Europeans have a far greater trust in their governments than Americans, rightly or wrongly.
But many have noticed that all the designs for stricter and more comprehensive electronic ID schemes are coming from the US government.
For many years Europeans and Americans could go and visit each other without many barriers but especially after 9/11 the demands on Europeans travelling to the US have dramatically increased.
Had it been up to Europe we'd still use the old and trusted paper passports.
Personally I'm quite disgusted about this 'bend over' attitude of our politicians but hey, they get more power while blaming the other! (USA)
Indeed, for me the 900 series is the maximum size to fit in my bag. And an SSD instead of a mechanical drive is an absolute must when it's basically hand held.
Although an ARM processor might be right for most there are some of us that like these little critters to run some x86 diagnostics software for 'in the field' work.
I got a new private computer with Vista Business and as I wanted to connect it to the office network that's what I had to use, Linux is in the IT's security memo classified as 'rogue' software and not admitted.
A copy of the companies Office XP was installed and Outlook set up, it worked but got gradually less responsive till it after about a week failed completely. The damage was so bad Vista wouldn't even start up in safe mode.
The problem was incompatibility between OfficeXP, OutlookXP and Vista, thank you for MS TCO!
The myth that Windows is more user-friendly than Linux has been nothing more than a myth for the last two or three years.
Better (or worse), it's an outright lie.
I'm sitting here with a quadruple boot system and since a week XP is seriously hosed, I have the disks and drivers but it takes courage to start the install.
That's so different to the Linux partitions for testing Alpha's and Beta's, they are a 30 minutes breeze to reinstall.
Wowsers writes "First the tech illiterates in the UK government want to extend broadband internet connections to every home, whether it makes sense or not,
Compare it to the significant subset of the British that do have water in the home but never take a shower, there is a value in at least having the line installed.
then at the same time they propose a £20 per year (approx $29US) broadband tax which they claim will pay the record and film industries for their failed business models.
That stinks, but no surprise when you don't shower.
I don't have insight in the Canadian sotuation but over here in The Netherlands we also have such a charge levied on blank media. The result is that I like many others now buy my media in Germany.
And we're all waiting for the first court case where the claim will be used that the legally downloaded music from an illegal site became legal once it was put on such a taxed disk.
An incandescant dimmer is simply a rheostat (variable resistor)
Your statement about the binary nature of LEDs has already been shot down, let me spoil it even more by stating regular dimmers for incandescent bulbs are not at all rheostats.
If they were you'd in no time notice the smoke coming off them:)
Effectively they're cutting the sine waves up in tiny segments and allowing only so many to pass through, effectively lowering the applied Voltage and thus current drawn and light emitted.
Guess what, because every minute they're on it's the draw you pay for.
And although those that care know sinds they were at school that 4x 25W gives off less light (lumens) than 1x 100W this results in only a marginal difference in cost.
Ovr here in Europe shops have to display the cost of goods per standard unit, why not enforce the display of lumens per watt on light sources?
It is a serious problem when teachers, regardless of the subject, use their position to 'teach' about things they have no or insufficient knowledge of.
As far as I know no European countriy mixes politics and judiciary the way the US does.
Over this side of the pond it's ultimately the parliaments that set and review the laws, rules and regulations for the appointment of judges and courts (of judges). Of course there are exceptions, or should we say mishaps, like what Berlusconi is trying to do in Italy (but that's hardly a surprise given the political leanings of many Italians).
Or like this court in Amsterdam that's now going to prosecute a right wing MP for, in their view, spreading hatred against Muslims. It'll take a while but the system will correct these activist judges, either through the higher courts or by clearer laws from the parliament, possibly both.
And now many years after these choices were made we can look at their effects.
The 110V/60 Cycles system is a lot more safe when it comes to the dangers of electrocution.
And the 230V/50Hz. system has due to the lower currents a much better result in preventing fires.
Old Edison was for many years trying to push the DC system but failed. With present technology this might become the next power transmission system, it is already the preferred system for long underground/ sub sea High Tension lines.
For one, who said there couldn't be a browser included and why shouldn't you get your browser of choice via a discrete command or link or just on a separate disk as so many other utilities?
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But many have noticed that all the designs for stricter and more comprehensive electronic ID schemes are coming from the US government.
For many years Europeans and Americans could go and visit each other without many barriers but especially after 9/11 the demands on Europeans travelling to the US have dramatically increased.
Had it been up to Europe we'd still use the old and trusted paper passports.
