Tuesday August 12th was a dull rain threatening day when I awoke around 8.30 and was not the kind of day to plan to watch cricket, which is just as well as a check on the TV BBC cricket Ceefax confirmed that the start as delayed because of rain.
I had allowed myself to be beaten at level two chess and this irritated so although there was much else to do I played five games and also three or four at Heats, enjoying a cup of coffee but leaving the French Toasts until after ten.
I decided upon going out in search for computer hardware to fix my laptop problems but on checking that the new glasses would not be ready until after my departure, I changed my mind and decided to use the time going out for the search on checking for information and on line deals, but only after I had attended to other outstanding matters. I need to make a list, or do I? Perhaps I should just get on with it and which is what I did.
There was no inclination to catching up with the Olympics and I left checking the latest news online. I did learn last night that Murray senior had bombed out in his first round single tie, a competition eh was not expected to win with Federer and Nadal both after an Olympic Medal. An explanation for the Murray performance against someone ranked seventy places below his top ten at six is that he was scheduled to play a doubles with his brother on the same day. A competition they have a chance of winning. They won their first round match, There has been great hype over the fourteen year old synchronised swimmer who during boot camp achieved a score which would have won the pair a silver medal whereas they finished last. His older opponent who had received done of the limelight said the young man had been overcome by nerves as he himself admitted with the TV crew focussed also on his family who were present and his other relatives in London. I suspect this was all government inspired to get ten year olds and upwards involved in sports with the aim of getting to the 2012 Olympics. If so it has badly misfired as the medial will build up the successes and pour scorn on those who promise and then under achieve. It will be interesting to see if he continues to 2012. For me the issue is whether performers have performed at their best and are beaten those who are better and whether they have put in the training and preparations required beforehand. My criticism is of those who fail to train, prepare and perform up top their level of ability. My approach would be different if participation was by amateurs or those who continue to hold full time jobs. Most of the Olympic squad are on contracts and are well paid professionals.
Later there was a British Olympic story which was worth all the medals everyone else has won. This was the effort of the only British weightlifter at the games, a woman who won a Commonwealth gold and was doing well when she developed a back problem the curse of the event but continued on despite the excruciating pain which was evident. She get my vote for the sportsperson often year and makes my point about what the Games should be about. I am not impressed by the USA Swimmer Phelps. He is obviously a physical freak and a competitive obsessive. What he does is not sportsmanship.
The good news of the day occurred when I switched the teletex and the headline was that Russia had announced it was suspending its activities in Georgia without admitting it had been shaken by international pressure led by the USA President. The situation needed tough guy talk and it appears to have worked. Later the French president who did not get a good press where he and his wife came to the UK appears to have brokered a peace deal which stops the fighting.
My attention earlier was on a radio news item that the a previous decision that compensation paid to a female rape victim had been reduced because of contributory negligence by excessive drinking, was overturned at a legal challenge. A spokesperson argued that nothing justified rape to which I would added murder and a host of others things which we should never condone.
However such statements, subsequently echoed by a government spokesperson, misses the point. We all have responsibility to protect ourselves and anyone dependent upon us, and to take all reasonable steps to that end. That means if we take unnecessary risks we should not then expect universal sympathy if things go wrong, I was reminded of this later in the evening when I watched on World Movies a little known a little known film outside of France called Riviera which starred the French actress Miou Miou with seventy films to her credit, and who plays a lonely and hard working chamber maid in a hotel. We know little of how this middle aged woman with a beautiful daughter working in sex industry ended up with this life, affected by the goings on in the rooms she cleans with guests who treats her as if she is not there or some identityless individual. This is really two films knit together as well follow the life of the daughter who longs for someone not to treat her as sex object even though she works in the sex industry and attempts to establish relationships with men who use the industry and finds herself the victim of unsolicited assaults. The mother and deals with the man who uses the greatest violence on the daughter and the daughter, does she learn from this experience alas no as in the penultimate scene she is poolside listen to music oblivious to the porn film director beating up one of the naked porn starts who had irritated him by eating and drinking while working on set. The mother well she is greeted by a manager who notices her as she is working late and asks her to call him by his Christian name which she does and suggests that that her life is about to take a more positive turn. It is not a great film, depending on an outstanding music background with brilliantly selected songs which reinforce the points being made.
