Or even better. Ban idiots who believe that overpopulation has anything to do with an over-reliance on oil and all that political problems and foreign deficit that come with it.
Ban idiots who can't do simple mathematics. Get rid of 90% of the population, there's a lot more oil for everyone.
Also, the deficit will be reduced, reliance on all natural materials is reduced, and evolution will happen faster.
But it's a Nokia. And they have always built absolute crap phones.
Mid-90's? You had phones then? I'm not surprised the signal was shit.
and crap? How so? The 3210 and other range was one of the best selling phones of all time. They don't crash like an Android, fail like an iPhone or the little nipple break off like a Sony Ericsson.
And its Linux. Sure Nokia's gone to Microsoft now, but its a bloody good phone compared to all the other crap out there now.
How nice for them.
"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
"The app seeks to help niggers become white. It received a '4' rating from Apple, which indicates the company considered the app to contain 'no objectionable material.' The new smartphone app was released last week and is now available through iTunes. Exodus International claims to be 'the world's largest ministry to individuals and families impacted by blacks and coloureds.' A petition has been launched by Truth Wins Out, which describes itself as a non-profit organisation that fights anti-black religious extremism on the change.org website, asking Steve Jobs to intervene to remove the app."
You'd defend me too, right?
Written firmly with tongue placed in cheek. Personally I'm not offended by this being considered free speech. The problem is that Apple will allow this, but won't allow anyone else to have free speech. Apple - that's not what free speech is - you defend ALL speech, not just the homophobic bullshit you agree with.
Whomever would pay 70 FUCKING DOLLARS for either of these seriously needs their head examined. Or just shoot them and put them out of their misery, they cannot be saved.
Depends who the money is going too - it's obviously not going to Facebook If it was going to a privacy advocate, I might buy it*
You're missing the problem entirely, all these complaints are in regards to when it's daylight. Setting time via the sun clearly isn't suitable - and fewer people are working standard hours. Working an hour later/coming in an hour early is irrelevant if it has to be done at any rate; simply calling it a different number changes nothing.
Remember that the original purpose was to save energy, I doubt it has so much of an effect these days - US Department of Energy concluded in 2005 that DST resulted in a decrease of electricity consumption of 0.03%.
The cost of daylight savings varies greatly, but even this estimate suggests $480 million. Not only that, it disrupts body clocks and is an inconvenience for travelers and daily life.
Any sane programmer, mathematician or physicist would surely agree that changing your base measurement unit arbitarly every 6 months is a little crazy.
Uh, So that he can chat with his colleagues in San Francisco at 10PM instead of 11PM at night (their time)?
If you are a consultant then you do business on your customers hours. Those are fixed by the times in the country you do business with. If your own government sets crazy DST rules you just get to be the big bad boss who schedules his employees to work until 6PM.
Exactly my point; so why change the time for all (along with all the negative effects it causes), when workers, students and employers all should work at the times that best suit them and their needs.
What difference does it make if its called 10PM or 11PM, if in reality it's still the same time anyway?
You're right, twice a bloody year we have this argument, and for months after.
Who cares? We shouldn't be fucking about with the clocks - stick them at GMT, and whoever it is that's complaining that they don't like going to work in the dark, then go to work an hour later.
Stop trying to change the time because you can't be arsed to schedule properly. Time isn't meant to be changed.
Hiring a lazy cheater can be very costly. Microsoft had to release some DVD-related software under the GPL because someone (a lazy "cheater") inserted GPL code into their product.
It doesn't matter if someone is _capable_ of doing the work if they can't be arsed to do it.
-- Megol
Exactly my point, if you interview and test their abilities properly, and not rely on what bits of paper they'd have, you wouldn't have lazy and cheating coders. Stop employing only those with qualifications (and more-often than not, your friends sons and daughters, who hasn't got a job for a good reason), and look at what they're capable of.
This is a management and interview problem, you'll always get people cheating and lying about their qualifications.
