Do the people of the UK or any other member nation have the ability to sack any MEP member if they don't like their policies?
I think that's the point. Maybe they are elected by someone, or accountable to someone, but they aren't accountable to the people. Some people have said that's a good thing since it allows them to think outside of the next election cycle. Maybe that's true.
You've got to be kidding me. Those exist because the EU demanded it of those countries. I said any OTHER cases, meaning, ones that weren't demanded by the EU.
Here's what Wikipedia says about EFTA and immigration,
"Since each EFTA and EU country can make its own citizenship laws, dual citizenship is not always possible. Of the EFTA countries, Iceland and Switzerland allow it (in Switzerland, conditions for the naturalization of immigrants vary regionally), but Norway only in exceptional cases, and Liechtenstein only for citizens by descent, but not for foreigners wanting to naturalize."
So, no, sorry.
What's EAA, "Experimental Aircraft Association | Oshkosh, Wisconsin" was the first Google result.
The house of lords doesn't make laws. It doesn't propose laws. It only comments on proposed laws in a non-binding manner. They are also appointed by the elected officials of the UK, which is not true for the EU leaders.
The answer is: Because it's a good idea to give up some control in exchange for better relations with your neighbors, and a neutral third party who can adjudicate disputes and define structures that pre-emptively eliminate them.
Having an un-elected third party doing those things is never a good idea.
And if anyone is wondering why we have fragmentation, it's because of moves like this from Huawei. Android can't reign in device manufacturers, because they hold the stick "Oh yeah? We'll switch to our own OS if you do!". Google gave them the stick by making Android OSS and letting it be forked. That stick was a coaxed manufacturers to jump onto Android in the first place.
Let me repeat myself: Google isn't an idea, a person, a set of rules, a way of living, a philosophy, or anything else. Get over it. "Do no evil" is nothing more than a marketing slogan.
AGAIN, Google maximizes profits. If that means failing to police YouTube copyright infringements to the absolute max, of course they'll do it. You seem outraged over YouTube's hypocrisy. Well, yeah? There's no Mr. Google making moral decisions. There are just divisions maximizing profits. Moral consistency isn't an attribute of a corp.
You know what else? BP conforms to environmental regulations only as much as they need to avoid fines. You know what else? Phizer does just enough product testing to pass FDA regulations.
You seem really confused about what a corporation is and does. Sadly, you aren't alone. Corporations aren't people. They don't have a personality. They don't have a philosophy, other than "make more money". Marketing slogans aren't morals. They are carefully crafted phrases to get the consumer to identify with the product and consume more of it.
Nobody should be able to walk into a Walmart and walk out with a cart full of machine guns and ammo.
You do know you can't do that in the US either, right? Machine guns (automatic weapons) are heavily regulated in the US (Walmart doesn't sell them). Buddy there's plenty of facts to base an anti-gun arguments on you don't need to distort the truth.
If you are looking for a white knight to fight your copyright battles, don't look to the corporations.
Of course they manipulate their results because if they don't get GET SUED for facilitating copyright infringement. The courts tend not to make a distinction when it comes to a tool that's primarily or mainly used to facilitate copyright infringement and one that is only used for it. That's not Google's fault. They are just doing what a corporation does: maximizing profits. In this case that means not disturbing / bending to the Powers That Be.
Google isn't an idea, a person, a set of rules, a way of living, a philosophy, or anything else. Get over it.
This is sort of a side issue, but if you are still using wired headphones you are really missing the boat. Bluetooth headphones are as cheap as $20 for good enough models. I can't imagine going back to wired headphones.
If you use a file explorer that can open CIFS shares, you can open it in the explorer, and choose your read app to open it assuming it supports that (which it should). That's how it done in Android. I use this method to stream movies and are media on a CIFS share to media player apps on my device.
XFinity X1 really is way nicer than most of the alternatives
The alternatives must be really, really bad. X1 is an example of an overly-flowery interface running on inadequate hardware. 300-500ms to react to a touch in my remote isn't acceptable.
