Jesus that's way too much stuff, I went on a 6 month holiday to Australia and all I took was a small mirror, some flints and some coloured beads. I bought the knife when I arrived.
I think you've misunderstood, the lack of encryption is not between the terminal and the payment processor it's actually in the pin entry device. Cunning criminals can buy these off e-bay, alter them internally and then if they have a friend working a shop or somewhere relatively easily swap their modified device which is logging all the card details with another one.
If you think Apple is doing 'THE EXACT SAME THING' then you're an idiot and would be best advised to go and read up on what this fine is for and how both parties came to be in the position they are in now.
So if OS X became the number one operating system, they'd have to stop shipping with iTunes?
No, simply selling the most popular operating system does make you a monopoly. Microsoft is a convicted monopolist and the rules are therefore different.
That's total nonsense, the EU takes similar sorts of actions against many other large companies all the time. Microsoft are just making things more painful for themselves and dragging things out by not compying with the law.
You're an idiot, how is Microsoft going to justify that sort of action to it's shareholders ?
"Well we were fined for breaking the law and rather than stop breaking the law and paying the fine we decided to get revenge by flushing trillions of dollars worth of sales down the toilet and antagonise nearly all of what would have been a huge and profitable market for us."
Either of those would probably have been better than nothing but why would 'nothing' even be an option ? The US Govt knew it was going to invade, it knew it was going to dismantle all the existing civil frameworks so why didn't it plan for an effective replacement ?
This is in the UK where things are slightly different in the the O/S who hold most of the map data in the UK refuse to allow anyone free access to it.
I love the idea of openstreetmap but in practice I don't think it will work for any serious applications. First of I could correct the mistakes I can see next to my house but I don't have a GPS so I'm unable to do that, many other people will be in a similar situation and there will be many more people who have a GPS who wont ever hear about this project or contribute to it.
More importantly though the one thing you need in a map is accurate data you can rely on and I can't see that a community driven project will ever supply that, at the moment there are already gaps and mistakes in the data. Eventually the gaps will probably be filled in but the road layout is a moving target with new one way systems being created, relief roads being built, land being redeveloped and it takes an awful lot of work for anyone to keep up to date with all that.
The real solution, for the UK at least, is for the O/S to open up it's database to the public. We paid for it and we should be able to use it.
I've just looked at that for my area and it is quite impressive but there is obviously an awful lot more work to do, one entire quarter of my city is just missing and according to openstreet map the park next to my house isn't there and there is a big road going through it which simply doesn't exist.
On that basis, having looked for under a min and seen several huge glaring errors I certainly wouldn't feel comfortable using this map for any navigation.
I think the key point you miss is that they are obviously not innocent, they're all as guilty as hell and they know it.
You have heard of orginal sin I take it ? A charming tenent of religion which brands everyone a sinner from the moment they're born, well if that's the way they want it then that's the way should have it, guilty as charged, lock and load blam blam blam. Lets make the world a much better place.
During reentry the temperature would get so high that the hydrazine would boil, and rupture the hoses and piping system, not to mention rupture the tank it's stored
In this sense, it is an agreement with END USERS. Among other things, it grants to the end user the permission to run the software.
No it doesn't, you already have the right to use the software when you, legally, obtained it from the distributor or manufacturer.
The GPL grants you extra rights that enable you to distribute the software yourself dependant on you agreeing to the conditions it binds you to in order to allow that.
Once again; you don't need any licence to use the software, to alter the code, or change it to do whatever you want because you already have that right.
The difference between the GPL and a EULA is that a EULA attempts to restrict your rights to, amongst other things, alter a piece of software and impose extra conditions on you which you would not otherwise be bound to.
When I buy software I should send the company a letter with my own EULA in it which says that by accepting my money they automatically agree to the my terms and conditions. Obviously they can return the money sending it to my PO box along with £10 postage and packing for their product, I then undertake to return it to them within 12 months.
This isn't at all insightful, it's completely wrong. The ISPs aren't doing anything to "stop things coming through" and they're not choosing what you can or cannot see on the internet.
