But my GF is a vegetarian, and is allergic to pineapples....PROFIT!
But all that will result in is yet another warning label: "Pineapple: not suitable for people with pineapple allergy"
The same thing on a packet of nuts has been seen in the UK... but nut allergy is a not that rare an occurence. Some scientists believe that the rise in nut allergies is due to overuse of cleaning products by parents, and children not being exposed to dirt and germs in their youth.
Someone who refers to burgers and dinner so much in press conferences, summit meetings with world leaders etc, is clearly not blessed with the greatest intellect.
Stun grenade followed by smoke? You really think that some fat Joe in a string vest will be able to subdue 6 or 7 police/soldiers/other trained personnel?
If they arrive in a flying saucer we can probably conclude to a fair degree of certainty that they understand powered flight. And probably rocket tecnology. And they probably see human-visible light frequencies, otherwise what are they looking at??
If Wells was right then the aliens would be risking a lot by leaving their spacecraft and encountering Earth microbes. Maybe it's safer for them to stay in the craft, to avoid the need for bulky, conspicuous spacesuits (of course, this ain't Star Trek)
We definitely lead too busy, too intense lives if people can get upset over a 1-SECOND delay when a light is switched on. Is your precious second really so precious? Just think how many you pissed away reading this post. You must be apoplectic with rage.
When I go to a store and the salesman knows me well enough to actually be helpful I chalk that up to good service. Why should a website be any different?
But to complete the analogy you'd have to be comfortable with the idea of the salesman noting down every last detail about your visit, including bizarre things like the route you took as you browsed around the shop in the early stages. Now this may not seem unreasonable (though he is writing down literally everything you do, as well as looking up other databases to find out more about you) but what will he do with this information? He did start to explain it and it was clear he would sell it to other companies under certain circumstances, but you didn't get the full details as he was going on for 10 or 15 minutes and you were getting tired.
if you do something the watcher disagrees with, you know he has the power to get you in front of a court, and that power alone, with all the hassle and effort associated with it for you - is enough
That's just not true, only repeated behaviour generally not of the same sort (for example several different 'petty' crimes) will result in an ASBO, a form of 'punishment' which is applied by a magistrate along proper legal guidelines as an alternative to custodial or community sentence. Sorry to sound like a Labour shrill, but that's how they are generally used, and you will NOT find yourself in court if you "do something the watcher disagrees with", unluss it's a crime like trying to break into a car or attacking someone. ASBOs in many cases rely on evidence from neighbours and others within the community.
Actors and creatives have to be paid which is why our BBC programmes are sold back to us. First time round the BBC picked up the tab (ie when they were first shown)
None, by definition someone using the equipment 'inappropriately' is not following guidelines laid out in the manual, for example. Otherwise they'd be using it 'appropriately'.
And surprisingly, money is not owned by the Government.
Is that true? How about this: You own the monetary unit expressed by the coin, but the coin itself remains the property of the govt. They can recall coins any time they like, they decide if a particular coin is legal tender or not. They issue the coins and decide its composition.
I would argue that the physical unit of currency is owed by the govt, and is given to you with the promise that someone will redeem it with goods to the value of the coin. However it is the govt's fault that the coins have lost their value, as the dollar continues the slide down the graph.
Of course, if they did bundle apps such as that, everyone would cry 'foul' and 'monopolistic practices' and other such guff. Microsoft's biggest problem is that they are damned if they do, damned if they don't.
well we shouldn't put people in prison unless they are dangerous, in my country all the prisons are officially full precisely because we send fare-dodgers, shoplifters and the like to prison.
Knoppmyth and its ilk make the process trivial, in the majority of scenarios. Of course the level of knowledge needed to do almost anything in Linux is the reason why we don't have mass market penetration in the non-server arena.
There are many dependencies needed to provide a fully-functional set-top box affair - video codecs, players, DVD apps, games, tuner card drivers, version of X, fonts issues etc. Even an educated linux user can find a mythtv install daunting, so packages like this are a godsend.
Also I'd imagine that most mythtv installs are deployed on single-use machines - the set-top box that does TV and nothing else. Thus Knoppmyth or this example are very much useful. Just slap it on and go.
Actually to get the most out of digital you really do need a widescreen set with stereo speakers - so many people will feel a need to upgrade, despite it not being a requirement. Otherwise what is the point - don't say more choice, because at least in the UK only about 2 of the 30 or so channels added to the 'traditional' line-up are actually worth watching.
Do you really think that for example someone will decide not to become a pro drummer despite their obvious prowess, because they remember that 50 years down the line they stop receiving some arcane payment which by that time will have depreceated to almost nothing anyway?
