I don't play this game, but I imagine that it would put people at a significant disadvantage in many situations. Trolls could find weaker players and go kill them easily. Personal privacy aside, I think this is a really bad idea. Imagine a war game (computer, real, whatever) where you know your enemies weaknesses, and they know yours. And it is not fair to say that everybody has access to this information and is fair game, because many will not know how to access this or even care about it. Bad move.
This could make things like the WoW funeral massacre much more easy, and common. A group of assholes could easily pwn a group of noobs. Not fair, not cool in my eyes. I did download the trial after hearing a load of hype recently; Not my thing. Found it unentertaining, so I played Counter-strike instead for a bit with my real life friends over Ventrillo. That was much more fun.
You may be aware that the UK is ahead of everyone else in terms of CCTV surveillance. This doesn't mean that the UK has a lower crime rate though, nor does it mean that they are on top of terrorism or gun crime. There has been a lot of publicity in the UK recently about gun crime, with a famous picture in the papers of Tory leader David Cameron with a youth behind him making some kind of gang sign related to guns.
Surveillance is not the answer, it doesn't make a difference if there are too many criminals to monitor. Gun laws (as Americans will say, right to bear arms etc) are not the answer. This has lead me to believe that there is no answer. We have to be politically correct remember. Don't discriminate against trolls, they're people too.
The key word is 'donation'. If you're donating, you figure you're doing it for a good reason. Donating to the non-profit organisations like Oxfam, Red Cross, et cetera is cool. As is donating to volunteer run software projects. Would you feel as good if you were asked for a donation from the Microsoft Foundation? - donate to encourage your next version of Windows? Just an example....
I regard Drupal as a framework. I'm very lazy, but I like to have a blog - mainly for myself. I don't care ever so much if it never gets read, but I know it does by a few people. I use Drupal because I know I can expand it if I want, I can add my own code in fairly easily. At a time I can be bothered too. I use it as a blog for now, as a frontend for my site. If I want to add more in later, I will.
However, CFL's have the ballast built in, though that would account for some of the higher cost of the bulbs overall.
I live in a tiny flat, I've got compact florescent bulbs everywhere I can except the bathroom and the electricity cupboard. It would actually be inefficient for me to have a CFL in the cupboard, because it's on for about 5 minutes over the course of a week. I haven't replaced the one in the bathroom because the glass shade is full of icky dead bugs.
CFLs are efficient if you leave them on for an hour a time, in other situations (like my seldom used cupboard) it is more efficient to have an incandescent bulb because you don't have to 'kick start' the tube with a load of electricity.
So a non-profit organisation wants my donations? I'd feel much better if a non-profit organisation was soliciting my donations. Or calling it a subscription;)
My old employer decided to update from 486s to thin client, this was a few years ago. I remember there being some serious problems initially. They ran a Windows 2000 server which the thin clients would connect to, but one day they got a worm... This rendered every single PC unusable, we couldn't type letters, work on spreadsheets etc. We couldn't even access the accounts, which is very bad for a finance department answering calls from customers.
It was fixed, but the downtime was costly, we could only really do filing. If your server goes down, then everybody is screwed. If everyone has standalone machines at least they can still do basic tasks.
I heard a funny story a while ago, can't be bothered to find a link to it though.
A regular WoW player died in real life, and his online friends found out about it. They planned to have an online 'funeral' for the player, and this information was published on various websites. While they were in the game going through all the ceremonials, many other players who had read where/when this 'funeral' was to happen, completely raped them. Totally busting them up, and then the people who were holding the funeral complained to various sources.
Speaking of rent vs. buy, is it possible to get a mortgage from a UK bank for a home bought in the US? If so, what are your rates over there?
Unless you're wealthy, I doubt it. The bank would find it very hard to justify the management of small overseas property. Remember that the bank effectively owns your house until you're all paid up. Then you've got the exchange rates to deal with, at the moment which being at around 1GBP to 1.95USD do not work in your favour. I have no idea how the banks would deal with over a long term period. To add to this, currently interest rates in the UK are going up and up which makes for more expensive borrowing.
