In Linux one can develop a browser that is just a browser, or a browser that is a kitchen sink also.
In Windows MS has made sure you get the damned kitchen sink, and it has so many bolts and screws that it is nigh impossible to replace the full damn thing.
Any other solution should not be allowed to prevail.
An intelligent card, easy to back up at home and protected by well thought of security mechanisms is all what is needed.
There is no need for massive centralized databases, you just send the encrypted information to the person that needs to see it in an "as needed basis", perhaps by swapping your card in terminals connected to a private network that allows the sharing of this data.
The amount Labour has thrown to the NHS is almost obscene.
There is a lot of mismanagement to be sure (if it is worst than a bank would be open to debate, at least most people get relatively decent health service) but to say the NHS is underfunded is not a serious point, as can be quickly checked.
There are 2 victims when a monopoly abuses its position in the market: the general public and the monopoly's competitors.
It is funny you suggest that somehow a victim of the apparent wrongdoing of Microsoft is not entitled to search for redress following the normal legal channels.
"WTF!? Der Komputer hat keine browser!?! Ich moechte god damned IE!" *downloads IE.*"
Germany has the biggest market penetration of Firefox (between 35% and 40%), non techie German friends are very clued up about the issues at hand and chose Firefox over IE quite often fore very sound reasons.
If people in Germany did not have IE bundled what will happen is that people will ask their friends and they would be recommended Firefox or other browser quite often.
I am surprised everybody goes about Star Trek and forgets about his role in Planet of the Apes.
He plays an heroic character that dies defending the weak. I am sure he was very pleased about that since Latino actors didn't get positive roles in Hollywood for many years.
He was born in Mexico City, a very distinguished Chilango.
Mexican law states that anybody born in Mexican soil is a Mexican citizen by birth irrespective of the origin of their parents (as if Spanish parents was a rare occurrence in Mexico....)
Many Mexicans have parents born in Spain for all kind of historic and political reasons, also many families in Mexico have mostly Spanish ancestry and little Native American blood.
People that are successful should be entitled to enjoy their success.
Al Gore's carbon footprint should be measured against people with similar incomes, not against the average Joe.
Having said that rich people that decide to be wasteful, and thus socially irresponsible, should be taxed heavily, but that is an idea that lots of folks, specially in the US, would treat contemptuously.
Lets say I start at 9:00, if I take an hour lunch break I would need to stay until 19:00.
If you commute one hour each way, that means my time devoted to working would start with my commute at 8:00 and will be back home at 20:00
Now tell me, do you have a hobby? Do you want to go to the movies? To a concert? What about house chores?
All that inconvenience for 8 days just so I get a frigging Friday off? Are you serious?
I can hear already the "skip lunch hour" crowd. Well, I know people that have done that, now they have stomach ulcers or are anaemic. And that still would mean 11 hours devoted to work.
Most people nowadays devote already between 10 and 11 hours to work, so these schedule extends that one more hour for most days.
Now pray tell me, will your company at the very least respect your day off and your "shorter" 8 hour day? Or will it be a case of "hey, please be available just in case of an emergency".
No way. 40hours/week (ore less) is actually much more flexible and allows you to actually have a life after work.
It is very telling that so many here seem to like this, it seems like the stereotype of the geek with few social interests may be true after all.
Once you are in the Schengen states you don't have to report with anybody and you can cross the borders without being required to show anything.
I have crossed multiple borders (Germany-Austria, Germany-France, France-Spain, Netherlands-Germany) and never had to show an ID to anybody. I am Mexican btw.
Form Canada to South Africa, Vietnam, Namibia, all of Western Europe. You name it.
Your immigration procedures are only comparable to those in Vietnam, a communist dictatorship.
If that makes you feel great, all the power to you, if it was my country it would give me pause for thought: it would seem that to be safe you have to emulate totalitarian attitudes.
If you think that poster is lying think again. I go back home frequently and flights with stop overs in the US are cheaper, but just to think about all the draconian, unnecessary procedures (I would be just in transit, no other country I know off needs you to apply for a visa in advance to go on transit) makes me feel sick. Thus I chose to fly using European or Canadian airlines, where I can change planes quickly, efficiently and with minimal fuss.
