Once people become entrenched: "We will no longer offer it through any channel but the Windows Store and the latest update disabled the "free" version. You can purchase the proprietary runtime support in the Windows store by just paying a $1200.00 fee."
Except, since the people are already using Linux programs at that point, they can just move to some Linux distribution if Microsoft ever did what you are saying. Offering Linux on Windows reduces the dependency on Windows, as it allows users to take steps towards Linux.
Hell, ping would only work for a current administrator up until a couple of months ago.
Let me translate that: 'Ping does work.'
You know, trying to point out that something is bad by mentioning what didn't use to work in the past is kinda contra-productive. In the end you're only point out things that work right now.
Yes, user choose to use Google. But Google chooses to use their market position in search to give other Google services an unfair advantage compared to competitors for those other services. What people like you don't get: This isn't about Googles market domination on search. It's about Google abusing this position to gain an unfair advantage for their other services.
I'd turn off Google for the entire EU for a month, see how they like it.
I'll tell you how they (Google) would like it: Not very much. Loosing a market of 500 M people were Google has some 70-90% market share? That hurts. A lot. And if those people a forced to look for an alternative because Google shut them out, they might find that there actually are alternatives.
So no, Google will not shut out Europe for any amount of time, because that would hurt their bottom line much more than this fine.
One might almost infer that the EU is anti business, or...anti non-EU business, or...(if one really has the tinfoil hat) anti-US-business.
The Verge has an article about this decision: https://www.theverge.com/2017/... And that article contains an important piece of information: 'The EU denies it is biased against the US, and there’s data to support this. Examining past antitrust decisions made by the commission between 2010 and 2017, 15 percent have hit US companies, while nearly two-thirds have targeted European firms.'
And the EU is not anti-business, but pro-consumer and pro-competition.
Germany is a founding member of the EU (and it's predecessors). There is no general anti-EU sentiment in Germany. Germany is one of the least-likely candidates to leave the EU.
Well, then you should be fine with what Germany plans to do. The summary fails to mention that the fingerprinting only applies to refugees.
Disclaimer: I'm German and I think this descision is wrong. But I gave up hope that our minister of the interior (Innenminister) understands the necessary balance between security and freedom long ago.
And long past due. If the rest of the world wants a deal, start by offering something that benefits the US.
I didn't know that the US has it's own planet. If they shared the same planet as say, India and China, the benefit of the US from this accord would be the fact that India and China (and other countries) redue they pollution which will have positive effects for the whole world.
Seriously, anyone who doesn't understand what's going on with Facebook and FREE consumer accounts is a moron.
This case is about Facebook tracking people who don't have a FB account. Since these people don't have a FB account they did not agree to anything. And Facebook had been told a year ago to stop this and they didn't. Do these facts (that you would have known about if you read articles about this before you commented here) affect you statement in any way? Or are you one of those people that complain about anything just for the kicks?
This line of argument is valid for both sides: If you don't want to support DRM, use a browser that doesn't support DRM or deactivate the DRM extensions. But don't complain if you then can't use Netflix et.al.
But that's the thing, Uber already has a pretty good system for weeding out non-English speakers.[...] The real issue is that many people hate Uber (many Uber drivers included) and this supposed test is just a way to stick it to Uber in the UK and reduce its workforce.
That makes no sense. If Uber already weeds out non-English speakers, Uber will not be affected by this ruling, so the Uber workforce will not be reduced. If the Uber fworkforce is being reduced due to this ruling, it means that a substancial part of the Uber workfoce doesn't speak English well enough, which means that Uber does not have a 'pretty good system' to weed out non-English speakers.
Microsoft was first informed about these bugs in June 2016. That is a lot more than 90 days. They didn't manage to fix all the bugs and basically got an extension when Google resubmitted the still open bugs in November. Yet they still didn't manage to fix the bugs.
The Echo animates a bright blue light rimming the top of the device when it hears the trigger keyword and begins recording.
The English language reports on this case unfortunately leave out quite a few details.
The doll has some LED light that is supposed to show when it is recording, just like the Amazon Echo. But this LED on the doll is unreliable and often does not worke. Plus, the LED can even be deactivated in the app used to control the doll. And that is against a law here in Germany that makes concealed recording devices illegal.
Well, there is the Omate Roma, which I had on pre-order. But Omate f***ed up and forgot my order, and when I asked they had no more Romas in stock and had to refund my money.
Thinking about it, this seems to be a running thread with me and smartwatched. GuessI should just stop thinking about smartwatches at all. Seems that for me this can only end in tears...
