The Feudal system worked for a long time. I wonder if that is the natural order for humans and this short 100 year (if that) period of some local democracy was not just a hickup in the system.
The 1000USD phone ecist so you think 500 USD is cheap. I will never pay more than 200 and I think that is expensive to phone, sms, browse, gps and whatsapp.
We luve in a world where people can lie and novody cares. They can even tell the truth and nobody cares. He could say "I have taken bribes." Nothing woud happen.
And it us unpossible to write a BIOS in anything but 1MB chips, e.g. in 2MB or 640MB chips?
I now have some sort of BIOS, that tries to do everything, so I can run a bootloader, that tries to do everything, so I can launch a destop manager, that tries to do everything, to have a browser, that tries to do everything visit a page, that tries to do everything.
I do also undersatand that the average user would want to get 1000 USD to have it close. To see what the real value is, ask what people want to pay to keep it open. I bet that would be a lot less than 1000 USD.
The fact that it is legal does not make it right. I would expect to have some expectation of privacy in public. This is not about me seeing what somebody did and then try to recall it 25 years later.
I know I did some stupid things when I was in public. Some friends make fun of it after many years. They will however not remember any details as specific as a computer does.
Google, as a company, should have lesser rights by default as a human.
1984 was a nice manual. We are willingly giving up any rights.
Not sure how it is where you live. I go by train every day from one city to another. There are almost no crossings anymore, because it IS in a civilized world. The crossings that exist and are not able to turn into a bridge or a tunnel are all guearded and if somebody is stupid enough to cross it, the only thing a train driver can do is close his eyes and hoot the horn.
More crossings are in the middle of nowhere, so out there it would be harder than in towns. The number of crossings is not that relevant. What they need to do is look if something is on the tracks or not. If there is, hoot the horn and break.
This can be done better by a robot than by a human who would be blinded by the sun or unable to see due to fog or just looking away for a second, because he is a human.
The speed and what not are already determined by external factors. He is told how fast he is going and where he needs to stop and when he can move on.
And remember we are talking about a train, not a tram. Stopping for an idiot who ignores lights and crosses right in front of them is not possible. Not by a computer. Not by a human. Just not possible, unless they change the laws of physics.
One thing where it would be even easier is many closed cirquid(sp?) tracks, like a metro. No idea why they have not yet been all automated yet. Or at least made them remote controlled, so a human can drive 3 or 4 at the same time.
Nothing wrong with it. Great for people who enjoy it. I don't. But then I didn't when I was 12 either.
(Here comes the part that brings in all the downvotes: an unpopular personal opinion)
I liked LOTR a bit better, because some of the heroes actually died (and stayed dead). Not enough for my taste. I do not mind some sort of happy end, but if there is danger in a story, it has to be real danger, where people can die and you do not know if the character does not die halfway.
Unless it becomes a gimick, like in The Stainless Steel Rat.
I know the super heroes will live (yes, there is the odd exeption) because they are needed in the next movie. So why should I care if their fight is hard?
I would be more interested in the person whose house was just flattened by a super hero struggle. How does a city actually recover from that. But for that we do not need the super heroes. We can look at cities where these kind of destructions took place and what happend when the spotlights went out.
I do watch them, but to me for what they are: pulp.
If you are a hacker and need to go to the country itself, you are doing it wrong. Just stay wherever you are and hack the planet. HACK TEH PLANAT!!11!11
The quality may be inferior to that of any country. That does not mean a lot.
Car comparison: The Rolls Royce and the Bentley are far superior in quality than that of a Toyota Yaris, But if I am unable to buy one, that is meaningless.
The fact that average age is declining in the US is a telling tale how people are litteraly dying because they can't pay for their health. If people do not have the money, they will not go the the anual checkup at their doctor. They will not go to their docter when they are ill, because they need the money for food and rent. People walk around with papers that say they do not want to be saved in case of an emergency, so they are not a financial burden on their family.
So when you look at the total population, the quality of the UK is better, because people are actually able to get help.
(following numbers are made up) If there are 100 people and 90 can't get help, it does not matter that the 10 others get 10 times as great help. It is better to give 100 people average help. Yes, that will result in the occasional death if that person would be one of the 10. The oposite of people NOT dying is also true for the people whou would have died if they where in that 90 bracket.
And just out of curiosity, how much did you pay for that surgery?
Living in Belgium and some sort of abuse will always be possible. E.g. hospitals, if they have rooms available, will try to let you stay till e.g.,14:00 so they can charge extra. OTOH, if I go to get my medicine subscription and there is a generic medicine available, they will ask if that would be ok, or of the doctor specificaly said to use brand X. If he subscribes to much non generic medicine, he will be looked into.
Also: no ads for medicine.
I pay 24 Eur for a doctors visit, but get oaid back 16 to my bank account. I paid 12 Eur for a years worth of Alupurinol.
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The Feudal system worked for a long time. I wonder if that is the natural order for humans and this short 100 year (if that) period of some local democracy was not just a hickup in the system.
Read the subject.
Look up what the gold rush was. Overhyped promise of money where some won and most lost. Be it money or their life.
The gold rush is, if you look into it, more about loss than gain. So it sounds like a gold rush to me.
First solve the copyright issue. After that I am willing to discuss the health issue.
You mean like where the deceased had a wish and the rest did not honor it, like with, but not limited to, being a donor?
Plenty of people want to ve burried and get cremated and the other way round. This will not change anything.
Almost. The setting should be to opt-in. Even better: no choice and no data collection.
