All that's really needed is for police to have the authority to confiscate the cell-phone / mobile-phone / smart-phone of a driver who was seen using it, tuck it gently under (in front of) the front wheel, and then tell the driver they can go...
How many broken phones will it take to cure some people? Let's find out!
I've always used multiple accounts for different purposes, and none of them are my actual name. All emails are the minimum 6 letters @ domain : abcdef@whatever.com I rarely get a lot of spam because the spam filters seem to work well, and the short address seems to be mostly invisible to the spammers. On the rare occasions that I got something belonging to someone else, it was usually a mis-type and I sent a reply to the sender. This was a bit of a challenge when I got rent receipts from a Brazilian Real Estate agent, but with a little help from Google translate I worked it out.
Would it be possible for one of you experts (no sarcasm intended) to run a Windows VM and spend all the time you're talking to them tracing back to their machine? Change a few settings... find out where they are... trace their server and cause it to reboot?? Or even just have "BOO!!" appear on their screen?
Instead of trying to force the ability to undo all child-hood indiscretions on Google/Microsoft et al., why don't they simply make a refusal to hire on the basis of "unsuitable internet postings" as a minor an act of discrimination equivalent to the usual race, gender, religion/creed issues. It could even fit under "age discrimination" which is unlawful in Australia.
... how it could be so quickly forgotten. Windows8 RT was an attempt to cash in on the cheap end of the tablet market, and failed on price and over-supply.
When the "all new, all singing, all dancing" netbooks came out, supplied with Windows 7 Starter, you were supposed to pay for a upgrade to "real Windows 7". RT is suffering the same fate... nobody wants it, because nobody wants to pay more just to be able to run some limited software on it. Android on Arm would be the smartest thing manufacturers could do, if they can "shoe-horn" Android onto those megalithic M$ tablets.
Me? I installed OpenSuSE with xfce on the two netbooks I got cheap at the "end of model" sales. I dual-booted the first one I bought : it had WinXP, and I was keeping that.
The power over preferences should be returned to the voters. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-11/green-hand-the-power-of-preferences-back-to-the-people/4951020 He suggests that optional preferential voting should be made possible both "above the line" and "below the line", an either/or option in the Senate ballot that made the situation, as originally posted, possible. Being able to mark one or more preferences, either as to parties, or as to individual candidates, would wipe out the "preference swap" vote rigging.
I'm running Comodo Internet Security on a AMD Sempron 1.75ghz chipped PC, admittedly with 2GB of DDR2 RAM. In fact I'm running it on every Windows PC in the house, including Windows 8 laptops! It runs fine, I've never noticed any slowing... and it's free for personal use.
Anyone I've talked to about their use of Windows 8 has them telling me they've "... fixed it by installing [program name] to restore the Start Menu and boot direct to the desktop..." so Micro$oft returning the Start Button is just a bit of window dressing.
And yes, I've installed Win8 on a PC, and recently bought two laptops (one with a touch-screen) so I can learn it and help people use it. I'm sure Windows 8 Tile Start screen is great on a tablet / smart phone... it's painful on a PC, especially a non-touch screen.
Better to use the "native" app/functionality for creating a bootable USB stick, I've lately had problems with Unetbootin. And while we're on the subject, Puppy Linux is small, has it's own "Install to USB stick" function and will run even on an older PC.
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I think you need to turn this question on it's head: what impact does Human use of both imperial and metric systems have on other worlds? We drop our robot space ships and exploration vehicles on the deck... hard, as we did on Mars.
In the Australian city where I live, the local lorikeets (a kind of parrot) go absolutely wild over the flowers of the "Pepper" tree in the middle of our summer, because the nectar in the flowers ferments in the heat... and they get totally legless, wingless... anything you can call it.
I've seen one flutter to the ground in front of me, land on it's back... with it's wings still flapping like mad, trying to fly upside down. After 20 seconds of going nowhere, it stopped, shook itself to it's feet and finally managed to take off. I didn't see it hit anything as it went, but I'm glad it went the other way...
It's at: http://www.qimo4kids.com/ Based on Xubuntu, but simply boots into a kid friendly environment with lots of games, paint programs, educational programs etc. When the kid takes an interest it's possible to back out and log into the normal Xubuntu desktop.
Some years ago, I helped a colleague at work, who was attending a night-school accounting course, who had no idea how to calculate a simple proportion sum.
