Make that spouting nonsense since the beginning of time. Since always people have been about Us and Them and Them were worse than Us and out to destroy Us.
Or do some think that when Atillah was roaming the world, people were waiting with open arms on those who came from the next village?
It is only when you travel that you notice that the basic thinking of the average person is identical. Raise their kids. Have a nice time with Friends. Do some sex. That is about it.
Much will depend on the people of the individual countries. Legium and The Netherlands have a complete different mentality. I have seen where two nephews from Turkey came at around the same time.
The one who went to The Netherlands was in almost anything a Dutch person. His dialect was Dutch. His manners were Dutch. The person in Belgium was still talking with a heavy accent. Spoke Flemish, but badly
Yes, this is an individual thing. I have however seen this over and over again with others and have spoken with many.
There is a reason why the terrorists in Paris are partly from Brussels.All their life they have not been accepted and to some that feels as if they have nothing to win or lose and that is the best basis to let them become terrorists.
Anotther anecdote was from a Marrocan friend who aws stopped by the police in the Netherlands. He told me he was at awe how he was treated. In Belgium they would yell 'Pas' and then do whatever they need to do. In The Netherlands they introduced themselves, explained the situation and what not.
Just this made him much more at ease.
As easy as it is to explain, as hard is to do something about it. It is mostly the fear of the unknown. Where the Dutch are much more in search of the unknown; the Belgians are much more comfortable with the know (Yes, generalisations). Compare it to being extrovert or introvert.
I do not know how to change that. I do not have the solution.
Apparently, and it ignores the simple fact that Dice probably sucks small and medium dicks as well. So, in keeping with the thread topic, I'll simplify the original statement: Dice.com sucks dicks.
And this is the nice reason what is wrong with simplification of code is not as easy as it seems.
You did no verification of the statements and by changing the code, it could well be that it is wrong now or in the future. You do not just change statements with the assumption it will be ok.
The next shortening would be Dice.com sucks. And then just Dice.com (as people would be thinking the sucking would be implied.) So we went from an insulting "Dice.com sucks big dicks" to the advertising sounding "Dice.com" and all this because of beautification.
I used to change PCs every 2 years. Now it is going on to be 4 years and no need to upgrade. I added a new videocard and I have now 4 screens instead of 2. But that is about it.
Because I can and have money to burn, I will be changing the HDs to SSD, but there is no real need. I will also buy a new case that is more silent, but that is also not a need.
For now with what I do, it is still overkill running XFCE and no games. I can easily see this going on for at least another 5 years easily.
You can still buy PS2 keyboards. And second hand they are almost free. And if you look a bit, they are free.
I live in a country that uses Azerty, so I always have a couple PS/2 and USB keyboards at home for when I change companies and they do not have Qwerty.
Indeed. He used the messenger that was only for business use. He signed for that and used it for personal use.
In a Belgian Newspaper it also was stated that control is possible, but must be reasonable AND people should be warned before AND it should be a clear and transparent policy.
This means still no 100% big brother, but a perfectly humane 'I warned you and made it clear and you disobeyed' thing.
Iyt comes down to 'Do not use company material if they forbid you to do so.' kind of thing. To be honest, this works two ways. Some companies have asked me my phone number and I always told them no. If they need me to be available, they must give me one and pay for the time.
Obviously this varies from company to company and this was to HR. I always gave my number to my N+1 with the explanation that this is given as a private number and not a work number.
Fun fact: I am typing this on company time on a company PC during working hours with my N+1 looking and not caring. So as always YMMV.
It will even depend on job, department and what not.
Not sure who looks strange, but in my side of the world (Belgium) what is asked is a fixed phone or a cell phone number. I know many of our customers have either not a fixed phone or not a cellphone, and nobody blinks an eye.
That and the fact that if people do not want their phones in our system, we remove them, again without any strange looks.
We never ask who pays for their phone and we do not care, so they could be all work phones; for all I care or none of them.
The main issue is people who do not listen to their voicemail. Even with friends there extremely seldom is a situation where I need to anser immediately. It might be convinient, but there is no reel need.
e.g. if my house is on fire, call 911 (112 in Belgium) as I will be unlikely to do anything about it. If soething happens to my family, I would like to be there, but I rather have them save and call 112. Yes, I WANT to be there, but it is not a MUST. I survived broken bones without my parents, I am sure my kids will as well.
To start with: I do not think the phonenumbers are here for a long time.
"phone numbers" are how the switching -- and billing -- are done for landlines, cell phones, and for many data services like DSL.
It is how it works NOW. First the easy one. DSL does not need a phone number. It does not need a phone line. The sole reason is that phone companies want to get the extra money. It could be any line.
With services like VoIP, many people would also technically not need a phone number. I can easily think of a system that does work without phonenumbers.
