I would think the other way around. People are so enamoured with the convenience of their mobile phones they can't accept any bad news about them.
If you've lived through tobacco, asbestos, DDT and the host of other poisonous products that business continued to sell while lying about serious side effects, you're probably a little cynical too.
One thing that does deserve mention is that in the past it was common practise for scumcorps to fund and release a mountain of studies supporting their lies. This mountain was used to bury the legitimate independent studies that clearly showed how venomous these products were. That is what makes the "every scientist in the world doesn't agree it's bad so it must be good" argument so frustrating.
Independent trials are the ONLY ones that can be trusted, unless you already know the result you want!;)
How about an election where they aren't allowed to say ANYTHING about the other team? Like the media blackout on advertising. A media blackout on dishonest bare-faced treacherous backstabbing....;) I might as well be shouting at the tide not to come in...
have you ever seen the way African dogs hunt? They run along in a group loudly and irritatingly yapping pointlessly, their two brain cells happy as can be. Suddenly one of them becomes fixated on attacking something and the rest of the pack mindlessly tear away at it...
I'm surprised noone sees this as the filesharing deterrent that it is.
Each game has a unique identifier built into it. This unique identifier and your personal information are forwarded to the game maker when you purchase since none of us register software. If your unique version of the game ends up appearing on a fileshare network somewhere I guess the stormtroopers are sent in... or something like that! Just like the early versions of XP distributed to small system builders.
I wonder if they expect you to take the personal information of the fellow you eventually onsell it to and report them to the all-seeing-eye for scrutiny as well?
Ethics and legality are certainly closely linked. Acts widely considered unethical will eventually become illegal (if politicians don't enjoy doing it). From what I've seen in the news over the last few years I think laws apply to citizens and companies, whereas ethics only apply to citizens.
In the Slashdot tradition I'll use an example:
BHP used to mine a mineral in Papua New Guinea at Ok Tedi. They used to allow a highly carcinogenic chemical used in their process to wash into the local river. That river was the drinking, washing and bathing water for thousands of natives downstream. The natives suffered horribly, the "interests of shareholders" and the legality of the process was used as the defense for the grossly unethical behaviour of BHP.
Now there were no specific laws in PNG to stop companies dumping into waterways so it was completely legal, yet only the most scummy lowlife executive or the lawyer who represents him would think it was remotely acceptable.
Ethics has nothing to do with religion. Ethics is about respect for your fellow man, his property and empathy for his feelings. Religion is about skimming enough cash from the surrounding community to support the local witchdoctor.
If anyone is having problems understanding ethics, try this.... Would I like to have Mr XYZ do to me, what I just did to him?
thumbnail view within image folders surprising how much I miss this one
listings of music folders with properties from the id3 tages displayed in columns
cd burning integrated into explorer (no 3rd party tool needed)
clean and easily readable fonts
consistent GUI's with meaningful icons
very few dependency problems when installing software
excellent hardware support built in and from manufacturers websites
can run Mailwasher i miss u mailwasher
can play MP3 without downloading codecs
security holes big enough to drive a truck through
meals required during installation process
worms, viruses, macros, exploits.....
lightens your wallett considerably
constant nagging and micromanagement of my surfing habits and hardware setup
Windows has enough "features" to make it quite handy for the beginner to intermediate user. I agree that without the advantage of familiarity, a newuser learning Windows will find it just as hard as learning GUI Linux use. This is exactly what I found when teaching my Mum. Plus her friends aren't confident to go poking around in Linux, meddling-related breakdowns reduced massively..... now that is a REAL advantage!
"To deny those who live in poverty while living in luxury seems terribly hypocritical of our "humanitarian" Western society."
How many of your own homegrown homeless have you ignored in the last year? Funny how the further away the homeless are, the more sympathy the hypocrits feel for them.:)
How could anyone possibly think touch typing is not a necessary skill for a computer professional?
