"Call the gas company. We frown on people putting shit on our gas meters. Believe me, that stuff will be gone in no time."
I have been at the recieving end of this sort of thing. Utility companies have viewed it as "Dont care who did it, you are the property owner". Often the liability falls whoever is in their gun sights.
Their attitude is we seek costs from you, whether you go after the infringer is your bidness.
Mozilla.org is 404'd for me so I will post my "performance testing" and hope beta 9 is beta.
I developed a javascript script to resize an image. about FF4 Beta 4 it would take about 45 seconds to start the js.
All other browsers(FF, IE, Chrome bot home and work) it was instant to a second or so.
I hope this is fixed. I have a little game I have made, and the 45 seconds is a show stopper.
The hacker also masks any obvious physical features, and goes to somewhere the hacker has never used a debit or credit card. The hacker also uses a secondhand laptop purchased from a pawn shop for cash.
Give a cop the same and it likely ends in a ride in his car for some hapless citizen.
New Zealander here. 8 years ago, drove from SF to Chicago. Great way to see the country. The cops didnt think so. Was pulled over 12 times due to California plates. I can understand this now as it could mean drugs.
What freaked them out was my license. A quick explanation that I was a tourist. Being told I needed a US license I politely had to refute and tell them we are signatories to the 1957 geneva convention that gives NZ'ers the right to drive for 1 year on US roads before getting a local license and vice versa for US citizens in NZ. I was told this before I left s it gives the copes the right question to ask when they make their phone call. I would have spent a total of about 5 hours in the back of various police cars. Not arrested, but while they checked things out(made phone calls), plus 4 hours at a station.
The biggest hassle was they took interior panels off when searching the car, and I had a lot of difficulty getting them back in place.
The cops were pleasant enough, being clean cut white guy helped.
I really think this guy is suffering from delusions of grandeur. His "TOS" is not rational. We can dream of such a scheme, much like we sometimes dream of a lotto win. Beyond that, taking it any further into reality, well, thats into the realms of mental illness.
It was 1997, and when Goldeneye for the N64 came out, I would leave work on a friday, drive 2 hours to a friends place who had just bought the game.
For coop we taped a large piece of cardboard horizontally accross the middle screen, seperating the two views. One would sit on a beanbag under the card. One would sit on a tall recliner looking above the cardboard.
Each player had a small radar indicating the opposing player. We cut a disk and taped over that.
It was thrilling stuff. We might sleep that night. For singleplayer we would alternate, one being a spotter. Commentary between us would be constant. By midday Saturday, friends would arrive and it'd be splitscreen ladder matches. One guy was prone to accussing the other of cheating.
It was tense stuff, and when you heard the others gasp or laugh, you knew you were about to get a lead enema from behind. Satuday night was beers and a DVD. Then more GE about 6am till I would leave at midday sunday. I look back at that period very fondly.
And many international troops died for especially in WW2. Yes, it was an international theatre of war, but france was at its core as a location. My grandfather, as a New Zealander, fought germans, retaking french villages.
I disagreed with the American's "Freedom Fries" response to France's reluctance over the Iraq war. But to hear the French hindering French freedoms grates a little.
Those that bag Michael Moore and Julian Assange have probably achieved nothing themselves, save lead mundane lives.
I note a post above referred to Mr Moore as a "fat demagogue".
Those that achieve must do something these posters will never do, they must stick their head up and speak their mind. There will always be some ready to scythe down the tall poppy.
Describes many military battles of history, and probably currently. I suspect a bit more "marketing" has been made these days to make it more palatable to the knuckleheads....sorry...heros.
Hi, I disregarded a Sony Ericsson option for this reason. A 1.6 android version was indicitive. I dont mind older versions per sey, but with the crippled GP on the Galaxy S 2.1, I feel 2.2 is essential, rather than a just-to-have-the-latest attitude.
Kies is tied to the local market and reports current 2.1 as the latest. Reading up, the option is rooting your phone and other hacks. I dont want to go there.
I am less than happy about Samsung. I bought a Galaxy S about 6 months ago, and they have been promising the 2.2 Froyo update is always "Just around the corner".
