And what with all people using GPS with traffic avoidance build in it. The basic thing that I see has happened is that the secondary roads are congested now as well. Overall traveling time has increased.
Then there are people who work at home and do the school run for their kids, because their kids are lazy and don't want to sit in a bus. They do this at the busiest time and have to do the trip twice, adding to the traffic.
In Germany I have seen that people have much more flexible hours and to avoid being in traffic would start earlier. The result is that traffic starts earlier.
Anyone who cares can already opt out of being tracked.
ORLY? Try not to be tracked by Facebook. The Facebook and twitter icons on http://slashdot.org/ come from a.fsdn.com You could try and block that URL, but then slashdot looks pretty messy as there are some CSS files as well.
This would be great in Belgium. If you were not allowed to take (a copy of) the contract with you it would pretty much mean you do not have a contract, regardless of wehther you signed some other paper where it says that you read it.
Here you would need to write at least "written and approved" and sign. Also the other party (sales rep) would need to sign and each of you must have a copy.
In reality it would mean that the customers would not have a contract.
And even then cancellation would mean then end of payment, regardless of what the contract says as that will be against the law (and could make part or whole of the contract void).
Let's be honest. Copyrights expire at death, with a minimum term (like 15 years) to support any children. Or how about death + years until any children are over 18.
Why so complicated? Just use X time after first publication. Say 25 years.
The reason is that many copyrights are owned by companies. Whether this is a huge company or a small one that is owned by the writer for tax reasons would be irrelevant.
If the memory of you is passed on through generations, you do live forever.
Uh, sorry, but no, you don't. The memory lives on, not the person. If that is important to those who live on is another matter. But please do not confuse the two.
Do we have to have a separate post for every age that comes along and that asks what to install for a kid of age X? Or is Google broken?
Download a bunch of stuff for your stuff, see if it is age-apropriate and then see if (s)he likes it. Well, perhaps he does not like the Netbook at all.
In my time I got a stick to play with and I had to carve it myself and I better liked it. Now get of my lawn.
Why wait 5 years. I never liked KDE nor GNOME. Started with Enlightenment, then went to Windowmaker and now use XFCE due to multiscreen/multi desktop issues.
In the end all I want is something that places the programs somewhere on my screen. But many people are lured by bling instead of productivity. That is the price you pay for thinking that you need as many users as possible.
Isn't due process a constitutionally guaranteed right in the US?
This proves that time travel is possible as you have clearly arrived directly from the 1960s. A lot has changed. Perhaps you might feel as if Soviet Russia had won and taken over the USofA, but that is not the case.
Do not be alarmed by strip searches in airports, the government spying on their own people or companies, not people, being the important ones. When you go back to the 1960s, look at all the people you will soon call 'hippies' as it is that generation that is doing this to us.
Perhaps when you go back, you can warn everybody and save us all. Bhagwad: the future of the world lies in your hands.
Backups are also often seen as an end. "We take backups every X time." Or "We are looking for backup soft/hardware.". I start with the REAL end goal: restoring. How easy is it to restore data and/or systems?
I am sure we all know or lived stories where backups did not work for various reasons.
How often are restores tested? Most often they are not. A backup is a waste of time if the restore does not work.
My hardware, my rules and the most obvious rule should be: "Only my hardware."
If work can't be done with the current hardware, that is the problem of the company. I will bring it up and suggest alternatives. Whether they accept or not is up to them. No reason to connect with personal devices.
There are already compartments in my fridge for that purpose. Regulation is done by standard mechanics and if I go on a holiday, I just either turn the fridge down by hand or off (and open) if it is a longer vacation.
Do I think it is fun to have a fridge running Linux with a nice GUI? Yes. Would I buy one? Most likely not.
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Remember when all said that control must be with the US, because they did such a great job?
I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
And what with all people using GPS with traffic avoidance build in it. The basic thing that I see has happened is that the secondary roads are congested now as well. Overall traveling time has increased.
Then there are people who work at home and do the school run for their kids, because their kids are lazy and don't want to sit in a bus. They do this at the busiest time and have to do the trip twice, adding to the traffic.
