I am not sure what would qualify a benchmark as "real world" but this (some comments here) looks pretty realistic, and might be enough to give you your shock:
All other British extradition treaties only allow extradition outside the EU if a British court is satisfied that the accused will face charges that are crimes in the UK, get a fair trial, etc.
Because of the one sided treaty with the US, the US gets to take anyone it wants, but not the other way around (unlike in the EU).
A lot of people are not happy about the EU agreement either, but that is an inevitable part of the process of building super-state.
here are at least 185,000 third-party applications officially available on the App Store
If wonder how many there are if you exclude things that should not need an app - e.g. newspaper apps that provide the same content you can see on the website.
The problem the knife carrying laws (and as far as I can see, this as well) is that it then shifts the burden of proof to the accused to prove that they had a legitimate reason to posses the info/carry the explosive, not for the prosecution to prove that they did not have a legitimate reason.
IN any case, there is still criminalisation of mere speech in the form of the law on "glorifying terrorism".
Apple is pushing this to persuade people to develop for Iphone only. They obviously do not expect or will not allow HTML 5 to be used for the sort of apps sold though the App Store.
MS are pushing for HTML 5 to replace FLV with a patent encumbered video standard that would require browser support to make life more difficult for Firefox.
Is anyone else seeing "protecting religious freedom without limiting free speech" ads all over Slashdot today, or is it because I am in a country that has defamation of religion laws?
Also, if you can see the ad, does it appear focused on the majority religion where you are - e.g. the version I can see has Buddhist priest in the foreground and figures representing other religions in the background.
What laws not contingent on a sale having occurred? Negligence and other torts? Not likely: there is no case law suggesting that, and it is a completely different situation so this case has no bearing on it.
What happened here was:
1) There was a sale of goods, and therefore an implied contract term that the goods were fit for purpose. 2) The exclusion clause relied on the customer having been supplied with documentation before purchase that they never received. 3) As a result of 2), the customer relied on the suppliers descriptions of what the software could do.
In the case of hobbyist software 1) there is no sale of goods and no contract (an open source license is not a contract) 2) There are no conditions on disclaimers of liability 3) There is no salesman making unrealistic promises to the customer.
The case was based on implied contract terms in a sale of goods. If you do not sell or there is no contract (a license is not a contract), there can be no implied terms.
The exclusion clause was held to be invalid because it assumed that the buyer would be supplied with documentation describing the hardware. The documentation was not supplied, so the buyer relied on the suppliers descriptions, so the supplier was held liable for misleading the buyer.
A hobbyist would not sell (so the Sale of Goods Act would not apply), would not have contract with the user, and would not make disclaimers of liability conditional. Off the hook in three ways, even after making BS claims.
I did try and could not find equally good replacements for most of the extensions I use (Tree Style Tab, Its All Text, Add to Search Bar, NoScript, Web Developer).
There are some other I use but they are UI modifications so I have no idea if they are needed on Chrome.
In addition, the Linux version is a beta. Do I want a beta of one of my most heavily used apps?
1) A Debain derived distro like Mepis (Synaptic plus stability). 2) A Unity derived distro so I can keep the Control Centre 3) Suse for a Control Centre alternative 4) Arch if I can spare the time to learn it.
Mandriva was forked from Red Hat back when it was still Mandrake - more than a decade ago. This is entirely different from Ubuntu which is forked afresh from Debian for each release.
I switched back from Ubuntu to Mandriva, and think Mandriva is still at least as user friendly.
Ubuntu has an edge in software installation, in that the GUI installer (synaptic) has better search, allows you to select suggested dependencies individually, and is less likely to throw errors (Mandriva often refuses to install stuff because it is checking for updates). The Ubuntu repo is somewhat bigger.
Everything else is easier to configure on Mandriva thanks to the Mandriva Control Centre. For example, I have network problems (I think some weird config at my ISP) if I leave the MTU at 1500. Changing this in Ubuntu is difficult, in Mandriva it just requires opening the "advanced" tab in the network applet and typing in the number I want .
The KDE version of Mandriva is MUCH more polished than Kubuntu.
It is not exactly easy to find H264 content either.
It is quite possible that everyone will stick to FLV, because it will continue to be the most widely supported format. Its also possible, if less likely, that Google will be able to persuade everyone to install VP8 plugins by using Youtube to spread it. Its also possible (if still less likely) that Theora will gain enough steam to be a contender (everything except IE and Safari will support it out of the box, if those two groups can be persuaded to install the plugin)
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I am not sure what would qualify a benchmark as "real world" but this (some comments here) looks pretty realistic, and might be enough to give you your shock:
That comes to the heart of the problem,
All other British extradition treaties only allow extradition outside the EU if a British court is satisfied that the accused will face charges that are crimes in the UK, get a fair trial, etc.
Because of the one sided treaty with the US, the US gets to take anyone it wants, but not the other way around (unlike in the EU).
A lot of people are not happy about the EU agreement either, but that is an inevitable part of the process of building super-state.
here are at least 185,000 third-party applications officially available on the App Store
If wonder how many there are if you exclude things that should not need an app - e.g. newspaper apps that provide the same content you can see on the website.
Of course they omitted them - it looks more like an Apple user that way.
The problem the knife carrying laws (and as far as I can see, this as well) is that it then shifts the burden of proof to the accused to prove that they had a legitimate reason to posses the info/carry the explosive, not for the prosecution to prove that they did not have a legitimate reason.