So Bono & co have to put some of their money away in a pension. Just like I do. In fact, the royalties are their pension. 50 years is quite enough I think. I have trouble stomaching what I read from these artists. They're simply taking the opportunity of the Gowers review to try and enshrine this ludicrous change, it's almost a case of 'fair enough, nice try'... I'm so pleased that the review ruled it out explicitly. Now we have to make sure that the Government stick to this advice. This is where the real battle starts.
Requiring users to maintain a good ratio, and penalizing users for hit'n'run leeching is a good thing; it ensures that if you download a torrent, you stand a 99.9% chance of getting it all, and at a decent speed.
Agreed. I have a connection with 475kB/s download, and on a private tracker I can regularly get 200-300kB/s. On a public tracker I rarely go over 30kB/s it seems, and more often 20 or less. The difference is remarkable.
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The same thing on a packet of nuts has been seen in the UK... but nut allergy is a not that rare an occurence. Some scientists believe that the rise in nut allergies is due to overuse of cleaning products by parents, and children not being exposed to dirt and germs in their youth.
Someone who refers to burgers and dinner so much in press conferences, summit meetings with world leaders etc, is clearly not blessed with the greatest intellect.
Stun grenade followed by smoke? You really think that some fat Joe in a string vest will be able to subdue 6 or 7 police/soldiers/other trained personnel?
If they arrive in a flying saucer we can probably conclude to a fair degree of certainty that they understand powered flight. And probably rocket tecnology. And they probably see human-visible light frequencies, otherwise what are they looking at??
If Wells was right then the aliens would be risking a lot by leaving their spacecraft and encountering Earth microbes. Maybe it's safer for them to stay in the craft, to avoid the need for bulky, conspicuous spacesuits (of course, this ain't Star Trek)
We definitely lead too busy, too intense lives if people can get upset over a 1-SECOND delay when a light is switched on. Is your precious second really so precious? Just think how many you pissed away reading this post. You must be apoplectic with rage.
It's called 'stimulating debate' (in a verb sense, whether the debate itself is stimulating I leave up to you)
Nah, no-one in the Linux community would ever take the Microsoft shilling... oh, wait...
Actors and creatives have to be paid which is why our BBC programmes are sold back to us. First time round the BBC picked up the tab (ie when they were first shown)
Great post. But don't give up, there'll always be a darknet. Those clever sorts you mention will develop even more clever methods.
I dunno, they managed to upset the AV community with Vista's built-in stuff.
None, by definition someone using the equipment 'inappropriately' is not following guidelines laid out in the manual, for example. Otherwise they'd be using it 'appropriately'.
I would argue that the physical unit of currency is owed by the govt, and is given to you with the promise that someone will redeem it with goods to the value of the coin. However it is the govt's fault that the coins have lost their value, as the dollar continues the slide down the graph.
Of course, if they did bundle apps such as that, everyone would cry 'foul' and 'monopolistic practices' and other such guff. Microsoft's biggest problem is that they are damned if they do, damned if they don't.
well we shouldn't put people in prison unless they are dangerous, in my country all the prisons are officially full precisely because we send fare-dodgers, shoplifters and the like to prison.
Knoppmyth and its ilk make the process trivial, in the majority of scenarios. Of course the level of knowledge needed to do almost anything in Linux is the reason why we don't have mass market penetration in the non-server arena.
There are many dependencies needed to provide a fully-functional set-top box affair - video codecs, players, DVD apps, games, tuner card drivers, version of X, fonts issues etc. Even an educated linux user can find a mythtv install daunting, so packages like this are a godsend.
Also I'd imagine that most mythtv installs are deployed on single-use machines - the set-top box that does TV and nothing else. Thus Knoppmyth or this example are very much useful. Just slap it on and go.
*shuffles papers* Anyway, back to video-enhanced sunglasses...
Actually to get the most out of digital you really do need a widescreen set with stereo speakers - so many people will feel a need to upgrade, despite it not being a requirement. Otherwise what is the point - don't say more choice, because at least in the UK only about 2 of the 30 or so channels added to the 'traditional' line-up are actually worth watching.
Do you really think that for example someone will decide not to become a pro drummer despite their obvious prowess, because they remember that 50 years down the line they stop receiving some arcane payment which by that time will have depreceated to almost nothing anyway?
So Bono & co have to put some of their money away in a pension. Just like I do. In fact, the royalties are their pension. 50 years is quite enough I think. I have trouble stomaching what I read from these artists. They're simply taking the opportunity of the Gowers review to try and enshrine this ludicrous change, it's almost a case of 'fair enough, nice try'... I'm so pleased that the review ruled it out explicitly. Now we have to make sure that the Government stick to this advice. This is where the real battle starts.
What with the PC World story above, the moral of the story is surely: never ever shop at a Dixons Group chain.