Well, they don't. If you are visible from a public street, anybody can publish your picture without asking. I'm sorry you don't understand why, but that's the law and it's a good law.
Most houses are probably visible from a public street and in the past the situation hasn't been much of a cause for concern. Of course, that was before it was possible to easily and instantly mass distribute photos around the world, at a cost close to zero.
Let's face it: The privacy concerns are much greater now than they have been in the past, so maybe it's time to rethink what we photos we should be able to take and publish.
AVG hasn't ever been 'in my way', and certainly not like any of the malware I read about (inserting themselves into pages, turning your machine into a spam bot, making it impossible to reach websites, etc.) -- 'd really love to see a clarification on that statement.
A while back AVG pushed out a poorly designed malware scanner that would scan search results before you clicked on them; AVG would basically visit each link that showed up in your search results.
AVG traffic soon outstripped real traffic about 10 times, and there was a very strong backlash from popular websites (Slashdot, Whirlpool) who accused AVG of a massive DOS attack, as well as urged their members to choose a different virus product.
Quite a few people seem to be still holding this one mistake against AVG, even though it has little relevance today...
bzzt. No one in Britain is really afraid of the police shooting them for disobeying orders (That'd just be excessive and really isn't a problem). At least not if you're caucasian...
So they need to clean install? So what; A clean install might motivate a small percentage to try Linux, and a lot of them might try Firefox or Chrome. Add that to the EU's nice pay cheque, what exactly makes them look stupid?
There are also many contemporary reasons for Iran to legitimately believe that US, Israeli or even British intelligence agencies are responsible for inciting the uprising, and I'm not entirely sure I disagree with them. In fact, I would be more than surprised if there was no meddling by foreign powers.
Having said that, and since the Iranian "special forces" thugs have murdered protesters, it doesn't matter who caused it; It's here now and I hope the protesters "win".
This bogus statistic keeps resurfacing. Having x downloads doesn't mean you have x users.
Normally I would agree with you -- the download size & time of something like FireFox would be negligible.
Openoffice, however, is 124MB and you don't download something that large more times than is necessary.
I don't know why people spend tons of money on a computer only to throw in a cheap sound card because most people can't really hear the difference and get higher marginal returns putting that extra money in to a faster cpu/gpu.
I find most domains are taken up by squatters whose main aim is to resell it at 1000% profit. In the meantime, they post up google adds for some added revenue...
I think we should cap domain costs at something like $20per year. If someones caught trying to sell it for more, simply take it away from them. Take away the profits for just squatting on domain names and maybe the rest of us who actually want to use a name for a business or something legitimate, will have something we can register.
Until Firefox supports roll out & control via group-policy, few businesses are likely to switch.
There are few people adding this support (FrontMotion comes to mind) but then charge you for the ability to bundle plugins.
Ever since I convinced the boss to make the switch to Firefox, it's been the biggest headache ever. No upgrade is simple, it's impossible to add plugins. I use Firefox everywhere else, but as an admin for a windows network, I'd prefer IE.
The only thing keeping most companies using MS Office is that it's much, much better.
I love opensource software and would find any excuse not the pay the inordinate price demanded by Microsoft for any useful version of MS Office, but if one had to choose between MS Office and OpenOffice, the two don't compare.
IANAL but...
Don't pay anything. Without accepting a credit contract, you are not liable for any fees. You may also cancel a credit card at any time, as long as you have never used it, and the bank must reverse all fees & interest.
http://www.creditcode.gov.au/display.asp?file=/content/consumer_faqs.htm
Is a good start for the protections afforded to you in Australia.
This kid brought a video camera in to class, videotapped his teacher posted a very degrading and insulting video on the internet. Nothing on that video shows the teacher doing anything wrong, (except possibly the lack of organisation).
But what an asshole of a child! I think 40 days suspension isn't enough for this kind of behaviour, he should have been expelled. How do you think this teacher would feel? I wonder how this video has affected her life?
If some pissy little kid made a video like this about me, I'd be after more than expolsion. Monetary compensation maybe.
Having said all that, the video was very funny. Which only makes it much much worse.
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Well obviously in this case they send the news via letter (since the letter itself was intentional just not the recipients).
Well, they don't. If you are visible from a public street, anybody can publish your picture without asking. I'm sorry you don't understand why, but that's the law and it's a good law.
