Last Mile - Owned by BT and mostly very low quality copper
BT will not invest because they have to give access to anyone at below rock bottom prices and might on the whims of the government get it taken away from them at any time
No-one else will invest because they can just hive off BT, the only exception is Cable, which is almost all one company...and so they have no reason to invest further either...
I have this since I live in a civilised country.... it's called the NHS and I live in the UK - Free universal healthcare means I don't have to worry about it...
Or you could use the system the rest of the civilised world has adopted: Screw the Medical insurance companies, provide universal healthcare and fund it from taxes, result is cheap healthcare that means everyone can work...and pay taxes to fund it....
The problem is that the solution to a website offering illegal material is not to shut down the website, prosecute the owners of the website but get the ISP to block it...?
If the material is illegal then prosecute them, if it is not then don't block it....
Originally by right of conquest then by inheritance, just like everyone else...
By "Offered the Crown" you mean was selected by parliament as the successor to both the crown and the royal family and inherited all their assets both public and private - and the crown lands were private then as now...
In the same way the government and the law decide who in your family will inherit if there is no valid will, but your company will decide who will get your job...
My government will always accept the current legal tender for payment of taxes Any one trading in my country has to by law accept the current legal tender in payment
Some people will accept other currencies in exchange for the legal tender or in payment at whatever exchange rate they deem appropriate, but it is not required
No-one *has* to accept bitcoin anywhere, and the exchange rate is therefore *only* subject to market confidence and nothing else - and could be zero tomorrow....
Real world currency - A currency that has a value backed by either :
Physical something of real value - Gold, Silver, etc that actually exists in a vault somewhere
A Large entity who guarantee to pay, and are trusted enough to do so (Government/Bank/etc)
And/Or - Fiat currency that will always (and sometimes will only) be accepted for the purposes of paying taxes and so will always have value
All real world currencies are usually legal tender - It is required that people have to accept legal tender as payment for good and services
Bitcoin - A currency backed only by the assurance that they cannot be faked/cheated but is otherwise free floating
No-one has to accept Bitcoin, if they do they can assign any arbitrary value to it as an exchange rate depending on how much they trust it...
Do your family and friends ever talk to their friends about you? If so then your privacy is compromised without your participation... shall we ban conversation?
Her allowance is paid out of the income from the Windsor's family Land... the Government would be loath to lose the 94% of this they currently keep...
We don't have a dismissable monarchy, it would require great constitutional change to get rid of the Royal's, and even then they would still be the monarch of 15 other countries and head of the Commonwealth...
This *is* the power the queen has, her Governor-General is simply exercising the power of the Queen... in this case he overstepped his remit (by how much is debatable)
The Queen/Monarch of the UK has the same power and has exercised it (to a small degree on advice) when we have had a Hung parliament...
Searching for a command/program/document you don't know the name of is like looking up how to spell words in a dictionary.... it's possible but awkward
If I already know what I am searching for then it is quicker, but if I don't..... so it's not really a search but a quickfind ?
Pilots of large complex aircraft have co-pilots - one is concentrating all the time..
Small Aircraft are simple and the radio is hand-free and they crash quite often (they are the only type of aircraft considered to be more dangerous than driving)
Slashdot Mirror
Metric is used in most of the world, including China where this is being built ...
The US uses metric for many things ...
The BBC Trust upheld the complaint ...This is NOT the BBC corporation but a government appointed body that sets policy and oversees the BBC itself ...
Strange I am on GMT+1 now and every year I am on GMT ....
Seems to be very similar to UTC but every system seem to refer to it as GMT ....
Free? - Normally most people meet in a social setting, Bar, Club, Sports etc ... almost none of these are Free to enter ...
Last Mile - Owned by BT and mostly very low quality copper
BT will not invest because they have to give access to anyone at below rock bottom prices and might on the whims of the government get it taken away from them at any time
No-one else will invest because they can just hive off BT, the only exception is Cable, which is almost all one company...and so they have no reason to invest further either ...
I have this since I live in a civilised country .... it's called the NHS and I live in the UK - Free universal healthcare means I don't have to worry about it ...
Or you could use the system the rest of the civilised world has adopted: Screw the Medical insurance companies, provide universal healthcare and fund it from taxes, result is cheap healthcare that means everyone can work ...and pay taxes to fund it ....
