Oh to live in a country where train times were facts - here in the UK, at least my part of the UK, catching a train means turning up at the station, crossing your fingers and waiting.
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I'd like to learn how to make web pages. Think I might see if I can tap these guys expertise. Anyone else fancy coming along?
"the last four or five times I went into a cinema in a large town not 10 minutes from London"
I can think of few places "10 minutes from London" that aren't
"dirty, smelly, [and] sticky"
But apart from that, yes, I agree, cinema must fade. I just hope that people don't start applying the same argument to live theatre - that's one form of entertainment that's perilously close to extinction - but perhaps theatre companies could start offering 'in home' plays where they act in front of your HDTV?
The way I see it - MS are, to some extent, justified in arguing IE is a component of the OS. What's to stop developers developing a package, calling it a stand-alone product, declaring MS are in violation of anti-trust because thier OS ships with the MS version but no one elses and slowly but surely chipping away until the only thing left is the DVD it came on? This is applicable to linux, not just MS. At some point we have to draw the line or we'll end up with too much choice and too little OS. What about cars - might we see dunlop suggesting mercedes ships it's cars without wheels so that drivers can choose the sort of rubber tyre they want?
Some of snippets that were interesting were statements that the UK is the world's biggest exporter of culture. That seems rather unlikely to me, certainly compared to the US' McDonalds, Hollywood, RIAA affiliated companies etc. I can't see that we come close.
The UK lead the world (or rather, are slowly invading it) with young, male, unintelligent, binge drinkers. That culture!
Insome ways I feel sorry for the UK government - they're piggy in the middle of powerful companies trying to save their outmoded business model on one side and almost every broadband user in the UK on the other. I would see these efforts as a reasonable attempt to reconcile differences. But any developments will be hampered by the lack of a body representing and putting forward the views of broadband users. What is more, going around calling government minsters corrupt really doesn't engage with the process, now does it... In my opinion, I'd like to pay a little more tax if it meant the values of fair use were upheld.
While I think this (as a non-US citizen) is a nice idea, my experience with Government released information is that those who should take notice don't and the Government risks the very real threat of releasing too much information... meaning even if someone wanted to look somthing up they'd have a hard job finding it in the first place.
But it's not just the tech that's needed for these new fangled televisions and PS3s... it's the content. The whole world archive of tv/film footage would most likely be useless for conversion to 3D and I just can't see the point of buying a new TV and another bloody playstation to watch a couple of mediocre films and play a few games. If I want good 3D I'll go to the theatre (or a specialst cinema).
In fact, in some ways poor countries have had an opportunity to leapfrog the West. If your country has never had a copper-wire phone system, and you're just getting started with phones, you may as well start off with cell phones or fiber optics.
That's an interesting point and something similar happened after world war two when Germany's obliterated industry got completely rebuilt with all the latest tech. But there's always the issue of who pays...
As a UK license fee paying citizen (license fee pays for the BBC who produce Dr Who) I am happy that I have in some small way contributed towards your viewing pleasure. Here's hoping the BBC will make all their archives fully open to the viewing public - there's some fantastic stuff in there!
Gamers, VoIP and video conference users beware. The leading BitTorrent software authors have declared war on you - and any users wanting to wring high performance out of their networks.
What a load of nonsense. The best solution (if there's a problem here in the first place) is for ISPs to drop any bandwidth allocation.
And what has this tired rant have to do with chmistry and the RSC? How many half decent chemists come from public school? AFAIK... none. Public schools produce bankers, bureaucrats and politicians. If we want to to something about the terrible state of chemistry education then its the state schools where a difference can be made.
To address you point about fining public schools. While they have a charitable status thier operation is of no benefit other than to their pupils and staff. To my mind, there is no "charity" here. So they should lose charitable status and operate just like a regular corporation. And their colluding to fix prices was clearly in breach of both thier charitable status and the law.
Afraid this it is a true story - there are others... like during the 2nd world war when he bought up cars as petrol rations came in - and sold them for a sizeable profit when peace broke out.
True story (but from the world of finance) - my great uncle, back in the 80s, went for lunch with his broker in the city (London) - he noticed all these young people flapping about, making deals, making money. He didn't like what he saw one bit so he decided to move all his money out of the stock market that day. This was some time in August/September 1987. He's dead now, but I still believe he's grinning. Any how - this true story really highlights the difference between age, people who have seen it all before, and youthful exuberance.
In the UK at least, it is usual to have a list of questions that are applicable to all candidates. While answers might provoke varied discussion, this approach insures applicants each have a fair chance irrespectiv of age, etc. If you start asking applicants different questions based on some personal attribute then one might argue they didn't get a fair chance. And they might have a point. The best bet is to think of criteria that would stack the deck in favour of old folks. Such as "an interest or experience in working with legacy systems", "got a new ZX81 for Christmas", etc.
We all drink recycled pee - there's only so much water on this planet and, according to some estimates, most of it has been drunk eight times already. So unless they were drinking outer space water, rather than earth water, they most certainly were drinking recycled pee for the past ten years.
Not so - very high levels of stress can have profound lasting consequences on health (both mental and physical). It is not good. Trouble is that it is hard to measure these lasting consequences.
It's a bit like a car engine - you know what your machine is supposed to sound like. When it doesn't, then you investigate.
Precisely! In fact I also like the sound of HDs fluttering away - it makes me sound busy even when I'm catching up on/. The quieter the HD the more I feel I have to clatter the keyboard to compensate.
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I don't know about that - it seems like a great way of breathing life back into his music, bringing it to a new generation with no obvious drawback.
Oh to live in a country where train times were facts - here in the UK, at least my part of the UK, catching a train means turning up at the station, crossing your fingers and waiting.
