Posts by Don Christie
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One thing I hate about sports is the artificial hype. I have cheered with the best and worst of them in stadia across the UK and NZ. But the artificial manipulation of emotion through a barrage of sound, fireworks, waving banners and the like is pathetic, unnecessary and obscene.
Queue my one and only visit to a police cell. I had just been beaten up by a group of roving football 'fans'. The cops thought it would be a good idea to run an impromptu identity parade and took me inside to look over a group of 20 or 30 young men they had just hauled in.
It was like walking into the chimp cage at the zoo when the chimps are going wild. Terrifying. Especially with only 2 cops for company. I couldn't get out fast enough.
Human beings, like their chimp cousins, don't need hyping up.
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For what its worth, much of the best writing I've ever seen
You missed "Shankly, by Bill Shankly".
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Windows has sudo, right?
@emma nice, I'd forgotten that one.
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Advice on how to invest in stock...use someone else's money.
I was going to link to *that* Cramer video on Youtube, then this message came up:
<quote> This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by TheStreet.com. </quot>
So here is his latest advice...
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I am finding it impossible to get complete administrator control, even though I osntensibly have all the privileges and I'm the computer's only user
Have you tried using 'sudo'?
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it must have been sustainable cos the industry didn't die.
So, breaking my rule twice in one week, let me just say, QED.
I think we can close this thread now.
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I was trying to come up with a response to Russell's Vista problems but I think Stephen Judd nailed it really.
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John
I emailed Don but no reply - anyone else help?
You did!
I can see your problem now. You can't live in the best part of the best country in the world *and* expect unfettered access to stuff.co.nz. That would be too much of a good thing. Sorry.
TBH, I did have a response for you but it involved checking your cookie settings. Also in the pipe line is a much demanded "remember me" option.
/me wants to return to Central Otago
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These guys do have a genuine problem: they've identified the major P2P music seeders in NZ, who are doing huge traffic. It's reasonable for the owners to wonder what exactly they are going to do about it.
Please God, not ask for legislation reacting to specific technology that is transient but that has a side effect of strangling innovation (the legislatio, that is). As someone pointed out on the NZOSS list, the issues are social, not technical.
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Usually don't respond to robbery these days however...
its a different ball game now.
The law is unchanged. So, the ball game hasn't changed one little bit. When the law changes then maybe the basis for debate will change.