The problem is that the solution to a website offering illegal material is not to shut down the website, prosecute the owners of the website but get the ISP to block it ...?
If the material is illegal then prosecute them, if it is not then don't block it ....
Changes like this have happened time and time again ... and the world will continue and life will continue
The problem is it might not be habitable by 7billion humans ... this *will* affect you
Originally by right of conquest then by inheritance, just like everyone else ...
By "Offered the Crown" you mean was selected by parliament as the successor to both the crown and the royal family and inherited all their assets both public and private - and the crown lands were private then as now ...
In the same way the government and the law decide who in your family will inherit if there is no valid will, but your company will decide who will get your job ...
My government will always accept the current legal tender for payment of taxes
Any one trading in my country has to by law accept the current legal tender in payment
Some people will accept other currencies in exchange for the legal tender or in payment at whatever exchange rate they deem appropriate, but it is not required
No-one *has* to accept bitcoin anywhere, and the exchange rate is therefore *only* subject to market confidence and nothing else - and could be zero tomorrow ....
Real world currency - A currency that has a value backed by either :
Physical something of real value - Gold, Silver, etc that actually exists in a vault somewhere
A Large entity who guarantee to pay, and are trusted enough to do so (Government/Bank/etc)
And/Or - Fiat currency that will always (and sometimes will only) be accepted for the purposes of paying taxes and so will always have value
All real world currencies are usually legal tender - It is required that people have to accept legal tender as payment for good and services
Bitcoin - A currency backed only by the assurance that they cannot be faked/cheated but is otherwise free floating ...
No-one has to accept Bitcoin, if they do they can assign any arbitrary value to it as an exchange rate depending on how much they trust it
Do your family and friends ever talk to their friends about you? If so then your privacy is compromised without your participation ... shall we ban conversation?
No
* The Queen's speech is nothing to do with the Queen
* the Bill known as "Snoopers charter" The communications data bill was not in the Queen's Speech
So No ...
Dozen?
There are only two currently reining Queens ....
Elizabeth II of the UK (and 12 other states)
Margrethe II of Denmark
So most of the dozen or so Queens are the same person ....
Charles Windsor was a serving officer in the Navy for 5 years (flew helicopters and jets) just like both his sons
The vast majority of his medals are honorary, just like the awards that most heads of state and their deputies receive ...
Her allowance is paid out of the income from the Windsor's family Land ... the Government would be loath to lose the 94% of this they currently keep ...
We don't have a dismissable monarchy, it would require great constitutional change to get rid of the Royal's, and even then they would still be the monarch of 15 other countries and head of the Commonwealth ...
This *is* the power the queen has, her Governor-General is simply exercising the power of the Queen ... in this case he overstepped his remit (by how much is debatable)
The Queen/Monarch of the UK has the same power and has exercised it (to a small degree on advice) when we have had a Hung parliament ...
Searching for a command/program/document you don't know the name of is like looking up how to spell words in a dictionary .... it's possible but awkward
If I already know what I am searching for then it is quicker, but if I don't ..... so it's not really a search but a quickfind ?
For "Mangled by LibreOffice" read MSOffice does not meet it's own spec
managing MS Servers not using Windows is asking for trouble (works find the other way round of course)
Powershell without Windows is asking for trouble
Basically you are trying to use Windows tools and are surprised that they don't play well with other OS's
But managing the other OS from Windows is easy ...so which company is the issue ...?
Go and buy an Android phone - Runs Linux
Your Broadband in the UK almost certainly runs via a WiFi router - Runs Linux
Your Sky+ box runs Linux ...you are probably running Linux on many devices and are not aware of it ....because it "just works"
The design stuff works better on a MAC - Which runs Unix
Office documents work just fine in LibreOffice
The real issue is real business software which is Windows Only ....
Siri is a spin-out from the SRI International Artificial Intelligence Center, and is an offshoot of the DARPA-funded CALO project
Your government paid for Siri .... why is Apple able to monoplise it ?
In the USA you are twice as likely to be killed by being in a traffic accident than by being shot ...
Your car is a far more dangerous weapon than a gun ...
Pilots of large complex aircraft have co-pilots - one is concentrating all the time ..
Small Aircraft are simple and the radio is hand-free and they crash quite often (they are the only type of aircraft considered to be more dangerous than driving)