... The company behind the global mode is Thumbing its nose

http://www.stuff.co.nz/busines...

"We assumed they were OK with Global Mode and we continued to spend money innovating the facility,"

"We did that on our understanding that geo-unblocking to allow people to digitally import content purchased overseas is perfectly legal. If you say it is not, then we are going to need a lot more detail from you to understand why. Simply sending us a threatening letter, as frightening as that may be, does not get us there and is not a fair reason for us to shut down our whole business,"

A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?

Agreed. It is the standard, but the point is, that he didn't even really know what it is he could do or wanted to do with it - It was just the one tool he had heard of that could do "Graphics" and so thought that is what he needed. (it could be that he could, but was unwilling to explore alternatives)

Conversation I had the other day:

Him: I am waiting for the purchase to be approved so I can get Photoshop and install it. I still need to learn it
Me: Why don't you go the open-source route and use GiMP like I do?
H: I need to learn how to use photoshop for my job.
M: Are you sure? I've never used photoshop and get everything done.
H: I will wait for the purchase order.

So I had a guy who wanted a tool just because of name recognition as opposed to function. He needed "training" anyway but could not get past a tool with a silly name that he had never heard of.
What did he need it for? Basic photo editing.

Agreed. A great, yet shockingly expensive toy

I live on a quiet street and have nothing to hide - Not many people come past my property on a day basis and almost none of them would care about me.

I am a boring man with nothing of interest happening - This doesn't mean I am about to replace my walls with glass panels, so that anyone who happens to come by my property can have a snoop as to what I am up to.

I believe this to be a trait for many government departments/agencies the world over.

My best teacher, also now my friend loves his summers off.

He is experienced, knows his stuff and basically recycles the same content/lesson plans each year and only updates to improve on what did/didn't work so well, changes in curriculum and administration (as well as to relieve boredom).

On our last conversation, there is a high chance that my son will be in his class this year and from what I have spoken with my teacher friend about - I should recognise a fair bit of the work he has to complete.

Ahh The cays of my Amiga, where DF0 would consistently check for a disk.

It would get so annoying, I would often throw a blank floppy in there just to shut it up. :)

Not a scientist here :) but I would like to see the studies where the practice of abstinence has not prevented the spread of STIs and unwanted pregnancies.

Now, I would concede that abstinence often doesn't occur because people generally like to fuck. Maybe I am just being a bit too picky today..

I sometimes have the problem of trying to find review sites that aren't just ads. All too often the "article" is just lifted from the sales brochure.

Agreed, There is little worse than people who get offended just because they think that they should be offended. This goes doubly so for people getting offended on behalf of others