kamjam

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by kamjam 14y ago
A murder is a murder, does it really matter whether it is using a gun, a knife or even with bare hands?
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by kamjam 14y ago
I didn't mean it in that sense, my parent are both pretty old but have no idea about tech. For them this phone was perfect, since all they wanted to do was make calls, a green button to make the call and a red button to finish the call. Wit
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by kamjam 14y ago
In the UK they sell a range of mobile phones with big buttons, particularly for the elderly. Basic features on it only of course, but that's probably all they will use anyway. http://easiphone.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1
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by kamjam 14y ago
That's bullsh*t, knives kill just as guns do. In the UK we have many more knife related crime than we do gun related crime. That said, the issue here is not how lethal one is over the other, but Google playing judge,jury and executioner for
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by kamjam 14y ago
Exactly. It's like Valentines day. I ignore it, my girlfriend ignores it. Why should I need some marketing guy to tell me when to tell my girlfriend I love her, that should be happening anyway. To me conforming just tells me you're just a s
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by kamjam 14y ago
I understand both your comments, I didn't bring up the US, other people did and I am just responding to that. My comment is not about comparing anything to anything, it's about the throw away comments that "x isn't as bad as y so we're not
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by kamjam 14y ago
There is no way in hell, you are going to convince me that the US is a bigger domestic human rights violator. This in itself is a disturbing statement. So what are you saying, it's ok as long as the US is not as bad a NK ? Very disturbin
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by kamjam 14y ago
And it also shows that he is human and has sense of humour.
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by kamjam 14y ago
I, for one, understood exactly what you meant straight away. But maybe because I also ma a Programming, Motherfucker!
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by kamjam 14y ago
They seem to be followin the "ask for forgiveness, not for permission" philosophy!
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by kamjam 14y ago
I haven't used Spotify in a long time, but I've known it was p2p since the last time I used it in 2010, this is nothing new. But, I almost exclusively use http://www.grooveshark.com and http://www.songza.com Both are web based, the latt
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by kamjam 14y ago
Yes, I think that's a good way of putting it. I think it's data manipulation and reporting capabilities are excellent. In previous jobs where I used to work with a lot of data it was often easier just to output to Excel to allow the teams t
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by kamjam 14y ago
Exactly this. Sometimes you need to get something done quickly, and getting sign off for a "proper system" just takes too long, or there are too many budgetary constraints, or the dev team is working flat out on higher priority projects tha
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by kamjam 14y ago
It was so long ago I have no idea. I defo vividly remember that I shut it down via the start menu, just one of many moments that stick out :)
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by kamjam 14y ago
I'm waiting till they come out with a monocle version so I can wear it with my top hat :) http://www.medquarterly.co.uk/mq88V1/images/stories/futurama... It actually doesn't look as bad with the sunglasses/shades clip in. No more so tha
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by kamjam 14y ago
Yes, i think so. It was so long ago and it was my first programming role!
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by kamjam 14y ago
Yup, for sure it is, sometimes just having someone else there and having to run through all the steps for them points out the obvious. There was another user further down that said he solved a lot of his own problem just typing them out wit
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by kamjam 14y ago
But at some point, you will become complacent, and it will taken a mistake to remind yourself again. We've all done it. I shut down an NT4 production server because I was connected via remote desktop and clicked shutdown rather than log off
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by kamjam 14y ago
One of my favourite debugging tips has always been "give everyone full access to the folder/service" and see if the problem is "fixed". If so revert and now apply the correct permissions. I've seen this come up so many times although my sup
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by kamjam 14y ago
This is so true, probably about 90% of the time my colleagues call me over about a problem they are facing, explain in detail what the problem is and then eureka! Most of the time it would actually take me much longer to figure out the exac
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by kamjam 14y ago
That xkcd (truth) is about about as annoying as those Facebook links where "xyz has read this story on NYTimes", you click the link cos it kinda looks interesting and it directs you to "add this Facebook app" to read the story. Seriously, n
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by kamjam 14y ago
That's because in the UK knife violence is a much bigger than gun crime. Having said that, drunken violence on a friday/saturday night is a big problem regardless.
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by kamjam 14y ago
We make sure there is enough money in the defence budget to send out Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and gang on more training missions. Although I'm not opposed to just leaving Ben Affleck out there for a while. We also need to come up with some
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by kamjam 14y ago
I didn't justify pirating it, I said it would drive numbers up, there's a difference. And your comparison is flawed. When you buy an airline ticket you know you are buying a single use ticket. If you want a travel comparison then it is like
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by kamjam 14y ago
Yes, totally agree.
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by kamjam 14y ago
I agree, but some things you just cannot get away with NOT using. Too many people are used to using MS Office. As good (or bad) as the open source alternatives are, too many of my friends/relatives are used to the interface. It's a huge re-
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by kamjam 14y ago
It's things like this that drive those pirating numbers up! VM's and the like may be fine for us tech/power users, but for most normal users who just pop the DVD in and install, then to be greeted with a "sorry, buy another copy" this is go
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by kamjam 14y ago
His TED talks were pretty good too, gives a good insight into the work. http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged.html
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by kamjam 14y ago
it's just their business practices that were a problem Yes, agree. But everything is relative, right. All of a sudden the stuff they were doing doesn't seem that evil, and the hip kids from the block are suing the pants off everyone else
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by kamjam 14y ago
Yeah, pretty much. One I saw was a webcast but discussing the same thing. It's pretty well publicized now.. at least in the HN community :) Thanks.

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