I therefore will upset some by saying that it is irresponsible for young women to dress scantily and then get drunk, unless perhaps in their own home with someone they know and trust and who is in a position to protect them should an emergency arise. The same applies to those who take drugs, However I place major responsibility on the fashion, advertising and alcohol industry and to some extent on the media which operates a hypocritical double standard relying on advertise and sensational stories and who do not maintain a constant warning about the perils of engaging in risk taking behaviour of any kind.
Someone who takes advantage of such a situation should be punished but in some circumstances the victim should accept responsibility for their part and for society not to recognise this is to send a signal encouraging others to also behave irresponsibly.
The same applies to prostitution where one individual contracts to provide services to another for money. If either party fails to fulfil the contract then they should be open to civil redress and if they commit an act which was not contracted then any breach of the criminal should result in criminal action. Some service providers agree to participate in rape scenarios, bondage situations and other aggressive physical actions so the dividing line is sometimes difficult to establish. How should one approach those who hold clergy and tarts dressing up parties or roman toga parties if this is not to signal wild behaviour?
It also occurs to me that being a prostitute is a high risk occupation no different from being a front line soldier. Both occupations are necessary to society as it is. The soldier earns significantly less for greater risks but both perform essential work for society. They both however have responsibility to protect themselves and their comrades within the risk nature of their activity. Society should however recognise their respective value and offer appropriate protection and support.
The greatest responsibility rests with parents of young children caught up the world of fashion and personality and ensuring that their sons are brought up to understand the real facts of life. After that all one can do is to provide unconditional love and always be there to pick up the pieces.
I went to bed after watching the Michael Caine 2002 film the Quiet American for third time, once in theatre and once previously on TV. This is also a film at two levels. The film provides an insight into the Saigon as the French were leaving and the Americans beginning to develop their anti communist strategy, a strategy which led to civilians, old men, women and children, being blown to bits and the film ends with a montage of subsequent events.
The film is primarily a love story between a beautiful and young Vietnamese girl wanting to escape life as the dancing partner in a dance hall frequented by Westerners and Michael Caine, an aging outposted journalist whose estranged wife back in England will not give him a divorce, and a young USA secret CIA field officer who also falls in love with the girl. The girl she is adorable but is driven by her older sister who insist she must marry a Westerner and provide ticket out for the family and regards Michael as the major obstacle, encouraging the relationship with the CIA agent. The brilliance of the Graham Greene novel and in this film version of the book is that the CIA young man is highly principled and tells Michael in advance of his feelings and intentions before approaching the girl. Michael plays the moral hypocrite outraged at the involvement of the USA in the internal affairs of the Vietnamese but who assists in the assassination of the CIA man who previously helped to save Michael's life. Michael gets backs his girl who has lost her innocence and as with the daughter in Riviera and Miss Saigon in the musical will be sued and exploited before tossed aside as Westerners used to be able to treat the East. Beware though the East will gets its revenge one way or another.
During the day I attempted to connect the two lap tops through a crossover cable and decided to record what I was doing in the after the first attempted failed to work through an explanation provided on line for the cost of a dollar. I started with an internet search and PC World which provided information of external drives and flash drives but I sassiest this might not resolve if the transfer to Disk drives was not resolved anyway in which instance the problem had been solved and I could attempt to put the computer back to factory settings.
I then came across what appeared to be a free service but was in fact a 30 day trial and where after downloading on desktop I was able to control the desktop via the internet from lap top two. The on going cost of the service is about £10 a month USA funds and given that I am rarely away and that the link between internet computer is not an issue then the price is not justified and there are risks as I quickly discovered as a new printer appeared to have been added as my preferred computer. So I quickly found out how to disable the software and will attempt to remove either later today/tomorrow or when I get back.
I then found the offer of advising how to connect two XP computer together by a local crossover cable yellow coloured and this was the one that had been provided with the AOL new wireless router modem and was not longer needed with the desk top or lap top two. For one US dollar I was offered an easy step by step guide through using Pay Pal or Credit card. Recently I had been advised that my Pay Pal credit card was out of date and that a new registration was required so this was my first step and this went ahead with any difficulty. I then went back to the provider and the information was provided and printed.
Attempt 1
The first task was to close both lap tops and attach the cable.
The second was to ensure that the two differently named computers were part of the same group. This involved right clicking my computer and going to properties and then to computer name. This was done on both computer but obviously it was not necessary to change the workgroup name unless one wished to do so both computer. This involved rebooting one the computers. This process completed step 18 of a 48 step process.
