I see your subject. Read what you wrote. So what has one to do with the other? None of them I would call a local store. For me a local store is a store that is owned by a local person, doing local business. Not something that happens to have a branch in the state or even in the county.
Don't you believe in a free market? I think it is silly to restrict people because of where they are born. If somebody is better then I am, why should he NOT be able to take my job. If _I_ am better then somebody else, why should I not be able to take his job? If you are an employer, why should you not have the ability to hire the best people that you can? Do you want to be hired on what you are able to do, or because of your race, sex, religion or nationality?
I have a different nationality from the country where I work. My company thought I was the best for the task, so they hired me. They thought higher of me then of people of their own country. The reason why? Because they cared about the job, not about the passport.
And when people speak about me not being from their country I say: I have chosen the country I live in. I have made a very calculated decision as an adult. That means I deserve it MORE to live here then those who are born here. That always brings up interesting discussions.:-D
When I look at the images, it might be great for large amount of people. However for the soldier in the field there is the Lifesaver. Also available in bottle and in jerrycan sizes.
The HUGE advantage is that it can be easily used, does not need any maintenance and can be used by anybody. Yes, larger ones are available as well.
The issue might not be so much how, but rather how much. If they are high-quality images, 2-300 can be pretty large.
Also the time you will be on the road and where you go to will make perhaps going for just one option less interesting.
e.g. if you go on a trip around the world for a year, then other options should be included as well. e.g. making a copy on blueray and fedexing it once a week. Some countries do not have affordable connections to send home that amount of data.
One thing that gets much better results then emailing each other is walking up to their desk (without sending a meeting request, mind you) and talk to them. Yes! In person.
Instead of doing the 20 questions (meaning 20 mails) I have a conversation. Sometimes people are too far away (e.g. in another country) and then I call them. On the phone. We have a conversation of 5-15 minutes and we are BOTH clear what we want and need.
Sure, sometimes we need a trail and one send an email like: According to our conversation, we agree such and this and that.
In my personal life, I sms people to meet and we talk in person.
So I suggest personal contact as a replacement with some web interface to keep records if you need it for any legal reason.
Perhaps he was talking about Champagne, which can only come from the Champagne region. Just like certain other products can only come from certain regions.
In their defense: Android is Linux and they appear to be against Open Source. It would be nice if Tomtom would be more for Open Source and use Linux instead. Wait! What?
Either their experts are lousy, there are not enough users giving imputor other things go wrong, but one road that has been blocked for several months and will be for several months still shows up as a route as drivable.
I have an Android. However I do not like the data traffic that comes with using Google maps, so I use http://www.sygic.com/en. Not free, but much better pricing then Tomtom and still offline. If I want, I can combine it with online searches. e.g. when I have wireless available.
And if you are a hiker and you want a GPS, you won't go with a Tomtom. Garmin would be a better choice.
Belgium has a multi-party system and before the elctions there was a voting test (stemtest) if you did not know who to vote for. With several questions about statements and the importance of those statements.
Several politicians who tried it where apparently in the wrong party. That could be explained that they went to a certain party for whatever reason.
Several friends of mine who did the test got to a different party then what they would normally vote for. When I asked them if they would vote for that new party, the answer was mostly no and sometimes, I do not know yet.
When I asked why, the answers where always emotional, not rational. These people were well informed and STILL went with their emotions. Some of them based on fear, others on not wanting to break tradition "because that who they voted for before".
All the while, I see every single one of them pushing their children into the predefined sexual roles that society has dictated.
I saw a program with a test where they had adults watch a kid. The only thing they knew about the kid was the gender. When they thought the kid was male, they took cars to play with the kid. When they thought it was female, they took dolls to play with the kid.
Each time it was the adult that initiated the use of 'correct' toys.
I do not think there will be a good chance to win against a big corporation like [...]
So the problem lies not with Facebook. It lies with the legal system and thus with the politicians that uphold that system. And those are voted for.
So vote for a party that wants to change radically and have the country for the people, by the people. OK, you will be called a Communist or worse. But that is what it would take.
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I see your subject. Read what you wrote. So what has one to do with the other?
None of them I would call a local store. For me a local store is a store that is owned by a local person, doing local business. Not something that happens to have a branch in the state or even in the county.
Thanks to these surveillances and the TSA. Right?
I know many people for whom it is the other way around. They wanted to stay and left for another country anyway.
Same reason: things change and shit happens.
When you look at inner country moving. Some people move around all the time, others will die in the house they were born in.
If you go from Kansas to Silicon Valley, are you not taking away the job of one of the locals?
Don't you believe in a free market?
I think it is silly to restrict people because of where they are born. If somebody is better then I am, why should he NOT be able to take my job.
