By the brine addled bucket of our righeously indiganant saviour "K.P. Nuts" - What is it with you Americans and your bloody Bible quotes ? "Oooh look somethings happened just like it sez on the good book". Fuck me you'd think you were some tribe of Papua New Guineans who (whilst having a splendid oral culture) had just seen their first book.
Wake up you numptys. There's more to life than a hodge podge collection of middle eastern fairy tales...
Go read the Bhagavad-Gita.
Go read the Koran.
Go to the Dharma.
Honestly your obsession with the Bible makes you look like morons to the rest of the world.
As it clearly states in St Bobius 14th: And lo it was written, in the fifteenth day of the great closing down sayle of the temple, that upon the face of the waters there came to pass a great wind. Yea beloved verily t'was it written that whomesoever shall experienth this wind will be given eternal knowledge of it's windiness and shall henceforth and unto this day be blessed by the one true LORD (or one of its chosen representatives - check catalogue for availability) itself
Well I don't know about VMS.... But I have worked on VME (Virtual Machine Environment). This is the operating system used on mainframes produced by Fujitsu who acquired both the machines and the O/S from ICL (International Computers Limited). And boy does VME have file versioning.
Quite frankly VMEs file generations system makes working with any *NIX/Windows/Linux/*BSD file system feel like stepping back into the dark ages.
Under VME when you edit a file and save the edit your filesystem will now contain two versions of the file which have the same name but different generation numbers (by default the saved file gets a +1 generation number). So after our first edit on file FRED we have files FRED(1) and FRED(2). This can go on for as long as you feel like it and there are obviously tools for deleting old generations etc. (optionally keeping "n" generations) And don't worry there's no need for the version number range to be contiguous.
Of course by default when a process calls OPEN_FILE(FRED) they get to open the version of the file with the current highest generation number. However if you wished you could call OPEN_FILE(FRED(12)) to open generation 12.
Needless to say the equivalent of directories (Libraries in VME) also have version numbers too.
And don't even get me started on VMEs permissions system and the hardware implemented Access Control Registers (ACRs) for controlling privileges of code. To say it makes all the x86 architecture based O/Ss approach to security look positively primeval is an understatement.
Even though I mostly have to work on Winderz based stuff these days I still say "VME - King of Operating Systems":)
Honestly who cares about another crappy iTunes store ?
To me the idea of paying ANY money over a token amount (say 5 UK pence) for a piece of music encoded in a cruddy lossy format such as mp3 is absurd - Especially when you do the maths.
In the UK it apprently costs 79p a track from iTunes (As I don't use it myself this is second hand knowledge) whereas a CD can be bought online for between £ 5 to £ 10. So if a CD contains an average 10 tracks that makes it between 50p to 100 p per track with each track being available in full 16bit 44.1 Khz WAV quality.
The crucial point being that you can then use something like the excellent cdex and you can rip your own MP3s with much better quality and with NO DRM.
Sorry but I simply don't understand why anyone would use something crappy like iTunes or an online subscription service. They're a total waste of money.
MP3 is a great "poor quality casette tape" or "am radio quality" replacement but it's the equivalent of buying a scaled down black & white photocopy of a painting for about the price of the real thing. Just because it can be done "over das interweb" doesn't make it a good idea.
And if you're using iTunes etc. simply to "try before you buy" then why not use BitTorrent/UseNet/Your p2p app of choice. instead ?
Pah kids today, stick a "made for l33t internet" tag on it and they'll buy any old crap.
If the universe, and hence everything in it, is the result of Intelligent Design by "Das Kreator (tm) " then WTF went on with Microsoft Windows - Especially ME ?
I prefer changing the value to "directory_name\bblean.exe" so I can run bbLean instead:)
An added benefit is that, since I installed it at work, noone has fiddled with my Windows box (not even the admins as they're all point & click people)
> The one thing no one ever mentions is the CD replacement effect.
Mod poster up !
So blindingly obvious yet I hadn't much thought about it. Speaking as someone who probably replaced 200 to 300 LPs and Cassettes (often recorded off other peoples LPs) with CD versions in the 90s I can vouch for the truth of these words.
A mere 5 clicks on "End Process" and you actually get something shut down ? You lucky, lucky bastard.
Whenever I try to terminate a process using Windows own inbuilt tools it either takes a godzillion attempts or it tells me "You can't shut that down, it's a system process" (Yes, I know. I'm trying to remove a f****ing virus from my friends daughters machine which is running with system privileges...)
