You don't register with the police, but with the state. Yes, for some reason they want to know where you live, so as to know where you have to pay taxes, are allowed to vote etc. I guess the IRS also has your adress?
You're describing the flawed reality of communist experiments. If you consider the oiginal notion of "from everyone according to his abilities, to everyone according to his need" then OSS is quite close to it. Of course, it only works because of zero costs o copying and distribution.
There are many countries with public health insurance, and none of the have any such requirements. There's obviously no use to them if you can't deny coverage anyway.
As to your story of healthcare being denied to some people: even if it's true (which it is not in my "socialist" country), it doesn't take away your option to pay for those procedures yourself. That shouldn't happen too often and even if it does, you're in the same position as you ALWAYS are in the US: ridiculously expensive healthcare.
You're assuming that these tiered prices are actually neccessary because of a high load on the network. I'd speculate that TW's network is fine and they're just seeing a nice opportunity to earn money. Note that this could be different in AU because of the rather expensive and long submarine cables.
You can basically get anywhere 24/7, but it will take longer after 23 on weekdays/2am on weekend. During the day, busses, subway and tram come every 5 min.
The campaign is described as one to 'force "consumers" to buy what they're told to buy -- corporate "content,"
Sure, because people only download stuff because it's so much better. Nobody ever downloads Britney Spears. These evil corporations don't just want money for their goods, they are conspiring to keep the real artists away from us.
As someone living in Berlin/Germany, I must say it's perfectly possible to get by without a car, at least in the places I have lived so far (towns >= 40,000). A car might be required in more rural areas or if your job requires it. And yes, sometimes a car would be more convenient, but it's a lot cheaper to just rent one for those occasions.
The US didn't become successful because it won the 2WW. It won the 2WW because it was already on the way to become successful. Oh, and the russians helped a lot, too.
Percentage point has actual meaning. In fact, the media is quite good in getting it wrong, i. e.: "Today the FED raised interest rates by 0.25 percent".
Please don't confuse this with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. I dislike MS like everyone else, but his personal foundation seems to be quite seperated from Microsoft. It's focus is more on health than IT anyway.
In some law systems, he'd probably be labeled a terrorist, charged with attempted murder (if he even gets a criminal trial) and spend 10 years in jail.
Let's hope Poland is more civilized, I'd guess humiliation from the trial plus quite a lot of hours of community service will frighten him enough to never cross the line again.
Then again, his parents will probably be ruined as they'll have to pay the damages.
I know that idea, I just don't agree with it. When I say "it's obscurity, too" I don't mean that it makes sense to rely on keeping your algorithms secret. It's obviously better to make the key/password the secret, or obscure, part of the system, because it's much easier to change. The wikipedia article above actually says something to that effect.
These semantics do make a difference though when a new idea is shot down by the common "that's security by obscurity" argument. If the secret has all the properties of a password it's equally well suited. Using ports, such as in this case, is an example (though with some differences: ports are easy to try/guess so you need blacklisting).
Passwords are security by obscurity, too. It's just that the obscurity is neatly focused on a single point and can easily be changed. This scheme is quite like that, actually.
But ssh+strong passwords is easier to setup and can be used for honeypots equally well. This only protects against remote exploits, which (as far as we know) don't happen too often.
They do have a large marketshare in landline (about 80% I'd guess), but in mobile, they're just one of many competing players. Vodaphone, O2 and others have equal access to the market T-mobile has maybe a 40% market share at most. The telco market is actually working quite well. Rates for everything - international calling, local calls, internet access, mobile have dropped 90% or more since the 90ies.
It's quite different in the energy market (electricity and natural gas) where we just have a bunch of mini-Enrons.
You might want to consider that this was actually proposed by one of their shareholders. That's a nice answer to all those "if a company forgoes profit for doing good, it's a crime against capitalism and shareholders" comments I regularly see on slashdot.
However, this isn't really "doing evil" but rather "not committing do doing good". Google is still free to implement these measures, they are just not forced to do it. From a management perspective, it leaves more options on the table.
If you'd RTFA, you'd notice they're talking about "remote accessing of computers", which is exactly what the term hacking usually refers to.
And no, don't even bother to explain the difference between hacking and cracking.
If it's got a partition the average person can't see over, it's a cubicle. If it's got a floor to ceiling partition and no door, it's a cubicle. If you don't want a cube farm, you are left with half partitioned open spaces and real offices with ventilation and doors that close.
Well, they have doors. So you're basically saying if you have a private space with walls up to the ceiling, windows and doors, that's a cubicle.
English is my second language, but I would rather call it an office.
