a guy running a shop unlocking hundreds of phones a week for a fee.
We have them here in the UK. It's perfectly legal.
Here (in Europe) we do have similar laws which have not been laughed out of the legislature.
Which laws do we have which are similar in Europe? I'd be interested to know - generally European law has come down firmly on the side of the consumer in terms of "things" bought. With digital media, it's a little less clear cut, because there hasn't been a big case yet, but the law suggests that if you've bought it, it's yours to trade, keep, or do whatever with. There have been little cases recently saying just this in terms of digital media.
I'm pretty sure we're all meant to run a LOT more than we do - and we've forced ourselves to stop due to social pressure.
Hate to break it to you... but we're not. Humans run worse than just about every vaguely similar sized animal on the planet. The reason that we are the way we are is most definitely not because we can run fast.
It's up to you whether you run - I hate running personally, but love swimming, football (yes I know that involves running), rowing, tennis (see before). My knees are not cut out for long distances.
I know I'm replying to an anonymous coward with anti-American tendencies... but he has a point. Laws like this do not exist anywhere else in the developed world, afaik. There's quite a lot of consumer protection about what you can do with your stuff in the EU, for example, and this kind of thing would be laughed out of any legislature.
This is one of the main sources of Windows bloat and crash issues. It's also one of the main reasons Windows remains so dominant in spite of trip-ups like Me and Vista.
Tell that to my Vista system - until a few weeks ago it had over 3 months uptime. This was while using it every day, installing loads of stuff, having some flaky applications freeze regularly, etc etc. The uptime was ended by a power cut, and it rebooted to usable desktop in 1 minute. This is the same system I installed Vista on when it first came out (though with a new graphics card, more RAM and a replacement HD). I had a terabyte HD space, so I wasn't too worried about bloat. Also, one of my games is now taking up almost 40gb (Shogun II).
I think a lot of the hate for Vista was because it was sold with underpowered systems. Also, people got a bad first impression of UAC (which once your system is updated fully you rarely see). There really is very little performance difference between Vista and 7 - hardware improved between the releases.
Is no one else here alarmed at the unreasonable amount of power Microsoft has over the future of GNU/Linux on Secure Boot platforms?
This is one of the reasons why I'm very behind what Valve are doing now - they are pushing for OS independent systems. Yes, they have DRM. They also provide a service better than your games on disks too. I'm absolutely hoping they'll push steam hard, and bring linux with them.
The only reason I use Windows is for games. If there was another place I could get new, big games, I'd switch in a heartbeat. I'm far from loyal to microsoft - I doubt anyone is.
Socks and sandals though are very comfortable -- you can wear them all the time, not just at LFNW.
You do actually know that socks and sandals are not looked down upon just because they're not comfortable, right? There is another reason.
I admit it - I'm a fashion Nazi. Socks and sandals just hurt me when I see them. I feel physical pain whenever I see socks and sandals. I'm not a stylish person - most of the stuff I wear is pretty generic. However, I'd prefer someone come in to work with an emu costume on rather than socks and sandals. Seriously. You hurt me when you wear socks and sandals.
It's odd you present two obsolete things as being at the core of a new technology.
I'm not saying anything against ham radio, or photography, but they are or have been in the process of being superseded. Artistically, photography will be around for a while, but good video is always better in terms of information. Ham radio is nothing compared to the internet, wi-fi broadcasting and wardriving.
There's a possibility this is the case, but studies don't show a good consensus. Just because you think fucked up porn causes fucked up people doesn't mean the studies back you up.
Also, trying to stop fucked up porn is a failure from the start. If you want it, you can get it, and relatively easily too.
I personally try to avoid it... that might be because I'm not fucked up, rather than the fact I'm worried about the legal implications.
It wasn't legit. I don't know the Mail's take on the situation, I don't read it.
However, the BBC presented video from a zoo and implied it was in the wild. Attenborough should be ashamed for providing the voiceover, not try to defend it.
The problem was not that the BBC used footage from a zoo. The problem was that they deliberately tried to trick the viewer into thinking that the bear cubs filmed were in the wild. Just because they were open in saying that they did so after the event does not make it ok.
