Bike trails galore, check. Aesthetically pleasing landscaping galore, check. Save the whales, check. LGBT legislation, check. All sorts of other excessive tax spending, check. Police and fire resources? Ah well, you respond apathetically:
They aren't broke until the creditors stop giving them money
Wow, you do know who the "creditors" are in this case right? I'll give you a clue, they have publicly stated that they want to be the dominant economic super power of the world by 2025. They are not members of the United Nations. They really don't like the United States very much. They especially don't like us because we started a trade war with them.
I love how you use the term "creditors" as if there are these magical creditor fairies that have an infinite amount of money to lend out. If that's what you think, at some point, you're in for a rude awakening. There is no free lunch, my friend.
Well, that's your fault for being an Apple user that doesn't know how computers should work
This is and has always been the problem with generally available consumer *nix. OSX is based on NeXTSTEP Mach kernel + BSD btw. The expectation "use should be expected to know how computers should work" is the reason why Microsoft Windows has prevailed to this day as the majority market share of desktop operating systems. They don't expect that. Sad but true.
Dying? It's dead Jim. The people age 20-30 have radically different ideas about adulthood than you and I grew up with. A lot of people aren't even planning to get married or have kids. Society is transforming into something else and very quickly. There is nothing that can be done to stop it. The only question for each person is: will you adapt or not? Not adapting has consequences.
Or just turn off write caching for USB devices. In fact, it's off by default in Microsoft Windows. There are two options for USB devices, Quick Removal (default) and Better Performance (write caching). More information.
I don't think you fully understand how QoS actually works. It requires configuration and it is turned off by default on all the consumer routers I've ever owned that offer it. I believe the QoS Packet Scheduler is turned on in Microsoft Windows now by default but it doesn't work the way you described. It has a reserved bandwidth limit that by default is 20%. That means that when certain QoS traffic is occurring only 80% of your bandwidth is available for non-QoS traffic. I think you would call this "shaping" rather than "realtime packets and their replies always get processed/transmitted first". That's not true at least in the case of how the QoS Packet Scheduler in Microsoft Windows works. I'm pretty sure you have to manually install/configure QoS in *nix.
I'd need to see statistics on streaming but you can't ignore the growing use cases for downloading video. Netflix recently added this feature, there are several services that come with movies that allow you to download them to devices. These services are expanding and not going away. At best, you're putting forth a straw man but the reality is, the "few power users" theory is out of date today. The way people consume digital media has radically changed over the past 10-15 years and not just in regard to streaming and it continues to change. You need to update your information to be current.
- Downloading games via Steam/PS Store/XBOX store/etc. Many AAA titles are 40-60gb
- Downloading movies via Netflix and other services for mobile devices
Sorry, but the "few power users" thing doesn't cut it anymore when it comes to downloading. That was 15 years ago before the industry actually caught up with legitimate download sources.
Yay let's pit two languages/frameworks that fell way behind Amazon/Facebook/Google and compare them to each other..NET Core and Azure came very late to the party. Visual Studio Code even came way late to the party compared to Sublime, Atom, IntelliJ, etc. Even though I'm an MCP and loved.NET when it first came out and was awesome for 10-15 years. Microsoft dropped the ball unfortunately just like they did with Windows Mobile Phone, Windows 8 and IE/Edge.
The EU can't come into USA and seize Google's assets. If Google has assets in the EU, they might be able to do that. In order to do something like that in the USA, the EU would have to make an appeal to the USA much in the same way the USA had to make an appeal to Norway regarding DVD Jon breaking DECSS. USA's laws did not apply in Norway. I'm sorry you're just wrong. The EU's laws do not apply in the USA and vice versa. You can't go to another country and seize a company's assets based on your laws. Your laws don't apply here and vice versa. Research your international case law regarding these sorts of things.
Yes and like I said, that is a legal arrangement to do BUSINESS in that country. If Google doesn't pay the fine and decides to pack up and not do business anymore in the EU, there isn't a fucking thing the EU can do to punish Google via its legal system.
A country forcing another country to pay money is called international extortion. Nice try snowflakes. You can mod facts down all you and spread all the disinformation you like, but reality is still reality. Think I'm joking? Get a degree in business and specialize in international business.
