Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >>> So you didn't hear about any of the so-called "Arab Spring" events?
> >>
> >> No.
> >
> > Do you watch tv?
>
> No.
>
> > Do you listen to the radio?
>
> No.
>
> > Read newspaper?
>
> No.

curiously, I too pretty much have ditched traditional media.  I still dig news
on the web though...

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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:30:17 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>> You do know that the US pulled out of Iraq, yes?
> 
> I've heard multiple rounds of "We're pulling out. Oh, wait, we're
> pulling out in 6 month's time. No, we're pulling out next month. Oh,
> actually, make that 2 years. Actually, wait, make it a month. No, hang
> on..." It's news to me that they *actually* did it at last.

There was an agreed-upon timeline with the Iraqi government for the 
pullout to be completed by December 31, 2011.  They met that timeline.

>> Or were you unaware that the US (and the UK) were at war in Iraq?
> 
> Hehehe, is *that* why every FPS made in the last 10 years happens in the
> Middle East with Iraqis as the enemy? :-P

It seems that that probably doesn't have a lot to do with reality.  There 
were a couple of Star Wars games that came out as well, yet the Empire is 
still a work of fiction.

>> You know there's a war in Afghanistan too, yes?  And that's still going
>> on?
> 
> Wait - Afghanistan and Iraq aren't the same place? o_O

Um, no, they're not.  Are you serious?

>> And that Osama Bin Laden is dead?
> 
> Actually, no. I heard Saddam was dead, but I didn't know they ever found
> Osama.

<facepalm>

>>> Fame is a relative thing.
>>
>> It is relative, but there's been a *lot* of news about illegal
>> downloads and torrents in the past 5 years or so.  TPB has figured into
>> a lot of that news, because the providers keep blocking access, and
>> they keep getting unblocked.
>>
>> I've found it kinda hard to avoid news about that.  I'm wondering how
>> you managed it without even trying.
> 
> I've heard a lot of talk about "illegal downloads". I haven't heard
> anybody mention TPB.

Do you read slashdot?  The Register?

> It did tickle me when ISPs were talking about various ways to "detect
> and prevent downloading". Uh, you realise that the entire /point/ of
> ISPs is to enable downloading, right? Perhaps you meant prevent
> *illegal* downloading? :-P
> 
> (That and the talk of ISPs charging YouTube money because they're "using
> up all the bandwidth". Translation: "our profit model depends on
> customers using only a fraction of the bandwidth that they pay us for,
> and now people are using /all/ of what they rightfully paid for,
> waaaaa!")

Actually, not YouTube, but Netflix; it's streaming has been claimed to 
take more bandwidth than illegal downloads.

Jim

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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:20:41 -0500, Francois Labreque wrote:

> I think I facepalmed hard enough to break my nose.

Actually, I nearly literally did that last week.  I was talking with a 
support engineer about an odd support question I answered myself earlier 
in the week, and I went to facepalm and missed.

Jim

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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:03:06 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 24/01/2012 12:50 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:10:36 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 23/01/2012 9:39 PM, Patrick Elliott wrote:
>>>> Fox News
>>>
>>> ??? :-P
>>
>> Some over here refer to them as "Faux News" - because a fair bit of the
>> opinion side is "manufactured rage".
>>
>>
> I saw a bit of it last year in NM. I did not go back to that hotel.

I've news for you - the hotel wasn't hte problem. ;)

Jim

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>>> You do know that the US pulled out of Iraq, yes?
>>
>> I've heard multiple rounds of "We're pulling out. Oh, wait, we're
>> pulling out in 6 month's time. No, we're pulling out next month. Oh,
>> actually, make that 2 years. Actually, wait, make it a month. No, hang
>> on..." It's news to me that they *actually* did it at last.
>
> There was an agreed-upon timeline with the Iraqi government for the
> pullout to be completed by December 31, 2011.  They met that timeline.

I heard so many conflicting reports about what they were or weren't 
going to do, I stopped paying attention.

>>> Or were you unaware that the US (and the UK) were at war in Iraq?
>>
>> Hehehe, is *that* why every FPS made in the last 10 years happens in the
>> Middle East with Iraqis as the enemy? :-P
>
> It seems that that probably doesn't have a lot to do with reality.  There
> were a couple of Star Wars games that came out as well, yet the Empire is
> still a work of fiction.

Well, sure. But I suspect before all this happened, most people had 
never even *heard* of Iraq.

>> Wait - Afghanistan and Iraq aren't the same place? o_O
>
> Um, no, they're not.  Are you serious?

Oh. Crap...

>>> I've found it kinda hard to avoid news about that.  I'm wondering how
>>> you managed it without even trying.
>>
>> I've heard a lot of talk about "illegal downloads". I haven't heard
>> anybody mention TPB.
>
> Do you read slashdot?  The Register?

Nope, never. Why would I?

>> (That and the talk of ISPs charging YouTube money because they're "using
>> up all the bandwidth". Translation: "our profit model depends on
>> customers using only a fraction of the bandwidth that they pay us for,
>> and now people are using /all/ of what they rightfully paid for,
>> waaaaa!")
>
> Actually, not YouTube, but Netflix; it's streaming has been claimed to
> take more bandwidth than illegal downloads.

Maybe in the US. In Britain, it seems to be YouTube and iPlayer that 
everyone was whining about.

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Jim Henderson escreveu:
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:20:41 -0500, Francois Labreque wrote:
> 
>> I think I facepalmed hard enough to break my nose.
> 
> Actually, I nearly literally did that last week.  I was talking with a 
> support engineer about an odd support question I answered myself earlier 
> in the week, and I went to facepalm and missed.

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/813780/Extreme_Facepalm.png

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On 24/01/2012 4:39 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I saw a bit of it last year in NM. I did not go back to that hotel.
> I've news for you - the hotel wasn't hte problem.;)

No, most likely the clientele.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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On 24/01/2012 4:49 PM, Invisible wrote:
> Well, sure. But I suspect before all this happened, most people had
> never even *heard* of Iraq.

Come on! What about Mesopotamia or Babylonia, then?
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)?
Iran-Iraq War?

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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Stephen escreveu:
> On 24/01/2012 4:49 PM, Invisible wrote:
>> Well, sure. But I suspect before all this happened, most people had
>> never even *heard* of Iraq.
> 
> Come on! What about Mesopotamia or Babylonia, then?
> T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)?
> Iran-Iraq War?

ask him if he knows something about Celts...

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On 1/24/2012 8:27 AM, Francois Labreque wrote:
> Le 2012-01-23 05:25, John VanSickle a écrit :
>> On 1/19/2012 12:31 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:56:30 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>>
>>>> If they were planning to make it legal to lock Americans up without
>>>> trial, *that* would be seriously disturbing.
>>>
>>> They already have that. It was part of the most recent defense
>>> appropriations bill that was signed into law.
>>>
>>> Obama issued a 'signing statement' saying that his administration
>>> wouldn't use indefinite detention on American citizens, but there's
>>> nothing to stop the next administration from doing that.
>>
>> So the next President could round up the Congressmen who wrote that
>> provision, toss them in prison, and tell them that they can go free when
>> they repeal it.
>>
>> I hereby announce my candidacy...
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>
> Nope.
>
> Article I, section 6.

Wait until the go into recess.

Or declare that making this law violates their oath to uphold the 
Constitution, which is perjury, which is a felony, which is an exception 
to the item you cite.

Regards,
John

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