Steven W
2014-01-29 22:52
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Guardian article about NSA and GCHQ
Replies: 12

My apologies "!", I obviously misunderstood you. And you're absolutely right all this shit is little more than a power trip.
Steven W
2014-01-29 00:52
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Guardian article about NSA and GCHQ
Replies: 12

Oh, come now. Nobody voted for spying to cover everything and everyone. Monitoring Youtube in real time? I suppose the sexual orientation thing is used for nothing more than harassment. Do we really want to go back to the McCarthy era? I'd like to think that in the twenty-first century we would be b...
Steven W
2014-01-28 03:44
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Guardian article about NSA and GCHQ
Replies: 12

Yeah, I knew the program was much bigger than was being acknowledged after Mark Klein made his revelations public. But the article raises some good point and reveals things that are new, at least to me: But the president focused largely on the NSA's collection of the metadata from US phone calls and...
Steven W
2014-01-27 23:01
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Guardian article about NSA and GCHQ
Replies: 12

Guardian article about NSA and GCHQ

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j ... sonal-data

I'm trying to collect my thoughts on all of this. It's beyond belief.
Steven W
2014-01-27 22:41
Forum: The lounge
Topic: How to handle inactive members?
Replies: 32

My opinion, six months minimum. I like Fredledingue's idea too, send email, if bounces back immediate end, if not wait two weeks. Whatever you decide, make sure that new members are made very much aware.
Steven W
2014-01-27 03:05
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Windows - Icons, playing the look-alike game
Replies: 4

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Steven W
2014-01-27 02:51
Forum: The lounge
Topic: A new domain, www.TechTalk.cc is now active
Replies: 6

Probably a good idea as it more accurately reflects the content of that "subsection". Might be helpful for search engine users to find a place regarding those matters.
Steven W
2014-01-22 00:09
Forum: The lounge
Topic: MS considers forcing Winders Defender
Replies: 10

Charlotte is indeed quite the wordsmith. I can totally relate to what you're saying too, Charlotte. I have a feeling that, like me, you've seen this overall decline during your lifetime. You mentioned TV, I clearly recall, as a teenager, sitting in the living room of my childhood home, watching TV w...
Steven W
2014-01-21 00:43
Forum: The lounge
Topic: MS considers forcing Winders Defender
Replies: 10

I was going to write about this some time ago, but decided not to. Your post reminded me of it, Charlotte. Several years ago, I was running a Kubuntu distro. Of course I wanted to be able to play MP3s and watch Flash videos, so I got the "restricted extras" enabling all of that. Big warnin...
Steven W
2014-01-20 21:16
Forum: The lounge
Topic: MS considers forcing Winders Defender
Replies: 10

Maybe we'll get very lucky and it'll do both.