Does he expect a exclusive license to apps that remind you to do things? The guy wrote an app that reminds you periodically to breathe. I could write that in about 20 minutes. If the app is so simple that someone can re-write it then it wasn't very novel to begin with. If you write something that's so tricky or detailed or time consuming then the idea protects itself naturally. I think the saying is: easy come, easy go.
Unless someone copies the code or assets verbatim, which is not what we are talking about here.
I mean really do you want to live in a world where developer A writes say the flashlight app, and from then on holds a license to the "idea" and one else is able to write a flashlight app?
Apply that logic to the Real World. Like sandwich shop A has a guy stand on the street corner and wave at cars, and we prevent sandwich shop B from doing the same because A thought of it first?
If it was only that simple. The real problem comes when you have an integrated device like a smartwatch that needs, say, a phone to effectively operate. You may not be able to run the same software you had two years ago: the OS on your phone may require you to run a particular version of, say, the "Phone" app that's been pushed to your device by the carrier and now your watch doesn't vibrate when you get a call.
You know what else would be terrible? If Google decided to push pr0n to my watch when it detected my kids near to me. Terrible. Just terrible. It has to stop.
You can imagine all sorts of bad shit that could happen, but it hasn't. So let's complain about it when it does instead of making stuff up. Backwards compatible interfaces is not a new or crazy concept. You leave the old code in place, running to support old clients. You write new services for new clients. It's done all the time.
It's also done all the time wrong, or not at all. But I'm not going to raise my hackles at the prospect that it might happen. I'm not that bored, yet.
Fuck that, I'll go back to wearing a $10 Casio.
If you were using a smart watch as only, or primarily a watch, indeed, fuck that you should go back to a Casio. Additionally, if you are driving around in your $50,000 card at 15MPH, fuck that also, get a bicycle.
is still going strong after 6 years. It has two alarms, two time zones, stopwatch, atomic clock sync and recharged by light. Basically everything I have or will need in a watch.
Your G-Shock has as much in common w/ a smart watch as a calculator has with a computer. You'd look pretty foolish explaining to folks how superior you were for saving money on a computer since you do just fine w/ your old trusty calculator. Makes you think doesn't it?
>32" is out of the main stream for computer monitors. If you search on Amazon, you get a bunch of oddball shit, about half of which is priced exorbitantly.
Which one of these "reasonably priced" models do you own? Whichever one, that wasn't exactly a savvy purchase. They are more expensive than a 2016 4K TV, and don't have any of the image enhancement features of modern TVs (upscaling, local dimming, etc) and aren't newer display technology like VA, OLED, IPS.
Only one of the 10+ models listed has a review, and only one review. Big sellers I guess.
There is one model that's listed at ~$1k, the rest are >$2k many of which are $5k+. The $1k model is a plain old TN LCD display (hello, 1997). The first listing if $2.2k and is also a plain old TN LCD.
The crown fell off my Seiko 15 years after I bought it. They paid for shipping both ways to/from Japan and fixed it - at no charge to me.
Your Seiko wristwatch has as much in common w/ a smart watch as that calculator has with a computer. I'm sure that Seiko makes you feel superior though huh? All of us idiots buying smart watches...
This is why smart phone and smart watch sales are tanking. People are tired of perfectly good hardware being obsoleted just because manufacturers are too lazy to support them.
Sigh. What about a new software update makes the existing software update obsolete. No, the problem is peoples' mindset that if the OS version on your device hasn't changed recently the hardware needs to go in the garbage.
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Do the people of the UK or any other member nation have the ability to sack any MEP member if they don't like their policies?
I think that's the point. Maybe they are elected by someone, or accountable to someone, but they aren't accountable to the people. Some people have said that's a good thing since it allows them to think outside of the next election cycle. Maybe that's true.
EU committee members are appointed by the EU parliament. The EU parliament is not elected, directly or indirectly, by the people of the UK.
