Theoretically what you described possible, but your IP address would get banned pretty fast for querying the frontpage every ten seconds. Slashcode works that way.
There's no need to do that, either.
Statistically, you ought to get FP once in a while if check back at random intervals (not every topic though), since the script would write a comment faster than a human anyway.
It should be added, of course, for the benefit of all those who suffer a lack of knowing any greek, that in this particular case, french "metre" is actually closer to the origin (greek "metron" or the verb "metrein, metro"). The english equivalent is still quite validly "meter" for all uses of the word, not "metre".
All uses of "meter" are the same word, meaning "measure". The only reason to mangle it into "metre" is because that's the french way to spell it (France is somewhat language-impaired, as a whole), and the metric system originated in France.
If someone says the holocaust never happened there is [no] crime.
In fact, the crime in this case is "Volksverhetzung" (incitement of the people, or sedition) - deliberately spreading emotionally and politically significant misinformation among the constituency, trying to destabilize the state.
Sadly, the threat to get people confused is quite real, as evidenced by clueless individuals innocently buying into such convenient collective-conscience clearing myths.
As the OP said, "the site whose stats these are is for power Internet users, so it doesn't represent an average web site well", but it does illustrate a gain in installed base (which is what he claimed).
Your link may be a better source to base that claim on, but you should not compare the percentages in the two (unless comparing their changes over time, maybe looking for (possibly dilated) parallels).
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Google is unlikely to jepordize this very valuable asset for pigeon feed.
I've had X lock up the console to a point where Ctrl-Alt-Backspace wouldn't work, but I could still telnet in over the network. I assume Short Circuit's power button would still work in these cases.
Having read both posts again several times over, I now realize my first sentence in great-great-grandparent could be misunderstood as not being exclusively about corporate buying habits (not educational).
I should therefore refine that sentence to start somehow along the lines of "Corporate PHB's are often driven to buy MS Office when aiming for a lower TCO because...", but this is/., no editing, so I'll just put that bit here.
Having said that, I don't think there's any real disagreement between us:o)
That depends on what they change the wallpaper to... The mere possibility of someone changing that stupid wallpaper to something like goatse.cx would be enough to scare the hell out of anyone administering such a box.
Schools don't care what their students are used to, nor should they. They're there to learn, after all.
I was talking about the companies these students will one day be working for. Imagine you are to buy something to allow basic word processing. If 80% of your workforce know MSWord, while 20% have never really used a computer at all, it's obviously easier in terms of training to buy what most know than to retrain them all. That's what people accuse Star Office of - not being MS.
If students familiarize themselves with Star Office rather than MS Office, not choosing MS Office will make more business sense in a few years.
In many cases, MS Office is bought because users are assumed to be more familiar with it than with alternatives, not because it has any cool features alternatives would lack.
Give millions of students a chance to take their first steps in Open/Star Office, and alternatives to MS may seem more viable as a choice for large office environments, where user confusion is a major cost threat.
Although I'm not sure, I should think that there are free email accounts that allow access via POP... Does anyone know of any?
I use a freemail provider (gmx.net) that is quite popular over here, but I think they've discontinued their non-german-language services (probably weren't getting used).
You can use a web interface (with lots of portal stuff besides mail, obviously language-dependent), POP3/SMTP (IMAP is paid service only) or have your mail forwarded to another address, in which case you still need to login once in a while to prevent expiry (there is an alert e-mail prior to that).
Knowing that use of other providers is equally widespread, their features should not be too unique, with the free service offering two addresses, 20 MB message space (messages expire after three months at maximum), 10 MB additional file space, POP collection from up to three accounts anywhere to aggregate your mail, and user-configurable SPAM filters.
"Oscar"?? is that the same movie I'm associating with that name? hmm, apparently there are at least five movies bearing that name, two of them without a hint towards what they are in the imdb:o(
I guess I can safely assume the one starring Stallone as "Snaps" Provolone is not what you were referring to.
Only Congress may make a declaration of War, which it hasn't.
Technicalities, indeed. Anyone outside the US couldn't care less which part of your government is sending the troops, as long as it's in charge and the troops arrive to do their stuff. Do you think the Iraqi Baath party could sue GWB over not asking Congress and get a court order to withdraw the forces?
If, on the other hand, the Potus wants anything from your Congress, "we're in a state of war, after all" won't be a strong claim to back it.
...hacking the whole system in the process, to get it to assign the impersonator's data to the other's ID...
Since there's a central database backend, the passport will (hopefully, never underestimate stupidity;o) not be in a position to say which identity belongs to a certain iris image, but rather just provide an ID number that is then checked with a simple yes/no query which is much safer in any biometrical ID checking environment.
Fun thing is, though I don't know anything about him except that he posted on slashdot at least once, I can say we probably also much prefer him to be here rather than in the USA:o)
If you had determined there was a virus already, would you neutralize it using anti-virus software or a baseball bat?
Better still, if you fear people might try to break into your machine, would you apply your OpenSSH patch or have them arrested by the FBI for possession of potentially dangerous skills/knowledge?
