The main "Desktop" market is Business users, i.e. System Admin's and CIO's they want a system that "just works" and they know already
They hate with a passion every new version of Windows as it causes them hours of work in testing and deployment, but at least they can run in parallel
Anything other (Mac or Linux or anything else) is simply ignored as not an option unless they are forced to use it
The only reason Apple devices are used in these environments is because Designers love them and so the the desktops are used, and now many of the execs have iPhones and iPads which *must* work...
Linux/BSD boxes are used in these environments where they are easier to install and maintain and they do not affect the users...
If you are talking Home users then history would say that selling a Linux PC is dead because of the complaints from users who can't run Windows programs... when it is a device that is not a PC then they don't expect this and it is not an issue...(e.g. android phones, iPad etc...)
You can work on any film with any company, but if you want to work on a film where SAG actors work then you need to be a member of SAG, and if you are a member of SAG than you are banned from non-union productions... you have the choice only work with SAG productions or only work non-SAG... guess where the money is...
Most android users are just as clueless about the guts of the system as Apple users, many have locked down systems where they cannot get at the guts to do this kind of stuff...many are even unaware they are using Android at all...
Unlike Linux, Android is a consumer platform, and is currently outselling Apple on Mobiles, either there are vastly more "Hackers" than anyone ever thought, or is is the general public using this...
All it shows is where your ISP has declared where your current IP is based...
They only monitored public Torrents, they did not monitor any private torrents, they did not monitor any other file exchange protocols (Music is relatively small and can easily be exchanged without Bittorrent)
Another worthless survey, that seems to show that China and Japan do not share much music (Really!)
Almost anyone could work on an assembly line making cars, most people can fix a lot of things on cars, some people can find faults on cars, a few can design new cars
Almost anyone can code, most people can program to some degree, some people can program professionally, a few can design large program systems
Almost anyone can learn to read, most people can learn to speak in public, some people can be an actor, a few people can be an inspirational orator
There is nothing special about any profession, anyone can learn to do anything - Given that they don't have a disability that prevents them, and a minimal level of intelligence
But to be good enough at it to be employed doing it they need two things : Motivation, and experience (the second being dependent on the first)
What they may never be no matter how much experience and motivation they have is the innate ability to be better than average at the task...
There is no getting over the fact that some people are better at some things than others, however the majority can do anything to at least a competent level
ISDN T1 28 x 1.544 Mbit/s lines ISDN E1 30 x 2.048 Mbit/s lines
Not just a regional variant, it's the debugged version, there was only ever one flavour and except for BT's DASSII protocol variant only one standard...the 'E' is a misnomer since it is used almost everywhere except USA, Canada (T1) , and Japan (J1)
ISDN is the predominant Australian type of line for businesses (except where this has already been rolled out)
If the information is that sensitive then what is it doing on a portable device in the first place...?
This is like car security, what you have is a tin box on wheels, this can be stolen (Towed/transported) and worked on at leisure, all security can be broken given enough time and resources, it is usually only a case of does the thief consider it worth the time and effort...
Hard Disks - Expensive (in comparison) but large and quick Flash drives - Very Expensive and small Tape - Cheap and reliable and big enough for most Cloud - Slow (unless you have a huge pipe), and expensive (cost per month)
A bunch of tapes in a safe off-site is still the best solution for most people.... your mileage may vary
Coronary heart disease one form of heart disease is caused by excessive amounts of some types of Cholesterol a fat, and this is normally correlated with obesity, eating Trans-Fats, and some foods regarded as fatty, (Red meat, cheese) but other fatty foods can reduce the risk, and others are neutral....
Diet is simple - a balanced diet is good for you.... it can be hard to have a balanced diet in modern society...
The solution is separate schools for non-vaccinated kids...with a high death/disability rate which will be a good example why vaccinations are a good idea
The LTE frequency the UK is using is the same as Australasia, Asia and most of the world...
The only device that cannot use the Rest of the world LTE is the iPad and they have been fined already for advertising 4G when it cannot work outside the US
Mobile coverage in the UK, 3.5G Coverage, and Broadband coverage is better in the UK than the USA... (Behind quite a few countries in Europe though)
With regulation, the regulators themselves have to be regulated
Without regulation the corporations will do everything they can to sell you whatever they can get away with, i.e. cheap rubbish sold as a luxury
The best regulation is labelling, where you can see exactly what you are buying, can trust that the labelling is honest, and can therefore make an informed decision, and breaking up monopolies and cartels, who will use their monopoly to take away your choice...nothing else should be necessary
Like most of the cultures that preserve their dead, rather than burying/burning/exposing them they had a nearby place where natural preservation occurred, desert or cave which dessicated the body, and they learned how to make this more reliable....
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The main "Desktop" market is Business users, i.e. System Admin's and CIO's they want a system that "just works" and they know already
They hate with a passion every new version of Windows as it causes them hours of work in testing and deployment, but at least they can run in parallel
Anything other (Mac or Linux or anything else) is simply ignored as not an option unless they are forced to use it
The only reason Apple devices are used in these environments is because Designers love them and so the the desktops are used, and now many of the execs have iPhones and iPads which *must* work ...
Linux/BSD boxes are used in these environments where they are easier to install and maintain and they do not affect the users ...
If you are talking Home users then history would say that selling a Linux PC is dead because of the complaints from users who can't run Windows programs ... when it is a device that is not a PC then they don't expect this and it is not an issue ...(e.g. android phones, iPad etc ...)
Estimated number of people transported to British North America is 50,000
Estimated number of people sent to Australia as prisoners in 80-years of transportation is 165,000
Estimated number of free people who emigrated to Australia in 1852 alone 370,000
The number of convicts transported is tiny in both countries compared to the number who emigrated ...