Yes, Google is subject to EU law if they want to do business there but the EU can't rule that Google's incorporation be dismantled if they don't like how Google runs their business. EU can't levy any criminal charges against Google. Only the US government can do that because Google/Alphabet are incorporated in the US.,
No it's not. American company pays fine to US government or ceases to be incorporated, money goes to American tax payers. American company pays fine to EU government else can't do business in EU, money goes to non-American taxpayers. Google is not obligated to do anything for the EU under any sort of threat of law. Google could say eh, well EU you want to treat us like that, we just won't offer our products or allow them to be licensed in your country. EU can't just slam something down an American company's throat. It's a negotiation and each side has something to potentially lose unless they are able to reach a compromise. Regardless of what ethical and moral concerns you may have valid or invalid, that's not the issue. The issue is business and law, nothing more, nothing less.
A new president? Or a new precedent? Because the USA already has a precedent in this exact situation -- Microsoft and IE.
It's not the same situation. That was a domestic issue. American company dealing with American justice system. This situation is an American company in a foreign country's judicial system. Last time I checked there was no world government.
No offense but I think you two are thinking at a level of detail that while admirable isn't necessarily. The simple truth is: the voting machine shouldn't be connected to a network at all including the internet. It should also be in a secure location and tamper-proof like an HSM (Hardware Security Module). Unauthorized tampering fries the machine. If you want to get super serious about security, check FIPS. To give you an idea, a credit card transaction processing system must meet the FIPS Level 3 standard.
Thanks for the clarification. You are correct. It's been a long time since that went down so I mixed up two different things. The thing I was thinking of was the United States v. Microsoft court case, which was centered about Internet Explorer bundling. I don't recall there being any antitrust suits or complaints regarding Microsoft with regard to what you mentioned, the deals with OEM's to bundle Windows instead of other operating systems or allowing the consumer to choose what to install. I mean really though, what were the other choices? Linux, OS/2? There wasn't really another mainstream alternative (don't mean any disrespect but it's still the case the Grandma can't really operate Ubuntu/Mint/CentOS unfortunately) and really still isn't due to application support/interoperability. If you want iOS, you have to buy a Mac. If you want Windows, you have to buy a PC. It would be really nice if there were a more open ecosystem between vendors but that goes against Capitalism I guess lol
Oh yeah, could it be (drumroll) having OEM computer manufacturers install Internet Explorer by default without a way to effectively remove it? It's ironic what's happened to IE/Edge these days though.:)
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Police and fire have all the resources they need?
Bike trails galore, check. Aesthetically pleasing landscaping galore, check. Save the whales, check. LGBT legislation, check. All sorts of other excessive tax spending, check. Police and fire resources? Ah well, you respond apathetically:
No program ever has "all the resources it needs"
No problems with this logic at all...
They aren't broke until the creditors stop giving them money
Wow, you do know who the "creditors" are in this case right? I'll give you a clue, they have publicly stated that they want to be the dominant economic super power of the world by 2025. They are not members of the United Nations. They really don't like the United States very much. They especially don't like us because we started a trade war with them.
I love how you use the term "creditors" as if there are these magical creditor fairies that have an infinite amount of money to lend out. If that's what you think, at some point, you're in for a rude awakening. There is no free lunch, my friend.
Well, that's your fault for being an Apple user that doesn't know how computers should work
This is and has always been the problem with generally available consumer *nix. OSX is based on NeXTSTEP Mach kernel + BSD btw. The expectation "use should be expected to know how computers should work" is the reason why Microsoft Windows has prevailed to this day as the majority market share of desktop operating systems. They don't expect that. Sad but true.
Families sitting around one TV are a dying breed.
Dying? It's dead Jim. The people age 20-30 have radically different ideas about adulthood than you and I grew up with. A lot of people aren't even planning to get married or have kids. Society is transforming into something else and very quickly. There is nothing that can be done to stop it. The only question for each person is: will you adapt or not? Not adapting has consequences.
Or just turn off write caching for USB devices. In fact, it's off by default in Microsoft Windows. There are two options for USB devices, Quick Removal (default) and Better Performance (write caching). More information.
I don't think you fully understand how QoS actually works. It requires configuration and it is turned off by default on all the consumer routers I've ever owned that offer it. I believe the QoS Packet Scheduler is turned on in Microsoft Windows now by default but it doesn't work the way you described. It has a reserved bandwidth limit that by default is 20%. That means that when certain QoS traffic is occurring only 80% of your bandwidth is available for non-QoS traffic. I think you would call this "shaping" rather than "realtime packets and their replies always get processed/transmitted first". That's not true at least in the case of how the QoS Packet Scheduler in Microsoft Windows works. I'm pretty sure you have to manually install/configure QoS in *nix.
I'd need to see statistics on streaming but you can't ignore the growing use cases for downloading video. Netflix recently added this feature, there are several services that come with movies that allow you to download them to devices. These services are expanding and not going away. At best, you're putting forth a straw man but the reality is, the "few power users" theory is out of date today. The way people consume digital media has radically changed over the past 10-15 years and not just in regard to streaming and it continues to change. You need to update your information to be current.