What is being suggested is that the ISPs have an anonymous record of the pages you visit which they can make available to a 3rd party that will enable them to profile the anonymous data they have and target you with suitable adverts. Exactly how that will work I'm not sure but most likely this phorm thing will get your IP address ( available to any website ) and put in a request to the ISP to get the anonymous profile related to that IP.
I don't see how this is a particulary bad thing provided the ISPs go about it fairly, e.g. your data really is anonymous and no records of surfing history are kept, they give you either a reduced rate if use the service and an opt out if you don't want to. In general the more targeted adverts are to my likes the less annoying they will become which I can't really see as being a bad thing.
I think VM throttle you between 6-10 in the evenings once you have downloaded over 3Gb during that period - not exactly sure but I seem to remember reading that somewhere.
Anyway as you say the parent is a twat because there are tons of ISPs in the UK that can you offer almost any sort of service you like.
I think Ken McLeod uses this in his Engines Of Light series. Basically intergalactic traders spend there time zipping around at light speed between the stars whilst there agents and contacts on those worlds live, die and have grand children and great grand children before the traders return although for them only a few years have passed.
Whereas with MS keeping it as a seperate peripheral they can easily make and sell another extra peripheral blu-ray drive, and all the people who bought the HD one will have to buy this new one off them as well.
Have a look at the highway code - the type of line designates which lanes you can go into and when, various dashes, solid lines etc or failing that assume it's a single carriageway unless you see the sign that specifically says "Dual Carriageway" that they put before all dual carriage ways. On motorways there are 3 lanes and a metal barrier between each direction.
As a Brit I don't think there is any chance at all of this being implemented here, the ISPs are dead against it for a number of very good reasons that have mostly been pointed out already in this discussion. It was just one of those things the government likes to say every now and again to make it look like they're on the ball and doing something and as usual when they come out with this kind of crap nothing further is heard from them on the subject once it's very obvious flaws are highlighted.
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Jesus that's way too much stuff, I went on a 6 month holiday to Australia and all I took was a small mirror, some flints and some coloured beads. I bought the knife when I arrived.
I think you've misunderstood, the lack of encryption is not between the terminal and the payment processor it's actually in the pin entry device. Cunning criminals can buy these off e-bay, alter them internally and then if they have a friend working a shop or somewhere relatively easily swap their modified device which is logging all the card details with another one.
If you think Apple is doing 'THE EXACT SAME THING' then you're an idiot and would be best advised to go and read up on what this fine is for and how both parties came to be in the position they are in now.
No, simply selling the most popular operating system does make you a monopoly. Microsoft is a convicted monopolist and the rules are therefore different.
Is Apple a convicted monopolist ?
No, they're not are they but Microsoft is and that is what makes the situations different.
That's total nonsense, the EU takes similar sorts of actions against many other large companies all the time. Microsoft are just making things more painful for themselves and dragging things out by not compying with the law.
You're an idiot, how is Microsoft going to justify that sort of action to it's shareholders ?
"Well we were fined for breaking the law and rather than stop breaking the law and paying the fine we decided to get revenge by flushing trillions of dollars worth of sales down the toilet and antagonise nearly all of what would have been a huge and profitable market for us."
Either of those would probably have been better than nothing but why would 'nothing' even be an option ? The US Govt knew it was going to invade, it knew it was going to dismantle all the existing civil frameworks so why didn't it plan for an effective replacement ?
IANAS but don't you mean FTNFWMCTLTA ?
This is in the UK where things are slightly different in the the O/S who hold most of the map data in the UK refuse to allow anyone free access to it.
I love the idea of openstreetmap but in practice I don't think it will work for any serious applications. First of I could correct the mistakes I can see next to my house but I don't have a GPS so I'm unable to do that, many other people will be in a similar situation and there will be many more people who have a GPS who wont ever hear about this project or contribute to it.
More importantly though the one thing you need in a map is accurate data you can rely on and I can't see that a community driven project will ever supply that, at the moment there are already gaps and mistakes in the data. Eventually the gaps will probably be filled in but the road layout is a moving target with new one way systems being created, relief roads being built, land being redeveloped and it takes an awful lot of work for anyone to keep up to date with all that.