Imagine if you couldn't change gears in your car without looking at the gearstick...?
As the page was downloading on my tired old 56k connection I saw the headline, "New Iraqi Strongman", then the scary looking face of a man that is clearly evil. What the hell is he doing with an iPod plugged into his torture-scream receptors?
Mate, just wait until it becomes deregulated (govt rules removed and industry governs itself) and privatised (public assett sold to private company) like it is here in Australia. I've stopped using mobile phones because the costs just keep going up and up and up, the plans are mean and tricky and the salespeople generally don't have a clue, especially about their own terms and conditions.
I now enjoy uninterrupted leisure time like I used to in the 70/80's (minus the Atari 2600). If I don't want to receive calls I leave the house or use Caller ID (now thats useful technology) to screen out time stealers.
If I need to talk to someone while I'm out I use a payphone or, brace yourself kiddies, I wait until I get home to call. Yes seriously, I WAIT!!! OMG!!! It's that thing you used to do before you got broadband. You know, that thing you do while Mommy makes your breakfast.
Digital reporting is only as pervasive as the jumped up little tinpot dictator of the country being investigated allows it to be. The mud reporters throw at democracies will often stick however because we don't cut out the tongues of reporters who criticise the government. Reporters in some middle-eastern countries don't have this luxury.
This war is far less vicious than any war before it. The only difference this time is that the armchair patriots are seeing their soldiers die every night on TV in damn near real time. If you don't have the stomach for it, change channels, which is your right as an armchair patriot. Whatever you do, don't force your govt to withdraw and abandon the 99% of good clean living Iraqis to anarchy and destruction.
I vote for a forced reformation of the Muslim church. Get them all the hell out of government worldwide like we did to the Catholics hundreds of years ago. Religious fruitloops are far too greedy, one-eyed and dishonest to act as political or military leaders. Geez, our politicians ego trip enough without thinking they've got a mandate from Jehova, Allah, Bhuti Bhuti or whichever fictitious cloud riding God they chant to.
I suspect the one you are trolling me about. It's no fun trolling me on that one, though.
Steady on Mr Sensitive Troll. If you're angry and sensitive about the erosion of your rights talk to your representative, don't troll me about it. It's so easy to throw the word "troll", much like "racist " and "conspiracy". Weapons of a hollow argument.
There has to be a market for rear view mirror presets for that purpose. Here in Australia we have rear-pointing spotlights for SUV powertripping hockey Mums like this.
Please Note: For the purposes of truth in advertising Australians are not allowed to refer to 4WD vehicles as SUV's as the owners are very rarely capable of anything sporty.
Canyonero.....Canyonero.......
Most of us at least have a fridge freezer...yes? If you don't then personal cooling is probably the least of your problems.
I lived in North Queensland Australia, where its fairly hot and very humid so evaporative cooling is pretty much useless. We used to freeze icecream buckets of water in the freezer, smash them up and put them in a big metal tray. Take the tray into the room to be cooled and blow a little pedestal fan over it. It cools you for long enough to get to sleep at least. Doubles as an infuriating spray of icy water on your crotch when you step on it going to the can at 3am;)
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I would think the other way around. People are so enamoured with the convenience of their mobile phones they can't accept any bad news about them. If you've lived through tobacco, asbestos, DDT and the host of other poisonous products that business continued to sell while lying about serious side effects, you're probably a little cynical too. One thing that does deserve mention is that in the past it was common practise for scumcorps to fund and release a mountain of studies supporting their lies. This mountain was used to bury the legitimate independent studies that clearly showed how venomous these products were. That is what makes the "every scientist in the world doesn't agree it's bad so it must be good" argument so frustrating. Independent trials are the ONLY ones that can be trusted, unless you already know the result you want! ;)
hey!! thats the same way Grandad used to justify working with asbestos... ;)
How about an election where they aren't allowed to say ANYTHING about the other team? Like the media blackout on advertising. A media blackout on dishonest bare-faced treacherous backstabbing.... ;) I might as well be shouting at the tide not to come in...
have you ever seen the way African dogs hunt? They run along in a group loudly and irritatingly yapping pointlessly, their two brain cells happy as can be. Suddenly one of them becomes fixated on attacking something and the rest of the pack mindlessly tear away at it...
