How many corporations, faced with the question: "Should I pay *non-insignificant amount of money* more so that we don't need power bricks, or should I just buy a couple of extras in case a few fail prematurely?", will decide to spend said amount, multiplied by the sometimes massive number of systems purchased?
We Europeans had some difficulty to getting to where we are now, it can't be done overnight.
First, you need to list every bureaucrat that should be conveniently sent someplace distant for being too bureaucratic.
Then, you have to build a nice big building and call it "something something Parliament", replacing the temporary text with something catchy and important-sounding.
It helps if they're well paid, but if they start asking for more cash, build a second Parliament in some small town in a region that was feeling left out. Have them rotate between the two buildings every few weeks, taking all the paperwork with them. They'll start asking not to have to do the whole circus every few weeks instead of getting a raise.
Finally, give them the right to legislate on all sorts of issues that will affect nearly everyone (like regulating salt and pepper shakers in restaurants and such petty things), including the right to impose fines on large corporations. While it may seem counterintuitive, bureaucrats are indeed human, according to several doctors I've met (it's scary how some human beings can come up with so many forms...), and being human, they will end up acting more or less like your average person when not inside your fancy megabuck building. This means they will be pissed off when corporations do evil stuff. Since you gave them the right to legislate on these things, they will take a break from their hobbies (regulating petty things, that is) and direct their attention at said evil corporations.
They will occasionally let out some astonishingly weird decisions (Forcing Microsoft to advertise other browsers is a very unusual decision, with no similar thing ever coming to my mind) and some over the top consumer protection (See Mac Pros needing fan grilles on the inside). However, they will also be a blessing in many situations (Air passenger rights, limits on roaming charges, privacy,...) and will be worth every buck spent on the whole circus.
USB is strictly for short distances, due to timing concerns (if I recall correctly). PoE isn't going anywhere, but it's not like manufacturers were interested in adding complexity to their laptops for a very small subset of users (within a niche that's small in its own right) who would pay for such a thing.
Hotmail/Outlook webmail, Xbox Live, Windows 8 sync features, SkyDrive, Office 365, Messenger/Skype, MSDN/Technet, online Microsoft store, and I'm sure there's a few more obscure things.
Authorized computers don't need extra verification and they'll probably have the printable one-time-code pads, like google. Nothing keeps you from using any RFC 6238 passcode generator, like those on this list, on a second device (as you can see there's plenty to choose from) - it's just a matter of inserting the same code in all your generators.
You're missing a very important aspect: The fact that carriers have mostly no motivation to keep "their" devices updated, and thus no motivation to validate patches, effectively leaving them to be forgotten.
Too bad China is still kinda playing along, thousands of people suffering under that regime is not a price I like to pay for hearing such comical threats...
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Assuming it "falls up", it'd be a heck of an engineering challenge to a) produce enough antimatter, b) trap it safely and c) keep it trapped safely.
It'd be easier to use hydrogen balloons. Not to mention safer.
With some luck, Google's "search similar images" function may make that scheme much harder
So... You're supposed to just make stuff and rely on everybody's good will to avoid having your ideas ripped-off, probably never to see a single cent?
It's just not compatible with Windows 3.1/DOS 7 (?) and under, since 95 introduced long filenames.
I can see it being sent to someone's screen in flashing red characters who then only has to press a button that says "ignore" or "Sell, sell, sell!"
Also known as a positive feedback loop.
So that's why I didn't get their definition of liquidity, I was thinking in financial terms!
No, it gets one cycle and you have to add water.
How many corporations, faced with the question: "Should I pay *non-insignificant amount of money* more so that we don't need power bricks, or should I just buy a couple of extras in case a few fail prematurely?", will decide to spend said amount, multiplied by the sometimes massive number of systems purchased?
Very few, if any.
You forgot copied Monopoly money - emphasis on the 'copied', I'm not giving them my real Monopoly money.
We Europeans had some difficulty to getting to where we are now, it can't be done overnight.
First, you need to list every bureaucrat that should be conveniently sent someplace distant for being too bureaucratic.
Then, you have to build a nice big building and call it "something something Parliament", replacing the temporary text with something catchy and important-sounding.
It helps if they're well paid, but if they start asking for more cash, build a second Parliament in some small town in a region that was feeling left out. Have them rotate between the two buildings every few weeks, taking all the paperwork with them. They'll start asking not to have to do the whole circus every few weeks instead of getting a raise.
Finally, give them the right to legislate on all sorts of issues that will affect nearly everyone (like regulating salt and pepper shakers in restaurants and such petty things), including the right to impose fines on large corporations. While it may seem counterintuitive, bureaucrats are indeed human, according to several doctors I've met (it's scary how some human beings can come up with so many forms...), and being human, they will end up acting more or less like your average person when not inside your fancy megabuck building.
This means they will be pissed off when corporations do evil stuff. Since you gave them the right to legislate on these things, they will take a break from their hobbies (regulating petty things, that is) and direct their attention at said evil corporations.
They will occasionally let out some astonishingly weird decisions (Forcing Microsoft to advertise other browsers is a very unusual decision, with no similar thing ever coming to my mind) and some over the top consumer protection (See Mac Pros needing fan grilles on the inside).
However, they will also be a blessing in many situations (Air passenger rights, limits on roaming charges, privacy,...) and will be worth every buck spent on the whole circus.
It's easier to ask who didn't.
100W toaster/arc welder/cutting laser? Sure, if you enjoy slightly warm bread, non-soldered metals and only cut fabric.
USB is strictly for short distances, due to timing concerns (if I recall correctly). PoE isn't going anywhere, but it's not like manufacturers were interested in adding complexity to their laptops for a very small subset of users (within a niche that's small in its own right) who would pay for such a thing.
30 buck Nokia with pre-paid SIM? Where do you live that you can't afford a basic cell phone?
Besides, you can generate the required codes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Authenticator - available for nearly every modern computing device.
I certainly didn't expect a spanish inquisition joke.
Let's all agree they're different philosophies, like RISC and CISC.
And we all know how that one ended.
Hotmail/Outlook webmail, Xbox Live, Windows 8 sync features, SkyDrive, Office 365, Messenger/Skype, MSDN/Technet, online Microsoft store, and I'm sure there's a few more obscure things.
Authorized computers don't need extra verification and they'll probably have the printable one-time-code pads, like google. Nothing keeps you from using any RFC 6238 passcode generator, like those on this list, on a second device (as you can see there's plenty to choose from) - it's just a matter of inserting the same code in all your generators.
You're missing a very important aspect: The fact that carriers have mostly no motivation to keep "their" devices updated, and thus no motivation to validate patches, effectively leaving them to be forgotten.
If you're worried about running out of fuses, use circuit breakers wherever it's feasible
They're not very useful for controlling critical systems if they constantly get blown up, are they?
Yeah, because the limiting factor in cellular division is copying DNA.
Protip: It's not.
Because the treaty of Versailles was a great achievement that brought an end to war in Europe forever and was universally seen as fair and just. /s
Too bad China is still kinda playing along, thousands of people suffering under that regime is not a price I like to pay for hearing such comical threats...