Furthermore, just like any other required documentation it will turn into another useless nightmare for citizens. Before going you will need to scrounge up 100 documents and pictures, etc. Then you will need to make an appointment. Then you will have to pay some ludicrous processing fee. Then take a day off work to stand in line for a day and deal with some fat government slob, etc. Then wait an entire month to get the stupid thing (which means you won't be able to travel/get a job/drive/etc while you wait for a stinking month for them to make a laminated card.) And then God knows how many months it will take for those clowns to process a change of address/etc.
The PITA of a driver's license and a social security card should be enough to scare the living crap out of anyone with half a brain from wanting a national id card.
What sort of hell do you live in, friend? Here in Massachusetts the process to get a driver's license is painless: bring a few documents you already have and should keep well-filed (a paystub or bank statement, a passport or other state ID, that sort of stuff) to your local Registry of Motor Vehicles office, hit a few buttons on the automated kiosk, wait a few minutes in the chairs the provide and fill out the form if you haven't done so already, go up when they call your number, hand your stuff over, get a temporary ID. You'll get your real one in about week. I did this in November of last year; it took a total of 15 minutes. You can travel and get a job with your pre-existing documents and the temporary ID you get is for driving. What's the problem?
If my state can figure out how a deli works, why can't others?
Why the hell weren't these publicly available to begin with?
I see the article says "put online"; what does that mean? Were they available, just limited to microfilm or something like that? I hope they were freely available before.
NFS really is the best host out there for smaller sites. I use them to host a small message board (about a hundred members, maybe a dozen of which are active at any given time) and the cost is only $5-$10 a month, with much more reliable service than any random $4.99/month webhost. I'm not sure how well it scales up, but bugmenot.com is hosted by them.
It's only called "Chromium" because it's an unofficial build; once Google finally releases a GNU/Linux version it is expected that it will also be called Google Chrome. At least that's what the article implies.
Many ISPs offer a free "security suite" to their customers, downloadable from their website. They are usually just a rebranded version of an existing antivirus program. I've been using that on my sole Windows machine and it works just fine. It's F-Secure, so your mileage will obviously vary depending on what AV software powers it.
And it was sitting on top of Kurt Vonnegut's wonderful "Slapstick".
Being a diehard Vonnegut fan, that made me happy. Even if it has nothing to do with the movie.
A gas station sells gas by the unit. They make more profit from a customer who buys more or what they sell.
Most ISPs sell bandwith by charging a flat fee over a set period of time, regardless of how many units are used. They make more profit from a customer who uses less of what they sell.
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Inception.
So does this mean there is no harm in smoking a celebratory cigar?
Who's going to run the servers and pay for all the bandwidth consumed by Debian/Gentoo/etc's packages?
Furthermore, just like any other required documentation it will turn into another useless nightmare for citizens. Before going you will need to scrounge up 100 documents and pictures, etc. Then you will need to make an appointment. Then you will have to pay some ludicrous processing fee. Then take a day off work to stand in line for a day and deal with some fat government slob, etc. Then wait an entire month to get the stupid thing (which means you won't be able to travel/get a job/drive/etc while you wait for a stinking month for them to make a laminated card.) And then God knows how many months it will take for those clowns to process a change of address/etc. The PITA of a driver's license and a social security card should be enough to scare the living crap out of anyone with half a brain from wanting a national id card.
What sort of hell do you live in, friend? Here in Massachusetts the process to get a driver's license is painless: bring a few documents you already have and should keep well-filed (a paystub or bank statement, a passport or other state ID, that sort of stuff) to your local Registry of Motor Vehicles office, hit a few buttons on the automated kiosk, wait a few minutes in the chairs the provide and fill out the form if you haven't done so already, go up when they call your number, hand your stuff over, get a temporary ID. You'll get your real one in about week. I did this in November of last year; it took a total of 15 minutes. You can travel and get a job with your pre-existing documents and the temporary ID you get is for driving. What's the problem? If my state can figure out how a deli works, why can't others?
Why the hell weren't these publicly available to begin with? I see the article says "put online"; what does that mean? Were they available, just limited to microfilm or something like that? I hope they were freely available before.
Japan outlawed political candidates from using Twitter 59 years ago, eh?
Neglect due to interest in World of Warcraft.
NFS really is the best host out there for smaller sites. I use them to host a small message board (about a hundred members, maybe a dozen of which are active at any given time) and the cost is only $5-$10 a month, with much more reliable service than any random $4.99/month webhost. I'm not sure how well it scales up, but bugmenot.com is hosted by them.
Why not ditch the subdomain and just put all your profile stuff on the bare domain?
That's not when the netbook craze started! The craze is a recent event; that product predates it.
Support for color modes other than greyscale and RGB, for one thing.
It's only called "Chromium" because it's an unofficial build; once Google finally releases a GNU/Linux version it is expected that it will also be called Google Chrome. At least that's what the article implies.
iPods. Its not a desktop, sure. But has the average person even heard of a different MP3 player? Even Microsoft failed there.
That sure sounds a lot like Sun's Project Looking Glass.
Oklahoma Ambulance siren sued for sexual harassment.
Many ISPs offer a free "security suite" to their customers, downloadable from their website. They are usually just a rebranded version of an existing antivirus program. I've been using that on my sole Windows machine and it works just fine. It's F-Secure, so your mileage will obviously vary depending on what AV software powers it.
What about Swiftfox? I've been using it over regular Firefox for quite some time now.
Parent is right. If you need internet access while on a trip, get a cheap laptop.
I thought AMD was dead!
It makes for fun websites, such as Google Sightseeing.
He should have cooled his server with a few of those...
A law banning the Internet?!
And it was sitting on top of Kurt Vonnegut's wonderful "Slapstick". Being a diehard Vonnegut fan, that made me happy. Even if it has nothing to do with the movie.
It would be $100 if his wife wants her own copy, though.
A gas station sells gas by the unit. They make more profit from a customer who buys more or what they sell. Most ISPs sell bandwith by charging a flat fee over a set period of time, regardless of how many units are used. They make more profit from a customer who uses less of what they sell.