I'm glad I live in the US. Even though some ISPs cower in fear, most of them give us enough freedom to do what we want. We truly live in the land of the free!
But enough from the Whitehouse. What do the people think?
You probably wouldn't have an easy time navigating something like a Dodge Ram through many European cities, towns and villages (especially the model with the double rear wheels that requires two parking spaces).
In case you were curious about what this monstrosity looks like, I think he's referring to this model.
I loved the fact that they actually described that GNU meant 'GNU is Not UNIX'. Stephen Fry goes on to say that 'it's a bit like Unix, but not quite'. The Windows user is sitting there asking, what the fuck is Unix?
Oh, and Alan Davies would recommend compiling Slackware with no help from the community as a good way to get started.
Now try using GNU tools on other OSes. Which needs the other more? I'd think erring towards calling 'GNU' is actually more correct, but anyway, if you bothered to listen to the video Stephen does go on to describe Linux and GNU as the two central pillars of the free software movement.
Well, I used to think that... but, the GNU project is a project to design an entire operating system. RMS hadn't heard of Linux when he started out. So, you could call it an operating system. Even if it is unfinished.
... and there was me thinking Stephen Fry was your regular computer luddite. Hah! Of course, all he said could have been scripted. 'Lynas Torvalds, or Linus, as SOME people call him'?
Anyhow, good man, Stephen! Although I can see your average computer user glazing over within about 10 seconds of Stephen mentioning words like kernel and gNewSense.
The only toilets that realy are fucking awful are the ones you find on French camping grounds: just a hole in the ground. "French toilets" are notorious, but even in France most toilets are actually quite normal.
Not in my experience. I had a 'flat-flusher' in a French hotel I stayed in. Yes, hotel.
Huh? I'm no gun expert (I live in the UK!!), but I thought the *one* way that shooting in the head occasionally failed to kill was shooting through the temple... it doesn't bugger up the spinal cord, like up through the mouth does, so sometimes only lobotomizes.
Why is it relevant that Ingushetiya is mostly Muslim? What does that irrelevant factoid have to do with this news?
AFAICT, the Kremlin has even less respect for Muslims than they do for the rest of the population. They committed massacres in Chechnya. Would they have done the same thing (on the same scale) to White Russian Christians? I doubt it. Hell, they're actually supporting the independence of two of the next-door provinces.
And, ya know, what I don't need in my life is $20,000 wages. I need $500,000, to live comfortably! I need close relations with hot babes and a million rich and powerful friends. So, until all that comes to me suddenly, I'm going to sit back and do nothing, because why would you try and work towards that?
I'm talking about the ones that have a very high plinth, about half a foot away from your ass. To be graphic, large amounts of shit pile up on it and touch your ass. Not very nice. There's also the splash-up factor for not-so-solid shit. I'd rather have some water splash-up than some shit splash-up.
Flat-flushers: - Mean you have to clean them whenever you take a shit. - Can result in shit getting all over your ass (much more than with water), requiring a bidet, requiring a totally unnecessary other piece of equipment in the bathroom. - Stink a lot more (wondered why there's water in the toilet bowl? One reason is it prevents the shit giving off a horrible stink). - Generally have a TINY entrance at the front to the exit pipe. Any decent-sized shit, or toilet paper, will block it.
These toilets are incredibly badly designed. Sorry.
Serious point here, though: the toilets in Europe. They are fucking awful. They do not have water in the toilet bowl.
I know this sounds trivial, but after a night of eating a hot curry, you'll realise that it really isn't. Why they can't adopt sane toilets I'll never know.
And in the UK the government have mandated that much of your data is stored by ISPs via the braindead RIP act, and some other act demands that you hand over decryption keys or be in breach of the law. Hey, not much better.
with John McCain picking Sarah Palin, the Republican Governor of Alaska as his running mate. And sure, she is hot
I know this is silly Slashdot and all, but I think it's really sad that you take a candidate's looks into account when deciding their worthiness to take the SECOND MOST SENIOR POST in your country's fucking hierarchy.
I think we're all missing the most important point of this whole case here, which is that he only managed to hack in because the US military used Windows"
"I found out that the US military use Windows," said Mr McKinnon in that BBC interview. "And having realised this, I assumed it would probably be an easy hack if they hadn't secured it properly."
So basically, Microsoft are aiding people hacking US military computers. Discuss.:-D
Blair I believe to be rather more devious, but they were both fundamentally nasty guys elected in to office for far too long by an ignorant populace on the back of some bad shit that had previously happened.:-(
Yeah right, because locking people up in shitty conditions for 50 years for relatively minor offences is: - humane - helping the person reform - good for society.
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I'm glad I live in the US. Even though some ISPs cower in fear, most of them give us enough freedom to do what we want. We truly live in the land of the free!
But enough from the Whitehouse. What do the people think?
You probably wouldn't have an easy time navigating something like a Dodge Ram through many European cities, towns and villages (especially the model with the double rear wheels that requires two parking spaces).