IN any case, there is still criminalisation of mere speech in the form of the law on "glorifying terrorism".
The cellphone vendors will also be far happier to use Android if Google is not competing with them.
Entirely believable. No one looks at code if its working OK.
AFAIK in many countries (such as the UK) it is not necessarily a crime to enter through a unlocked door.
In the case of wi-fi, some people leave theirs deliberately open.
It is also very easy for people to accidentally connect to the wrong network.
Apple is pushing this to persuade people to develop for Iphone only. They obviously do not expect or will not allow HTML 5 to be used for the sort of apps sold though the App Store.
MS are pushing for HTML 5 to replace FLV with a patent encumbered video standard that would require browser support to make life more difficult for Firefox.
In almost every case you will find a better article on a specialist website on the topic - thats what search engines are for.
Thanks for the answers, very interesting stuff.
Chrome also took its rendering engine from KDE, and I bet very few users know that.
Firefox also copied a lot of ideas from Opera.
I agree with the principle, but it would be a bit unwieldy to prominently list every idea you have copied.
The other problem is that acknowledging the copying may weaken your position if someone bring a patent case against you.
How could there be a money consideration without payment? You says its questionable, but surely "money consideration" must require a payment.
Another thing with open source, is you often do not download it from the author. All the software on on my computer is either:
1) downloaded from whatever repo mirror I am currently using
2) off an iso which I got from a torrent
if there is a transfer of property, who is it from? The author or the download mirror? If its a torrent, does that change anything?
Is anyone else seeing "protecting religious freedom without limiting free speech" ads all over Slashdot today, or is it because I am in a country that has defamation of religion laws?
Also, if you can see the ad, does it appear focused on the majority religion where you are - e.g. the version I can see has Buddhist priest in the foreground and figures representing other religions in the background.
What laws not contingent on a sale having occurred? Negligence and other torts? Not likely: there is no case law suggesting that, and it is a completely different situation so this case has no bearing on it.
What happened here was:
1) There was a sale of goods, and therefore an implied contract term that the goods were fit for purpose.
2) The exclusion clause relied on the customer having been supplied with documentation before purchase that they never received.
3) As a result of 2), the customer relied on the suppliers descriptions of what the software could do.
In the case of hobbyist software
1) there is no sale of goods and no contract (an open source license is not a contract)
2) There are no conditions on disclaimers of liability
3) There is no salesman making unrealistic promises to the customer.
RTFA.
The case was based on implied contract terms in a sale of goods. If you do not sell or there is no contract (a license is not a contract), there can be no implied terms.
The exclusion clause was held to be invalid because it assumed that the buyer would be supplied with documentation describing the hardware. The documentation was not supplied, so the buyer relied on the suppliers descriptions, so the supplier was held liable for misleading the buyer.
A hobbyist would not sell (so the Sale of Goods Act would not apply), would not have contract with the user, and would not make disclaimers of liability conditional. Off the hook in three ways, even after making BS claims.
Its impossible to find Chrome extensions.
I did try and could not find equally good replacements for most of the extensions I use (Tree Style Tab, Its All Text, Add to Search Bar, NoScript, Web Developer).
There are some other I use but they are UI modifications so I have no idea if they are needed on Chrome.
In addition, the Linux version is a beta. Do I want a beta of one of my most heavily used apps?
So its Mint LXDE with Prism and a different menu?
The guy does deserve some credit for his work on Mint LXDE and Flux though, Mint is a nice Ubuntu variant, and light versions are always good to have.
You are comparing apples to oranges.
You should compare RPM to deb, and apt-get to urpmi (or yum).
Incidentally, you can use apt with RPM (not that anyone actually does any more).
If Mandriva disappears I will go to one of:
1) A Debain derived distro like Mepis (Synaptic plus stability).
2) A Unity derived distro so I can keep the Control Centre
3) Suse for a Control Centre alternative
4) Arch if I can spare the time to learn it.
Mandriva was forked from Red Hat back when it was still Mandrake - more than a decade ago. This is entirely different from Ubuntu which is forked afresh from Debian for each release.
I switched back from Ubuntu to Mandriva, and think Mandriva is still at least as user friendly.
Ubuntu has an edge in software installation, in that the GUI installer (synaptic) has better search, allows you to select suggested dependencies individually, and is less likely to throw errors (Mandriva often refuses to install stuff because it is checking for updates). The Ubuntu repo is somewhat bigger.
Everything else is easier to configure on Mandriva thanks to the Mandriva Control Centre. For example, I have network problems (I think some weird config at my ISP) if I leave the MTU at 1500. Changing this in Ubuntu is difficult, in Mandriva it just requires opening the "advanced" tab in the network applet and typing in the number I want .
The KDE version of Mandriva is MUCH more polished than Kubuntu.
We entered the Bizarro universe when George W Bush got into office.
It is not exactly easy to find H264 content either.
It is quite possible that everyone will stick to FLV, because it will continue to be the most widely supported format. Its also possible, if less likely, that Google will be able to persuade everyone to install VP8 plugins by using Youtube to spread it. Its also possible (if still less likely) that Theora will gain enough steam to be a contender (everything except IE and Safari will support it out of the box, if those two groups can be persuaded to install the plugin)
There are a lot of useful extensions for Firefox that I use in everyday browsing: Treee Styke Tabs, Its All Text, Add To Search Bar, etc.