As more and more people are using the Internet illegally (i.e. limewire etc.), I feel that the chances of being caught or the consequences of my actions are almost insignificant. So I feel no pressure in doing what ever everybody else is doing/using the Internet for."
Those of you who agree with this student please stand up and be counted. Post it on your Facebook pages, MySpace thingies, personal blogs, etc. I want to know who you are when I'm interviewing to hire new talent.
Why not, y'know, actually interview and gauge their real ability, rather than what's written on paper? Experience means a lot more than having enough money to go to University/College.
There are a fair few unlimited, or at least "unlimited for practical purposes" ISPs available. Sky or Be, for example. I downloaded 200 GB one month, no problems.
The limited ones are generally the ones that use BT's backhaul from the exchange rather than doing their own (LLU), because BT charge a very high per-Mbps rate. Even then, it's enough for gaming.
You're right - but unfortunately something like only half of the lines are LLU.
That leaves half the population using BT's exchange, and are limited - usually to an unknown amount.
Somewhere between 50GB/mo and 100GB/mo depending on contention, and are then restricted down to 500kbps, relentlessly complained at, or paying an extortionate rate for downloads, like myself.
Almost everyone has a Fair Usage Policy - the few exceptions are Sky, Be* and Virgin - but only then through LLU.
They won't always tell you that you can't get LLU and won't be limited. (Personal experience with Be* there)
For instance see the reactions to the Miners Strike in the UK; they were probably right to strike, but the loss of power gave them no public support and they failed.
That's exactly what I'm saying yeah. I couldn't agree more in fact.
When I said "loss of power", I mean the power brown and blackouts which helped to ruin the public support.
Is the same problem with "Anonymous" here, and they did start with attacking corporate - but are not getting the attention they want; so it looks like they are going to affect the public just to get in the media.
And therein lies the key to solving your problem with this. Anonymous want recognition for this, if the reasons are revealed, then I'm sure targets will change.
There is a lot of backlash against the choice of Paypal, but attacking the corporate side wasn't getting any attention.
They are successful at boycotting Wikileaks because it's a small non-profit organization out of US jurisdiction, a tiny group of volunteers whose entire capital is in their journalist cred.
True enough, but I think all the leaks so far have been by Governments, iirc their aim is to make Governments more open (i.e. not leaning on companies); not to destroy individual companies.
And, well, sort of. The boycott isn't going great for them - thankfully due to a group of people who are happy to fight it.
So long as they allow the public to continue their lives, this can only bring about more publicity for Wikileaks and other whistle-blowing sites. Thankfully most newspapers are on their side too, since they're probably doing very well out of this!
Paypal have said they've been lent on. Why else would Paypal get rid of a client making them money? Leak or not, that'll make no difference. If they were really pissed off about these leaks, they'd block all the newspapers reporting on it too.
If this DOS-mob isn't actually trying to make the payment processors change their mind and allow them to continue contributing to Wikileaks then the argument about free speech isn't relevant anyway, because its just being used as an excuse to justify a destructive act that they're doing just for the sake of being destructive and any sense of nobility should be dispensed with.
Just to clear this up if you didn't know:
"Anonymous is supporting WikiLeaks not because we agree or disagree with the data that is being sent out, but we disagree with any from of censorship on the internet," he said.
"This is why we are acting against these companies as we believe that if we let WikiLeaks fall without a fight then governments will think they can just take down any sites they wish or disagree with."
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No surprise here. I posted about this ages ago, but everyone argued that I was talking out of my arse by a whole load of iPhone users.
We knew Apple were doing this nearly a year ago
Next, they'll be sharing it with their 'partners', and using it for direct advertising. You've already agreed to it in the terms.
Or even better. Ban idiots who believe that overpopulation has anything to do with an over-reliance on oil and all that political problems and foreign deficit that come with it.
Ban idiots who can't do simple mathematics. Get rid of 90% of the population, there's a lot more oil for everyone.
Also, the deficit will be reduced, reliance on all natural materials is reduced, and evolution will happen faster.
