As we know from the excellent Spinal Tap documentary - loudness on analogue signals can be pushed to 11 (possibly further). We sometimes forget that CDs being digital can not pass 1.
The problem of NHS dentistry in the UK is a national scandal - and is no joke. In many parts of the UK there is no NHS dentistry provision at all, or waiting lists to join NHS practices that beggar belief.
The NHS, free at the point of delivery, unless it's something to do with your teeth, but Clove Oil is supposed to be good for toothache.
I wouldn't worry. The National Identity Register database won't be ready in time. It's an IT project that's being run by the UK government. If it ever gets delivered, it won't do what they wanted it to do.
Interesting. I'm agnostic within the dictionary meaning - professing ignorance as to the existence of God. But I'd go further than that:
I don't really care one way or the other. Is there a word for that?
If there is a God, then good for him! I've lived a decent enough life - didn't kill anyone, kept the lying, cheating, stealing etc. to an absolute minimum, precious little fornication to speak of (this being slashdot). I've done a few really nice things for various people (oops, the sin of pride). If God doesn't want me around in Heaven, then that's cool, but I don't see fire and brimstone as being a realistic alternative scenario (being a fabrication of the Catholic Church). If there isn't a God, then when I die that'll be it, I won't know or care what happens next. Actually, I see eternal life as being a bit daunting. What if I get bored?
I suspect that if I were to sit down and think long and hard about it, I'd talk myself into becoming an Atheist. But I'm pretty lazy so that's unlikely to happen.
Code produced by women sometimes slips into the source tree, but is specifically purged from the kernel by a team of highly trained misogynists (jointly funded by IBM and RedHat). It's a well known fact that women have brains shaped like prams and are therefore unable to contribute kernel code of sufficient quality (especially during the 'time of the month'). Women have however, applied thier pretty little heads to the serious shortcomings in glibc's shopping(5c), makeup(3) and gossip(7) interfaces. They really are treasures you know.
I don't like:x. To my mind the words e(x)it and (q)uit are synonymous, whereas "(w)rite then (q)uit please" or "(w)rite then (q)uit DAMN YOU(!)" are obviously not the same as just "(q)uit please". I clobbler fewer files this way.
I dunno, not so sure that it's good practice - if someone has managed to 0wn one of those boxes, he could write an nvramrc script that would seriously mess up the other one and make it very hard to diagnose. Not saying that a remotely accessible terminal server doesn't also have this problem, but you can at least put that on a separate network, with separate access rights.
This is also why I tell people who are looking at new computers to buy a mac. This way, they get an easy to use computer with all the nice GUI elements that apple provides, and when I have to use their computer, I still have access to the terminal and all the UNIX goodness that is under the hood of OS X.
It's not UNIX. It's barely 10% UNIX. Ask any Mac developer.
I bought one for a wedding that I couldn't avoid. Looks better than my +5 year old Hugo Boss suits, and it probably won't go shiny as quickly. I'll never buy a designer suit again. Next time I need a decent suit, for £600 quid, I'll go to tailor and get exactly what I want, made from a fabric which will wear well.
Or maybe a plain black £100 M&S suit will do again.
I pay 25 quid a month for a half meg connection. I get an extremely reliable service, no contention issues, reliable email hosting, no complaints when I max-out the line for days at a time, and access to *all* the newsgroups. Not only that, if I have any problems with the service, I immediatedly get put though to a northern (England rather than India) bloke who knows what traceroute is. What more could you ask?
As a fellow Brit to the original poster, I'm never going to forget this post (I have it bookmarked), I too was watching a big screen when 9/11 happened:
This whole 'story' (rich guy donates money to another rich guy's charity) paints Bill Gates (and hence Microsoft) as saints by proxy.
I think a rich man has a right to choose what he does with his money, I also think that an honourable rich man should do so without fanfare, otherwise it might be construed as a cynical attempt at improving his public image and/or the public image of certain firms who see themselves above the law.
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As we know from the excellent Spinal Tap documentary - loudness on analogue signals can be pushed to 11 (possibly further). We sometimes forget that CDs being digital can not pass 1.
And often overlooked fact.
You are (you're) wrong.
The problem of NHS dentistry in the UK is a national scandal - and is no joke. In many parts of the UK there is no NHS dentistry provision at all, or waiting lists to join NHS practices that beggar belief.
The NHS, free at the point of delivery, unless it's something to do with your teeth, but Clove Oil is supposed to be good for toothache.
Zen or Claranet
Both have decent news feeds too.