The next step was interesting in that it involved the task of enabling the sharing of information between computers. This again involved going to my computer pressing the right mouse button and then the hard drive C but instead of going to properties the target was sharing information and involved two processes with the first warning of the risks of allowing data to be shared between computers and enabling this to be done.
The next important steps in the process is to determine which information is to be accessible and transferable, This involved a left mouse click on the main hard drive and focussing on documents and settings when open had to right clique on the umbrella folder to allow transfer and use and this I did selecting one only of the options available.
This brought to the final phase which was to establish that the net work link was confirmed with the two computers showing up on each others network
The problem encountered is that on computer did not show while although the other did it was not accessible
Attempt 2
There was no obvious explanation for the failure of the first attempt except for the problems with the damaged lap top. I therefore decided to repeat the process before contacting vendor to see if there were other problems which could account for the failure.
I not repeat the first task
In relation to the second I decided to simplify the computer names and change the work group name
This involved rebooting one computer twice and the other once having decided to simplify the names after changing the work group.
At this point I realised the information was relevant in relation to the previous attempt to establish a wireless net work between the desktop and the fully work laptop so investigated and change the work group name of the desk top so that all three have the same workgroup name. I had to reboot desktop for changes to take effect and poured myself a glass of red wine from a new bottle with one slice of brown seeded bread.
Having agreed that the computers should enable file sharing during the first attempt this was not required during the second as the stages had already been completed, I decided against applying this process to the desk top until I had achieve the direct link local connection process
In checking the second part of the enabling process I decided to enable all the categories of users under documents and settings on both computers
In order to communicate and use fields between computer it is necessary to go to network connections and network places and check the workgroup that has been created. Alas the same situation as attempt one occurred and my only thought is that the processes was affected by one lap remaining wireless connected. The more I thought on this this the more it seemed to be the problem but in order to repeat the process without the wire connection it would involve disabling the wireless and I feared that this would have affect my ability to go on line while I was away. So it was a heart in the mouth decision.
Attempt 3
I have hit on the problem in that when I went to the net work places and networks it was blank whereas before it had included the host lap top. The question now is can I repeat the process without moving back every. The answers is no. The website provides e mail advice and lots of other useful information which I will need to print and study. I will leave this until my return unless I make greater progress today which is unlikely.
I had allowed myself to be beaten at level two chess and this irritated so although there was much else to do I played five games and also three or four at Heats, enjoying a cup of coffee but leaving the French Toasts until after ten.
I decided upon going out in search for computer hardware to fix my laptop problems but on checking that the new glasses would not be ready until after my departure, I changed my mind and decided to use the time going out for the search on checking for information and on line deals, but only after I had attended to other outstanding matters. I need to make a list, or do I? Perhaps I should just get on with it and which is what I did.
There was no inclination to catching up with the Olympics and I left checking the latest news online. I did learn last night that Murray senior had bombed out in his first round single tie, a competition eh was not expected to win with Federer and Nadal both after an Olympic Medal. An explanation for the Murray performance against someone ranked seventy places below his top ten at six is that he was scheduled to play a doubles with his brother on the same day. A competition they have a chance of winning. They won their first round match, There has been great hype over the fourteen year old synchronised swimmer who during boot camp achieved a score which would have won the pair a silver medal whereas they finished last. His older opponent who had received done of the limelight said the young man had been overcome by nerves as he himself admitted with the TV crew focussed also on his family who were present and his other relatives in London. I suspect this was all government inspired to get ten year olds and upwards involved in sports with the aim of getting to the 2012 Olympics. If so it has badly misfired as the medial will build up the successes and pour scorn on those who promise and then under achieve. It will be interesting to see if he continues to 2012. For me the issue is whether performers have performed at their best and are beaten those who are better and whether they have put in the training and preparations required beforehand. My criticism is of those who fail to train, prepare and perform up top their level of ability. My approach would be different if participation was by amateurs or those who continue to hold full time jobs. Most of the Olympic squad are on contracts and are well paid professionals.
Later there was a British Olympic story which was worth all the medals everyone else has won. This was the effort of the only British weightlifter at the games, a woman who won a Commonwealth gold and was doing well when she developed a back problem the curse of the event but continued on despite the excruciating pain which was evident. She get my vote for the sportsperson often year and makes my point about what the Games should be about. I am not impressed by the USA Swimmer Phelps. He is obviously a physical freak and a competitive obsessive. What he does is not sportsmanship.
