> it would just "outsource" spamming to > other countries that did not have a tax.
You've hit the nail on the head, but it's not just about the tax.
I imagine some people in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lybia, Syria, North Korea, China would all provide relaying services just to piss off the Americans.
This is the kind of spin being churned out by HM government and you're buying it, big time.
If the government wanted to work on reducing social security costs, the first thing they'd do is link up the NI databases with the benefits databases - believe me, they're not connected AT ALL. If you walk into a benefits agency office, you can claim you're unemployed and you will probably receive payment. They have absolutely no way of checking your income tax or NI contributions, and they usually don't investigate somebody until they receive a complaint.
Then we have the problem with identity theft. My mother-in-law is a registrar, and she is powerless to stop somebody asking for a copy of ANYBODY'S birth certificate. She hands them out to people who she KNOWS are going to use them fraudulently, but it is absolutely legal to do this in the UK, so she can't stop it. It only takes a couple of extra steps and you can gain credit cards, utility bills and an identity.
The people that want an ID card (illegal immigrants) will get one to use to their advantage. The people that don't want an ID card will be forced to carry one and it could be used to their disadvantage. Remind me again how this is useful?
I'm in the UK, and I feel like I'm having an out-of-body experience on a daily basis.
I can't believe the crap being churned out by our media, the arse-kissing of Tony Blair and his cronies, the dumbing-down of all our television/media, the pop-culture and so on.
It's called the "butcher's apostrophe", as demonstrated at butchers' shops, market stalls and bargain shops the length and breadth of the UK.
eg. 1lb sausage's, fresh lamb chop's
What we also get here is the mysterious use of speech marks.
eg. New "Britney Spears" CD 10, Mr. Sheen "Furniture" polish 2 for a quid.
That is all.
I expect apple to follow windows UI guidelines and not "improve" on them using OSX UI behaviours. As a windows user, I expect to be able to resize a window from any corner as well as maximize.
Windows media player? Biggest heap of UI shite I've ever seen in my life. Menu bar that appears and disappears, strange iconic images instead of buttons to control playlist displays etc.
Then there's the integrated windows explorer "Find" feature. What a pile of cack. The only consistent approach applied there is that the sidebar never resizes horizontally.
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You arse.
tee-hee - you say "lay"
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> it would just "outsource" spamming to
> other countries that did not have a tax.
You've hit the nail on the head, but it's not just about the tax.
I imagine some people in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lybia, Syria, North Korea, China would all provide relaying services just to piss off the Americans.
God bless you, you poor misguided fool!
This is the kind of spin being churned out by HM government and you're buying it, big time.
If the government wanted to work on reducing social security costs, the first thing they'd do is link up the NI databases with the benefits databases - believe me, they're not connected AT ALL. If you walk into a benefits agency office, you can claim you're unemployed and you will probably receive payment. They have absolutely no way of checking your income tax or NI contributions, and they usually don't investigate somebody until they receive a complaint.
Then we have the problem with identity theft. My mother-in-law is a registrar, and she is powerless to stop somebody asking for a copy of ANYBODY'S birth certificate. She hands them out to people who she KNOWS are going to use them fraudulently, but it is absolutely legal to do this in the UK, so she can't stop it. It only takes a couple of extra steps and you can gain credit cards, utility bills and an identity.
The people that want an ID card (illegal immigrants) will get one to use to their advantage. The people that don't want an ID card will be forced to carry one and it could be used to their disadvantage. Remind me again how this is useful?
Mod parent up.
I'm in the UK, and I feel like I'm having an out-of-body experience on a daily basis.
I can't believe the crap being churned out by our media, the arse-kissing of Tony Blair and his cronies, the dumbing-down of all our television/media, the pop-culture and so on.
I have no other point to make.
That is all.
Surely this falls down when the spammer bypasses a legitmate (ISP's) SMTP server?
Spammers will have their own SMTP servers, or find/use open relays.
There is on MacOS, you gimp.
That's a bit fucking harsh!
It's called the "butcher's apostrophe", as demonstrated at butchers' shops, market stalls and bargain shops the length and breadth of the UK. eg. 1lb sausage's, fresh lamb chop's What we also get here is the mysterious use of speech marks. eg. New "Britney Spears" CD 10, Mr. Sheen "Furniture" polish 2 for a quid. That is all.
I got around this a while ago by setting everything to "no hardware acceleration". Bingo! PrtScr captured to clipboard, email-a-mondo.
apt does. In my experience, you have to try *very* hard to break the dependency/sanity checking with apt.