In case you were curious about what this monstrosity looks like, I think he's referring to this model.
If only people could figure out the difference between 'too' and 'to'.
I loved the fact that they actually described that GNU meant 'GNU is Not UNIX'. Stephen Fry goes on to say that 'it's a bit like Unix, but not quite'. The Windows user is sitting there asking, what the fuck is Unix?
Oh, and Alan Davies would recommend compiling Slackware with no help from the community as a good way to get started.
Try using Linux without GNU tools.
Now try using GNU tools on other OSes. Which needs the other more? I'd think erring towards calling 'GNU' is actually more correct, but anyway, if you bothered to listen to the video Stephen does go on to describe Linux and GNU as the two central pillars of the free software movement.
Well, I used to think that... but, the GNU project is a project to design an entire operating system. RMS hadn't heard of Linux when he started out. So, you could call it an operating system. Even if it is unfinished.
... and there was me thinking Stephen Fry was your regular computer luddite. Hah! Of course, all he said could have been scripted. 'Lynas Torvalds, or Linus, as SOME people call him'?
Anyhow, good man, Stephen! Although I can see your average computer user glazing over within about 10 seconds of Stephen mentioning words like kernel and gNewSense.
The only toilets that realy are fucking awful are the ones you find on French camping grounds: just a hole in the ground. "French toilets" are notorious, but even in France most toilets are actually quite normal.
Not in my experience. I had a 'flat-flusher' in a French hotel I stayed in. Yes, hotel.
Huh? I'm no gun expert (I live in the UK!!), but I thought the *one* way that shooting in the head occasionally failed to kill was shooting through the temple... it doesn't bugger up the spinal cord, like up through the mouth does, so sometimes only lobotomizes.
Why is it relevant that Ingushetiya is mostly Muslim? What does that irrelevant factoid have to do with this news?
AFAICT, the Kremlin has even less respect for Muslims than they do for the rest of the population. They committed massacres in Chechnya. Would they have done the same thing (on the same scale) to White Russian Christians? I doubt it. Hell, they're actually supporting the independence of two of the next-door provinces.
Right.
And, ya know, what I don't need in my life is $20,000 wages. I need $500,000, to live comfortably! I need close relations with hot babes and a million rich and powerful friends. So, until all that comes to me suddenly, I'm going to sit back and do nothing, because why would you try and work towards that?
I will never quite understand the Republican mind.
You really don't want to.
Uhm, it's not the lack of a siphon that I'm talking about causing the stink. It's the shit sitting there piled up on a dry platform.
Piccie please? And your location?
I'm talking about the ones that have a very high plinth, about half a foot away from your ass. To be graphic, large amounts of shit pile up on it and touch your ass. Not very nice. There's also the splash-up factor for not-so-solid shit. I'd rather have some water splash-up than some shit splash-up.
Flat-flushers:
- Mean you have to clean them whenever you take a shit.
- Can result in shit getting all over your ass (much more than with water), requiring a bidet, requiring a totally unnecessary other piece of equipment in the bathroom.
- Stink a lot more (wondered why there's water in the toilet bowl? One reason is it prevents the shit giving off a horrible stink).
- Generally have a TINY entrance at the front to the exit pipe. Any decent-sized shit, or toilet paper, will block it.
These toilets are incredibly badly designed. Sorry.
Serious point here, though: the toilets in Europe. They are fucking awful. They do not have water in the toilet bowl.
I know this sounds trivial, but after a night of eating a hot curry, you'll realise that it really isn't. Why they can't adopt sane toilets I'll never know.
And in the UK the government have mandated that much of your data is stored by ISPs via the braindead RIP act, and some other act demands that you hand over decryption keys or be in breach of the law. Hey, not much better.
What happens if McCain goes Senile in 2 years because of old age ailments.
Never stopped Ronald Reagan.
with John McCain picking Sarah Palin, the Republican Governor of Alaska as his running mate. And sure, she is hot
I know this is silly Slashdot and all, but I think it's really sad that you take a candidate's looks into account when deciding their worthiness to take the SECOND MOST SENIOR POST in your country's fucking hierarchy.
I think we're all missing the most important point of this whole case here, which is that he only managed to hack in because the US military used Windows"
"I found out that the US military use Windows," said Mr McKinnon in that BBC interview. "And having realised this, I assumed it would probably be an easy hack if they hadn't secured it properly."
So basically, Microsoft are aiding people hacking US military computers. Discuss. :-D
They already have. Mission Accomplished!
Bush and Blair go together quite well.
Blair I believe to be rather more devious, but they were both fundamentally nasty guys elected in to office for far too long by an ignorant populace on the back of some bad shit that had previously happened. :-(
Yeah right, because locking people up in shitty conditions for 50 years for relatively minor offences is:
- humane
- helping the person reform
- good for society.
Attempts to educate webmasters to the information in the relevant RFC's is usually met with silence or worse
What's worse than silence? They hunt down and kill your first-born? :-)