For some people, it's a significant amount, yes. Not everyone gets big salaries.
Around £110 for decent channels with sensible news, decent presenters and a complete lack of overhyped drivel
Their news is biased, 'decent presenters'? I'm not sure how their presenters are any better. And the BBC are constantly hyping new stuff, much of which I consider to be drivel.
As for DAB, surely it can only be a good thing?
Maybe, but funnily enough my radio ONLY seems to be able to receive the million-and-one BBC stations (the only one of which I even remotely like is Radio 4), and one or two other stations. The vast majority of non-BBC stations can't be picked up by my DAB radio.
Teletext/Ceefax is faster Bahahahaha, people still use that?
BBC has four different news feeds, so you can always get things like weather forecasts without having to wait The internet is much better for this kind of stuff.
all for the price of a cheap digibox. And a licence fee.
Cloning proprietary applications and OSes is innovation?
MS-DOS 1.0 was originally QDOS, Tim Paterson's clone of Digital Research's CP-M. MS-DOS 2.0 was an attempt to clone some UNIX features. Some (folders, file handles, I/O redirection) were implemented successfully; others (namely pipes) are simulated due to the lack of any sort of task switching.
Pot calling the kettle black? Almost any app you see in the Linux land is either a clone of a proprietary app or a clone of a clone (and so on).
Windows is a clone of Mac OS classic, and Excel is a clone of VisiCalc and 1-2-3. Real or malarkey?
For all those in the UK who are concerned about these issues, I ask you to join the UK Pirate Party. We are committed to fighting against just these issues in a political context, and trying to get MPs and more realistically) MEPs elected, so the Pirate Party can get its viewed not just heard, but gain some real power in implementing. We could use your support, so come and join us!
I'd like to see banks go one step further with this, and issue a 'credit fob' instead of a credit card, though. The idea of this fob would be to have security for remote transactions built in, and it would have a number on it that changed every 10 seconds or whatever that you had to enter to make a transaction. That way you wouldn't need to carry around a bulky card reader with you to make online transactions everywhere. People would have to get used to the idea of a fob instead of a card, though, and the fobs would have to use RFID or something so you could touch it against a reader for physical purchases.
What are the chances of the banks bothering to do this... ever, though?:-(
US companies (OK not the government, but the government didn't exactly frown at them) help setup these filters for foreign countries. The US government itself sets up 'free speech zones' and practices increasing amounts of censorship within the US... and I'm to believe that they want to genuinely promote free speech outside the US?
UKIP are not racists and to say so is pure idiocy. Please go and educate yourself on them first, instead of listening to the UK mainstream media's bullshit.
Your thinking is old-fashioned, then. The economy may falter a little, then recover, as it discovers new busienss models to survive. And if artists make a little less money, then I guess they'll just have to live with earning as much as other people instead of being guaranteed mansions with swimming pools in Hollywood. *shrug*
Just to confirm, I had to search pretty hard for a screenshot, but it looks like this only applies to FF on MacOSX. On Windows + Linux, it doesn't. So, as another poster said, flame Apple not Mozilla. Though, I think Mozilla should still keep the look & feel closer between different OS ports... the MacOSX version looks so differently skinned it feels rather different. Leave that to Camino.
Further, tabs should be attached to the pages they represent, not floating around at the top, in limbo. That was the worst design decision I have seen in ages.
In my FF3.5, tabs are 'attached to the pages they represent'... unless I'm misunderstanding you. Care to provide us with a screenshot of what you're talking about?
So... what you get is a rapidly growing, very disenfranchised group of people, essentially randomly selected from society (of course, if you had enough money to hire a really good lawyer, you won't be there). How long before they out-number other neighborhoods? Who knows, but then we'll have to build a wall, right? I mean, think of the children.
Lawyers don't like to write short sentences, and instead earn their living by a mixture of social networking and tricking people into thinking that they're significantly more intelligent than them by being able to conjure up long and important-sounding sentences containing large amounts of complexity and waffling, such as this one, and this trend is especially prevalent in the US, where long diatribes seem to be given an inordinate amount of importance over other informed comment in the general scheme of things.
