Your remark shows immaturity in the field of education.
A good school is not about learning you monkey-tricks on a specific tool, quite the contrary they'll teach you the essence of a task and enable you to fill in the details by yourself.
Because of the nature of Linux chances of learning more in depth details are not accidental but rather an integral part, you are bound to get more able computer uses than by only teaching them Windows short cuts.
As car analogies are so popular, why teach a student to only drive a Lada when a Porsche would be so much more rewarding?
We are discussing commercial entities taking influence on the democratic process, that's quite a different thing than a gathering of like minded voters.
I'm convinced that equal representation is a core principle of a healthy democracy but the present US system of party finances is not at all about equality.
Only voters should be allowed to make contributions and so far corporations are not allowed to vote.
And that's got nothing to do with free speech.
Additionally there should be a limit on the voters individual contribution as to avoid having rich people wield more power than the poor, something like $25.00 per voter per year sounds pretty reasonable to me.
At the same time this kind of budget would really clean up the campaigning:)
Indeed, the fact that privacy laws carry (in the USofA) different weight for private companies and the (Federal) government is one of the reasons the system is broken.
I'm working in the EU division of an internationally operating but UK based company and am partly responsible for privacy policies as demanded by local (Dutch) law.
The gap with UK law is big but the USofA is really another world.
We are only allowed to share personal data with US companies that each and individually sign up to a 'Save Haven' agreement as the US law does nothing to protect our employees privacy.
As a private person I can understand the deep felt desire by Americans for local freedoms though I don't agree with their fear of 'Big Government', therefore I see stronger and mandatory Federal law as the only solution to the problem of the presently fragmented sytem.
Yet I'm amazed of the number of computer users that stick with the default huge icon view in say the MS explorer.
Part of the reason might be they don't know any better.
Just as that I'm pissed off the MS explorer doesn t have a hotkey to enable folderview, in complex file systems I prefer to see the full path. Spatial has never been for me.
I feel just the contrary, all my Toshiba laptops have (had) a trackpoint clit and the next laptop wil again be chosen because it'll have one.
The control is so much better than with these silly space-hogging and impossible to control trackpads.
Because of the improved form factor I'd love to see a netbook without a trackpad.
What gets me is that Labour still keep chanting "Beware the Conservatives, they're the bogeyman. Evil. They'll take your rights away and make you miserable.".
Which is quite true, after all they are British too...
The lady has a HP-mini with the Intel chips and Ubuntu 9.10 works without a flaw.
9.04 had a sound problem that could be fixed with some googling.
There are no issues with YouTube, Hulu is only available in the US so it's a non-issue to the ROW.
She's running the KDE remix right now and it's great.
Just a pitty it's only available with XP and we wasted money on supporting a convicted monopolist.
In that case your remark here shows you are a stupid European citizen because the commission consists entirely of members of democratically elected governments.
Meaning you voted the wrong people into your own national and by consequence our European government.
No, it proves what a travesty the UK and France made out of it.
Because they form the unholy alliance refusing full democratic power to the elected parliament and instead further the power of the commission (of governments).
But when the British tabloids are once again blasting 'Brussels' and it's 'unelected' bureaucrats they always forget about this little detail.
But then the rest of Europe knows who's behind these rags...
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A good school is not about learning you monkey-tricks on a specific tool, quite the contrary they'll teach you the essence of a task and enable you to fill in the details by yourself.
Because of the nature of Linux chances of learning more in depth details are not accidental but rather an integral part, you are bound to get more able computer uses than by only teaching them Windows short cuts.
As car analogies are so popular, why teach a student to only drive a Lada when a Porsche would be so much more rewarding?
We are discussing commercial entities taking influence on the democratic process, that's quite a different thing than a gathering of like minded voters.
Survey only took place in Europe and apparently one company in the US.
In short, this is a waste of someone's money.
Only, huh?
27 nations and a population of >500 million forming the largest economic block in the world...
I'm convinced that equal representation is a core principle of a healthy democracy but the present US system of party finances is not at all about equality.
Only voters should be allowed to make contributions and so far corporations are not allowed to vote.
And that's got nothing to do with free speech.
Additionally there should be a limit on the voters individual contribution as to avoid having rich people wield more power than the poor, something like $25.00 per voter per year sounds pretty reasonable to me. :)
At the same time this kind of budget would really clean up the campaigning
I'd be rather unimpressed when my daughter would come home with a new lover talking like the GP.
Double booting.
Ever heard two like poles will repel each other?
I'm working in the EU division of an internationally operating but UK based company and am partly responsible for privacy policies as demanded by local (Dutch) law.
The gap with UK law is big but the USofA is really another world.
We are only allowed to share personal data with US companies that each and individually sign up to a 'Save Haven' agreement as the US law does nothing to protect our employees privacy.
As a private person I can understand the deep felt desire by Americans for local freedoms though I don't agree with their fear of 'Big Government', therefore I see stronger and mandatory Federal law as the only solution to the problem of the presently fragmented sytem.
CutePDF is light, easy and free.
Yeah before you know people could get used to a solid OS :)
I prefer the SI unit of VW Beetle.
Part of the reason might be they don't know any better.
Just as that I'm pissed off the MS explorer doesn t have a hotkey to enable folderview, in complex file systems I prefer to see the full path.
Spatial has never been for me.
I feel just the contrary, all my Toshiba laptops have (had) a trackpoint clit and the next laptop wil again be chosen because it'll have one. The control is so much better than with these silly space-hogging and impossible to control trackpads.
Because of the improved form factor I'd love to see a netbook without a trackpad.
You left out that the UK is probably the European country least affected by the French revolution.
What gets me is that Labour still keep chanting "Beware the Conservatives, they're the bogeyman. Evil. They'll take your rights away and make you miserable.".
Which is quite true, after all they are British too...
It's in the genes man!
You can't use a parachute because there isn't enough atmosphere for it,
And yet it has been done.
and you can't use a rocket engine because incoming flow of atmospheric gases interferes with the engine
And yet it has been done.
Any other wisdom you want to share?
Because you like the taste of ass? ;)
Congrats to CmdrTaco and his team!
You'll need to develop and install a driver anyway, why not take an existing one that's unencumbered?
Why, when you can pick up ext2 for free?
9.04 had a sound problem that could be fixed with some googling.
There are no issues with YouTube, Hulu is only available in the US so it's a non-issue to the ROW.
She's running the KDE remix right now and it's great.
Just a pitty it's only available with XP and we wasted money on supporting a convicted monopolist.
These types of missions are done with reliable and suitable equipment, good training an choice medication.
The rest is expendable luxury.
Amen!
In that case your remark here shows you are a stupid European citizen because the commission consists entirely of members of democratically elected governments.
Meaning you voted the wrong people into your own national and by consequence our European government.
Because they form the unholy alliance refusing full democratic power to the elected parliament and instead further the power of the commission (of governments).
But when the British tabloids are once again blasting 'Brussels' and it's 'unelected' bureaucrats they always forget about this little detail.
But then the rest of Europe knows who's behind these rags...