(If 5 apples cost $4.00, how much do 12 apples cost? 12 apples cost more than 5, so it's 12 / 5 x 4.00 / 1 = 48.00 / 5 = where's my calculator? ummm $9.60) He'd passed senior high-school and been accepted into the course on his results.
I don't think things that "simple" are taught any more, as a simple stand-alone arithmetic tool... something I learnt in primary school (elementary school). So maybe, to keep it useful and relevant to daily life, more Arithmetic to a higher level needs to be taught (possibly in the simplistic repetitive rote manner it always was taught) and perhaps a greater level of interest in higher Mathematics will result.
As I understand it, if you want to install Win 7 over Win XP, it recommends you "backup all your data and then do a fresh install". There is no "upgrade" option, unless you were running Vista.
When you consider I upgraded from Windows 98 to Windows ME then to Windows XP using upgrade discs I bought retail, having Microsoft tell me "not this time Buddy, no upgrade for you" was a clear sign to try to convert my wife to using Linux.
When I bought my netbook the model loaded with Windows XP was sitting right next to the exact same model with Windows 7 Starter, and the latter was priced approx. $200 more.
We're still running XP, dual booted with whatever flavour of Linux I like... and when I can't keep them going anymore, it's likely we'll be running all Linux, unless the price comes a long way down, or the upgrade option magically appears.
A quick fix to put the buttons back on the right top corner : change desktop themes, I think my personal favourite "Clear Looks" is still available, but almost any other theme that's not the default has the buttons on the right.
There is also a hack in the config scripts, but I'd have to dig for it...
But I like it that way (yes, I'm with Optus). When I had a basic 256kb/64kb sec ADSL connection with Telstra, they charged something like 15 or 20 cents per megabyte if we went over quota. One month I got a bill for $120 on a nominal "$29.95 per month" account.
After an ongoing billing dispute with Telstra (their billing system was an Urban Legend of fail), I paid everything out and we signed up with Optus. My monthly bill went down, my connection instantly doubled in speed (512/128) and as soon as they installed ADSL2+ dslams, we'd be on ADSL2+. I remember downloading a.iso file for a Linux CD overnight usually with Telstra. The day Optus hooked us up to ADSL2+, they hadn't told us, but when I started to download a CD, I got it in 7 minutes. Blew my mind!
I was recently looking to upgrade our connection for a larger data allowance, as prices recently seemed to come down a long way, but all the accounts I looked at on their website, even the very best "Unlimited" connections, all had a visible rider shown among the details, of throttling to some degree. The very cheapest ones had.15 cents/MB for excess usage up to 2GB per month, then throttling. Could cost $300 extra on a nominal $29.95/month... read the fine print! There's always a catch, I never believe advertising. I assume any advertisement is a lie. Yes, that was Optus not Telstra. They're giving me a small upgrade for free next month anyway... in any event, all I have to do is pay occasional attention to my data usage, and I have no throttling.
Don't know if anyone has mentioned this one yet, but I've installed their products on my netbook, to no ill effect so far. They have 3 free products: Anti-virus, Firewall and Threatfire antimalware.
I've tried to teach the friends & colleagues I look after to be suspicious of such messages, along with a healthy dose of cynicism about anything that tells them to PANIC!!!.
Such teaching takes time and patience, but it does sink in eventually... I've hardly had to rescue any PCs lately.
I also teach them to believe in the Internet Security / Anti-virus product they've paid for. If they have that installed and up to date, they don't need some crap that pops up and throws a million exclamation points at them.
I'm also trying to convince them to use Linux... but that one is going to take time:-)
Funniest waste of time message I ever saw correctly identified I was using Linux and offered to download their "fix" anyway. I seem to recall it was on my ISPs website. Don't know what would have happened, but I ignored it.
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All that's really needed is for police to have the authority to confiscate the cell-phone / mobile-phone / smart-phone of a driver who was seen using it, ...
tuck it gently under (in front of) the front wheel, and then tell the driver they can go
How many broken phones will it take to cure some people? Let's find out!
I've always used multiple accounts for different purposes, and none of them are my actual name.
All emails are the minimum 6 letters @ domain : abcdef@whatever.com
I rarely get a lot of spam because the spam filters seem to work well, and the short address seems to be mostly invisible to the spammers.
On the rare occasions that I got something belonging to someone else, it was usually a mis-type and I sent a reply to the sender.
This was a bit of a challenge when I got rent receipts from a Brazilian Real Estate agent, but with a little help from Google translate I worked it out.
