On the face of it this may be silly as EU law obviously doesn't apply to US companies
Wrong. EU law applies to US companies conducting business in the EU. I can't see Twitter foregoing business in the 27 country EU as it is a market of over 500 million people.
I'm willing to bet that 62% of the population thinks a free election is a pretty big, good change.
I'm willing to bet that that 62% of the population would rather their country functioned, they didn't run the risk of being blown-up going to the market, and they had their family and friends back who wouldn't have been killed by Saddam. For most Iraqis, life was better under Saddam. I think you've been drinking too much US Government Koolaid. Personally, I would really love to visit the birthplace of civilisation, but the US led invasion has rendered the country too dangerous to visit. Good job.
I don't get why goods are so bloody expensive in Australia. I was there for 6 months in 2009... I wanted to buy the Lonely Planet guide to New Zealand, which was the next destination on my travels. A$45 from the main book shop chain in Melbourne, or A$37 from Amazon in the UK (including probably about $20 AIRMAIL shipping). How the hell can goods be over twice the price, and still considerably more expensive than goods shipped on planes from almost the exact opposite side of the planet? I hear stories like this all the time from my Aussie friends.
Please, don't export the US tax system. We want it less than you do. Even your statements show that it doesn't work and is unfair... large parts of the rest of the world put the onus on the retailer to collect the taxes. In the case of imports, the carriers (FedEx, postal service, person arriving on a plane, etc) have to work with customs, who charge the taxes. Much better than a voluntary system that is clearly abused.
The Beeb had a reporter up in Sunderland yesterday morning... dunno if that's because of the weather, or it that was the best place in the UK to observe it. I seem to recall that it was overcast yesterday morning in London anyway.
I use task manager. Graphs are better than flashing lights. I don't really want an extra line of nearly icons in my systray that I have to put the mouse over to remember which is which.
Yeah, I guess they need something new and shiny for the kids as they come along... they won't play the games us old fuddy-duddies in our mid-30s enjoyed!
In my experience, FPS was almost dead from banality 10 years ago. There's only so many ways you can flog a dead horse, and improving the graphics isn't it. Probably EA doesn't want to invest in single player games because they save on creativity and engineering by relying on other human players to supplant in game variation and characters. It probable means they can hire cheaper more junior programmers.
How do you know there aren't governments already involved, and looking for a way to incite people so that they can enact new regulations with the support of the people?
It is acceptable isn't it? This is the online version of thousands of protesters turning up and blockading bricks and mortar businesses. So far they haven't been banned.
Google already does that kind of thing. I was based in Shanghai for four weeks in the summer, and even though I'd explicitly go to google.co.uk, I'd get results from their.hk domain, or results in Chinese. I started having to go through a proxy I managed to set up on our network in California, which at least gave me something approximating English.
Incidentally, Google's doing a lot of annoying things at the moment... like disabling 100 results per search by default.
There must be some weird distortion in the allocation for IP addresses. My new ISP recently gave me the option of a free static IP address, on an unlimited full-speed ADSL2+ residential service costing about £17/month. If there were such a global shortage of IP addresses, I'd have seen something ludicrous like ISP level NAT, or a static IP being expensive.
Believe it not (and apparently you don't), his view is normal and commonly held. People arguing in this way for something like the use of swastikas tend to be immature or lying about their motives. There's nothing cool about swastikas, even for Hindus (it's a sacred symbol after all).
Ahhh, I just looked over the Wiki page, which is bringing back memories. I'd forgotten my trials with the mouse and joystick. Certainly a lesson in standards.
Actually the biggest problem I had with the Amstrad 1512 were the graphics. Although it could do well enough for GEM, it wasn't a standard PC video mode. The common standard it supported was CGA (four colours, two palettes). It's elder brother (which we didn't have at home), the 1640, did much better as it supported EGA (and added some extra RAM).
GEM Desktop was great (I had it on an Amstrad 1512, with dual 360K 5.25" floppy drives!), but crippled compared with the version running on Atari STs because they removed the "trash can" thanks Apple being predatory.