Here's a G5-like case that will save you hundred by virtue of it NOT being constructed by 5yo's in the LianLi factory.
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http://www.busybits.com.au/item/elsFSP-7103H?busy
I'm surprised noone sees this as the filesharing deterrent that it is. Each game has a unique identifier built into it. This unique identifier and your personal information are forwarded to the game maker when you purchase since none of us register software. If your unique version of the game ends up appearing on a fileshare network somewhere I guess the stormtroopers are sent in... or something like that! Just like the early versions of XP distributed to small system builders. I wonder if they expect you to take the personal information of the fellow you eventually onsell it to and report them to the all-seeing-eye for scrutiny as well?
Ethics and legality are certainly closely linked. Acts widely considered unethical will eventually become illegal (if politicians don't enjoy doing it). From what I've seen in the news over the last few years I think laws apply to citizens and companies, whereas ethics only apply to citizens.
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In the Slashdot tradition I'll use an example:
BHP used to mine a mineral in Papua New Guinea at Ok Tedi. They used to allow a highly carcinogenic chemical used in their process to wash into the local river. That river was the drinking, washing and bathing water for thousands of natives downstream. The natives suffered horribly, the "interests of shareholders" and the legality of the process was used as the defense for the grossly unethical behaviour of BHP.
Now there were no specific laws in PNG to stop companies dumping into waterways so it was completely legal, yet only the most scummy lowlife executive or the lawyer who represents him would think it was remotely acceptable.
Ethics has nothing to do with religion. Ethics is about respect for your fellow man, his property and empathy for his feelings. Religion is about skimming enough cash from the surrounding community to support the local witchdoctor.
If anyone is having problems understanding ethics, try this.... Would I like to have Mr XYZ do to me, what I just did to him?
The Ok Tedi Settlement: Issues, Outcomes and Implications
http://dannyreviews.com/h/Ok_Tedi.html
Rio Tinto and Ok Tedi back in the courts?
http://www.minesandcommunities.org/Company/rio15.
Ok Tedi mine closure--BHP and PNG government in conflict
http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/sep1999/ok-s14.
I heard Walmart found the RIAA cowering in a hole, covered with a styrofoam lid......
- thumbnail view within image folders surprising how much I miss this one
- listings of music folders with properties from the id3 tages displayed in columns
- cd burning integrated into explorer (no 3rd party tool needed)
- clean and easily readable fonts
- consistent GUI's with meaningful icons
- very few dependency problems when installing software
- excellent hardware support built in and from manufacturers websites
- can run Mailwasher i miss u mailwasher
- can play MP3 without downloading codecs
- security holes big enough to drive a truck through
- meals required during installation process
- worms, viruses, macros, exploits.....
- lightens your wallett considerably
- constant nagging and micromanagement of my surfing habits and hardware setup
Windows has enough "features" to make it quite handy for the beginner to intermediate user. I agree that without the advantage of familiarity, a newuser learning Windows will find it just as hard as learning GUI Linux use. This is exactly what I found when teaching my Mum. Plus her friends aren't confident to go poking around in Linux, meddling-related breakdowns reduced massively..... now that is a REAL advantage!"To deny those who live in poverty while living in luxury seems terribly hypocritical of our "humanitarian" Western society." :)
How many of your own homegrown homeless have you ignored in the last year? Funny how the further away the homeless are, the more sympathy the hypocrits feel for them.
what a rabid load of drivel. let me guess.... Bachelor of Arts 1st year majoring in Playdough Sculpture and Interpretive Dance?