Sorry, but the "few power users" thing doesn't cut it anymore when it comes to downloading. That was 15 years ago before the industry actually caught up with legitimate download sources.
This is why: http://www.usdebtclock.org/. A lot of states are broke too. Mine certainly is.
GraphQL ftw.
Yay let's pit two languages/frameworks that fell way behind Amazon/Facebook/Google and compare them to each other. .NET Core and Azure came very late to the party. Visual Studio Code even came way late to the party compared to Sublime, Atom, IntelliJ, etc. Even though I'm an MCP and loved .NET when it first came out and was awesome for 10-15 years. Microsoft dropped the ball unfortunately just like they did with Windows Mobile Phone, Windows 8 and IE/Edge.
PHP is way behind modern javascript frameworks even Laravel and Symfony are way behind.
The EU can't come into USA and seize Google's assets. If Google has assets in the EU, they might be able to do that. In order to do something like that in the USA, the EU would have to make an appeal to the USA much in the same way the USA had to make an appeal to Norway regarding DVD Jon breaking DECSS. USA's laws did not apply in Norway. I'm sorry you're just wrong. The EU's laws do not apply in the USA and vice versa. You can't go to another country and seize a company's assets based on your laws. Your laws don't apply here and vice versa. Research your international case law regarding these sorts of things.
Yes and like I said, that is a legal arrangement to do BUSINESS in that country. If Google doesn't pay the fine and decides to pack up and not do business anymore in the EU, there isn't a fucking thing the EU can do to punish Google via its legal system.
A country forcing another country to pay money is called international extortion. Nice try snowflakes. You can mod facts down all you and spread all the disinformation you like, but reality is still reality. Think I'm joking? Get a degree in business and specialize in international business.
Apparently, my crystal ball works just fine. I predicted someone would get triggered and voila it happened like clockwork. :P
Yes, Google is subject to EU law if they want to do business there but the EU can't rule that Google's incorporation be dismantled if they don't like how Google runs their business. EU can't levy any criminal charges against Google. Only the US government can do that because Google/Alphabet are incorporated in the US.,
No it's not. American company pays fine to US government or ceases to be incorporated, money goes to American tax payers. American company pays fine to EU government else can't do business in EU, money goes to non-American taxpayers. Google is not obligated to do anything for the EU under any sort of threat of law. Google could say eh, well EU you want to treat us like that, we just won't offer our products or allow them to be licensed in your country. EU can't just slam something down an American company's throat. It's a negotiation and each side has something to potentially lose unless they are able to reach a compromise. Regardless of what ethical and moral concerns you may have valid or invalid, that's not the issue. The issue is business and law, nothing more, nothing less.
A new president? Or a new precedent? Because the USA already has a precedent in this exact situation -- Microsoft and IE.
It's not the same situation. That was a domestic issue. American company dealing with American justice system. This situation is an American company in a foreign country's judicial system. Last time I checked there was no world government.
How can you have an original thought if you were raised by helicopter parents? You've been conditioned since birth not to think for yourself.
No offense but I think you two are thinking at a level of detail that while admirable isn't necessarily. The simple truth is: the voting machine shouldn't be connected to a network at all including the internet. It should also be in a secure location and tamper-proof like an HSM (Hardware Security Module). Unauthorized tampering fries the machine. If you want to get super serious about security, check FIPS. To give you an idea, a credit card transaction processing system must meet the FIPS Level 3 standard.
Thanks for the clarification. You are correct. It's been a long time since that went down so I mixed up two different things. The thing I was thinking of was the United States v. Microsoft court case, which was centered about Internet Explorer bundling. I don't recall there being any antitrust suits or complaints regarding Microsoft with regard to what you mentioned, the deals with OEM's to bundle Windows instead of other operating systems or allowing the consumer to choose what to install. I mean really though, what were the other choices? Linux, OS/2? There wasn't really another mainstream alternative (don't mean any disrespect but it's still the case the Grandma can't really operate Ubuntu/Mint/CentOS unfortunately) and really still isn't due to application support/interoperability. If you want iOS, you have to buy a Mac. If you want Windows, you have to buy a PC. It would be really nice if there were a more open ecosystem between vendors but that goes against Capitalism I guess lol
...It's full of diamonds!
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Oh yeah, could it be (drumroll) having OEM computer manufacturers install Internet Explorer by default without a way to effectively remove it? It's ironic what's happened to IE/Edge these days though. :)