I am not being just an impatient techie, the Galaxy S has one significant flaw - the GPS is next to useless. i was warned - Samsung lie about update schedules and may not realease at all in some markets.
I bought an android for this reason. They just seem more masculine. iPhones seem a bit...."soft" to me. And it doesnt help that 4 of our giggliest admin girls have them. The Galaxy S is my phone.
The Galaxy S is corporateness personified.
It is my opinion that the Paypal sucks website is merely a portal to a paypal competitor. It is non objective. That is, is slags paypal then offers "alternatives", which is one provider. screw-paypal.com at least offer legitimate alternatives.
Re the minecraft incident. It was resolved quickly. The trigger for the lock down is similar to many bank risk api's. When the trend of transactions changes, it can trigger a lockdown. I am probably as negative to paypal as the next guy but the lack of competitors is indicative of the difficulty of providing a service like paypals. It wont get better, as paypal are moving on micropayments when competitors are still charging fees that exceed the cost of an item.
For months, the basic ability to copy and paste text in chrome has been broken. Its not just me, others have noted it, even bloggers noting it.
To read and comment on slashdot I *have to * use firefox. to do the basic task of quoting someone. ctrl-c gets it to the clipboard and I can paste to notepad, but cant to the reply form field.
" the Israeli method of securing airplanes — look for the bomber"
How can I say this without sounding racist? Oh well here goes - The average uneducated American( without tertiary and beyond) is not very worldly. I am not American. I have traveled extensively.
It is little wonder. While things may have changed a bit, some years ago I was watching television in Minneapolis and the Newscaster says "Moving to international news - Bill Clinton is in Arkansas this week....". While I laughed out loud at that, it is somewhat indicative. Even the father of the recent child pat-down video said similar - inferring that they were basic people trying to do a job that needed skills that was beyond them. He stopped short of saying similar to quote from Blazing saddles re the common people: "You know? Morons".
The israeli "TSA" agents are usually tertiary qualified, highly trained, or from police type jobs(and with all the rest of the qualifications then piled on top).
Given that the job required a high level of "worldliness", an awareness of cultures etc, the TSA could have an uphill battle sourcing resources, or having to realize a paradigm shift. And what to do with the current batch of TSA agents?
The TSA may be incapable of implementing such drastic change.
"and unless you are directly threatening to kill somebody, you can get away with it."
Remember the guy with the anti bush bumper sticker that arrived blocks away to attend a pro-bush rally. He was detained on the evidence of the bumper sticker. He didnt get to his destination. If thats not heading on a path that ends in this Twiiter example, I dont know what is.
Linden Labs it using Gaikai to render their Second Life world using a web viewer, and is running tests. I read one appraisal that said the bandwidth required is incredible, with one hour of in-world running around consuming about 1gb of traffic. Considering some providers may raise a red flag if users go over 1-3 gb per day, not to mention a monthly total, users, especially international, could find this a show stopper.
The play went well, and the Robot actress was surprisingly seamless in her role.
There were a few hushed gasps when she snagged her blouse and revealed her arms were, in fact, two "Goal Keeper" Gatling guns, but apart from that, it was an enjoyable display of technology meets art.
Ex Honda Mechanic here(1982-1989).
"Environment similar to mil spec, durability like industrial, prices like consumer products".
1984-86 Honda Accord/Accura igniter units(Fires the igntion coil at the right time), it was more like "Environment as in a home in winter, durability like a chinese small engine, and prices like a haliburtion supplied widget".
If i'd replaced 200 of these things. Yes, i am sure todays automotive embedded stuff is better but its been a long road.
I realize to non-British, the term "Baroness" sounds like something from a Hollywood Vampire movie, but the term Baron(and hence Baroness) goes to the heart of the British class system.
Its roots lie in the fact they were monarchy endorsed, often due to excelling in military service.
So yes, a Baron(or Baroness), would be an epiphany of this role in modern times.
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This'd work: Paper shredder for hard drives
"Call the gas company. We frown on people putting shit on our gas meters. Believe me, that stuff will be gone in no time."
I have been at the recieving end of this sort of thing. Utility companies have viewed it as "Dont care who did it, you are the property owner". Often the liability falls whoever is in their gun sights.
