This isn't a "dealt with for all EU in one go" thing like the Qualcomm monopoly case. This falls under the purview of the information commissioners of the member states as it breaks local laws in every one of them, meaning *each one can file separately*, complete with their own level of fines based on the specific legislation of the individual countries.
Vague and misleading clauses in contracts tend to be unenforceable. Therefore the use of that data in EU is unauthorised and on breach of data protection laws. It will be interesting to see if any information commissioners decide to prosecute. The UK one certainly has for a lot less.
The "researcher" himself has admitted that he did not verify his claim and when pressed, could not, because no such thing is happening. It took a while for him to get around to that and in that time all the Chicken Littles who like to squawk about the evil Chinese flooded the net with their bollocks.
The UK version of the principles of GDPR, as in the country specific legislation, which all in EU are implementing, is already agreed to be enacted. Brexit has nothing to do with it and doesn't mean it will be discarded.
I suppose it is because for most, the numbers wouldn't mean much either. You might know how much bandwidth in bits per second you require to stream a H265 media file without stuttering, but the common user wouldn't even know they are streaming. It's just "playing a big GIF" to them.
In the 80s there was the rise of The Hit Factory (not Factory Records) churning out the same crap time and time again because it was cheap to produce and people who just wanted something to dance to that wasn't disco bought it in droves.
In the 90s was the rise of indie where artists and listeners alike were fed up with the repetitive crap that dominated the charts in the 80s and some originality crept back into the mainstream. But dance was still hugely popular so it evolved into the choons and amfems that are still popular today and indie devolved into repetition.
Then came the rise of the "reality" shows that popularised some nameless nobodies, preferably with a sob backstory involving a granny dying of cancer, who just pranced around lipsynching to overproduced pitch corrected crap as the whole spectacle was considered more important.
So long as you don't slavishly follow what the singles chart gives you, there's plenty around to suit everyone. It's just not difficult to find, as it has always been.
How many people follow their local emergency centre on Twitter? How many even know that they can (or even if it has an account to follow in the first place)? Upon receiving an emergency message on their phones, would people even consider any attempt at verifying via a private party (social media)?
Unlikely scenario: hey, I've just got a flash message that we're all about to die. I'll just look on that arbiter of truth called Twitter to double-check.
I don't see anything, so I'll Google the centre to see if it has an account to follow, give me a minute...
(waiting) That's odd, I'm not hearing any sirens, they must have knocked them out by hacking them before launching. I heard they've got all kinds of stuff connected to the Internet and there was that story about power stations not that long ago...
Oh, no results. Maybe I typed the name wrong, hang on, I'll try a more generic search... ah, here it is. Nope, nothing mentioned. I'll look at the "contact us" section. Wow, crappy website, takes ages to load and looks rubbish on mobile, but that's standard for public sector sites I suppose...
Ah, here we go (finally). Nope. No account. Hmm, what to try ne... *immolated by blast*
There's a button that can be pressed that allows customers to tip; the reader is handed to you and there is a blank field for the you to type in an amount. Then you enter your PIN. AFAIK this functionality has always been present so you could do it on chip and signature as well.
If the server has pressed OK twice after entering the bill total (skipping the gratuity step) then the transaction can be voided and restarted if necessary.
Well, at least there has been some education if you only realised *today* what Ben Wallace is. Others have known this for some time.
I note the BBC slyly put their own opinion about this on the article, "effectively a fine", as that is exactly what it is. Tax is paid according to income, not action that is deemed criminal. I don't pay more tax if I do over a Post Office. I may well pay a fine, but the amount is in no way dependent upon how much I earn.
To even attempt to call this a tax is so fucked up and contrary to what everybody knows tax is, is symptomatic of the pure idiocy these cretins display, let alone how it could be "collected".
Best to just classify this along with the other "blue sky" thinking, i.e. not worth considering further.
Note that Docker isn't claiming that, rather an analyst at IDC, who clearly favours Kubernetes with statements like "they [Google] are the de facto industry standard", when the numbers - quoted by others in previous comments - clearly show they aren't by a long chalk.
But that's just part of being a hit piece: back up the assertion that company X is dead in the water by falsely claiming that said company was a progenitor. People then take that to mean the company itself claims that in order to foment dissent against that company, thus creating bad feeling in the hope of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Take these bullshit claims up with the so-called "analyst", Gary Chen, not Docker.
"Accused pirates who want their full service restored, and regain control over their thermostats, have to answer some copyright questions and read an educational piece about copyright infringement"
Yeah, fuck everything about that. Accused != guilty and to decree that those accused have to perform some remedial task akin to completing an anger management course before they get what they paid for back again is spoiling for a lawsuit for breach of contract.
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This isn't a "dealt with for all EU in one go" thing like the Qualcomm monopoly case. This falls under the purview of the information commissioners of the member states as it breaks local laws in every one of them, meaning *each one can file separately*, complete with their own level of fines based on the specific legislation of the individual countries.
Vague and misleading clauses in contracts tend to be unenforceable. Therefore the use of that data in EU is unauthorised and on breach of data protection laws. It will be interesting to see if any information commissioners decide to prosecute. The UK one certainly has for a lot less.
