Why do people read the local newspaper? Unless you're in an inner city area 51 weeks of the year its just about who won the local flower arranging contest or a new shopping centre opening.
It's all about community, you may find a blog that seems completely uninteresting to more than five people but for those five people it fleshes out friendships, just like a group of kids talking bullshit in the street.
Another reason for blogging is it makes it easier for the government or marketing agencies to keep tabs on you and create demographics on the cheap, which keeps taxes down and your mail full of interesting leaflets.
This will be bad news. If the BBC wants revenue it can encrypt and charge for *its own site*.
And what of the content I provide? Can I get a rebate on the tax by setting up my own website and providing content (or will internet broadcast licences be introduced as well?).
We have many services provided by governments that compete against private companies
What in fact happens now is that the government bodies hand out a very lucrative contract to one of the top five providers for several years at a time. Unlike individually purchased wi-fi access if something goes wrong you can't easily change providers - the capital/political inertia is too large.
These sort of contracts consolidate big companies and don't effectively discourage poor service. They rarely benefit local companies unless they are franchised or otherwise tied into the major players.
(You can also guarantee that mobocracy will rule - assumed MS PC and IE usage).
I can't find the source that said this explicitly (if I'm wrong about all flights being covered I'm sorry) however the US request for PNR relates to directly accessing airline databases for those airlines whose flights that go to the US. Because the US has direct access to airline databases rather than being *given* selected PNR by the airlines there are major concerns about what degree of access US agents will be able granted (intentionally or otherwise)
Information about the agreement for direct EU-US flights via Google
Unless I've been mislead it also applies if you are on a flight route that goes to the EU and then onto the US. So if you go from Dubai to Germany and the plane goes on to the US then I understand the airline is still required to submit your PNR.
The problem with the PATRIOT act is that the US is using it to force other countries to supply data on individuals that don't even travel to the US - The EU has been pressured into granting Paseenger Flight Data be given to the US for flights in EU airspace (that don't even go to the US). The US government is demanding biometric passports from other countries because US officials are too lazy or don't want to spend money on granting visas.
The fact is that the US is forcing the effects of the PATRIOT act indiscriminately onto non-US citizens that don't even visit the US
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Does no one think that this article is just M$(nbc) making a preemptive troll against MacIntel boxes (which will have a TPM chip)?
No, it's because there's no croquet lawns
Why do people read the local newspaper? Unless you're in an inner city area 51 weeks of the year its just about who won the local flower arranging contest or a new shopping centre opening. It's all about community, you may find a blog that seems completely uninteresting to more than five people but for those five people it fleshes out friendships, just like a group of kids talking bullshit in the street. Another reason for blogging is it makes it easier for the government or marketing agencies to keep tabs on you and create demographics on the cheap, which keeps taxes down and your mail full of interesting leaflets.
Fresh ginger is better than garlic for me, and it's much more endearing when you meet other people. Or you can eat mint after your garlic.
This will be bad news. If the BBC wants revenue it can encrypt and charge for *its own site*.
And what of the content I provide? Can I get a rebate on the tax by setting up my own website and providing content (or will internet broadcast licences be introduced as well?).
We have many services provided by governments that compete against private companies What in fact happens now is that the government bodies hand out a very lucrative contract to one of the top five providers for several years at a time. Unlike individually purchased wi-fi access if something goes wrong you can't easily change providers - the capital/political inertia is too large.
These sort of contracts consolidate big companies and don't effectively discourage poor service. They rarely benefit local companies unless they are franchised or otherwise tied into the major players.
(You can also guarantee that mobocracy will rule - assumed MS PC and IE usage).
I can't find the source that said this explicitly (if I'm wrong about all flights being covered I'm sorry) however the US request for PNR relates to directly accessing airline databases for those airlines whose flights that go to the US. Because the US has direct access to airline databases rather than being *given* selected PNR by the airlines there are major concerns about what degree of access US agents will be able granted (intentionally or otherwise)
Information about the agreement for direct EU-US flights via Google
Unless I've been mislead it also applies if you are on a flight route that goes to the EU and then onto the US. So if you go from Dubai to Germany and the plane goes on to the US then I understand the airline is still required to submit your PNR.
The problem with the PATRIOT act is that the US is using it to force other countries to supply data on individuals that don't even travel to the US - The EU has been pressured into granting Paseenger Flight Data be given to the US for flights in EU airspace (that don't even go to the US). The US government is demanding biometric passports from other countries because US officials are too lazy or don't want to spend money on granting visas. The fact is that the US is forcing the effects of the PATRIOT act indiscriminately onto non-US citizens that don't even visit the US