In Germany I have seen that people have much more flexible hours and to avoid being in traffic would start earlier. The result is that traffic starts earlier.
I am an idiot. fsdn.com is not the same as fbcdn.com
My bad. :-(
ORLY? Try not to be tracked by Facebook. The Facebook and twitter icons on http://slashdot.org/ come from a.fsdn.com
You could try and block that URL, but then slashdot looks pretty messy as there are some CSS files as well.
Look at the code from slashdot. Here they use a.fsdn.com and if you block that, the site looks like shit.
Nice going. :-(
This would be great in Belgium. If you were not allowed to take (a copy of) the contract with you it would pretty much mean you do not have a contract, regardless of wehther you signed some other paper where it says that you read it.
Here you would need to write at least "written and approved" and sign. Also the other party (sales rep) would need to sign and each of you must have a copy.
In reality it would mean that the customers would not have a contract.
And even then cancellation would mean then end of payment, regardless of what the contract says as that will be against the law (and could make part or whole of the contract void).
Why so complicated? Just use X time after first publication. Say 25 years.
The reason is that many copyrights are owned by companies. Whether this is a huge company or a small one that is owned by the writer for tax reasons would be irrelevant.
Connect it to weather reports and you could have snow as well.
Please stop forcing "Democracy" to other countries if it does not work on your end.
It would also solve a lot of other problems, like trying to save each and every live at the cost of being able to live.
Uh, sorry, but no, you don't. The memory lives on, not the person. If that is important to those who live on is another matter. But please do not confuse the two.
Toutankhamon is not alive. insert dead parrot sketch
Do we have to have a separate post for every age that comes along and that asks what to install for a kid of age X? Or is Google broken?
Download a bunch of stuff for your stuff, see if it is age-apropriate and then see if (s)he likes it.
Well, perhaps he does not like the Netbook at all.
In my time I got a stick to play with and I had to carve it myself and I better liked it.
Now get of my lawn.
Why wait 5 years. I never liked KDE nor GNOME. Started with Enlightenment, then went to Windowmaker and now use XFCE due to multiscreen/multi desktop issues.
In the end all I want is something that places the programs somewhere on my screen. But many people are lured by bling instead of productivity. That is the price you pay for thinking that you need as many users as possible.
New terrorist idea. Put a bomb in a coke can. Deposit it at the control. Let it explode after you took the plane home.
This proves that time travel is possible as you have clearly arrived directly from the 1960s. A lot has changed. Perhaps you might feel as if Soviet Russia had won and taken over the USofA, but that is not the case.
Do not be alarmed by strip searches in airports, the government spying on their own people or companies, not people, being the important ones. When you go back to the 1960s, look at all the people you will soon call 'hippies' as it is that generation that is doing this to us.
Perhaps when you go back, you can warn everybody and save us all. Bhagwad: the future of the world lies in your hands.
"Why is there always a threat of terrorism?"
Because people in the anti-Wolf business like crying wolf.
You forgot ringtones.
Go back to the source and sue ARPA for making all this possible.
Then why had I to give my firstborn to Monsanto?
Backups are also often seen as an end. "We take backups every X time." Or "We are looking for backup soft/hardware.". I start with the REAL end goal: restoring.
How easy is it to restore data and/or systems?
I am sure we all know or lived stories where backups did not work for various reasons.
How often are restores tested? Most often they are not. A backup is a waste of time if the restore does not work.
Feels as if you are trying to solve a social problem with a technical issue.
My hardware, my rules and the most obvious rule should be: "Only my hardware."
If work can't be done with the current hardware, that is the problem of the company. I will bring it up and suggest alternatives. Whether they accept or not is up to them. No reason to connect with personal devices.
There are already compartments in my fridge for that purpose. Regulation is done by standard mechanics and if I go on a holiday, I just either turn the fridge down by hand or off (and open) if it is a longer vacation.
Do I think it is fun to have a fridge running Linux with a nice GUI? Yes. Would I buy one? Most likely not.