Their attitude is we seek costs from you, whether you go after the infringer is your bidness.
Mozilla.org is 404'd for me so I will post my "performance testing" and hope beta 9 is beta.
I developed a javascript script to resize an image. about FF4 Beta 4 it would take about 45 seconds to start the js. All other browsers(FF, IE, Chrome bot home and work) it was instant to a second or so.
I hope this is fixed. I have a little game I have made, and the 45 seconds is a show stopper.
*crosses fingers while mozilla,org is 404
"It sounds like those people became homeless because of themselves."
Yeah OK, we get it, some people would only be happy if the Homeless were put in forced labor camps, and euthanised if work output fell.
People like you sicken me.
The hacker also masks any obvious physical features, and goes to somewhere the hacker has never used a debit or credit card. The hacker also uses a secondhand laptop purchased from a pawn shop for cash.
"...one unexpected thing...."
Give a cop the same and it likely ends in a ride in his car for some hapless citizen.
New Zealander here. 8 years ago, drove from SF to Chicago. Great way to see the country. The cops didnt think so. Was pulled over 12 times due to California plates. I can understand this now as it could mean drugs.
What freaked them out was my license. A quick explanation that I was a tourist. Being told I needed a US license I politely had to refute and tell them we are signatories to the 1957 geneva convention that gives NZ'ers the right to drive for 1 year on US roads before getting a local license and vice versa for US citizens in NZ. I was told this before I left s it gives the copes the right question to ask when they make their phone call. I would have spent a total of about 5 hours in the back of various police cars. Not arrested, but while they checked things out(made phone calls), plus 4 hours at a station.
The biggest hassle was they took interior panels off when searching the car, and I had a lot of difficulty getting them back in place.
The cops were pleasant enough, being clean cut white guy helped.
I really think this guy is suffering from delusions of grandeur. His "TOS" is not rational. We can dream of such a scheme, much like we sometimes dream of a lotto win. Beyond that, taking it any further into reality, well, thats into the realms of mental illness.
It was 1997, and when Goldeneye for the N64 came out, I would leave work on a friday, drive 2 hours to a friends place who had just bought the game.
For coop we taped a large piece of cardboard horizontally accross the middle screen, seperating the two views. One would sit on a beanbag under the card. One would sit on a tall recliner looking above the cardboard.
Each player had a small radar indicating the opposing player. We cut a disk and taped over that.
It was thrilling stuff. We might sleep that night. For singleplayer we would alternate, one being a spotter. Commentary between us would be constant. By midday Saturday, friends would arrive and it'd be splitscreen ladder matches. One guy was prone to accussing the other of cheating.
It was tense stuff, and when you heard the others gasp or laugh, you knew you were about to get a lead enema from behind. Satuday night was beers and a DVD. Then more GE about 6am till I would leave at midday sunday. I look back at that period very fondly.
And many international troops died for especially in WW2. Yes, it was an international theatre of war, but france was at its core as a location. My grandfather, as a New Zealander, fought germans, retaking french villages.
I disagreed with the American's "Freedom Fries" response to France's reluctance over the Iraq war. But to hear the French hindering French freedoms grates a little.
Those that bag Michael Moore and Julian Assange have probably achieved nothing themselves, save lead mundane lives.
I note a post above referred to Mr Moore as a "fat demagogue".
Those that achieve must do something these posters will never do, they must stick their head up and speak their mind. There will always be some ready to scythe down the tall poppy.
"Knuckleheads take the fall"
Describes many military battles of history, and probably currently. I suspect a bit more "marketing" has been made these days to make it more palatable to the knuckleheads....sorry...heros.
Hi, I disregarded a Sony Ericsson option for this reason. A 1.6 android version was indicitive. I dont mind older versions per sey, but with the crippled GP on the Galaxy S 2.1, I feel 2.2 is essential, rather than a just-to-have-the-latest attitude.
Kies is tied to the local market and reports current 2.1 as the latest. Reading up, the option is rooting your phone and other hacks. I dont want to go there.
