless of whether it's got the "CD Digital Audio" label on it or not, it's sold as a CD.
It will be included amongst all the other genuine CDs, when it is a significantly different format, to confuse the public into making an uninformed purchase.
I hope you're fucking happy with yourself.
With just his published home telephone number, that could amount to 50 million inquiries to see if he's interested in buying... I dunno... an old lawnmower... a stamp... an empty beer can.
Both of these still require registration, and are no more useful than the original link in the FPP. Consider modding down.
"Telephone companies offering DSL service in the United States say they have no limits in place for their users, unlike Canadian, British or Australian counterparts that routinely cap their subscribers' usage."
I can only think of one in Britain: NTL.
How are they going to build that detailed profile database [to thwart terrorism/paedophilia/insert topical evil here] on every UK citizen if everyone doesn't join in?
How is the status quo going to monitor political association of it's enemies and harvest valuable insights and potential blackmail material of it's opponents, without widespread use of the internet and a few helpful pieces of legislation?
I am not and never have been a member of the tin-foil-hat-wearing association.
I propose "5. The ability to wear a propellor-beanie."
That should sort the wheat from the chaff!
In related news, RockStar Games sues The United States of America, for influencing them in making the GTA series.
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I know what you mean. It's like Americans' views on the Iraq invasion. They're saying it's fine, they're saying it's not fine.
Or it's like politicians' views on the death penalty. They say its a good thing and then they say its a bad thing.
Oh... no... wait a minute "Americans" and "politicians" are not a single organism, but collectives housing many differing views.
Just like "/.'s" views on filesharing.
Then there's the essential element of tracking who a person is corresponding with: mass surveillance of association.
You can send a letter to someone, and they won't track that, but do it "on the internet" and it's fair game for being spied on and monitored. All without warrants [for the police, anyway.]
Ooh... data trawling, imagine the possibilities. We're fucked short of a future revolution.
Boiling Frogs.
Yes.
How do you feel about spammers?
Like who?
How about judging the information on it's own merits, rather than by some Cynics-R-Us blacklist?
Wow. Couldn't they have given the government a little wiggle room? I mean, talk about tying them up in a straight jacket to protect citizens' rights!
Seriously though, thats 6 holes big enough to drive a liberating tank through, by any dishonest use of what constitutes "national security" (search and monitor everyone all the time in case they do anything bad), "public safety" (see previous), "economic well-being of the country" (monitor people's every electronic transfer of data, in case they wreck the movie and music industries, search houses for pirate material), "prevention of disorder or crime" (24-7 surveillance just in case - violence on the streets wiped out, violence in the home eradicated), "for the protection of health or morals" (DNA audits, and surveillance to make sure little Billy's boxing-gloves are securely tied on, when he's in bed and there are no blowjobs or anal shenannigans going on in anyone's bedrooms), and "for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others" (well, that just about covers anything and everything also.)
All of this is merely qualified by "in accordance with the law" which of course is rock-solid and uncorruptible, and "is necessary in a democratic society" which means "so long as there are elections, however bought and paid for and skewed (rather than fixed.)"
The Human Rights Act has saved us! Nothing to worry about. Those dastardly freedom-taking, privacy hating politicians are bound by hand and foot.
The correct term is "scam."
Strange, I clicked on your link and Google was rated as MSN's "Top Pick."
Blatant inaccuracy as humour?
Maybe there's some new internet craze I'm missing out on here.
Great googling googlefats! That babe is googlicious! [I hear she gets plenty of hits.]
Well hopefully the people injured, and the relatives of those dead, will sue the parents for failing to teach their children the difference between consequence-less computer games and real-life actions that result in real effects.