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How much water would the world save by the lower amount of socks needing to be washed?-Stephen66515 (March 15, 2012, 06:48 PM)
Socks? Hmmm... Apparently your porn is different than my porn...-Renegade (March 15, 2012, 06:54 PM)
- You did kinda walk right into that one 
Oh god... here we go again... Some yahoo blathering about censorship blah blah blah...
http://dailycaller.c...ers-with-pants-down/
Internet pornography could conceivably become a thing of the past if Rick Santorum is elected president.
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To black out foreign sites, Santorum would likely need legislative action requiring Internet service providers to use “a mandatory filter set up by the government or by the service providers,” said Volokh.
But the government could also prosecute individual citizens who view porn, and already has the legal authority to do it.
“Although the Supreme Court says private possession is constitutionally protected, it has said that private receipt of [pornography] is not protected,” noted Volokh. “You can’t prosecute them all … but you can find certain types of pornography that are sufficiently unpopular” for easy convictions, he explained.
How many data centers would instantly go bankrupt if porn were banned?-Renegade (March 15, 2012, 06:42 PM)
Just me, or anybody else think that a wiki on DC would be goddamn awesome?...-Stephen66515 (March 15, 2012, 06:08 PM)
I seem to recall it's been proposed a few times....-40hz (March 15, 2012, 06:15 PM)
I just think that discussions should try to stay on topic, and be conducted with an eye towards their permanent existence on the site as a knowledge repository.-mouser (March 15, 2012, 03:42 PM)
I agree with staying on topic as much as possible. But I sort of disagree with the "for posterity" concept.
Informal discussions are (to me) exactly that. Informal discussions. IMO if something is really worth preserving for posterity (as opposed to "Until the next version of Windows comes out.") it really should be written up as a white paper of some sort (if it's static) - or relegated to a wiki if it's more of a 'living' document topic.
There are differences of opinion on this, but I've found tightening up on open forum areas has a bad tendency to reduce peoples willingness to think out loud and share what they're thinking. The minute people start thinking too much about posterity, a lot of the openness and willingness to explore ideas goes out the door. People start drafting formal comments, watching their words, and looking over their shoulders. From there it's only a short hop to posturing and making speeches.
I see open forum topic areas as brainstorming sessions. And first rule of those is: don't disrupt the flow. Most of the really interesting insights I've seen in the forum came out of people ranging off and around the topic fairly widely before it re-coalesced into something larger than what it originally started out as. I'd hate to see that go away.
But that's me.-40hz (March 15, 2012, 06:03 PM)
Get a new website host...who the hell offers website hosting with no database installations? - There are more than plenty that do, and are absolutely free-Stephen66515 (March 14, 2012, 05:46 PM)
can you suggest me one? I already have mydomain.com in a specific nameserver
ofcourse without any kind of ads or other things like that, or downtimes, etc, it must be totally professional-kalos (March 15, 2012, 03:57 PM)
"Mea cupla" also - sorry I have a butterfly brain! I also like arguing too much.
Birthday resolution - chill out a bit!
Anyone fancy a beer or two?-Carol Haynes (March 15, 2012, 10:48 AM)
I think I agree with you, and I think it just means that we all have to remember that even as we become comfortable with each other enough to engage in casual discussions within topics -- the forum is also meant to be a repository of information for other people to find and read.
As such, a real attempt should be made to give threads useful topics, and to stay on topic.
There is always the irc chat channel for when people just want to hang out and talk about nonsense-mouser (March 15, 2012, 10:51 AM)
I'd guess if/when it gets to a useful stage of development it will be good enough for Microsoft to lock them up in courts for decades!
