That option only exists when the there is a viable alternative. Once all private sites are using tracking, where does one go? There are much easier ways to let people find their vehicles that don't lead to privacy concerns; e.g. paint memorable pictures over the walls at various point "Oh yeah, we were just to the left of that giraffe on level 3"
"Sorry honey I'm stuck in work, yeah I know it's Friday...yeah...sorry...the noise?...oh, that's the cleaners...sounds like a bar?...hahahaha you funny...they've just got the radio on....don't you trust me?...I'll try to be quick...yes...love you too....bye!" Right chaps, my round it is?
What's the substantial difference between a "free software" license as defined by the Debian Free Software Guidelines and an "open source" license as defined by the Open Source Definition?
"Free Software" protects your four freedoms (as defined by the FSF). Open source does allow you to see the source, but also permits the use of more restrictive licenses. So "free software" is "open source", but the reverse is not always the case.
Android gets along fine without GNU. But I agree that "GNU/Linux" is useful for distinguishing a GNU system (which typically includes X11-based graphics) from the Android platform.
GNU is way, way more that just a host for X11. In fact I wouldn't be surprised to discover that most GNU installs did not even have X11 installed (there's a lot of severs on the planet). GNU would certainly not have the clout it has now if it hadn't been for the Linux kernel (not going to argue against that) but Linux is only one small part of the whole and to refer to it solely as "Linux" (unless one is explicitly discussing the kernel) is to give more credit to it than is strictly deserved. AIUI Android is not a true (as in main-line) Linux kernel, it's a fork and it seems that Google's desire to resolve the incompatibilities is on the wane (I await the flames on that one...:) ).
A minor point (and I expect to get modded into oblivion) but the games you mention are "free software", not just "open source" and this is what we should be supporting. Bloody good they are too. "open source" and "free software", whilst are often related, are different beasts; open source can still be non-free due to licensing restrictions (by "free" I mean as in speech, not as in beer). As for running "on Linux", I rather doubt that. I can't see a kernel being able to do much with the code, it will require an operating system. It may run on GNU/Linux. The "GNU" part is important as without it, the Linux kernel would be nothing (and GNU would be unusable...). The main-line Linux kernel is not 100% free software nor is it even 100% open source (although you can get LinuxLibre, if that is your desire).
ah yes of course, the expected response from someone clearly far too incompetent to even attempt a rebuttal. you=FAIL
"fucktard" is not a rebuttal, it's an ad hominem attack. Did make me snigger though.
As to WP7...not tried it but I don't want it. iOS...tried it but don't want it. Android...tried it and it's the best of a bad lot really. And in this case "best" is based on personal opinion/needs, your best may be different. Still using a Symbian-based feature phone though, for the simple reason it is small, bloody good at getting a signal, making calls and can go about 2-weeks without needing a charge. That trumps anything a smartphone can do (for me and my requirements any way).
Tyres are built to standards. So long as you get the correct size/profile they will fit and work. Whether or not they are the *best* tyre for your vehicle is a different question (and often comes down to a matter personal taste). Consider the humble hammer. All different sizes and shapes, yet all conform to standards. e.g a claw hammer is a claw hammer, just bigger or smaller. We could not have one tyre (or hammer) for all jobs as the variety of work required is simply too great. This is also true of batteries, however there is on advantage batteries have; they can be linked together to create "a bigger battery" to easily fit inside a given form factor. There are other considerations as well, but this is a possibility in some case. Maybe cars won't have single batteries, maybe they're have (say) 4 and you swap ones and twos as they become exhausted. Dunno.
I find it difficult to believe that an industry that can't even standardize on the tires to agree on their connectors.
Different jobs, different tools. Tyre's do follow standards however. Once you have a set of the correct size, you can fit them to any vehicle. It's not like manufacturers have proprietary wheel hubs. Same thing for batteries, there will be standard sizes, just not one. Although I can see that is may take legislation force manufacturers to co-operate; and perhaps global legislation at that.
It's a wonder they even all agreed to use Gasoline (and even then you have models that "prefer" specific octane).
I might be a little picky about swapping my brand new cells with an unknown station's current cell stock.
