Why would there be a catch? The cost on their side will be minimal. And why not? So all Egypt needs to do is block all calls to that number and the range of numbers around it.
Leave diesel off the tax for now so the trucking industry won't be destroyed in the process. Presto, lots of new electric cars on the roads.
Uhm. No. Presto, more personal vehicles in the US on diesel. Just like in Europe. (e.g. in Belgium 60% is diesel)
The companies already have the knowledge to do that, so minimal effort on side of the car companies. If that will be a good or bad thing is another matter.
The same goes for the other party. Also it would be highly unwanted to post any details online, even though many have no expectation of privacy.
This is between Microsoft and the family. If the family is willing to share the information, great, but I would not expect Microsoft (or any other company) to do that.
That is the first step. Only 11 more to go. Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over Facebook--that our lives had become unmanageable.
Or are you already at step 12? Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to Facebook users, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
And that is why the Italian Consumer Watchdog steps in. Not to protect or help the knowing nerd, but the people who do NOT know.
And the choice you speak of is only a choice in absolute numbers. e.g. if you can buy 1 non-windows machine, you say there is a 'choice' while in realistic numbers there is not.
Also even nerds should be able to have a choice to buy ANY computer without OS if they so desire, not just a few.
The reality will be that the majority of people will STILL pay their Windows tax, but there should be an EASY opt-out. e.g. tell the store that you want it without Windows, they reduce the price and remove the software.
Better also remove the Windows sticker on the PC. The factory I visited, those stickers where better protected then the CPUs from a security point of view.
And if you buy a new Chevy, you cannot remove the stereo system and return it to the dealer for a refund of that $1000 it supposedly costs.
When I bought my car I asked them to remove the radio and they deducted that from the listed price. I did not want it, so I did not buy it.
They even installed my radio for me.
Sure, I agreed on this pre-sale and not after 2 months or so. I would agree to this in a store as well. Just say I do not want the OS, they remove it and take the amount from the bill.
The problem then will be support (which is 2 years in Europe). Not impossible, but more expensive as phone support would be non-existing for those systems. And only around 10% of the problems are hardware (Not a made up statistic. Standard is 8-12%). The rest is software/user error that can be 'repaired' by reinstalling by phone.
These would now be brought to the repair center where no hardware error would be seen. This adds costs and thus increase the price of the PC.
even more miserable and pissed off that they have to stand inline outside.
While that is not something you want to do in a Russian winter, it would be the ideal place to then blow up people. Or not take an airport, but a MacDonalds or a cinema or a metro station or a sports event or any other place where many people are walking around.
I am sure that if you think for 10 seconds, anybody could come up with a place and a time to do this.
They would be justified to do that right now. I use DNS filtering, Blockad and the use of my own CSS files for some sites. And yes, people want privacy AND the content and that should be possible as well. It used to be that content was what people wanted to show and used adds to pay for bandwith.
Now the content is just something so they can have more income from adds and users are the product they are selling. Tracking has not done anything for the customer. It is, at best, just a means of WHAT commercials you see, not how many.
Not one has said: "Well, this person is only interested in dog training, so let's NOT show him anything but that. In fact let's not show him anything at all." So if they must force advertising upon me, I am as much interested in female hygiene products as I am in the latest Linux distribution, when it is an add. So no reason to do any tracking whatsoever.
So if not showing sex leads to less ex, then not showing violence would lead to less violence.
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People are hired to do dangerous jobs each and every day. People who are die doing their job and know that it can happen the moment they sign their contract with e.g. the military.
So do I think it should be legal to hire employees knowingly send them into a dangerous zone. Yes, I do.
Now what you must do is to make sure that you take reasonable precautions, like ventilation and a good health plan. That way if people loose e.g. a leg (by smoking or by shot at) people will be getting a good pension and will not have to worry about their future.
Also if there are so many people are against smoking, why are there no (or very little) voluntary non-smoking places? If 75% of the people dislike smoking and there are no non-smoking pubs, I would open one and I should be making a fortune as I just have cornered 75% of the market.
With the health plan, it would also most likely mean that prices in smoking places will become much higher and non-smoking places will become more attractive to go to. No bans needed and people will still have a choice.
Until we pressure the ISP's to give everyone native IPv6 this thing isn't going to go anywhere.
I would say, start with (part of the) content: the websites. Hosting companies should make their servers and hosted domains IPv6.
Why first the content? Because that is where the greater knowledge is available. Then later grandma will wonder why she can't go to site XYZ, call her provider and is sold a new type of connection.
Otherwise, why would grandma care? She does not care that she has a 10.X.X.X address and all of her city has as well, because that is what will happen.
Spoilers? There was a film about some hobbits and a ring and many people knew what the story was and how it ended, yet still many people came to watch it.
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Why would there be a catch? The cost on their side will be minimal. And why not?
So all Egypt needs to do is block all calls to that number and the range of numbers around it.