Would it be possible for one of you experts (no sarcasm intended) to run a Windows VM and spend all the time you're talking to them tracing back to their machine? ... find out where they are ... trace their server and cause it to reboot??
Change a few settings
Or even just have "BOO!!" appear on their screen?
Hack the Hackers FTW!
Instead of trying to force the ability to undo all child-hood indiscretions on Google/Microsoft et al., why don't they simply make a refusal to hire on the basis of "unsuitable internet postings" as a minor an act of discrimination equivalent to the usual race, gender, religion/creed issues.
It could even fit under "age discrimination" which is unlawful in Australia.
... how it could be so quickly forgotten.
Windows8 RT was an attempt to cash in on the cheap end of the tablet market, and failed on price and over-supply.
When the "all new, all singing, all dancing" netbooks came out, supplied with Windows 7 Starter, you were supposed to pay for a upgrade to "real Windows 7". ... nobody wants it, because nobody wants to pay more just to be able to run some limited software on it.
RT is suffering the same fate
Android on Arm would be the smartest thing manufacturers could do, if they can "shoe-horn" Android onto those megalithic M$ tablets.
Me? I installed OpenSuSE with xfce on the two netbooks I got cheap at the "end of model" sales. I dual-booted the first one I bought : it had WinXP, and I was keeping that.
The power over preferences should be returned to the voters.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-11/green-hand-the-power-of-preferences-back-to-the-people/4951020
He suggests that optional preferential voting should be made possible both "above the line" and "below the line", an either/or option in the Senate ballot that made the situation, as originally posted, possible.
Being able to mark one or more preferences, either as to parties, or as to individual candidates, would wipe out the "preference swap" vote rigging.
I'm running Comodo Internet Security on a AMD Sempron 1.75ghz chipped PC, admittedly with 2GB of DDR2 RAM. ... and it's free for personal use.
In fact I'm running it on every Windows PC in the house, including Windows 8 laptops!
It runs fine, I've never noticed any slowing
Anyone I've talked to about their use of Windows 8 has them telling me they've "... fixed it by installing [program name] to restore the Start Menu and boot direct to the desktop ..." so Micro$oft returning the Start Button is just a bit of window dressing.
And yes, I've installed Win8 on a PC, and recently bought two laptops (one with a touch-screen) so I can learn it and help people use it. ... it's painful on a PC, especially a non-touch screen.
I'm sure Windows 8 Tile Start screen is great on a tablet / smart phone
I read it as "Oracle Database : price 12 cents".
You'd get two for a quarter and a penny change!
If you tried to access the Spamhaus website, the DDoS was very effectively blocking that corner of the internet!
" ... Conroy's internet filter springs to mind - it never had a hope of getting through Parliament and being enacted ... " ... mostly ... yet.
Have I got bad news for you! Although the legislation never made it off the blocks, three of the biggest ISPs (Telstra, Optus & Primus) implemented it anyway.
I'm with Optus, and thankfully, I haven't noticed any major drop in my connection speed
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/fractious-isps-may-fumble-their-chance-on-internet-filter/story-e6frgakx-1225890925760
Better to use the "native" app/functionality for creating a bootable USB stick, I've lately had problems with Unetbootin.
And while we're on the subject, Puppy Linux is small, has it's own "Install to USB stick" function and will run even on an older PC.
And ended up with twice as much ?
I think you need to turn this question on it's head: what impact does Human use of both imperial and metric systems have on other worlds? ... hard, as we did on Mars.
We drop our robot space ships and exploration vehicles on the deck
In the Australian city where I live, the local lorikeets (a kind of parrot) go absolutely wild over the flowers of the "Pepper" tree in the middle of our summer, ... and they get totally legless, wingless ... anything you can call it.
because the nectar in the flowers ferments in the heat
I've seen one flutter to the ground in front of me, land on it's back ... with it's wings still flapping like mad, trying to fly upside down. ...
After 20 seconds of going nowhere, it stopped, shook itself to it's feet and finally managed to take off. I didn't see it hit anything as it went,
but I'm glad it went the other way
It's at: http://www.qimo4kids.com/
Based on Xubuntu, but simply boots into a kid friendly environment with lots of games, paint programs, educational programs etc.
When the kid takes an interest it's possible to back out and log into the normal Xubuntu desktop.
Instead of calling it AstroTurfing, lets call it:
TurfHogging ...
or
TurfHacking
or
Lies
or
BrainWashing
or
BullShit by any other name would smell as sweet
Vote Early, Vote Often!