Treat them like gas canisters then. The canister remains the property of the company and all you do it buy the contents. The company is responsible for ensuring the canister is functional, safe etc. If the battery develops a fault - you can simply swap it free of charge for a new one. Obviously you are paying for this in part of the fee when you pick up a fresh battery, but it saves having to horde your own precious batteries. To be honest I am surprised that the industry didn't do this from the get go since such schemes (as mentioned above) already exist all over the globe for many things. All there needs to be are a few agreed standards on size etc. Again, just like gas canisters really. If one company makes a better battery that can fit into the same volume, then they can compete. heck, such standardisation could stimulate a new battery market.
And this is why in the UK at least, license plates now have by law RFID chips embedded in them. If this is not already the case in the USA, then it soon will be. Freedom? We had it once, a long time ago.
Except that PFI is a right-wing policy. Using vast army of outside consultants is a right-wing policy. The eye-watering costs and problems of PFI are well documented (for people who don't know, PFI is a scheme whereby a private company buys/builds something like a hospital/school and the leases it to the state. The costs all kept "off-book" so it looks like savings are being made, when in fact the costs are generally double the normal state-funded routess. It also lumbers future generations with massive debt). The horrendous treatment of NHS whistle-blowers is also well documented. The "cherry-picking" of patients and services by out-side contractors is also well documented (and in some cases, this has led to serious misdiagnoses).
So when it comes to the likes of the NHS I am, in fact, anything but right-wing.
A new cost saving deal will done the new staff and US exports will be safe again.
I think that's what happened in Germany, when their foreign office dropped Linux. It was working rather well, but words were had and the experiment dropped. (There was also a political shift to a party that favoured the profits of their friends in business over the costs borne by the people).
Hospitals, at least in Denmark, are run by doctors, because supposedly only doctors knows how to run them.
Sounds better than the UK where hospitals are run by managers who have no clue about medicine, waste money on outside consultants/PFI-deals, spunk cash on fat bonuses for the pen-pushers while cutting costs on front-line services and who hound whistle-blowers into the dust.
IANAL, but this seems pretty cut and dry to me, if an expensive computer "breaks"(even if it is the fault of the user), then the company is responsible for replacing it, even if the original warranty has run out.
This law reads very much like in the UK and I am sorry to say, but you are wrong. If the consumer is responsible for the damage (through misuse or inappropriate use) then the warranty does not hold. The length of protection granted by the law will also vary on exactly what has been bought. As to costs, that can also vary. The consumer can be responsible for transport and labour. It depends on what was bought and what (if any) history of the dispute. Finally, it matters not one whit what the manufacturer applies in the way of warranty. The contract is between the consumer and the retailer. In the case of Apple the manufacturer and the retailed are one and the same, this is not always the case.
Let me be clear: the choice is to pay 60% (for example) too much to the company who sells the product you're in the market for, or go without it entirely.
If you are willing to pay the price, then the price is clearly not "too much" is it?
So rather that fighting the corner for the poor, starving, down-trodden artist; the RIAA is fighting for the rich, fat, blundering behemoths. Who'd a'thought that? Hypocritical scum-suckers
Indeed, and this is because a camera cannot walk about and actually apprehend people. But cameras can be bought from companies who would be very appreciative of a civil servant/MP who authorised their purchase.
Cameras also make it easier to levy fines, which raises revenue.
"The car's location will be known to the authorities 24x7." It pretty much is. Not heard of the ANPR cameras and never wondered why license plated have an RFID chip in them?
Indeed. Not only does it let people manage how much they are taxed directly (drive less, more efficiently, buy a more efficient vehicle....) it also does not required € billions in Orwellian state control mechanisms.
"Why don't the Left start with some rational arguments for a change, like why white people shouldn't be allowed to have their own countries any more, you know, to freely associate only with those they wish to?" I didn't realise is was a legal requirement to have friends from a different genetic heritage. Oh, it isn't. And in point of fact, you can break the pale-face up into quite a few more subsets; Viking, Saxon, Angle, Pict, Basque etc. They have been more than happy to invade/pillage each other for many years, so there's more than just skin colour that separates people.
"just look at the U.K. riots - majority black looters, destroying white society." Citation please. From watching at the news I saw a fair few Caucasian faces involved (for example, the back-pack robbery). I also saw a fair few non-Caucasian faces involved in the voluntary clean-ups. People are people, and feral scum are feral scum regardless of colour. I did notice that most were wearing hoods. Perhaps we should round all the "Hoodies" up and keep them to restricted areas?