Thankfully Sysinternals excellent Process Explorer lets me view and kill any running process whatsoever. And when you say kill, it kills ! (Mind you at this point I often discover it really was a system process and Windows crashes)
Still it's the only way to get rid of some of the more persistent nasties you get on a Winders box so it's well worth the trouble.
Sadly given my experience of the understanding of computers displayed by the average Windows user (i.e. not really interested in computing but bought a PC to use a digital camera, "the internet" etc.) I can see exactly what will happen next.
They'll delete a file from one of their smart folders (thinking it's a duplicate) then go to another smart folder and start crying because the file they're after isn't there (naturally the "smart" features of this scheme will ensure that the file has truly been purged from disk)
Having a well designed, thorough, tool for finding files is one thing (always an excellent idea) Having a means for a file to show up multiple folders is another. Sorry, but users are simply going to get confused. They'll believe they have multiple copies of the files in different folders and there'll be tears. Floods of tears I say.
Sometimes it's hard enough getting people to understand shortcuts and that "My Documents" and "C:\Documents And Settings\user_name\My Documents" are the same folder.
Still like a lot of these "good idea" features (spatial Nautilus anyone ?) as long as it can be switched off I don't care.
Then why not vote for another party ? Say the Liberal Democrats ? Failing that then why not start your own party ?
Personally I don't vote at all (for a variety of reasons) but I simply can't understand why the sheeple of Britain can't get it through their thick skulls that there are more choices than the Tory Party (New Labour) & Tory Lite Party (Conservatives)
>Is it reasonable for an ISP to censor webpages...
No. Not for any reason at all.
But if they do wish to censor content then they should also be held legally responsible for ALL content viewable over the connection they offer. A few lawsuits relating to people who inadvertently view images of child pornography/goatse etc. would soon change their minds.
Personally I think it's great that some people belive in guff like "intelligent design". After all we'll always need people to clean toilets for a living (not that there's anything wrong with cleaning toilets for a living it's just that it would be a waste for an Einstein or a Darwin to be doing so)
And the reason that "movies", "pop videos" and "sports clips" on phones" etc. are being touted ? Because the company execs are overwhelmingly middle aged, middle class males and that's what they understand.
So as usual something will come along that people like to do with portable phones/video players and the fat old baldies will once again whine, scream and pay their "elected representatives" to enshrine their right to your money in law.
The only reason MS software became so popular was that in the beginning, it was cheap, there wasn't much in the way of alternatives, you could copy it without much effort and it was fun to hack about on it (especially in the days when an affordable "IBM PC" based *NIX was a pipe dream whose copywrongs were still being argued about by old men)
The older "Windaz" gets the more it's becomes a complete pain in the arse to use. Shortly it will become such a royal pain that even the plebs will wonder why they're bothering. And down the plughole of history it will go.
Sadly 99% of people don't give a shit. They can't be bothered to think about anything (hey, wherever in the world you are, look at your countries government for confitmation) When they have to think about something they'll either give up and do something else or wait for something different and less bothersome to appear.
Well my idea of DRM (stuff that "D"isturbs my "R"esplendent "M"ind) is that whatever impinges upon my senses is mine to play with as I will. OR KILL ME. Then again what Orthodox Thelemic Odinist Subgenius would argue otherwise ?
Witness blackbirds in England who have taken to include the sounds of car alarms in their calls... (After all this could be another bird trying to muscle in on their territory).
The attempted enforcement of DRM on all current "Bit Manipulating" technology sums up how shallow, unimaginative, uninteresting and shite our 21st century culture currently is. Working "uncrakabull" DRM (which will never occur, trust me) is the ultiate masturbatory fantasy of the utterly untalented who only seek to catch and control the output of the inspired (who will do what they do regardless of reward) In the long term all it will mean is that large parts of DRMd culture will be forgotten. And quite frankly it's for the best.
Any good artist will do what they've always done... i.e. make a living by performing their art live or doing custom work for willing patrons.
Watching the retard "media crowd" arguing over who owns the "rights" (sic) to pimp the inspired work of artisits reminds me of nothng more than flies arguing over who owns the right to the dung of an elephant.
A nice little plasticized and pocket size version of this would be great - especially if it had a small speaker with a nice Dalek style "Bullshit detected" warning. Then, when you're in a bar or other place where they insist on foisting TV on you you could have some real fun:)
On another note you also forgot a few words there such as "MINISTER", "REPRESENTATIVE", "SPOKESPERSON" etc. etc.