Hate to break it to you, but I don't even know the last time any party in the UK won 44% of the vote. This is how most of the world works - only the US has quite such an exclusive 2 party system.
Just found some stats here. Last time a party got more than 44% was 1970, then only just.
Note that this page also shows how flawed first past the post is. In the '83 election, the percentages of the top 3 party's vote were 42, 27, 25. The respective percentage shares of seats in the house of commons were 61, 32, 3. This can also be seen to a lesser extent in recent elections.
There are different degrees of stability. A board that crashes once every 5 years is more stable than a board that crashes once every 5 minutes. Are you really arguing that something is stable or it isn't?
Mod parent up - I was going to say something like this.
Another game you could try is Torchlight 2. Loads of fun co-op, the better player can carry the worse player a bit without it seeming obvious, and there are lots of character builds that are very easy to play (prismatic bolt embermage, glaive outlander). I'd recommend playing on normal difficultly, and if you start dying a bit get used to putting portals up. Dying does not confer any major penalty either, which is good for new gamers.
It's going to need a mate, and a reasonable gene pool. Maybe a couple of thousand of them (with different genetics) would do.
Hate to break it to you.... but there are species with far fewer than that alive now. Also, I've never reproduced, and neither has my dog (and no, before you ask, that is not connected). It's an evolutionary drive, but not satiating it is not necessarily hurtful.
Both animals and people can live happy lives without reproducing.
Amazon was DRM free first of the major online retailers. There may have been some DRM free offerings at itunes previously, but checking each song is not practical. I only started buying music online when the entire catalogue was DRM free. That's why I only started buying music online when Amazon went DRM free... since I started there, I've stayed there.
Prior to buying music online I just pirated it, because buying it was not a real option.
You're making the point that something that could possibly be brought back into existence might be difficult to deal with with our current systems of ethics.
You are _not_ making the point that bringing them back into existence is unethical. You're not arguing against the process.
Bear in mind that Neanderthals lived alongside Homo Sapiens for thousands of years - we're not reinventing anything here.
I've never understood the "playing god" argument. Who are we to know God's will?
Substitute genetic engineers with rescuers in that joke, and you get my point.
I personally do not believe in God, and I also believe there are moral questions raised with regards to genetic engineering and selection. However, I see no moral problems at all from allowing an extinct species to live. The technology will be there soon, and I look forward to it. I'm not talking Jurassic park, nor necessarily mammoths yet - we have very recently extinct species that might be revived.
That being said... there's no point in reviving them if there is nowhere for them to go - they went extinct for a reason, and if that reason is not changed, us keeping a few of the species alive isn't exactly productive IMO. It may be cool, and we could keep them in zoos, but I would personally look at funding preservation of current species over reviving dead ones.... apart from when the species is really cool, like sabre toothed tigers.
Because people do things like open files in emails from friends, have people they know stick USB thumb drives in their machines and so on. These are infection vectors that you can't really handle with a firewall.
Yup... those are things you should be careful doing. All I'm saying is that it's pretty simple not to get a virus or malware generally. User behavior is part of the problem, and anti-virus software does not prevent that.
My email is unfiltered - if I had it loading external resources by default, which some do (god knows why), I'd be hit by a little bit of a shitstorm every time I read it.
I don't care about educating ignorant users any more - I used to fight the good fight, but now I just leave them to their own devices.
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a guy running a shop unlocking hundreds of phones a week for a fee.
We have them here in the UK. It's perfectly legal.
Here (in Europe) we do have similar laws which have not been laughed out of the legislature.
Which laws do we have which are similar in Europe? I'd be interested to know - generally European law has come down firmly on the side of the consumer in terms of "things" bought. With digital media, it's a little less clear cut, because there hasn't been a big case yet, but the law suggests that if you've bought it, it's yours to trade, keep, or do whatever with. There have been little cases recently saying just this in terms of digital media.
Seriously off topic question... How did people kill mammoths with their tools? If they killed mammoths, why not elephants?
I seriously doubt that. Got any citations?
Try getting rid of sugars and starches and see how much weight you lose.
