The look on my boss's face when he checked an old Subversion log and discovered I'd done a commit at 4am was priceless.
It took him a while to remember I'd been in Malaysia that week! It was worth taking the laptop all that way, just to bash out a couple of lines of CSS and mess with his head.
...yes, here in the USSK, people steal the copper cables from the railway signalling circuits and sell those for scrap, too. (I know, I know: In Soviet Britain, coppers steal YOU!)
Or maybe that's just the latest British Rail v3.0 excuse for having a Third World railway.
Say you like Party A's education policy but Party B's health policy. Under the current mechanism you're stuffed: you have to pick one or the other and make a compromise. With individual voting on each issue you'd be able to vote for what you want on every issue
I like the sound of this, but:
Party A wants to cut defence spending and use the savings on health. It looks like the increase in health funding would be spent properly. Party B's health policy is plausible, but involves small cuts. Party A gets voted in to run the Ministry of Health.
Party B wants to increase defence spending by taking small cuts from other areas (including health). In the light of international terrorism threats, this sounds more sensible than Party A's defence cuts. Party B gets voted in to run the Ministry of Defence.
So neither Health nor Defence gets the increases people voted for, and Party A and Party B spend the next four years squabbling about it while nothing gets done.
You'd hope that the populace would be smart enough not to vote for increases in everything except taxes, but - face it - you can't rule it out. And if half of us only vote on defence, and half of us only vote on health, the situation I've described above could well arise.
What to do? Put another layer of government on top to resolve the disputes? Who runs that? And, of course, who funds it?
It's a nice idea - really it is - but it needs work.
Well, you could, but you'd need a big square cannon. I was about to say, "and a damned good airbag," but the stated requirement was to "get there". If you want to get there and be able to vote - instead of being able to go home in a bucket - that'll cost extra...
Considering that Second Life's user numbers are much smaller than other social networks, such as MySpace and Facebook -- aside from generating press coverage -- will campaigning in Second Life actually win many votes?
It's not just about the raw numbers... Myspacers are spotty teenagers who can't vote, and Facebookers are hippie students who won't vote!
But if it's Vienna, WinCE^HWindows Mobile could be Viennetta...
*homerdrool*
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the Cat is rather cute...unless you work with the sort of old hag who has fifty of the fucking things at home. The sort of old hag who's fought for the only fucking PC in the fucking office with fucking built-in speakers. The sort of old hag who makes everyone's life hell if the fucking speakers stop working (yep, tried that). The sort of old hag who pisses everyone off by having the fucking Cat miaow at full blast all fucking day. The sort of old hag who tells the fucking thing to shut up every time it fucking miaows. *twitch*
While I stayed in smaller accommodation for a year and a bit, I did the sensible thing and packed all my model planes away in their original packaging - clear plastic tray with a clear plastic lid, inside a thick cardboard box, in a cupboard that no sunlight was getting into. When I came to unpack them, I discovered that the tails of two planes had yellowed - as had the clear plastic in their boxes. Definitely not sunlight in that case; you'd think the manufacturer would've been a bit more careful about their choice of plastic.
Assuming that building lots of houses is going to kick-start the economy, you could do it far more efficiently by letting real people do the work. For money. But where does the money come from, for the labour and for the materials?
Aid?
There have been so many "simple solutions" it's just not funny any more.
Slashdot Mirror
If you want to bed pink ponies, that's fine - just don't tell the rest of us.
We've got more child mummies than we know what to do with!
From the first linked article above:
:-)
RegisterFly.com, which according to ICANN has its offices at 4th Floor, 404 Main Street, Boonton, NJ
With that address, what did people expect?
The look on my boss's face when he checked an old Subversion log and discovered I'd done a commit at 4am was priceless.
It took him a while to remember I'd been in Malaysia that week! It was worth taking the laptop all that way, just to bash out a couple of lines of CSS and mess with his head.
It assumes [...] That access in the London Tube matters for a Glaswegian.
:)
Of course it matters! How else is he going to get more Big Issues sent down to him?
It's Friday, so I'm slow...
In Soviet Britain, coppers nick YOU!
There. That's better.
