and unabashedly pro-government in a lot of their stances, rarely questioning the necessity of many government programs
In the past, pretty much every government in the UK has complained that the BBC is anti-government, regardless of which party it was. What you do get is that on "Newsnight", Jeremy Paxman will grill anyone about anything. There's been some spectacular youtube moments over the years from that. Hmm.. from the UK version of the 'politics' page (we get a different layout to the international version with no adverts):
'Milliband urges new press watchdog'. Well that's some nice attention for David Milliband who is leader of the opposition. Various spin-offs about the NOTW closure, obviously, a story about a statement from the national audit office complaining that the government isn't doing enough to monitor expenses (we had a major scandal 2 years ago after it turned out the whole government practically had been fiddling their expenses claims.. that made them popular!), a story about a government minister saying they intend to become more transparent.. ok, that's being a mouthpiece for the government.. hell, everyone always says they're going to be transparent. "PM 'too slow' over hack inquiry", and a story about an independent review slagging the government off for the whole "aircraft carriers with no fucking planes to put on them" debacle. That's only the stuff directly related to government in there, but it seems pretty neutral by Friday 08 July's standards.
Then there was the government sueing them on the Iraqi report "sexed up" claims (they lost, oddly)
I guess last year when they got sued by the Israeli government for being anti-Israeli and dragged up in front of the press complaints commission for being anti-Palesinian ON THE SAME DAY, it pretty much sums up the problem their anti-bias overlord has to deal with:-) I'm not saying they don't end up being biased, but it's not for lack of trying. If you want to be neutral, you're always going to get it wrong in someone's eyes.
Regardless of what people think of the BBC (or other countries' state-run media), it's this exact reason that people are prepared to pay the license fee in the UK. They don't have to "sell" news - they get the money anyway. Their obligation is more towards the BBC Trust (the third party organisation which monitors them) and following their mandate, which states that their output (not just news) must be to "entertain, inform, and be accessible". This includes stuff like making program in Scots Gaelic even though only about 20000 people speak it.
There used to be a quiz show on Channel 4 called "fifteen to one". Boring stuff, but loved by old people, and was one of the highest rating daytime TV shows getting well above average viewing figures for 3pm on a weekday. The problem was, C4 is a commercial channel, and their income comes from adverts... and old people don't buy much. There's only so many stair lifts and self-adjusting beds you can sell in a commercial break every day. So they canned it after about 20 years. 500000 viewers guaranteed daily, but the advertisers weren't interested.
Which is ironic, because 'provider for microsoft exchange' can talk to exchange 2010, complete with calendar and addressbook. Evolution is still failing there.
Parachutes solve the problem of falling from the sky. Dual (short and long) filenames are a solution to a problem that doesn't exist on any other filesystem.
This isn't about business being evil, it's my objection to the fact that $15 of something I paid for went to a company who contributed nothing to it. In fact, all they do is damage it. SD cards use the monopoly's filesystem which requires a workaround to a problem that shouldn't exist. Microsoft don't make very good phones. Samsung make better phones, and the vast quantity of their technology doesn't feature in Microsoft's system. A few patents on minor parts of bits of small sections of part of the algorithm of a bit of a small section of a few features doesn't constitute 10% of the product, and therefore shouldn't cost 10% of the price.
I work for a company that uses open source and contributes back. We run an innovative and high tech website, and have patented none of it. Partly because it's in Europe so it doesn't have a 1700s patent system to worry about.
- shitty workarounds for 3 character hard-coded file extensions, preventing you from reading a standard format SD card without using their workaround which is the *only* solution.
- being able to back out of an upgrade after a mid-upgrade system crash, using the highly complex process of reverting the files
- patents on things which more describe the problem than the solution
As for the above list, they have proved countless times that they're not very good at it, and most of their patents are on obvious solutions to problems they created in the first place.
If they want to make money from their research, they should try putting the results of the "research" into "products" that sell. Writing software takes far longer than just "researching" how you're going to do it.
Exactly. I don't see what can't be fixed here through a couple of public service broadcasts and an update to the driving test. The main issues I find with other roundabout users are down to either people not using the correct lane on larger ones, people not giving way, and people going at them so fast that they end up going around them sideways.
In the case of people not giving way, if you pull out out of turn, then you're the one who is going to get rammed. Generally the sight of another vehicle baring down on you is enough of an incentive not to do it. The only other issue is down to space. They use up more room than crossroads. Then again, if half of that room is putting up some pretty flower show in the middle of it, people can't really complain too much.
http://pwnies.com/
We all had a good laugh at microsoft's CSS "protection" code, but compared to this year, microsoft are starting to look quite good..
