That's a powerfully stupid reason to stop listening to the BBC World Service.
The point of the Word Service is to provide a free, relatively unbiased news source. The point of the Olympic Games is to make a profit from sport events, including selling access to coverage of the events, which is controlled in ways entirely governed by the Olympic committee. The BBC is therefore prevented from accessing some coverage and is charged for the coverage it can obtain. It doesn't prevent the BBC from running stories about the Olympics; for example, the shocking lack of hygiene in the Rio games.
Not to get defensive about this or anything, but I thought that it was the US which had hidden microphones in the street, buses etc, plus cops have access to license plate reading kit?
It's like any software that comes with hardware. Printer software, camera software, random usb device software. It's always shit, written by some fucking idiot in china (nowadays it'll be their fuckwit cousin in India). When you pay for software it's usually fine otherwise the vendor will go out of business but the only requirement for "software that comes with hardware" is that it's legally functional; that is, it's not so useless that it allows the customer to immediately get their money back. That's a pretty low bar. It used to be limited to just those bits of hardware, but with the Internet of Shitty Cheap Things millions of people are going to experience this really, really software. I imagine Stack Overflow has already invested in the servers and ssds required to process the sheer number of "i am having the problem reading from rest json i get the error pls fix me yes" posts.
No need. If you give someone your password you're letting them do what they want with your account. If you didn't want that, you shouldn't have given them your password. There's no point labouring the point with a contract. And i've no idea where you got the idea that the spirit of the law is important; that's what laws are for.
I'd rather a dodgy headphone socket than a dodgy USB socket. Headphone sockets could easily be made to never fail due to coming off the motherboard, dry joints etc. I've no interest in Bluetooth headphones because of the cost and need to manage the battery and because I have no other devices they would work with.
Why don't you use ublock origin? It's like the others except leaner and doesn't make you faff around blocking "permitted" ads or whatever they call them.
> Compared to 430 computerized shots in the original Independence Day movie, for instance, the new one has > 1,750 digitized shots.
I don't have a fucking clue what a "computerized shot" is or how you add them up but I know that i'm not amazed by anything in movies any more. Not visually, anyway. Nobody is amazed by something they've seen before. Computer graphics are part of the language of movies now; you can't make a sci-fi movie without them, so the focus should be on the story, acting, pacing etc. A lot of movies use graphics the way a lot of movies use car chases - to replace any vaguely meaningful plot. Graphics aren't going to go away, but i'm not sure it's possible to read anything into how no-one really cares about them; it should be obvious.
They are, assuming you're talking about civil law. Any case he might have had for them deleting his "work" goes out of the window. If it was really that important he'd have backups. He hasn't, so it wasn't. Just like you and I. Being "an artist" doesn't put you above the law either.
> Definition? Unlimited means absolutely nothing to me. It is one of those words like Ultra! Super! Grade A!, > Jumbo! SuperSized! Maximum!
Ok, let's not focus too much on what you personally know. You can look it up in a book, perhaps even online. Then you'll know what the word means.
Let me turn it around; when I saw you can store 10GB on my server, how many GB is that? What if I offer you 10,000GB? How about 10,000TB? 1,000,000PB? Is there some point where you give up treating it as something tangible that's part of a contract, and start treating it as something it's acceptable to lie about? Does the same principle apply to bandwidth, contract length etc? And if so, why? And do you think that it's better for consumers if companies, having stated this or that limit, were forced to stick to them, with some consequences for lying?
I'd add to that "reading PDF format books". I use my kindle for all other reading but 6 inches isn't enough for a pdf as-is, and zooming, rotating etc is just horrific, and trying to convert them into mobi/epub also yields horrific results. I'd really like an a4 size kindle, or, failing that, a 10 inch one.
Virtualbox is pretty good. When VMPlayer stoppe working reliably (on my exotic `latest version of ubuntu` pc) I just tossed it and started using Virtualbox instead. It's the only Oracle product I've ever actually liked, but credit where it's due and all that.
Well, I wouldn't say "Bulgaria Got a Law Requiring Open Source" either.
