Most importers in Europe are just ordinary thieves.
European prices used to be:
(US price converted to Euro) * (1,2 to 1,5)
It seems they still use that calculation but also the same currency exchange rate as years ago (when 1$ was more than 1 euro (or even 1.1-1.2), now it's close to 0,6 euro), so in fact we often pay around twice as much or even more.
So I suppose a lot of europeans are shopping on internet now:)
MySpace only got better on one level: performance. It used to be terribly slow (last year I had lots of timeouts)...
But:
Most pages are still an ugly mess (only the page owners are to blame about that, but maybe they shouldn't have too much options to customize the look?). Each page you visit you have to search for the functions that each page has, it's just presented in a different way.
A total lack of features you would expect for such a site: like a way to put "friends" into categories (like: real friends, artists I really like, artists that requested to be added,...)
Try opening a few tabs with MySpace pages (clicking on friends/links from one page) and you have songs from all those pages downloading and playing at the same time....
In Belgium, the right wing or conservative parties are more like the democrats in the US.
The parties that come closest to Republicans (in values, economy) are the right wings within these parties and the nationalist/fascist parties (these are often the only ones agreeing with some of the decisions/plans of the republicans).
There's a whole spectrum of parties to the left of these ("green", socialist, communist,...)
I see you worked for a department that a lot of countries need: "Dienst Voor Administratieve Vereenvoudiging": service for administrative simplification:)
As you live near Leuven (like me), you can also add the efforts they do for cultural events, the number of pubs,...:)
Yes, it could be a good idea to just boycot companies that do research on this kind of technology. Even if it's not used (yet), just to discourage them:)
I already avoid Philips anyway, the few things I had stopped working too soon and this didn't happen to a lot of my electronic stuff.
Yes, that's true... but a lot of countries who signed that treaty also try to do something about pollution. The USA is the biggest polluter and doesn't do a lot to change that.
I heard there was also opposition people who think they have the right to punish their children in a way that's not compatible with children's rights...
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: the United States and Somalia are the only countries in the world that have failed to ratify the Convention (and Somalia didn't have a government the last few years).
I never looked at the visits of the bots (I suppose I need to know their ip addresses?), but I don't think you can say that in general.
For my site, google returns more than 7000 results for a search for the site name limited to the site's domain, Yahoo only 23.
There are some external links, some to the front page, some to other pages, but I have a lot of relations (and links) between the pages.
The number of google results is a bit strange, I thought I had about 2400 pages, maybe with php session-id's and slightly different parameters for the same page?
True, if I look to the (Extreme Tracking) stats of my own site google is responsible for nearly 98,70% of all visits from search engines, Yahoo for 0,35%.
Even with over 100000 visitors coming from search engines this is not really useful:)
Thanks, this might be what I've been looking for... Minidisc-players with USB can only transfer files with that USB from the PC to the player (so it's ok to download stuff from internet and play it on the minidisc, but not to record your own sound/music/words). Mp3-players (as mentioned in another reaction) often offer voice-recording, but always with built-in microphone, not with a mic-input. Some have line inputs, but then you need a mic-amplifier... This Korg costs more, but I can probably use it for more then just recording my music or my grandfather's stories,...:)
I have the same problem, but not only on Slashdot (had it on a Belgian news site as well, and another site, but can't remember which one). I also have a few sites where I sometimes see the html source instead of the rendered page. It's always solved by a refresh.
You can make an attraction of this; a room full of this, and people have to try to get through it without starting the alarm.
You can make the beams visible with some kind of fog, or keep them invisible (they just have to look at the pointers and the sensors), then it would be funny too see those people step over invisible fences and so on:)
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Most importers in Europe are just ordinary thieves.
European prices used to be:
(US price converted to Euro) * (1,2 to 1,5)
It seems they still use that calculation but also the same currency exchange rate as years ago (when 1$ was more than 1 euro (or even 1.1-1.2), now it's close to 0,6 euro), so in fact we often pay around twice as much or even more.
So I suppose a lot of europeans are shopping on internet now :)
MySpace only got better on one level: performance. It used to be terribly slow (last year I had lots of timeouts)...
