You do NOT need a TV license to watch iPlayer. You only need a TV license to watch live TV. Therefore, why the hell shouldn't I be able to watch iPlayer when I'm outside the UK?
Yeah, making up that I use Internet acronyms and forget to hold down the shift key when doing multiple explanation points while fake quoting me, calling me a child, putting words in to my mouth by implying that I blindly accept scientific theory, pointing out something again that I never disagreed with and bolding some of your text points to you being right and me wrong. I can't compete with that logic.
Personally, I don't believe in dark matter, I have a theory that the laws of physics vary around the universe. It's just a theory mind...;-)
A scientific theory is created to explain facts that are observed and can be replicated. Not to say your theory is fact, but never the less, it's formed on fact. Theory of evolution (being that species evolve) is backed up by overwhelming evidence from thousands of scientists. E.g. a scientist says "holy shit, I just witnessed this! Here's what I did, do you concur?", another scientist says "holy shit, you're right! Lets tell everyone", then heaps of other scientists say "well fuk me, yep, I can see that too! What do ya reckon is causing that?!" then after a bunch of debate scientists say "yep, we have a theory that Monkeys love bananas!". They might not love bananas, but there's a lot of evidence that they do. Other scientists might say that "we have a theory that monkeys are addicted to bananas, but they don't like them". Either way, monkeys eat bananas. Going back to your post, sounds like you condemn one scientists principles on evolution so you don't believe in evolution full stop? Probably not, but your post comes across like that. Do you also condemn the thousands of other scientists and their evidence, who back up the theory of evolution too?
You need to learn the difference between a "scientific theory" and "having a theory".
Scientific theories are used to explain facts. The best example is the theory of evolution. No sane person would argue that evolution doesn't exist, but uneducated/misguided people say "ahh, but it's called a THEORY, so it could be wrong!", no, dickwads, it's a scientific theory, i.e. an explanation of FACTS, not a theory like "I have a theory that yo Momma likes it doggie style because she has a pet dog"... Although I'm sure she does...
hahahaha "rooted" phone. pfff. Also, first time I've heard that having a "rooted" phone is a GOOD thing! Great you have a backlevel ROM so you can keep rooting as well. Dear god, I'm so childish...
Now I'm gonna go off and poke fun at mechanic manuals that talk about nipples...
You laugh, but that happens with wind power in the states. You can build a wind farm of, say 100MW but the "greenies" will only allow you to put in trunking that handles 50MW because it might upset some frog species if you lay down more trunking. You can then increase your wind farm to 200MW, claim all the benefits for your State and lock down 3/4 of the blades (again, because the "greenies" won't let you increase the trunking off the wind farm).
Sounds like they're acting corrupted to me, from the article: "The DIA (Department of Internal Affairs) refuses to say which other ISPs will be joining the filter, claiming the right to negotiate in secret." DIA had something to do with the government last time I checked... www.dia.govt.nz
This comes as a great surprise to me, considering the NZ government is SUPPOSED to be the 2nd least corrupt government in the world:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/gov_cor-government-corruption
All this talk in the article of secretly implementing crap to filter the internet doesn't bode well for NZ. Internet there is already shiit.
You obviously haven't been through T5 at Heathrow in the past year. It's awesome now. The opening was appalling, but they've totally transformed reliability and speed since then.
Why no mention of nuclear? I hear the US public is now coming round to that idea recently. Why not ALSO have the option to swap the battery at a service station when it goes flat. See: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/better-place/ [wired.com] for that idea.
"You will not charge at stations, instead you will get replacement battery instantly in return for some cash and old battery"
Now, take your idea a bit further... the car owner doesn't need to own the battery.
See:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/better-place/
Man, people on Slashdot are so negative and surprisingly restrictive in their thinking.
All this moaning about "will never work, because I don't want to wait for my battery to charge" and hardly any ideas to solve that problem!
Why not ALSO have the option to swap the battery at a service station when it goes flat.
See:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/better-place/
for that idea.
It's great for being able to find people in a park or exactly where that pub is without having to find out address or listen to your dunk mates explanation of where he is...
I can't say I've ever had a need for running latitude in the background at any rate! Just turn it on when it's needed to help people find ya, then off again to save battery.
Rubbish, I own a TV but don't have it plugged in to any areal. I don't pay a TV licence because I don't watch live TV!
Even if I watched iPlayer, it's time-shifted, therefore I don't need a TV licence.
You only need one if you watch broadcast TV, or say BBC news streamed over the Internet.
Also, TV licensing people have no more right to come in to your house than I would if I knocked on your door and said Iâ(TM)m the oven checker, let me in to see if you have an oven. You can even revoke their implied right of access to your front door if you wish.
I can't understand why they sell them rather than destroying them! Mental. Hard Drives are so freaken cheap these days, how much money would they make weighed against the risk of data recovery?
For everyone who uses SourceSafe, switch to SourceVault. I made the switch a few years ago and wish I made the change years before that. I can't believe I actually managed to stay sane while using SourceSafe over VPN for the time I did!
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You do NOT need a TV license to watch iPlayer. You only need a TV license to watch live TV. Therefore, why the hell shouldn't I be able to watch iPlayer when I'm outside the UK?
Yeah, making up that I use Internet acronyms and forget to hold down the shift key when doing multiple explanation points while fake quoting me, calling me a child, putting words in to my mouth by implying that I blindly accept scientific theory, pointing out something again that I never disagreed with and bolding some of your text points to you being right and me wrong. I can't compete with that logic.