And on that note by "Bob" how I hate Politikal Korrekt Speak. If you've got a penis you're a "SPOKESMAN", if you've got a vagina you're a "SPOKESWOMAN"... If you've got both you're a "SPOKESFREAK".
Well even better there appears to be a version online (I haven't done a thorough check but a couple of glances at random chapters seem to indicate it's all there)
So cheapskates fire up yer web bruiser and head on over to: Dis a place for a right good read:)
On the subject of what will happen should humanity spread out into space I simply cannot recommend this book highly enough:
Eric Frank Russell - "The Great Explosion" (see write up on Amazon here)
Bad thing is the only version in stock is £ 10 (I got mine a few years ago for about £ 5 UK) But I'm sure you'll be able to do better at your local bookstore:)
One of my top 10 Sci-Fi books of all time and an absolutely splendid commentary on the way people are !
Assuming the judge has more than one brain cell then this case should take no more than 30 seconds and will be summarised in two sentences.
"You published information on a public medium. Case mismissed."
But then again this is America we're talking about.. home of the idiot lawsuit and lunatic judicial decisions so I don't hold out much hope for the triumph of reason...
> never use Microsoft products, even on Windows machines, if you have an equivalent.
Hear hear ! That sir is the single best piece of advice you can give a Windows user.
Personally though I'd go one step further by simply recommending that you install Ubuntu Linux as a "one stop" solution.
This is THE LAW for the mates machines that I manage:)
Seriously... Ubuntu/Kubuntu are that good that, for the average computer "user" (i.e. surf web, listen to MP3s, make compilation CDs, manage & print pictures from Digicam, view pr0n, watches the odd DVD etc.) there's no longer any reason not to switch them. Hell, import thir bookmarks and mail, set up some desktop shortcuts and some of them hardly even notice the change.
People should really start asking themselves why they put up with spending 80% of the time on their computer trying to keep the damned thing free from spyware/adware/viruses ? Using Windows is like driving a car where you have to stop every 200 feet to check the oil, water, tire pressure, petrol etc. then go round the body work to tighten every single nut & bolt before you can drive off again (that's if the damned thing will start)
Still it's your time... Personally I'd rather spend the time DOING something with my PCs.
Well I'd say the reason that people hoard so much stuff is simple. It's what a good consumer is supposed to do, get themselves as much product for as little money as possible. It's the guiding philosophy of the age. And if the shits free then keep eating/drinking/watching until you pop (no matter how bad it makes you feel) ! To do otherwise is "weird" "antisocial" and "unpatriotic".
After all most media related items rely on artificial scarcity to drive demand. Ooh look... "Limited edition", "digitally remastered", "now with the missing 20 seconds" (you get the idea).
Personally I think it's a good thing as there's a good chance that copies of obscure stuff will survive (issues regarding the lifespan of current optical media notwithstanding) After all who knows what our descendants will find fascinating about our century ? and what cultural artifacts they will treasure ? For all I know it could be the little plastic toys you get in Kinder eggs:)
It'll also get round the situation where the fuckwits at the BBC destroy a whole load of early Derek & Clive tapes (etc.) so they have more room on their storage shelves for more episodes of fucking boring, shite Panorama.
It would be nice if the archiving was done on a professional large scale but then you'd only end up with the situation above with some small minded dimwit throwing stuff out 'cause it's not flavour de jour.
So hoard, hoard away people ! You're preserving the past for purposes as yet unknown !
First we had the man who had his finger cut off to get past his cars biometric locks (see The Register for details...
And now "the bad guys" (tm) are going to start pulling out my finger nails "just in case" I've had some important data encoded on them.
So thanks very much you Japanese whizz kids... Now all you need to do is figure out how to encode data using my nerve endings, penis & teeth so I can really sleep soundly;)
(actually that's given me some good ideas... "What do you think you're doing with my wife ?" "Er... just duplicating some sensitive information for the office - honest")
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By the brine addled bucket of our righeously indiganant saviour "K.P. Nuts" - What is it with you Americans and your bloody Bible quotes ? "Oooh look somethings happened just like it sez on the good book". Fuck me you'd think you were some tribe of Papua New Guineans who (whilst having a splendid oral culture) had just seen their first book.
Wake up you numptys. There's more to life than a hodge podge collection of middle eastern fairy tales...
Go read the Bhagavad-Gita.
