Actually my wife is a police officer so between us we have plenty of experience with dealing with confrontations. Just take it as read that I prefer to avoid confrontations in the first place - especially over something as trivial as a over-priced, over-hyped film!
I don't particularly enjoy putting myself into situations where confrontation will arise. There's no film on the planet worth me getting het up by a complete stranger.
Plus, I have kids. Exposing them to a confrontation (which will usually get aggressive and involve excessive swearing) is unfair.
I assume you're in the US, but many, many of us aren't.
You have the luxury of (usually) having the first cinema screenings of films and the first releases to DVD. You also don't get the shitty $1 = £1 currency conversion that the media companies think is perfectly acceptable.
I personally don't think I'm getting value for money (£30) every time I take my wife and three kids to a cinema filled with chavs and twats that don't know where the "off" button is on their mobile phone.
It's not just about cost, but certainly outside the US the cost of films (either at the cinema or DVD purchase) is extortionate.
So I vote with my feet. I rarely go to the cinema and I wait until it comes out on rental. Three days' rental for £3.50 without said chavs is a bargain!
OpenVPN all the way. I have very non-IT-literate clients and they are amazed that they never see the "dial-up" any more (MS's PPTP client). OpenVPN is virtually transparent to the user and (as has already been said) it's a doddle to set up.
I personally tend to go for TUN configuration, but YMMV.
Cue obvious question: Why not use Debian on the Mac(s)? I used to, and it worked a treat. I sold the box when I need a RAID solution as there wasn't space in the old iMac for a second hard drive.
Thankyou. Your reply does indeed clarify the situation for me.
For your information, I have never (knowingly) met a Jewish person, so your supposition about there not being many Jews around here is spot on. I grew up in a place that was 100% Anglo-Saxon and 50/50 Catholic/Church-of-England.
We have multiple faiths in the UK too, but we still call Christmas "Christmas". Vive la difference!
I don't see your point. "Hanukkah" (and no, I had not heard of it) seems to be some non-Christian religious festival, but its name doesn't seem to get changed.
I'd go along with it being convenient, but saving time??
What are you going to do with all the accumulated time that you save? You can't exactly tack it on to the end of your life and enjoy a few more weeks!
And no, I'm not having a go at you, just everything that claims to save us time. Most people seem to waste their spare time watching shitty soaps or sitcoms or reality TV (or reading slashdot:D)
what other products besides Google Desktop Search, Spybot Search & Destroy, Google Toolbar and Service Pack 2 are Slashdotters installing on their parents' Windows machines
Slashdot Mirror
Thanks for your input, anyway. Nice to see a civilised conversation on /. :)
Actually my wife is a police officer so between us we have plenty of experience with dealing with confrontations. Just take it as read that I prefer to avoid confrontations in the first place - especially over something as trivial as a over-priced, over-hyped film!
Plus, I have kids. Exposing them to a confrontation (which will usually get aggressive and involve excessive swearing) is unfair.
You have the luxury of (usually) having the first cinema screenings of films and the first releases to DVD. You also don't get the shitty $1 = £1 currency conversion that the media companies think is perfectly acceptable.
I personally don't think I'm getting value for money (£30) every time I take my wife and three kids to a cinema filled with chavs and twats that don't know where the "off" button is on their mobile phone.
It's not just about cost, but certainly outside the US the cost of films (either at the cinema or DVD purchase) is extortionate.
So I vote with my feet. I rarely go to the cinema and I wait until it comes out on rental. Three days' rental for £3.50 without said chavs is a bargain!
I personally tend to go for TUN configuration, but YMMV.
I like http://www.filzip.com/
Cue obvious question: Why not use Debian on the Mac(s)? I used to, and it worked a treat. I sold the box when I need a RAID solution as there wasn't space in the old iMac for a second hard drive.
For your information, I have never (knowingly) met a Jewish person, so your supposition about there not being many Jews around here is spot on. I grew up in a place that was 100% Anglo-Saxon and 50/50 Catholic/Church-of-England.
We have multiple faiths in the UK too, but we still call Christmas "Christmas". Vive la difference!
I don't see your point. "Hanukkah" (and no, I had not heard of it) seems to be some non-Christian religious festival, but its name doesn't seem to get changed.
Common knowledge in the US, perhaps, but I'm not in the US.
I am genuinely intrigued!
What are you going to do with all the accumulated time that you save? You can't exactly tack it on to the end of your life and enjoy a few more weeks!
And no, I'm not having a go at you, just everything that claims to save us time. Most people seem to waste their spare time watching shitty soaps or sitcoms or reality TV (or reading slashdot :D)
Even the GNAA?
Debian
More to the point - how do they back it up?
The powers that be would know watt the resistance would be like.
With the weapons of mass destruction, I'd wager.
I'm on Glen Moray - you?
Or reading in black and white.
I'm backing tautology
They've changed the title now, so this whole thread is moot.
It *used* to say "dilema", with one "m" (for moider?)
Spell check!
> MySQL server
Just ribbing ;)
For our non-British readers, a "chav" is, well, best described by this.
Samba, rsync, ccache(? - possibly wrong on that). I love him and I want his babies.