If they sell me a Thinkpad with no OS installed and with a suitable price reduction there's no problem.
Less work for them, better deal for me, doesn't matter how few they sell. No need for support for an OS the user has installed. Maintains goodwill with the techies who will be interested in buying them ( and maybe ordering the Linux servers in the future ). Everyone is happy.
If one wanted to get parliament to accept access to traffic data by departments one, two and three, then one might start by requesting access for departments four, five and six as well. By the time the opporsition has finished celebrating its victory at having had the list truncated prior to the vote, the bill will have been passed in the form the government originally intended.
Forget the Post Office, that isn't their top priority. It is only included to draw fire.
The easier it is for a government to monitor the population, the easier it is for the government to ignore what the population is saying. Use your voice while they're still listening...
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If they sell me a Thinkpad with no OS installed and with a suitable price reduction there's no problem.
Less work for them, better deal for me, doesn't matter how few they sell. No need for support for an OS the user has installed. Maintains goodwill with the techies who will be interested in buying them ( and maybe ordering the Linux servers in the future ). Everyone is happy.
As it stands, it's a marketing blunder.
"Answers: Sentences 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 are correct. Sentences 7, 8, 14 and 15 are wrong"
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Hold on a sec, so '15' is both right... and wrong?
Wow, this grammar thing is more complicated that I thought. No wonder there's so much misunderstanding in the world
Forget the Post Office, that isn't their top priority. It is only included to draw fire.
The easier it is for a government to monitor the population, the easier it is for the government to ignore what the population is saying. Use your voice while they're still listening...