Go read the Koran.
Go to the Dharma.
Honestly your obsession with the Bible makes you look like morons to the rest of the world.
As it clearly states in St Bobius 14th: And lo it was written, in the fifteenth day of the great closing down sayle of the temple, that upon the face of the waters there came to pass a great wind. Yea beloved verily t'was it written that whomesoever shall experienth this wind will be given eternal knowledge of it's windiness and shall henceforth and unto this day be blessed by the one true LORD (or one of its chosen representatives - check catalogue for availability) itself
Ho hum... Meanwhile back at the ranch...
Well I don't know about VMS.... But I have worked on VME (Virtual Machine Environment). This is the operating system used on mainframes produced by Fujitsu who acquired both the machines and the O/S from ICL (International Computers Limited). And boy does VME have file versioning.
:)
Quite frankly VMEs file generations system makes working with any *NIX/Windows/Linux/*BSD file system feel like stepping back into the dark ages.
Under VME when you edit a file and save the edit your filesystem will now contain two versions of the file which have the same name but different generation numbers (by default the saved file gets a +1 generation number). So after our first edit on file FRED we have files FRED(1) and FRED(2). This can go on for as long as you feel like it and there are obviously tools for deleting old generations etc. (optionally keeping "n" generations) And don't worry there's no need for the version number range to be contiguous.
Of course by default when a process calls OPEN_FILE(FRED) they get to open the version of the file with the current highest generation number. However if you wished you could call OPEN_FILE(FRED(12)) to open generation 12.
Needless to say the equivalent of directories (Libraries in VME) also have version numbers too.
And don't even get me started on VMEs permissions system and the hardware implemented Access Control Registers (ACRs) for controlling privileges of code. To say it makes all the x86 architecture based O/Ss approach to security look positively primeval is an understatement.
Even though I mostly have to work on Winderz based stuff these days I still say "VME - King of Operating Systems"
Honestly who cares about another crappy iTunes store ?
To me the idea of paying ANY money over a token amount (say 5 UK pence) for a piece of music encoded in a cruddy lossy format such as mp3 is absurd - Especially when you do the maths.
In the UK it apprently costs 79p a track from iTunes (As I don't use it myself this is second hand knowledge) whereas a CD can be bought online for between £ 5 to £ 10. So if a CD contains an average 10 tracks that makes it between 50p to 100 p per track with each track being available in full 16bit 44.1 Khz WAV quality.
The crucial point being that you can then use something like the excellent cdex and you can rip your own MP3s with much better quality and with NO DRM.
Sorry but I simply don't understand why anyone would use something crappy like iTunes or an online subscription service. They're a total waste of money.
MP3 is a great "poor quality casette tape" or "am radio quality" replacement but it's the equivalent of buying a scaled down black & white photocopy of a painting for about the price of the real thing. Just because it can be done "over das interweb" doesn't make it a good idea.
And if you're using iTunes etc. simply to "try before you buy" then why not use BitTorrent/UseNet/Your p2p app of choice. instead ?
Pah kids today, stick a "made for l33t internet" tag on it and they'll buy any old crap.
O.k....
If the universe, and hence everything in it, is the result of Intelligent Design by "Das Kreator (tm) " then WTF went on with Microsoft Windows - Especially ME ?
Huh ? HUH ?
I prefer changing the value to "directory_name\bblean.exe" so I can run bbLean instead :)
An added benefit is that, since I installed it at work, noone has fiddled with my Windows box (not even the admins as they're all point & click people)
> The one thing no one ever mentions is the CD replacement effect.
Mod poster up !
So blindingly obvious yet I hadn't much thought about it. Speaking as someone who probably replaced 200 to 300 LPs and Cassettes (often recorded off other peoples LPs) with CD versions in the 90s I can vouch for the truth of these words.
A mere 5 clicks on "End Process" and you actually get something shut down ? You lucky, lucky bastard.
Whenever I try to terminate a process using Windows own inbuilt tools it either takes a godzillion attempts or it tells me "You can't shut that down, it's a system process" (Yes, I know. I'm trying to remove a f****ing virus from my friends daughters machine which is running with system privileges...)
Thankfully Sysinternals excellent Process Explorer lets me view and kill any running process whatsoever. And when you say kill, it kills ! (Mind you at this point I often discover it really was a system process and Windows crashes)
Still it's the only way to get rid of some of the more persistent nasties you get on a Winders box so it's well worth the trouble.
