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by alan_cx 13y ago
My take is that it depends how you define working, or a job. If its something you do because you have to for the money, a means to an end, then I agree with you. 80hrs is near slavery, even the standard 40 ish hrs is my idea of pure living
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Are you suggesting that Europeans treat allies and enemies in the same way? People defending US interests are forgetting that the US is supposed to be an ally to Europe.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
While I find it kind of obscene that ISPs (and many many other businesses) make lots of cash in Africa (third world in general) rolling out connectivity, while seemingly giving little back, which of course could help with malaria (and many
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I tried them at the same time I was trying ighome.com. I liked it enough, until the nagging for money started. It then became annoying, so I settled on igHome. Less functional but less annoying.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
iGoogle used to be my home page. Now this is: http://www.ighome.com/ Which (cant remember) either I set up for DDG or, it was the default. So, while I do find myself !g ing a lot, google is no longer my default for anything
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by alan_cx 13y ago
This is just about working for me: http://www.ighome.com/
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Hell yeah. Precisely what I couldn't think of!!!!!!!!!!
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yep!!!!
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Unfortunately I think a real sense of democracy is long gone. We are left having the play the only game left in town. Buy your influence then, influence.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Since when did a "challenge" justify or excuse immoral or illegal behavior?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
A better use of all that money would be to play the lobbying game the enemies of freedom so effectively play. This is the the thing I completely fail to understand. If all these huge tech firms with all this cash really care about privacy,
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by alan_cx 13y ago
With out trying to be childish, my second thought was, "I'd love to whack that thing with a bat". I cant think what or how, but it seems to me that are more refined, more rugged version could give rise to a brilliant game &#x
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Absolutely, give it a go. It works for all Apple products. It works best in an Apple store...
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Sad that you felt you had to explain the joke :(
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Because we are.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well..... http://abarristerswife.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/exhibit-a-th... UK, but I can see this happening elsewhere.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
So, same as the science thread then. Money corrupts science, and suddenly now journalism. And sport. Oh, education too. Oppps, for got health care. And war. Internet? Hmmmmmm Isnt there a saying about money and corruption? Its been going on
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"Can you actually point to a period of time when things were better?" Yesterday. And yesterday, the answer would have been, yesterday. And so on. Literally, day by day it gets worse. So, the day before was clearly a time when thin
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, sure, of course. I used OBL because I don't have a list of US special forces assassinations. Big old list of drone ones though... If you like, I could say random foreign family who might have one member who the NSA/CIA think
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"Drones are just like any other tools of war. " No they are not. The are risk free and relatively cheap, meaning its easier to order their use. The easier war is, the easier it is to make war. "The fact that the combatant is
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Have the number of car chases decreased over time due to all the chases teaching people its not worth running?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
When they are an ally. Its how the US expects it's allies to behave towards it. Or do foreigners now have every right to assume the US never, ever plays straight and equally massive surveillance budgets should now be turned towards the
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by alan_cx 13y ago
At what point do monopolies become a worry? Or do they at all?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Um....Not trying to be negative or put the partnership down, but sort of logically, isn't this a guy who one one hand (co)wrote the best of the original trilogy, but didn't see the coming evil of the worst of the trilogy? Which a
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Just to say thanks for the replies. Im now a fair bit less clueless than I was !!!
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by alan_cx 13y ago
If memory serves, uTorrent lost trust-ability when it got sold. IIRC, that means post version 1.6.1 it became a concern and began to needlessly bloat. Prior to that is was a brilliant bit of software. 1.6.1 is light weight, unmolested, and
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Any Amercians think it was some hideous British dental condition? ;)
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by alan_cx 13y ago
No, no, no. You can absolutely trust them if they are say "we are doing this to maximize profits for our share holders / owners". Then, what is this expectation that one should be able to trust them to do anything else at all
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by alan_cx 13y ago
This is not my thing at all, so this might be a really silly question, but... Are people who have avoided prescribed antibiotics in a better position than those who haven't? Then, what is the effect on such people of the antibiotics ta
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by alan_cx 13y ago
On a "what do I do?" practical level, its not about trusting him. The point is his suggestions or advice point people in a direction that they or people they trust can verify. If he were spreading false information, by now, he&#x2

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