Personally, I don't believe in dark matter, I have a theory that the laws of physics vary around the universe. It's just a theory mind... ;-)
A scientific theory is created to explain facts that are observed and can be replicated. Not to say your theory is fact, but never the less, it's formed on fact.
Theory of evolution (being that species evolve) is backed up by overwhelming evidence from thousands of scientists.
E.g. a scientist says "holy shit, I just witnessed this! Here's what I did, do you concur?", another scientist says "holy shit, you're right! Lets tell everyone", then heaps of other scientists say "well fuk me, yep, I can see that too! What do ya reckon is causing that?!" then after a bunch of debate scientists say "yep, we have a theory that Monkeys love bananas!". They might not love bananas, but there's a lot of evidence that they do. Other scientists might say that "we have a theory that monkeys are addicted to bananas, but they don't like them". Either way, monkeys eat bananas.
Going back to your post, sounds like you condemn one scientists principles on evolution so you don't believe in evolution full stop? Probably not, but your post comes across like that. Do you also condemn the thousands of other scientists and their evidence, who back up the theory of evolution too?
You need to learn the difference between a "scientific theory" and "having a theory".
Scientific theories are used to explain facts. The best example is the theory of evolution. No sane person would argue that evolution doesn't exist, but uneducated/misguided people say "ahh, but it's called a THEORY, so it could be wrong!", no, dickwads, it's a scientific theory, i.e. an explanation of FACTS, not a theory like "I have a theory that yo Momma likes it doggie style because she has a pet dog"... Although I'm sure she does...
hahahaha "rooted" phone. pfff. Also, first time I've heard that having a "rooted" phone is a GOOD thing! Great you have a backlevel ROM so you can keep rooting as well. Dear god, I'm so childish...
Now I'm gonna go off and poke fun at mechanic manuals that talk about nipples...
So what's the cost per Mw-hr?
How does it compare against Nuclear's $30 per Mw-hr?
http://www.nucleartourist.com/basics/costs.htm
You mean tidal power could be used to sink ships!? Sounds like terrorism to me, I say halt production of them if they could be used for terrorism!
You laugh, but that happens with wind power in the states. You can build a wind farm of, say 100MW but the "greenies" will only allow you to put in trunking that handles 50MW because it might upset some frog species if you lay down more trunking.
You can then increase your wind farm to 200MW, claim all the benefits for your State and lock down 3/4 of the blades (again, because the "greenies" won't let you increase the trunking off the wind farm).
Like I say, you laugh but that scenario exists.
Sounds like they're acting corrupted to me, from the article: "The DIA (Department of Internal Affairs) refuses to say which other ISPs will be joining the filter, claiming the right to negotiate in secret." DIA had something to do with the government last time I checked... www.dia.govt.nz
This comes as a great surprise to me, considering the NZ government is SUPPOSED to be the 2nd least corrupt government in the world: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/gov_cor-government-corruption All this talk in the article of secretly implementing crap to filter the internet doesn't bode well for NZ. Internet there is already shiit.
I care so little, I don't even add comments to articles...
You obviously haven't been through T5 at Heathrow in the past year. It's awesome now. The opening was appalling, but they've totally transformed reliability and speed since then.
Remember to wear a Texas style hat and to speak loudly and slowly to Londoners, that way we'll be able to help you better.
Why no mention of nuclear? I hear the US public is now coming round to that idea recently. Why not ALSO have the option to swap the battery at a service station when it goes flat. See: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/better-place/ [wired.com] for that idea.
Why not ALSO have the option to swap the battery at a service station when it goes flat. See: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/better-place/ [wired.com] for that idea.
"You will not charge at stations, instead you will get replacement battery instantly in return for some cash and old battery" Now, take your idea a bit further... the car owner doesn't need to own the battery. See: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/better-place/
Um, why not just swap out the battery if it goes flat? See: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/better-place/ for that idea.
Man, people on Slashdot are so negative and surprisingly restrictive in their thinking. All this moaning about "will never work, because I don't want to wait for my battery to charge" and hardly any ideas to solve that problem! Why not ALSO have the option to swap the battery at a service station when it goes flat. See: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/better-place/ for that idea.
Cool! I just tried it in Word, have to download a small plug in from the save as menu and away ya go! sweeeet.
actually, this is probably a better list http://www.articleswave.com/marriage-articles/100-questions-to-ask-before-marriage.html , just google "questions to ask before marriage"
I recommend an evening of asking each other questions like these: http://www.bbc.co.uk/relationships/couples/life_questions.shtml it's actually a lot of fun and you learn a bit more about each other!
It's great for being able to find people in a park or exactly where that pub is without having to find out address or listen to your dunk mates explanation of where he is... I can't say I've ever had a need for running latitude in the background at any rate! Just turn it on when it's needed to help people find ya, then off again to save battery.
Rubbish, I own a TV but don't have it plugged in to any areal. I don't pay a TV licence because I don't watch live TV! Even if I watched iPlayer, it's time-shifted, therefore I don't need a TV licence. You only need one if you watch broadcast TV, or say BBC news streamed over the Internet. Also, TV licensing people have no more right to come in to your house than I would if I knocked on your door and said Iâ(TM)m the oven checker, let me in to see if you have an oven. You can even revoke their implied right of access to your front door if you wish.
I can't understand why they sell them rather than destroying them! Mental. Hard Drives are so freaken cheap these days, how much money would they make weighed against the risk of data recovery?
For everyone who uses SourceSafe, switch to SourceVault. I made the switch a few years ago and wish I made the change years before that. I can't believe I actually managed to stay sane while using SourceSafe over VPN for the time I did!