Assuming your hardware has a CD drive or USB socket, I doubt you will find an OS that is easier to install than OpenBSD today. (I admit that was not always the case).
Making it useful might involve understanding what software is/does, and how to use Google. I imagine most people here can do that.
Do not expect to run Windows apps, or the latest, untested, bug infested dross from obscure sources, without reading the manual first, but it IS well written and correct. (And a bad idea).
Truly appalling call quality. At least here i the UK, I gave it up because, in the unlikely event you got through, you probably could not hear in at least one direction.
If it takes company A 100 man hours to implement a product with proper security, and company B 80 man hours do to the same thing but with poorer security practices, then most clients and consumers will choose company B
Most non-technical people do not have even the most basic grasp of the issues, and cannot be expected to. They assume that software is required to be "goods of merchandisable quality" like anything else, and believe bugs crawl into software the same way cockroaches get in the kitchen. They simply don't understand that most software is designed and written by people who work in an environment where "doing the right thing" could be a sackable offence (despite the fact that this also appears to be the case in a lot of dead-end jobs like working for Amazon).
This includes most CXOs judges and juries.
Massive legal penalties are required. Urgently. In particular, MS executives should be sent to Parchment Farm in droves.
And, "a jury of your peers" should mean that the jury should have sufficient understanding of the issues as to be in a position to grasp the concepts involved in the charges (a problem with most white collar crime). However, we don't want to expose ourselves to a situation where the police police themselves - we know where that ends up (blood on dance floor).
Anyone who thinks there is "Unoccupied forest" in Ireland has probably spent too much time talking to leprechauns. It is going to be hard to put a data centre where it cant be seen for miles.
And yes, I did used to own equipment in a data centre in Ireland. It was an eyesore even in a run-down part of Dublin. And probably employed less than 10 people. Mostly on low wages.
You are omitting the possibilities that he wilfully failed physics or does not understand anything at all. There may even be other explanations, such as "the aliens made me do it"
It did not examine the whole population, just those at certain sports evens or something. IN reality, it probably that "million" was actually 100,000, so, out of 100,000, almost 2,500 - ie 1/4, now feel the police are more stupid than they previously thought. Nice job there, Mr Plod.
If that is negative, it's a bad deal, and like most forms of gambling lotto tickets are almost always negative, and therefore a poor investment.
While you are not entirely wrong, that is the position of someone who is financially OK.
If you are poor, with poor prospects, then the negative amount is the cost of buying a chance of getting out of the mess.
If you buy a lottery ticket for $1, then the impact on your life of losing that $1 is not great. You probably spend a lot of other dollars on uselessness - in fact a dollar spent on alcohol will likely likely do you more harm than if you spent it on the lottery. However, If you win, even $5, you are better off, at least for your next 5 bets, and if you win big, the rest of your life does not suck. Think about it - if your life sucks, how many weeks would you NOT spend $1 because MAYBE the rest of your life won't suck?
Really, if you are dirt poor, spending $1 on the lottery is a great investment. Spending $2? not so much.
Honest, real maths and psychology professors made this assessment, not me. Obviously, saving your dollars for a couple of years and buying shares with the $100 instead of buying lottery tickets MIGHT be a better investment, but then again, maybe the shares are in Enron or something run by the next Madoff.
Artificial Intelligence is not the same as Actual Idiocy, but you cant tell the difference from the acronyms, and mostly not by any other means either.
I am in Europe - we have had a Wine lake and a Milk lake for ages. No sign of Spectre, but I believe the Man from Uncle is still around somewhere (ITV2?)
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You are beginning to understand American culture.
I don't care if it uses standard 1/2" tape, and the data is actually on SD cards, but it should look like its on DECtape.
A paper tape reader/punch to scale, but with full size paper tape might be nice, but I am not sure you could get paper tape for it anyway.
Making it useful might involve understanding what software is/does, and how to use Google. I imagine most people here can do that.