Did you know that El Al consider intervention by their air marshals to be a security failure? They haven't had a hijacking since 1969, even though they're probably a hotter target than other Western airlines. It seems Americans consider air marshals a valid line of defence, even though security remains a joke elsewhere. It's more dangerous being an El Al passenger at the ticket counter in LAX than actually flying on the plane.
Terrorists are happy to blow themselves up in a market in Baghdad, killing a few tens of people. Blowing up a plane full of hundreds, making people afraid to travel or grounding planes and interferring with business travel for a short period of time, and creating collosal global news headlines seems much more significant and thus not a waste of a terrorists resources.
So I wonder if terrorists could manage to neutralise the air marshall(s) and then convince the pilot to open the cockpit door by shooting passengers one at a time? If the pilot doesn't, the result still isn't any better than blowing the plane up, and possibly much worse than a hijacking.
What twaddle. I've used credit and debit cards for years, I even used to use them for small purchases down around $3 15 years ago when I tried to avoid carrying cash. I'm not some spotty college kid needing to learn how to live life, and why would I want to spend more time faffing around with computers just to counter-balance a poorer cash-flow maangement system?
Taxis are a bad example - they don't need cash. Ever been to Shanghai? The Shanghai Public Transportation Card (similar to Oyster in London, Octypus in Hong Kong, etc) can be used in taxis. It just requires a will to change the system.
Anyway, I prefer cash to plastic. I have better feel/sense for how much I'm spending with cash, and find I keep within my budget or limits more easily.
No, they're on the brink of default because 1) they were lied to by the bankers, who'd 2) loaned money they shouldn't have.
The government guaranteed their banks based on a belief that the bank's liabilities were much lower than they truly are. The bank's debts exceed Ireland's GDP, and those banks are in danger of defaulting, bringing down the Irish economy. Iceland part 2.
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Wrong. EU law applies to US companies conducting business in the EU. I can't see Twitter foregoing business in the 27 country EU as it is a market of over 500 million people.
I'm willing to bet that that 62% of the population would rather their country functioned, they didn't run the risk of being blown-up going to the market, and they had their family and friends back who wouldn't have been killed by Saddam. For most Iraqis, life was better under Saddam. I think you've been drinking too much US Government Koolaid. Personally, I would really love to visit the birthplace of civilisation, but the US led invasion has rendered the country too dangerous to visit. Good job.
I don't get why goods are so bloody expensive in Australia. I was there for 6 months in 2009... I wanted to buy the Lonely Planet guide to New Zealand, which was the next destination on my travels. A$45 from the main book shop chain in Melbourne, or A$37 from Amazon in the UK (including probably about $20 AIRMAIL shipping). How the hell can goods be over twice the price, and still considerably more expensive than goods shipped on planes from almost the exact opposite side of the planet? I hear stories like this all the time from my Aussie friends.
Please, don't export the US tax system. We want it less than you do. Even your statements show that it doesn't work and is unfair... large parts of the rest of the world put the onus on the retailer to collect the taxes. In the case of imports, the carriers (FedEx, postal service, person arriving on a plane, etc) have to work with customs, who charge the taxes. Much better than a voluntary system that is clearly abused.
The Beeb had a reporter up in Sunderland yesterday morning... dunno if that's because of the weather, or it that was the best place in the UK to observe it. I seem to recall that it was overcast yesterday morning in London anyway.
Great... but what lens and filter(s) was he using?
I use task manager. Graphs are better than flashing lights. I don't really want an extra line of nearly icons in my systray that I have to put the mouse over to remember which is which.
The US defence industry is plain and simple a form of welfare, without the "socialist" moniker.
Yeah, I guess they need something new and shiny for the kids as they come along... they won't play the games us old fuddy-duddies in our mid-30s enjoyed!
In my experience, FPS was almost dead from banality 10 years ago. There's only so many ways you can flog a dead horse, and improving the graphics isn't it. Probably EA doesn't want to invest in single player games because they save on creativity and engineering by relying on other human players to supplant in game variation and characters. It probable means they can hire cheaper more junior programmers.
