I still buy DVDs, even when the Blu-ray disc is available, because Blu-ray isn't enough of a quality upgrade (compared to a DVD player with a good upscaler) to be worth the functionality loss.
I think you need a new pair of glasses (or a larger screen).
Germany (and Czech Republic) for lager. Belgium for krieks and lambics. Ireland for stout. England for bitter. America for soda water with alcohol and beer flavoring [1]. Denmark for?
Watered down versions of the Czech and German lagers:)
What's missing here is a punishment for trying to do so. Right now they have a free pass. If it isn't contested, they get what they want. If it is, they're just back where they started.
2. The US government regards everybody except Canadians as potential illegal immigrants. Yes, even you EU guys and gals. Trust me when I tell you that while there are certainly American businesses that do want your money, my government really doesn't care if nobody comes over to visit.
As confounding as this is, I think you're right. And it makes no sense. For most Europeans it would be a significant step down in social security to go to the US.
"You" (i.e., the foreign national) never had any rights to begin with. Just ask anyone who has had to get a US visa in the last 8 years (if not more). They rarely turn them down, the visa just never appears (which has the same effect, of course). And, there is no reason given and no appeal.
In effect, yes, he did. That's the whole point of the Visa Waiver Program.
The thing is if you fly to Spain from outside the Schengen zone you have to do a similar thing, although your airline forwards the data on your behalf. And so on for the other Schengen countries (if a Schengen country doesn't currently require it then it'll be rolled out soon).
The main difference between the US and EU might be some aspect of data retention, where usually in the EU the data is deleted after one or two years and there are a few more limitations on who can get to see that data, unlike the US.
So effectively the US and the EU are equally screwed in this respect and each new 'advance' in technology on one side of the pond will end up appearing on the other side, sooner or later.
Citation, please. Nowhere in the EU do you get fingerprinted when entering.
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I have a Blu-ray player and HDTV.
I still buy DVDs, even when the Blu-ray disc is available, because Blu-ray isn't enough of a quality upgrade (compared to a DVD player with a good upscaler) to be worth the functionality loss.
I think you need a new pair of glasses (or a larger screen).
While I dislike their general philospohy towards their users and products...
Let me get this straight. You were referring to Apple here, not Microsoft?!
...get the "facts".
I find this oddly similar to countries that call themselves "Democratic". They rarely are.
I don't think Microsoft wants you to know the real facts.
Their mistake. Don't say we didn't warn them.
...1024x768@43i, and win98 couldn't do that.
43i?!? Can you still see? And how many pills did you need to pop to counter the headache?
Mod parent +1 Epic!
Thats a legitimate complaint... do you know how much it costs to get a plumber to do a service call?
I can just hear him now. Just after arriving on the Space Shuttle: "Well, there's ya problem."
... of the Higgins Bossom ...
Sorry, I agree with your posting, but that has to be one of the funniest misspellings of Higgs Boson I have ever seen.
Score: -1, Redundant
Germany (and Czech Republic) for lager. Belgium for krieks and lambics. Ireland for stout. England for bitter. America for soda water with alcohol and beer flavoring [1]. Denmark for?
Watered down versions of the Czech and German lagers :)
Do all hip companies have to begin with a Z sound these days?
Xandros
Scion
Xanax
Xynergy
Zuffa
Yeah, because pigged space missions are easy. You just need a cannon: http://englishrussia.com/?p=700
As a Dane I must say that the best beer comes from Belgium and Germany. Although the Irish have some good stuff as well.
You must be new here.
Don't swim against the current, but perpendicular to it.
Ah, this almost certainly warrents a Hilbert space joke.
*tumbleweed*
Maybe not.
Let Microsoft keep doing what they're doing...
Seriously?!?
...To mistype "mv".
Reminds me of the time I aliased emacs with a special .emacs for editing /etc files. The alias was em, as in:
em /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
Turns out "e" is really close to "r" on the keyboard.
I'm too lazy to read up on ext4, so:
Why not just use ReiserFS? It's definitely faster than ext3.
What's missing here is a punishment for trying to do so. Right now they have a free pass. If it isn't contested, they get what they want. If it is, they're just back where they started.
How about $5000 or 5 years in prison?
...the abusive immigrations officer.
*badum ching*
2. The US government regards everybody except Canadians as potential illegal immigrants. Yes, even you EU guys and gals. Trust me when I tell you that while there are certainly American businesses that do want your money, my government really doesn't care if nobody comes over to visit.
As confounding as this is, I think you're right. And it makes no sense. For most Europeans it would be a significant step down in social security to go to the US.
"You" (i.e., the foreign national) never had any rights to begin with. Just ask anyone who has had to get a US visa in the last 8 years (if not more). They rarely turn them down, the visa just never appears (which has the same effect, of course). And, there is no reason given and no appeal.
In effect, yes, he did. That's the whole point of the Visa Waiver Program.
The thing is if you fly to Spain from outside the Schengen zone you have to do a similar thing, although your airline forwards the data on your behalf. And so on for the other Schengen countries (if a Schengen country doesn't currently require it then it'll be rolled out soon).
The main difference between the US and EU might be some aspect of data retention, where usually in the EU the data is deleted after one or two years and there are a few more limitations on who can get to see that data, unlike the US.
So effectively the US and the EU are equally screwed in this respect and each new 'advance' in technology on one side of the pond will end up appearing on the other side, sooner or later.
Citation, please. Nowhere in the EU do you get fingerprinted when entering.
They have lots and lots of money.
Sorry, but how can this comment be modded +3 Insightful?
Better mod this one +5 Informative:
"The Universe is very big!"
Oh, yeah. The difference between Vikings and Pirates can't be more than a few megafonzies.