Depends on the country.
The 1000USD phone ecist so you think 500 USD is cheap. I will never pay more than 200 and I think that is expensive to phone, sms, browse, gps and whatsapp.
They are also changing privacy rules and move from Ireland to Zwitserland. Probably also tax related, or GDPR.
People defending them as if they are an American Company should understand companies have no loyalty towards anything, but themselves.
We luve in a world where people can lie and novody cares. They can even tell the truth and nobody cares.
He could say "I have taken bribes." Nothing woud happen.
And it us unpossible to write a BIOS in anything but 1MB chips, e.g. in 2MB or 640MB chips?
I now have some sort of BIOS, that tries to do everything, so I can run a bootloader, that tries to do everything, so I can launch a destop manager, that tries to do everything, to have a browser, that tries to do everything visit a page, that tries to do everything.
I do also undersatand that the average user would want to get 1000 USD to have it close. To see what the real value is, ask what people want to pay to keep it open. I bet that would be a lot less than 1000 USD.
I had one and closed it within a year. WHere is my 1000USD?
The fact that it is legal does not make it right. I would expect to have some expectation of privacy in public. This is not about me seeing what somebody did and then try to recall it 25 years later.
I know I did some stupid things when I was in public. Some friends make fun of it after many years. They will however not remember any details as specific as a computer does.
Google, as a company, should have lesser rights by default as a human.
1984 was a nice manual. We are willingly giving up any rights.
Why take it up with them? Do you think you can outbid Google and friends?
Not sure how it is where you live. I go by train every day from one city to another. There are almost no crossings anymore, because it IS in a civilized world. The crossings that exist and are not able to turn into a bridge or a tunnel are all guearded and if somebody is stupid enough to cross it, the only thing a train driver can do is close his eyes and hoot the horn.
More crossings are in the middle of nowhere, so out there it would be harder than in towns. The number of crossings is not that relevant. What they need to do is look if something is on the tracks or not. If there is, hoot the horn and break.
This can be done better by a robot than by a human who would be blinded by the sun or unable to see due to fog or just looking away for a second, because he is a human.
The speed and what not are already determined by external factors. He is told how fast he is going and where he needs to stop and when he can move on.
And remember we are talking about a train, not a tram. Stopping for an idiot who ignores lights and crosses right in front of them is not possible. Not by a computer. Not by a human. Just not possible, unless they change the laws of physics.
One thing where it would be even easier is many closed cirquid(sp?) tracks, like a metro. No idea why they have not yet been all automated yet. Or at least made them remote controlled, so a human can drive 3 or 4 at the same time.
Socialism is not the opposite of capitalism.
Nothing wrong with it. Great for people who enjoy it. I don't. But then I didn't when I was 12 either.
(Here comes the part that brings in all the downvotes: an unpopular personal opinion)
I liked LOTR a bit better, because some of the heroes actually died (and stayed dead). Not enough for my taste. I do not mind some sort of happy end, but if there is danger in a story, it has to be real danger, where people can die and you do not know if the character does not die halfway.
Unless it becomes a gimick, like in The Stainless Steel Rat.
I know the super heroes will live (yes, there is the odd exeption) because they are needed in the next movie. So why should I care if their fight is hard?
I would be more interested in the person whose house was just flattened by a super hero struggle. How does a city actually recover from that. But for that we do not need the super heroes. We can look at cities where these kind of destructions took place and what happend when the spotlights went out.
I do watch them, but to me for what they are: pulp.
If you are a hacker and need to go to the country itself, you are doing it wrong. Just stay wherever you are and hack the planet. HACK TEH PLANAT!!11!11
I live in Belgium. If you add cherries, is it still beer?
Must. Resist. Obvious. American. Beer. Joke.
In Germany you pay a deposit for cans as well.
The quality may be inferior to that of any country. That does not mean a lot.
Car comparison: The Rolls Royce and the Bentley are far superior in quality than that of a Toyota Yaris, But if I am unable to buy one, that is meaningless.
The fact that average age is declining in the US is a telling tale how people are litteraly dying because they can't pay for their health. If people do not have the money, they will not go the the anual checkup at their doctor. They will not go to their docter when they are ill, because they need the money for food and rent.
People walk around with papers that say they do not want to be saved in case of an emergency, so they are not a financial burden on their family.
So when you look at the total population, the quality of the UK is better, because people are actually able to get help.
(following numbers are made up)
If there are 100 people and 90 can't get help, it does not matter that the 10 others get 10 times as great help.
It is better to give 100 people average help. Yes, that will result in the occasional death if that person would be one of the 10. The oposite of people NOT dying is also true for the people whou would have died if they where in that 90 bracket.
And just out of curiosity, how much did you pay for that surgery?
As most of the movies and plenty of tv shows where prequals, sequals or franchises, I have no idea what to pick this year.
So to make it chalanging, the things you liked should not be a prequal, sequal, remake or a part of an existing series of movies.
Suddenly ,makes it much more chalaging to make a top 10.
Living in Belgium and some sort of abuse will always be possible. E.g. hospitals, if they have rooms available, will try to let you stay till e.g. ,14:00 so they can charge extra.
OTOH, if I go to get my medicine subscription and there is a generic medicine available, they will ask if that would be ok, or of the doctor specificaly said to use brand X. If he subscribes to much non generic medicine, he will be looked into.
Also: no ads for medicine.
I pay 24 Eur for a doctors visit, but get oaid back 16 to my bank account. I paid 12 Eur for a years worth of Alupurinol.