Why not just bundle Chrome with any Linux distro. That way Google can make Chrome the default web browser for Linux by making it open sourced (I think it already is) and bundled with as many Linux distros as possible.
Because that doesn't allow them to restrict the machine to your Google account and only allow you to use Google services?
My boyscout camp had roll calls. "Gated communities" have guards and fences. Even some private schools have roll call, guards, and fences. Hell, my cushy office building has guards. These things are not, on their own, evidence of a crime.
Yes because any of those things are comparable to a forced labor camp. You're really stretching on this one.
If guards were to testify that they were trained to keep people from leaving, rather than to keep people safe from outsiders, we may have evidence of a crime. So far, though, we just have one man's unsubstantiated claims.
Yes, because the guards and people involved would never possibly lie or anything, right?
(BTW: the word to describe people who lack skepticism is "gullible")
For the slavery charge, he would need to prove that he tried to quit/leave but was forcibly prevented from doing so. Did he call the police on such occasions?
Yes because when you are held captive against your will somewhere the people holding you there will make sure you have ready access to phones so that you can call the police.
I love it! You get an informative mod and I get a troll one for saying the exact same thing. Moderator hypocrisy seems to be on full display today, doesn't it?
No, actually I was refuting your attempt at painting the passage of the act as if it was the fault of the Democrats and the Republicans were totally clear and innocent. The Republicans supported it 100% in the House and by a 96.2% margin in the Senate. The only reason it made it to the desk of Clinton to begin with was through their support of the act.
I would also agree as well. But 8 million requests doesn't imply that someone in the government gives a fuck about the location of some random slashdotter while they are on the phone.
Good thing those "small government" Republicans came in to power to help stop the passage of this heinous bill, right? If only it weren't for those pesky Democrats it would have failed due to only having a paltry 100% support from Reps in the House and 96.2% support in the Senate.
Oh and let's look at who actually voted against the act here:
Notice how only 1 Republican voted against it in the Senate while 4 Democrats did. And how it wasn't voted against by a single Republican in the House while 15 Democrats did. Even the abstainers don't paint the Republicans in a good light on this one. Only 1 Rep abstained in the Senate while 2 Dems did while 4 Dems in the House abstained while 0 Reps did. And before I get labeled a Liberal or a Democrat, I'm a centrist who votes for the Libertarians.
Remember who signed that into law the next time you hear someone try to tell you that Democrats are actually better than Republicans.
And remember who controlled both the House and the Senate when that law was passed by both houses the next time you hear someone try to tell you that Republicans are actually better than Democrats.
So then you're also against prohibitory orders that can be obtained to disallow anyone from non-governmental sources from sending you mail, right? You've been able to obtain these from something near 4 decades. Why are these prohibitory orders, or the do not call lists, somehow not censorship while blocking spammers is?
IANAL, but I don't think consent is the issue either. You get bulk snail mail delivered to your physical mailbox daily that you didn't consent to receive. But those folks don't go to jail.
Actually if you get a prohibitory order against the person sending you junk mail they can face criminal charges by violating it.
When someone says that a piece of electronics has "moving parts" it is used to mean things like mechanical parts that move. This air pocket is not a mechanical piece that moves and hence doesn't fall under the traditional meaning of the word.
What moving parts? Did you even bother to read the article? The screen just has a bunch of air pockets inside that react to positive or negative pressure changes within the screen.
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Why not just bundle Chrome with any Linux distro. That way Google can make Chrome the default web browser for Linux by making it open sourced (I think it already is) and bundled with as many Linux distros as possible.
Because that doesn't allow them to restrict the machine to your Google account and only allow you to use Google services?
My boyscout camp had roll calls. "Gated communities" have guards and fences. Even some private schools have roll call, guards, and fences. Hell, my cushy office building has guards. These things are not, on their own, evidence of a crime.
Yes because any of those things are comparable to a forced labor camp. You're really stretching on this one.
If guards were to testify that they were trained to keep people from leaving, rather than to keep people safe from outsiders, we may have evidence of a crime. So far, though, we just have one man's unsubstantiated claims.
