Posts by Dances With Sheep 68 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Mar 2010
drop NTP on your border
Really ?
The NTP protocal works better (more robust, more acurate) the more individual servers participate. As long as you are fully patched, running a public NTP server (or joining pool.ntp.org) is good karma and a polite thing to do.
No need to throw the baby out with the bath water.
S'wot happend in 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Glasgow_International_Airport_attack
However, fortunately in this case, the terrorists were very inept........
Firstly in managing to set themselves on fire
Secondly, in choosing Scotland as a target.
Que an irate Glaswegen shouting "fuckin mon then" and kicking said terrorist in the love spuds.
> When you decide to get greedy and flip a kilo of coke.
He got greedy?
Or more likely, he did $SOMETHINGSTUPID and 1000g a metric shitload of cocaine turned up on his own fucking door step with the FBI's postage stamps on it and all evidence pointing to him.
He's now facing the rest of his life in prison (thankyou WOD). Of course he is gonna sing like a canary to the FBI and make out his life was at risk. They now have a perfect witness willing to say anything.
Sorry mate, but the truith is the first casualty in this story.
> I never understand the complete opposition to the new that we invariably see here
Because DAB is shite.
* Low bitrate
* Eats batteries (AC power or car power essential)
* Poor signal in large parts of UK, signal also prone to breakup
* Few advantages over internet radio
FM radio offers very good quality audio with low power consumption.
DAB obviously has more choice of decent music stations. But then so does the internet.
Also, there is a lot to be said for a basic low-powered radio service as a backup for when the shit hits the fan.
The reason for Silk Roads popularity was that not every 'buddy down the street' sells pure stuff.
For example, the feedback system of Silk Road helped geeks to buy safe(er), pure MDMA disco biscuts, and not potentially dangerous PMA.
Anybody who joined the Fellowship Of The Weed could find a nice mellow smoke (a variety of sativas and indicas with varying THC & CBD levels) rather than the "two-tokes-and-you're-wasted" stuff sold for maximum proffit by many street dealers.
> Careful with the Fly Agaric, I believe they need to be dried out correctly or they can make you pretty poorly
Is correct.
Even if dried out properly, you will likely have an upset gut. Other 'shrooms are prefered.
Safety note: Always save a sample of any wild mushroom you eat. This might not be of any use at the hospital, but at least they will know what to put on the death certificate :-)
> So what does the Bundesnachrichtendienst (the German foreign intelligence agency) do, then?
Kindly re-read what I wrote above :-)
Do the Bundesnachrichtendienst spy on friendly allies ? Unlikely.
And if they did get cought doing it, the German public would not be impressed at all. Not one bit.
I base my observations on working in Germany for a few years. Perhaps anybody else who has worked there or is German themselves would care to comment?
> But surely Germany is spying on American
No.
Y'see, you have to understand the Germans.
Have a few pints together and inevitably they will nearly all tell you the same thing.
It. Must. Not. Happen. Again.
In being accepted back into the "international community" the Germans have always been very, very careful to try to be whiter than white, and aviod pissing off others. It is unthinkable to the average German bloke in the street that they would spy on allies....... Even if it did happen, the German public would be outraged.
Not everybody has the same attitude to friends as the biggest bully in the room, the US of A.
(Would any Germans kindly care to comment on what I have written above?)
" You do realise that telling plod you "forgot" your password still counts as "failing to disclose the password" under the RIPA legislation. "
My understanding is that there has never been a prosecution for 'forgetting' a password.
There have only been prosecutions for outright refusal.
If you can find a reference otherwise, I am very willing to be proven wrong.
I'd suggest that the courts know that trying to prosecute somebody for forgetting something is a potential minefield. Maybe even enough to call the act into question.
OK.....
Even under RIP, you can tell plod you have "forgotten" your pass-phrase and there isn't too much they or a jury can infer.
By saying to plod "I'm not telling" he is either making a stand to get RIP struck down (and has very big, hairy balls indeed), or he is a bit thick and has had crap legal advice.
Prace bets now.
I learnt to type at school on a manual typewriter (it beated doing extra-French back in 1990).
As part of the exam, us budding audio-secretaries had to explain why it was important to lock the typewriter ribbons (and dictaphone tapes) in the office safe at the end of the day.
It seams they did think about data security back then. :-)
Unable to use it more like.
I spent a year as a dole monkey {1} and met plenty of people desperate to find work, but unfortunately not very bright. Not bright enough to use the intertubes at any rate.
The other biggie?
People obviously unemployable due to serious alcohol / drug problems were being sent on training courses to learn "new skills"....... Because when you are "in training" you don't count as unemployed on government statistics. A waste of the instructors time & government money.
{1} With a physics PhD. Go figure.
I've noticed pubs here in Blightly putting spy cams in the mens bogs.
Ten years ago, you wouldn't have believed it would you?
....and before you ask, when one of us comes back from a scoot and gives a positive perv-cam report, we make a point of drinking elsewhere. (Not that the teenaged bar staff GAF about what we do)
> "We know better than you" nanny-isms coming from these self-righteous medical researchers.
I hate to say it, but those self-righteous medical researchers actually DO know better than you. (Since I take it you don’t have a medical degree?).
They have given genuine scientific advice ("corn syrup is bad m'kay "). On an individual level, you are free to ignore this if you wish. On a national level, you can vote for a government that either takes or ignores scientific advice.
*cough* EcstasyIsSaferThanHorseRiding *cough*
I'm just sayin' :-)
"Why do you send your CV to me with no mobile phone number? "
Is he taking the piss?
Who the fuck is going to give a mobile phone number so you can call me at my current place of employment or when I'm sat on the bog? You get a home landline (with voice-mail) and a private email address sunshine.
If you think you need to contact me instantly, right this minute..... you don't. Any company I will work for isn't shitting themselves trying to employ the first person they can phone in a blind panic.
> Anyone who wants to charge me to spend my own money in a slightly more convenient way can go fuck themselves
For what it's worth, every time you pay with a *credit* card, Visa / Mastercard takes a 2-3% cut, which, surprise, will get added on to the shop prices to compensate. (And with American Express, it's nearer 5%...... ever wondered why so few small shops take Amex?)
If you are paying your friendly, local business, pay 'em in cash. They will appreciate not letting the credit card companies dip a finger in the pie, and cash-flow can be an issue with small business. (The credit card companies will only pay the merchant monthly)
Debit cards on the other hand, charge a flat fee (rather than a percentage) typically of a few pence. All the same, I'd rather pay cash and not let these parasites take a cut.
> Why listening to people who tell you what to eat and drink.
Ummmm....
Because they are doctors and know more about health than we do.
Of course, if you are too thick to tell the difference between useful scientific advice on health (which you are free to ignore) and "OMG, they are gonna make us all eat sprouts" then I suggest reading the Daily Fail where you will find other people who share your misunderstanding of science.
Yeah I'm gonna get pissed & stoned this Friday. But I wont kid myself it's healthy unlike some fuckwits out there. (HINT: moderate drinking is healthy..... not necking 8 pints of ale and toking a few ceiling scrapers.)
Christ, did they want to know your employers name and address at the last census?
Anyway, on a lighter note for Q20, Id suggest such religions as Fellater or Felcher (Jedi is SO last decade). And Q35 "What did you do at your job" is just crying our to be answered with "drinking" , "lighting farts" or perhaps "not much".
Lets face it..... in 100 years time, some kid will be reading through this lot as part of a school genealogy project. At least give them a giggle.
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