The real solution, for the UK at least, is for the O/S to open up it's database to the public. We paid for it and we should be able to use it.
I've just looked at that for my area and it is quite impressive but there is obviously an awful lot more work to do, one entire quarter of my city is just missing and according to openstreet map the park next to my house isn't there and there is a big road going through it which simply doesn't exist.
On that basis, having looked for under a min and seen several huge glaring errors I certainly wouldn't feel comfortable using this map for any navigation.
I think the key point you miss is that they are obviously not innocent, they're all as guilty as hell and they know it.
You have heard of orginal sin I take it ? A charming tenent of religion which brands everyone a sinner from the moment they're born, well if that's the way they want it then that's the way should have it, guilty as charged, lock and load blam blam blam. Lets make the world a much better place.
It's a good thing Pakistan is such a good friend of the US and it's firm friend in the war against terror otherwise things might be a lot worse.
How much 'banking' do you find you need to do on a regular basis ?
And you know this how exactly ?
No it doesn't, you already have the right to use the software when you, legally, obtained it from the distributor or manufacturer.
The GPL grants you extra rights that enable you to distribute the software yourself dependant on you agreeing to the conditions it binds you to in order to allow that.
Once again; you don't need any licence to use the software, to alter the code, or change it to do whatever you want because you already have that right.
The difference between the GPL and a EULA is that a EULA attempts to restrict your rights to, amongst other things, alter a piece of software and impose extra conditions on you which you would not otherwise be bound to.
When I buy software I should send the company a letter with my own EULA in it which says that by accepting my money they automatically agree to the my terms and conditions. Obviously they can return the money sending it to my PO box along with £10 postage and packing for their product, I then undertake to return it to them within 12 months.
This isn't at all insightful, it's completely wrong. The ISPs aren't doing anything to "stop things coming through" and they're not choosing what you can or cannot see on the internet.
What is being suggested is that the ISPs have an anonymous record of the pages you visit which they can make available to a 3rd party that will enable them to profile the anonymous data they have and target you with suitable adverts. Exactly how that will work I'm not sure but most likely this phorm thing will get your IP address ( available to any website ) and put in a request to the ISP to get the anonymous profile related to that IP.
I don't see how this is a particulary bad thing provided the ISPs go about it fairly, e.g. your data really is anonymous and no records of surfing history are kept, they give you either a reduced rate if use the service and an opt out if you don't want to. In general the more targeted adverts are to my likes the less annoying they will become which I can't really see as being a bad thing.
I think VM throttle you between 6-10 in the evenings once you have downloaded over 3Gb during that period - not exactly sure but I seem to remember reading that somewhere.
Anyway as you say the parent is a twat because there are tons of ISPs in the UK that can you offer almost any sort of service you like.
I think Ken McLeod uses this in his Engines Of Light series. Basically intergalactic traders spend there time zipping around at light speed between the stars whilst there agents and contacts on those worlds live, die and have grand children and great grand children before the traders return although for them only a few years have passed.
Oh really, come on now; Cuckoo Clocks have never been so vital to the worlds success and no one can make them like the Swiss.
And the same way the US did with the rest of the world IP whilst it suited them.
Whereas with MS keeping it as a seperate peripheral they can easily make and sell another extra peripheral blu-ray drive, and all the people who bought the HD one will have to buy this new one off them as well.
Have a look at the highway code - the type of line designates which lanes you can go into and when, various dashes, solid lines etc or failing that assume it's a single carriageway unless you see the sign that specifically says "Dual Carriageway" that they put before all dual carriage ways. On motorways there are 3 lanes and a metal barrier between each direction.
As a Brit I don't think there is any chance at all of this being implemented here, the ISPs are dead against it for a number of very good reasons that have mostly been pointed out already in this discussion. It was just one of those things the government likes to say every now and again to make it look like they're on the ball and doing something and as usual when they come out with this kind of crap nothing further is heard from them on the subject once it's very obvious flaws are highlighted.