Hmmm... "If done well" indeed.
Sadly given my experience of the understanding of computers displayed by the average Windows user (i.e. not really interested in computing but bought a PC to use a digital camera, "the internet" etc.) I can see exactly what will happen next.
They'll delete a file from one of their smart folders (thinking it's a duplicate) then go to another smart folder and start crying because the file they're after isn't there (naturally the "smart" features of this scheme will ensure that the file has truly been purged from disk)
Having a well designed, thorough, tool for finding files is one thing (always an excellent idea) Having a means for a file to show up multiple folders is another. Sorry, but users are simply going to get confused. They'll believe they have multiple copies of the files in different folders and there'll be tears. Floods of tears I say.
Sometimes it's hard enough getting people to understand shortcuts and that "My Documents" and "C:\Documents And Settings\user_name\My Documents" are the same folder.
Still like a lot of these "good idea" features (spatial Nautilus anyone ?) as long as it can be switched off I don't care.
Then why not vote for another party ? Say the Liberal Democrats ? Failing that then why not start your own party ?
Personally I don't vote at all (for a variety of reasons) but I simply can't understand why the sheeple of Britain can't get it through their thick skulls that there are more choices than the Tory Party (New Labour) & Tory Lite Party (Conservatives)
>Is it reasonable for an ISP to censor webpages...
No. Not for any reason at all.
But if they do wish to censor content then they should also be held legally responsible for ALL content viewable over the connection they offer. A few lawsuits relating to people who inadvertently view images of child pornography/goatse etc. would soon change their minds.
Personally I think it's great that some people belive in guff like "intelligent design". After all we'll always need people to clean toilets for a living (not that there's anything wrong with cleaning toilets for a living it's just that it would be a waste for an Einstein or a Darwin to be doing so)
Spot on.
And the reason that "movies", "pop videos" and "sports clips" on phones" etc. are being touted ? Because the company execs are overwhelmingly middle aged, middle class males and that's what they understand.
So as usual something will come along that people like to do with portable phones/video players and the fat old baldies will once again whine, scream and pay their "elected representatives" to enshrine their right to your money in law.
Same as it ever was...
And for the vast majority of iniane advertisering wouldn't it be nice to have another button that lets me tell them to "fuck off" :)
The only reason MS software became so popular was that in the beginning, it was cheap, there wasn't much in the way of alternatives, you could copy it without much effort and it was fun to hack about on it (especially in the days when an affordable "IBM PC" based *NIX was a pipe dream whose copywrongs were still being argued about by old men)
The older "Windaz" gets the more it's becomes a complete pain in the arse to use. Shortly it will become such a royal pain that even the plebs will wonder why they're bothering. And down the plughole of history it will go.
Sadly 99% of people don't give a shit. They can't be bothered to think about anything (hey, wherever in the world you are, look at your countries government for confitmation) When they have to think about something they'll either give up and do something else or wait for something different and less bothersome to appear.
Praise Darwin !
Well my idea of DRM (stuff that "D"isturbs my "R"esplendent "M"ind) is that whatever impinges upon my senses is mine to play with as I will. OR KILL ME. Then again what Orthodox Thelemic Odinist Subgenius would argue otherwise ?
Witness blackbirds in England who have taken to include the sounds of car alarms in their calls... (After all this could be another bird trying to muscle in on their territory).
The attempted enforcement of DRM on all current "Bit Manipulating" technology sums up how shallow, unimaginative, uninteresting and shite our 21st century culture currently is. Working "uncrakabull" DRM (which will never occur, trust me) is the ultiate masturbatory fantasy of the utterly untalented who only seek to catch and control the output of the inspired (who will do what they do regardless of reward) In the long term all it will mean is that large parts of DRMd culture will be forgotten. And quite frankly it's for the best.
Any good artist will do what they've always done... i.e. make a living by performing their art live or doing custom work for willing patrons.
Watching the retard "media crowd" arguing over who owns the "rights" (sic) to pimp the inspired work of artisits reminds me of nothng more than flies arguing over who owns the right to the dung of an elephant.
In't booze grate ????
Hey grate... Yet another remake...
So I have to ask does anyone in the American film industry actually create anything new ?
Or does all the creative teams spend all day dreaming up new ways to hit people with money making lawsuits ?
Personally I think Cuck D said it best with "Burn Hollywood Burn".
Excellent work !
:)
A nice little plasticized and pocket size version of this would be great - especially if it had a small speaker with a nice Dalek style "Bullshit detected" warning. Then, when you're in a bar or other place where they insist on foisting TV on you you could have some real fun
On another note you also forgot a few words there such as "MINISTER", "REPRESENTATIVE", "SPOKESPERSON" etc. etc.
And on that note by "Bob" how I hate Politikal Korrekt Speak. If you've got a penis you're a "SPOKESMAN", if you've got a vagina you're a "SPOKESWOMAN"... If you've got both you're a "SPOKESFREAK".
Ah what a lovely rant that was....
Well even better there appears to be a version online (I haven't done a thorough check but a couple of glances at random chapters seem to indicate it's all there)
:)
So cheapskates fire up yer web bruiser and head on over to: Dis a place for a right good read
On the subject of what will happen should humanity spread out into space I simply cannot recommend this book highly enough:
:)
Eric Frank Russell - "The Great Explosion" (see write up on Amazon here)
Bad thing is the only version in stock is £ 10 (I got mine a few years ago for about £ 5 UK) But I'm sure you'll be able to do better at your local bookstore
One of my top 10 Sci-Fi books of all time and an absolutely splendid commentary on the way people are !
Assuming the judge has more than one brain cell then this case should take no more than 30 seconds and will be summarised in two sentences.
"You published information on a public medium. Case mismissed."
But then again this is America we're talking about.. home of the idiot lawsuit and lunatic judicial decisions so I don't hold out much hope for the triumph of reason...
But I thought that was the whole point ?
"I am the black O/S in the woods with 10,000 young... IA ft'agn..."
and all that.
> never use Microsoft products, even on Windows machines, if you have an equivalent.
:)
Hear hear ! That sir is the single best piece of advice you can give a Windows user.
Personally though I'd go one step further by simply recommending that you install Ubuntu Linux as a "one stop" solution.
This is THE LAW for the mates machines that I manage
Seriously... Ubuntu/Kubuntu are that good that, for the average computer "user" (i.e. surf web, listen to MP3s, make compilation CDs, manage & print pictures from Digicam, view pr0n, watches the odd DVD etc.) there's no longer any reason not to switch them. Hell, import thir bookmarks and mail, set up some desktop shortcuts and some of them hardly even notice the change.
People should really start asking themselves why they put up with spending 80% of the time on their computer trying to keep the damned thing free from spyware/adware/viruses ? Using Windows is like driving a car where you have to stop every 200 feet to check the oil, water, tire pressure, petrol etc. then go round the body work to tighten every single nut & bolt before you can drive off again (that's if the damned thing will start)
Still it's your time... Personally I'd rather spend the time DOING something with my PCs.
Well I'd say the reason that people hoard so much stuff is simple. It's what a good consumer is supposed to do, get themselves as much product for as little money as possible. It's the guiding philosophy of the age. And if the shits free then keep eating/drinking/watching until you pop (no matter how bad it makes you feel) ! To do otherwise is "weird" "antisocial" and "unpatriotic".
:)
After all most media related items rely on artificial scarcity to drive demand. Ooh look... "Limited edition", "digitally remastered", "now with the missing 20 seconds" (you get the idea).
Personally I think it's a good thing as there's a good chance that copies of obscure stuff will survive (issues regarding the lifespan of current optical media notwithstanding) After all who knows what our descendants will find fascinating about our century ? and what cultural artifacts they will treasure ? For all I know it could be the little plastic toys you get in Kinder eggs
It'll also get round the situation where the fuckwits at the BBC destroy a whole load of early Derek & Clive tapes (etc.) so they have more room on their storage shelves for more episodes of fucking boring, shite Panorama.
It would be nice if the archiving was done on a professional large scale but then you'd only end up with the situation above with some small minded dimwit throwing stuff out 'cause it's not flavour de jour.
So hoard, hoard away people ! You're preserving the past for purposes as yet unknown !
First we had the man who had his finger cut off to get past his cars biometric locks (see The Register for details...
;)
And now "the bad guys" (tm) are going to start pulling out my finger nails "just in case" I've had some important data encoded on them.
So thanks very much you Japanese whizz kids... Now all you need to do is figure out how to encode data using my nerve endings, penis & teeth so I can really sleep soundly
(actually that's given me some good ideas... "What do you think you're doing with my wife ?" "Er... just duplicating some sensitive information for the office - honest")
Well I'm not interested until someone releases a version that defaults to XFCE 'cause Xubuntu sounds so much besterest than the others...