I do work in accounting, but if you were serious about your question, I would ask a professional.
A rental model is good business for both customer and supplier, in some situations, while I personally see it as a bone of contention. In my case, I rent my flat because I cannot afford the capital to buy with UK property prices. If I could get together the money to put down a deposit, I could get a decent mortgage and cheaper monthly outgoings. Because I cannot afford the initial capital, I have to pay a higher price for where I live.
For some businesses, especially startups, it could be beneficial to rent rather than buy outright. Your cashflow would agree if your current turnover is small.
Nice how the BBC gives its content freely to those that cannot be charged the TV licence, while they persecute those that HAVE to pay it by UK law. That said, I had my first good experience with them the other day when I got a visit from the TV licence inspector, I answered the door and it went something like this:
Inspector: I'm here to discuss your TV licence.
Me: I don't have one.
I: I know.
M: Come in and look, there's my TV, there's the aerial point with nothing plugged in to it. I can't get a signal at all in here.
I: What do you use the TV for?
M: Computer and DVDs.
I: Plan to watch any television in the future?
M: Like I said the signal is poor, so the answer is no.
He then put a mark on his clipboard and I haven't heard from the TV licencing dogs since. Goes to show how much they want that £140 a year though, if he did believe I was watching TV then I could go to court and face prison.
Good idea. Let's lobby for mandatory computer licenses, with proper training and a test. People won't be allowed to use a computer unless they have a license.
This plan is sure to succeed.
Actually, this has already been done in Europe. The problem is that it's not mandatory, employers don't require it, and nobody gives a shit about it.
What's more is that cellphone companies (at least here in the UK) are pushing the multimedia aspect of mobile telephony. They probably feel that consumers aren't interested in a "low power" device, and are more interested in watching sports events or viral video clips. I personally don't care if my phone uses more power to display pretty colours. I like the pretty colours, and the phone goes on charge nightly anyway.
Not to say I'm not worried about my power usage, things like my storage heaters and oven truly worry me - they're kicking my ass this winter.
You obviously don't work in the insurance business.
I used to. An 'Act of God' is always going to be the insurance get-out "trump card" clause, no matter how well prepared for or what the odds are.
Some friends and I had a lan party last week, we rented a church hall. There weren't many of us, but it was good fun. I'd also recommend Xfire, it allows your friends to see when you're online and just join the server. You can even chat to each other in game, but independently of the game, which can be very handy.
This is the next step forwards. It is obviously only teenagers and pedophiles using this site. Best stop it at source. Shut down Myspace, faceparty, and anything else that teens can be involved with on the net. If we stop children using these sites, then we stop pedophiles using them too. Problem solved, right?
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I live near where a recent 'outbreak' of Avian Flu has occurred in England. Forgive me for perhaps not seeing the bigger picture, but what's the big deal? regular flu kills more people every winter in the UK alone than Avian Flu has the world over - ever. AFAIK anyway.
You're right. Nothing new at all. And you don't even need to have a modified card reader. I was speaking to a guy in a small shop, I don't know how it came up, but he said that every card he puts through, they get a receipt with the full card number on it. That means that he can enter a "card not present" transaction later. It will show up on your statement, so it's traceable, but they could put these transactions through whenever they please. I guess chances are that this already happens a lot.
You need to keep a track of your bank statement, don't trust what your balance is until you have cross referenced it with your own records. Direct Debits, standing orders, cheques, ATM withdrawals - keep a note of all these on paper. Trust me, it will highlight any discrepancies.
I can't help but wonder why you trolls even bother. Sure, you've got me to respond which is a result in your book, but what is the point? Most, if not all, Slashdot users have learned that goatse links are not worth clicking on. I'm wasting my time with this post I'm sure, but you trolls are surely wasting much more. I just don't get it. Trolling is outdated surely.