First I supported the last Pebble Kickstarter for a smartwacht, only to be told that (parts of) Pebble were bought by FitBit and my pledge refunded. Ok, I thougth, let's buy something else. Like the Vector Luna. Now FitBit bought Vector and thus damned my smartwatch to a slow, agonizing death. How long will the servers run that the app ontacts to download watchfaces, streams and apps?
Just because real victims exist, that doesn't negate the existence of people who would use that status falsely.
But the existence of 'professional victims' can not be an excuse to take nobodys claims serious. Just because there is some fake money in circulation doesn't mean that you don't accept any money at all, or do you?
Isn't it the other way round? When donors are rare, every chance to get a donor organ 'must' be taken. If everybody is a donor by default there is less incentive to to play loose with the life of a donor as the next donor is right around the corner.
What doesn't amuse germans is that we had a bunch of rape & kill crimes (needless to mention all the robbery and assault) done by refugees since then.
What doesn't amuse other Germans like me is that those case are blown out of proportion. Sexual assault is unfortunately something that happens every day in Germany. But because it happens so often, it is usually not reported (or only in local new papers/on local stations). But when the perpetrator is not called Hans but Mohammed, certain news outlets think that they need to report it nationally and that creates the incorrect impression that refugees or foreigners are much more likely to commit such crimes.
Protip, German cluetards: Quite aside from the personal liberty issue you're blowing so badly here, it's always better to let the crazies sing, dance, speechify, and wear silly outfits. This way everyone knows who they are and you don't end up getting blindsided by some bastard(s) percolating in their own repressed hate for just a little too long.
Yeah, right. Except, that's what we did in the 1920s: Lete everybody say everything they want. And that allowed extremists like Hitler to amass a strong following and take over the government and transform the Weimar Republic into the Third Reich.
You know, there's a reason we changed our laws after WWI and then again after WWII: We learnt from our mistakes and are trying to not repeat them. Letting hate speech go unchecked is NOT the way to a less extrem society.
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Once people become entrenched: "We will no longer offer it through any channel but the Windows Store and the latest update disabled the "free" version. You can purchase the proprietary runtime support in the Windows store by just paying a $1200.00 fee."
Except, since the people are already using Linux programs at that point, they can just move to some Linux distribution if Microsoft ever did what you are saying.
Offering Linux on Windows reduces the dependency on Windows, as it allows users to take steps towards Linux.
Hell, ping would only work for a current administrator up until a couple of months ago.
Let me translate that: 'Ping does work.'
You know, trying to point out that something is bad by mentioning what didn't use to work in the past is kinda contra-productive. In the end you're only point out things that work right now.
Google USERS choose to use Google.
Yes, user choose to use Google.
But Google chooses to use their market position in search to give other Google services an unfair advantage compared to competitors for those other services.
What people like you don't get: This isn't about Googles market domination on search. It's about Google abusing this position to gain an unfair advantage for their other services.
I'd turn off Google for the entire EU for a month, see how they like it.
I'll tell you how they (Google) would like it: Not very much. Loosing a market of 500 M people were Google has some 70-90% market share? That hurts. A lot. And if those people a forced to look for an alternative because Google shut them out, they might find that there actually are alternatives.
So no, Google will not shut out Europe for any amount of time, because that would hurt their bottom line much more than this fine.
One might almost infer that the EU is anti business, or ...anti non-EU business, or...(if one really has the tinfoil hat) anti-US-business.
The Verge has an article about this decision: https://www.theverge.com/2017/...
And that article contains an important piece of information: 'The EU denies it is biased against the US, and there’s data to support this. Examining past antitrust decisions made by the commission between 2010 and 2017, 15 percent have hit US companies, while nearly two-thirds have targeted European firms.'
And the EU is not anti-business, but pro-consumer and pro-competition.
Germany is a founding member of the EU (and it's predecessors). There is no general anti-EU sentiment in Germany. Germany is one of the least-likely candidates to leave the EU.
I assume you never heard of the IRA.
The German minister of the interior who is responsible for todays descision is a member of Merkels conservative party.
Well, then you should be fine with what Germany plans to do. The summary fails to mention that the fingerprinting only applies to refugees.
Disclaimer: I'm German and I think this descision is wrong. But I gave up hope that our minister of the interior (Innenminister) understands the necessary balance between security and freedom long ago.
The databases are snapshotted every hour and backed up using tarsnap as well as an rsync down to a NAS at my house..
So, you only have one backup at one place? You're flirting with desaster.
And long past due. If the rest of the world wants a deal, start by offering something that benefits the US.
I didn't know that the US has it's own planet. If they shared the same planet as say, India and China, the benefit of the US from this accord would be the fact that India and China (and other countries) redue they pollution which will have positive effects for the whole world.
