well that just depends on where exactly you live in Europe. In Belgium the operators aren't allowed to give away free phones with paying service attached. You can get reasonable disctounts on certain models if you purchase an intro pack from a service provider, but even then the phone can't be locked to be used with only one service provider (which is the case in the UK, I believe). But hey, this is Belgium, where you're obliged to have ID on your person all the time, but as good consumers, our governement does protect us (to a degree) against market abuse
I may be missing your point, but can you explain why you cannot choose yourself to carry one, if it's such a good idea? Does the Government need to make it compulsory for you, because you can't make that decision?
As if in other countries, governements don't impose decisions on their citizens ? I may be missing your point but if a country has ID cards for it's citizens, I don't see what's so wrong about having everyone carry them around.
put it another way, do you think your actions are in any way less traceable because you don't carry an ID around with you ?
living in Belgium were having your ID card on you all the time is mandatory, let me say this. It's better than having no ID at all. There are many situation where having an official ID card to prove who you are is very pratical, like when I go to the bank to open an account, when I buy a house, when the police stop me I produce my ID and don't have to go down to the station to prove who I am...
Having a mandatory ID card is not an invasion of my privacy, there are more chances of spooks tracking my phone, my bank card/ credit card, hell even email account.
I suggest you try a decent 5.1 headset : http://www.firebox.com/?dir=firebox&action=product &pid=691. Provided you upmix to 5.1 (with creative audio player for example) you'll not want to go back to stereo phones (in your living room anyway, I agree this setup won't exactly work on an ipod in the bus. But in that case your not going to get a quality listening anyway.
you hit the spot. Most gaming websites don't understand that it's the depth of the articles, not the number of them, that gets the reader hooked. I've noticed a pleasing trend in french gaming magazines who have realised that since they can't beat the gaming websites in bringing the latest information, they can at least beat them at creating interresting content ( actual journalism, not just reposting the latest newz post from ea's website)
they taught us that in secondary school biology class (speaking from a non-religious european country here). the eye evolved from a simple photo-sensitive membrane in worms that helped them detect openings to the surface, it then became directional and so forth (can't recall all the details)
have you tried Flash 8 font anti-aliasing? For me that's the single reason to force the update on your users : highly readable vector fonts (me hates bitmap fonts, used and abused by flashers worldwide). now I agree this is more a question of flash 7 and previous being bad with fonts, but still a "killer-reason" to go for requiring flash 8 on a website
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well that just depends on where exactly you live in Europe. In Belgium the operators aren't allowed to give away free phones with paying service attached. You can get reasonable disctounts on certain models if you purchase an intro pack from a service provider, but even then the phone can't be locked to be used with only one service provider (which is the case in the UK, I believe). But hey, this is Belgium, where you're obliged to have ID on your person all the time, but as good consumers, our governement does protect us (to a degree) against market abuse
Should'nt we applaud the eurocrats for being honest about their intentions for once ?
The whole UMD story is getting old, UMD for films failed simply because they're too expensive and less versatile than a DVD (no pun intended)
the problem with your case is illustrated in your example, symbols are even worse than words when it comes to multiple interpretations.
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does that mean I'm being sarcastic, paternalistic, or just indicating you need to take my comment with a grain of salt ?
They're trying to plug the analog hole again...
What says "deadly danger" more than a bunch of stiffs?
But according to Indiana Jones, Allan Quatermain, Lara Croft et al ,
What says "hidden treasure" more than a bunch of stiffs?
I think the point, as europeans we don't want to be forced to break the law to access content (I need my lost fix man !!)
I may be missing your point, but can you explain why you cannot choose yourself to carry one, if it's such a good idea? Does the Government need to make it compulsory for you, because you can't make that decision?
As if in other countries, governements don't impose decisions on their citizens ? I may be missing your point but if a country has ID cards for it's citizens, I don't see what's so wrong about having everyone carry them around.
put it another way, do you think your actions are in any way less traceable because you don't carry an ID around with you ?
living in Belgium were having your ID card on you all the time is mandatory, let me say this. It's better than having no ID at all. There are many situation where having an official ID card to prove who you are is very pratical, like when I go to the bank to open an account, when I buy a house, when the police stop me I produce my ID and don't have to go down to the station to prove who I am... Having a mandatory ID card is not an invasion of my privacy, there are more chances of spooks tracking my phone, my bank card/ credit card, hell even email account.
Fast Hack'em and 2 1541's, definitely every pirate-to-be's dream at the time
oh wait, that's a Tolkien ring
Now marketing classes weren't my fave, but don't you actually need a product and customers before building customer loyalty ?
I suggest you try a decent 5.1 headset : http://www.firebox.com/?dir=firebox&action=product &pid=691. Provided you upmix to 5.1 (with creative audio player for example) you'll not want to go back to stereo phones (in your living room anyway, I agree this setup won't exactly work on an ipod in the bus. But in that case your not going to get a quality listening anyway.
yup, we even have stargate in Belgium !
hmm, a website of good looking gaming girls sponsored by ubisoft ... looks like a planted blog to me
you hit the spot. Most gaming websites don't understand that it's the depth of the articles, not the number of them, that gets the reader hooked. I've noticed a pleasing trend in french gaming magazines who have realised that since they can't beat the gaming websites in bringing the latest information, they can at least beat them at creating interresting content ( actual journalism, not just reposting the latest newz post from ea's website)
yup I goofed, but how much does the 20" cost ?
and where exactly did you see this MacBook had a 20" screen ? Repeat after me : "I must not feed the trolls"
they taught us that in secondary school biology class (speaking from a non-religious european country here). the eye evolved from a simple photo-sensitive membrane in worms that helped them detect openings to the surface, it then became directional and so forth (can't recall all the details)
obligatory Orwell quote "No animal shall drink alcohol ... to excess"
Content Schmontent, text isn't the sole source of content in this world !
have you tried Flash 8 font anti-aliasing? For me that's the single reason to force the update on your users : highly readable vector fonts (me hates bitmap fonts, used and abused by flashers worldwide). now I agree this is more a question of flash 7 and previous being bad with fonts, but still a "killer-reason" to go for requiring flash 8 on a website
do you really think that skilled hackers that are into it for the money, are going to reveal their tricks of the trade to OpenHack ?
french nazi says : monitor "du jour" (lit = of the day)
except that is just another fancy name for a bundle of not so recent technologies