But it's a Nokia. And they have always built absolute crap phones.
Mid-90's? You had phones then? I'm not surprised the signal was shit.
and crap? How so? The 3210 and other range was one of the best selling phones of all time. They don't crash like an Android, fail like an iPhone or the little nipple break off like a Sony Ericsson.
And its Linux. Sure Nokia's gone to Microsoft now, but its a bloody good phone compared to all the other crap out there now.
So where are the worthy devices made by worthy companies?
Not exactly worthy right now, but Nokie did at least make a Linux-based smartphone, with decent battery life - the N900.
How nice for them. "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
"The app seeks to help niggers become white. It received a '4' rating from Apple, which indicates the company considered the app to contain 'no objectionable material.' The new smartphone app was released last week and is now available through iTunes. Exodus International claims to be 'the world's largest ministry to individuals and families impacted by blacks and coloureds.' A petition has been launched by Truth Wins Out, which describes itself as a non-profit organisation that fights anti-black religious extremism on the change.org website, asking Steve Jobs to intervene to remove the app."
You'd defend me too, right?
Written firmly with tongue placed in cheek. Personally I'm not offended by this being considered free speech. The problem is that Apple will allow this, but won't allow anyone else to have free speech. Apple - that's not what free speech is - you defend ALL speech, not just the homophobic bullshit you agree with.
Whomever would pay 70 FUCKING DOLLARS for either of these seriously needs their head examined. Or just shoot them and put them out of their misery, they cannot be saved.
Depends who the money is going too - it's obviously not going to Facebook
If it was going to a privacy advocate, I might buy it*
* mostly for voodoo
Yeah, I wouldn't trust that deceitful make-up.
So, these are all arguments for banning summer hours entirely, and not for making it two hours vs one.
Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear enough with:
Why not just make the day 20 seconds shorter before midsummer, and 20 seconds longer after. That'd make more sense than this ridiculous idea.
You're missing the problem entirely, all these complaints are in regards to when it's daylight. Setting time via the sun clearly isn't suitable - and fewer people are working standard hours. Working an hour later/coming in an hour early is irrelevant if it has to be done at any rate; simply calling it a different number changes nothing.
Remember that the original purpose was to save energy, I doubt it has so much of an effect these days - US Department of Energy concluded in 2005 that DST resulted in a decrease of electricity consumption of 0.03%.
The cost of daylight savings varies greatly, but even this estimate suggests $480 million. Not only that, it disrupts body clocks and is an inconvenience for travelers and daily life.
Any sane programmer, mathematician or physicist would surely agree that changing your base measurement unit arbitarly every 6 months is a little crazy.
Uh, So that he can chat with his colleagues in San Francisco at 10PM instead of 11PM at night (their time)?
If you are a consultant then you do business on your customers hours. Those are fixed by the times in the country you do business with. If your own government sets crazy DST rules you just get to be the big bad boss who schedules his employees to work until 6PM.
Exactly my point; so why change the time for all (along with all the negative effects it causes), when workers, students and employers all should work at the times that best suit them and their needs.
What difference does it make if its called 10PM or 11PM, if in reality it's still the same time anyway?
Why don't you just get up an hour earlier?
You're right, twice a bloody year we have this argument, and for months after.
Who cares? We shouldn't be fucking about with the clocks - stick them at GMT, and whoever it is that's complaining that they don't like going to work in the dark, then go to work an hour later.
Stop trying to change the time because you can't be arsed to schedule properly. Time isn't meant to be changed.
Hiring a lazy cheater can be very costly. Microsoft had to release some DVD-related software under the GPL because someone (a lazy "cheater") inserted GPL code into their product. It doesn't matter if someone is _capable_ of doing the work if they can't be arsed to do it.
-- Megol
Exactly my point, if you interview and test their abilities properly, and not rely on what bits of paper they'd have, you wouldn't have lazy and cheating coders. Stop employing only those with qualifications (and more-often than not, your friends sons and daughters, who hasn't got a job for a good reason), and look at what they're capable of.
