Judging by news about a similar failure to timely update by Dutch government branches MS will have included a little gem in this contract, you get it so 'cheap' because a forced upgrade to Win7/8 is part of the deal.
They (MS) won't allow you to cancel the contracts and go with a non-lock in provider.
Yes and then the national governments are slow to enact these changes in their own laws.
The Dutch government did something rather strange, they said they had to 'study' this rule and would come back on it in 8 weeks.
At virtually the same time they followed a ruling of the court banning the downloading of illegal copies on the same day.
Up until this ruling Dutch law made uploading illegal but had no block on downloading, similar to our laws that not just protect freedom of speech but especially protect freedom of information.
Or another example, trade in illegal drugs is strictly forbidden, the consumption is explicitly allowed.
What is it that these MAFIAA organisations get their way?
Uhhh, all airlines I fly with and at virtually all airports accept a digital boarding pass.
You need to check in on-line, less than 24 hrs. before the flight and in return you get a mail with a QR code.
At the airport you just show your phone displaying the code, both at immigration, at security and at boarding.
Also realise there is no Immigration between the EU Schengen countries.
I saw a comment on the importance of the Hongkong and Singapore exchanges for Asian communications, in a similar vein the AMS-IX is totally missing, one of the world's largest Internet exchanges and peering points.
But it's still an interesting map on a very interesting website!
I haven't played with North American satellite for years so I can only comment on the European situation.
Over here there is an absolute plethora of FTA satellite channels.
Many, if not most, are junk. Porn previews and selling crappy stuff.
But there are still many dozens quality channels like the BBC and the various German stations.BR>
Just about every country has one or more FTA channels and as most people (outside of France and the UK) speak or at least understand several languages there is for people like me sufficient on offer.
Don't use the word 'Federal' if you want to survive in UK politics:)
But uhh, what is it you want to say?
The TV licence is not a tax, it has one purpose only, to pay for the public broadcasting system and it is levied only on those in possession of a TV or radio receiver.
The UK TV licence is a government mandated charge that pays for the public stations, worldwide known as BBC and the vast majority of voters is in favour of the system.
You do have to pay extra for watching commercial channels like Sky, I'm sure similar exists in the US:)
You don't understand the principle, the cables belong to a cable company, the content transported over them to a media, internet or phone company and they all pay their share to the owner of the cables.
Over here in The Netherlands that's a quite common scenario and it works fine but it does require there are no legal obstacles in the way and net neutrality is a must.
Like some towns were fed up waiting for a company to lay cable so they financed a non-profit to do so.
At some point in time they'll probably sell their cable company and the money goes back to the city.
I can't really name any other desktop with a versatility and usefulness better than KDE.
Sure a DE is an acquired taste but it does have to be functional without being ugly.
Nor is there outside the commercial offerings any DE with such a well integrated package of applications.
That doesn't mean I don't see the attractivity of something like Enlightenment but compared to KDE it is seriously limited, both in options and looks.
From your comment about a shitty UI one can only conclude you have never used KDE.
Although better graphics would be nice calling them amateurish is rather silly.
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The fact they now have releases with new names coming out every few years doesn't mean that's the norm and we should all follow.
Although I agree WinXP is compared to Win7 past its use-by date it is still the only Windows product running well on older systems.
Running a (near) desktop monopoly comes with certain duties and MS is tired of them.
Judging by news about a similar failure to timely update by Dutch government branches MS will have included a little gem in this contract, you get it so 'cheap' because a forced upgrade to Win7/8 is part of the deal.
They (MS) won't allow you to cancel the contracts and go with a non-lock in provider.
The Dutch government did something rather strange, they said they had to 'study' this rule and would come back on it in 8 weeks.
At virtually the same time they followed a ruling of the court banning the downloading of illegal copies on the same day.
Up until this ruling Dutch law made uploading illegal but had no block on downloading, similar to our laws that not just protect freedom of speech but especially protect freedom of information.
Or another example, trade in illegal drugs is strictly forbidden, the consumption is explicitly allowed.
What is it that these MAFIAA organisations get their way?
See, that's why you need government at a larger scale, to prevent locals pushing their shit on others.
We differ of opinion, WinXP is a brand name like the Toyota Corolla, build since 1966 till now.
Plus this is not the only such contract, the Dutch government was stupid enough to get a similar deal.
This runs contrary to the parliament's wish to use open standards for file exchange with the population.
I'd be surprised similar abject rules aren't in the UK deal...
The results of which can be admired in places like the Smoky Mountains and south of the I-10. :)
You need to check in on-line, less than 24 hrs. before the flight and in return you get a mail with a QR code.
At the airport you just show your phone displaying the code, both at immigration, at security and at boarding.
Also realise there is no Immigration between the EU Schengen countries.
Ah, it must be the guy that carried his own seat...
For the rest your arguments, especially in the second sentence, are bollocks.
But it's still an interesting map on a very interesting website!
And I worry about 100W @ 5V, that's 20 A!
Sounds a bit troublesome through these small connectors.
A USB shouldn't be main storage but instead used to sync between computers.
Sounds like you could do with a USB thumb drive...
Very private and webdav is included in any complete Linux file manager, read-only access is via https.
Android is, among others, supported via the ES File Explorer.
For the less private stuff I use Dropbox, due to a few referrals it has grown to 3.75 GB.
Dyce is not into joking, as witnessed by this: http://beta.slashdot.org/ :)
Over here there is an absolute plethora of FTA satellite channels.
Many, if not most, are junk. Porn previews and selling crappy stuff.
But there are still many dozens quality channels like the BBC and the various German stations.BR> Just about every country has one or more FTA channels and as most people (outside of France and the UK) speak or at least understand several languages there is for people like me sufficient on offer.
At the time the licence was instituted there was only one TV broadcaster..
The only 'evidence' I read in this shoddy article is that Brits have a centuries old history of not cleaning their teeth...
But uhh, what is it you want to say?
The TV licence is not a tax, it has one purpose only, to pay for the public broadcasting system and it is levied only on those in possession of a TV or radio receiver.
The UK TV licence is a government mandated charge that pays for the public stations, worldwide known as BBC and the vast majority of voters is in favour of the system.
You do have to pay extra for watching commercial channels like Sky, I'm sure similar exists in the US :)
Over here in The Netherlands that's a quite common scenario and it works fine but it does require there are no legal obstacles in the way and net neutrality is a must.
Like some towns were fed up waiting for a company to lay cable so they financed a non-profit to do so.
At some point in time they'll probably sell their cable company and the money goes back to the city.
Sure a DE is an acquired taste but it does have to be functional without being ugly.
Nor is there outside the commercial offerings any DE with such a well integrated package of applications.
That doesn't mean I don't see the attractivity of something like Enlightenment but compared to KDE it is seriously limited, both in options and looks.
From your comment about a shitty UI one can only conclude you have never used KDE.
Although better graphics would be nice calling them amateurish is rather silly.