So what will prevent it? Because whatever replaces it, it will still be a phonenumber by another name. Be it a userID, an IPv6 adress or something completely different. It will be a n identifier.
We already have that. It is a phonenumber. Just like in hindsight there are better ways to deal with DNS from the beginning (e.g. only country codes. Start at the beginning, so you get http://us/org/slashdot/tech//c...) we can easily think of a better system that is the phonenumber.
IPv6 could be a valid candidate if you start there. Other systems could be thought of as well. But we have the phone numbers now. They are worldwide. That means in each and every country and each and every village., house and on every person on earth. The alternatives are not that much better; so no reason to change.
So basically they are Americans. *Funding wars and terrorism Yep. They have done that and are doing that
*De facto acquiring deeply-troubled airlines to use as a means to circumvent EU airline ownership laws Not sure what this means, but they spy on the manufacturors (who also spy)
*Promoting slavery Working extra hours without pay. Being allowed to pay people below minimum wage. People who work still needing help. Opposing unions in any way possible.
*Bribing everyone at FIFA The FIFA? That is a game. The US bribes their political system and they are proud to announce how much they made for their campaign
*Pissing matches with fellow Arabs to see who has the most expensive $_item, the tallest vaguely-phallic architectural piece, largest airline, etc USA! USA! USA!
*Organizing huge events to pretend they're a civilized country (see "slavery" and "FIFA") World championchips where only the USA is a contestant. (See USA! USA! USA!)
As this is Canada and The Netherlands, I doubt that they would do something like that. I would not be surprised that they would just answer the question if they know the info is already out there.
Why are there some that are allowed to do so? Is a paramedic or police officer trained to know what can and can not be posted? Are they spokes persons? I doubt they are.
And why the media? Please do tell me that if I film it and sell it to FoxNew, they can immediately show it to the world on their website, while I can not show the identical content on mine. What is the reason for that?
It is not delay in security, because FoxNew can broadcast it life, as well as others. If it were unsafe, EVERYBODY should wait 1 hour.
The danger would be the broadcasting, not the person doing the broadcasting.
I am not even touching the subject if it will be a good idea. It is a bad idea from the start solely on the fact that some are and some are not allowed to do it. Remove that and we will talk if the idea in itself is good or not. Although I am sure that the media concerns will not go down easy. Because it would mean no life sports. (People get hurt there as well.) No life anything, because some people will get emotionally hurt.
It will just make it official. Not signing it would mean they have to do it unofficially and that is just a bit harder. Then you need to say 'we broke the law, so what?' instead of 'we followed the rules'.
They say you should hate the game, not the player, but the players keep changing the game.
Well; you could indeed first fine them for every day they are not vacinated. If that does not work, you put them in a quarantaine.
If you do not follow up on it; than there is in reality no law that says you have to. An example is that even tough the NSA is caught lying and breaking all the laws, there are no %or else what". There is just "we lied" and not having any consequences means that there is in effect no law forbidding them not to do it.
Compare it to a kid needing to do the dishes. If there are no consequences for not doing it, there is no reason to ask fo it to do so. And that is worse, because not only do you get frustrated; the kid also learns to not to listen.
Forced vacination is not the only solution. Excluding them from society is an option that is used for other, less dangerous people already.
Several countries in Europe dropped the 1 and 2 cent. Unfortunately Belgium is not one of them. I believe the reason they do this is because they know that many people will not use that money. Extra for them.
"But will supermarkets not make extra money by just cashing in that 1 cent on the.99 cent prices?" Yes if you only buy one item. No on the grander scheme as it is rounded down as well.
1, 2, 6 and 7 are rounded down. 3, 4, 8 and 9 are rounded up. to the nearest 5 or 0. And only if you pay cash, I believe. If you pay with a card, it will be the correct amount.
The huge difference is that in Europe all prices already include taxes, so prices in e.g. restaurants will already be rounded to 5 cents, so not a real issue there. In the US you get the production price before the tax and then you need to calculate the profit, the tax, the inflation and the pay of both the CEO and the employee handeling your stuff seperately, so that will give less rounded numbers.
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Make that spouting nonsense since the beginning of time. Since always people have been about Us and Them and Them were worse than Us and out to destroy Us.
Or do some think that when Atillah was roaming the world, people were waiting with open arms on those who came from the next village?
It is only when you travel that you notice that the basic thinking of the average person is identical. Raise their kids. Have a nice time with Friends. Do some sex.
That is about it.
Much will depend on the people of the individual countries. Legium and The Netherlands have a complete different mentality. I have seen where two nephews from Turkey came at around the same time.
The one who went to The Netherlands was in almost anything a Dutch person. His dialect was Dutch. His manners were Dutch.