Personally I'm quite disgusted about this 'bend over' attitude of our politicians but hey, they get more power while blaming the other! (USA)
Indeed, for me the 900 series is the maximum size to fit in my bag.
And an SSD instead of a mechanical drive is an absolute must when it's basically hand held.
Although an ARM processor might be right for most there are some of us that like these little critters to run some x86 diagnostics software for 'in the field' work.
But now I'm back to unfiltered content, the WWW as it was meant to be :)
Sure but then there is this bitch of an NDA...
Maybe you should upgrade that PIII 64MB.
I got a new private computer with Vista Business and as I wanted to connect it to the office network that's what I had to use, Linux is in the IT's security memo classified as 'rogue' software and not admitted.
A copy of the companies Office XP was installed and Outlook set up, it worked but got gradually less responsive till it after about a week failed completely.
The damage was so bad Vista wouldn't even start up in safe mode.
The problem was incompatibility between OfficeXP, OutlookXP and Vista, thank you for MS TCO!
The myth that Windows is more user-friendly than Linux has been nothing more than a myth for the last two or three years.
Better (or worse), it's an outright lie.
I'm sitting here with a quadruple boot system and since a week XP is seriously hosed, I have the disks and drivers but it takes courage to start the install.
That's so different to the Linux partitions for testing Alpha's and Beta's, they are a 30 minutes breeze to reinstall.
It does still take some education to explain other apps can do the same without the troubles of MS.
An unwashed moderator without a(ny) sense of humour.
Wowsers writes "First the tech illiterates in the UK government want to extend broadband internet connections to every home, whether it makes sense or not,
Compare it to the significant subset of the British that do have water in the home but never take a shower, there is a value in at least having the line installed.
then at the same time they propose a £20 per year (approx $29US) broadband tax which they claim will pay the record and film industries for their failed business models.
That stinks, but no surprise when you don't shower.
And we're all waiting for the first court case where the claim will be used that the legally downloaded music from an illegal site became legal once it was put on such a taxed disk.
An incandescant dimmer is simply a rheostat (variable resistor)
Your statement about the binary nature of LEDs has already been shot down, let me spoil it even more by stating regular dimmers for incandescent bulbs are not at all rheostats.
If they were you'd in no time notice the smoke coming off them :)
Effectively they're cutting the sine waves up in tiny segments and allowing only so many to pass through, effectively lowering the applied Voltage and thus current drawn and light emitted.
And although those that care know sinds they were at school that 4x 25W gives off less light (lumens) than 1x 100W this results in only a marginal difference in cost.
Ovr here in Europe shops have to display the cost of goods per standard unit, why not enforce the display of lumens per watt on light sources?
It is a serious problem when teachers, regardless of the subject, use their position to 'teach' about things they have no or insufficient knowledge of.
As far as I know no European countriy mixes politics and judiciary the way the US does.
Over this side of the pond it's ultimately the parliaments that set and review the laws, rules and regulations for the appointment of judges and courts (of judges). Of course there are exceptions, or should we say mishaps, like what Berlusconi is trying to do in Italy (but that's hardly a surprise given the political leanings of many Italians).
Or like this court in Amsterdam that's now going to prosecute a right wing MP for, in their view, spreading hatred against Muslims.
It'll take a while but the system will correct these activist judges, either through the higher courts or by clearer laws from the parliament, possibly both.
So why not change the rules of this time capsule a little and indeed make it a yearly event to fire it up?
This will give the capacitors a chance to regenerate and will give you a chance to repair the odd bits that do get broken.
And you can copy the whole system from disk one to disk two so you regenerate these bits too.
What about the new OS that'll by that time be almost ready to replace Windows 12?
The 110V/60 Cycles system is a lot more safe when it comes to the dangers of electrocution.
And the 230V/50Hz. system has due to the lower currents a much better result in preventing fires.
Old Edison was for many years trying to push the DC system but failed. With present technology this might become the next power transmission system, it is already the preferred system for long underground/ sub sea High Tension lines.
Not really an issue, any power source with the correct Voltage will do, the form factor is at best secondary.
Clearly a lack of historic awareness combined with wishful thinking :)
It has everything to do with anti trust and in the real world Microsoft is abusing it's powers to force the OEM's into such a deal.
If the complete failure of Windows N has taught us anything it should be that customers really don't want a crippled out-of-the-box operating system.
For the same price, that's what will make a difference.
For one, who said there couldn't be a browser included and why shouldn't you get your browser of choice via a discrete command or link or just on a separate disk as so many other utilities?
Besides, you don't need a complete browser to do something like a get command.
One reason we can all enjoy media on Linux.