Seriously, anyone who doesn't understand what's going on with Facebook and FREE consumer accounts is a moron.
This case is about Facebook tracking people who don't have a FB account. Since these people don't have a FB account they did not agree to anything. And Facebook had been told a year ago to stop this and they didn't.
Do these facts (that you would have known about if you read articles about this before you commented here) affect you statement in any way? Or are you one of those people that complain about anything just for the kicks?
More and more people use streaming services like Spotify and Netfilx. So the numbers show that many people are willing to license rather than buy.
This line of argument is valid for both sides: If you don't want to support DRM, use a browser that doesn't support DRM or deactivate the DRM extensions. But don't complain if you then can't use Netflix et.al.
But that's the thing, Uber already has a pretty good system for weeding out non-English speakers.[...] The real issue is that many people hate Uber (many Uber drivers included) and this supposed test is just a way to stick it to Uber in the UK and reduce its workforce.
That makes no sense.
If Uber already weeds out non-English speakers, Uber will not be affected by this ruling, so the Uber workforce will not be reduced.
If the Uber fworkforce is being reduced due to this ruling, it means that a substancial part of the Uber workfoce doesn't speak English well enough, which means that Uber does not have a 'pretty good system' to weed out non-English speakers.
Microsoft was first informed about these bugs in June 2016. That is a lot more than 90 days. They didn't manage to fix all the bugs and basically got an extension when Google resubmitted the still open bugs in November. Yet they still didn't manage to fix the bugs.
The Echo animates a bright blue light rimming the top of the device when it hears the trigger keyword and begins recording.
The English language reports on this case unfortunately leave out quite a few details.
The doll has some LED light that is supposed to show when it is recording, just like the Amazon Echo. But this LED on the doll is unreliable and often does not worke. Plus, the LED can even be deactivated in the app used to control the doll. And that is against a law here in Germany that makes concealed recording devices illegal.
What does GitHub have to do with Gitlab.com?
Well, there is the Omate Roma, which I had on pre-order. But Omate f***ed up and forgot my order, and when I asked they had no more Romas in stock and had to refund my money.
Thinking about it, this seems to be a running thread with me and smartwatched. GuessI should just stop thinking about smartwatches at all. Seems that for me this can only end in tears...
First I supported the last Pebble Kickstarter for a smartwacht, only to be told that (parts of) Pebble were bought by FitBit and my pledge refunded.
Ok, I thougth, let's buy something else. Like the Vector Luna. Now FitBit bought Vector and thus damned my smartwatch to a slow, agonizing death. How long will the servers run that the app ontacts to download watchfaces, streams and apps?
Just because real victims exist, that doesn't negate the existence of people who would use that status falsely.
But the existence of 'professional victims' can not be an excuse to take nobodys claims serious.
Just because there is some fake money in circulation doesn't mean that you don't accept any money at all, or do you?
These factors are just the same in an opt-in system. There are not specific to opt-out.
So GPs argument stays: In an opt-out system, there are potentialy more donors so less incentive to behave unethically.
Isn't it the other way round? When donors are rare, every chance to get a donor organ 'must' be taken.
If everybody is a donor by default there is less incentive to to play loose with the life of a donor as the next donor is right around the corner.
That's what you wanted to do.
But what you did write is 'Signal is made by the same devs who make Signal.'
So... no mention of TextSecure in there.
What doesn't amuse germans is that we had a bunch of rape & kill crimes (needless to mention all the robbery and assault) done by refugees since then.
What doesn't amuse other Germans like me is that those case are blown out of proportion. Sexual assault is unfortunately something that happens every day in Germany. But because it happens so often, it is usually not reported (or only in local new papers/on local stations).
But when the perpetrator is not called Hans but Mohammed, certain news outlets think that they need to report it nationally and that creates the incorrect impression that refugees or foreigners are much more likely to commit such crimes.
Protip, German cluetards: Quite aside from the personal liberty issue you're blowing so badly here, it's always better to let the crazies sing, dance, speechify, and wear silly outfits. This way everyone knows who they are and you don't end up getting blindsided by some bastard(s) percolating in their own repressed hate for just a little too long.
Yeah, right. Except, that's what we did in the 1920s: Lete everybody say everything they want. And that allowed extremists like Hitler to amass a strong following and take over the government and transform the Weimar Republic into the Third Reich.
You know, there's a reason we changed our laws after WWI and then again after WWII: We learnt from our mistakes and are trying to not repeat them. Letting hate speech go unchecked is NOT the way to a less extrem society.