If _I_ am better then somebody else, why should I not be able to take his job?
If you are an employer, why should you not have the ability to hire the best people that you can?
Do you want to be hired on what you are able to do, or because of your race, sex, religion or nationality?
I have a different nationality from the country where I work. My company thought I was the best for the task, so they hired me. They thought higher of me then of people of their own country. The reason why? Because they cared about the job, not about the passport.
And when people speak about me not being from their country I say: I have chosen the country I live in. I have made a very calculated decision as an adult. That means I deserve it MORE to live here then those who are born here. That always brings up interesting discussions. :-D
Seriously? Is each and every new version being posted on /.?
Perhaps every 10 versions would be interesting. Every one? Not so much.
No worries, that is why we have Editors. Right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB7KAoPl3Xg
More interesting then a quad-copter, I think.
When I look at the images, it might be great for large amount of people. However for the soldier in the field there is the Lifesaver. Also available in bottle and in jerrycan sizes.
The HUGE advantage is that it can be easily used, does not need any maintenance and can be used by anybody. Yes, larger ones are available as well.
It will continue when your connection is lost.
The issue might not be so much how, but rather how much.
If they are high-quality images, 2-300 can be pretty large.
Also the time you will be on the road and where you go to will make perhaps going for just one option less interesting.
e.g. if you go on a trip around the world for a year, then other options should be included as well. e.g. making a copy on blueray and fedexing it once a week. Some countries do not have affordable connections to send home that amount of data.
Or just gooogle. Once you own the TLD, you do not have to use domains. You just use the TLD.
Just like they now use google.com and www.google.com
Lichtenstein, Monacco, France, Brazil, Netherlands, Canada, Russia, Australia, Belgium, ...
I think I can name a few hundred.
Just because the US likes to use Newspeak, does not mean they do not have censorship.
I am a bank owner, you insensitive clod!
Not sure if it is a treat or a promise.
One thing that gets much better results then emailing each other is walking up to their desk (without sending a meeting request, mind you) and talk to them. Yes! In person.
Instead of doing the 20 questions (meaning 20 mails) I have a conversation. Sometimes people are too far away (e.g. in another country) and then I call them. On the phone. We have a conversation of 5-15 minutes and we are BOTH clear what we want and need.
Sure, sometimes we need a trail and one send an email like: According to our conversation, we agree such and this and that.
In my personal life, I sms people to meet and we talk in person.
So I suggest personal contact as a replacement with some web interface to keep records if you need it for any legal reason.
In our company we still use telegrams.
Perhaps he was talking about Champagne, which can only come from the Champagne region. Just like certain other products can only come from certain regions.
It is a bit like trademarks.
That explains a lot about the Love-Thy-Neighbour-religion.
And that is where it hurts Tomtom. Not so much the usage in the devices, but the Tele Atlas data is becoming harder to sell.
Google, Mapquest and Microsoft are deals that they are loosing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tele_Atlas
In their defense: Android is Linux and they appear to be against Open Source. It would be nice if Tomtom would be more for Open Source and use Linux instead.
Wait! What?
Either their experts are lousy, there are not enough users giving imputor other things go wrong, but one road that has been blocked for several months and will be for several months still shows up as a route as drivable.
I have an Android. However I do not like the data traffic that comes with using Google maps, so I use http://www.sygic.com/en.
Not free, but much better pricing then Tomtom and still offline. If I want, I can combine it with online searches. e.g. when I have wireless available.
And if you are a hiker and you want a GPS, you won't go with a Tomtom. Garmin would be a better choice.
Voting is done by emotion, not by logic.
Belgium has a multi-party system and before the elctions there was a voting test (stemtest) if you did not know who to vote for.
With several questions about statements and the importance of those statements.
Several politicians who tried it where apparently in the wrong party. That could be explained that they went to a certain party for whatever reason.
Several friends of mine who did the test got to a different party then what they would normally vote for. When I asked them if they would vote for that new party, the answer was mostly no and sometimes, I do not know yet.
When I asked why, the answers where always emotional, not rational. These people were well informed and STILL went with their emotions. Some of them based on fear, others on not wanting to break tradition "because that who they voted for before".
I saw a program with a test where they had adults watch a kid. The only thing they knew about the kid was the gender. When they thought the kid was male, they took cars to play with the kid.
When they thought it was female, they took dolls to play with the kid.
Each time it was the adult that initiated the use of 'correct' toys.
http://chartsbin.com/view/pdd
So the problem lies not with Facebook. It lies with the legal system and thus with the politicians that uphold that system. And those are voted for.
So vote for a party that wants to change radically and have the country for the people, by the people. OK, you will be called a Communist or worse. But that is what it would take.