We use bittorrent to move MS ISOs at work. We are an Educational institution and as such we are allowed to offer students access to MS products. (not the Office suite, but OS's .NET and the like) This is done via the Dreamspark site where students can get their license keys but from our internal network they can use bittorrent to get the ISOs

So we legally give access to MS OS via torrents (^_^)

I'm in Australia and my average is 237ms, and they say that we don't need the NBN...
I'm sure that is a provider problem, as well as a shitty infrastructure problem. Once a year my Internet/phone line drops out for a day or two and then I have to call out a tech to look at the exchange, and each time they find a problem with it...

Yeah, Guest account would be the best way... Pretty straight forward, or you could create a standard account and lock it down with AppLocker and/or local policy. Parental controls can also be useful here. Of course, you will probably need Win 7 Professional for most of this.

All of this from an Apple user ;)

I cannot believe how many comments here are attacking Adria. Sure, she did an increadibly dumb thing by going straight to Twitter, and I can understand why SendGrid are distancing themselves from her, but I can completely understand why she did what she did.

Women are treated like absolute crap by most of the IT industry, I have worked in the field for years and now work as a IT teacher, most individuals are reasonably respectful, but by-and-large it does become a 'mens club'.

Adria was offended by what was said, whether that was right or wrong is not the issue, the issue was that as an attendee at PyCon and she was exposed to behaviour that had no place at a IT conference. And to be honest, I think people are understating how difficult it can be to confront people who cause offence. The best solution would be to talk to those who caused offence, but in some social situations that isn't the simple task most people here are making it out to be, are you all that socially capable?

The attitudes need to change, and that isn't going to just happen. Hopefully this serves as a example about what behaviour is expected by IT professionals when interacting with people. Given the comments made here I suspect that there is a lot of "But these women make my life less fun, and they souldn't be allowed too" and that only helps fuel this very problem.

Dude, you ARE living in a world where the whims of the minority are being enforced, because they have the money to start the lobby groups, hire the lawyers and make life difficult for those who oppose them.

Not to say your points are not valid, 'cause they are, just that participation of raising awareness of a problem and being vocal about it is kinda what Democracy relies on to you know, function.

oh sorry, I forgot, Democracy doesn't function....

Ah you see, it's Summer in Australia. No such problem here.

Using clothes all the time may impede on a few important biological activities that ensure the continuation of the species (despite how Hollywood portrays the act, clothes only get in the way) and shut down some of the largest Internet business models. Hygiene would also be difficult.

And streaking is just so much fun anyway :-P

Firstly, there are many many batmobiles that have appeared in comcs/cartoons/movies. now, I am a LEGO builder and I have, from time to time reproduced Batmobiles (As I am a Batman fan). A friend of mine recently expressed interest in buying one from me. If the WB suit holds up, that action would also fall afoul would it not?

This would, if successful, lock down entire creative industries, and that cannot be good for anyone.

The LEGO employees do have access to bricks for free, the key difference is that what you buy from a store, in a kit has passed Quality Assurance, what the employees have access to have not,or may have, depends. They also don't have control over what they get, they get what is available.

If you want to see the "LEGO Economy" check out Bricklink

They used to, but this discontinued it in Jan ths year. Everything was packed by hand, so it wasn't cost effective for them. They still have the LEGO Digital Designer though

Man, I wish there was a 3x3 plate, I suspect you mean 3x2, but the building standards have gotten much better over the years

People often say this. To which I have to respond "have you tried?" It is factually incorrect, aside from the wheels there is nothing in that set that has to be a train, and even then I have seen people do interesting things with train wheels.

Sure if you are only using the parts from that set, it will be challenging but any child who only has one set will not be getting the most out of It anyway.

For example, in the LEGO fan community building competitions often arise where you have to use "useless parts"
like this

I disagree, clearly you were not building big enough. (^_^)
Saturn V

Different engineering challenges to be sure, but they are still valid.

The plural is indeed Lego. However the plural of Lego brick is Lego bricks... A collection of Lego, a collection of Lego bricks... Though, not all Lego is bricks anymore...

I think perception is a bigger problem. LEGO has made some good inroads with the 'Friends' line, which, to be honest, has more complex building than some of the "Boys" sets at the same age group, as to marketing... Not sure

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