Alternatively, try getting rid of sugars and starches and see what you're allowed to eat... then compare it to a decent low calorie diet.
I can totally eat like this for the rest of my life.
No one is claiming you can't.
I'm pretty sure we're all meant to run a LOT more than we do - and we've forced ourselves to stop due to social pressure.
Hate to break it to you... but we're not. Humans run worse than just about every vaguely similar sized animal on the planet. The reason that we are the way we are is most definitely not because we can run fast.
It's up to you whether you run - I hate running personally, but love swimming, football (yes I know that involves running), rowing, tennis (see before). My knees are not cut out for long distances.
To an Alpha, the Law is seen in the same light as a mugger. Both are potential threats, but neither are to be respected.
Organization has been around for ages - No matter how big one man gets, unless he joins a system, 10 men will be bigger than him.
That's kind of the point of the law - we have the entire country backing up the little man.... or at least that is how it is supposed to work
It doesn't work right in lots of cases - but it's better than everyone for himself.
I know I'm replying to an anonymous coward with anti-American tendencies... but he has a point. Laws like this do not exist anywhere else in the developed world, afaik. There's quite a lot of consumer protection about what you can do with your stuff in the EU, for example, and this kind of thing would be laughed out of any legislature.
This is one of the main sources of Windows bloat and crash issues. It's also one of the main reasons Windows remains so dominant in spite of trip-ups like Me and Vista.
Tell that to my Vista system - until a few weeks ago it had over 3 months uptime. This was while using it every day, installing loads of stuff, having some flaky applications freeze regularly, etc etc. The uptime was ended by a power cut, and it rebooted to usable desktop in 1 minute. This is the same system I installed Vista on when it first came out (though with a new graphics card, more RAM and a replacement HD). I had a terabyte HD space, so I wasn't too worried about bloat. Also, one of my games is now taking up almost 40gb (Shogun II).
I think a lot of the hate for Vista was because it was sold with underpowered systems. Also, people got a bad first impression of UAC (which once your system is updated fully you rarely see). There really is very little performance difference between Vista and 7 - hardware improved between the releases.
Is no one else here alarmed at the unreasonable amount of power Microsoft has over the future of GNU/Linux on Secure Boot platforms?
This is one of the reasons why I'm very behind what Valve are doing now - they are pushing for OS independent systems. Yes, they have DRM. They also provide a service better than your games on disks too. I'm absolutely hoping they'll push steam hard, and bring linux with them.
The only reason I use Windows is for games. If there was another place I could get new, big games, I'd switch in a heartbeat. I'm far from loyal to microsoft - I doubt anyone is.
Socks and sandals though are very comfortable -- you can wear them all the time, not just at LFNW.
You do actually know that socks and sandals are not looked down upon just because they're not comfortable, right? There is another reason.
I admit it - I'm a fashion Nazi. Socks and sandals just hurt me when I see them. I feel physical pain whenever I see socks and sandals. I'm not a stylish person - most of the stuff I wear is pretty generic. However, I'd prefer someone come in to work with an emu costume on rather than socks and sandals. Seriously. You hurt me when you wear socks and sandals.
It's odd you present two obsolete things as being at the core of a new technology.
I'm not saying anything against ham radio, or photography, but they are or have been in the process of being superseded. Artistically, photography will be around for a while, but good video is always better in terms of information. Ham radio is nothing compared to the internet, wi-fi broadcasting and wardriving.
Not too long ago, YouTube asked me if I wanted to change my YouTube name to something else. I thought 'Sure, why not.'
There's your problem.
Why did you think "sure, why not"?
Why didn't you think "why are they asking me to change my name"?
Sadly, I don't think it looks that way. See here and here.
Now, usually I don't judge people quickly, especially by their online presence. Taylor Winkelmeyer may be an exception to this rule.
There's a possibility this is the case, but studies don't show a good consensus. Just because you think fucked up porn causes fucked up people doesn't mean the studies back you up.
Also, trying to stop fucked up porn is a failure from the start. If you want it, you can get it, and relatively easily too.
I personally try to avoid it... that might be because I'm not fucked up, rather than the fact I'm worried about the legal implications.