And as for "destroying white society" I think you'll find that most of the terrorist organisations active within Europe are what you would probably classify as "white". IRA-splinters, ETA, Breivik etc.
"What you are essentially saying is that YOU should be able to decide and dictate the lives of millions of white people." Err...I thought that was the job of the elected government? I decide nothing, about the best I can do is lobby my MP/MEP. And you can do the same (or whatever the equivalent is for where you live).
"If you can't choose who you associate with, then you are either a slave, or in a giant concentration camp, or both." Who, precisely, is restricting you from associating with people? Oh, wait, do you live in Libya or somewhere? My guess is that you are from the USA and that is just SUCH a bad place to live. Oh my, yes it is. Life is so HARD for you, isn't it? It's so TOUGH. You, my friend, do not know you are fucking born. I suggest you remove yer heard from yer arse and get out into the world.
Oh, wait, you can't. There's BLACK/YELLOW/RED PEOPLE out there!
Turkey is an oppressive regime with little to no regards for its subjects (e.g. Ilisu dam) yet still wishes to join the EU. If you are willing to take some personal risk, you could always contact the EU and complain; although it may be better to find a contact in another EU country to complain on your behalf. And, of course, many "free" EU states see little wrong with censoring the Internet and have plans to do so. If you are prepared to wait a while, more secure systems will become available to by-pass such blocks. I think whatever you do, you will be running a personal risk to life and liberty. Even in other EU nations, running crypto is seen as suspicious and failure to hand over keys is a criminal offence (e.g. UK, RIPA laws). Maybe some of the human rights charities could offer pointers?
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That option only exists when the there is a viable alternative. Once all private sites are using tracking, where does one go?
There are much easier ways to let people find their vehicles that don't lead to privacy concerns; e.g. paint memorable pictures over the walls at various point "Oh yeah, we were just to the left of that giraffe on level 3"
"Sorry honey I'm stuck in work, yeah I know it's Friday...yeah...sorry...the noise?...oh, that's the cleaners...sounds like a bar?...hahahaha you funny...they've just got the radio on....don't you trust me?...I'll try to be quick...yes...love you too....bye!"
Right chaps, my round it is?
What's the substantial difference between a "free software" license as defined by the Debian Free Software Guidelines and an "open source" license as defined by the Open Source Definition?
"Free Software" protects your four freedoms (as defined by the FSF). Open source does allow you to see the source, but also permits the use of more restrictive licenses. So "free software" is "open source", but the reverse is not always the case.
Android gets along fine without GNU. But I agree that "GNU/Linux" is useful for distinguishing a GNU system (which typically includes X11-based graphics) from the Android platform.
GNU is way, way more that just a host for X11. In fact I wouldn't be surprised to discover that most GNU installs did not even have X11 installed (there's a lot of severs on the planet). GNU would certainly not have the clout it has now if it hadn't been for the Linux kernel (not going to argue against that) but Linux is only one small part of the whole and to refer to it solely as "Linux" (unless one is explicitly discussing the kernel) is to give more credit to it than is strictly deserved. :) ).
AIUI Android is not a true (as in main-line) Linux kernel, it's a fork and it seems that Google's desire to resolve the incompatibilities is on the wane (I await the flames on that one...
A minor point (and I expect to get modded into oblivion) but the games you mention are "free software", not just "open source" and this is what we should be supporting. Bloody good they are too. "open source" and "free software", whilst are often related, are different beasts; open source can still be non-free due to licensing restrictions (by "free" I mean as in speech, not as in beer).
As for running "on Linux", I rather doubt that. I can't see a kernel being able to do much with the code, it will require an operating system. It may run on GNU/Linux. The "GNU" part is important as without it, the Linux kernel would be nothing (and GNU would be unusable...). The main-line Linux kernel is not 100% free software nor is it even 100% open source (although you can get LinuxLibre, if that is your desire).
Flame on.
ah yes of course, the expected response from someone clearly far too incompetent to even attempt a rebuttal. you=FAIL
"fucktard" is not a rebuttal, it's an ad hominem attack. Did make me snigger though.
