Then they went on extortion trips to Japan and around the U.S. Neither panned out, with major companies like Oracle, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi and H-P calling their bluff. Accusations without proof are meaningless.
Could it be they ommitted Europe because they realise the European legal system is more robust when confronted with claims without proof?
Torvalds: Hey, until they can be bothered to show something real, I don't think it's even worth discussing.
It must be this European understanding of law what makes Linus come out with this, for me, most important statement.
And, to be fair, US intelligence service works occasionally closely with US corporations (there were some cases related to airplane industry where EU was investigating how come US company had found out what some european company was bidding).
That was a large commercial aircraft deal with the Chinese.
Airbus had send their highest ranking people to China to sign a deal that had been negotiated over a long period.
All of a sudden a US governement official turns up in Peking and the Europeans are send packing.
In Europe there is consensus that the US listened in on conversations between the European negotiators and their home front and then was able to underbid them at the last minute.
Its sad though. I think we are one of the few industrialized nations on earth who have rescrictions on what frequencies can be listened to and when.
Don't forget the strict limitations in Germany and France. In the case of Germany I'll allow you one guess to who came up with these legal restrictions of the (in my opinion) universal right to information...
Another, not so surprising, example is that many years ago my Sony ICF 2000 was confiscated when entering Saudi Arabia.
It's not only Microsoft!
And standards are *A Good Thing*.
Think about all driving on the *right* side of the road.
Think about 230 Volt, 50 Hz.
(Or, 110V, 60 Cycles for some)
So what she's saying is "If we don't allow (software) patents in Europe, big businesses will patent every thing". Hello, this is you wake-up call: if there are no software patents, big businesses can't get them either!
Exactly my thoughts!
The stupidity of the lady is worrying.
But when it is recorded every few miles, this information is stored for years and who knows who can access it for what ever reason.
Then we do have a problem.
Remember that Britain has no Bill of Rights or anything else to prevent abuse.
For a few weeks i was stuck in a rather remote location with a Compaq II as company.
It had this 'Tetris' game on it and I started playing it but found it rather impossible, the 'highest scores' showed several hundreds of points by some unknown predecessor and I could not even reach 100...
I figured they had 'edited' the list.
After about 10 days of playing I scored in the 10's of thousands and went loopy, even ordinary daily problems seemed like a bunch of falling blocks that only needed organising before hitting the floor.
Scary, I laid off of the game for more than a year before I tried again.
But I had several calls of collegues if it was me that had got to these high Tetris scores on that field computer...
After the recent changes in legislation in Michigan the refugee camp on the Ohio border is filling up with Geeks and IT profesionals from Michigan fearing prosecution for running VPN's
Tensions in the camp are rising after an influx of people having been involved in gross lewdness and lascivious behaviour, something claimed to be alien to the Geeks.
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But there is no denying that chances of being shot are (quite a lot) greater for those that are armed themself.
Why?
One reason is that the weapon gives a (false!) sense of security and makes the owner go into situations that are not healthy.
So the day you hand the weapon to your sister you are contributing to her death.
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So without this European connection I can not believe the story to be true
The Sun IS a Filthy Rag (TM).
Yep, all that's left is lawyers and peacounters.
Could it be they ommitted Europe because they realise the European legal system is more robust when confronted with claims without proof?
Torvalds: Hey, until they can be bothered to show something real, I don't think it's even worth discussing.
It must be this European understanding of law what makes Linus come out with this, for me, most important statement.
Handy for those with a spam filter, now you can save the only interesting spam from going to dev/null.
That was a large commercial aircraft deal with the Chinese.
Airbus had send their highest ranking people to China to sign a deal that had been negotiated over a long period.
All of a sudden a US governement official turns up in Peking and the Europeans are send packing.
In Europe there is consensus that the US listened in on conversations between the European negotiators and their home front and then was able to underbid them at the last minute.
Don't forget the strict limitations in Germany and France. In the case of Germany I'll allow you one guess to who came up with these legal restrictions of the (in my opinion) universal right to information...
Another, not so surprising, example is that many years ago my Sony ICF 2000 was confiscated when entering Saudi Arabia.
Anything changed in the last day and a half or so that makes it worth to repost?
It's not only Microsoft!
And standards are *A Good Thing*.
Think about all driving on the *right* side of the road.
Think about 230 Volt, 50 Hz.
(Or, 110V, 60 Cycles for some)
Maybe, but the fine might cause enough hurt to encourage publicising of/complying with, (yes, that proper English!) standards..
Exactly my thoughts!
The stupidity of the lady is worrying.
Now I'm not so sure...
But when it is recorded every few miles, this information is stored for years and who knows who can access it for what ever reason.
Then we do have a problem.
Remember that Britain has no Bill of Rights or anything else to prevent abuse.
It seems George Orwell is becoming to British society what Jules Verne has become to the worlds technology.
The scariest about this guy is that he's not alone.
For a few weeks i was stuck in a rather remote location with a Compaq II as company.
It had this 'Tetris' game on it and I started playing it but found it rather impossible, the 'highest scores' showed several hundreds of points by some unknown predecessor and I could not even reach 100...
I figured they had 'edited' the list.
After about 10 days of playing I scored in the 10's of thousands and went loopy, even ordinary daily problems seemed like a bunch of falling blocks that only needed organising before hitting the floor.
Scary, I laid off of the game for more than a year before I tried again.
But I had several calls of collegues if it was me that had got to these high Tetris scores on that field computer...
Tensions in the camp are rising after an influx of people having been involved in gross lewdness and lascivious behaviour, something claimed to be alien to the Geeks.
Nice, next step are portable E-mail adresses???
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Yes it's in English.
What about that peninsula between the Atlantic on one and the Pacific on another side plus Canada on its shore and Mexico connecting it to mainland?
But there is no denying that chances of being shot are (quite a lot) greater for those that are armed themself.
Why?
One reason is that the weapon gives a (false!) sense of security and makes the owner go into situations that are not healthy.
So the day you hand the weapon to your sister you are contributing to her death.
A 14 page UELA is an abberation that should never happen on a mass consumer product.
What about a nice constitution?
Your lament about it presently not being worth the risk nor money doesn't cut, there'll always be a learnig curve that includes failures.
And about the cost, do you realise the entire US space budget is about equivalent to only 2 weeks of the Pentagons budget?
Pray explain what pays off more...
It's a Danish site/issue, why would they use Dutch?
You might not be, but you sure sound American :-)