Reading your post as a reply to its parent implies that you think Anonymous Coward can build up karma. That wasn't what you were actually trying to say, was it?
I use the internet to get news because I want to find out what's going on in the world. My experience of American news outlets is that they tell you very little about what's going on outside the U.S. Therefore I read British news sites (and/.).
I got the MSN one wrong for a different reason. That e-mail would surely only be sent to a Hotmail account, because there's no reason for Hotmail to know that you have johndoe@fraudtest.com.
Your analogy doesn't make sense. It corresponds to politicians being good at making (and possibly at keeping) laws and lawyers at winning lawsuits. It says nothing about the intersection of those two classes of people.
I look upon speeding similarly. 72mph on the motorway is SPEEDING. Under ANY circumstances. Until the law ALLOWS 72mph, 72mph is SPEEDING.
THERE IS NO GREY AREA HERE PEOPLE.
I believe that's technically incorrect. If your speedometer shows 70 and you're going 76, it's still within the tolerance permitted by the MoT test, and I understand that you're not speeding. (Not that I condone speeding, lest I be misunderstood).
It's not the UN Declaration on Human Rights that's relevant, but the Direction on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data.
OTOH, the government which passed the corresponding legislation into English law was the current Labour government, yet I'm not convinced that Labour's Big Conversation website compiles, despite that fact that when I pointed this out to my (Labour) MP she replied that their legal advice is that it does comply. There doesn't appear to be a single legal opinion yet as to whether failure to mark an opt-out box on a form constitutes the explicit consent required for processing of sensitive personal data.
Last time I asked that question I was told that Americans don't have the patience to wait until the next day to find out who won. Ironic, when you consider how long it took to determine who won the last U.S. Presidential election.
It was a year, but that's not what's meant by "statute of limitations", which is a statute saying that you can't be tried for a crime more than X period of time after it's committed.
We're using up resources faster than we can keep track of them
To that, at least, one can ask why using up lots more trying to establish a viable colony on another planet/satellite is the preferable alternative to conserving resources.
With all due respect, perhaps Mr. Van Allen is simply getting too old. Typically, age brings less concern for adventure and more concern for safety and.... dare I say it? things not changing.
Sounds like my viewpoint is close to his. External confirmation of what I've been thinking for a while: that I'm getting old?
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Reading your post as a reply to its parent implies that you think Anonymous Coward can build up karma. That wasn't what you were actually trying to say, was it?
Surely winning a million or two in the lottery is a better solution?
Surely (clones of) most Linux software is already available through Fink?
Mice in the system? Now I'm really scared of going to the U.S.
Talking of which, am I the only person who's finding that Slashdot appears to be partially Slashdotted at the moment?
I beg to differ. Instruments can fail, sometimes for unexpected reasons.
I use the internet to get news because I want to find out what's going on in the world. My experience of American news outlets is that they tell you very little about what's going on outside the U.S. Therefore I read British news sites (and /.).
In addition to the point made by previous replies, the name UNIX is a trademark, not copyrighted. You can't copyright a name.
Mathematics is usually divided up into arithmetic, algebra and analysis.
Setting someone up with a beautiful straight line. Who's going to get the +5 funny reply?
I got the MSN one wrong for a different reason. That e-mail would surely only be sent to a Hotmail account, because there's no reason for Hotmail to know that you have johndoe@fraudtest.com.
Granted, with thanks for your courtesy in apologising.
I don't speed. I haven't even driven in the past year.
You could even go one better and put that apostrophe in the correct place.
Your analogy doesn't make sense. It corresponds to politicians being good at making (and possibly at keeping) laws and lawyers at winning lawsuits. It says nothing about the intersection of those two classes of people.
OTOH, the government which passed the corresponding legislation into English law was the current Labour government, yet I'm not convinced that Labour's Big Conversation website compiles, despite that fact that when I pointed this out to my (Labour) MP she replied that their legal advice is that it does comply. There doesn't appear to be a single legal opinion yet as to whether failure to mark an opt-out box on a form constitutes the explicit consent required for processing of sensitive personal data.
I agree that British Gas was in the wrong, but how is failure to act "invasive"? Or is "Most Invasive Company" a misnomer for "Worst Company"?
Bjorn Again SHell - for all terminal-using ABBA fans.
Bush fails the Segway test was the BBC headline.
Last time I asked that question I was told that Americans don't have the patience to wait until the next day to find out who won. Ironic, when you consider how long it took to determine who won the last U.S. Presidential election.
So that's the EU (as was a couple of months ago). Is there a suit pending over here somewhere?
It was a year, but that's not what's meant by "statute of limitations", which is a statute saying that you can't be tried for a crime more than X period of time after it's committed.
pjt33, aged 23