The "researcher" himself has admitted that he did not verify his claim and when pressed, could not, because no such thing is happening. It took a while for him to get around to that and in that time all the Chicken Littles who like to squawk about the evil Chinese flooded the net with their bollocks.
You forgot a Beowulf cluster of hot grits, you insensitive clod!
The UK version of the principles of GDPR, as in the country specific legislation, which all in EU are implementing, is already agreed to be enacted. Brexit has nothing to do with it and doesn't mean it will be discarded.
I suppose it is because for most, the numbers wouldn't mean much either. You might know how much bandwidth in bits per second you require to stream a H265 media file without stuttering, but the common user wouldn't even know they are streaming. It's just "playing a big GIF" to them.
I was late to the pioneer party, so my scar tissue due to arrows is in a different part of the body...
Gothic rock band from the 80s.
There was an attempt by some amateur, but it was just a homage to cliché.
Then of course there's Frozen's "Let It Go" which is really just Katy Perry's "Firework"...
Nick nack paddywhack.
You just don't get that quality of lyrics these days.
In the 80s there was the rise of The Hit Factory (not Factory Records) churning out the same crap time and time again because it was cheap to produce and people who just wanted something to dance to that wasn't disco bought it in droves.
In the 90s was the rise of indie where artists and listeners alike were fed up with the repetitive crap that dominated the charts in the 80s and some originality crept back into the mainstream. But dance was still hugely popular so it evolved into the choons and amfems that are still popular today and indie devolved into repetition.
Then came the rise of the "reality" shows that popularised some nameless nobodies, preferably with a sob backstory involving a granny dying of cancer, who just pranced around lipsynching to overproduced pitch corrected crap as the whole spectacle was considered more important.
So long as you don't slavishly follow what the singles chart gives you, there's plenty around to suit everyone. It's just not difficult to find, as it has always been.
How many people follow their local emergency centre on Twitter? How many even know that they can (or even if it has an account to follow in the first place)? Upon receiving an emergency message on their phones, would people even consider any attempt at verifying via a private party (social media)?
Unlikely scenario: hey, I've just got a flash message that we're all about to die. I'll just look on that arbiter of truth called Twitter to double-check.
I don't see anything, so I'll Google the centre to see if it has an account to follow, give me a minute...
(waiting) That's odd, I'm not hearing any sirens, they must have knocked them out by hacking them before launching. I heard they've got all kinds of stuff connected to the Internet and there was that story about power stations not that long ago...
Oh, no results. Maybe I typed the name wrong, hang on, I'll try a more generic search... ah, here it is. Nope, nothing mentioned. I'll look at the "contact us" section. Wow, crappy website, takes ages to load and looks rubbish on mobile, but that's standard for public sector sites I suppose...
Ah, here we go (finally). Nope. No account. Hmm, what to try ne... *immolated by blast*
Most readers still have a swipe reader on the right hand side. If not, the main till will have one.
There's a button that can be pressed that allows customers to tip; the reader is handed to you and there is a blank field for the you to type in an amount. Then you enter your PIN. AFAIK this functionality has always been present so you could do it on chip and signature as well.
If the server has pressed OK twice after entering the bill total (skipping the gratuity step) then the transaction can be voided and restarted if necessary.
They did ages ago: https://html5zombo.com/
I had a DX4 100 with 16MB RAM. Ran BeOS nicely.
There is: in attempting to be funny, the statement itself is an example of verbal irony.
Well, at least there has been some education if you only realised *today* what Ben Wallace is. Others have known this for some time.
I note the BBC slyly put their own opinion about this on the article, "effectively a fine", as that is exactly what it is. Tax is paid according to income, not action that is deemed criminal. I don't pay more tax if I do over a Post Office. I may well pay a fine, but the amount is in no way dependent upon how much I earn.
To even attempt to call this a tax is so fucked up and contrary to what everybody knows tax is, is symptomatic of the pure idiocy these cretins display, let alone how it could be "collected".
Best to just classify this along with the other "blue sky" thinking, i.e. not worth considering further.
Note that Docker isn't claiming that, rather an analyst at IDC, who clearly favours Kubernetes with statements like "they [Google] are the de facto industry standard", when the numbers - quoted by others in previous comments - clearly show they aren't by a long chalk.
But that's just part of being a hit piece: back up the assertion that company X is dead in the water by falsely claiming that said company was a progenitor. People then take that to mean the company itself claims that in order to foment dissent against that company, thus creating bad feeling in the hope of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Take these bullshit claims up with the so-called "analyst", Gary Chen, not Docker.
I'm a filmmaker, and so is my wife!
Imperial measures *are* English measures, since we're the ones that had the Empire. A US gallon is 3.78l.
It is funny how many Americans think they use Imperial measures when they use US measures.
I would, but it hasn't told me it is safe to do so yet.
Ah, but they aren't doing that. They are going to cut you off if you are merely accused.
"Accused pirates who want their full service restored, and regain control over their thermostats, have to answer some copyright questions and read an educational piece about copyright infringement"
Yeah, fuck everything about that. Accused != guilty and to decree that those accused have to perform some remedial task akin to completing an anger management course before they get what they paid for back again is spoiling for a lawsuit for breach of contract.