Do not expect to run Windows apps, or the latest, untested, bug infested dross from obscure sources, without reading the manual first, but it IS well written and correct. (And a bad idea).
Truly appalling call quality. At least here i the UK, I gave it up because, in the unlikely event you got through, you probably could not hear in at least one direction.
Most non-technical people do not have even the most basic grasp of the issues, and cannot be expected to. They assume that software is required to be "goods of merchandisable quality" like anything else, and believe bugs crawl into software the same way cockroaches get in the kitchen. They simply don't understand that most software is designed and written by people who work in an environment where "doing the right thing" could be a sackable offence (despite the fact that this also appears to be the case in a lot of dead-end jobs like working for Amazon).
This includes most CXOs judges and juries.
Massive legal penalties are required. Urgently. In particular, MS executives should be sent to Parchment Farm in droves.
And, "a jury of your peers" should mean that the jury should have sufficient understanding of the issues as to be in a position to grasp the concepts involved in the charges (a problem with most white collar crime). However, we don't want to expose ourselves to a situation where the police police themselves - we know where that ends up (blood on dance floor).
And yes, I did used to own equipment in a data centre in Ireland. It was an eyesore even in a run-down part of Dublin. And probably employed less than 10 people. Mostly on low wages.
FTFY
You have had too much of that white powder - those are not computer professionals - they are either zombies or aliens.
However, after their period, most typists are approaching maximum fertility, and you might want to give some of them extra space.
These days, a lot of typists are male and don't have periods. You might want to avoid them too.
Most web browsers are crap, and their handling of white space sucks. Too bad you can't avoid them at any time of the month.
Bollywood movies?
You are omitting the possibilities that he wilfully failed physics or does not understand anything at all. There may even be other explanations, such as "the aliens made me do it"
It did not examine the whole population, just those at certain sports evens or something. IN reality, it probably that "million" was actually 100,000, so, out of 100,000, almost 2,500 - ie 1/4, now feel the police are more stupid than they previously thought. Nice job there, Mr Plod.
While you are not entirely wrong, that is the position of someone who is financially OK.
If you are poor, with poor prospects, then the negative amount is the cost of buying a chance of getting out of the mess.
If you buy a lottery ticket for $1, then the impact on your life of losing that $1 is not great. You probably spend a lot of other dollars on uselessness - in fact a dollar spent on alcohol will likely likely do you more harm than if you spent it on the lottery. However, If you win, even $5, you are better off, at least for your next 5 bets, and if you win big, the rest of your life does not suck. Think about it - if your life sucks, how many weeks would you NOT spend $1 because MAYBE the rest of your life won't suck?
Really, if you are dirt poor, spending $1 on the lottery is a great investment. Spending $2? not so much.
Honest, real maths and psychology professors made this assessment, not me. Obviously, saving your dollars for a couple of years and buying shares with the $100 instead of buying lottery tickets MIGHT be a better investment, but then again, maybe the shares are in Enron or something run by the next Madoff.
No. Its purpose is avoiding having customers in the EU.
Those of us in the EU have voted against having suppliers who know their business methods contravene the GDPR.
This solution is a gigantic win for everyone involved!
Its called "Facebook" and you don't even have to go home to use it.
Seriously, if this system is not an offense against the GDPR, the GDPR is a total failure.
Its catch 22: if he wants a camera pointed at him, he IS mentally impaired.
Meanwhile, I will continue to use my mechanically injected diesel - plenty of black smoke and no NOx.
Nor is intelligence a requirement for sentience: /. is the evidence for that.
Artificial Intelligence is not the same as Actual Idiocy, but you cant tell the difference from the acronyms, and mostly not by any other means either.
I am in Europe - we have had a Wine lake and a Milk lake for ages. No sign of Spectre, but I believe the Man from Uncle is still around somewhere (ITV2?)
Mostly never to be seen again. Alternatively to be accidentally released to one-and-all.
Either way, I confidently predict widespread hacking, with serious consequences.
You mean like robot365?
Like when it is out of the showroom?
Think of the Zombies!