I don't do any business with an American company. But my hospital does. It stores all my data in an Electronic Patient Record built by an American company and hosted St. Isidorus knows where. It was already in the news that all our electronic patient records are potentially unsafe because of American law.
That is why there was a petition in Germany to force nuclear power plants to have an insurance. Because they simply have not as it would be far too expensive and any disasters are the problem of the inhabitants anyway. If nuclear power plants had an insurance, the energy would not be so deceptively cheap with respect to clean energy.
in 1989, long before the World Wide Web was even invented.
I clearly recall that I was surfing a lot of Gopher sites in 1985, and there was even something new: hypertext. Doesn't that count as the world wide web?
Not me. I'm a programmer. Most humans have had a mom who, without any commercial "efficiency need", devoted years and years into raising a sensible human who is capable of responding to anything unexpected. A lot of programs do have a commercial "drive" that causes them to be released into the wild long before they are mature and up to the task they should be able to perform. I might trust an open source program, but only if I could test it first in some kind of emulator. Acceptance testing with your life is just not, well, acceptable.
Anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger. That is not necessarily a good thing, however. Or a bad thing. Life doesn't mind. Life just goes on. I don't think that life has no challenges without it, however. Earth offers too many different ecosystems to be bored.
all the tools at their disposal: ocean buoys, radar and satellite imagery, and computer modeling.
All the scientist in the world and all their tools will not help anything if you insist of reaping the planet. The technology is not exactly zilch compared to nature. On the contrary, all the technology made nature fight back. The world has a fever and WE are the microbes causing the disease.
I use it a lot. Why should I connect my mobile to the internet if the TV is already on? If I only want to check the news / weather / train delays / the television programme, nothing beats teletekst.
It is like Windows' term that if you disagree with the license, somebody who is not part of the agreement will pay you back. Legalese is not meant to make sense.
Not exactly. The FDA at least should have rules for these devices like they have rules for almost anything else that has remotely to do with health or human bodies.
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I don't do any business with an American company. But my hospital does. It stores all my data in an Electronic Patient Record built by an American company and hosted St. Isidorus knows where. It was already in the news that all our electronic patient records are potentially unsafe because of American law.
The U.S. has strict privacy laws
Is that the same U.S. as in all the other posts? Since when has the U.S. any effective privacy laws?
Hmm, that reeks of imagination. Are you sure this comes from lawmakers? I mean, that would be unheard of.
That is why there was a petition in Germany to force nuclear power plants to have an insurance. Because they simply have not as it would be far too expensive and any disasters are the problem of the inhabitants anyway. If nuclear power plants had an insurance, the energy would not be so deceptively cheap with respect to clean energy.
There was a TELNET link that started a browser on some server.
in 1989, long before the World Wide Web was even invented.
I clearly recall that I was surfing a lot of Gopher sites in 1985, and there was even something new: hypertext. Doesn't that count as the world wide web?
Move it to the cloud!
Not me. I'm a programmer. Most humans have had a mom who, without any commercial "efficiency need", devoted years and years into raising a sensible human who is capable of responding to anything unexpected. A lot of programs do have a commercial "drive" that causes them to be released into the wild long before they are mature and up to the task they should be able to perform. I might trust an open source program, but only if I could test it first in some kind of emulator. Acceptance testing with your life is just not, well, acceptable.
This "anyone but U.S. citizen" hopes the US ditch their two-party system and become a real democracy.
Anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger. That is not necessarily a good thing, however. Or a bad thing. Life doesn't mind. Life just goes on. I don't think that life has no challenges without it, however. Earth offers too many different ecosystems to be bored.
You forget it is Microsoft we are talking about. Whenever they mention "scalability", they mean the bill can be scaled indefiniately.
Odd postures?
You should not read the Kama Sutra while watching television anyway.
Some robot on Mars sniff it, and on Earth people get excited.
Forgive me my Intercal, but PLEASE DO hack with your webcam plugged in. It's only fair to give your victim a change to hack back.
Editors that automatically hide your garbage are a smell. But then, so is the code that needs it.
That is one of the reasons that civilized countries do not have the death penalty.
all the tools at their disposal: ocean buoys, radar and satellite imagery, and computer modeling.
All the scientist in the world and all their tools will not help anything if you insist of reaping the planet. The technology is not exactly zilch compared to nature. On the contrary, all the technology made nature fight back. The world has a fever and WE are the microbes causing the disease.
It's a good thing you are all in favour of openness then. Otherwise I should get off your lawn.
So that is actually a good thing. Lots of office workers have bodies that are too much adapted to their chairs.
I use it a lot. Why should I connect my mobile to the internet if the TV is already on? If I only want to check the news / weather / train delays / the television programme, nothing beats teletekst.
Err, no. If you follow the financial and freedom-related news, the British 1850s are calling their policy back.
It is like Windows' term that if you disagree with the license, somebody who is not part of the agreement will pay you back. Legalese is not meant to make sense.
Most people I ask say "What is Linux?"
Not exactly. The FDA at least should have rules for these devices like they have rules for almost anything else that has remotely to do with health or human bodies.
Unfortunately, it only takes one sociopath.
Or an advertising company (for tracking). Or a supermarket. Or...