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by alan_cx 13y ago
I see the answers given, and have to wonder if they know we are talking people and not slabs of warm meat.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
If you do that she will accuse you are being a bully and a troll, and you become her reason for censorship. This "person" is beyond reason and logic. Make no mistake, she and her ilk are not about saving the children. She wants to
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by alan_cx 13y ago
That is probably how her supporters communicate normally. The land line phone is probably still regarded as witchcraft. Not to mention that her party has allowed the postal service to self destruct, so that they can sell it off cheap to the
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I find it a disgusting abuse to expect people to work for no money, even it is called voluntary over time. From what I can tell, its part time slavery. Such employees give this time essentially out of fear. Its a coercion. One reason slaves
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"How much did the OP pay to use Facebook as a social platform?" As much as (s)he paid 5 years ago when there wasnt any as-retargeting.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Its an obvious reference to Job's comment. Therefor its not sensationalist, hyperbole, or what ever, to use the image with this type of story. Job's comments may well be, but that isn't the article's author's proble
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Oh yeah. You just made it a conspiracy to patent troll. Nice one.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I have 6 kids. One, my 10 yo daughter is mostly at home due to long term illness. School attendance, 10%, ish. In education tests, she is in the top 10%. My conclusion? Kids learn. Its what they do. No, Im not sure what the point of school
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by alan_cx 13y ago
$10M says the NSA is a valued customer.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Given the lack of mass outrage, I think people are still in some sort of denial. Or perhaps its seen as being too huge to really do anything meaningful about. In the UK, politicians are still mostly trying to sort of shrug it off. Even acro
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Is this to do with when a certain strength of cryptology was catagorised as a weapon and there for not allowed to be exported from the USA? Does this mean that that was relaxed becasue the NSA, or whoever, eventually got a back door or what
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Shame your anecdote is lost due people getting hung up on "spike this deal"....
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I've never been arrested by a corporation.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
This is politically motivated nonsense. At right wing government trying to prove its not homophobic. Yes the Queen issued the pardon, but it wont have been done without the government being consulted. Pardoning one person like this when tho
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Coding / programming is part of computer science. CS includes maths, electronics, micro electronics, logic gates, how hard drives work, and what not. CS is about computing and computers as a whole. So, coding is only a part of it. In
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I think the word "hostage" was just a statement of fact, and not a value judgement. I don't think the author blamed the sysadmin for doing so.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Have a look at the power outputs of turbo engines beck in the 80's. These new engines are tame in comparison.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Its about attracting manufacturers with using engines which closer match the engines they sell in road cars. Ok, they happen to be greener, but add in the dev costs and these engines are more expensive.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
No, not boring. Because you can now hear the tyres, you can hear how good the driver is.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Closed that tab as fast as humanly possible. Jeez, autoplaying blasting music? Come on.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
These carriers are the most powerful, expensive war asset any nation state has. The weakest, most vulnerable link is the soft fleshy things on board. Yet, they are the most essential component of the system. You cant replace them at sea, yo
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"Sure, better let somebody else's kids take care of the shitty work." Bullshit. That was never implied, let alone said, you simply made it up.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, probably "whinux" users.... ;)
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Oh do get on with it. Put up or shut up. Otherwise, all I'm seeing is childish usenet style attention seeking.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Does "nonce" here have a meaning I don't know? Its just that here in the UK, its common meaning isnt exactly positive.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Just a couple of things. uTorrent got iffy once it was bought out. IIRC, you want version 0.6 This was very small, fast and unmolested. VLC. For years used to be absolutely fantastic. When it came out, a god send. I'd tell anyone list
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"will not find whatever document you want 90% of the time" Absolute rubbish.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, good bit of software, usually end up installing it. However.... As I currently dont have it installed I thought I would do so having been reminded by this. Highlighted paint.net and right clicked. Of course chrome wanted to go to pain
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Friendly tip: Ask a question rather than state a potentially incorrect opinion which sounds like you think you know what you are talking about, but suggests that you don't. With my limited knowledge, you point initially makes sense to
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I cant believe people aren't shocked that they even spy on Israel's PM. To me that is stunning. I, clearly wrongly, assumed that where it counts the US and Israel are glued to the same page. So, why spy on them? Its almost like th

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