The URL bar doesn't do tab-completion. It was reported as a wishlist bug to replace the non-useful "tab to search" feature and after a very long discussion got marked as "WONTFIX" because "the tab key is already overloaded". Yeah, thanks to you you fuckers. You have to take your fingers off the home keys and use the down arrow. Very frustrating, and I'm so used to hitting tab to go to URLs I forget, so the browser is unusable to me. You can't even configure it. there's no "keyboard shortcuts" panel. Until I can use tab completion, the browser is utterly uninteresting to me.
as much as I partially agree with you, anything that gets me closer to getting my 6 year old XP work PC upgraded - one which grumbles under the weight of a VM running ubuntu on one of the 2 screens all day, not to mention the world's busiest virus checker would make me happy. If firefox goes to sleep one more time as I hit the boss key, I'm gonna get fired!
I'm just waiting for a new version office to come out which finally makes it totally unusable.
I was gonna draw a picture of someone ramming a bottle of Tennesee Jack Daniels up Ghandi's arse while he urinates on Mohammad's face as he rides a half-cow-half-jesus into a hindu shrine whilst dressed as Hitler, but I don't think I'm that good at drawing.
You claim to be capable of vetting software yourself but you assume that everyone wants that responsibility and you seem to be confused about the reason for a CACHE file. If you are not interested in iOS then why are you here commenting on the story?
Maybe a dumb phone is s better fit for you. Settings in the past were disabled by carrier updates. If you have a problem with AT&T, take it up with them. I don't have a problem with the software vetting process
I'm quite capable of vetting software for myself. If I wanted a dumb phone which restricted me to what apple says I can install on it, then I would get an iphone.
Do you understand how web services work? You have to supply some information to the service in order to get back information.
At the time, yes. You do a lookup, it comes back with the information. There is no reason to store it permanently, unencrypted, by default, and not tell you unless you read page 50 of the small print in the license. Most people found out when they saw it on the news. Some sued.
You can setup a device without an iTunes account and you can setup an iTunes account without a credit card.
certain types of software includes any programming language or anything which "duplicates functionality", storing your geographical location without telling you.. er, you didn't know about that? at least it does google. See if you can find it.
It updates without asking people.. it disables things without asking people... certain types of useful software are internally prevented from ever running on it.. it steals information about me - such as my geographical location and uploads it to a server without me asking.. it won't work unless it has my credit card number..
if a hacker did that to my laptop, I'd hunt him down and punch his fucking head in.
yeah. it's spelt d-i-t-h-e-r-i-n-g. And by the way, it was "misspelt" for centuries, until German immigrants to America added their own form of past tense to English words. So thanks to America, we already ARE speaking German!
Slashdot Mirror
In the past, pretty much every government in the UK has complained that the BBC is anti-government, regardless of which party it was. What you do get is that on "Newsnight", Jeremy Paxman will grill anyone about anything. There's been some spectacular youtube moments over the years from that. Hmm.. from the UK version of the 'politics' page (we get a different layout to the international version with no adverts):
:-) I'm not saying they don't end up being biased, but it's not for lack of trying. If you want to be neutral, you're always going to get it wrong in someone's eyes.
'Milliband urges new press watchdog'. Well that's some nice attention for David Milliband who is leader of the opposition. Various spin-offs about the NOTW closure, obviously, a story about a statement from the national audit office complaining that the government isn't doing enough to monitor expenses (we had a major scandal 2 years ago after it turned out the whole government practically had been fiddling their expenses claims.. that made them popular!), a story about a government minister saying they intend to become more transparent.. ok, that's being a mouthpiece for the government.. hell, everyone always says they're going to be transparent. "PM 'too slow' over hack inquiry", and a story about an independent review slagging the government off for the whole "aircraft carriers with no fucking planes to put on them" debacle. That's only the stuff directly related to government in there, but it seems pretty neutral by Friday 08 July's standards.
Then there was the government sueing them on the Iraqi report "sexed up" claims (they lost, oddly)
I guess last year when they got sued by the Israeli government for being anti-Israeli and dragged up in front of the press complaints commission for being anti-Palesinian ON THE SAME DAY, it pretty much sums up the problem their anti-bias overlord has to deal with
Regardless of what people think of the BBC (or other countries' state-run media), it's this exact reason that people are prepared to pay the license fee in the UK. They don't have to "sell" news - they get the money anyway. Their obligation is more towards the BBC Trust (the third party organisation which monitors them) and following their mandate, which states that their output (not just news) must be to "entertain, inform, and be accessible". This includes stuff like making program in Scots Gaelic even though only about 20000 people speak it.
There used to be a quiz show on Channel 4 called "fifteen to one". Boring stuff, but loved by old people, and was one of the highest rating daytime TV shows getting well above average viewing figures for 3pm on a weekday. The problem was, C4 is a commercial channel, and their income comes from adverts... and old people don't buy much. There's only so many stair lifts and self-adjusting beds you can sell in a commercial break every day. So they canned it after about 20 years. 500000 viewers guaranteed daily, but the advertisers weren't interested.
On the BBC, that wouldn't have happened.
