What you call screwing up their economy, others call preserving their quality of life. Some people actually enjoy browsing physical books among their friends and neighbors.
Why should I be forced to pay more for other people's "quality of life"? Preserving their quality of life comes at the expense of my quality of life. I don't enjoy browsing in bookstores and I don't like spending 1 penny more than I have to on a book.
If people enjoy bookstores fine, but I fail to see why bookstores should get an exemption from competition just because some people have overly romantic notions about them.
Because the books aren't being imported from outside the EU.
Levi's issue was with Tesco (I thought it was with ASDA) buying much cheaper American Levi jeans, instead of buying the more expensive jeans from Levi in Europe.
Here, Amazon are selling books bought inside the EU, so the "no unauthorized imports" ruling doesn't apply. Weird French law applies instead.
In response, the large chains are cutting the breadth of their stock, instead stocking more of the high profile titles, and similarly discounting them.
And thereby committing suicide.
I vaguely remember this law, and I don't think it's being repealed has much to do with the supermarkets crushing the book stores now. 10 years ago, other than the odd Sainsbury's Hypermarket, the supermarkets didn't sell much outside of food and drink. Even if that law was still around, it wouldn't have stopped the supermarkets selling books. The fact that the supermarkets sell books is the reason they're crushing the bookstores*, not the discount. Why? Because most people go to the supermarket at least once a week. They don't go to bookstores once a week. Even if it's the same price, it's easier to pick up a book at Tescos during the weekly shop than making a special trip to WH Smith.
That's why bookstores slashing their range is suicide, because it means there is no reason to go to a bookstore at all.
* I read this morning that Waterstones/HMV is actually doing rather well, unlike most high street chains.
I'd say that in the mp3, it's pronounced somewhere between Porsh-eh and Porsh-a (and closer to the a than the eh). Though thinking about it, who cares - I know several germans who mispronounce a wide range of English language words so it all evens out in the end.
If you want your brand name to be pronounced the same worldwide than choose a simple name, like Sony. Though I bet even Sony is ripe for mispronunciation.
While you use the Java language to program Android, it doesn't actually use a JVM to run the code. Instead, Android uses it's own VM called dalvik that uses a different byte code than the JVM. Java class files are converted to Dalvik bytecode on the desktop.
It works resonably well but some form of PR would be better
As long as what ever form of PR selected takes into account people not voting. I don't think it's right that if only 30% of people vote 100% of the seats available still get allocated as that's neither proportional nor representative. If only 30% of the people vote then only 30% of the available seats should be filled - this would go a long way towards stopping fringe parties getting undue influence.
Uhm, no. You can use a TV in the UK without a TV licence just fine
You need a license if it's got a tuner. If you operate any device capable of receiving broadcast transmissions you're liable to pay the fee. Even people with monitors hooked up to satellite receivers have been successfully prosecuted for not having a license (back in the analogue days before the beeb was on satellite, so you'd have to go through 10-15 year old copies of What Satellite for a reference). If you have a monitor (and not a TV) hooked up to a games console you will probably get away with it (though I'd still be expecting you'd end up in court at some point, seeing as TVL like to threaten and terrorise people). If any device has a tuner in it (such as a VCR) you have to pay.
As for the iPlayer, if they let it stream live TV then I'll bet they will take somebody who doesn't have a TV but is using iPlayer to court and win (back when they streamed the world cup live, they were advising businesses that they better have a TV Licence if they let thier employees watch the stream). Thinking about, they don't even need iPlayer streaming live streams, as they already stream News 24 live. Worse, if they prosecute somebody and win, almost everyone with a computer and a broadband connection will be liable (oddly enough, that has been stated as a long term goal).
The TVL's site provides this:
Do I need a licence?
-
You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, set-top boxes, video or DVD recorders, computers or mobile phones to watch or record TV programmes as they are being shown on TV.
If you use a set-top box with a hi-fi system or another device that can only be used to produce sounds and can't display TV programmes, and you don't install or use any other TV receiving equipment, you don't need a TV Licence.
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Last time I looked, there weren't any DAB devices that worked with Linux (granted, it's been a while since I looked). However, I thought most of the DAB services were on DVB as well.
But because of low voter turn out, you can't say that any subsequent biasing by the BBC based on polling figures will accuratly portray the nation's bias.
Or to put it another way, with only a 30% turnout, then for all anybody knows, the 70% of the population who didn't vote are actually right wing nut jobs for whom the Conservatives are a bunch of limp-wristed socialists who are not worth voting for. If that is the case, then the BBC deciding to bias based on a 60/40 left/right result in the polls would leave the BBC biasing in favour of only 18% of the population.