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You don't register with the police, but with the state. Yes, for some reason they want to know where you live, so as to know where you have to pay taxes, are allowed to vote etc. I guess the IRS also has your adress?
You're describing the flawed reality of communist experiments. If you consider the oiginal notion of "from everyone according to his abilities, to everyone according to his need" then OSS is quite close to it. Of course, it only works because of zero costs o copying and distribution.
There are many countries with public health insurance, and none of the have any such requirements. There's obviously no use to them if you can't deny coverage anyway. As to your story of healthcare being denied to some people: even if it's true (which it is not in my "socialist" country), it doesn't take away your option to pay for those procedures yourself. That shouldn't happen too often and even if it does, you're in the same position as you ALWAYS are in the US: ridiculously expensive healthcare.
You're assuming that these tiered prices are actually neccessary because of a high load on the network. I'd speculate that TW's network is fine and they're just seeing a nice opportunity to earn money. Note that this could be different in AU because of the rather expensive and long submarine cables.
You can basically get anywhere 24/7, but it will take longer after 23 on weekdays/2am on weekend. During the day, busses, subway and tram come every 5 min.
You must be fun at parties!
As someone living in Berlin/Germany, I must say it's perfectly possible to get by without a car, at least in the places I have lived so far (towns >= 40,000). A car might be required in more rural areas or if your job requires it. And yes, sometimes a car would be more convenient, but it's a lot cheaper to just rent one for those occasions.
The US didn't become successful because it won the 2WW. It won the 2WW because it was already on the way to become successful. Oh, and the russians helped a lot, too.
Percentage point has actual meaning. In fact, the media is quite good in getting it wrong, i. e.: "Today the FED raised interest rates by 0.25 percent".
It's just showing the previous-generation adapter. The one that comes with the MBA obviously fits.
Please don't confuse this with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. I dislike MS like everyone else, but his personal foundation seems to be quite seperated from Microsoft. It's focus is more on health than IT anyway.
In some law systems, he'd probably be labeled a terrorist, charged with attempted murder (if he even gets a criminal trial) and spend 10 years in jail. Let's hope Poland is more civilized, I'd guess humiliation from the trial plus quite a lot of hours of community service will frighten him enough to never cross the line again. Then again, his parents will probably be ruined as they'll have to pay the damages.
I know that idea, I just don't agree with it. When I say "it's obscurity, too" I don't mean that it makes sense to rely on keeping your algorithms secret. It's obviously better to make the key/password the secret, or obscure, part of the system, because it's much easier to change. The wikipedia article above actually says something to that effect. These semantics do make a difference though when a new idea is shot down by the common "that's security by obscurity" argument. If the secret has all the properties of a password it's equally well suited. Using ports, such as in this case, is an example (though with some differences: ports are easy to try/guess so you need blacklisting).
Passwords are security by obscurity, too. It's just that the obscurity is neatly focused on a single point and can easily be changed. This scheme is quite like that, actually. But ssh+strong passwords is easier to setup and can be used for honeypots equally well. This only protects against remote exploits, which (as far as we know) don't happen too often.
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They do have a large marketshare in landline (about 80% I'd guess), but in mobile, they're just one of many competing players. Vodaphone, O2 and others have equal access to the market T-mobile has maybe a 40% market share at most. The telco market is actually working quite well. Rates for everything - international calling, local calls, internet access, mobile have dropped 90% or more since the 90ies.
It's quite different in the energy market (electricity and natural gas) where we just have a bunch of mini-Enrons.
You might want to consider that this was actually proposed by one of their shareholders. That's a nice answer to all those "if a company forgoes profit for doing good, it's a crime against capitalism and shareholders" comments I regularly see on slashdot. However, this isn't really "doing evil" but rather "not committing do doing good". Google is still free to implement these measures, they are just not forced to do it. From a management perspective, it leaves more options on the table.
If you'd RTFA, you'd notice they're talking about "remote accessing of computers", which is exactly what the term hacking usually refers to. And no, don't even bother to explain the difference between hacking and cracking.
Well, Ford already injured his back during the second Indy movie. He had to have surgery and the whole project was almost cancelled.
It's so great NASA has the right goal: entertaining the masses.
... and see if you're happy with the result. If not, switch.
Hi! I'll write more posts on the algorithms in the future, but if you want to learn how the software works, take a look at the site or the Tutorial.
Well, they have doors. So you're basically saying if you have a private space with walls up to the ceiling, windows and doors, that's a cubicle.
English is my second language, but I would rather call it an office.
"The windows XP system is about as good as it can get. "
You don't know how many people said that about Win2k when XP was released.