And then it would be interesting to do an analysis about how much (not whether) violent crime would go down if we legalized and regulated soft drugs. Lead to the breakdown of the fabric of society?? Hah! It would damn well strengthen it! Drug legalization opponents are living in cloud-cuckoo land.
I'd love to, but obviously finding a job before coming there is tough. If you can line me up with one, I'd be happy to apply.:-) I have about 2 years' commercial experience with.net, C#, VB.net, a year's with Perl, SQL server, mySQL, and some other stuff like HTML etc. I have a CV with this stuff on.
End of the day, I'm just not as attractive as a Canadian candidate, so it aint easy.
I still say putting cameras in their homes is a very bad 'solution'. Putting them in prison WOULD be better.
They always say you shouldn't hit a child for punishment because it teaches them that violence is a reasonable solution to relatively minor problems. I agree, and the government putting CCTV in these people's homes teaches a lot of impressionable people that CCTV in homes is a reasonable solution to antisocial behaviour, or other misdemeanours. It is not. Put them in prison if they're that bad, or find another way to deal with the problem.
Do you have any facts and figures to back up the notion that England has become a lot more violent in the last 25 years?
See, I think that this is mostly utter bullshit spewed out by right-wing (or just moronic) redtops, and echoed mindlessly by the BBC, to give the government excuses to intrude evermore into people's privacy. Ever think that maybe there are more police in the UK because the people think they need them when in fact they don't? How many of those police were actively involved in quelling violence?
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Huge amount? ~£110 is a huge amount?
For some people, it's a significant amount, yes. Not everyone gets big salaries.
Around £110 for decent channels with sensible news, decent presenters and a complete lack of overhyped drivel
Their news is biased, 'decent presenters'? I'm not sure how their presenters are any better. And the BBC are constantly hyping new stuff, much of which I consider to be drivel.
As for DAB, surely it can only be a good thing?
Maybe, but funnily enough my radio ONLY seems to be able to receive the million-and-one BBC stations (the only one of which I even remotely like is Radio 4), and one or two other stations. The vast majority of non-BBC stations can't be picked up by my DAB radio.
Teletext/Ceefax is faster
Bahahahaha, people still use that?
BBC has four different news feeds, so you can always get things like weather forecasts without having to wait
The internet is much better for this kind of stuff.
all for the price of a cheap digibox.
And a licence fee.
Cloning proprietary applications and OSes is innovation?
MS-DOS 1.0 was originally QDOS, Tim Paterson's clone of Digital Research's CP-M. MS-DOS 2.0 was an attempt to clone some UNIX features. Some (folders, file handles, I/O redirection) were implemented successfully; others (namely pipes) are simulated due to the lack of any sort of task switching.
Pot calling the kettle black? Almost any app you see in the Linux land is either a clone of a proprietary app or a clone of a clone (and so on).
Windows is a clone of Mac OS classic, and Excel is a clone of VisiCalc and 1-2-3. Real or malarkey?
I think you're forgetting Microsoft BOB.
"This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions. "
Woohoo!
'You' was the English equivalent of 'vous', and 'thou' was the equivalent of 'tu'. It was 'tu' that died out.
Actually, it's spelt "hypocrite".
For all those in the UK who are concerned about these issues, I ask you to join the UK Pirate Party. We are committed to fighting against just these issues in a political context, and trying to get MPs and more realistically) MEPs elected, so the Pirate Party can get its viewed not just heard, but gain some real power in implementing. We could use your support, so come and join us!
I'd like to see banks go one step further with this, and issue a 'credit fob' instead of a credit card, though. The idea of this fob would be to have security for remote transactions built in, and it would have a number on it that changed every 10 seconds or whatever that you had to enter to make a transaction. That way you wouldn't need to carry around a bulky card reader with you to make online transactions everywhere. People would have to get used to the idea of a fob instead of a card, though, and the fobs would have to use RFID or something so you could touch it against a reader for physical purchases.