I am less than happy about Samsung. I bought a Galaxy S about 6 months ago, and they have been promising the 2.2 Froyo update is always "Just around the corner".
I am not being just an impatient techie, the Galaxy S has one significant flaw - the GPS is next to useless. i was warned - Samsung lie about update schedules and may not realease at all in some markets.
I bought an android for this reason. They just seem more masculine. iPhones seem a bit...."soft" to me. And it doesnt help that 4 of our giggliest admin girls have them. The Galaxy S is my phone. The Galaxy S is corporateness personified.
"It's a dead end technology"
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One just never knows.
It is my opinion that the Paypal sucks website is merely a portal to a paypal competitor. It is non objective. That is, is slags paypal then offers "alternatives", which is one provider. screw-paypal.com at least offer legitimate alternatives.
Re the minecraft incident. It was resolved quickly. The trigger for the lock down is similar to many bank risk api's. When the trend of transactions changes, it can trigger a lockdown. I am probably as negative to paypal as the next guy but the lack of competitors is indicative of the difficulty of providing a service like paypals. It wont get better, as paypal are moving on micropayments when competitors are still charging fees that exceed the cost of an item.
For months, the basic ability to copy and paste text in chrome has been broken. Its not just me, others have noted it, even bloggers noting it.
To read and comment on slashdot I *have to * use firefox. to do the basic task of quoting someone. ctrl-c gets it to the clipboard and I can paste to notepad, but cant to the reply form field.
To quote from the film 300: This is madness.
" the Israeli method of securing airplanes — look for the bomber"
How can I say this without sounding racist? Oh well here goes - The average uneducated American( without tertiary and beyond) is not very worldly. I am not American. I have traveled extensively.
It is little wonder. While things may have changed a bit, some years ago I was watching television in Minneapolis and the Newscaster says "Moving to international news - Bill Clinton is in Arkansas this week....". While I laughed out loud at that, it is somewhat indicative. Even the father of the recent child pat-down video said similar - inferring that they were basic people trying to do a job that needed skills that was beyond them. He stopped short of saying similar to quote from Blazing saddles re the common people: "You know? Morons".
The israeli "TSA" agents are usually tertiary qualified, highly trained, or from police type jobs(and with all the rest of the qualifications then piled on top). Given that the job required a high level of "worldliness", an awareness of cultures etc, the TSA could have an uphill battle sourcing resources, or having to realize a paradigm shift. And what to do with the current batch of TSA agents?
The TSA may be incapable of implementing such drastic change.
"and unless you are directly threatening to kill somebody, you can get away with it."
Remember the guy with the anti bush bumper sticker that arrived blocks away to attend a pro-bush rally. He was detained on the evidence of the bumper sticker. He didnt get to his destination. If thats not heading on a path that ends in this Twiiter example, I dont know what is.
Linden Labs it using Gaikai to render their Second Life world using a web viewer, and is running tests. I read one appraisal that said the bandwidth required is incredible, with one hour of in-world running around consuming about 1gb of traffic. Considering some providers may raise a red flag if users go over 1-3 gb per day, not to mention a monthly total, users, especially international, could find this a show stopper.
"...what are you going to do about it"
:(
I will do nothing
The play went well, and the Robot actress was surprisingly seamless in her role.
There were a few hushed gasps when she snagged her blouse and revealed her arms were, in fact, two "Goal Keeper" Gatling guns, but apart from that, it was an enjoyable display of technology meets art.
Ex Honda Mechanic here(1982-1989). "Environment similar to mil spec, durability like industrial, prices like consumer products".
1984-86 Honda Accord/Accura igniter units(Fires the igntion coil at the right time), it was more like "Environment as in a home in winter, durability like a chinese small engine, and prices like a haliburtion supplied widget".
If i'd replaced 200 of these things. Yes, i am sure todays automotive embedded stuff is better but its been a long road.
I realize to non-British, the term "Baroness" sounds like something from a Hollywood Vampire movie, but the term Baron(and hence Baroness) goes to the heart of the British class system.
Its roots lie in the fact they were monarchy endorsed, often due to excelling in military service.
So yes, a Baron(or Baroness), would be an epiphany of this role in modern times.