Yes, it would seem so in the UK. Or at least, there is a case that was covered by/. (from the BBC) of a guy 'running' a bittorrent server that had a knock on the door early one morning from some MPAA lawyers. They are still seeking extradition, I think. Oh, by 'running', I mean he paid for the bandwidth, but someone else actually posts the content. i think this was films and other stuff. I can't find the story, the BBC search is not much better than/.s.
Asking is great, but if you do that please actually listen to peoples' preferences. I've had run-ins with more than one list / mailer that offer me the choice and then send me the HTML one. This bugs me because I always choose the text version. If they can't adhere to my preferences (they asked me, remember), the post ends up in the bin.
Kind of reminds me of the Nutri-matic machine.
Oh, and the question: "Is HTML E-mail still evil?" Yes!
The Storm Troopers couldn't hit the side of a barn from inside the barn with the doors closed. When Leia was shot in Return of the Jedi, it was because "Hands" Solo had given a rebel in disguise a wad of the folding stuff to help him out. You watch that bit carefully (try slo-mo), you'll see what I mean.
"We hear that argument ever so often, especially in the context of Office programs. People dislike OpenOffice not because it does not do the job for them, but because '...it is not like MS-Office'."
I had this very thing the other day. I was talking to someone about Word, and they said that they didn't like the way it keeps second-guessing what you do, and it has some odd quirks etc. OpenOffice.org immediately springs to mind, so I asked them if they'd tried it. To my surprise, they said "yes, it came with my computer, but I didn't get on with it. None of my Word [keyboard] shortcuts work with OpenOffice, and I don't want to have to relearn a word processor. I prefer Word, and have gone back to it". I honestly don't think they were winding me up. Oddly, they really like LaTeX (not the material), and prefer the Apple mac.
At least they have the choice over what to use. Not everyone is so fortunate, particularly in schools / offices.
"> 6. You cannot admit that most of the joe user out there when told that there is linux will respond, what is that?"
Last time there was a virus outbreak on windows, my mother (who has little computer familiarity) wrote to me saying she thought it was time to give Linux a try, and asked for help to go about it. This isn't the only case I've come across. More people seem willing to try it, especially seen as more software is out there. The one thing that does tend to put off new people is the slightly risky dual-boot set up, as they often wish to keep windows around.
Oh, as for 'ruining the net', I agree it's windows desktops, because they are being run under admin accounts.
I'm in England. Mr Bannernam used to teach in the Midlands in England, but I think he came from Scotland, or somewhere near. I could be wrong, I don't think he had much of an accent.
Yes, it would be Bannerman! I think her first name was Helen. This is going back quite some way. I'd forgotten about the fritters, thanks for reminding me. Our teacher, Mr. Bannerman, read / told it to us when I think he was supposed to be telling us about contours or fronts... I couldn't forget him. He told us a lot more about being in the army than about geography, and that made his exams tricky. If I remember correctly, Helen travelled a bit, or lived abroad, and that was where she had ideas for writing. Where did you come across this? He moved to the Isle of Skye (off the coast of Scotland) in about 1992 / 1993 I think.
This the story "little black sanbo"? If it's the one my old geography teacher told us, he claims his grandmother wrote it. He's cross it was deemed politically incorrect and was removed from libraries...
(he might have been making it up, but hey, I was eleven)
It is on its way. My mother was asking about internet saftey last month, if there was anything she should do, and I said "use firefox" amongst other things. "Oh, I've heard of that" she said. She is not at all computer literate (still has a bit of trouble with the mouse, files, etc) but somehow she's at least heard that there is more than the big blue E.
There is hope.
(yes, she found the move painless, and has had no trouble at all with firefox)
From the article, The bill's supporters in Congress won passage of the prison terms by gluing them to an unrelated proposal to legalize technologies that delete offensive content from a film. That proposal was designed to address a lawsuit that Hollywood studios and the Directors Guild of America filed against ClearPlay over a DVD player that filtered violent and nude scenes. (ClearPlay had gained influential allies among family groups such as the Parents Television Council and Focus on the Family.)
So, it's OK to filter content on DVDs if it's 'naughty', but it isn't OK to filter content such as fast forwarding the copyright notice, various intros, or skip adverts on TiVo?
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, it would seem so in the UK. /. (from the BBC) of a guy 'running' a bittorrent server that had a knock on the door early one morning from some MPAA lawyers. They are still seeking extradition, I think. /.s.
Or at least, there is a case that was covered by
Oh, by 'running', I mean he paid for the bandwidth, but someone else actually posts the content. i think this was films and other stuff.
I can't find the story, the BBC search is not much better than
Asking is great, but if you do that please actually listen to peoples' preferences.
I've had run-ins with more than one list / mailer that offer me the choice and then send me the HTML one. This bugs me because I always choose the text version. If they can't adhere to my preferences (they asked me, remember), the post ends up in the bin.
Kind of reminds me of the Nutri-matic machine.
Oh, and the question: "Is HTML E-mail still evil?"
Yes!
Ok, the jokes roll in about the dupe of the summary, but how did that one slip through?