Romney is a Republican so to get nominated he has to be anti-Obama and everything he has done, and positively non-Liberal
To get elected he will have to mostly agree with Obama and everything he has done, and appeal to the majority
Politicians are two faced for a reason....
They seem to be based in Turkey, this is the country that refused to extradite the ex-Iraqi Vice President...so good luck with that ...
You can work on any film with any company, but if you want to work on a film where SAG actors work then you need to be a member of SAG, and if you are a member of SAG than you are banned from non-union productions ... you have the choice only work with SAG productions or only work non-SAG ... guess where the money is ...
Most android users are just as clueless about the guts of the system as Apple users, many have locked down systems where they cannot get at the guts to do this kind of stuff ...many are even unaware they are using Android at all ...
Unlike Linux, Android is a consumer platform, and is currently outselling Apple on Mobiles, either there are vastly more "Hackers" than anyone ever thought, or is is the general public using this ...
...or you could move to a country with a healthcare service ....rather than a system run for the benefit of insurance companies
All it shows is where your ISP has declared where your current IP is based ...
They only monitored public Torrents, they did not monitor any private torrents, they did not monitor any other file exchange protocols (Music is relatively small and can easily be exchanged without Bittorrent)
Another worthless survey, that seems to show that China and Japan do not share much music (Really!)
Privateers/Pirates were government sanctioned and were stealing the Spanish and Portuguese bounty looted from the native Americans
Is government sponsored stealing of already stolen goods still stealing?
Almost anyone could work on an assembly line making cars, most people can fix a lot of things on cars, some people can find faults on cars, a few can design new cars
Almost anyone can code, most people can program to some degree, some people can program professionally, a few can design large program systems
Almost anyone can learn to read, most people can learn to speak in public, some people can be an actor, a few people can be an inspirational orator
It's a matter of degree ....
C, C++, Java, very similar
Pascal
x86 asm, Pcode - similar
VB6
All of these are actually very similar languages, and all the high level ones can be rote learned as the same language with different syntax ...
Now go an learn a different language (e.g. Functional) this will show if you are programmer of a code monkey
There is nothing special about any profession, anyone can learn to do anything - Given that they don't have a disability that prevents them, and a minimal level of intelligence
But to be good enough at it to be employed doing it they need two things : Motivation, and experience (the second being dependent on the first)
What they may never be no matter how much experience and motivation they have is the innate ability to be better than average at the task ...
There is no getting over the fact that some people are better at some things than others, however the majority can do anything to at least a competent level
Try saying the same in the USA where there is free speech and you will still get the same result
In the US speech is free the result is punishable by Defamation, it's just the laws are weaker ....
ISDN T1 28 x 1.544 Mbit/s lines
ISDN E1 30 x 2.048 Mbit/s lines
Not just a regional variant, it's the debugged version, there was only ever one flavour and except for BT's DASSII protocol variant only one standard ...the 'E' is a misnomer since it is used almost everywhere except USA, Canada (T1) , and Japan (J1)
ISDN is the predominant Australian type of line for businesses (except where this has already been rolled out)
Big corporations can automatically sue Google for significant money under the DCMA if Google do not comply
You could sue Google or the Big corporation and they would not even notice ...
If the information is that sensitive then what is it doing on a portable device in the first place...?
This is like car security, what you have is a tin box on wheels, this can be stolen (Towed/transported) and worked on at leisure, all security can be broken given enough time and resources, it is usually only a case of does the thief consider it worth the time and effort ...
999 (UK) , 112 (Europe), and 911 (NANP) all route to the same service in the UK ...
NANPA 911
Europe - 112
GSM phones - 112
Japan - 119 or 110 (Police)
Australia 000
New Zealand 111
India 2611
China 110, 120, 119
So most of the world's population do not use 911 as an emergency number ....
Hard Disks - Expensive (in comparison) but large and quick
Flash drives - Very Expensive and small
Tape - Cheap and reliable and big enough for most
Cloud - Slow (unless you have a huge pipe), and expensive (cost per month)
A bunch of tapes in a safe off-site is still the best solution for most people .... your mileage may vary
Fat causes heart disease is a tricky one ....
Coronary heart disease one form of heart disease is caused by excessive amounts of some types of Cholesterol a fat, and this is normally correlated with obesity, eating Trans-Fats, and some foods regarded as fatty, (Red meat, cheese) but other fatty foods can reduce the risk, and others are neutral ....
Diet is simple - a balanced diet is good for you.... it can be hard to have a balanced diet in modern society...
The solution is separate schools for non-vaccinated kids...with a high death/disability rate which will be a good example why vaccinations are a good idea
You are free to leave at any time, please emigrate to a country that suits your lifestyle ...if they will have you?
What a US centric report of a UK news story
The LTE frequency the UK is using is the same as Australasia, Asia and most of the world ...
The only device that cannot use the Rest of the world LTE is the iPad and they have been fined already for advertising 4G when it cannot work outside the US
Mobile coverage in the UK, 3.5G Coverage, and Broadband coverage is better in the UK than the USA ... (Behind quite a few countries in Europe though)
With regulation, the regulators themselves have to be regulated
Without regulation the corporations will do everything they can to sell you whatever they can get away with, i.e. cheap rubbish sold as a luxury
The best regulation is labelling, where you can see exactly what you are buying, can trust that the labelling is honest, and can therefore make an informed decision, and breaking up monopolies and cartels, who will use their monopoly to take away your choice ...nothing else should be necessary
Like most of the cultures that preserve their dead, rather than burying/burning/exposing them they had a nearby place where natural preservation occurred, desert or cave which dessicated the body, and they learned how to make this more reliable ....