Aside from the anomalous Cambridge beggar density (I too have had the misfortune: "Twenty quid for a bag of chips?! They better have crack in them at that price!"), even more stunning are the fully automatic petrol pumps. Just stick a card in, no signature, no PIN, nothing. If anyone found my debit card, they could help themselves to sixty quid of unleaded and be on their merry way. I really don't think it's beyond the scope of possibility to add some sort of challenge authorisation to these machines.
That's because it's not lost on me; therefore, it must be here, on me somewhere, but not where you are. So don't worry, your computer hasn't made you stupid.
Wow. All that programming has really honed my logic skills.
In the UK (and I think most of Europe) it's a lot different. I've been asked to re-sign because my (legitimate!) signature wasn't quite similar enough.
Where have you been shopping?! Where I live, the tills are all tended to by bored Vicky Pollard-types (especially at the petrol stations) who think a "signature" is something you can get from a boy in the back of a burnt-out Rover 100. They never look at the reverse of the card; I've changed the glyphs in my signature a number of times and it's never been noticed. Thank goodness for Patrick Stewart and his lovely chip-and-pin!
The people who authored this report must be some of the worst computer-distracted: it took them long a bloody long time to finally realise what many Slashdot readers have known for years (although think-tanks are not known for their efficiency).
I, for example, should be studying renormalisation. But here I am. No, the irony is not lost on me.
Windows is the krap thing that comes with "my computer". "Starter Edition" simply defines windows.
XP added the rounded edges to the top of the windows to make it safe for three-year-olds. Now Starter Edition builds on this innovation by being large (impossible to swallow), soft (so no-one gets hurt when the machine is ejected from a 10th floor window), and non-threatening ("My First Li'l Computer"). The default font will be Comic Sans.
In the UK, we pay VAT on downloaded "goods" (I'm to taxpert, but I guess they'd be classed as taxable luxury services or something --- at least, Woolworths are running an offer where they pay the VAT on downloads). The tax is paid by the retailer and normally passed on to the consumer.
According to TFA, this is a tax on purchases, not downloads. So if it's free, keep on clicking.
If they won't let you try a Linux bootable CD, then don't bother with them. They can't be a very good store. I bought my notebook at a department store whose staff were more than willing for me to go through display machines seeing which ones booted the Red Hat 9 installer. They made me feel like they wanted me to spend money there.
Ringtones must be the first working example of the
Collect swathes of audio snippets encumbered with minimal royalties, and then charge excessively for people to use it to annoy all around them, while incurring minimal overhead.
I can tell it's my phone ringing because it's the only one in the vicinity that sounds like a phone and not the sped-up voice some deranged individual trying to sound like a two-stroke engine being passed off as the voice of some godforsaken Blu-Tac-coloured Smurf-orc menace.
People in the UK, Europe, and possibly further afield know exactly to what I am referring.
Just think of how many hungry mouths could be fed by the money spent on downloading this monstrosity. Just think how many phone-calls could be made. Shameful.
This behaviour might be instinctual, but not necessarily irrational. In my experience, there is a strong correlation between pushy salesmanship and poor after-sales service.
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...And if the car's been half-inched?
Aside from the anomalous Cambridge beggar density (I too have had the misfortune: "Twenty quid for a bag of chips?! They better have crack in them at that price!"), even more stunning are the fully automatic petrol pumps. Just stick a card in, no signature, no PIN, nothing. If anyone found my debit card, they could help themselves to sixty quid of unleaded and be on their merry way. I really don't think it's beyond the scope of possibility to add some sort of challenge authorisation to these machines.
That's because it's not lost on me; therefore, it must be here, on me somewhere, but not where you are. So don't worry, your computer hasn't made you stupid.
Wow. All that programming has really honed my logic skills.
Where have you been shopping?! Where I live, the tills are all tended to by bored Vicky Pollard-types (especially at the petrol stations) who think a "signature" is something you can get from a boy in the back of a burnt-out Rover 100. They never look at the reverse of the card; I've changed the glyphs in my signature a number of times and it's never been noticed. Thank goodness for Patrick Stewart and his lovely chip-and-pin!
The people who authored this report must be some of the worst computer-distracted: it took them long a bloody long time to finally realise what many Slashdot readers have known for years (although think-tanks are not known for their efficiency).
I, for example, should be studying renormalisation. But here I am. No, the irony is not lost on me.
Does it work on orgone energy?
And does one have to use the notebook on one's lap for it to enhance erectile function?
I can't exactly imagine a big, burly Scrapheap Challenge-type biker getting on one of those things either.
XP added the rounded edges to the top of the windows to make it safe for three-year-olds. Now Starter Edition builds on this innovation by being large (impossible to swallow), soft (so no-one gets hurt when the machine is ejected from a 10th floor window), and non-threatening ("My First Li'l Computer"). The default font will be Comic Sans.
Starter Edition. What a patronising title.
That's so true. There's nothing worse than having someone try to force an argument they're losing by pulling academic rank.
Apply patches first.
In the UK, we pay VAT on downloaded "goods" (I'm to taxpert, but I guess they'd be classed as taxable luxury services or something --- at least, Woolworths are running an offer where they pay the VAT on downloads). The tax is paid by the retailer and normally passed on to the consumer.
According to TFA, this is a tax on purchases, not downloads. So if it's free, keep on clicking.
What --- no quantum mechanics? What kind of physics simulation is that?
Oh, but you can't beat the Timelords'/KLF's/JAMM's offering.
What's the theme-tune like?
We had a gravel pit/quarry discussion a few weeks ago when the Hitchhiker's Guide trailer appeared...
I believe the chapter in question in Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman is titled "But Is It Art?".
Ever read a biography of Feynman?
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If they won't let you try a Linux bootable CD, then don't bother with them. They can't be a very good store. I bought my notebook at a department store whose staff were more than willing for me to go through display machines seeing which ones booted the Red Hat 9 installer. They made me feel like they wanted me to spend money there.
Ringtones must be the first working example of the
business plan.
I can tell it's my phone ringing because it's the only one in the vicinity that sounds like a phone and not the sped-up voice some deranged individual trying to sound like a two-stroke engine being passed off as the voice of some godforsaken Blu-Tac-coloured Smurf-orc menace.
People in the UK, Europe, and possibly further afield know exactly to what I am referring.
Just think of how many hungry mouths could be fed by the money spent on downloading this monstrosity. Just think how many phone-calls could be made. Shameful.
As far as I understand, that's part-owned by Microsoft. Unless SCO went and bought it.
This behaviour might be instinctual, but not necessarily irrational. In my experience, there is a strong correlation between pushy salesmanship and poor after-sales service.
If the ends justify the beans, yes.
Anyone download the Queen's Christmas Speech?