alan_cx

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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yes I have. No I don't. What do you mean by "setup and run"? The work setup is extremely elastic. WP is setup and run. So is a particle accelerator, as is a fridge.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
With all due.... You say "SO many reasons", but at best you have 4, of which only one seems to hold any weight. Avoiding PHP is not something the average blogger would care about, bloat = features and most normal people like featu
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Its a reason the average person can see value in. Since it's the average person's tax money often funding this stuff, it makes sense that academics try to explain uses that benefit the people paying for it. While I agree that its
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"Because Valve's first effort doesn't completely replace a mouse? That seems a bit defeatist." The mouse was patented in 1947. Since then is has not been bettered. Valve are not the first to try.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Hmmmmm. A rant.... This might be culture, or just the people I know, but... There seems to be an expectation that I'm supposed to respond immediately to any call or text, and if I don't, some how I'm an arse. I have a mobile,
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Even more so...
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by alan_cx 13y ago
So, using it is marketing. Now they have their market, and exposure. So, that part of their marketing, using that marketing vehicle is over. So, even more it seems to make sense to ditch it and perhaps move on to something else. You dont ha
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"RSS feeder which could take you to their site" So, yes. Click away? Well, people are not doing that. So not much use to the site in question.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
You are right, take our fellow man out of the equation, and it all feels very different, regardless off the reasons/excuses given. This is also helps explain why drone attacks (missiles too) to kill terrorists, and so on, are so hated
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by alan_cx 13y ago
You could do the same with an RSS feeder which could take you to their site, and thus you contribute. Its you choice. You can help a content provider you clearly value on some level, or actively choose not to. No cost you you either way.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Indeed. I have the theory of middle aged madness. Around that point in life the responsibilities are huge and stress mounts up. Kids, career, mortgage, and so on. Loads of things seems like threats to all that, and the middle aged get all f
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Thank the gods for that. Getting that wrong would have been total pants....
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by alan_cx 13y ago
From a UK perspective, the problem is that "pants" can be used to say something is rubbish, or similar. We might say "that new Yahoo Mail design is a load of pants". With the Wii example, there is not the same sort of co
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Ah, wonderfully divided by a common language!!!! :) "Fanny" is a great cause of transatlantic fun too. And if you are a Brit in the US, never ever say, "Im diving out for a fag". You're gonna get some odd looks.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Could be basque the title suggested it? Note: I miss typed "because", and the spelling suggestion was "basque". Given I like an amusing typo, and the given subject, I simply had to leave it as is....
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I see 26, not 26%. 26 is 2.6% of 1000. (Just woken up and I am a bit blurry, so, I might be tragically wrong)
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I would not have said pants to start with, but now its been said, all I can see is pants. [0] Maybe this is more about the power of suggestion 0. UK, where pants is pants and not trousers. ;) Edit: Also, pants is a UK way of saying rubbish.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Should Fox News only have news about foxes? Although...
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Given that offence it taken and not given, I think you'd best define "offensive" first. Then decide if you left any room for humor. IMHO, there is humor in weight, gender and race. The point is, is one trying to amuse or deli
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Perhaps you need to take a step back and realise that making a joke does not mean misunderstanding an issue. I for one certainly found it amusingly ironic that in an article supposed to be sympathetic to a fat girl had an "Enlarge&quot
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Not that long ago, if you hired an artist based on his work, you might have ended up with a Godwin related situation...
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"The Web should be ours: People should have the ability to shape the Internet experience and be able to contribute with content without requiring permission from a central entity." Honest question: Why? No other network is suppose
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"This kind of frank disclosure should be highly rewarded." With all due, Im sorry but, no. Had it come before the Snowden leaks, absolutely. But it didn't. After the event, facing a danger of customer loss or loss of confiden
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Low value victims and criminals? Its awful to say, but do you think a murder in Detroit gets the same attention this guy or Snowden does/did?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Um, errr, eeek...... you have implied you are not one of their best employees, since its 10/10 and you are still there.... Doh? ;)
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yes. Well, ish. At most, do the minimal reporting you have to so. The problem is, as a human you might innocently give the officer some cause to suspect you in some way, or in some way mitigate the crime against you. I know people who have
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Note that this is a one way rule. Never seen an American site owner be extradited to a foreign country for not respecting their laws.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
What, like a Merc driving in to a tree and weirdly blowing up?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Presumably the same species programmed Tor, no? And since humans are involved, aren't they open to normal human failures and weakness? Or were these special people who programmed Tor?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Do you object to so called democracies criticising Arab states? Are you suggesting that only a democracies can can have a say, and Arabs should just shut up and do as told? Hmmmm, no wonder they have problem with the West.

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