Some years ago, I helped a colleague at work, who was attending a night-school accounting course, who had no idea how to calculate a simple proportion sum.
(If 5 apples cost $4.00, how much do 12 apples cost? 12 apples cost more than 5, so it's 12 / 5 x 4.00 / 1 = 48.00 / 5 = where's my calculator? ummm $9.60)
He'd passed senior high-school and been accepted into the course on his results.
I don't think things that "simple" are taught any more, as a simple stand-alone arithmetic tool ... something I learnt in primary school (elementary school).
So maybe, to keep it useful and relevant to daily life, more Arithmetic to a higher level needs to be taught (possibly in the simplistic repetitive rote manner it always was taught) and perhaps a greater level of interest in higher Mathematics will result.
As I understand it, if you want to install Win 7 over Win XP, it recommends you "backup all your data and then do a fresh install".
There is no "upgrade" option, unless you were running Vista.
When you consider I upgraded from Windows 98 to Windows ME then to Windows XP using upgrade discs I bought retail,
having Microsoft tell me "not this time Buddy, no upgrade for you" was a clear sign to try to convert my wife to using Linux.
When I bought my netbook the model loaded with Windows XP was sitting right next to the exact same model with Windows 7 Starter,
and the latter was priced approx. $200 more.
We're still running XP, dual booted with whatever flavour of Linux I like ... and when I can't keep them going anymore, it's likely we'll be running all Linux,
unless the price comes a long way down, or the upgrade option magically appears.
A quick fix to put the buttons back on the right top corner : change desktop themes, I think my personal favourite "Clear Looks" is still available,
but almost any other theme that's not the default has the buttons on the right.
There is also a hack in the config scripts, but I'd have to dig for it ...
But I like it that way (yes, I'm with Optus).
When I had a basic 256kb/64kb sec ADSL connection with Telstra, they charged something like 15 or 20 cents per megabyte if we went over quota. One month I got a bill for $120 on a nominal "$29.95 per month" account.
After an ongoing billing dispute with Telstra (their billing system was an Urban Legend of fail), I paid everything out and we signed up with Optus. .iso file for a Linux CD overnight usually with Telstra.
My monthly bill went down, my connection instantly doubled in speed (512/128) and as soon as they installed ADSL2+ dslams, we'd be on ADSL2+.
I remember downloading a
The day Optus hooked us up to ADSL2+, they hadn't told us, but when I started to download a CD, I got it in 7 minutes. Blew my mind!
I was recently looking to upgrade our connection for a larger data allowance, as prices recently seemed to come down a long way, but all the accounts I looked at on their website, even the very best "Unlimited" connections, all had a visible rider shown among the details, of throttling to some degree. .15 cents/MB for excess usage up to 2GB per month, then throttling. Could cost $300 extra on a nominal $29.95/month ... read the fine print! There's always a catch, I never believe advertising. I assume any advertisement is a lie. ... in any event, all I have to do is pay occasional attention to my data usage, and I have no throttling.
The very cheapest ones had
Yes, that was Optus not Telstra.
They're giving me a small upgrade for free next month anyway
Don't know if anyone has mentioned this one yet, but I've installed their products on my netbook,
to no ill effect so far. They have 3 free products: Anti-virus, Firewall and Threatfire antimalware.
Website is http://www.pctools.com/
"I've even wondered if it would be possible to expand that to cover the other senses, for example, playing a unique sound with the error."
Of course it would be possible:
"STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD, TOUCH NOTHING ... I'M WARNING YOU, THIS THING IS LOADED!"
should do the job.
I've tried to teach the friends & colleagues I look after to be suspicious of such messages, along with a healthy dose of cynicism about anything that tells them to PANIC!!!.
Such teaching takes time and patience, but it does sink in eventually ... I've hardly had to rescue any PCs lately.
I also teach them to believe in the Internet Security / Anti-virus product they've paid for. If they have that installed and up to date, they don't need some crap that pops up and throws a million exclamation points at them.
I'm also trying to convince them to use Linux ... but that one is going to take time :-)
Funniest waste of time message I ever saw correctly identified I was using Linux and offered to download their "fix" anyway.
I seem to recall it was on my ISPs website. Don't know what would have happened, but I ignored it.
Brush management made easy:
1. Start Lawn Mower
2. Throttle up to high
3. Push to edge of cliff
4. Drop over edge
Easy to do, but expensive in lawn mowers ...