...yes, here in the USSK, people steal the copper cables from the railway signalling circuits and sell those for scrap, too. (I know, I know: In Soviet Britain, coppers steal YOU!)
Or maybe that's just the latest British Rail v3.0 excuse for having a Third World railway.
Screw that!
a Web 2.0 interface?!?!
...and a webcam. How cool would that be? *clickity* *clickity* *clickity* "Run, bitch!"
And then post that video on YouTube. Heh.
...said the Anonymous Coward.
Say you like Party A's education policy but Party B's health policy. Under the current mechanism you're stuffed: you have to pick one or the other and make a compromise. With individual voting on each issue you'd be able to vote for what you want on every issue
I like the sound of this, but:
Party A wants to cut defence spending and use the savings on health. It looks like the increase in health funding would be spent properly. Party B's health policy is plausible, but involves small cuts. Party A gets voted in to run the Ministry of Health.
Party B wants to increase defence spending by taking small cuts from other areas (including health). In the light of international terrorism threats, this sounds more sensible than Party A's defence cuts. Party B gets voted in to run the Ministry of Defence.
So neither Health nor Defence gets the increases people voted for, and Party A and Party B spend the next four years squabbling about it while nothing gets done.
You'd hope that the populace would be smart enough not to vote for increases in everything except taxes, but - face it - you can't rule it out. And if half of us only vote on defence, and half of us only vote on health, the situation I've described above could well arise.
What to do? Put another layer of government on top to resolve the disputes? Who runs that? And, of course, who funds it?
It's a nice idea - really it is - but it needs work.
So seti@home is spyware?
And here was me, thinking it's Alienware...
Enough people have to be able to understand those big words, first.
I can't even get there in a flying UPS truck. ;)
Well, you could, but you'd need a big square cannon. I was about to say, "and a damned good airbag," but the stated requirement was to "get there". If you want to get there and be able to vote - instead of being able to go home in a bucket - that'll cost extra...
Considering that Second Life's user numbers are much smaller than other social networks, such as MySpace and Facebook -- aside from generating press coverage -- will campaigning in Second Life actually win many votes?
It's not just about the raw numbers... Myspacers are spotty teenagers who can't vote, and Facebookers are hippie students who won't vote!
How about a solid square of colour? If we co-ordinated our efforts, we could cover the thing in goatse-pixels.
But if it's Vienna, WinCE^HWindows Mobile could be Viennetta...
*homerdrool*
the Cat is rather cute ...unless you work with the sort of old hag who has fifty of the fucking things at home. The sort of old hag who's fought for the only fucking PC in the fucking office with fucking built-in speakers. The sort of old hag who makes everyone's life hell if the fucking speakers stop working (yep, tried that). The sort of old hag who pisses everyone off by having the fucking Cat miaow at full blast all fucking day. The sort of old hag who tells the fucking thing to shut up every time it fucking miaows. *twitch*
the Cat is rather cute
Val? Is that you?
If Real ID's anything like as bad as RealPlayer, I don't blame them!
That depends
Honestly... Someone asks about retirees and the first reply is a joke about incontinence.
I'm shocked - shocked, I tell you!
The article mentions sunlight as a culprit.
While I stayed in smaller accommodation for a year and a bit, I did the sensible thing and packed all my model planes away in their original packaging - clear plastic tray with a clear plastic lid, inside a thick cardboard box, in a cupboard that no sunlight was getting into. When I came to unpack them, I discovered that the tails of two planes had yellowed - as had the clear plastic in their boxes. Definitely not sunlight in that case; you'd think the manufacturer would've been a bit more careful about their choice of plastic.
Abject poverty = lots of cheap labour.
Assuming that building lots of houses is going to kick-start the economy, you could do it far more efficiently by letting real people do the work. For money. But where does the money come from, for the labour and for the materials?
Aid?
There have been so many "simple solutions" it's just not funny any more.
his next step has to be to find an edible ink
I would hope that the naff "your photo on a cake" service at my local supermarket has already cracked this...
as a taxpayer I assume the gathering of all 10, instead of just 2, will only incur a moderate 5x cost in upgrading airports and training personel.
Training? Have you seen the TSA?
same moron who can't hold on to his Wii controller
Is he suing someone for making their urinals too small?