I might agree with you, but what about those "war crimes" charges filed in Sweden against that tank crew that accidently shot the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad? (You know, the one where all the journalists were staying.)
Fair enough. That tank crew has a case to answer. Let them defend their actions.
THere are several Israeli tank and helicopter crews that spring to mind while we're at it.
Actually it depends where you are. I had two women walk up to me in Shanghai while I was walking in Nanjing Rd listening to MP3s. They wanted to hear what I was listening to, then offered to be my friend...
I'm told this is common in Nanjing Rd. I didn't take them up on it.
A group of us in High school got together and solved this thing collectively over e period of several months. When we could all solve it, we would have races.
We would use vaseline in the mechanism to stop them jamming, and to prevent them wearing out.
Otherwise, when racing with a well worn cube, the thing would fly apart in your hands - I'm not kidding!
Our maths teacher hated them, because they used to disrupt his class a bit (and he couldn't solve it himself).
Best racing ones were the originals. The taiwanese knock-offs were nowhere near as well made and would jam up.
Yes, but you don't have the kind of boss a lot of these people in Pakistan would have. I had one here in Oz, who would complain when the car came back with the Power/Econ switch on the transmission set to "Power". "The car is not to be driven in the Powe r mode"
Ignorant git. Imagine if someone like that had a complete log of every action you took while you were driving. You could get sacked because some dimwit dived out in front of you and you had to brake hard and it got logged.
I'm with you on that one. My wife has ME (that's Chronic Fatigue, not a reference to her husband) and needs a truckload of medication just to keep going. Most of it is PBS. If that were taken away we would have a hard time surviving.
If The X-Box can be made to run Linux, I expect that any obstacles Microsoft presents will be overcome, even if the programming has to be done in Elbonia
In Australia, getting around the region code is not only legal, but a market requirement. I think in New Zealand it is illegal to sell a DVD player that is region locked.
A lot of DVD players sold here are advertised as "Multi-Region". The globe logo on the back that tells you what region they are is usually "All" for the multi-region ones and "3" for the others. Even those usually come with a leaflet in the box telling you how to make them any region you want.
So the region system is totally in tatters here. We still get the movies.
It won't make any difference in Australia. Most DVD Players here can be set to any region you want, because the market spoke and the demand is there. The instructions for doing so are, I think, required at least by the market if not by law to be provided with the player when it is sold.
Perhaps part of the reason for the simultaneous release is to prevent ppl here getting the region 1 DVD before the movie even comes out in the cinema.
Until someone sets up a site in India that sells DVDs internationally at the India price, there is no real need for region coding just for price control.
You forgot Australia in that list (minor I know) We still have F111Cs with terrain following capability (Don't confuse them with the crappy F111As the USAF had) These are intended to destroy the point of origin of any attack launched on Australia without the need of assistance from outside (like the US Air force) that might not be forthcoming if there was no oil in it.
The tastiest way I've ever seen of cooking prawns was yesterday. Here in a restaurant in Shanghai, they take a crock pot and half fill it with what looks like polished river stones, each about the size of a golf ball. They heat this up, and they take the prawns, which have been marinating in stock, and throw them in. They put the lid on for about 15 seconds until the prawns turn pink and then serve. Juicy, tasty and not overcooked.
You are assuming that these things can be recycled. Otherwise, what difference does it make in the scheme of things if you throw it out, or if you take it back to the store, collect your deposit, and they throw it out?
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Sung with accompaniment by drum and sitar, with hundreds of dancers wearing pink and orange turbans.
I might agree with you, but what about those "war crimes" charges filed in Sweden against that tank crew that accidently shot the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad? (You know, the one where all the journalists were staying.)
Fair enough. That tank crew has a case to answer. Let them defend their actions.
THere are several Israeli tank and helicopter crews that spring to mind while we're at it.
Actually that prison is in Cuba.
How's that for flamebait?
Actually it depends where you are. I had two women walk up to me in Shanghai while I was walking in Nanjing Rd listening to MP3s. They wanted to hear what I was listening to, then offered to be my friend...
I'm told this is common in Nanjing Rd. I didn't take them up on it.
