all data held about a user is downloadable by that user, in an open standard
This is exactly what Google+ allows. I have not used other social networks, so I don't know whether they offer this option (but am guessing mostly no).
At the current representative level, we're basically not allowed to vote on copyright, becaue our "representatives" dont like the probable outcome of the vote. So they simply enforce their policy against the "will of the people", leaving us with a de facto dictatorship with respect to copyright. We cant vote on it, and those we voted in wont do as we want, leading to a situation where the law whether something is legal or illegal absolutely does not represent the public opinion whether something actually is right or wrong.
In switzerland, representative democracy works as usual, but if enough people collect signatures, they have a way to vote to override politician's decisions. They can stop unpopular laws. In Germany, we cant. If our goverment decides to crack down on filesharing, we cant stop them. If our goverment decides to go to war against iran because of some "NATO obligations", we cant stop them. All we can do is wait for 4 years and then vote in somebody else and pray that he wont do the same, because we cant stop him either. The whole problem originates in the fact that our politicians, once they're in after making false promises, they _know_ that they're literally unstoppable and behave accordingly.
This. Americans think their way is the only way, but live in a de-facto dictatorship. Hey, when are you voting on legalizing cannabis? Oh, right - thought so.
You've been able to do that since the turn of the century. Here's the sad part: Long after every computer that can run any of the windows operating systems to date have been put in landfills or as non-working museum exhibits, and everyone who reads this today is dead -- it'll still be illegal to give it to a friend if you live in the USA.
In Finland, and most other countries in Europe (all countries in Europe?) when you buy software, you own it. You can resell it or give it away as a gift, and Microsoft can do fuck-all about it.
Microsoft gets $15 per Android handset for patents so weak they won't reveal in public. So if Google sticks it to Microsoft the world is a better place and good on them.
To use Microsoft's own phrase "Whaaaaaaaa".
Don't dish it out if you can't take it.
Quoted for fucking emphasis and violent agreement. Microsoft, may this be a big "fuck you" from all the Android licensees.
Getting energy from "Not Earth" means (eventually) dumping energy into the Earth's systems. What happens when you scale it up? TANSTAAFL.
While I am not the biggest fan of solar energy, using it does not dump any surplus into the Earth - about the sam would have been absorbed anyway. There might be a small difference in total albedo, but it's negligible.
If I were in charge of Slashdot, I'd rather concentrate on improving the quality of the posts - the summaries are eye-bleedingly horrid in every aspect. The only reason anyone ever comes to/. is the quality of some of the replies in the thread. That is, it's the readership that makes Slashdot valuable.
Piss off your readership, and you pissed away Slashdot - since the quality of the content is otherwise rubbish.
I guess this could be useful to determine the level of risk one incurs when buying property at a given location. I say "guess", because the site is slashdotted and I have no first-hand experience of how it works and what level of detail it gives.
So if there's no bill banning a certain activity, a company may engage in it, is that how it work in the USA? You know, in other western countries corporations aren't allowed anything unless it's granted to them explicitly.
Is there a bill forbidding cavity search by corporations? Or one that forbids corporations from harvesting the organs of their employees? It seems apt to ask, in case I ever dream of working in the USA.
What is being said is that climate is incredibly complicated.
Complicated, yes, in that you cannot predict what the weather will be year by year. But you can understand the simple fact that Earth as a system is now accumulating energy.
It all depends on how you define "grow much" - I agree that there will be growth in numbers for G+, but not more than a couple million users from now till the end of this year, and steadily slower growth after that. That it will be on the expense of Twitter... well, it makes sense. Plus, I've met more than just a few such people who moved over from Twitter to G+, and almost nobody (very, very few) who moved over from FB.
The fence is only in small part built up as a wall, and is mostly just a barbed wire line. Even so, it has served to drastically decrease the number of terror attacks from the WB.
Besides this, there are a few differences between the ghettos of WWII and the west bank.