Every time I flight back home your country loses an average of $1500 that it would gain if the intrusive bureaucracy wasn't so unreasonable.
They have no way to know where you have been except the points of entry and departure, and although it is true that hotels take details of your ID you are already in the country and you will not be expelled or jailed or denied entry anymore.
Nobody hates the US, you guys over there just love to feel victims. YOu send your army all around the place, kill thousands of people everywhere (you don't ever bother to account for them) and don't expect that some resentment will be felt elsewhere.
Honestly, get real.
What many people are saying is that the system does not show a friendly attitude, combine that with the horrendous reception you have when arriving to US airports (I have seen things that really make me puke) and you have a recipe for disenfranchisement.
I used to visit the US around once or twice a year, but every time it became more trying, nowadays you are treated like a potential criminal, with a record of your entries, your laptop can be confiscated without any reason and without you having any possibility of redress and if you are in the unfortunate position of being mistaken as a terrorist (it has happened) then all the bets are off.
Unless all this changes people like me, with a genuine interest to learn more about the US, will not visit your country.
If you class the above as hate is more your problem than anybody else's.
The countries where I needed to apply for a visa are Vietnam, Turkey, Namibia. Even Singapore and Malaysia gave this Mexican who writes a visa on arrival.
So again, which are those countries whose system is worst, more intrusive, than the US's one?
That is how you treat your friends, the US in the other hand distrusts everybody (countries in the visa waiver system are supposed to be well predisposed in general towards the US, so if this is the way to say we love you guys I think it may not be working).
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In Linux one can develop a browser that is just a browser, or a browser that is a kitchen sink also.
In Windows MS has made sure you get the damned kitchen sink, and it has so many bolts and screws that it is nigh impossible to replace the full damn thing.
There is a little text file listing all the browsers they want to make available to the user.
Or the user modifies the file if he is "advanced".
Sorry for the profanity, but honestly.
To many people here it would take 5 minutes to write a script that would allow a user to ftp the browser of their choice.
In which planet do you inhabit?
The EU authorities are telling MS they broke the law, yet again, and here you are, calling that company competent.
Unless the field of expertise is toughery, I fail to see in which way a company behaving like that could possibly be described as competent.
Whose information is that?
The patient's.
Who should control it?
The patient.
Any other solution should not be allowed to prevail.
An intelligent card, easy to back up at home and protected by well thought of security mechanisms is all what is needed.
There is no need for massive centralized databases, you just send the encrypted information to the person that needs to see it in an "as needed basis", perhaps by swapping your card in terminals connected to a private network that allows the sharing of this data.
I am by no means rich and have been privately insured all my working life in the UK.
When I need to be treated quickly I go for private insurance, for long term treatment I rely on the NHS.
The amount Labour has thrown to the NHS is almost obscene.
There is a lot of mismanagement to be sure (if it is worst than a bank would be open to debate, at least most people get relatively decent health service) but to say the NHS is underfunded is not a serious point, as can be quickly checked.
It is called browser plugin.
Awesome stuff man, really awesome and cutting edge.
There are 2 victims when a monopoly abuses its position in the market: the general public and the monopoly's competitors.
It is funny you suggest that somehow a victim of the apparent wrongdoing of Microsoft is not entitled to search for redress following the normal legal channels.
"WTF!? Der Komputer hat keine browser!?! Ich moechte god damned IE!" *downloads IE.*"
Germany has the biggest market penetration of Firefox (between 35% and 40%), non techie German friends are very clued up about the issues at hand and chose Firefox over IE quite often fore very sound reasons.
If people in Germany did not have IE bundled what will happen is that people will ask their friends and they would be recommended Firefox or other browser quite often.
Probe it keemosabee.
Statistics is a bitch.
I am surprised everybody goes about Star Trek and forgets about his role in Planet of the Apes.
He plays an heroic character that dies defending the weak. I am sure he was very pleased about that since Latino actors didn't get positive roles in Hollywood for many years.
He was born in Mexico City, a very distinguished Chilango.
Mexican law states that anybody born in Mexican soil is a Mexican citizen by birth irrespective of the origin of their parents (as if Spanish parents was a rare occurrence in Mexico ....)
He mentioned this in uncountable interviews.