Guess they should have used the preview button!
Verbing Nouns.
The Storm Troopers couldn't hit the side of a barn from inside the barn with the doors closed.
When Leia was shot in Return of the Jedi, it was because "Hands" Solo had given a rebel in disguise a wad of the folding stuff to help him out. You watch that bit carefully (try slo-mo), you'll see what I mean.
"We hear that argument ever so often, especially in the context of Office programs. People dislike OpenOffice not because it does not do the job for them, but because '...it is not like MS-Office'."
I had this very thing the other day. I was talking to someone about Word, and they said that they didn't like the way it keeps second-guessing what you do, and it has some odd quirks etc. OpenOffice.org immediately springs to mind, so I asked them if they'd tried it. To my surprise, they said "yes, it came with my computer, but I didn't get on with it. None of my Word [keyboard] shortcuts work with OpenOffice, and I don't want to have to relearn a word processor. I prefer Word, and have gone back to it". I honestly don't think they were winding me up.
Oddly, they really like LaTeX (not the material), and prefer the Apple mac.
At least they have the choice over what to use. Not everyone is so fortunate, particularly in schools / offices.
"> 6. You cannot admit that most of the joe user out there when told that there is linux will respond, what is that?"
Last time there was a virus outbreak on windows, my mother (who has little computer familiarity) wrote to me saying she thought it was time to give Linux a try, and asked for help to go about it.
This isn't the only case I've come across. More people seem willing to try it, especially seen as more software is out there. The one thing that does tend to put off new people is the slightly risky dual-boot set up, as they often wish to keep windows around.
Oh, as for 'ruining the net', I agree it's windows desktops, because they are being run under admin accounts.
And then submit the results of the test to slashdot, linking to each machine, and see which dies first?
...they're so cool you could keep a side of meat in them for a month, so hip you have difficulty seeing over their pelvis...
(sorry, Douglas)
I'm in England. Mr Bannernam used to teach in the Midlands in England, but I think he came from Scotland, or somewhere near. I could be wrong, I don't think he had much of an accent.
Yes, it would be Bannerman! I think her first name was Helen. This is going back quite some way. I'd forgotten about the fritters, thanks for reminding me.
Our teacher, Mr. Bannerman, read / told it to us when I think he was supposed to be telling us about contours or fronts...
I couldn't forget him. He told us a lot more about being in the army than about geography, and that made his exams tricky.
If I remember correctly, Helen travelled a bit, or lived abroad, and that was where she had ideas for writing.
Where did you come across this?
He moved to the Isle of Skye (off the coast of Scotland) in about 1992 / 1993 I think.
Yes, it has one.
I thought slashdot was famous for it's billy-g-as-borg icon. At least, that's what people tell me.
This the story "little black sanbo"?
If it's the one my old geography teacher told us, he claims his grandmother wrote it. He's cross it was deemed politically incorrect and was removed from libraries...
(he might have been making it up, but hey, I was eleven)
I'm waiting for their iRobot...
Someone once asked Orwell if there was a moral to Nineteen Eighty-Four, to which he replied "Don't let it happen!"
Oh well.
I hope that they choose features carefully and don't start bloating firefox.
I'm all for there being a library of extentions we can add into firefox if we wish to.
I don't think stuffing lots of features into firefox is what would make IE users switch.
"They turned enterprise into a newt "
But it'll get better!
" The last photo will show an alien looking upwards with its life flashing before its eyes" ...wondering if the probe will be friends with it.
From the summary, "The Deep Impact spacecraft is to rendezvous with the comet..."
By 'rendezvous', do they mean 'smash into it really hard and fast' ?
It is on its way. My mother was asking about internet saftey last month, if there was anything she should do, and I said "use firefox" amongst other things.
"Oh, I've heard of that" she said. She is not at all computer literate (still has a bit of trouble with the mouse, files, etc) but somehow she's at least heard that there is more than the big blue E.
There is hope.
(yes, she found the move painless, and has had no trouble at all with firefox)
Is the inclusion of trusted computing a good thing here? Many people in the /. crowd didn't seem to like the idea of it's inclusion in Windows...
Was its inclusion in the kernel by choice?
Another poster has already brought up Tom, Dick and Harry, but we also have Joe Bloggs and John Smith (not to be confused with clothes and bitter).
Then, there is always 'Bob'.
Anything from MS people would like to see open sourced?
(wishful thinking, I know)
Yes, but do we want them working on the patch after it's gone gold?
From the article, The bill's supporters in Congress won passage of the prison terms by gluing them to an unrelated proposal to legalize technologies that delete offensive content from a film. That proposal was designed to address a lawsuit that Hollywood studios and the Directors Guild of America filed against ClearPlay over a DVD player that filtered violent and nude scenes. (ClearPlay had gained influential allies among family groups such as the Parents Television Council and Focus on the Family.)
So, it's OK to filter content on DVDs if it's 'naughty', but it isn't OK to filter content such as fast forwarding the copyright notice, various intros, or skip adverts on TiVo?
Why?