How do you know there aren't governments already involved, and looking for a way to incite people so that they can enact new regulations with the support of the people?
It is acceptable isn't it? This is the online version of thousands of protesters turning up and blockading bricks and mortar businesses. So far they haven't been banned.
Welcome to the digital age.
Google already does that kind of thing. I was based in Shanghai for four weeks in the summer, and even though I'd explicitly go to google.co.uk, I'd get results from their .hk domain, or results in Chinese. I started having to go through a proxy I managed to set up on our network in California, which at least gave me something approximating English.
Incidentally, Google's doing a lot of annoying things at the moment... like disabling 100 results per search by default.
There must be some weird distortion in the allocation for IP addresses. My new ISP recently gave me the option of a free static IP address, on an unlimited full-speed ADSL2+ residential service costing about £17/month. If there were such a global shortage of IP addresses, I'd have seen something ludicrous like ISP level NAT, or a static IP being expensive.
Or rather: dying slowly, as an example to others.
Believe it not (and apparently you don't), his view is normal and commonly held. People arguing in this way for something like the use of swastikas tend to be immature or lying about their motives. There's nothing cool about swastikas, even for Hindus (it's a sacred symbol after all).
You want to see photos of nerds? You're crazy! Better leave them uu or base64 encoded.
Rings a bell. I remember fiddling around with the NVRAM. Have you seen the Wiki page?
Ahhh, I just looked over the Wiki page, which is bringing back memories. I'd forgotten my trials with the mouse and joystick. Certainly a lesson in standards.
Actually the biggest problem I had with the Amstrad 1512 were the graphics. Although it could do well enough for GEM, it wasn't a standard PC video mode. The common standard it supported was CGA (four colours, two palettes). It's elder brother (which we didn't have at home), the 1640, did much better as it supported EGA (and added some extra RAM).
GEM Desktop was great (I had it on an Amstrad 1512, with dual 360K 5.25" floppy drives!), but crippled compared with the version running on Atari STs because they removed the "trash can" thanks Apple being predatory.
Did you know that El Al consider intervention by their air marshals to be a security failure? They haven't had a hijacking since 1969, even though they're probably a hotter target than other Western airlines. It seems Americans consider air marshals a valid line of defence, even though security remains a joke elsewhere. It's more dangerous being an El Al passenger at the ticket counter in LAX than actually flying on the plane.
Terrorists are happy to blow themselves up in a market in Baghdad, killing a few tens of people. Blowing up a plane full of hundreds, making people afraid to travel or grounding planes and interferring with business travel for a short period of time, and creating collosal global news headlines seems much more significant and thus not a waste of a terrorists resources.
So I wonder if terrorists could manage to neutralise the air marshall(s) and then convince the pilot to open the cockpit door by shooting passengers one at a time? If the pilot doesn't, the result still isn't any better than blowing the plane up, and possibly much worse than a hijacking.
What twaddle. I've used credit and debit cards for years, I even used to use them for small purchases down around $3 15 years ago when I tried to avoid carrying cash. I'm not some spotty college kid needing to learn how to live life, and why would I want to spend more time faffing around with computers just to counter-balance a poorer cash-flow maangement system?
Taxis are a bad example - they don't need cash. Ever been to Shanghai? The Shanghai Public Transportation Card (similar to Oyster in London, Octypus in Hong Kong, etc) can be used in taxis. It just requires a will to change the system.
Anyway, I prefer cash to plastic. I have better feel/sense for how much I'm spending with cash, and find I keep within my budget or limits more easily.
No, they're on the brink of default because 1) they were lied to by the bankers, who'd 2) loaned money they shouldn't have.
The government guaranteed their banks based on a belief that the bank's liabilities were much lower than they truly are. The bank's debts exceed Ireland's GDP, and those banks are in danger of defaulting, bringing down the Irish economy. Iceland part 2.