Yes, because the guards and people involved would never possibly lie or anything, right?
(BTW: the word to describe people who lack skepticism is "gullible")
Skepticism isn't the same as being a contrarian.
For the slavery charge, he would need to prove that he tried to quit/leave but was forcibly prevented from doing so. Did he call the police on such occasions?
Yes because when you are held captive against your will somewhere the people holding you there will make sure you have ready access to phones so that you can call the police.
I love it! You get an informative mod and I get a troll one for saying the exact same thing. Moderator hypocrisy seems to be on full display today, doesn't it?
No, actually I was refuting your attempt at painting the passage of the act as if it was the fault of the Democrats and the Republicans were totally clear and innocent. The Republicans supported it 100% in the House and by a 96.2% margin in the Senate. The only reason it made it to the desk of Clinton to begin with was through their support of the act.
I would also agree as well. But 8 million requests doesn't imply that someone in the government gives a fuck about the location of some random slashdotter while they are on the phone.
Which is completely different to thinking that someone is watching all your movements through the GPS data from your phone.
Good thing those "small government" Republicans came in to power to help stop the passage of this heinous bill, right? If only it weren't for those pesky Democrats it would have failed due to only having a paltry 100% support from Reps in the House and 96.2% support in the Senate.
Oh and let's look at who actually voted against the act here: Notice how only 1 Republican voted against it in the Senate while 4 Democrats did. And how it wasn't voted against by a single Republican in the House while 15 Democrats did. Even the abstainers don't paint the Republicans in a good light on this one. Only 1 Rep abstained in the Senate while 2 Dems did while 4 Dems in the House abstained while 0 Reps did. And before I get labeled a Liberal or a Democrat, I'm a centrist who votes for the Libertarians.
Remember who signed that into law the next time you hear someone try to tell you that Democrats are actually better than Republicans.
And remember who controlled both the House and the Senate when that law was passed by both houses the next time you hear someone try to tell you that Republicans are actually better than Democrats.
Then maybe he should negotiate a contract that is less stupid. It's his own fault for agreeing to such ridiculous terms.
So then you're also going to lobby against Do Not Call lists and prohibitory orders as well, right?
So then you're also against prohibitory orders that can be obtained to disallow anyone from non-governmental sources from sending you mail, right? You've been able to obtain these from something near 4 decades. Why are these prohibitory orders, or the do not call lists, somehow not censorship while blocking spammers is?
IANAL, but I don't think consent is the issue either. You get bulk snail mail delivered to your physical mailbox daily that you didn't consent to receive. But those folks don't go to jail.
Actually if you get a prohibitory order against the person sending you junk mail they can face criminal charges by violating it.
Brilliant! You have just created a mechanism by which the government can declare all dissent from its policies "noise" and thus be blocked.
The US Government can do that and already has done so on a number of occasions.
When someone says that a piece of electronics has "moving parts" it is used to mean things like mechanical parts that move. This air pocket is not a mechanical piece that moves and hence doesn't fall under the traditional meaning of the word.
What moving parts? Did you even bother to read the article? The screen just has a bunch of air pockets inside that react to positive or negative pressure changes within the screen.
I'm not really sure. Visual Studio fails the most basic requirements for editing code. It isn't actually very good at editing text.
Then you're either using an ancient version or you fail at using a text editor.
The vaunted intellisense frequently fails to suggest anything,
Never seen that issue in 6 years.
I have to actually think about indenting when using it,
Uhh, yeah. I've never seen a single person have to worry about indenting when using Visual Studio.
I can't define custom syntax highlighting,
Yes you can. How do you think all the various plugins for VS do it? Magic?
management of buffers is lacking (how can I put the same file into two windows displayed side by side?),
Wow, you really are incompetent. That takes 4 mouose clicks. Click Window, Click New Window, Right click on the new tab, hit new vertical tab group.
and the compiler is really slow.
Can you provide some actual objective quantification for this? On any system I've used since VC++ 2003 it's been comparable speed to ICC and GCC.