Re: Its offensive that I must treat people who claim to believe in a sky fairy...
> It's more about attempting to answer questions that science can't answer.
Can you name one question religion has answered?
Posts by maff
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Adult toy retailer slapped down for 'RES-ERECTI*N' ad over Easter
Wednesday 12th July 2017 16:16 GMT
Re: 2 Wrongs make a right here I think
> Treating people with respect should be your default position.
> You're even welcome to ridicule those views
Pick one, because you can't have both.
Respect should not be the default position. Tolerance should be the default position. Respect implies approval, tolerance does not. I'll tolerate your right to believe whatever you want, and you can tolerate my right to believe you're mistaken.
Yes, we need two million licences - DEFRA
Wednesday 7th January 2015 23:37 GMT 
Ah, I do love the snide insinuations that such a situation must surely be due to the incompetence of the Public sector rather than the outright greed of the Private. As someone in the Public sector (FE) who has found themselves in the yearly Oracle licence renewal process more than once, I can assure you their cost evaluations and customer service bear a striking similarity to Ray Liotta in Goodfellas. "Oh, you have significantly fewer students this year? F*ck you, pay me. You're no longer using that particular Oracle module? F*ck you, pay me". If your software does not support alternative database platforms, or suitable alternative software is not available, you're screwed and Oracle knows it. They can revise the licence any way they want.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