Would you undergo cardic surgery (or whatever they call it in english) just to make sure there is nothing wrong with your heart, unless there was some very convincing evidence to the opposite?
I'm a salaried employee, and I do punch a clock, or rather, have my "enter" and "leave" times logged using the ID that also opens doors.
In my perception, this adds to my convenience, as I can work different times every day, and adjust the time I stay to both my own activities and the workload (provided it evens out to 7:36 per day over time, including whole days off in exchange for accumulated time, which can be used like ordinary days off). The system also gives an incentive to adhere to legal or contractual requirements about breaks and total work times (if I work more than 10 hours, my boss is notified, and required to contact me about it the next day).
Of course, these were not the reasons for its introduction (I wouldn't know, it's been around longer than me), but I like the flexibility it offers to me.
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Slashcode works that way.
There's no need to do that, either.
Statistically, you ought to get FP once in a while if check back at random intervals (not every topic though), since the script would write a comment faster than a human anyway.
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In fact, the crime in this case is "Volksverhetzung" (incitement of the people, or sedition) - deliberately spreading emotionally and politically significant misinformation among the constituency, trying to destabilize the state.
Sadly, the threat to get people confused is quite real, as evidenced by clueless individuals innocently buying into such convenient collective-conscience clearing myths.
Kiwaiti
Your link may be a better source to base that claim on, but you should not compare the percentages in the two (unless comparing their changes over time, maybe looking for (possibly dilated) parallels).
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Hmm, they might change their minds if they had to.
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Shouldn't think so, if you, like, fill up it's container with water or blood serum.
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I should therefore refine that sentence to start somehow along the lines of "Corporate PHB's are often driven to buy MS Office when aiming for a lower TCO because...", but this is /., no editing, so I'll just put that bit here.
Having said that, I don't think there's any real disagreement between us :o)
Kiwaiti
Kiwaiti
I was talking about the companies these students will one day be working for. Imagine you are to buy something to allow basic word processing. If 80% of your workforce know MSWord, while 20% have never really used a computer at all, it's obviously easier in terms of training to buy what most know than to retrain them all. That's what people accuse Star Office of - not being MS.
If students familiarize themselves with Star Office rather than MS Office, not choosing MS Office will make more business sense in a few years.
Kiwaiti
Give millions of students a chance to take their first steps in Open/Star Office, and alternatives to MS may seem more viable as a choice for large office environments, where user confusion is a major cost threat.
Kiwaiti
I use a freemail provider (gmx.net) that is quite popular over here, but I think they've discontinued their non-german-language services (probably weren't getting used).
You can use a web interface (with lots of portal stuff besides mail, obviously language-dependent), POP3/SMTP (IMAP is paid service only) or have your mail forwarded to another address, in which case you still need to login once in a while to prevent expiry (there is an alert e-mail prior to that).
Knowing that use of other providers is equally widespread, their features should not be too unique, with the free service offering two addresses, 20 MB message space (messages expire after three months at maximum), 10 MB additional file space, POP collection from up to three accounts anywhere to aggregate your mail, and user-configurable SPAM filters.
Kiwaiti
I guess I can safely assume the one starring Stallone as "Snaps" Provolone is not what you were referring to.
Kiwaiti
Technicalities, indeed. Anyone outside the US couldn't care less which part of your government is sending the troops, as long as it's in charge and the troops arrive to do their stuff. Do you think the Iraqi Baath party could sue GWB over not asking Congress and get a court order to withdraw the forces?
If, on the other hand, the Potus wants anything from your Congress, "we're in a state of war, after all" won't be a strong claim to back it.
Kiwaiti
Nope, mammals will be virtually extinct (except for some living fossiles), and the world dominated by thribs, grobbles and sleafers.
Kiwaiti
Since there's a central database backend, the passport will (hopefully, never underestimate stupidity ;o) not be in a position to say which identity belongs to a certain iris image, but rather just provide an ID number that is then checked with a simple yes/no query which is much safer in any biometrical ID checking environment.
Kiwaiti
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Botting will never stop in V 1.09, since your pwnage pindle just kicks ass, and could only be stopped by changes in gameplay.
I'm looking forward to 1.10 - CDB might just actually happen if doing multiple boss runs is nerfed enough ;o)
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Better still, if you fear people might try to break into your machine, would you apply your OpenSSH patch or have them arrested by the FBI for possession of potentially dangerous skills/knowledge?
Would you undergo cardic surgery (or whatever they call it in english) just to make sure there is nothing wrong with your heart, unless there was some very convincing evidence to the opposite?
Kiwaiti
In my perception, this adds to my convenience, as I can work different times every day, and adjust the time I stay to both my own activities and the workload (provided it evens out to 7:36 per day over time, including whole days off in exchange for accumulated time, which can be used like ordinary days off).
The system also gives an incentive to adhere to legal or contractual requirements about breaks and total work times (if I work more than 10 hours, my boss is notified, and required to contact me about it the next day).
Of course, these were not the reasons for its introduction (I wouldn't know, it's been around longer than me), but I like the flexibility it offers to me.
Kiwaiti