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I don't play this game, but I imagine that it would put people at a significant disadvantage in many situations. Trolls could find weaker players and go kill them easily. Personal privacy aside, I think this is a really bad idea. Imagine a war game (computer, real, whatever) where you know your enemies weaknesses, and they know yours. And it is not fair to say that everybody has access to this information and is fair game, because many will not know how to access this or even care about it. Bad move.
This could make things like the WoW funeral massacre much more easy, and common. A group of assholes could easily pwn a group of noobs. Not fair, not cool in my eyes. I did download the trial after hearing a load of hype recently; Not my thing. Found it unentertaining, so I played Counter-strike instead for a bit with my real life friends over Ventrillo. That was much more fun.
You may be aware that the UK is ahead of everyone else in terms of CCTV surveillance. This doesn't mean that the UK has a lower crime rate though, nor does it mean that they are on top of terrorism or gun crime. There has been a lot of publicity in the UK recently about gun crime, with a famous picture in the papers of Tory leader David Cameron with a youth behind him making some kind of gang sign related to guns.
Surveillance is not the answer, it doesn't make a difference if there are too many criminals to monitor. Gun laws (as Americans will say, right to bear arms etc) are not the answer. This has lead me to believe that there is no answer. We have to be politically correct remember. Don't discriminate against trolls, they're people too.
The key word is 'donation'. If you're donating, you figure you're doing it for a good reason. Donating to the non-profit organisations like Oxfam, Red Cross, et cetera is cool. As is donating to volunteer run software projects. Would you feel as good if you were asked for a donation from the Microsoft Foundation? - donate to encourage your next version of Windows? Just an example....
I regard Drupal as a framework. I'm very lazy, but I like to have a blog - mainly for myself. I don't care ever so much if it never gets read, but I know it does by a few people. I use Drupal because I know I can expand it if I want, I can add my own code in fairly easily. At a time I can be bothered too. I use it as a blog for now, as a frontend for my site. If I want to add more in later, I will.
Thanks.
I live in a tiny flat, I've got compact florescent bulbs everywhere I can except the bathroom and the electricity cupboard. It would actually be inefficient for me to have a CFL in the cupboard, because it's on for about 5 minutes over the course of a week. I haven't replaced the one in the bathroom because the glass shade is full of icky dead bugs.
CFLs are efficient if you leave them on for an hour a time, in other situations (like my seldom used cupboard) it is more efficient to have an incandescent bulb because you don't have to 'kick start' the tube with a load of electricity.
So a non-profit organisation wants my donations? I'd feel much better if a non-profit organisation was soliciting my donations. Or calling it a subscription ;)
The Americas were populated At least 100 years ago...
My old employer decided to update from 486s to thin client, this was a few years ago. I remember there being some serious problems initially. They ran a Windows 2000 server which the thin clients would connect to, but one day they got a worm... This rendered every single PC unusable, we couldn't type letters, work on spreadsheets etc. We couldn't even access the accounts, which is very bad for a finance department answering calls from customers.
It was fixed, but the downtime was costly, we could only really do filing. If your server goes down, then everybody is screwed. If everyone has standalone machines at least they can still do basic tasks.
I heard a funny story a while ago, can't be bothered to find a link to it though.
A regular WoW player died in real life, and his online friends found out about it. They planned to have an online 'funeral' for the player, and this information was published on various websites. While they were in the game going through all the ceremonials, many other players who had read where/when this 'funeral' was to happen, completely raped them. Totally busting them up, and then the people who were holding the funeral complained to various sources.
I found the story hillarious.
Unless you're wealthy, I doubt it. The bank would find it very hard to justify the management of small overseas property. Remember that the bank effectively owns your house until you're all paid up. Then you've got the exchange rates to deal with, at the moment which being at around 1GBP to 1.95USD do not work in your favour. I have no idea how the banks would deal with over a long term period. To add to this, currently interest rates in the UK are going up and up which makes for more expensive borrowing.
I do work in accounting, but if you were serious about your question, I would ask a professional.