Flaky, but it works.. most of the time :-) Even with 2010
http://gitorious.org/lightning-exchange-provider/pages/Home
Which is ironic, because 'provider for microsoft exchange' can talk to exchange 2010, complete with calendar and addressbook. Evolution is still failing there.
yes,, driving at sea is very dangerous
Parachutes solve the problem of falling from the sky. Dual (short and long) filenames are a solution to a problem that doesn't exist on any other filesystem. This isn't about business being evil, it's my objection to the fact that $15 of something I paid for went to a company who contributed nothing to it. In fact, all they do is damage it. SD cards use the monopoly's filesystem which requires a workaround to a problem that shouldn't exist. Microsoft don't make very good phones. Samsung make better phones, and the vast quantity of their technology doesn't feature in Microsoft's system. A few patents on minor parts of bits of small sections of part of the algorithm of a bit of a small section of a few features doesn't constitute 10% of the product, and therefore shouldn't cost 10% of the price. I work for a company that uses open source and contributes back. We run an innovative and high tech website, and have patented none of it. Partly because it's in Europe so it doesn't have a 1700s patent system to worry about.
Also:
- shitty workarounds for 3 character hard-coded file extensions, preventing you from reading a standard format SD card without using their workaround which is the *only* solution.
- being able to back out of an upgrade after a mid-upgrade system crash, using the highly complex process of reverting the files
- patents on things which more describe the problem than the solution
As for the above list, they have proved countless times that they're not very good at it, and most of their patents are on obvious solutions to problems they created in the first place.
If they want to make money from their research, they should try putting the results of the "research" into "products" that sell. Writing software takes far longer than just "researching" how you're going to do it.
None of the above happened, but I'll be sending you a bill for the mirror.
Exactly. I don't see what can't be fixed here through a couple of public service broadcasts and an update to the driving test. The main issues I find with other roundabout users are down to either people not using the correct lane on larger ones, people not giving way, and people going at them so fast that they end up going around them sideways. In the case of people not giving way, if you pull out out of turn, then you're the one who is going to get rammed. Generally the sight of another vehicle baring down on you is enough of an incentive not to do it. The only other issue is down to space. They use up more room than crossroads. Then again, if half of that room is putting up some pretty flower show in the middle of it, people can't really complain too much.
I can't wait for this year's version of this:
http://pwnies.com/
We all had a good laugh at microsoft's CSS "protection" code, but compared to this year, microsoft are starting to look quite good..
The URL bar doesn't do tab-completion. It was reported as a wishlist bug to replace the non-useful "tab to search" feature and after a very long discussion got marked as "WONTFIX" because "the tab key is already overloaded". Yeah, thanks to you you fuckers. You have to take your fingers off the home keys and use the down arrow. Very frustrating, and I'm so used to hitting tab to go to URLs I forget, so the browser is unusable to me. You can't even configure it. there's no "keyboard shortcuts" panel. Until I can use tab completion, the browser is utterly uninteresting to me.
as much as I partially agree with you, anything that gets me closer to getting my 6 year old XP work PC upgraded - one which grumbles under the weight of a VM running ubuntu on one of the 2 screens all day, not to mention the world's busiest virus checker would make me happy. If firefox goes to sleep one more time as I hit the boss key, I'm gonna get fired!
I'm just waiting for a new version office to come out which finally makes it totally unusable.
I was gonna draw a picture of someone ramming a bottle of Tennesee Jack Daniels up Ghandi's arse while he urinates on Mohammad's face as he rides a half-cow-half-jesus into a hindu shrine whilst dressed as Hitler, but I don't think I'm that good at drawing.
er, because the story is full of bullshit?
I'm quite capable of vetting software for myself. If I wanted a dumb phone which restricted me to what apple says I can install on it, then I would get an iphone.
At the time, yes. You do a lookup, it comes back with the information. There is no reason to store it permanently, unencrypted, by default, and not tell you unless you read page 50 of the small print in the license. Most people found out when they saw it on the news. Some sued.
I'd rather not.
certain types of software includes any programming language or anything which "duplicates functionality", storing your geographical location without telling you.. er, you didn't know about that? at least it does google. See if you can find it.
I beg to differ. I jailbroke my iphone, and next thing I was looking at was one of these:
http://www.guyswhocuttheirownhair.com/images/uploads/applebrick.jpg
It updates without asking people.. it disables things without asking people... certain types of useful software are internally prevented from ever running on it.. it steals information about me - such as my geographical location and uploads it to a server without me asking.. it won't work unless it has my credit card number..
if a hacker did that to my laptop, I'd hunt him down and punch his fucking head in.
after a recent incident involving a bottle of cinzano and a wii nunchuck, I'm having similar feelings about my butt
er, did I just say that out loud?
Judging by recent incidents, I had "nunc vitae piratebay" down
billions of years sounds pretty young to me.
regards,
God
yeah. it's spelt d-i-t-h-e-r-i-n-g. And by the way, it was "misspelt" for centuries, until German immigrants to America added their own form of past tense to English words. So thanks to America, we already ARE speaking German!
I'm gonna stick to mooning
We do have stupid libel laws. But I can still make fun of the queen. And prince Charles who thinks homeopathy works. Cunt.
hehe, you could probably summarise trains in the same way Winston Churchill summed up democracy:
"It's the worst system of government there is, but the only one we have"