I have done so, and what you say makes no sense. The old carbon microphones require a current flowing through them in order to produce any signal, and that current draw is what signals to the CO that the receiver is off-hook. Therefore the microphone has to be disconnected from the line when the phone is on-hook (or else the CO would see the phone as permanently off-hook) and that is indeed the case in actual phones.

Not in Europe, that's the point - over here the convention is to put the day before the month when writing the day in figures.

The malicious troll doesn't need to confirm signup - only to request it, at which point the list server will send an email to the spamtrap, and boom, your reputation takes a hit. All while you're conforming 100% to best practice.

I see what you're saying, but he's not actually having his IP blocked in this case. The blocking is taking place based on the content of the message, specifically whether it mentions certain domains set up as relays. The interesting question (from his point of view and ours) is exactly how those domains become flagged as "spammy". For instance, I'd be interested to know (as others have asked) whether the relays allow traffic on port 25, and whether this is a factor.

He is doing that - but the mail is being blocked purely because it mentions certain domains in the body of the message.

Indeed. Or the first of December :-)

I think some people have misunderstood your comment - you're talking about the ER in the US, not the UK, right? (For the benefit of others, in the UK people don't have to pay to see their doctor, and the "ER" is called "A&E" (accident & emergency)).

Bengie's comment was unclear - you're absolutely right, nobody pays to see their doctor in the UK - his point was that in the US people have to pay for their doctor so if they can't afford it they go to the ER instead, which is less efficient...

In fairness you do still have the choice to purchase insurance that will give you additional cover. That's not taken away from you - you just get given a baseline level of care that you don't (directly) pay for.

Or RCS. Or SCCS. Or PVCS. Or Clearcase. Or (shudder) Visual SourceSafe. There are a lot of tools out there that are more painful than Subversion...

Are you sure there are no barriers to participation by women? Have you, for example, asked any women who have tried to participate? A quick internet search suggests that those few women who have tried out participation in Open Source projects found that there was a significant element to the experience that wasn't pretty. That is plenty to discourage women from taking part.

Actually Lenovo are often pretty good about supporting Linux - e.g. they provide information and often drivers and support. I don't think the M92p is a model for which they do this though.

This much is true...

... but you're missing an important point. The significance of the "walled garden" reference is this: if I am a developer of an application that uses the word "memory" in its title or as a keyword, but in a non-infringing way (and it's hard to imagine that every single possible use of the word "memory" infringes the trademark), then outside a walled garden, I have options: I may choose to capitulate to avoid a lawsuit, or I can choose to take my chances with the legal system and continue using the term (and, if I can get a good lawyer, I may well win). But Apple is not giving developers that choice - they can either remove the term "memory", or remove the app entirely.

I suspect that Ravensburger have taken action to protect their trademark, and are only likely concerned about apps that are similar to / might be confused with their product - and Apple are indeed probably liable if they are selling infringing products. But, rather than vet individual apps based on whether they infringe or not (which is time-consuming and error-prone), Apple have taken a decision to impose a blanket ban on the term - which, while I see the practical benefits from their point of view, is clearly detrimental to, say, people searching for an application to check what DIMMs might be compatible with some hardware they need to upgrade...

...and how does that help when you don't even know one synonym in the target language?

Clue: a good multilingual dictionary weighs several pounds. Installing an app adds no extra weight. When travelling to/around a foreign country, that can be important :-)

Or USA and KSA, come to that :-)

Some people might argue that. But would that be based on evidence and fact, or ill-informed speculation and prejudice? My own experience (and I have lived in a Muslim country) is that most Muslims are horrified at the views and actions of the fundamentalists - like folks anywhere, most people just want to get on with their own lives without interfering in, or being interfered with by, other people - especially other people in another country far away.