The person in Belgium was still talking with a heavy accent. Spoke Flemish, but badly
Yes, this is an individual thing. I have however seen this over and over again with others and have spoken with many.
There is a reason why the terrorists in Paris are partly from Brussels.All their life they have not been accepted and to some that feels as if they have nothing to win or lose and that is the best basis to let them become terrorists.
Anotther anecdote was from a Marrocan friend who aws stopped by the police in the Netherlands. He told me he was at awe how he was treated. In Belgium they would yell 'Pas' and then do whatever they need to do. In The Netherlands they introduced themselves, explained the situation and what not.
Just this made him much more at ease.
As easy as it is to explain, as hard is to do something about it. It is mostly the fear of the unknown. Where the Dutch are much more in search of the unknown; the Belgians are much more comfortable with the know (Yes, generalisations). Compare it to being extrovert or introvert.
I do not know how to change that. I do not have the solution.
And this is the nice reason what is wrong with simplification of code is not as easy as it seems.
You did no verification of the statements and by changing the code, it could well be that it is wrong now or in the future. You do not just change statements with the assumption it will be ok.
The next shortening would be Dice.com sucks. And then just Dice.com (as people would be thinking the sucking would be implied.) So we went from an insulting "Dice.com sucks big dicks" to the advertising sounding "Dice.com" and all this because of beautification.
I used to change PCs every 2 years. Now it is going on to be 4 years and no need to upgrade. I added a new videocard and I have now 4 screens instead of 2. But that is about it.
Because I can and have money to burn, I will be changing the HDs to SSD, but there is no real need. I will also buy a new case that is more silent, but that is also not a need.
For now with what I do, it is still overkill running XFCE and no games. I can easily see this going on for at least another 5 years easily.
You can still buy PS2 keyboards. And second hand they are almost free. And if you look a bit, they are free.
I live in a country that uses Azerty, so I always have a couple PS/2 and USB keyboards at home for when I change companies and they do not have Qwerty.
My idea as well. From what I see, they are pushing their own content almost at the same time worldwide.
Where at this moment it is not yet 100%, I can see them doing it all at once for all countries easily.
They do whole seasons in one go, so why not? It will take away one reason to torrent for them.
Making it available worldwide will bring a little more money. It is also easier not to block things than to block things.
Indeed. He used the messenger that was only for business use. He signed for that and used it for personal use.
In a Belgian Newspaper it also was stated that control is possible, but must be reasonable AND people should be warned before AND it should be a clear and transparent policy.
This means still no 100% big brother, but a perfectly humane 'I warned you and made it clear and you disobeyed' thing.
Iyt comes down to 'Do not use company material if they forbid you to do so.' kind of thing. To be honest, this works two ways. Some companies have asked me my phone number and I always told them no. If they need me to be available, they must give me one and pay for the time.
Obviously this varies from company to company and this was to HR. I always gave my number to my N+1 with the explanation that this is given as a private number and not a work number.
Fun fact: I am typing this on company time on a company PC during working hours with my N+1 looking and not caring. So as always YMMV.
It will even depend on job, department and what not.
And here I am using a knob to turn the heater on and off. I like tech. I also know that it is not then end all and be all.
Expect these kind of things more and more with the Internet of Things.
Next: People are unable to brush their teeth due to a bug.
The 5th amendment protects jack shit.They are words on a piece of paper. The only thing that protects you is actions taken by those words.
As long as that is not happening, you just could read any fable or story.
And then they (Apple and everybody else) sign a NDA with the NSA and put in backdoors anyway.
"Don't be evil" went down the drain when they raped DejaNews.
Not sure who looks strange, but in my side of the world (Belgium) what is asked is a fixed phone or a cell phone number. I know many of our customers have either not a fixed phone or not a cellphone, and nobody blinks an eye.
That and the fact that if people do not want their phones in our system, we remove them, again without any strange looks.
We never ask who pays for their phone and we do not care, so they could be all work phones; for all I care or none of them.
The main issue is people who do not listen to their voicemail. Even with friends there extremely seldom is a situation where I need to anser immediately. It might be convinient, but there is no reel need.
e.g. if my house is on fire, call 911 (112 in Belgium) as I will be unlikely to do anything about it. If soething happens to my family, I would like to be there, but I rather have them save and call 112. Yes, I WANT to be there, but it is not a MUST. I survived broken bones without my parents, I am sure my kids will as well.
To start with: I do not think the phonenumbers are here for a long time.
It is how it works NOW.
First the easy one. DSL does not need a phone number. It does not need a phone line. The sole reason is that phone companies want to get the extra money. It could be any line.
With services like VoIP, many people would also technically not need a phone number. I can easily think of a system that does work without phonenumbers.
So what will prevent it? Because whatever replaces it, it will still be a phonenumber by another name. Be it a userID, an IPv6 adress or something completely different. It will be a n identifier.