This is a management and interview problem, you'll always get people cheating and lying about their qualifications.
As more and more people are using the Internet illegally (i.e. limewire etc.), I feel that the chances of being caught or the consequences of my actions are almost insignificant. So I feel no pressure in doing what ever everybody else is doing/using the Internet for."
Those of you who agree with this student please stand up and be counted. Post it on your Facebook pages, MySpace thingies, personal blogs, etc. I want to know who you are when I'm interviewing to hire new talent.
Why not, y'know, actually interview and gauge their real ability, rather than what's written on paper? Experience means a lot more than having enough money to go to University/College.
A *marketing* genius? Well thanks...I think... :P
I'm not sure that ever could be considered a compliment on /.
There are a fair few unlimited, or at least "unlimited for practical purposes" ISPs available. Sky or Be, for example. I downloaded 200 GB one month, no problems.
The limited ones are generally the ones that use BT's backhaul from the exchange rather than doing their own (LLU), because BT charge a very high per-Mbps rate. Even then, it's enough for gaming.
You're right - but unfortunately something like only half of the lines are LLU.
That leaves half the population using BT's exchange, and are limited - usually to an unknown amount.
Somewhere between 50GB/mo and 100GB/mo depending on contention, and are then restricted down to 500kbps, relentlessly complained at, or paying an extortionate rate for downloads, like myself.
Almost everyone has a Fair Usage Policy - the few exceptions are Sky, Be* and Virgin - but only then through LLU.
They won't always tell you that you can't get LLU and won't be limited. (Personal experience with Be* there)
What are you talking about? Nearly every single provider has unlimited download offers. * Fair Usage Policy Applies, maximum 1MB/month download.
FTFY.
And the ISPs just want you to be able to hit your download usage limit as fast as possible.
Young people will always be be young people. And old people will always be old people.
Well, no... Young people tend to become old people, it just takes a while.
ARM Cortex A8? Isn't that the processor in the Nokia N900?
For instance see the reactions to the Miners Strike in the UK; they were probably right to strike, but the loss of power gave them no public support and they failed.
That's exactly what I'm saying yeah. I couldn't agree more in fact.
When I said "loss of power", I mean the power brown and blackouts which helped to ruin the public support.
Is the same problem with "Anonymous" here, and they did start with attacking corporate - but are not getting the attention they want; so it looks like they are going to affect the public just to get in the media.
The sources of the DDOS wont even be in the loop.
And therein lies the key to solving your problem with this. Anonymous want recognition for this, if the reasons are revealed, then I'm sure targets will change.
There is a lot of backlash against the choice of Paypal, but attacking the corporate side wasn't getting any attention.
They are successful at boycotting Wikileaks because it's a small non-profit organization out of US jurisdiction, a tiny group of volunteers whose entire capital is in their journalist cred.
True enough, but I think all the leaks so far have been by Governments, iirc their aim is to make Governments more open (i.e. not leaning on companies); not to destroy individual companies.
And, well, sort of. The boycott isn't going great for them - thankfully due to a group of people who are happy to fight it.
So long as they allow the public to continue their lives, this can only bring about more publicity for Wikileaks and other whistle-blowing sites. Thankfully most newspapers are on their side too, since they're probably doing very well out of this!
The leak is not going to arrive any sooner just because Wikileaks is pissed
So this was just coincidence that it came out today?
WikiLeaks cables: US 'lobbied Russia on behalf of Visa and MasterCard'
Paypal have said they've been lent on. Why else would Paypal get rid of a client making them money? Leak or not, that'll make no difference. If they were really pissed off about these leaks, they'd block all the newspapers reporting on it too.
If this DOS-mob isn't actually trying to make the payment processors change their mind and allow them to continue contributing to Wikileaks then the argument about free speech isn't relevant anyway, because its just being used as an excuse to justify a destructive act that they're doing just for the sake of being destructive and any sense of nobility should be dispensed with.
Just to clear this up if you didn't know: