Can somebody please explain to me what the logic is behind the theory that making porn more expensive would stop [somebody please think of the] children from seeing it?
Most porn sites at least need a credit card number to prove that you're over 18, so I assume that in America, you can't get a credit card until you're 18 years of age.
Of course, that never stopped me from finding all the porn I wanted when I was a minor (and now, either); things like password sites, and P2P applications kept me fed with all the XXX goodness I ever wanted without having to pay a red cent.
I haven't received a 'vaid' email in my hotmail account in years - I get so much spam though it that the so-called "junk mail filter" seems to have given up in disgust and just lets all the mail into the inbox, rather than redirecting the crap to the Junk Mail folder.
Not to be blowing their horn or anything, but at least GMail has caught every piece of spam I've been sent so far.
Sony really missed the boat here, I reckon
They had the chance to create the Floppy disk replacement for the 90s/00s, but noooo, they had to keep it in esoteric music players that would never see mainstream attention.
USB Keychains are great, but their ideal purpose is for transient data, as you're hardly going to be laying down a wad of cash each time you need 256MB of storage on the go, when you can just erase the stick you already have. CDs and DVDs are great for their long-term storage abilities, but the fact that they need to be placed in a protective case of some sort, along with the large diameter of the medium somewhat limits their transportability. The price of the RW variants prohibits the purchance of them in bulk, along with the fact that you can't just use them like you could the old floppies; despite the massive penetration of the devices, not everybody yet has a CD burner, let alone a DVD burner.
If we had MiniDisc, we could have had a nice replacement for the humble old floppy - the medium comes with its owm protective covering, and it's less bulky than the 12cm discs.
Le sigh.. perhaps with "Universal" Media Disc, Sony shall see the error of their ways (not that I particularly like Sony or anything...).
...but here in Australia, we can download a small program from the Australian Tax Office website called "eTax" - you just tell it how much you earned in the last financial year, how much you got taxed, and what industry you worked in.
You then tell it how much you want to claim in work expenses, and it'll work out how much you'll get back. It can even have the ATO deposit the funds directly into your bank account, if you so desire.
I used to dread tax time, with all that paper work, but now I just keep a running tally of my work expenses (and the receipts to prove it), and I'm happy:D
Just go in there and physically remove them from the network.
Take a sledgehammer if you need to visit a second time, and leave a horse's head in their bed if they do it a third time:D
perhaps you should try checking out the site instead of scrambling to get the first post? The software is eviudently primarily for OSX, with a Windows port as an afterthought - sorry, no linux version
Well, I downloaded it, and I was expecting something along the lines of what Firefox is to IE, but I was sorely disappointed.
Writer can be crashed with two clicks (Tools > Languages > Thesaurus), and no part of the suite can handle Publisher files, which is a real setback for the cause, as far as I'm concerned.
An Outlook 'clone' would have been nice too, as Thunderbird doesn't really do it for me.
Also annoying is the aggrivatingly slow loading times, even with the OOo Loader... er.. loaded. (Windows version here, obviously)
Here's hoping the final release fixes the loading and crashing issues, and that a future release addresses the other issues.
Perhaps you missed the disclaimer that said that the uzi was just an example. Perhaps you missed the Arnie reference there. Perhaps you're just willing to spam abuse at the drop of a hat like the next retard. I can't make up my mind.
if they can afford to build a (let's face it) Terminator (T-0.00001a?), then why can't they afford to build a weapon for it that's better suited to being used by a robot? A shotgun is a pretty complicated weapon to fire, whereas an uzi-nine-millimeder isn't.
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GoogleOS is hotly anticipated by me =)
"640 years should be enough for anyone"
"You are hereby sentenced to 640 years in jail, with parole in nine months"
ah, the law is an ass..
Most porn sites at least need a credit card number to prove that you're over 18, so I assume that in America, you can't get a credit card until you're 18 years of age.
Of course, that never stopped me from finding all the porn I wanted when I was a minor (and now, either); things like password sites, and P2P applications kept me fed with all the XXX goodness I ever wanted without having to pay a red cent.
This logic certainly seems flawed to me...
Not to be blowing their horn or anything, but at least GMail has caught every piece of spam I've been sent so far.
They had the chance to create the Floppy disk replacement for the 90s/00s, but noooo, they had to keep it in esoteric music players that would never see mainstream attention.
USB Keychains are great, but their ideal purpose is for transient data, as you're hardly going to be laying down a wad of cash each time you need 256MB of storage on the go, when you can just erase the stick you already have. CDs and DVDs are great for their long-term storage abilities, but the fact that they need to be placed in a protective case of some sort, along with the large diameter of the medium somewhat limits their transportability. The price of the RW variants prohibits the purchance of them in bulk, along with the fact that you can't just use them like you could the old floppies; despite the massive penetration of the devices, not everybody yet has a CD burner, let alone a DVD burner.
If we had MiniDisc, we could have had a nice replacement for the humble old floppy - the medium comes with its owm protective covering, and it's less bulky than the 12cm discs.
Le sigh.. perhaps with "Universal" Media Disc, Sony shall see the error of their ways (not that I particularly like Sony or anything...).
You then tell it how much you want to claim in work expenses, and it'll work out how much you'll get back. It can even have the ATO deposit the funds directly into your bank account, if you so desire.
I used to dread tax time, with all that paper work, but now I just keep a running tally of my work expenses (and the receipts to prove it), and I'm happy :D
you're posting on slashdot... you can't have a girlfriend, as it's against the rules!
...that would rather see this technology in a CPU cooler (and maybe also in my PSU, as that's damned loud) than in a videocard?
Just go in there and physically remove them from the network. Take a sledgehammer if you need to visit a second time, and leave a horse's head in their bed if they do it a third time :D
I'm not American, thankyou for assuming that I am.
who the hell decided that they should be put on there in the first place?
how soon before somebody hacks it and reverse engineers Google's Super Secret(tm) Pagerank algorithm?
perhaps you should try checking out the site instead of scrambling to get the first post? The software is eviudently primarily for OSX, with a Windows port as an afterthought - sorry, no linux version
Welcome to 2001... the rest of the developed world has been noticing this for several years now...
Seeing as Lego is a brand name, then shouldn't the individual pieces be called "Lego Bricks" or "Lego Pieces" rather than "Legos"?
Ah, the sounds of somebody who hasn't used Outlook in the last year...
Writer can be crashed with two clicks (Tools > Languages > Thesaurus), and no part of the suite can handle Publisher files, which is a real setback for the cause, as far as I'm concerned.
An Outlook 'clone' would have been nice too, as Thunderbird doesn't really do it for me.
Also annoying is the aggrivatingly slow loading times, even with the OOo Loader... er.. loaded. (Windows version here, obviously)
Here's hoping the final release fixes the loading and crashing issues, and that a future release addresses the other issues.
so is Citibank paying Secunia fat wads of cahs for being used in every one of their vulnerability demonstrations or what?
...if you'd RTFA, you'd have noticed that the weapon was specified as being a pump-action shotgun - not a semi-automatic one
well I'm sure glad somebody understood what I was on about... I was starting to think I typed the original post in Latin or something
Perhaps you missed the disclaimer that said that the uzi was just an example. Perhaps you missed the Arnie reference there. Perhaps you're just willing to spam abuse at the drop of a hat like the next retard.
I can't make up my mind.
it was an example... I think it's absurd that they're using weapons designed for humans on a robot at all
Shotgun: Pull trigger, pull pump back, and release to load next round
Uzi: Pull trigger
if they can afford to build a (let's face it) Terminator (T-0.00001a?), then why can't they afford to build a weapon for it that's better suited to being used by a robot? A shotgun is a pretty complicated weapon to fire, whereas an uzi-nine-millimeder isn't.