We already have that. It is a phonenumber. Just like in hindsight there are better ways to deal with DNS from the beginning (e.g. only country codes. Start at the beginning, so you get http://us/org/slashdot/tech//c...) we can easily think of a better system that is the phonenumber.
IPv6 could be a valid candidate if you start there. Other systems could be thought of as well. But we have the phone numbers now. They are worldwide. That means in each and every country and each and every village., house and on every person on earth.
The alternatives are not that much better; so no reason to change.
Depends on the country.Remember we are talking global here.
So basically they are Americans.
*Funding wars and terrorism
Yep. They have done that and are doing that
*De facto acquiring deeply-troubled airlines to use as a means to circumvent EU airline ownership laws
Not sure what this means, but they spy on the manufacturors (who also spy)
*Promoting slavery
Working extra hours without pay. Being allowed to pay people below minimum wage. People who work still needing help. Opposing unions in any way possible.
*Bribing everyone at FIFA
The FIFA? That is a game. The US bribes their political system and they are proud to announce how much they made for their campaign
*Pissing matches with fellow Arabs to see who has the most expensive $_item, the tallest vaguely-phallic architectural piece, largest airline, etc
USA! USA! USA!
*Organizing huge events to pretend they're a civilized country (see "slavery" and "FIFA")
World championchips where only the USA is a contestant. (See USA! USA! USA!)
As this is Canada and The Netherlands, I doubt that they would do something like that. I would not be surprised that they would just answer the question if they know the info is already out there.
They send the information via a Blackberry PGP message.
Also: This is Canada and Netherlands. Not two of the top countries in lying. (They do lie, but not as much as many others.)
Why are there some that are allowed to do so? Is a paramedic or police officer trained to know what can and can not be posted? Are they spokes persons? I doubt they are.
And why the media? Please do tell me that if I film it and sell it to FoxNew, they can immediately show it to the world on their website, while I can not show the identical content on mine.
What is the reason for that?
It is not delay in security, because FoxNew can broadcast it life, as well as others. If it were unsafe, EVERYBODY should wait 1 hour.
The danger would be the broadcasting, not the person doing the broadcasting.
I am not even touching the subject if it will be a good idea. It is a bad idea from the start solely on the fact that some are and some are not allowed to do it. Remove that and we will talk if the idea in itself is good or not. Although I am sure that the media concerns will not go down easy. Because it would mean no life sports. (People get hurt there as well.) No life anything, because some people will get emotionally hurt.
They d not have the option 'I never thought about it, but now I do'. It also should be obvious that 95% of the senators should fill out 'yes' here.
It will just make it official. Not signing it would mean they have to do it unofficially and that is just a bit harder.
Then you need to say 'we broke the law, so what?' instead of 'we followed the rules'.
They say you should hate the game, not the player, but the players keep changing the game.
What about the mall? What about the fast food restaurant? What about walking on the street? What about planes? What about going to Disney World?
Even if they are going to be ho,eschooled, they or their parents; who carry the disease, but are not vurlerable themselves, will meet other people.
If they are not vacinated; they should not be allowed to join society.
Well; you could indeed first fine them for every day they are not vacinated. If that does not work, you put them in a quarantaine.
If you do not follow up on it; than there is in reality no law that says you have to. An example is that even tough the NSA is caught lying and breaking all the laws, there are no %or else what". There is just "we lied" and not having any consequences means that there is in effect no law forbidding them not to do it.
Compare it to a kid needing to do the dishes. If there are no consequences for not doing it, there is no reason to ask fo it to do so. And that is worse, because not only do you get frustrated; the kid also learns to not to listen.
Forced vacination is not the only solution. Excluding them from society is an option that is used for other, less dangerous people already.
You need to keep the cannonfodder safe.
Several countries in Europe dropped the 1 and 2 cent. Unfortunately Belgium is not one of them. I believe the reason they do this is because they know that many people will not use that money. Extra for them.
"But will supermarkets not make extra money by just cashing in that 1 cent on the .99 cent prices?" Yes if you only buy one item. No on the grander scheme as it is rounded down as well.
1, 2, 6 and 7 are rounded down. 3, 4, 8 and 9 are rounded up. to the nearest 5 or 0. And only if you pay cash, I believe. If you pay with a card, it will be the correct amount.
The huge difference is that in Europe all prices already include taxes, so prices in e.g. restaurants will already be rounded to 5 cents, so not a real issue there. In the US you get the production price before the tax and then you need to calculate the profit, the tax, the inflation and the pay of both the CEO and the employee handeling your stuff seperately, so that will give less rounded numbers.
Why does he has to be Republican? Or Democrat? Have you not understood after all these elections that that does not matter?
They are all the same party, basically.