Many Mexicans have parents born in Spain for all kind of historic and political reasons, also many families in Mexico have mostly Spanish ancestry and little Native American blood.
People that are successful should be entitled to enjoy their success.
Al Gore's carbon footprint should be measured against people with similar incomes, not against the average Joe.
Having said that rich people that decide to be wasteful, and thus socially irresponsible, should be taxed heavily, but that is an idea that lots of folks, specially in the US, would treat contemptuously.
Lets say I start at 9:00, if I take an hour lunch break I would need to stay until 19:00.
If you commute one hour each way, that means my time devoted to working would start with my commute at 8:00 and will be back home at 20:00
Now tell me, do you have a hobby? Do you want to go to the movies? To a concert? What about house chores?
All that inconvenience for 8 days just so I get a frigging Friday off? Are you serious?
I can hear already the "skip lunch hour" crowd. Well, I know people that have done that, now they have stomach ulcers or are anaemic. And that still would mean 11 hours devoted to work.
Most people nowadays devote already between 10 and 11 hours to work, so these schedule extends that one more hour for most days.
Now pray tell me, will your company at the very least respect your day off and your "shorter" 8 hour day? Or will it be a case of "hey, please be available just in case of an emergency".
No way. 40hours/week (ore less) is actually much more flexible and allows you to actually have a life after work.
It is very telling that so many here seem to like this, it seems like the stereotype of the geek with few social interests may be true after all.
I just don't want to deal with all the bullshit, thus I use Canadian or European airlines.
Once you are in the Schengen states you don't have to report with anybody and you can cross the borders without being required to show anything.
I have crossed multiple borders (Germany-Austria, Germany-France, France-Spain, Netherlands-Germany) and never had to show an ID to anybody. I am Mexican btw.
As soon as the US put those intrusive policies in place Brazil reciprocated.
Anybody else is treated with the courtesy Brazilians are accorded elsewhere.
I have travelled all around the world.
Form Canada to South Africa, Vietnam, Namibia, all of Western Europe. You name it.
Your immigration procedures are only comparable to those in Vietnam, a communist dictatorship.
If that makes you feel great, all the power to you, if it was my country it would give me pause for thought: it would seem that to be safe you have to emulate totalitarian attitudes.
If you think that poster is lying think again. I go back home frequently and flights with stop overs in the US are cheaper, but just to think about all the draconian, unnecessary procedures (I would be just in transit, no other country I know off needs you to apply for a visa in advance to go on transit) makes me feel sick. Thus I chose to fly using European or Canadian airlines, where I can change planes quickly, efficiently and with minimal fuss.
Every time I flight back home your country loses an average of $1500 that it would gain if the intrusive bureaucracy wasn't so unreasonable.
They have no way to know where you have been except the points of entry and departure, and although it is true that hotels take details of your ID you are already in the country and you will not be expelled or jailed or denied entry anymore.
They have been offered in several occasions regional assemblies and people have voted down the propositions.
Nobody hates the US, you guys over there just love to feel victims. YOu send your army all around the place, kill thousands of people everywhere (you don't ever bother to account for them) and don't expect that some resentment will be felt elsewhere.
Honestly, get real.
What many people are saying is that the system does not show a friendly attitude, combine that with the horrendous reception you have when arriving to US airports (I have seen things that really make me puke) and you have a recipe for disenfranchisement.
I used to visit the US around once or twice a year, but every time it became more trying, nowadays you are treated like a potential criminal, with a record of your entries, your laptop can be confiscated without any reason and without you having any possibility of redress and if you are in the unfortunate position of being mistaken as a terrorist (it has happened) then all the bets are off.
Unless all this changes people like me, with a genuine interest to learn more about the US, will not visit your country.
If you class the above as hate is more your problem than anybody else's.
Canada: many people get visa on arrival.
EU: many people get visa on arrival.
The countries where I needed to apply for a visa are Vietnam, Turkey, Namibia. Even Singapore and Malaysia gave this Mexican who writes a visa on arrival.
So again, which are those countries whose system is worst, more intrusive, than the US's one?
That is how you treat your friends, the US in the other hand distrusts everybody (countries in the visa waiver system are supposed to be well predisposed in general towards the US, so if this is the way to say we love you guys I think it may not be working).