FlatPress is a good option in my opinion but I wouldn't go for flat files because of a host, for other reasons like preference or needs sure but not because of a host.-rgdot (March 14, 2012, 06:44 PM)
I know some folks will scoff at the idea of adatabase-lessFlat File Database CMS but, if it's a small-ish site, you can always use something like FlatPress. That's what I use for my Skwire Empire site.-skwire (March 14, 2012, 05:50 PM)
^ but I can access now...-tomos (March 13, 2012, 12:43 PM)
You make a good point...My Argument is Invalid
-Stephen66515 (March 13, 2012, 01:15 PM)
ahhh...
can I give you this back then ;-)
(see attachment in previous post)-tomos (March 13, 2012, 01:33 PM)
^ but I can access now...-tomos (March 13, 2012, 12:43 PM)
A lot of sites were inaccessible for me today.
I tried Justice's link earlier and it said it was "just me" - but it obviously wasn't "just me" if this thread is here ;-)
Oddly enough, it now says google (it's default site) is down, even though it isnt...
(see attachment in previous post)
http://www.isup.me/google.com-tomos (March 13, 2012, 12:10 PM)
http://www.isup.me/-justice (March 13, 2012, 11:22 AM)
I would question who set the requirement to use Win9x. You've got all sorts of licensing problems there since it is deprecated by Microsoft. Even if you *wanted* to BUY licenses, I'm not sure you could. Someone at Microsoft might donate licenses to a charity, though then *they* have problems since they are donating licenses for a deprecated product that they no longer maintain, so would have you sign some disclaimer that you know security issues may exist (and they do!).-db90h (March 06, 2012, 01:40 AM)
If you check on IRC you also get to annoy mouser.-nosh (March 13, 2012, 06:06 AM)
I'm sure it's fine but you don't want to think you are calling your bank and instead call a fraudster and give out personal information. That's why I was asking.-justice (March 12, 2012, 09:43 AM)
How do you find out when calling an 0870 number what the equivalent local one is? AFAIK it doesn't show up on your phone. So if it is not possible how are these phone numbers added / verified?-justice (March 12, 2012, 07:14 AM)
Welcome to the SAYNOTO0870.COM website
The site lists many well known companies, and their equivalent geographical numbers.
Alternatives listed for 0500, 0800, 0808, 0842, 0843, 0844, 0845, 0870, 0871, 0872 and 0873 numbers.
The SAYNOTO0870.COM web site has been featured on BBC's Working Lunch TV programme, Five's The Gadget Show, BBC Radio 2 (Jeremy Vine Show), BBC Radio Norfolk, and also appeared in many newspapers & publications, including The Guardian, Which Magazine, Readers Digest, and many more.
Many people don't realise that there are many phone providers offering cheaper calls to standard telephone numbers (those beginning with 01, 02 or 03), which don't apply to 0842, 0843, 0844, 0845, 0870, 0871, 0872 or 0873 telephone numbers. - Please see the links page and click on Cheapest Call Provider for price details. This shows that by using multiple providers, you can reduce your call cost on standard telephone numbers to as little as 5p fixed cost (regardless of duration), whereas the cheapest provider to 0871 numbers during the day that I am aware of charges 10p/min (+ 12.5p connection fee [with BT]) to call.
Worst still some companies that use these numbers are actually receiving a cut of the phone call costs.
If you have an 'inclusive landline calls' phone package, then it is very rare that 0844, 0845, 0870, and 0871 numbers are all included in your 'free minutes' allocation, unlike normal numbers. Many mobile phone packages also exclude freephone 0500, 0800 and 0808 numbers for your bundled minutes. BT and some other companies are starting to include 0845 and 0870, but this only applies to certain packages, and does not apply to 0844 and 0871 numbers.
Many companies advertise a separate number that can be used when calling from abroad - This usually begins in the format +44 - There is nothing to stop you using this number from the UK (as it is a normal rate telephone call), and will be included in any inclusive minutes provided by your landline or mobile phone provider. Many others will give you a standard number if you ask.
This site is all about listing these numbers, saving you money, without having to pay additional charges. To get started and find a particular number, please click on the 'Search to find an alternative number' link at the top of the page.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the site. Please continue to add any new numbers as and when you find them.
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