Religion is hence, more of a survival tool for a society that shields away a person's insecurities.
Alternatively, it is a tool used by some in society to control others. Use some peoples fear, uncertainties and doubts and offer them an easy, quick fix and watch the wealth and power flow in.
1) invent god(s) 2) market said gods 3) profit
If it is a "survival tool", it's the survival tool of a few at the expense of the many.
It is a matter of the N770 WiFi not working when there is a couple of walls or >50 meters between the access points and the 770.
But I regularly connect my 770 through a couple of walls and I've used it at > 50m from the access point. I've even done both - sitting outside a motorway service station in my car and connecting to the access point inside. It was only 1 bar of signal, but it did work.
My 770 became a lot more stable after I put in a 1 Gig rs-mmc card and turned the virtual memory up to the max (64 Meg). It still becomes unstable, but only if I have a lot of things open. As long as I remember to keep within it's limits, it works well.
But not when I travel and want to connect to a network at my hotel, a cafe, etc.
I think that has more to do with rubbish wireless access points than it does with the 770. The places where I've been to where the 770 has had a hard time connecting, I've found that my laptop and Nintendo DS have had a hard time connecting. If anything, the 770 is better than the DS and about the same as the laptop.
Now, for $500ish, you might have a hard time justifying the purchase,
Assuming it sells in the UK for 250 pounds, it'll be in the GPS price range. Seeing as it can be sold as a GPS that can replace a laptop in a lot of situations it shouldn't be that hard to justify.
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What you call screwing up their economy, others call preserving their quality of life. Some people actually enjoy browsing physical books among their friends and neighbors.
Why should I be forced to pay more for other people's "quality of life"? Preserving their quality of life comes at the expense of my quality of life. I don't enjoy browsing in bookstores and I don't like spending 1 penny more than I have to on a book.
If people enjoy bookstores fine, but I fail to see why bookstores should get an exemption from competition just because some people have overly romantic notions about them.
Because the books aren't being imported from outside the EU.
Levi's issue was with Tesco (I thought it was with ASDA) buying much cheaper American Levi jeans, instead of buying the more expensive jeans from Levi in Europe.
Here, Amazon are selling books bought inside the EU, so the "no unauthorized imports" ruling doesn't apply. Weird French law applies instead.
And the agricultural policy is not French, it is a competence of the EU.
But it's the French who block any major changes to CAP, because it so strongly benefits French farmers at the expense of other European citizens.
In response, the large chains are cutting the breadth of their stock, instead stocking more of the high profile titles, and similarly discounting them.
And thereby committing suicide.
I vaguely remember this law, and I don't think it's being repealed has much to do with the supermarkets crushing the book stores now. 10 years ago, other than the odd Sainsbury's Hypermarket, the supermarkets didn't sell much outside of food and drink. Even if that law was still around, it wouldn't have stopped the supermarkets selling books. The fact that the supermarkets sell books is the reason they're crushing the bookstores*, not the discount. Why? Because most people go to the supermarket at least once a week. They don't go to bookstores once a week. Even if it's the same price, it's easier to pick up a book at Tescos during the weekly shop than making a special trip to WH Smith.
That's why bookstores slashing their range is suicide, because it means there is no reason to go to a bookstore at all.
* I read this morning that Waterstones/HMV is actually doing rather well, unlike most high street chains.
You cant take a picture of yourself and print it, if you're wearing a hat that says ford on it
Then don't wear a hat with Ford on it. Wear one with Toyota on it instead.
I'd say that in the mp3, it's pronounced somewhere between Porsh-eh and Porsh-a (and closer to the a than the eh). Though thinking about it, who cares - I know several germans who mispronounce a wide range of English language words so it all evens out in the end.
If you want your brand name to be pronounced the same worldwide than choose a simple name, like Sony. Though I bet even Sony is ripe for mispronunciation.
While you use the Java language to program Android, it doesn't actually use a JVM to run the code. Instead, Android uses it's own VM called dalvik that uses a different byte code than the JVM. Java class files are converted to Dalvik bytecode on the desktop.
Maybe the Dalvik VM would be an easier port.
You just need to use Java 6
java.io.Console
It works resonably well but some form of PR would be better
As long as what ever form of PR selected takes into account people not voting. I don't think it's right that if only 30% of people vote 100% of the seats available still get allocated as that's neither proportional nor representative. If only 30% of the people vote then only 30% of the available seats should be filled - this would go a long way towards stopping fringe parties getting undue influence.