What are the chances of the banks bothering to do this... ever, though? :-(
US companies (OK not the government, but the government didn't exactly frown at them) help setup these filters for foreign countries. The US government itself sets up 'free speech zones' and practices increasing amounts of censorship within the US... and I'm to believe that they want to genuinely promote free speech outside the US?
... and we're considering policy to protect FOSS because of that. We're aware of RMS's letter on it.
They'll be arrested with those voting knives before reaching the polling station, though, so we'll be OK!
UKIP are not racists and to say so is pure idiocy. Please go and educate yourself on them first, instead of listening to the UK mainstream media's bullshit.
Your thinking is old-fashioned, then. The economy may falter a little, then recover, as it discovers new busienss models to survive. And if artists make a little less money, then I guess they'll just have to live with earning as much as other people instead of being guaranteed mansions with swimming pools in Hollywood. *shrug*
I'd say Pirate Party.... hopefully you'll get one soon. In the last few days, the UK Pirate Party has registered as an official party in the UK!
iTunes still has DRM. It's got some nice polish on it, but the kernel is still fundamentally turd.
Just to confirm, I had to search pretty hard for a screenshot, but it looks like this only applies to FF on MacOSX. On Windows + Linux, it doesn't. So, as another poster said, flame Apple not Mozilla. Though, I think Mozilla should still keep the look & feel closer between different OS ports... the MacOSX version looks so differently skinned it feels rather different. Leave that to Camino.
Don't worry, you won't actually need to *repay* the debt. China is just buying the US on the installment plan.
Further, tabs should be attached to the pages they represent, not floating around at the top, in limbo. That was the worst design decision I have seen in ages.
In my FF3.5, tabs are 'attached to the pages they represent'... unless I'm misunderstanding you. Care to provide us with a screenshot of what you're talking about?
So... what you get is a rapidly growing, very disenfranchised group of people, essentially randomly selected from society (of course, if you had enough money to hire a really good lawyer, you won't be there). How long before they out-number other neighborhoods? Who knows, but then we'll have to build a wall, right? I mean, think of the children.
What about the sex offenders' children? :-D
Lawyers don't like to write short sentences, and instead earn their living by a mixture of social networking and tricking people into thinking that they're significantly more intelligent than them by being able to conjure up long and important-sounding sentences containing large amounts of complexity and waffling, such as this one, and this trend is especially prevalent in the US, where long diatribes seem to be given an inordinate amount of importance over other informed comment in the general scheme of things.
And then it would be interesting to do an analysis about how much (not whether) violent crime would go down if we legalized and regulated soft drugs. Lead to the breakdown of the fabric of society?? Hah! It would damn well strengthen it! Drug legalization opponents are living in cloud-cuckoo land.
I'd love to, but obviously finding a job before coming there is tough. If you can line me up with one, I'd be happy to apply. :-) I have about 2 years' commercial experience with .net, C#, VB.net, a year's with Perl, SQL server, mySQL, and some other stuff like HTML etc. I have a CV with this stuff on.
End of the day, I'm just not as attractive as a Canadian candidate, so it aint easy.
I still say putting cameras in their homes is a very bad 'solution'. Putting them in prison WOULD be better.
They always say you shouldn't hit a child for punishment because it teaches them that violence is a reasonable solution to relatively minor problems. I agree, and the government putting CCTV in these people's homes teaches a lot of impressionable people that CCTV in homes is a reasonable solution to antisocial behaviour, or other misdemeanours. It is not. Put them in prison if they're that bad, or find another way to deal with the problem.
Do you have any facts and figures to back up the notion that England has become a lot more violent in the last 25 years?
See, I think that this is mostly utter bullshit spewed out by right-wing (or just moronic) redtops, and echoed mindlessly by the BBC, to give the government excuses to intrude evermore into people's privacy. Ever think that maybe there are more police in the UK because the people think they need them when in fact they don't? How many of those police were actively involved in quelling violence?
Alex Salmond, is that you?
Huh?
Humanoid
1. having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
A baby doesn't resemble a human being eh? Glad I'm not your kid!