Yeah, that was pretty crap. Wasn't aware of the habeas corpus implications. What's funny, looking back, is that a lot of it was brought in due to the oh-so-conservative fear of young people having raves.
"Indeed they do have short memories, and have forgotten just how Big Brother the Tories were when they were in power."
Examples please?
I know they were no angels, but I don't think they have anything like the record Blair/Brown and cronies have accrued.
I also happen to be someone that thinks what Thatcher did to the unions and national industry was a long overdue godsend that freed the Uk economy from the shackles of 19th centrury bullshit, by the way, before you give me a "But Thatcher!!" response.
"Your MP needs all of the real evidence he can get that actually people do not like what the government is doing."
Nope.
Your MP is so whipped that all that will happen is you get the form letter back saying "We have listened to your concerns and here is a long letter saying how smart we are and then detailing exactly how we have completely missed the point. Not that we read your point."
Your letter will then go in the shredder and Nu Labour will carry on listening to the voices in their heads.
Basically, I've tried it and it's not worth the effort.
"don't know how I'll get well-written, well-performed, well-produced music in large enough amounts to satisfy me without my money becoming they money."
Then you're not a music "sharer".
You pay for it, make your money their money. The point is you're not going to stop people sharing it, thats pretty much impossible, but you can stop punishing legitimate users and learn to live with a level of piracy that's not going to go away.
Meanwhile, you and I are paying for our music because we like it and want more. Actually, I'm buying CDs because I like having a thing and data seems temporary and unreliable, but then I'm apparently a dying breed.
Yeah, it's really weird. The whole net book thing was appealing to me because of the tiny form factor. The 8.9 is perfectly useable as a travel machine. Any bigger and you may as well buy a standard notebook.
Not least because you can get one with better specs for not much more cash. The size is a major selling point.
Voting for either of the large US parties is doing even less than staying home. Refusal to participate does not mean that you're either lazy or relying on non-participation as the only method of change.
"People in power will just tell any journalists who ask that low voter turnout is a sign of general contentment,"
Funny, because when we have had record low turnout here in the UK, all the media and politicos start talking about what's going wrong and trying to involve people in the process.
They still miss the point - people don't want to vote for any of them and either actively abstain or just plain don't give a fuck which weasel gets in - but it attracts attention.
Sorry, but I don't buy that at all. Slow change from within is nonsense in the current situation, where embedded interests are perverting society slowly but enjoying the support of the citizenry.
Were it a totalitarian state with dictators, yes, people willing to work within the system might help.
Right now?
Dems or Repubs are going to keep on winning. The only protest possible is to stay home.
No, not taking part weakens the system to the point that change must happen because the government no longer have the mandate of the people.
It weakens the government and makes some sort of societal reset more likely and widely supported.
Not taking part is a legitimate political action, whereas voting not only gives your mandate to one or other set of sheisters, but continues to prop up and legitimise a broken system.
Agreed. It's the same crap you get from your MP when you write to them. A form letter that misses the points you raise and tells you that they know best so shut the hell up.
The website just allows them to do it to everyone at once. It's a total scam.
Refusing to legitimise the broken system by taking part *is* doing something. With enough weight behind it, non-participation can cause a lot of change.
It reminded me of Robotic nation and the "Manna"story on that site.
Now, the writing isn't the world's best and the scenarios simplistic, but it's quite an interesting,plausible and scary thought experiment. The robots from TFA would fit into that world very nicely
Some sectors, sure, but many are already running on various unix machines. Also things like Lotus Notes (which I hate but acknowledge many enterprises use extensively) are moving to more platform agnostic positions.
The enterpirse space is embracing linux. It's a major player in the server space and enterprise desktops are getting more linux friendly all the time (it's an option at our enterprise).
So I can spend half as much (or more) as a new console in order to transform a PC into a tv machine, and play whichh games that support two or four player on the same screen?
Nah, the console is designed for that environment and as I say, it just works.
"The reason you hear about the people that have problems is because they come on the internet to explain their problem and get help. You don't hear much from the people for which it "just worked"."
No, it's not. It's because people have problems, and in console land they just don't.
I'm another person that moved off the PC to consoles, as much due to social reasons as anything (playing with friends on the TV is just nicer), but I recently purchased spore. It wanted to install a patch after a while because a lot of people had problems getting it to run at all. The patch broke my install.
Sod that, I'm going back to my easer, cheaper consoles.
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Oh *that* old thing.
Yeah, that was pretty crap. Wasn't aware of the habeas corpus implications. What's funny, looking back, is that a lot of it was brought in due to the oh-so-conservative fear of young people having raves.
"Android is going to be running on different phones"
Already is, I have it on my Freerunner. It's pretty.
"Indeed they do have short memories, and have forgotten just how Big Brother the Tories were when they were in power."
Examples please?
I know they were no angels, but I don't think they have anything like the record Blair/Brown and cronies have accrued.
I also happen to be someone that thinks what Thatcher did to the unions and national industry was a long overdue godsend that freed the Uk economy from the shackles of 19th centrury bullshit, by the way, before you give me a "But Thatcher!!" response.
"Your MP needs all of the real evidence he can get that actually people do not like what the government is doing."
Nope.
Your MP is so whipped that all that will happen is you get the form letter back saying "We have listened to your concerns and here is a long letter saying how smart we are and then detailing exactly how we have completely missed the point. Not that we read your point."