Yes, in principle I agree with you, but there is a caveat: I suspect that Facebook cannot further crush G+, since they, in essence, aren't competing against each other anymore. What I mean is, those that prefer the G+ style of doing social networking, won't leave G+, and those who prefer Facebook haven't joined and never will (or maybe joined for a brief moment, looked around and left). G+ won't grow much, I think (I'm a G+ user, BTW), but it doesn't really have to. Don't get me wrong, I am sure Google would love to see G+ grow much larger, but they aren't exactly sad even with a smaller social network - the users are loyal enough, and some profit can be created.
I think G+ is the Linux of social networks: sure, there aren't many users of it, but those that are there don't care about the number of users. And some company (Red Had) can still make a profit off Linux.
Even after Microsoft dropped support for non-Intel architectures with Windows 2000, it was rumoured that they maintained the ports to ensure that they did not break portability.
Indeed. I have a beta version of Win2K for PowerPC, on a MSDN CD. Or had, way back then.
Get used to it. This is one of those technologies we can't afford not to exploit.
The people most enthusiastic about it are the eastern Europeans... it means freedom from Russian energy supplies. And I suspect the Israelis are looking into it rather deeply now that the Egyptians are interfering with their natural gas supply.
This technology is going to mean liberation and stability for nations... against those pros you're going to need some substantive cons.
While I am personally strongly against fraking... I can't find much to object with your post. Regrettably, I think you're right.
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Education is the most important factor in improving one's position in society. Unless one is saddled with onerous loans, that is.
In most of Europe, higher education is free, which is a tremendous factor in improving quality of life and social mobility.
It's so that LIEBERALS can use LED lights to lighten up their ABORTION HOUSES and FORCED STERILIZATION CAMPS where they will destroy white people.
How could you miss the obvious ILLEGAL MARIJUANA PLANTATIONS?
smh...
all data held about a user is downloadable by that user, in an open standard
This is exactly what Google+ allows. I have not used other social networks, so I don't know whether they offer this option (but am guessing mostly no).
At the current representative level, we're basically not allowed to vote on copyright, becaue our "representatives" dont like the probable outcome of the vote. So they simply enforce their policy against the "will of the people", leaving us with a de facto dictatorship with respect to copyright. We cant vote on it, and those we voted in wont do as we want, leading to a situation where the law whether something is legal or illegal absolutely does not represent the public opinion whether something actually is right or wrong.
In switzerland, representative democracy works as usual, but if enough people collect signatures, they have a way to vote to override politician's decisions. They can stop unpopular laws. In Germany, we cant. If our goverment decides to crack down on filesharing, we cant stop them. If our goverment decides to go to war against iran because of some "NATO obligations", we cant stop them. All we can do is wait for 4 years and then vote in somebody else and pray that he wont do the same, because we cant stop him either. The whole problem originates in the fact that our politicians, once they're in after making false promises, they _know_ that they're literally unstoppable and behave accordingly.
This.
Americans think their way is the only way, but live in a de-facto dictatorship. Hey, when are you voting on legalizing cannabis? Oh, right - thought so.
Every and all fortune teller is committing fraud - these were just higher-tech than the rest.
And... "national security threat"?
Maybe having half of Florida submerged by sea qualifies as national security threat?
I've noticed a big uptake in Bollywood movies on torrent sites, in the past couple of years.
Well, I guess the fun's over.
You've been able to do that since the turn of the century. Here's the sad part: Long after every computer that can run any of the windows operating systems to date have been put in landfills or as non-working museum exhibits, and everyone who reads this today is dead -- it'll still be illegal to give it to a friend if you live in the USA .
In Finland, and most other countries in Europe (all countries in Europe?) when you buy software, you own it. You can resell it or give it away as a gift, and Microsoft can do fuck-all about it.
Microsoft gets $15 per Android handset for patents so weak they won't reveal in public. So if Google sticks it to Microsoft the world is a better place and good on them.
To use Microsoft's own phrase "Whaaaaaaaa".
Don't dish it out if you can't take it.
Quoted for fucking emphasis and violent agreement.
Microsoft, may this be a big "fuck you" from all the Android licensees.
Getting energy from "Not Earth" means (eventually) dumping energy into the Earth's systems. What happens when you scale it up? TANSTAAFL.