Uhm, no. You can use a TV in the UK without a TV licence just fine
You need a license if it's got a tuner. If you operate any device capable of receiving broadcast transmissions you're liable to pay the fee. Even people with monitors hooked up to satellite receivers have been successfully prosecuted for not having a license (back in the analogue days before the beeb was on satellite, so you'd have to go through 10-15 year old copies of What Satellite for a reference). If you have a monitor (and not a TV) hooked up to a games console you will probably get away with it (though I'd still be expecting you'd end up in court at some point, seeing as TVL like to threaten and terrorise people). If any device has a tuner in it (such as a VCR) you have to pay.
As for the iPlayer, if they let it stream live TV then I'll bet they will take somebody who doesn't have a TV but is using iPlayer to court and win (back when they streamed the world cup live, they were advising businesses that they better have a TV Licence if they let thier employees watch the stream). Thinking about, they don't even need iPlayer streaming live streams, as they already stream News 24 live. Worse, if they prosecute somebody and win, almost everyone with a computer and a broadband connection will be liable (oddly enough, that has been stated as a long term goal).
The TVL's site provides this:
Do I need a licence?
-
You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, set-top boxes, video or DVD recorders, computers or mobile phones to watch or record TV programmes as they are being shown on TV.
If you use a set-top box with a hi-fi system or another device that can only be used to produce sounds and can't display TV programmes, and you don't install or use any other TV receiving equipment, you don't need a TV Licence.
-
similar raw-data access to DAB
Last time I looked, there weren't any DAB devices that worked with Linux (granted, it's been a while since I looked). However, I thought most of the DAB services were on DVB as well.
Who's to say where Linux won't be in another few years?
I somehow doubt Linux will be in much use at Microsoft HQ a few years from now.
Looking at the hardware specs for bioshock, I doubt many low end PCs could run it, or run it well, even with Windows installed.
1) beer - always in pints
No, it's also available by the yard (at least in some student unions), the half pint and in metric based bottles and cans.
But because of low voter turn out, you can't say that any subsequent biasing by the BBC based on polling figures will accuratly portray the nation's bias.
Or to put it another way, with only a 30% turnout, then for all anybody knows, the 70% of the population who didn't vote are actually right wing nut jobs for whom the Conservatives are a bunch of limp-wristed socialists who are not worth voting for. If that is the case, then the BBC deciding to bias based on a 60/40 left/right result in the polls would leave the BBC biasing in favour of only 18% of the population.
Then what are you doing on slashdot...
MST3K is mostly unheard of outside the US, you insensitive clod.
Religion is hence, more of a survival tool for a society that shields away a person's insecurities.
Alternatively, it is a tool used by some in society to control others. Use some peoples fear, uncertainties and doubts and offer them an easy, quick fix and watch the wealth and power flow in.
1) invent god(s)
2) market said gods
3) profit
If it is a "survival tool", it's the survival tool of a few at the expense of the many.
This flavor of creationism can't stand alongside evolution
More importantly, it can't stand alongside geology. The rocks were around before life and evolution started up.
It is a matter of the N770 WiFi not working when there is a couple of walls or >50 meters between the access points and the 770.
But I regularly connect my 770 through a couple of walls and I've used it at > 50m from the access point. I've even done both - sitting outside a motorway service station in my car and connecting to the access point inside. It was only 1 bar of signal, but it did work.
My 770 became a lot more stable after I put in a 1 Gig rs-mmc card and turned the virtual memory up to the max (64 Meg). It still becomes unstable, but only if I have a lot of things open. As long as I remember to keep within it's limits, it works well.
When did Slashdot turn into such a depressing place?
When apple turned things around thanks to the iPod and Apple fanboys started to pop up.
And how many people out there in the corporate mainstream are ready to rely on VoIP and whatever wifi might be available?
Somewhat irrelevant, as the Nokias are consumer lifestyle devices, not corporate devices.
But not when I travel and want to connect to a network at my hotel, a cafe, etc.
I think that has more to do with rubbish wireless access points than it does with the 770. The places where I've been to where the 770 has had a hard time connecting, I've found that my laptop and Nintendo DS have had a hard time connecting. If anything, the 770 is better than the DS and about the same as the laptop.
Now, for $500ish, you might have a hard time justifying the purchase,
Assuming it sells in the UK for 250 pounds, it'll be in the GPS price range. Seeing as it can be sold as a GPS that can replace a laptop in a lot of situations it shouldn't be that hard to justify.
Mel Gibson is American. http://imdb.com/name/nm0000154/bio