They are also alienating a large demographic as google+ does not allow people under the age of 18 (a large part of Facebook's demographic) and most of them won't want to create a second google account for google+. Especially when it isn't very good.
Whilst I agree that the New Zealand legal system is as least a good as the US's, MeagaUpload is based in Hong Kong not New Zealand which makes the matter even more complicated.
2K7 can also defiantly open odt documents and I think 2K3 can as well, I doubt that anyone is using an older version of office then 2k3 for business purposes.
Whilst I agree with you on the docx side, MS Office seems to work with odt documents quite well unless you use complex styles in OO (and most users won't/shouldn't) in which case you have to run a document recover when you open it in MS Office, but usually the output is still fine just with some missing features.
Also LibreOffice often seems to crash when editing docx formatted documents, however recent versions of MS Office open odt documents quite well so I find it easier to save everything it odt.
Well if nothing else you could argue that the Android notification area is not modifying the application, because it is always there weather or not the phone is in a call (just with different icons)
Isn't that what the Skype toolbar does in most major browsers? Also I had an old Samsung flip phone that could do that which probably means that there where a lot of older phones that did that (it wasn't a particularly initiative model)
The upper management doesn't need skills, since they know how to get people with skills
Do you mean skills like the one you mentioned or just skills which are perhaps outside your area of expertise? It may not be the case all the time, but it certainly is the majority.
Australia doesn't have a two party system at the moment, in case you hadn't noticed the greens have the balance of power in the senate and the independents do in the house of reps. That's 3 parties with a significant say in government (Liberals/Nationals, Labour and the greens) + the independents
Not directly but it contributed to the massive swing away from both parties resulting in a minority government, likewise people voting for minority parties made a difference and the greens now hold the balance of power in the senate whilst the independents hold it in the house of reps. So yes I would say it did.
Yes, (although I didn't expect to when I got it) about 60% of the books I read are now.99c or free independent books. I also buy more books then I used to due to it being easier and cheaper.
I find a lot of people are suspicious of independent books, but if they have more than 4 stars they are usually well written and the reviews are usually good enough to tell if you want to read it or not.
Actually Amazon doesn't push fixes to everyones device, they send you an email telling you there has been a mistake and a link to download the new version to your kindle.
People are also choosing to buy the.99c and free (although amazon.com doesn't count free books in its sales ranks, I've noticed that amazon.co.uk does have a "top free ebooks" list) independent books which are often quite good (especially if you browse at 4stars+ and read the reviews to check what you're buying)
I would say that people are choosing to buy ebook versions of popular books as well, I live in Australia so I have to wait at least a week for Amazon delivery so I would much rather buy the ebook edition, especially if it is cheaper and all the people I know with kindles do the same.
I find for books published by big name publishers it varies (but they are often cheaper especially when you factor in shipping to Australia and books being more expensive in Australia). I refuse to buy books that are more expensive in ebook format. However there are a tonne of very good independent books at.99c(US) or even free (I often see independent books where the first in a series is free and the second is.99 or $1.50).
Since getting a kindle I would say about 60% of the books I read are independent (70% of those being free) and that I have at least doubled the amount of money I usually spend on books in a year. (And would spend more if Amazon excepted EFPOS)
Often you can still press keys that have been removed using a pen or a paper clip, especially on the keyboards most schools have (talking from experience)
This assumes that the users have root (which obviously lead to other problems) or the test administrators can enter the administrator password into every single computer.
The NSW Department of Education uses Blue Coat to filter HTTP connections on the DER laptops (it gets everything even if it isn't on port 80). This system can't be worked around without using unblocked sites as q proxy (theoretically you could black list everything which would prevent this) unless users have administrator privileges (and they are monitored so users who hack them get caught).
Um, I don't think interpret means what you think it means. You your self are in fact interpreting it literally, however sometimes people don't always agree on the literal interpretation. I agree that it should be taken literally though.
1. No (but you phrased it badly it should be allow reinterpriation as it had to be interpreted at least once otherwise it can't be applied), 2. No, 3. Yes, 4. . Yes (forcing them to on the other hand is questionable) 5. Yes (otherwise there would be no government), 6. No, 7. Yes, 8. Yes
5. Is necessary for the government to exist and to serve its function 3 and 7 are functions of the government (at least to an extent) and if they weren't the state would be very close to anarchy and there would be very large wealth gaps and no financial security for anyone. 4. Is broadly open to interpretation, but I would point out that the government is there to provide insurance against foreign powers. Social Security also makes a nation more prosperous and stable which is good for everyone. Furthermore providing insurance does not degrade democratic or human rights which is the key indicator for if government policy is acceptable.
I'm the same I have excellent karma, but I only get mod points if I have posted recently (and more then once, usually in different stories) and at least one post gets up moded. Do you post very often, I would be interested to know if my theory is correct?
P.S. I often don't post on/. for ages then post lots at once and that has been my observations based on this
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Yeah and alienating a large demographic of users as google+ is 18+ only and its a pain to maintain two google accounts.
They are also alienating a large demographic as google+ does not allow people under the age of 18 (a large part of Facebook's demographic) and most of them won't want to create a second google account for google+. Especially when it isn't very good.