"it's nice being able to just check the weather or whatever without waiting for something to boot" I use Windows to check the weather...
How could anyone possibly think touch typing is not a necessary skill for a computer professional? Imagine if you couldn't change gears in your car without looking at the gearstick...?
Unless we have uncommon commonsense, which I greatly doubt, it will fail there too. Industry execs, pull your head in....(the window of your porsche)
Excellent holier than thou take on the situation... Do you sneer at people who drive cars with the tyres that came with them also? -D
As the page was downloading on my tired old 56k connection I saw the headline, "New Iraqi Strongman", then the scary looking face of a man that is clearly evil. What the hell is he doing with an iPod plugged into his torture-scream receptors?
sort of like dark black or more like light white?
Mate, just wait until it becomes deregulated (govt rules removed and industry governs itself) and privatised (public assett sold to private company) like it is here in Australia. I've stopped using mobile phones because the costs just keep going up and up and up, the plans are mean and tricky and the salespeople generally don't have a clue, especially about their own terms and conditions.
I now enjoy uninterrupted leisure time like I used to in the 70/80's (minus the Atari 2600). If I don't want to receive calls I leave the house or use Caller ID (now thats useful technology) to screen out time stealers.
If I need to talk to someone while I'm out I use a payphone or, brace yourself kiddies, I wait until I get home to call. Yes seriously, I WAIT!!! OMG!!! It's that thing you used to do before you got broadband. You know, that thing you do while Mommy makes your breakfast.
Digital reporting is only as pervasive as the jumped up little tinpot dictator of the country being investigated allows it to be. The mud reporters throw at democracies will often stick however because we don't cut out the tongues of reporters who criticise the government. Reporters in some middle-eastern countries don't have this luxury.
This war is far less vicious than any war before it. The only difference this time is that the armchair patriots are seeing their soldiers die every night on TV in damn near real time. If you don't have the stomach for it, change channels, which is your right as an armchair patriot. Whatever you do, don't force your govt to withdraw and abandon the 99% of good clean living Iraqis to anarchy and destruction.
I vote for a forced reformation of the Muslim church. Get them all the hell out of government worldwide like we did to the Catholics hundreds of years ago. Religious fruitloops are far too greedy, one-eyed and dishonest to act as political or military leaders. Geez, our politicians ego trip enough without thinking they've got a mandate from Jehova, Allah, Bhuti Bhuti or whichever fictitious cloud riding God they chant to.
I suspect the one you are trolling me about. It's no fun trolling me on that one, though.
Steady on Mr Sensitive Troll. If you're angry and sensitive about the erosion of your rights talk to your representative, don't troll me about it. It's so easy to throw the word "troll", much like "racist " and "conspiracy". Weapons of a hollow argument.
That's ignoring the fact that there are legal restrictions on what rights you can sign away in a contract.
I though you had inalienable rights in the US?
There has to be a market for rear view mirror presets for that purpose. Here in Australia we have rear-pointing spotlights for SUV powertripping hockey Mums like this. Please Note: For the purposes of truth in advertising Australians are not allowed to refer to 4WD vehicles as SUV's as the owners are very rarely capable of anything sporty. Canyonero.....Canyonero.......
plus we could start having tech unions, which most of us don't want, but if it's that or see your job goto india, union here I come.
If you have no collective bargaining power, it's not surprising you're getting shafted. Who is stopping you from having a Tech Union?
Most of us at least have a fridge freezer...yes? If you don't then personal cooling is probably the least of your problems.
;)
I lived in North Queensland Australia, where its fairly hot and very humid so evaporative cooling is pretty much useless. We used to freeze icecream buckets of water in the freezer, smash them up and put them in a big metal tray. Take the tray into the room to be cooled and blow a little pedestal fan over it. It cools you for long enough to get to sleep at least. Doubles as an infuriating spray of icy water on your crotch when you step on it going to the can at 3am
Indeed! Better couldn't said myself it.