Did they try turning it off and on again?

I don't blame Americans for Cuba's woes. Its just a shame that vocal minority have coloured the perception of Cuba to such an extent that the USA cannot (politically) relax their position and assist with Cubas development. Its true there is trade between other countries and Cuba but the problem is proximity - they're too poor to import goods across the atlantic but I'm sure costs would be a lot lower if they only had to hop across with supplies from Florida.

For a predominantly Christian country you would have thought that America would have heard of "Love thy neighbour".

Having spent three weeks in Cuba, one week in a 5* hotel for my brothers’ wedding and the other two weeks trekking round the island on my own I thought I'd add some comments from my experiences there:

Yes it is a poor country but as far as quality of life goes I have to say I’ve seen a lot worse (India, Thailand, even rural Mexico to name but a few... Don’t even get me started on Africa). The people I met were friendly and largely happy with what they had.. I say largely because I did hear complaints but these were mostly along the lines of “I want a better TV.. my car needs new parts.. etc. Nothing you wouldn’t hear from a more wealthy first worlder.

Whilst travelling I tripped and cut my leg in Cauto Cristo. This is not a tourist destination and I have to say the medical attention I received was excellent and, best of all, free.

I didn’t see any food shortages – in fact people were continuously inviting me round for dinner (and only once was I asked to contribute and it was only for the price of ingredients rather than an attempt to con the foreign devil)

With regard to the “opulent” resorts mentioned by a previous poster I have to say they were great. But hardly “opulent” when compared to a Las Vegas hotel. Tourism is a major source of income for the country so why wouldn’t they spend money making it a place people want to visit? These resorts are hardly hidden from the populace either and instead offer job opportunities that everyone I spoke with were pleased to have.

I'd clone the scientist who knows how to build the cloning machine.

He knew it a long time ago but has since forgotten..

I stand corrected (though not able to try it out until I get home). Every Google search on the subject seemed to bring up Samba as the only solution whereas as soon as I threw Nautilus into the search string I get a ton of info on how to do it without.

Appreciate the info jawstheshark.

Considering Ubuntu doesn't come with the (built in) ability to connect to Windows networks I'm a little concerned that Ubuntu TV will prove just as handicapped.

Yes I appreciate Samba (or similar) will add this feature back in but I would hope that they have had the foresight to include this as default in Ubuntu TV.

Who the f**k are Anonymous? Oh wait...

TL;DR

You've obviously never come across Dwarf Bread before!

..when they were 5.25" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Floppy_disk_5.25_inch.JPG

If your geekiness extends to security related subjects then I recommend the Thames House tour which starts from the third floor reception at around 10am each day. It's a pretty long tour so you may want bring some lunch in a rucksack and camera &/or a video camera is essential.

No need to book in advance as not a lot of tourists know about the tour - when I went the receptionist on the ground floor didn't even know about it and I had to kick up a right fuss before they gave in and let me up to where it started!

Have a fun trip!

Well....

Sixth Annual BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study (2008), Page 17, when describing how they calculate piracy:

1. Determine how much PC packaged software was deployed in 2008;
2. Determine how much PC packaged software was paid for/legally acquired in 2008; and
3. Subtract one from the other to get the amount of pirated software.

To calculate "deployment" they asked 6,200 people (p.17 of above report) how much software they install in a given year. Take into account that these 6,000 people are spread across 24 countries - that's an average of just 258 people per country for their survey! (For those that are interested they estimate the rest of the world based on these 24 countries)

Software paid for/legally acquired comes from IDC estimates.

They then get their magic 41% figure... Is it just me or does this seem as flimsy as a polystyrene tow-bar?