However, if my kids lose my trust, I want to have that tool available. Without such control the only solution is to disable or remove the whole device
Taking childrens toys away has worked well as a tool of discipline for millenia. The practice has not suddenly become outlawed, they are your kids.
I wouldn't worry. The National Identity Register database won't be ready in time. It's an IT project that's being run by the UK government. If it ever gets delivered, it won't do what they wanted it to do.
Interesting. I'm agnostic within the dictionary meaning - professing ignorance as to the existence of God. But I'd go further than that:
I don't really care one way or the other. Is there a word for that?
If there is a God, then good for him! I've lived a decent enough life - didn't kill anyone, kept the lying, cheating, stealing etc. to an absolute minimum, precious little fornication to speak of (this being slashdot). I've done a few really nice things for various people (oops, the sin of pride). If God doesn't want me around in Heaven, then that's cool, but I don't see fire and brimstone as being a realistic alternative scenario (being a fabrication of the Catholic Church). If there isn't a God, then when I die that'll be it, I won't know or care what happens next. Actually, I see eternal life as being a bit daunting. What if I get bored?
I suspect that if I were to sit down and think long and hard about it, I'd talk myself into becoming an Atheist. But I'm pretty lazy so that's unlikely to happen.
Code produced by women sometimes slips into the source tree, but is specifically purged from the kernel by a team of highly trained misogynists (jointly funded by IBM and RedHat). It's a well known fact that women have brains shaped like prams and are therefore unable to contribute kernel code of sufficient quality (especially during the 'time of the month'). Women have however, applied thier pretty little heads to the serious shortcomings in glibc's shopping(5c), makeup(3) and gossip(7) interfaces. They really are treasures you know.
Play.com are not paying UK taxes as they ship from a channel island tax haven.
I don't like :x. To my mind the words e(x)it and (q)uit are synonymous, whereas "(w)rite then (q)uit please" or "(w)rite then (q)uit DAMN YOU(!)" are obviously not the same as just "(q)uit please". I clobbler fewer files this way.
nstresting comment!:wq
Hope you disabled console BREAK on those boxes. :)
I dunno, not so sure that it's good practice - if someone has managed to 0wn one of those boxes, he could write an nvramrc script that would seriously mess up the other one and make it very hard to diagnose. Not saying that a remotely accessible terminal server doesn't also have this problem, but you can at least put that on a separate network, with separate access rights.
They seem to manage OK on Hoth.
This is also why I tell people who are looking at new computers to buy a mac. This way, they get an easy to use computer with all the nice GUI elements that apple provides, and when I have to use their computer, I still have access to the terminal and all the UNIX goodness that is under the hood of OS X.
It's not UNIX. It's barely 10% UNIX. Ask any Mac developer.
I bought one for a wedding that I couldn't avoid. Looks better than my +5 year old Hugo Boss suits, and it probably won't go shiny as quickly. I'll never buy a designer suit again. Next time I need a decent suit, for £600 quid, I'll go to tailor and get exactly what I want, made from a fabric which will wear well.
Or maybe a plain black £100 M&S suit will do again.
Zen Internet. I had a good experience with Claranet too, especially with newsgroups, as they also sell a news+email only package.
I pay 25 quid a month for a half meg connection. I get an extremely reliable service, no contention issues, reliable email hosting, no complaints when I max-out the line for days at a time, and access to *all* the newsgroups. Not only that, if I have any problems with the service, I immediatedly get put though to a northern (England rather than India) bloke who knows what traceroute is. What more could you ask?
Always late to a war! :)
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As a fellow Brit to the original poster, I'm never going to forget this post (I have it bookmarked), I too was watching a big screen when 9/11 happened:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1551
Slightly wrong about the BBC whipping up a band - it was the band of the Royal Household Cavalry (I think), ordered by no less than her Maj.
After all, Launch Solar Shade is one of the techs you pick up along the way.
From the cold, dead corpses of the Morganites. I'll brook no interference in the matter.
I think we're being manipulated.
This whole 'story' (rich guy donates money to another rich guy's charity) paints Bill Gates (and hence Microsoft) as saints by proxy.
I think a rich man has a right to choose what he does with his money, I also think that an honourable rich man should do so without fanfare, otherwise it might be construed as a cynical attempt at improving his public image and/or the public image of certain firms who see themselves above the law.
Emma Peel with nobbly knees.
A beautiful analogy, having some experience of soldering surface mount stuff. No one has let me loose on wetware (yet).
ext2/3 being the most annoying.
There are two types of people in the world - those who like porn, and those who pretend they don't.