Your letter will then go in the shredder and Nu Labour will carry on listening to the voices in their heads.
Basically, I've tried it and it's not worth the effort.
I get the impression it's the other way around.
Australia might like to follow in the UK's footsteps, but hasn't got quite the momentum behind it and is always a bit of a comedy character.
Not much better, I know.
Yeah, I've been to weddings where members of the bride or grooms family play music for the guests.
Torture would be a mild word for it.
"Sometimes gamers don't *want* their games to become more complex as they mature."
Well, and sometimes people don't want their tv to mature either.
I still watch Nickelodeon more than CNN.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
"don't know how I'll get well-written, well-performed, well-produced music in large enough amounts to satisfy me without my money becoming they money."
Then you're not a music "sharer".
You pay for it, make your money their money. The point is you're not going to stop people sharing it, thats pretty much impossible, but you can stop punishing legitimate users and learn to live with a level of piracy that's not going to go away.
Meanwhile, you and I are paying for our music because we like it and want more. Actually, I'm buying CDs because I like having a thing and data seems temporary and unreliable, but then I'm apparently a dying breed.
Yeah, it's really weird. The whole net book thing was appealing to me because of the tiny form factor. The 8.9 is perfectly useable as a travel machine. Any bigger and you may as well buy a standard notebook.
Not least because you can get one with better specs for not much more cash. The size is a major selling point.
What you describe kinda exists...
We have ROMNation and home of the underdogs.
Are they legal? Doubtful. Are they useful when you want to play that game you were addicted to when you were 10? Hell yes.
I luv my megadrive emus.
Voting for either of the large US parties is doing even less than staying home. Refusal to participate does not mean that you're either lazy or relying on non-participation as the only method of change.
"People in power will just tell any journalists who ask that low voter turnout is a sign of general contentment,"
Funny, because when we have had record low turnout here in the UK, all the media and politicos start talking about what's going wrong and trying to involve people in the process.
They still miss the point - people don't want to vote for any of them and either actively abstain or just plain don't give a fuck which weasel gets in - but it attracts attention.
Right, right, because politics only work when people are unanimous and don't kick out the politicians that are screwing them?
So what you're advocating is a one party system? Good work.
IMHO, a crippled government is exactly what's needed, to stop the assholes pushing through masses of crazy legislation whilst effectively unopposed.
Bullshit.
Sorry, but I don't buy that at all. Slow change from within is nonsense in the current situation, where embedded interests are perverting society slowly but enjoying the support of the citizenry.
Were it a totalitarian state with dictators, yes, people willing to work within the system might help.
Right now?
Dems or Repubs are going to keep on winning. The only protest possible is to stay home.
No, not taking part weakens the system to the point that change must happen because the government no longer have the mandate of the people.
It weakens the government and makes some sort of societal reset more likely and widely supported.
Not taking part is a legitimate political action, whereas voting not only gives your mandate to one or other set of sheisters, but continues to prop up and legitimise a broken system.
Agreed. It's the same crap you get from your MP when you write to them. A form letter that misses the points you raise and tells you that they know best so shut the hell up.
The website just allows them to do it to everyone at once. It's a total scam.
Refusing to legitimise the broken system by taking part *is* doing something. With enough weight behind it, non-participation can cause a lot of change.
It reminded me of Robotic nation and the "Manna"story on that site.
Now, the writing isn't the world's best and the scenarios simplistic, but it's quite an interesting,plausible and scary thought experiment. The robots from TFA would fit into that world very nicely
Not necessarily.
Some sectors, sure, but many are already running on various unix machines. Also things like Lotus Notes (which I hate but acknowledge many enterprises use extensively) are moving to more platform agnostic positions.
The enterpirse space is embracing linux. It's a major player in the server space and enterprise desktops are getting more linux friendly all the time (it's an option at our enterprise).
"If you think HTPC gaming is impractical,"
No, I think it's unreliable and cumbersome.
"then on which platform should an indie developer publish its first party game?"
Not my problem, sorry. It would be nice if the console boys played happily with indie developers, but I don't care that much if they don't.
I'd agree your comment is insightful, I'm still moving away because the weather's better :)
Also I'm cou8nting on some years lag time before I get pissed off with politics in the new place.
So I can spend half as much (or more) as a new console in order to transform a PC into a tv machine, and play whichh games that support two or four player on the same screen?
Nah, the console is designed for that environment and as I say, it just works.
I think you're getting confused with the US, who have mandatory fingerprint scans on entry.
Well, the UK might too, but I'm not sure as I'm a brit.
Frankly, the UK is fucked in so many ways, and half the public seem to be eating up this "it's for your own safety" BULLSHIT.
I'm moving to Australia as soon as the visa comes through.
Wii-only titles tend to be kiddie focused and like flash games.
Games that appear on multiple platforms - well why would you use a wii?
I have all three and we use the Wii least, the controllers are annoying, the gfx poor and the games "meh"
"The reason you hear about the people that have problems is because they come on the internet to explain their problem and get help. You don't hear much from the people for which it "just worked"."
No, it's not. It's because people have problems, and in console land they just don't.
I'm another person that moved off the PC to consoles, as much due to social reasons as anything (playing with friends on the TV is just nicer), but I recently purchased spore. It wanted to install a patch after a while because a lot of people had problems getting it to run at all. The patch broke my install.
Sod that, I'm going back to my easer, cheaper consoles.