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I've been using Slashdot for maybe 15 years and I don't think i've never had the inability to post a comment bear any resemblence to that error message. It's usually because I've typed what I wanted to say in less than 20 seconds. I mean, I'm always behind a firewall. Isn't everyone? What's that got to do with anything?
I don't understand this at all. As far as I could tell, Google used the string "kitkit" instead of "kandy" or whatever, and Nestle paid Google some money for this. Why would there be any interplay between software or anything else?
I'll take that over the foul, foul sugary shit that passes for chocolate in America. Seriously, you add stuff that smells (and tastes) like vomit to your chocolate...on purpose? What is that about?
A for-profit business spent millions of dollars on something directly connected to their business and you've figured out that they did it as part of the business? Wow, you're a fucking smart guy. NSA better look out before you investigate whether or not they too have.... no, it doesn't bear thinking about.
When people talk of a country doing something, it's usually directed at the people running it. In this instance, it wouldn't be the whole of china which would be running a company or service.
America is by far the world's leading terrorist state; has been for decades, and they're responsible for most of the violence that happens around the world. But that's despite - not because - of the American people, who are kept in the dark about what is being done in their name; they're often the first to complain about it, when they're made aware of it, that is - news is carefully managed so that if it's covered at all it's spun to present it in a positive light.
As for Trump; well, he is a straight-up...well, not racist, as it's not racist to discriminate againt Muslims, what with them not being a racial group, but there's morally no difference between esposing bigoted views against groups such as blacks, Muslims, Jews etc. He's just another populist arsehole politician. Republican, democrat, independent, republican. Whatever it takes, as long as he keeps his name (and his absurd hair) in the papers.
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That's a powerfully stupid reason to stop listening to the BBC World Service.
The point of the Word Service is to provide a free, relatively unbiased news source. The point of the Olympic Games is to make a profit from sport events, including selling access to coverage of the events, which is controlled in ways entirely governed by the Olympic committee. The BBC is therefore prevented from accessing some coverage and is charged for the coverage it can obtain. It doesn't prevent the BBC from running stories about the Olympics; for example, the shocking lack of hygiene in the Rio games.
"the Linux binary"
What's that?
"it comes with lots of proprietary drivers with no source available"
Which distro?
Not to get defensive about this or anything, but I thought that it was the US which had hidden microphones in the street, buses etc, plus cops have access to license plate reading kit?
It's like any software that comes with hardware. Printer software, camera software, random usb device software. It's always shit, written by some fucking idiot in china (nowadays it'll be their fuckwit cousin in India). When you pay for software it's usually fine otherwise the vendor will go out of business but the only requirement for "software that comes with hardware" is that it's legally functional; that is, it's not so useless that it allows the customer to immediately get their money back. That's a pretty low bar. It used to be limited to just those bits of hardware, but with the Internet of Shitty Cheap Things millions of people are going to experience this really, really software. I imagine Stack Overflow has already invested in the servers and ssds required to process the sheer number of "i am having the problem reading from rest json i get the error pls fix me yes" posts.
No need. If you give someone your password you're letting them do what they want with your account. If you didn't want that, you shouldn't have given them your password. There's no point labouring the point with a contract. And i've no idea where you got the idea that the spirit of the law is important; that's what laws are for.
I'd rather a dodgy headphone socket than a dodgy USB socket. Headphone sockets could easily be made to never fail due to coming off the motherboard, dry joints etc. I've no interest in Bluetooth headphones because of the cost and need to manage the battery and because I have no other devices they would work with.
"The developed technology uses low temperature, short time (LTST) in a process that disperses milk in the form of droplets..."
What? It uses low temperature, short time.....what? Are there some words missing?
I always said this about hitler and poland, saddam and kuwait etc. But people call me a fucking idiot. Something about letting evil prevail?
Why don't you use ublock origin? It's like the others except leaner and doesn't make you faff around blocking "permitted" ads or whatever they call them.
> Compared to 430 computerized shots in the original Independence Day movie, for instance, the new one has
> 1,750 digitized shots.
I don't have a fucking clue what a "computerized shot" is or how you add them up but I know that i'm not amazed by anything in movies any more. Not visually, anyway. Nobody is amazed by something they've seen before. Computer graphics are part of the language of movies now; you can't make a sci-fi movie without them, so the focus should be on the story, acting, pacing etc. A lot of movies use graphics the way a lot of movies use car chases - to replace any vaguely meaningful plot. Graphics aren't going to go away, but i'm not sure it's possible to read anything into how no-one really cares about them; it should be obvious.