It wasn't legit. I don't know the Mail's take on the situation, I don't read it.
However, the BBC presented video from a zoo and implied it was in the wild. Attenborough should be ashamed for providing the voiceover, not try to defend it.
The problem was not that the BBC used footage from a zoo. The problem was that they deliberately tried to trick the viewer into thinking that the bear cubs filmed were in the wild. Just because they were open in saying that they did so after the event does not make it ok.
Hate to break it to you, but I don't even know the last time any party in the UK won 44% of the vote. This is how most of the world works - only the US has quite such an exclusive 2 party system.
Just found some stats here. Last time a party got more than 44% was 1970, then only just.
Note that this page also shows how flawed first past the post is. In the '83 election, the percentages of the top 3 party's vote were 42, 27, 25. The respective percentage shares of seats in the house of commons were 61, 32, 3. This can also be seen to a lesser extent in recent elections.
There are different degrees of stability. A board that crashes once every 5 years is more stable than a board that crashes once every 5 minutes. Are you really arguing that something is stable or it isn't?
If the company you're buying from spends a lot on marketing and advertising, what you get if you pay more is more adverts.
I consciously try to buy from brands that do not advertise as much (though sometimes this is difficult).
People don't usually call the firebombing of Dresden playing god, whereas they do call a single case of genetic engineering playing god.
Mod parent up - I was going to say something like this.
Another game you could try is Torchlight 2. Loads of fun co-op, the better player can carry the worse player a bit without it seeming obvious, and there are lots of character builds that are very easy to play (prismatic bolt embermage, glaive outlander). I'd recommend playing on normal difficultly, and if you start dying a bit get used to putting portals up. Dying does not confer any major penalty either, which is good for new gamers.
But a Neanderthal wouldn't do that
Huh? A Neanderthal wouldn't do what?
It's going to need a mate, and a reasonable gene pool. Maybe a couple of thousand of them (with different genetics) would do.
Hate to break it to you.... but there are species with far fewer than that alive now. Also, I've never reproduced, and neither has my dog (and no, before you ask, that is not connected). It's an evolutionary drive, but not satiating it is not necessarily hurtful.
Both animals and people can live happy lives without reproducing.
Amazon was DRM free first of the major online retailers. There may have been some DRM free offerings at itunes previously, but checking each song is not practical. I only started buying music online when the entire catalogue was DRM free. That's why I only started buying music online when Amazon went DRM free... since I started there, I've stayed there.
Prior to buying music online I just pirated it, because buying it was not a real option.
You're making the point that something that could possibly be brought back into existence might be difficult to deal with with our current systems of ethics.
You are _not_ making the point that bringing them back into existence is unethical. You're not arguing against the process.
Bear in mind that Neanderthals lived alongside Homo Sapiens for thousands of years - we're not reinventing anything here.
How is this people playing at god?
I've never understood the "playing god" argument. Who are we to know God's will?
Substitute genetic engineers with rescuers in that joke, and you get my point.
I personally do not believe in God, and I also believe there are moral questions raised with regards to genetic engineering and selection. However, I see no moral problems at all from allowing an extinct species to live. The technology will be there soon, and I look forward to it. I'm not talking Jurassic park, nor necessarily mammoths yet - we have very recently extinct species that might be revived.
That being said... there's no point in reviving them if there is nowhere for them to go - they went extinct for a reason, and if that reason is not changed, us keeping a few of the species alive isn't exactly productive IMO. It may be cool, and we could keep them in zoos, but I would personally look at funding preservation of current species over reviving dead ones.... apart from when the species is really cool, like sabre toothed tigers.
Because people do things like open files in emails from friends, have people they know stick USB thumb drives in their machines and so on. These are infection vectors that you can't really handle with a firewall.
Yup... those are things you should be careful doing. All I'm saying is that it's pretty simple not to get a virus or malware generally. User behavior is part of the problem, and anti-virus software does not prevent that.
My email is unfiltered - if I had it loading external resources by default, which some do (god knows why), I'd be hit by a little bit of a shitstorm every time I read it.
I don't care about educating ignorant users any more - I used to fight the good fight, but now I just leave them to their own devices.