While I am not the biggest fan of solar energy, using it does not dump any surplus into the Earth - about the sam would have been absorbed anyway. There might be a small difference in total albedo, but it's negligible.
If I were in charge of Slashdot, I'd rather concentrate on improving the quality of the posts - the summaries are eye-bleedingly horrid in every aspect. The only reason anyone ever comes to /. is the quality of some of the replies in the thread. That is, it's the readership that makes Slashdot valuable.
Piss off your readership, and you pissed away Slashdot - since the quality of the content is otherwise rubbish.
Biogas generators, as in... cows?
Biogas generators, as in apple fanbois:
Zombie Steve Jobs: I have come to you from the grave to give you but one command, oh followers, and it is this: fart into the tubes!
It wouldn't surprise me all that much, since Apple fanbois constantly fart their indoctrinated nonsense on the intertubes.
Oh, sorry, didn't notice your reply: good point! In fact, I was going to write
And insert "cunt" wherever appropriate^Wnecessary^Weverywhere.
MS just buried the only lawsuit that could have blown a hole the size of Manhattan in their anti-Android patent portfolio.
I guess this could be useful to determine the level of risk one incurs when buying property at a given location. I say "guess", because the site is slashdotted and I have no first-hand experience of how it works and what level of detail it gives.
All you have to do is script 180 degree rotation on every page.
And insert "cunt" wherever appropriate^Wnecessary.
So if there's no bill banning a certain activity, a company may engage in it, is that how it work in the USA? You know, in other western countries corporations aren't allowed anything unless it's granted to them explicitly.
Is there a bill forbidding cavity search by corporations? Or one that forbids corporations from harvesting the organs of their employees? It seems apt to ask, in case I ever dream of working in the USA.
What is being said is that climate is incredibly complicated.
Complicated, yes, in that you cannot predict what the weather will be year by year. But you can understand the simple fact that Earth as a system is now accumulating energy.
It all depends on how you define "grow much" - I agree that there will be growth in numbers for G+, but not more than a couple million users from now till the end of this year, and steadily slower growth after that. That it will be on the expense of Twitter... well, it makes sense. Plus, I've met more than just a few such people who moved over from Twitter to G+, and almost nobody (very, very few) who moved over from FB.
The fence is only in small part built up as a wall, and is mostly just a barbed wire line. Even so, it has served to drastically decrease the number of terror attacks from the WB.
Besides this, there are a few differences between the ghettos of WWII and the west bank.
The iranian "oil industry" is doing just fine. This attack was nothing more than a website defacement. Hardly affecting "the industry".
GDSII or GDS-2 is a layout format, used by microsystems designers. It's a 2D-only format, but you can have unlimited layers.
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is the largest microsystems foundry in the world.
You are correct about SoC.
Yes, in principle I agree with you, but there is a caveat: I suspect that Facebook cannot further crush G+, since they, in essence, aren't competing against each other anymore. What I mean is, those that prefer the G+ style of doing social networking, won't leave G+, and those who prefer Facebook haven't joined and never will (or maybe joined for a brief moment, looked around and left). G+ won't grow much, I think (I'm a G+ user, BTW), but it doesn't really have to. Don't get me wrong, I am sure Google would love to see G+ grow much larger, but they aren't exactly sad even with a smaller social network - the users are loyal enough, and some profit can be created.
I think G+ is the Linux of social networks: sure, there aren't many users of it, but those that are there don't care about the number of users. And some company (Red Had) can still make a profit off Linux.
Even after Microsoft dropped support for non-Intel architectures with Windows 2000, it was rumoured that they maintained the ports to ensure that they did not break portability.
Indeed. I have a beta version of Win2K for PowerPC, on a MSDN CD. Or had, way back then.
Get used to it. This is one of those technologies we can't afford not to exploit.
The people most enthusiastic about it are the eastern Europeans... it means freedom from Russian energy supplies. And I suspect the Israelis are looking into it rather deeply now that the Egyptians are interfering with their natural gas supply.
This technology is going to mean liberation and stability for nations... against those pros you're going to need some substantive cons.
While I am personally strongly against fraking... I can't find much to object with your post. Regrettably, I think you're right.