Is it that the Soviet Empire has been forgotten by the masses without education?
Because in The Day this type of behaviour was according to US politicians only expected from communist dictatorships.
This type of behaviour includes the ban on Unionisation in Wisconsin, 30 years ago US diplomats, politicians and the free press would have had a field day blasting such policies.
Would Barack Obama today be the same man he was during his presidential campaign he'd be drawing blood among the officials responsible for those infractions against general human rights.
Or just imagine how Ronald Reagan would have responded...
The bottom line is: the USofA does not have any useful privacy legislation.
This sort of thing depends on national law, I remember in The Netherlands there has been a court case where it was established you can (re)use the paid for key to install an equivalent OS.
But to prevent a support nightmare they're obviously better off with a Linux distro.
These are especially elderly and others that have never been in a position 'to get used' to the Windows environment.
I've set op Linux computers for such people and they just don't know any different.
But after they had visiting family & friends I sometimes have to reassert they really don't need anti-virus.
I wonder if this company has a Safe Harbour agreement with the EU for clients from that jurisdiction.
I know this agreement is voluntary and not monitored until after the fact but EU citizen have contrary to their US brethren far more privacy protection.
Would these third parties misuse the gained information on EU citizen this could bring them grief, the ex-competition officer has a few months ago taken on the responsibility of the digital agenda.
There are fields where your argument carries weight but certainly not in the field of hardware drivers.
Hardware drivers are paid for by the manufacturer of the hardware and their customers, it's already clear Linux users are almost exclusively spec their boxes with nVidia cards just because nVidia drivers suck less than the stuff from the competition.
Next thing you know, we will be flying on Chinese jets while we listen to our Chinese ipods through our Chinese earbuds eating our Chinese peanuts wearing our Chinese shoes.
But the IP, DRM and other legal challenges will still be American:)
I live close to one of the largest wind tunnels in Europe and the Chinese have hired it for testing of their own civilian aircraft designs. What I hear of those involved is they are so terrible bureaucratic, for even the most trivial deviation they need to call home, that any results are a very long way down the road.
I've worked in a company that each year harvests the 2-3 brightest from the worlds top universities.
And boy are there some odd people among them!
But the majority just did what was expected, come up with novel ideas and ways to do things different and better.
It takes a special type of management/manager to point these brains in the right direction and when this happens it's great to see.
When the management isn't able to control these wizkids you will eventually have a problem but as they were between peers they usually were made to get back to producing what they were hired for.
The best you can do is to give them a real challenge and reward them with a bigger challenge.
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Because in The Day this type of behaviour was according to US politicians only expected from communist dictatorships.
This type of behaviour includes the ban on Unionisation in Wisconsin, 30 years ago US diplomats, politicians and the free press would have had a field day blasting such policies.
Would Barack Obama today be the same man he was during his presidential campaign he'd be drawing blood among the officials responsible for those infractions against general human rights.
Or just imagine how Ronald Reagan would have responded...
The bottom line is: the USofA does not have any useful privacy legislation.
It also trails USA badly in the UN's leading living standard indicator, the HDI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_HDI#Very_high_human_development_.28developed_countries.29
0.885 vs. 0.902 makes a difference of about 1.5% and you call that lagging badly :)
Sony makes a nice battery charger...
My interpretation is still the (01)=1st. of (02)=February (16)=2016, there's not only a problem with your receipt ;)
That's why I support the ISO time stamp of yyyy.mm.dd
I live 50 mins. from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
You are right, from a technical/engineering/nerdish point of view the Hustler babes are more awesome.
Now you mention it, I'm a true believer in KDE :)
A while ago I donate € 25 to Aurélien Gâteau the maintainer of Gwenview.
The first one is closed source but the latter OSS worked out twice as expensive.
Receipt is dated 01/02/16.
Damn, that's over 5 year into the future!
Only in America ;)
Not flamebait but judging by history a valid point!
But to prevent a support nightmare they're obviously better off with a Linux distro.
These are especially elderly and others that have never been in a position 'to get used' to the Windows environment.
I've set op Linux computers for such people and they just don't know any different.
But after they had visiting family & friends I sometimes have to reassert they really don't need anti-virus.
Your script needs tuning.
Markets are closed today.
Your perception of 'Markets' has a flaw, don't invest!
Besides, kids from slashdotters know how to run a Live Disk and, when necessary, use the old modem to access the net.
What an absolute moron!
I know this agreement is voluntary and not monitored until after the fact but EU citizen have contrary to their US brethren far more privacy protection.
Would these third parties misuse the gained information on EU citizen this could bring them grief, the ex-competition officer has a few months ago taken on the responsibility of the digital agenda.
That's why we come here, to learn.
What's this google?
Hardware drivers are paid for by the manufacturer of the hardware and their customers, it's already clear Linux users are almost exclusively spec their boxes with nVidia cards just because nVidia drivers suck less than the stuff from the competition.
Next thing you know, we will be flying on Chinese jets while we listen to our Chinese ipods through our Chinese earbuds eating our Chinese peanuts wearing our Chinese shoes.
But the IP, DRM and other legal challenges will still be American :)
I live close to one of the largest wind tunnels in Europe and the Chinese have hired it for testing of their own civilian aircraft designs.
What I hear of those involved is they are so terrible bureaucratic, for even the most trivial deviation they need to call home, that any results are a very long way down the road.
Try to download photo's via right-click and see what it does to the memory, the photos are just added and never purged from memory.
That and the move of the status bar are real hindrances, otherwise it' s a nice and stable browser- .
Yes you can see the link in the address bar, but only when working full screen on a 2500+ pixel one.
Ssht, leave some for imagination ;)
And boy are there some odd people among them!
But the majority just did what was expected, come up with novel ideas and ways to do things different and better.
It takes a special type of management/manager to point these brains in the right direction and when this happens it's great to see.
When the management isn't able to control these wizkids you will eventually have a problem but as they were between peers they usually were made to get back to producing what they were hired for.
The best you can do is to give them a real challenge and reward them with a bigger challenge.