But:
Most pages are still an ugly mess (only the page owners are to blame about that, but maybe they shouldn't have too much options to customize the look?). Each page you visit you have to search for the functions that each page has, it's just presented in a different way.
A total lack of features you would expect for such a site: like a way to put "friends" into categories (like: real friends, artists I really like, artists that requested to be added,...)
Try opening a few tabs with MySpace pages (clicking on friends/links from one page) and you have songs from all those pages downloading and playing at the same time. ...
After 3rd world elections and a 3rd world currency the US government's IT infrastructure is going the same direction ;)
I heard you better don't tell such jokes at US airports ;)
In Belgium, the right wing or conservative parties are more like the democrats in the US.
The parties that come closest to Republicans (in values, economy) are the right wings within these parties and the nationalist/fascist parties (these are often the only ones agreeing with some of the decisions/plans of the republicans).
There's a whole spectrum of parties to the left of these ("green", socialist, communist,...)
I see you worked for a department that a lot of countries need: "Dienst Voor Administratieve Vereenvoudiging": service for administrative simplification :)
:)
As you live near Leuven (like me), you can also add the efforts they do for cultural events, the number of pubs,...
Body builders are not obese, but I think the BMI/IQ link is certainly valid for them ;)
I wonder how much of those fundamentalists believe that the earth is not flat and that the earth turns around the sun...
They're probably after articles like this ;)_ arrested_tied_to_wh_child_sex_ring.htm
http://www.infowars.com/articles/world/tom_flocco
Yes, it could be a good idea to just boycot companies that do research on this kind of technology. Even if it's not used (yet), just to discourage them :)
I already avoid Philips anyway, the few things I had stopped working too soon and this didn't happen to a lot of my electronic stuff.
Yes, finally it's possible to compare that (speed of Windows vs OSX) on the same machine!
So users paid to use the software but have to remove functionality (for which they paid) now.
:)
Does this mean Microsoft has to refund some of the purchase price?
Yes, that's true... but a lot of countries who signed that treaty also try to do something about pollution. The USA is the biggest polluter and doesn't do a lot to change that.
I heard there was also opposition people who think they have the right to punish their children in a way that's not compatible with children's rights...
:p
But there's also Kyoto, landmines,...?
They do that with several conventions.
...?
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: the United States and Somalia are the only countries in the world that have failed to ratify the Convention (and Somalia didn't have a government the last few years).
Incompatible with
(religious extremists?)
I never looked at the visits of the bots (I suppose I need to know their ip addresses?), but I don't think you can say that in general.
For my site, google returns more than 7000 results for a search for the site name limited to the site's domain, Yahoo only 23.
There are some external links, some to the front page, some to other pages, but I have a lot of relations (and links) between the pages.
The number of google results is a bit strange, I thought I had about 2400 pages, maybe with php session-id's and slightly different parameters for the same page?
Bart
True, if I look to the (Extreme Tracking) stats of my own site google is responsible for nearly 98,70% of all visits from search engines, Yahoo for 0,35%.
:)
Even with over 100000 visitors coming from search engines this is not really useful
If you would look at it in percentages instead of numbers they would be behind the US, but several European countries would come first.
Thanks, this might be what I've been looking for... :)
Minidisc-players with USB can only transfer files with that USB from the PC to the player (so it's ok to download stuff from internet and play it on the minidisc, but not to record your own sound/music/words).
Mp3-players (as mentioned in another reaction) often offer voice-recording, but always with built-in microphone, not with a mic-input. Some have line inputs, but then you need a mic-amplifier...
This Korg costs more, but I can probably use it for more then just recording my music or my grandfather's stories,...
I have the same problem, but not only on Slashdot (had it on a Belgian news site as well, and another site, but can't remember which one).
I also have a few sites where I sometimes see the html source instead of the rendered page. It's always solved by a refresh.
You can make an attraction of this; a room full of this, and people have to try to get through it without starting the alarm.
:)
You can make the beams visible with some kind of fog, or keep them invisible (they just have to look at the pointers and the sensors), then it would be funny too see those people step over invisible fences and so on
That mail must be fake...
Or is the difference between the US and Europe in privacy rights THIS big?