It was fun, and had an extremely simple and intuitive interface.
Really? I tried for a couple of minutes, couldn't work out what I was supposed to do, RTFM, still couldn't work out what I was supposed to do, tried to another couple of minutes, and gave up.
I realise that Bolivia is a bit poorer than Ecuador, but given the reasonable speeds I found in Ecuadorian internet cafes last year I doubt that Bolivian ones use dial-up.
Ever hear of Sinclair, Amstrad, Acorn? RISC OS? On the networking side, the Cambridge Ring? And that's just East Anglia - there's a lot more to Europe.
The obvious solution, of course, is for slashdot to add an official method of quoting
It's supported the blockquote tag for as long as I can remember. Maybe it would be mildly convenient to have a button which automatically pastes the parent post as a blockquote in the reply box, but how many people would use it even then?
Plus, given the limited shelf life of any area of CS expertise, those choosing CS also have to bear the burden of constant retraining, usually at a breakneck pace.
I seem to have missed the breakneck progress in type theory, denotational semantics, complexity theory and compiler theory over the past few years. Either I need to pay more attention to keeping myself up to date, or you're confusing CS with knowledge of the latest fashionable programming language.
If you're measuring the quality of a system of government by the length of time a government lasts, totalitarian dictatorship wins. There's a balance to find between being so stable that you don't respond to the will of the people and being so unstable that you can never get anything done. At the moment the US is on the too stable side.
I believe that statistics show that in the UK the presence of CCTV does in fact reduce crime in the surveilled area. However, rather than prevent it entirely it merely displaces it to places which don't have CCTV.
Actually we do have a written Bill of Rights. We also have courts which are capable of overruling Parliament, as happened recently with control orders. There was also a recent instance, although I can't recall details, in which a court construed an Act as meaning the opposite of its plain reading. However, it's rare for legislation to be struck down except on the grounds of incompatibility with the Human Rights Act.
The correct analogy is that since my ability to be killed by a giant fireball exists independently of any specific tool that exploits it, publishing directions for building a nuclear bomb doesn't create a means by which I can die. (And, moreover, removing all instructions on making fission devices from the web doesn't protect me from being killed by a gas explosion).
It's astounding that Markey thinks that the website which prints fake boarding passes is creating a loophole. Politicians may not have a grasp of technology, but it only takes common sense to see that the loophole exists independently of any specifictool which creates the document to exploit it.
Back when I did it a few months ago I found that the instructions there didn't work either. For some reason I have to use googlemail.com as the server.
In the recent debate in the UK the ID card and the central database were inextricably linked. I say "recent debate" because the Identity Cards Act was passed earlier this year. The only realistic recourses left to what you correctly describe as idiocy are relying on the government's demonstrated inability to manage I.T. projects or civil disobedience.
The ID card is a far greater threat than CCTV. CCTV makes it possible, given time, a lot of money, and the cooperation of the scheme coordinators, to reconstruct my movements in certain public areas. If the UK government ever gets its ID database off the ground then it will probably make it possible for a team of fraudsters with an underpaid civil servant as their insider assistant to assume my identity, ruin my credit record, launder drug money and leave me holding the can.
Moreover, CCTV has benefits, unlike the ID card. They may not be as effective as some claim, but on balance they are a net benefit. I've yet to hear a single genuine benefit of the ID scheme.
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I realise that Bolivia is a bit poorer than Ecuador, but given the reasonable speeds I found in Ecuadorian internet cafes last year I doubt that Bolivian ones use dial-up.
Doesn't say much for the Radio Shack sales staff if they couldn't persuade him that he was looking for diodes.
Ever hear of Sinclair, Amstrad, Acorn? RISC OS? On the networking side, the Cambridge Ring? And that's just East Anglia - there's a lot more to Europe.
If you're measuring the quality of a system of government by the length of time a government lasts, totalitarian dictatorship wins. There's a balance to find between being so stable that you don't respond to the will of the people and being so unstable that you can never get anything done. At the moment the US is on the too stable side.
Will the job requirements for being a /. editor ever include being able to edit?
I believe that statistics show that in the UK the presence of CCTV does in fact reduce crime in the surveilled area. However, rather than prevent it entirely it merely displaces it to places which don't have CCTV.
But that specific section was about process serving, which is precisely the area you're picking up on.
Isn't that what BugMeNot's for?
No need to spend lots of money on an assault handbag. Just talk to Margaret Thatcher.
Actually we do have a written Bill of Rights. We also have courts which are capable of overruling Parliament, as happened recently with control orders. There was also a recent instance, although I can't recall details, in which a court construed an Act as meaning the opposite of its plain reading. However, it's rare for legislation to be struck down except on the grounds of incompatibility with the Human Rights Act.
I'm not aware of prepaid "credit" cards being available in the UK yet. I wish they were, because it would allow me to shop online.
The correct analogy is that since my ability to be killed by a giant fireball exists independently of any specific tool that exploits it, publishing directions for building a nuclear bomb doesn't create a means by which I can die. (And, moreover, removing all instructions on making fission devices from the web doesn't protect me from being killed by a gas explosion).
I believe the extradition treaty has now been ratified by the US, although it's possible that it's still awaiting presidential approval.
It's astounding that Markey thinks that the website which prints fake boarding passes is creating a loophole. Politicians may not have a grasp of technology, but it only takes common sense to see that the loophole exists independently of any specifictool which creates the document to exploit it.
Back when I did it a few months ago I found that the instructions there didn't work either. For some reason I have to use googlemail.com as the server.
In the recent debate in the UK the ID card and the central database were inextricably linked. I say "recent debate" because the Identity Cards Act was passed earlier this year. The only realistic recourses left to what you correctly describe as idiocy are relying on the government's demonstrated inability to manage I.T. projects or civil disobedience.
Moreover, CCTV has benefits, unlike the ID card. They may not be as effective as some claim, but on balance they are a net benefit. I've yet to hear a single genuine benefit of the ID scheme.