A rental model is good business for both customer and supplier, in some situations, while I personally see it as a bone of contention. In my case, I rent my flat because I cannot afford the capital to buy with UK property prices. If I could get together the money to put down a deposit, I could get a decent mortgage and cheaper monthly outgoings. Because I cannot afford the initial capital, I have to pay a higher price for where I live.
For some businesses, especially startups, it could be beneficial to rent rather than buy outright. Your cashflow would agree if your current turnover is small.
Nice how the BBC gives its content freely to those that cannot be charged the TV licence, while they persecute those that HAVE to pay it by UK law. That said, I had my first good experience with them the other day when I got a visit from the TV licence inspector, I answered the door and it went something like this:
Inspector: I'm here to discuss your TV licence.
Me: I don't have one.
I: I know.
M: Come in and look, there's my TV, there's the aerial point with nothing plugged in to it. I can't get a signal at all in here.
I: What do you use the TV for?
M: Computer and DVDs.
I: Plan to watch any television in the future?
M: Like I said the signal is poor, so the answer is no.
He then put a mark on his clipboard and I haven't heard from the TV licencing dogs since. Goes to show how much they want that £140 a year though, if he did believe I was watching TV then I could go to court and face prison.
Good idea. Let's lobby for mandatory computer licenses, with proper training and a test. People won't be allowed to use a computer unless they have a license.
This plan is sure to succeed.
Actually, this has already been done in Europe. The problem is that it's not mandatory, employers don't require it, and nobody gives a shit about it.
What's more is that cellphone companies (at least here in the UK) are pushing the multimedia aspect of mobile telephony. They probably feel that consumers aren't interested in a "low power" device, and are more interested in watching sports events or viral video clips. I personally don't care if my phone uses more power to display pretty colours. I like the pretty colours, and the phone goes on charge nightly anyway.
Not to say I'm not worried about my power usage, things like my storage heaters and oven truly worry me - they're kicking my ass this winter.
I used to. An 'Act of God' is always going to be the insurance get-out "trump card" clause, no matter how well prepared for or what the odds are.
I like those odds!
Some friends and I had a lan party last week, we rented a church hall. There weren't many of us, but it was good fun. I'd also recommend Xfire, it allows your friends to see when you're online and just join the server. You can even chat to each other in game, but independently of the game, which can be very handy.
Most stores wont allow you to return the goods unless they are faulty. Maybe you could say DRM is a fault....
when wanting to post as AC, remember to check the 'anonymous' option.....
This is the next step forwards. It is obviously only teenagers and pedophiles using this site. Best stop it at source. Shut down Myspace, faceparty, and anything else that teens can be involved with on the net. If we stop children using these sites, then we stop pedophiles using them too. Problem solved, right?
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Drat, there's no help for being funny =(Interesting reply to my post, thanks.
What your figures suggest that is out of 1,765,505 deaths, 61,472 are influenza and pneumonia related. So we're talking about 3.5% there.
That's the most relevant thing I worked out from your post, and I had to do it myself.
I live near where a recent 'outbreak' of Avian Flu has occurred in England. Forgive me for perhaps not seeing the bigger picture, but what's the big deal? regular flu kills more people every winter in the UK alone than Avian Flu has the world over - ever. AFAIK anyway.
You're right. Nothing new at all. And you don't even need to have a modified card reader. I was speaking to a guy in a small shop, I don't know how it came up, but he said that every card he puts through, they get a receipt with the full card number on it. That means that he can enter a "card not present" transaction later. It will show up on your statement, so it's traceable, but they could put these transactions through whenever they please. I guess chances are that this already happens a lot.
You need to keep a track of your bank statement, don't trust what your balance is until you have cross referenced it with your own records. Direct Debits, standing orders, cheques, ATM withdrawals - keep a note of all these on paper. Trust me, it will highlight any discrepancies.
I can't help but wonder why you trolls even bother. Sure, you've got me to respond which is a result in your book, but what is the point? Most, if not all, Slashdot users have learned that goatse links are not worth clicking on. I'm wasting my time with this post I'm sure, but you trolls are surely wasting much more. I just don't get it. Trolling is outdated surely. celardore