I would argue a an inbox full of spam can do a lot less damage to an individual than getting mixed up with drugs.
But a single SPAMmer can damage many, many more individuals than a single drug dealer. Plus he inflicts collateral damage on numerous organisations on the way by crippling their IT infrastructure with his BotNets.
Use "Rendition" to send convicted SPAMmers to China, where they can be speedily executed and their organs sold back to the West for transplant; it's the only logical solution.
Maybe you Americans can put "Rendition" to good use; it might not have such a bad name if you used it to move convicted SPAMmers to countries where the death penalty could be applied quickly and quietly.
Yup, I concur. I used to have the talking book read by Adams, and it was superb! I've heard one episode of this series so far and it's mediocre at best.
If you're on Windows, and using the BBC site, follow their "Get Realplayer" links.
Before the BBC standardised on RealPlayer for their video and audio streams (which may not continue much longer as the new DRM-encumbered BBCiPlayer rolls out) they got an agreement from RealNetworks to provide an ad-free version of RealPlayer. It's freely available to all, but only if you go through the BBC site to get it and, crucially, do not install the "full" RealPlayer first.
The BBC version has been effectively neutered; it doesn't fire up the browser unless you ask it to, and doesn't look for ads in the background. Without those annoyances it is my favourite Windows media player.:-)
I'm a huge fan of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and I used to own the superb talking book of "Dirk Gently" read by Adams himself, so I had high hopes for this series.
So far I've only heard the first episode, but already I'm bitterly disappointed. If I miss the second episode I won't greatly care.
I suspect this is a sneaky marketing ploy; they'll have a steady stream of quad-cores coming off the production line where one core doesn't pass all the required tests; now all they need to do is disable the faulty core and box it as a triple-core.:-)
The moral of the story is, don't buy anything from PC World if you expect anything from the warranty.
In the interests of fairness I shoukld point out that the warranty situation at PC World is a bit hit-and-miss. While I've heard a few horror stories, I got great warranty service when my 26" Maxon TV died two weeks before the warranty expired. They no longer stocked that model, and the models they did stock only had a single SCART socket and multiple DVIs; I was using two SCARTS, so after one long 'phone call to their support centre they just upgraded me to a 32" set at a much higher spec. with two SCART inputs on the spot. I was very impressed. (This was the normal 12 month warranty; no "extras".)
It would be good if they were to build a modern receiver though, that they could run in tandem with the legacy equipment to allow them to carry on receiving in the case of a catastrophic failure.
Drifting off-topic a little... Ewan McGregor did indeed do a sterling job in the first of the Star Wars prequels. But by the end of the third enough of his accent had crept back in to make it worth redubbing all of Alec Guinnes's dialogue with Sean Connery.
This already happens with Hi-8 camcorders, which attract a higher rate of import tax into the UK if they can record from an external source. So, UK models only come with an S-Video out connector, and many companies exist willing to "Flash" them with a generic image that turns that into S-Video in/out.
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But a single SPAMmer can damage many, many more individuals than a single drug dealer. Plus he inflicts collateral damage on numerous organisations on the way by crippling their IT infrastructure with his BotNets.
Use "Rendition" to send convicted SPAMmers to China, where they can be speedily executed and their organs sold back to the West for transplant; it's the only logical solution.
Maybe you Americans can put "Rendition" to good use; it might not have such a bad name if you used it to move convicted SPAMmers to countries where the death penalty could be applied quickly and quietly.
It could certainly awaken the part of your brain that would make you think you had psychic abilities...
Here's a link to a brief report I wrote about this 9 years ago, and most of my research was from old issues of the "Fortean Times" even then.
;-D That page works fine, though.)
http://www.paranormal.org.uk/why/LINK0002.HTML
(Sorry the site's not fully functional at the moment; I wasn't expecting guests.
"Of course the focus of the article is that Vista is kicking butt over Mac/Linux, which is not particularly surprising."
I've seen Vista, and I'm surprised it sells at all.
Yup, I concur. I used to have the talking book read by Adams, and it was superb! I've heard one episode of this series so far and it's mediocre at best.
If you're on Windows, and using the BBC site, follow their "Get Realplayer" links.
:-)
Before the BBC standardised on RealPlayer for their video and audio streams (which may not continue much longer as the new DRM-encumbered BBCiPlayer rolls out) they got an agreement from RealNetworks to provide an ad-free version of RealPlayer. It's freely available to all, but only if you go through the BBC site to get it and, crucially, do not install the "full" RealPlayer first.
The BBC version has been effectively neutered; it doesn't fire up the browser unless you ask it to, and doesn't look for ads in the background. Without those annoyances it is my favourite Windows media player.
I'm a huge fan of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and I used to own the superb talking book of "Dirk Gently" read by Adams himself, so I had high hopes for this series.
So far I've only heard the first episode, but already I'm bitterly disappointed. If I miss the second episode I won't greatly care.
Mod parent "Insightful", please...
My point is that this was unlikely to be a "design choice"; that doesn't make it a bad thing.
I suspect this is a sneaky marketing ploy; they'll have a steady stream of quad-cores coming off the production line where one core doesn't pass all the required tests; now all they need to do is disable the faulty core and box it as a triple-core. :-)
In the interests of fairness I shoukld point out that the warranty situation at PC World is a bit hit-and-miss. While I've heard a few horror stories, I got great warranty service when my 26" Maxon TV died two weeks before the warranty expired. They no longer stocked that model, and the models they did stock only had a single SCART socket and multiple DVIs; I was using two SCARTS, so after one long 'phone call to their support centre they just upgraded me to a 32" set at a much higher spec. with two SCART inputs on the spot. I was very impressed. (This was the normal 12 month warranty; no "extras".)
It would be good if they were to build a modern receiver though, that they could run in tandem with the legacy equipment to allow them to carry on receiving in the case of a catastrophic failure.
I wouldn't know; I haven't requested a byte from an adserver so far this year.
"Owww! Ouch! Aaargh! Stop shocking my braiAAAAAAAaargh! Bastards!"
"The turtle - nature's suction cup."
* Lick *
* Throw *
* Plop *
Or, indeed, an advocate for people bringing 'phones into theatres "on the offchance their work needs to reach them".
Well, it's a start...
...and I had.
The Internet says Elton John is destroying music.
http://www.rockbox.org/
Drifting off-topic a little... Ewan McGregor did indeed do a sterling job in the first of the Star Wars prequels. But by the end of the third enough of his accent had crept back in to make it worth redubbing all of Alec Guinnes's dialogue with Sean Connery.
There is a resemblance between Sylar and Nimoy as he is now but he looks nothing like Nimoy in the days of "The Cage".
This already happens with Hi-8 camcorders, which attract a higher rate of import tax into the UK if they can record from an external source. So, UK models only come with an S-Video out connector, and many companies exist willing to "Flash" them with a generic image that turns that into S-Video in/out.
I run Linux from a USB2 memory stick.