As to WP7...not tried it but I don't want it. iOS...tried it but don't want it. Android...tried it and it's the best of a bad lot really.
And in this case "best" is based on personal opinion/needs, your best may be different.
Still using a Symbian-based feature phone though, for the simple reason it is small, bloody good at getting a signal, making calls and can go about 2-weeks without needing a charge. That trumps anything a smartphone can do (for me and my requirements any way).
Tyres are built to standards. So long as you get the correct size/profile they will fit and work. Whether or not they are the *best* tyre for your vehicle is a different question (and often comes down to a matter personal taste).
Consider the humble hammer. All different sizes and shapes, yet all conform to standards. e.g a claw hammer is a claw hammer, just bigger or smaller.
We could not have one tyre (or hammer) for all jobs as the variety of work required is simply too great. This is also true of batteries, however there is on advantage batteries have; they can be linked together to create "a bigger battery" to easily fit inside a given form factor. There are other considerations as well, but this is a possibility in some case. Maybe cars won't have single batteries, maybe they're have (say) 4 and you swap ones and twos as they become exhausted. Dunno.
I think you will find that he was Herr Diesel (although he was born in Paris).
I know, and I also knew that whichever one I picked someone would complain! :-)
Hensieurr Diesel then.
I find it difficult to believe that an industry that can't even standardize on the tires to agree on their connectors.
Different jobs, different tools. Tyre's do follow standards however. Once you have a set of the correct size, you can fit them to any vehicle. It's not like manufacturers have proprietary wheel hubs. Same thing for batteries, there will be standard sizes, just not one. Although I can see that is may take legislation force manufacturers to co-operate; and perhaps global legislation at that.
It's a wonder they even all agreed to use Gasoline (and even then you have models that "prefer" specific octane).
They didn't all agree, just ask Monsieur Diesel.
I might be a little picky about swapping my brand new cells with an unknown station's current cell stock.
Treat them like gas canisters then. The canister remains the property of the company and all you do it buy the contents. The company is responsible for ensuring the canister is functional, safe etc. If the battery develops a fault - you can simply swap it free of charge for a new one. Obviously you are paying for this in part of the fee when you pick up a fresh battery, but it saves having to horde your own precious batteries.
To be honest I am surprised that the industry didn't do this from the get go since such schemes (as mentioned above) already exist all over the globe for many things. All there needs to be are a few agreed standards on size etc. Again, just like gas canisters really.
If one company makes a better battery that can fit into the same volume, then they can compete. heck, such standardisation could stimulate a new battery market.
I know my new plate (2010) had once and when I was digging around it lead me to believe it was not in force.
ARG! That should read "...it was *NOW* in force".
Curse my stupid fingers.
I know my new plate (2010) had once and when I was digging around it lead me to believe it was not in force.
If I get the chance I'll look again.
Unfortunately I dropped my tools on top of the plate (more than once) before I fitted it. Gosh, hope nothing got broken.
And this is why in the UK at least, license plates now have by law RFID chips embedded in them.
If this is not already the case in the USA, then it soon will be.
Freedom? We had it once, a long time ago.
I think you'll find that "GIMP" is far, far worse.
Except that PFI is a right-wing policy. Using vast army of outside consultants is a right-wing policy.
The eye-watering costs and problems of PFI are well documented (for people who don't know, PFI is a scheme whereby a private company buys/builds something like a hospital/school and the leases it to the state. The costs all kept "off-book" so it looks like savings are being made, when in fact the costs are generally double the normal state-funded routess. It also lumbers future generations with massive debt).
The horrendous treatment of NHS whistle-blowers is also well documented.
The "cherry-picking" of patients and services by out-side contractors is also well documented (and in some cases, this has led to serious misdiagnoses).
So when it comes to the likes of the NHS I am, in fact, anything but right-wing.
A new cost saving deal will done the new staff and US exports will be safe again.
I think that's what happened in Germany, when their foreign office dropped Linux. It was working rather well, but words were had and the experiment dropped.
(There was also a political shift to a party that favoured the profits of their friends in business over the costs borne by the people).
Hospitals, at least in Denmark, are run by doctors, because supposedly only doctors knows how to run them.
Sounds better than the UK where hospitals are run by managers who have no clue about medicine, waste money on outside consultants/PFI-deals, spunk cash on fat bonuses for the pen-pushers while cutting costs on front-line services and who hound whistle-blowers into the dust.