The good news of the day occurred when I switched the teletex and the headline was that Russia had announced it was suspending its activities in Georgia without admitting it had been shaken by international pressure led by the USA President. The situation needed tough guy talk and it appears to have worked. Later the French president who did not get a good press where he and his wife came to the UK appears to have brokered a peace deal which stops the fighting.
My attention earlier was on a radio news item that the a previous decision that compensation paid to a female rape victim had been reduced because of contributory negligence by excessive drinking, was overturned at a legal challenge. A spokesperson argued that nothing justified rape to which I would added murder and a host of others things which we should never condone.
However such statements, subsequently echoed by a government spokesperson, misses the point. We all have responsibility to protect ourselves and anyone dependent upon us, and to take all reasonable steps to that end. That means if we take unnecessary risks we should not then expect universal sympathy if things go wrong, I was reminded of this later in the evening when I watched on World Movies a little known a little known film outside of France called Riviera which starred the French actress Miou Miou with seventy films to her credit, and who plays a lonely and hard working chamber maid in a hotel. We know little of how this middle aged woman with a beautiful daughter working in sex industry ended up with this life, affected by the goings on in the rooms she cleans with guests who treats her as if she is not there or some identityless individual. This is really two films knit together as well follow the life of the daughter who longs for someone not to treat her as sex object even though she works in the sex industry and attempts to establish relationships with men who use the industry and finds herself the victim of unsolicited assaults. The mother and deals with the man who uses the greatest violence on the daughter and the daughter, does she learn from this experience alas no as in the penultimate scene she is poolside listen to music oblivious to the porn film director beating up one of the naked porn starts who had irritated him by eating and drinking while working on set. The mother well she is greeted by a manager who notices her as she is working late and asks her to call him by his Christian name which she does and suggests that that her life is about to take a more positive turn. It is not a great film, depending on an outstanding music background with brilliantly selected songs which reinforce the points being made.
I therefore will upset some by saying that it is irresponsible for young women to dress scantily and then get drunk, unless perhaps in their own home with someone they know and trust and who is in a position to protect them should an emergency arise. The same applies to those who take drugs, However I place major responsibility on the fashion, advertising and alcohol industry and to some extent on the media which operates a hypocritical double standard relying on advertise and sensational stories and who do not maintain a constant warning about the perils of engaging in risk taking behaviour of any kind.
Someone who takes advantage of such a situation should be punished but in some circumstances the victim should accept responsibility for their part and for society not to recognise this is to send a signal encouraging others to also behave irresponsibly.
The same applies to prostitution where one individual contracts to provide services to another for money. If either party fails to fulfil the contract then they should be open to civil redress and if they commit an act which was not contracted then any breach of the criminal should result in criminal action. Some service providers agree to participate in rape scenarios, bondage situations and other aggressive physical actions so the dividing line is sometimes difficult to establish. How should one approach those who hold clergy and tarts dressing up parties or roman toga parties if this is not to signal wild behaviour?
It also occurs to me that being a prostitute is a high risk occupation no different from being a front line soldier. Both occupations are necessary to society as it is. The soldier earns significantly less for greater risks but both perform essential work for society. They both however have responsibility to protect themselves and their comrades within the risk nature of their activity. Society should however recognise their respective value and offer appropriate protection and support.
The greatest responsibility rests with parents of young children caught up the world of fashion and personality and ensuring that their sons are brought up to understand the real facts of life. After that all one can do is to provide unconditional love and always be there to pick up the pieces.
I went to bed after watching the Michael Caine 2002 film the Quiet American for third time, once in theatre and once previously on TV. This is also a film at two levels. The film provides an insight into the Saigon as the French were leaving and the Americans beginning to develop their anti communist strategy, a strategy which led to civilians, old men, women and children, being blown to bits and the film ends with a montage of subsequent events.