They've started banning cash in France already; you're not allowed to use cash to pay people for work unless it's under 1000 Euros or so.
They are, assuming you're talking about civil law. Any case he might have had for them deleting his "work" goes out of the window. If it was really that important he'd have backups. He hasn't, so it wasn't. Just like you and I. Being "an artist" doesn't put you above the law either.
> Definition? Unlimited means absolutely nothing to me. It is one of those words like Ultra! Super! Grade A!,
> Jumbo! SuperSized! Maximum!
Ok, let's not focus too much on what you personally know. You can look it up in a book, perhaps even online. Then you'll know what the word means.
Let me turn it around; when I saw you can store 10GB on my server, how many GB is that? What if I offer you 10,000GB? How about 10,000TB? 1,000,000PB? Is there some point where you give up treating it as something tangible that's part of a contract, and start treating it as something it's acceptable to lie about? Does the same principle apply to bandwidth, contract length etc? And if so, why? And do you think that it's better for consumers if companies, having stated this or that limit, were forced to stick to them, with some consequences for lying?
> Do cafÃf©'s need to get permission to take your entry glasses?
When you're on their planet, yes.
I'd add to that "reading PDF format books". I use my kindle for all other reading but 6 inches isn't enough for a pdf as-is, and zooming, rotating etc is just horrific, and trying to convert them into mobi/epub also yields horrific results. I'd really like an a4 size kindle, or, failing that, a 10 inch one.
Virtualbox is pretty good. When VMPlayer stoppe working reliably (on my exotic `latest version of ubuntu` pc) I just tossed it and started using Virtualbox instead. It's the only Oracle product I've ever actually liked, but credit where it's due and all that.
Copies...of encrypted data? Why would they want to keep that? It would be no use to them.
That can't be it; it's a bunch of crap and if you've been even half awake for the last few years you'd know it.
Well, I wouldn't say "Bulgaria Got a Law Requiring Open Source" either.
Incidentally, re:
---
Chances are, you're behind a firewall or proxy, or clicked the Back button to accidentally reuse a form. Please try again. If the problem persists, and all other options have been tried, contact the site administrator.
---
I've been using Slashdot for maybe 15 years and I don't think i've never had the inability to post a comment bear any resemblence to that error message. It's usually because I've typed what I wanted to say in less than 20 seconds. I mean, I'm always behind a firewall. Isn't everyone? What's that got to do with anything?
Use a different browser then. Beggers don't call the shots.
> Cocoa, Sugar, Milk?
> Not sure what smells and tastes like vomit to you.
Butyric acid.
I don't understand this at all. As far as I could tell, Google used the string "kitkit" instead of "kandy" or whatever, and Nestle paid Google some money for this. Why would there be any interplay between software or anything else?
I'll take that over the foul, foul sugary shit that passes for chocolate in America. Seriously, you add stuff that smells (and tastes) like vomit to your chocolate...on purpose? What is that about?
A for-profit business spent millions of dollars on something directly connected to their business and you've figured out that they did it as part of the business? Wow, you're a fucking smart guy. NSA better look out before you investigate whether or not they too have.... no, it doesn't bear thinking about.
When people talk of a country doing something, it's usually directed at the people running it. In this instance, it wouldn't be the whole of china which would be running a company or service.
America is by far the world's leading terrorist state; has been for decades, and they're responsible for most of the violence that happens around the world. But that's despite - not because - of the American people, who are kept in the dark about what is being done in their name; they're often the first to complain about it, when they're made aware of it, that is - news is carefully managed so that if it's covered at all it's spun to present it in a positive light.
As for Trump; well, he is a straight-up...well, not racist, as it's not racist to discriminate againt Muslims, what with them not being a racial group, but there's morally no difference between esposing bigoted views against groups such as blacks, Muslims, Jews etc. He's just another populist arsehole politician. Republican, democrat, independent, republican. Whatever it takes, as long as he keeps his name (and his absurd hair) in the papers.