Most houses are probably visible from a public street and in the past the situation hasn't been much of a cause for concern. Of course, that was before it was possible to easily and instantly mass distribute photos around the world, at a cost close to zero.
Let's face it: The privacy concerns are much greater now than they have been in the past, so maybe it's time to rethink what we photos we should be able to take and publish.
AVG hasn't ever been 'in my way', and certainly not like any of the malware I read about (inserting themselves into pages, turning your machine into a spam bot, making it impossible to reach websites, etc.) -- 'd really love to see a clarification on that statement.
A while back AVG pushed out a poorly designed malware scanner that would scan search results before you clicked on them; AVG would basically visit each link that showed up in your search results. AVG traffic soon outstripped real traffic about 10 times, and there was a very strong backlash from popular websites (Slashdot, Whirlpool) who accused AVG of a massive DOS attack, as well as urged their members to choose a different virus product. Quite a few people seem to be still holding this one mistake against AVG, even though it has little relevance today...
bzzt. No one in Britain is really afraid of the police shooting them for disobeying orders (That'd just be excessive and really isn't a problem). At least not if you're caucasian...
Well you generally can't install MacOSX on the same hardware you had XP/Vista on...
I don't get that. What exactly has the EU lost?
So they need to clean install? So what; A clean install might motivate a small percentage to try Linux, and a lot of them might try Firefox or Chrome. Add that to the EU's nice pay cheque, what exactly makes them look stupid?
Apple holds NO monopolies of ANY kind, your argument fails.
Ipod?
There are also many contemporary reasons for Iran to legitimately believe that US, Israeli or even British intelligence agencies are responsible for inciting the uprising, and I'm not entirely sure I disagree with them. In fact, I would be more than surprised if there was no meddling by foreign powers.
Having said that, and since the Iranian "special forces" thugs have murdered protesters, it doesn't matter who caused it; It's here now and I hope the protesters "win".
Saying you've never had a virus without ever scanning your PCs is like saying you've never had an STD without ever getting tested.
I'm sure most slashdot users can say this and be 100% correct.
This bogus statistic keeps resurfacing. Having x downloads doesn't mean you have x users.
Normally I would agree with you -- the download size & time of something like FireFox would be negligible. Openoffice, however, is 124MB and you don't download something that large more times than is necessary.
Someone mod parent post up. My dad's computer won't start since this morning, and the only possible reason could be a windows update.
I find most domains are taken up by squatters whose main aim is to resell it at 1000% profit. In the meantime, they post up google adds for some added revenue... I think we should cap domain costs at something like $20per year. If someones caught trying to sell it for more, simply take it away from them. Take away the profits for just squatting on domain names and maybe the rest of us who actually want to use a name for a business or something legitimate, will have something we can register.
Until Firefox supports roll out & control via group-policy, few businesses are likely to switch.
There are few people adding this support (FrontMotion comes to mind) but then charge you for the ability to bundle plugins.
Ever since I convinced the boss to make the switch to Firefox, it's been the biggest headache ever. No upgrade is simple, it's impossible to add plugins. I use Firefox everywhere else, but as an admin for a windows network, I'd prefer IE.
Down here in AU, some traffic lights won't turn green until a car's there waiting. Speeding up to sit at the red will actually reduce your trip time.
The only thing keeping most companies using MS Office is that it's much, much better.
I love opensource software and would find any excuse not the pay the inordinate price demanded by Microsoft for any useful version of MS Office, but if one had to choose between MS Office and OpenOffice, the two don't compare.
It's a sad reality.
IANAL but... Don't pay anything. Without accepting a credit contract, you are not liable for any fees. You may also cancel a credit card at any time, as long as you have never used it, and the bank must reverse all fees & interest. http://www.creditcode.gov.au/display.asp?file=/content/consumer_faqs.htm Is a good start for the protections afforded to you in Australia.
This kid brought a video camera in to class, videotapped his teacher posted a very degrading and insulting video on the internet. Nothing on that video shows the teacher doing anything wrong, (except possibly the lack of organisation).
But what an asshole of a child! I think 40 days suspension isn't enough for this kind of behaviour, he should have been expelled. How do you think this teacher would feel? I wonder how this video has affected her life?
If some pissy little kid made a video like this about me, I'd be after more than expolsion. Monetary compensation maybe.
Having said all that, the video was very funny. Which only makes it much much worse.
The article talks about Cisco, Yahoo & Google but the summary only mentions Cisco & Yahoo.