The film is primarily a love story between a beautiful and young Vietnamese girl wanting to escape life as the dancing partner in a dance hall frequented by Westerners and Michael Caine, an aging outposted journalist whose estranged wife back in England will not give him a divorce, and a young USA secret CIA field officer who also falls in love with the girl. The girl she is adorable but is driven by her older sister who insist she must marry a Westerner and provide ticket out for the family and regards Michael as the major obstacle, encouraging the relationship with the CIA agent. The brilliance of the Graham Greene novel and in this film version of the book is that the CIA young man is highly principled and tells Michael in advance of his feelings and intentions before approaching the girl. Michael plays the moral hypocrite outraged at the involvement of the USA in the internal affairs of the Vietnamese but who assists in the assassination of the CIA man who previously helped to save Michael's life. Michael gets backs his girl who has lost her innocence and as with the daughter in Riviera and Miss Saigon in the musical will be sued and exploited before tossed aside as Westerners used to be able to treat the East. Beware though the East will gets its revenge one way or another.
During the day I attempted to connect the two lap tops through a crossover cable and decided to record what I was doing in the after the first attempted failed to work through an explanation provided on line for the cost of a dollar. I started with an internet search and PC World which provided information of external drives and flash drives but I sassiest this might not resolve if the transfer to Disk drives was not resolved anyway in which instance the problem had been solved and I could attempt to put the computer back to factory settings.
I then came across what appeared to be a free service but was in fact a 30 day trial and where after downloading on desktop I was able to control the desktop via the internet from lap top two. The on going cost of the service is about £10 a month USA funds and given that I am rarely away and that the link between internet computer is not an issue then the price is not justified and there are risks as I quickly discovered as a new printer appeared to have been added as my preferred computer. So I quickly found out how to disable the software and will attempt to remove either later today/tomorrow or when I get back.
I then found the offer of advising how to connect two XP computer together by a local crossover cable yellow coloured and this was the one that had been provided with the AOL new wireless router modem and was not longer needed with the desk top or lap top two. For one US dollar I was offered an easy step by step guide through using Pay Pal or Credit card. Recently I had been advised that my Pay Pal credit card was out of date and that a new registration was required so this was my first step and this went ahead with any difficulty. I then went back to the provider and the information was provided and printed.
Attempt 1
The first task was to close both lap tops and attach the cable.
The second was to ensure that the two differently named computers were part of the same group. This involved right clicking my computer and going to properties and then to computer name. This was done on both computer but obviously it was not necessary to change the workgroup name unless one wished to do so both computer. This involved rebooting one the computers. This process completed step 18 of a 48 step process.
The next step was interesting in that it involved the task of enabling the sharing of information between computers. This again involved going to my computer pressing the right mouse button and then the hard drive C but instead of going to properties the target was sharing information and involved two processes with the first warning of the risks of allowing data to be shared between computers and enabling this to be done.
The next important steps in the process is to determine which information is to be accessible and transferable, This involved a left mouse click on the main hard drive and focussing on documents and settings when open had to right clique on the umbrella folder to allow transfer and use and this I did selecting one only of the options available.
This brought to the final phase which was to establish that the net work link was confirmed with the two computers showing up on each others network
The problem encountered is that on computer did not show while although the other did it was not accessible
Attempt 2
There was no obvious explanation for the failure of the first attempt except for the problems with the damaged lap top. I therefore decided to repeat the process before contacting vendor to see if there were other problems which could account for the failure.
I not repeat the first task
In relation to the second I decided to simplify the computer names and change the work group name
This involved rebooting one computer twice and the other once having decided to simplify the names after changing the work group.
At this point I realised the information was relevant in relation to the previous attempt to establish a wireless net work between the desktop and the fully work laptop so investigated and change the work group name of the desk top so that all three have the same workgroup name. I had to reboot desktop for changes to take effect and poured myself a glass of red wine from a new bottle with one slice of brown seeded bread.
Having agreed that the computers should enable file sharing during the first attempt this was not required during the second as the stages had already been completed, I decided against applying this process to the desk top until I had achieve the direct link local connection process
In checking the second part of the enabling process I decided to enable all the categories of users under documents and settings on both computers
In order to communicate and use fields between computer it is necessary to go to network connections and network places and check the workgroup that has been created. Alas the same situation as attempt one occurred and my only thought is that the processes was affected by one lap remaining wireless connected. The more I thought on this this the more it seemed to be the problem but in order to repeat the process without the wire connection it would involve disabling the wireless and I feared that this would have affect my ability to go on line while I was away. So it was a heart in the mouth decision.
Attempt 3
I have hit on the problem in that when I went to the net work places and networks it was blank whereas before it had included the host lap top. The question now is can I repeat the process without moving back every. The answers is no. The website provides e mail advice and lots of other useful information which I will need to print and study. I will leave this until my return unless I make greater progress today which is unlikely.
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