Do you, perchance, work for Fox news?
Because you sure sound like them.
You do realise that you've just created another joke for the /. trolls to wear out?
By the way, I for one etc, etc, etc
Not only that, but during flights, to put it bluntly, shit happens, in spite of the best efforts of people to prevent it.
A human is still the most adaptable computer you can get in the face of unforeseen circumstances.
According to the NASA article, we will miss it.
I am seriously peeved about that...
A group of us in High school got together and solved this thing collectively over e period of several months. When we could all solve it, we would have races.
We would use vaseline in the mechanism to stop them jamming, and to prevent them wearing out.
Otherwise, when racing with a well worn cube, the thing would fly apart in your hands - I'm not kidding!
Our maths teacher hated them, because they used to disrupt his class a bit (and he couldn't solve it himself).
Best racing ones were the originals. The taiwanese knock-offs were nowhere near as well made and would jam up.
1. Switch from Linux to FreeBSD
2. Get money from SCO
3. Switch back
4. Lather, rinse, repeat
Yes, but you don't have the kind of boss a lot of these people in Pakistan would have. I had one here in Oz, who would complain when the car came back with the Power/Econ switch on the transmission set to "Power". "The car is not to be driven in the Powe r mode"
Ignorant git. Imagine if someone like that had a complete log of every action you took while you were driving. You could get sacked because some dimwit dived out in front of you and you had to brake hard and it got logged.
There are bosses who would do this.
You've got them confused with Israel
I'm with you on that one. My wife has ME (that's Chronic Fatigue, not a reference to her husband) and needs a truckload of medication just to keep going. Most of it is PBS. If that were taken away we would have a hard time surviving.
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Please stwate your destination.
If The X-Box can be made to run Linux, I expect that any obstacles Microsoft presents will be overcome, even if the programming has to be done in Elbonia
In Australia, getting around the region code is not only legal, but a market requirement. I think in New Zealand it is illegal to sell a DVD player that is region locked.
A lot of DVD players sold here are advertised as "Multi-Region". The globe logo on the back that tells you what region they are is usually "All" for the multi-region ones and "3" for the others. Even those usually come with a leaflet in the box telling you how to make them any region you want.
So the region system is totally in tatters here. We still get the movies.
It won't make any difference in Australia. Most DVD Players here can be set to any region you want, because the market spoke and the demand is there. The instructions for doing so are, I think, required at least by the market if not by law to be provided with the player when it is sold.
Perhaps part of the reason for the simultaneous release is to prevent ppl here getting the region 1 DVD before the movie even comes out in the cinema.
Until someone sets up a site in India that sells DVDs internationally at the India price, there is no real need for region coding just for price control.
To think I actually installed the flashplayer on Mozilla so I could see this.
I'm still waiting for those...
You forgot Australia in that list (minor I know) We still have F111Cs with terrain following capability (Don't confuse them with the crappy F111As the USAF had) These are intended to destroy the point of origin of any attack launched on Australia without the need of assistance from outside (like the US Air force) that might not be forthcoming if there was no oil in it.
The tastiest way I've ever seen of cooking prawns was yesterday.
Here in a restaurant in Shanghai, they take a crock pot and half fill it with what looks like polished river stones, each about the size of a golf ball.
They heat this up, and they take the prawns, which have been marinating in stock, and throw them in.
They put the lid on for about 15 seconds until the prawns turn pink and then serve.
Juicy, tasty and not overcooked.
An animated paperclip appears on your instrument panel:
"It looks like you're going to crash. Would you like to:
* Apply the brakes
* Tighten your seatbelt
* Pray
* Kiss your arse goodbye?"
Shanghai has this system on its elevated railway too. I haven't seen it in the shops though.
You are assuming that these things can be recycled. Otherwise, what difference does it make in the scheme of things if you throw it out, or if you take it back to the store, collect your deposit, and they throw it out?
Either way, it ends up in the landfill.
It's always amused me how the trains are so polite:
(female voice) "Please mind the gap between the train and the platform."
and the station is so abrupt and rude:
(male voice) "Mind the gap!"