You've got to be kidding me. Those exist because the EU demanded it of those countries. I said any OTHER cases, meaning, ones that weren't demanded by the EU.
Here's what Wikipedia says about EFTA and immigration,
"Since each EFTA and EU country can make its own citizenship laws, dual citizenship is not always possible. Of the EFTA countries, Iceland and Switzerland allow it (in Switzerland, conditions for the naturalization of immigrants vary regionally), but Norway only in exceptional cases, and Liechtenstein only for citizens by descent, but not for foreigners wanting to naturalize."
So, no, sorry.
What's EAA, "Experimental Aircraft Association | Oshkosh, Wisconsin" was the first Google result.
Are EU officials neutral experts? I got the impression from what I read that they are often failed politicians from member states.
The house of lords doesn't make laws. It doesn't propose laws. It only comments on proposed laws in a non-binding manner. They are also appointed by the elected officials of the UK, which is not true for the EU leaders.
Nice try though.
it will basically have to accept all the things that voters hoped to get rid off with their "leave" vote
Please, cite any other case where a trade agreement REQUIRED visa-less travel between the party nations.
The answer is: Because it's a good idea to give up some control in exchange for better relations with your neighbors, and a neutral third party who can adjudicate disputes and define structures that pre-emptively eliminate them.
Having an un-elected third party doing those things is never a good idea.
And if anyone is wondering why we have fragmentation, it's because of moves like this from Huawei. Android can't reign in device manufacturers, because they hold the stick "Oh yeah? We'll switch to our own OS if you do!". Google gave them the stick by making Android OSS and letting it be forked. That stick was a coaxed manufacturers to jump onto Android in the first place.
Do no evil?
Let me repeat myself:
Google isn't an idea, a person, a set of rules, a way of living, a philosophy, or anything else. Get over it. "Do no evil" is nothing more than a marketing slogan.
AGAIN, Google maximizes profits. If that means failing to police YouTube copyright infringements to the absolute max, of course they'll do it. You seem outraged over YouTube's hypocrisy. Well, yeah? There's no Mr. Google making moral decisions. There are just divisions maximizing profits. Moral consistency isn't an attribute of a corp.
You know what else? BP conforms to environmental regulations only as much as they need to avoid fines. You know what else? Phizer does just enough product testing to pass FDA regulations.
You seem really confused about what a corporation is and does. Sadly, you aren't alone. Corporations aren't people. They don't have a personality. They don't have a philosophy, other than "make more money". Marketing slogans aren't morals. They are carefully crafted phrases to get the consumer to identify with the product and consume more of it.
Nobody should be able to walk into a Walmart and walk out with a cart full of machine guns and ammo.
You do know you can't do that in the US either, right? Machine guns (automatic weapons) are heavily regulated in the US (Walmart doesn't sell them). Buddy there's plenty of facts to base an anti-gun arguments on you don't need to distort the truth.
Censorship?
I think it's pretty obvious.
If you are looking for a white knight to fight your copyright battles, don't look to the corporations.
Of course they manipulate their results because if they don't get GET SUED for facilitating copyright infringement. The courts tend not to make a distinction when it comes to a tool that's primarily or mainly used to facilitate copyright infringement and one that is only used for it. That's not Google's fault. They are just doing what a corporation does: maximizing profits. In this case that means not disturbing / bending to the Powers That Be.
Google isn't an idea, a person, a set of rules, a way of living, a philosophy, or anything else. Get over it.
This is sort of a side issue, but if you are still using wired headphones you are really missing the boat. Bluetooth headphones are as cheap as $20 for good enough models. I can't imagine going back to wired headphones.
If you use a file explorer that can open CIFS shares, you can open it in the explorer, and choose your read app to open it assuming it supports that (which it should). That's how it done in Android. I use this method to stream movies and are media on a CIFS share to media player apps on my device.
Sorry, they thought of that. Internet-only packages are priced such that it's stupid not to add in the bundled TV.