Uhm. No. Presto, more personal vehicles in the US on diesel. Just like in Europe. (e.g. in Belgium 60% is diesel)
The companies already have the knowledge to do that, so minimal effort on side of the car companies. If that will be a good or bad thing is another matter.
Well, better see people die then a female nipple. Right?
With so many people in prison for the profit of those penal institutions, perhaps that is a better way to prepare them for their future.
And the real reason is here: http://houghi.org/Fun/4L3O6E9.jpg
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The same goes for the other party. Also it would be highly unwanted to post any details online, even though many have no expectation of privacy.
This is between Microsoft and the family. If the family is willing to share the information, great, but I would not expect Microsoft (or any other company) to do that.
That is the first step. Only 11 more to go.
Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over Facebook--that our lives had become unmanageable.
Or are you already at step 12?
Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to Facebook users, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
And that is why the Italian Consumer Watchdog steps in. Not to protect or help the knowing nerd, but the people who do NOT know.
And the choice you speak of is only a choice in absolute numbers. e.g. if you can buy 1 non-windows machine, you say there is a 'choice' while in realistic numbers there is not.
Also even nerds should be able to have a choice to buy ANY computer without OS if they so desire, not just a few.
The reality will be that the majority of people will STILL pay their Windows tax, but there should be an EASY opt-out. e.g. tell the store that you want it without Windows, they reduce the price and remove the software.
Better also remove the Windows sticker on the PC. The factory I visited, those stickers where better protected then the CPUs from a security point of view.
When I bought my car I asked them to remove the radio and they deducted that from the listed price. I did not want it, so I did not buy it.
They even installed my radio for me.
Sure, I agreed on this pre-sale and not after 2 months or so. I would agree to this in a store as well. Just say I do not want the OS, they remove it and take the amount from the bill.
The problem then will be support (which is 2 years in Europe). Not impossible, but more expensive as phone support would be non-existing for those systems. And only around 10% of the problems are hardware (Not a made up statistic. Standard is 8-12%). The rest is software/user error that can be 'repaired' by reinstalling by phone.
These would now be brought to the repair center where no hardware error would be seen. This adds costs and thus increase the price of the PC.
It is not all Windows fault. Some companies pay the manufacturer money to install their shareware (like anti-virus scanners)
While that is not something you want to do in a Russian winter, it would be the ideal place to then blow up people. Or not take an airport, but a MacDonalds or a cinema or a metro station or a sports event or any other place where many people are walking around.
I am sure that if you think for 10 seconds, anybody could come up with a place and a time to do this.
Aren't they already doing that by listening in on your phone calls and by reading your mails?
They would be justified to do that right now. I use DNS filtering, Blockad and the use of my own CSS files for some sites.
And yes, people want privacy AND the content and that should be possible as well. It used to be that content was what people wanted to show and used adds to pay for bandwith.
Now the content is just something so they can have more income from adds and users are the product they are selling. Tracking has not done anything for the customer. It is, at best, just a means of WHAT commercials you see, not how many.
Not one has said: "Well, this person is only interested in dog training, so let's NOT show him anything but that. In fact let's not show him anything at all."
So if they must force advertising upon me, I am as much interested in female hygiene products as I am in the latest Linux distribution, when it is an add. So no reason to do any tracking whatsoever.
http://houghi.org/Fun/4L3O6E9.jpg
You can offer what you will like and they will take what they want, whether you offered it or not.
So if not showing sex leads to less ex, then not showing violence would lead to less violence.
People are hired to do dangerous jobs each and every day. People who are die doing their job and know that it can happen the moment they sign their contract with e.g. the military.
So do I think it should be legal to hire employees knowingly send them into a dangerous zone. Yes, I do.
Now what you must do is to make sure that you take reasonable precautions, like ventilation and a good health plan. That way if people loose e.g. a leg (by smoking or by shot at) people will be getting a good pension and will not have to worry about their future.
Also if there are so many people are against smoking, why are there no (or very little) voluntary non-smoking places? If 75% of the people dislike smoking and there are no non-smoking pubs, I would open one and I should be making a fortune as I just have cornered 75% of the market.
With the health plan, it would also most likely mean that prices in smoking places will become much higher and non-smoking places will become more attractive to go to. No bans needed and people will still have a choice.
And with adult content, people talk about sex or the human body, not murder or killing. Weird.
I would say, start with (part of the) content: the websites. Hosting companies should make their servers and hosted domains IPv6.
Why first the content? Because that is where the greater knowledge is available. Then later grandma will wonder why she can't go to site XYZ, call her provider and is sold a new type of connection.
Otherwise, why would grandma care? She does not care that she has a 10.X.X.X address and all of her city has as well, because that is what will happen.
Insightful? I would think you went for funny.
It will threaten the show like Red Dwarf
Spoilers? There was a film about some hobbits and a ring and many people knew what the story was and how it ended, yet still many people came to watch it.
Those companies are in the business of keeping and selling data and now you ask them to trow away their assets?
AND bought it directly from Microsoft and not some other in-between company, be it online or brick-an-mortar.