Whilst I agree that the New Zealand legal system is as least a good as the US's, MeagaUpload is based in Hong Kong not New Zealand which makes the matter even more complicated.
No, because that's not an invention. It might be reasonable as a trade mark however.
2K7 can also defiantly open odt documents and I think 2K3 can as well, I doubt that anyone is using an older version of office then 2k3 for business purposes.
Whilst I agree with you on the docx side, MS Office seems to work with odt documents quite well unless you use complex styles in OO (and most users won't/shouldn't) in which case you have to run a document recover when you open it in MS Office, but usually the output is still fine just with some missing features.
Also LibreOffice often seems to crash when editing docx formatted documents, however recent versions of MS Office open odt documents quite well so I find it easier to save everything it odt.
Well if nothing else you could argue that the Android notification area is not modifying the application, because it is always there weather or not the phone is in a call (just with different icons)
Isn't that what the Skype toolbar does in most major browsers?
Also I had an old Samsung flip phone that could do that which probably means that there where a lot of older phones that did that (it wasn't a particularly initiative model)
The upper management doesn't need skills, since they know how to get people with skills
Do you mean skills like the one you mentioned or just skills which are perhaps outside your area of expertise? It may not be the case all the time, but it certainly is the majority.
Australia doesn't have a two party system at the moment, in case you hadn't noticed the greens have the balance of power in the senate and the independents do in the house of reps. That's 3 parties with a significant say in government (Liberals/Nationals, Labour and the greens) + the independents
Not directly but it contributed to the massive swing away from both parties resulting in a minority government, likewise people voting for minority parties made a difference and the greens now hold the balance of power in the senate whilst the independents hold it in the house of reps. So yes I would say it did.
In Australia they where talking about it on the radio before our recent census.
Yes, (although I didn't expect to when I got it) about 60% of the books I read are now .99c or free independent books. I also buy more books then I used to due to it being easier and cheaper.
I find a lot of people are suspicious of independent books, but if they have more than 4 stars they are usually well written and the reviews are usually good enough to tell if you want to read it or not.
Actually Amazon doesn't push fixes to everyones device, they send you an email telling you there has been a mistake and a link to download the new version to your kindle.
People are also choosing to buy the .99c and free (although amazon.com doesn't count free books in its sales ranks, I've noticed that amazon.co.uk does have a "top free ebooks" list) independent books which are often quite good (especially if you browse at 4stars+ and read the reviews to check what you're buying)
I would say that people are choosing to buy ebook versions of popular books as well, I live in Australia so I have to wait at least a week for Amazon delivery so I would much rather buy the ebook edition, especially if it is cheaper and all the people I know with kindles do the same.
I find for books published by big name publishers it varies (but they are often cheaper especially when you factor in shipping to Australia and books being more expensive in Australia). I refuse to buy books that are more expensive in ebook format. .99c(US) or even free (I often see independent books where the first in a series is free and the second is .99 or $1.50).
However there are a tonne of very good independent books at
Since getting a kindle I would say about 60% of the books I read are independent (70% of those being free) and that I have at least doubled the amount of money I usually spend on books in a year. (And would spend more if Amazon excepted EFPOS)
Parent uses sudo in his example and they can't modify system settings to get around this.
Often you can still press keys that have been removed using a pen or a paper clip, especially on the keyboards most schools have (talking from experience)
This assumes that the users have root (which obviously lead to other problems) or the test administrators can enter the administrator password into every single computer.
The NSW Department of Education uses Blue Coat to filter HTTP connections on the DER laptops (it gets everything even if it isn't on port 80). This system can't be worked around without using unblocked sites as q proxy (theoretically you could black list everything which would prevent this) unless users have administrator privileges (and they are monitored so users who hack them get caught).
Um, I don't think interpret means what you think it means. You your self are in fact interpreting it literally, however sometimes people don't always agree on the literal interpretation. I agree that it should be taken literally though.
1. No (but you phrased it badly it should be allow reinterpriation as it had to be interpreted at least once otherwise it can't be applied), 2. No, 3. Yes, 4. . Yes (forcing them to on the other hand is questionable) 5. Yes (otherwise there would be no government), 6. No, 7. Yes, 8. Yes
5. Is necessary for the government to exist and to serve its function
3 and 7 are functions of the government (at least to an extent) and if they weren't the state would be very close to anarchy and there would be very large wealth gaps and no financial security for anyone.
4. Is broadly open to interpretation, but I would point out that the government is there to provide insurance against foreign powers. Social Security also makes a nation more prosperous and stable which is good for everyone. Furthermore providing insurance does not degrade democratic or human rights which is the key indicator for if government policy is acceptable.
Every time I post in more than two stories and get a reply to one of my posts I get mod points, unless I've had them recently.
I'm the same I have excellent karma, but I only get mod points if I have posted recently (and more then once, usually in different stories) and at least one post gets up moded.
/. for ages then post lots at once and that has been my observations based on this
Do you post very often, I would be interested to know if my theory is correct?
P.S. I often don't post on