XFinity X1 really is way nicer than most of the alternatives
The alternatives must be really, really bad. X1 is an example of an overly-flowery interface running on inadequate hardware. 300-500ms to react to a touch in my remote isn't acceptable.
Does he expect a exclusive license to apps that remind you to do things? The guy wrote an app that reminds you periodically to breathe. I could write that in about 20 minutes. If the app is so simple that someone can re-write it then it wasn't very novel to begin with. If you write something that's so tricky or detailed or time consuming then the idea protects itself naturally. I think the saying is: easy come, easy go.
Unless someone copies the code or assets verbatim, which is not what we are talking about here.
I mean really do you want to live in a world where developer A writes say the flashlight app, and from then on holds a license to the "idea" and one else is able to write a flashlight app?
Apply that logic to the Real World. Like sandwich shop A has a guy stand on the street corner and wave at cars, and we prevent sandwich shop B from doing the same because A thought of it first?
I may be poor, but paying more for less is retarded. If the shoe fits.
If it was only that simple. The real problem comes when you have an integrated device like a smartwatch that needs, say, a phone to effectively operate. You may not be able to run the same software you had two years ago: the OS on your phone may require you to run a particular version of, say, the "Phone" app that's been pushed to your device by the carrier and now your watch doesn't vibrate when you get a call.
You know what else would be terrible? If Google decided to push pr0n to my watch when it detected my kids near to me. Terrible. Just terrible. It has to stop.
You can imagine all sorts of bad shit that could happen, but it hasn't. So let's complain about it when it does instead of making stuff up. Backwards compatible interfaces is not a new or crazy concept. You leave the old code in place, running to support old clients. You write new services for new clients. It's done all the time.
It's also done all the time wrong, or not at all. But I'm not going to raise my hackles at the prospect that it might happen. I'm not that bored, yet.
Fuck that, I'll go back to wearing a $10 Casio.
If you were using a smart watch as only, or primarily a watch, indeed, fuck that you should go back to a Casio. Additionally, if you are driving around in your $50,000 card at 15MPH, fuck that also, get a bicycle.
is still going strong after 6 years. It has two alarms, two time zones, stopwatch, atomic clock sync and recharged by light. Basically everything I have or will need in a watch.
Your G-Shock has as much in common w/ a smart watch as a calculator has with a computer. You'd look pretty foolish explaining to folks how superior you were for saving money on a computer since you do just fine w/ your old trusty calculator. Makes you think doesn't it?
>32" is out of the main stream for computer monitors. If you search on Amazon, you get a bunch of oddball shit, about half of which is priced exorbitantly.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=n...
Which one of these "reasonably priced" models do you own? Whichever one, that wasn't exactly a savvy purchase. They are more expensive than a 2016 4K TV, and don't have any of the image enhancement features of modern TVs (upscaling, local dimming, etc) and aren't newer display technology like VA, OLED, IPS.
Only one of the 10+ models listed has a review, and only one review. Big sellers I guess.
There is one model that's listed at ~$1k, the rest are >$2k many of which are $5k+. The $1k model is a plain old TN LCD display (hello, 1997). The first listing if $2.2k and is also a plain old TN LCD.
Ok, screen size (which is a parameter in Android).
The crown fell off my Seiko 15 years after I bought it. They paid for shipping both ways to/from Japan and fixed it - at no charge to me.
Your Seiko wristwatch has as much in common w/ a smart watch as that calculator has with a computer. I'm sure that Seiko makes you feel superior though huh? All of us idiots buying smart watches ...
This is why smart phone and smart watch sales are tanking. People are tired of perfectly good hardware being obsoleted just because manufacturers are too lazy to support them.
Sigh. What about a new software update makes the existing software update obsolete. No, the problem is peoples' mindset that if the OS version on your device hasn't changed recently the hardware needs to go in the garbage.
Thanks lg. BR, ex-customer.
You realize the G watch R *is* on the list to get the update, right?