Clearly there are a lot of openings in body casting
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I'd like to learn how to make web pages. Think I might see if I can tap these guys expertise. Anyone else fancy coming along?
Sod it - I'm going back to plain text and ascii art.
"Freedom of information" is very different from "surveillance" and it is fallacious to infer one from the other, imho.
"the last four or five times I went into a cinema in a large town not 10 minutes from London"
I can think of few places "10 minutes from London" that aren't
"dirty, smelly, [and] sticky"
But apart from that, yes, I agree, cinema must fade. I just hope that people don't start applying the same argument to live theatre - that's one form of entertainment that's perilously close to extinction - but perhaps theatre companies could start offering 'in home' plays where they act in front of your HDTV?
The way I see it - MS are, to some extent, justified in arguing IE is a component of the OS. What's to stop developers developing a package, calling it a stand-alone product, declaring MS are in violation of anti-trust because thier OS ships with the MS version but no one elses and slowly but surely chipping away until the only thing left is the DVD it came on? This is applicable to linux, not just MS. At some point we have to draw the line or we'll end up with too much choice and too little OS. What about cars - might we see dunlop suggesting mercedes ships it's cars without wheels so that drivers can choose the sort of rubber tyre they want?
Some of snippets that were interesting were statements that the UK is the world's biggest exporter of culture. That seems rather unlikely to me, certainly compared to the US' McDonalds, Hollywood, RIAA affiliated companies etc. I can't see that we come close.
The UK lead the world (or rather, are slowly invading it) with young, male, unintelligent, binge drinkers. That culture!
Insome ways I feel sorry for the UK government - they're piggy in the middle of powerful companies trying to save their outmoded business model on one side and almost every broadband user in the UK on the other. I would see these efforts as a reasonable attempt to reconcile differences. But any developments will be hampered by the lack of a body representing and putting forward the views of broadband users. What is more, going around calling government minsters corrupt really doesn't engage with the process, now does it... In my opinion, I'd like to pay a little more tax if it meant the values of fair use were upheld.
While I think this (as a non-US citizen) is a nice idea, my experience with Government released information is that those who should take notice don't and the Government risks the very real threat of releasing too much information... meaning even if someone wanted to look somthing up they'd have a hard job finding it in the first place.
But it's not just the tech that's needed for these new fangled televisions and PS3s... it's the content. The whole world archive of tv/film footage would most likely be useless for conversion to 3D and I just can't see the point of buying a new TV and another bloody playstation to watch a couple of mediocre films and play a few games. If I want good 3D I'll go to the theatre (or a specialst cinema).
I'll only donote my brain if it's smashed up with a hammer first - or some L33t h4ck3r5 might steal my secrets and credit card numbers!
In fact, in some ways poor countries have had an opportunity to leapfrog the West. If your country has never had a copper-wire phone system, and you're just getting started with phones, you may as well start off with cell phones or fiber optics.
That's an interesting point and something similar happened after world war two when Germany's obliterated industry got completely rebuilt with all the latest tech. But there's always the issue of who pays...
And so another species of internet user is born... Forum Using Nihilists. Kilgore Trout, I accuse you of being FUN!
As a UK license fee paying citizen (license fee pays for the BBC who produce Dr Who) I am happy that I have in some small way contributed towards your viewing pleasure. Here's hoping the BBC will make all their archives fully open to the viewing public - there's some fantastic stuff in there!
Gamers, VoIP and video conference users beware. The leading BitTorrent software authors have declared war on you - and any users wanting to wring high performance out of their networks.
What a load of nonsense. The best solution (if there's a problem here in the first place) is for ISPs to drop any bandwidth allocation.
I bet they'll find a couple of really greedy overweight squirrels up in them woods.
To address you point about fining public schools. While they have a charitable status thier operation is of no benefit other than to their pupils and staff. To my mind, there is no "charity" here. So they should lose charitable status and operate just like a regular corporation. And their colluding to fix prices was clearly in breach of both thier charitable status and the law.
Afraid this it is a true story - there are others... like during the 2nd world war when he bought up cars as petrol rations came in - and sold them for a sizeable profit when peace broke out.
True story (but from the world of finance) - my great uncle, back in the 80s, went for lunch with his broker in the city (London) - he noticed all these young people flapping about, making deals, making money. He didn't like what he saw one bit so he decided to move all his money out of the stock market that day. This was some time in August/September 1987. He's dead now, but I still believe he's grinning. Any how - this true story really highlights the difference between age, people who have seen it all before, and youthful exuberance.
In the UK at least, it is usual to have a list of questions that are applicable to all candidates. While answers might provoke varied discussion, this approach insures applicants each have a fair chance irrespectiv of age, etc. If you start asking applicants different questions based on some personal attribute then one might argue they didn't get a fair chance. And they might have a point. The best bet is to think of criteria that would stack the deck in favour of old folks. Such as "an interest or experience in working with legacy systems", "got a new ZX81 for Christmas", etc.
We all drink recycled pee - there's only so much water on this planet and, according to some estimates, most of it has been drunk eight times already. So unless they were drinking outer space water, rather than earth water, they most certainly were drinking recycled pee for the past ten years.
Not so - very high levels of stress can have profound lasting consequences on health (both mental and physical). It is not good. Trouble is that it is hard to measure these lasting consequences.
Think yourself lucky - I get targetted by ads for diet pills and hair restorer.
It's a bit like a car engine - you know what your machine is supposed to sound like. When it doesn't, then you investigate.
Precisely! In fact I also like the sound of HDs fluttering away - it makes me sound busy even when I'm catching up on /. The quieter the HD the more I feel I have to clatter the keyboard to compensate.