Perhaps Slashdot readers can figure out how the source of the leak, the D.C.-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists got their hands on this data.
The story on the CBC national news last night suggested that it was snail-mailed anonymously on a portable hard drive to a DC based journalist. This doesn't explain where the data ultimately came from, but does explain how the ICIJ came to have it.
Turn your argument on its head: If the controls are above the tabs, that seems to imply that they apply to all tabs. Does that mean that if I click "reload", all tabs should be reloaded? If I enter a new URL, should all tabs go there, since the URL bar is outside the tabs as well?
I would argue that actually interacting with controls is far more important than rearranging them, so their placement should agree with the latter, not the former.
"for basically just catching up to where the rest of the world already has been for a couple years."
Another way of looking at is that they are now well ahead of where apple are in this regard.. i.e. locked down daap, only supporting one single video codec and 2 minimalist containers, etc.
I don't think you can claim that the store told you that four peaches was a "restricted item" without at least explaining the situation a little bit further.
It should have been obvious that the media were just lifting blog entries, when the Sunday Times ran their groundbreaking editorial entitled "OMG OMG WTF R U TLAKING ABOUT?1111!!"
It's not political or anything, Quebec just has REALLY strict contest laws that require the contest promoters to jump through a lot of hoops. Most contests here in Canada are usually advertized as being "contest void in Quebec" or whatever to that effect.
If GM not honoring the recall meant that the car was unsafe and could potentially cause accidents and harm people in other cars, then yeah, I'd say GM should honor recalls regardless.
Obviously it's a different scenario, since it would be just as easy for GM to just have the cops show up and have the "owner" of the car arrested (something MS can't exactly do), but in general I'd say it's a good comparison.
The problem isn't that Telus is hosting the union's website, it's that Telus customers (as in, the public at large who chose to use telus as an ISP) are being blocked from the union's website.
..lose their common carrier designation, since they obviously aren't trying to be one, and immediately become responsible for evey bit of kiddie porn and other illegal activity that goes on on their network.
We already have such definitions. They are the ones that define what is acceptable to seel to minors, and what isn't. Granted, these lines are blurry at times, and change over time as society's values change, but that hasn't stopped us from trying.
If anything, I think the internet would benefit greatly (not that this is a reasonable goal) if sites were all on appropriate domains.
Looking for a site in Canada? You know it will be whatever.ca. An american non-profit? It'll be.org. A site about goats in the christmas islands? Well.. You know.
I guess your beef is more with them actually legislating it, but that doesn't seem like such a big deal to me either. It's not like they would be outlawing it, just trying to keep it in it's proper place.
I'm curious about why the search for http:// leads to those pages in particular. It looks kind of like a list of the most popular sites on the internet, with some odd exceptions (world health organization, for instance.) It's also funny how hotmail appears as sign in access error.
The cameras use Wifi to transmit their images.. Think of the fun you could have if you cracked the WEP key or whatever they use, and transmitted your own footage.
I guess the difference is that while friends you meet online are fun to chat with, you generally can't call them up on a friday night (or hell, a monday morning) to go out drinking, or whatever your definition of a fun time out is.:)
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Perhaps Slashdot readers can figure out how the source of the leak, the D.C.-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists got their hands on this data.
The story on the CBC national news last night suggested that it was snail-mailed anonymously on a portable hard drive to a DC based journalist. This doesn't explain where the data ultimately came from, but does explain how the ICIJ came to have it.
I disagree.
Turn your argument on its head: If the controls are above the tabs, that seems to imply that they apply to all tabs. Does that mean that if I click "reload", all tabs should be reloaded? If I enter a new URL, should all tabs go there, since the URL bar is outside the tabs as well?
I would argue that actually interacting with controls is far more important than rearranging them, so their placement should agree with the latter, not the former.
"for basically just catching up to where the rest of the world already has been for a couple years."
Another way of looking at is that they are now well ahead of where apple are in this regard.. i.e. locked down daap, only supporting one single video codec and 2 minimalist containers, etc.
Can you actually provide any examples of this?
I don't think you can claim that the store told you that four peaches was a "restricted item" without at least explaining the situation a little bit further.
Indeed. That's why I titled my post "It wouldnt have helped the article writer".
"...automatically checked for mistypes words..."
It should have been obvious that the media were just lifting blog entries, when the Sunday Times ran their groundbreaking editorial entitled "OMG OMG WTF R U TLAKING ABOUT?1111!!"
It's not political or anything, Quebec just has REALLY strict contest laws that require the contest promoters to jump through a lot of hoops. Most contests here in Canada are usually advertized as being "contest void in Quebec" or whatever to that effect.
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If GM not honoring the recall meant that the car was unsafe and could potentially cause accidents and harm people in other cars, then yeah, I'd say GM should honor recalls regardless.
Obviously it's a different scenario, since it would be just as easy for GM to just have the cops show up and have the "owner" of the car arrested (something MS can't exactly do), but in general I'd say it's a good comparison.
The problem isn't that Telus is hosting the union's website, it's that Telus customers (as in, the public at large who chose to use telus as an ISP) are being blocked from the union's website.
..lose their common carrier designation, since they obviously aren't trying to be one, and immediately become responsible for evey bit of kiddie porn and other illegal activity that goes on on their network.
We already have such definitions. They are the ones that define what is acceptable to seel to minors, and what isn't. Granted, these lines are blurry at times, and change over time as society's values change, but that hasn't stopped us from trying.
Oops yeah, that would be more appropriate still.
If anything, I think the internet would benefit greatly (not that this is a reasonable goal) if sites were all on appropriate domains.
.org. A site about goats in the christmas islands? Well.. You know.
Looking for a site in Canada? You know it will be whatever.ca. An american non-profit? It'll be
I guess your beef is more with them actually legislating it, but that doesn't seem like such a big deal to me either. It's not like they would be outlawing it, just trying to keep it in it's proper place.
Where exactly where has this been shown "all over the place"? If anything, google sighseeing seems to discredit this theory.
Originally with Fido, now also with Rogers (since rogers bought Fido). You just dial #DJ on your phone.
..on what you think is more important: Fighting spam, or providing the world with unrestricted access to information.
Personally, I'd go with the second one.
Probably not many, but those that do would be the same ones who would be confused by the error page in the listings.
True, but... You would assume that hotmail, as big as it is, would anticipate google crawling it, and be prepared for that.
I'm curious about why the search for http:// leads to those pages in particular. It looks kind of like a list of the most popular sites on the internet, with some odd exceptions (world health organization, for instance.) It's also funny how hotmail appears as sign in access error.
...and see better record sales. Go figure.
This might just be a better business strategy than suing your customers!
The cameras use Wifi to transmit their images.. Think of the fun you could have if you cracked the WEP key or whatever they use, and transmitted your own footage.
How does 'kopete' relate to 'chat' or 'instant messaging'? How does 'Konqueror' relate to 'browsing the web'? How does 'Apollon' apply to p2p?
I suppose one way of figuring this out would be that the default menu entries for these apps clearly state what they do.
Kopete is found under taskmenu--internet--Instant Messaging (Kopete). Konqueror is lister as "Web Browser (Konqueror)"... etc.
I can't say that I ever had troubles finding the right apps in KDE, even when I was a total noob.
I guess the difference is that while friends you meet online are fun to chat with, you generally can't call them up on a friday night (or hell, a monday morning) to go out drinking, or whatever your definition of a fun time out is. :)