IANAL, but this seems pretty cut and dry to me, if an expensive computer "breaks"(even if it is the fault of the user), then the company is responsible for replacing it, even if the original warranty has run out.
This law reads very much like in the UK and I am sorry to say, but you are wrong. If the consumer is responsible for the damage (through misuse or inappropriate use) then the warranty does not hold. The length of protection granted by the law will also vary on exactly what has been bought.
As to costs, that can also vary. The consumer can be responsible for transport and labour. It depends on what was bought and what (if any) history of the dispute.
Finally, it matters not one whit what the manufacturer applies in the way of warranty. The contract is between the consumer and the retailer. In the case of Apple the manufacturer and the retailed are one and the same, this is not always the case.
Let me be clear: the choice is to pay 60% (for example) too much to the company who sells the product you're in the market for, or go without it entirely.
If you are willing to pay the price, then the price is clearly not "too much" is it?
Indeed, and it will only get worse as non-ASCII gains traction.
So rather that fighting the corner for the poor, starving, down-trodden artist; the RIAA is fighting for the rich, fat, blundering behemoths.
Who'd a'thought that?
Hypocritical scum-suckers
Indeed, and this is because a camera cannot walk about and actually apprehend people. But cameras can be bought from companies who would be very appreciative of a civil servant/MP who authorised their purchase.
Cameras also make it easier to levy fines, which raises revenue.
"The car's location will be known to the authorities 24x7."
It pretty much is. Not heard of the ANPR cameras and never wondered why license plated have an RFID chip in them?
Mod parent up!
Indeed. Not only does it let people manage how much they are taxed directly (drive less, more efficiently, buy a more efficient vehicle....) it also does not required € billions in Orwellian state control mechanisms.
"Why don't the Left start with some rational arguments for a change, like why white people shouldn't be allowed to have their own countries any more, you know, to freely associate only with those they wish to?"
I didn't realise is was a legal requirement to have friends from a different genetic heritage. Oh, it isn't. And in point of fact, you can break the pale-face up into quite a few more subsets; Viking, Saxon, Angle, Pict, Basque etc. They have been more than happy to invade/pillage each other for many years, so there's more than just skin colour that separates people.
"just look at the U.K. riots - majority black looters, destroying white society."
Citation please. From watching at the news I saw a fair few Caucasian faces involved (for example, the back-pack robbery). I also saw a fair few non-Caucasian faces involved in the voluntary clean-ups. People are people, and feral scum are feral scum regardless of colour. I did notice that most were wearing hoods. Perhaps we should round all the "Hoodies" up and keep them to restricted areas?
And as for "destroying white society" I think you'll find that most of the terrorist organisations active within Europe are what you would probably classify as "white". IRA-splinters, ETA, Breivik etc.
"What you are essentially saying is that YOU should be able to decide and dictate the lives of millions of white people."
Err...I thought that was the job of the elected government? I decide nothing, about the best I can do is lobby my MP/MEP. And you can do the same (or whatever the equivalent is for where you live).
"If you can't choose who you associate with, then you are either a slave, or in a giant concentration camp, or both."
Who, precisely, is restricting you from associating with people? Oh, wait, do you live in Libya or somewhere? My guess is that you are from the USA and that is just SUCH a bad place to live. Oh my, yes it is. Life is so HARD for you, isn't it? It's so TOUGH. You, my friend, do not know you are fucking born. I suggest you remove yer heard from yer arse and get out into the world.
Oh, wait, you can't. There's BLACK/YELLOW/RED PEOPLE out there!
Turkey is an oppressive regime with little to no regards for its subjects (e.g. Ilisu dam) yet still wishes to join the EU. If you are willing to take some personal risk, you could always contact the EU and complain; although it may be better to find a contact in another EU country to complain on your behalf. And, of course, many "free" EU states see little wrong with censoring the Internet and have plans to do so. If you are prepared to wait a while, more secure systems will become available to by-pass such blocks.
I think whatever you do, you will be running a personal risk to life and liberty. Even in other EU nations, running crypto is seen as suspicious and failure to hand over keys is a criminal offence (e.g. UK, RIPA laws). Maybe some of the human rights charities could offer pointers?