Which currency we use can be very important due to factors like inflation or qualitative easing. You have a point as for most transactions the currency is just used as a middle-man for swapping services (e.g. time you spent working for someone) for products or other services.
If you have a lot of currency "saved" then the choice of currency can be very important as the value of each currency can dramatically change (e.g. hyper-inflation can wipe out the value of a currency).
As a UK subject, I don't feel sentimental about the pound, but historically it has been a lot more stable than other currencies. At the moment, I believe that Sterling is in a safer position than the Euro as the Euro has problems with some of the countries having financial difficulties (e.g. Greece).
Depending on where you live, often the purpose of security is not to stop someone entering but to ensure that they're going to make a lot of noise doing so. If you're in a street with lots of neighbours, then a burglar is not going to want to be smashing windows or wooden doors.
This is also why dogs make good guard pets as some of them make lots of noise when they see someone they don't know. A lot of dogs would just go and excitedly greet a burglar, but the burglar wouldn't want to take the chance and will often pick a house without a dog.
If people insist on repeatedly buying rubbish, then why should the manufacturers have to pick up the slack?
Personally, I run Linux and the only problem I've had with drivers not working from one release to another was with a Multitech multimodem that I've not been able to get working on a anything newer than a 2.4 kernel. Luckily, I can still quite happily run an old OS and thus it's still working today (although why we need to run fax modems anymore is another question).
If it works when you bought it, then it's your fault if you change the OS and it no longer works. You should have thought about that before changing your OS.
On the other hand, if a manufacturer doesn't provide you with all the drivers that you want, then don't keep buying from that manufacturer.
VO2 max isn't necessarily the most important factor for marathon runners as there's running economy (how much oxygen you require for running at a certain pace) to consider as well. Strangely enough, high VO2 max and high running economy don't usually appear in the same individual.
Thailand has loads of different types of chilis all with subtly different flavours. It's not just about the heat (although it's an important factor), but about the flavour as well.
Real Thai food is very spicy as the Thais love their chilis. I like my food spicy, but when you ask for Thai food "local style" (as opposed to the tourist food that is a lot milder), you get a VERY hot dish.
Disk to network directly without going into RAM? I'm not sure that's possible with typical disks, filesystems and network protocols. Does the network card have details about all the different filesystems? What happens if you're using encrypted disks - how would the network card know how to read the disk?
Does that reasoning apply to sites that host pictures of actual killings/beheadings etc? Are the people hosting the site complicit in the guilt of the murders commited? Does that apply to news channels as well?
All the big international companies end up reducing their tax bill by shunting money around and finding loopholes. I think you'll find that Microsoft is adept at avoiding tax bills. I remember reading somewhere that they end up paying around 13% tax.
Patching windows is a real pain. What I don't understand is that you apply all the available updates and then after rebooting, you find that there's critical patches to fix the patches you just applied.
You can end up spending hours checking for updates, applying them, rebooting and then repeating it because your time is worthless to Microsoft. With Linux, when you apply the updates, you get all the updates at once and you only reboot if a new kernel was installed. A job that takes many hours on Windows takes maybe half an hour on Linux and doesn't require constant user attention.
Many thanks for your pity, but I'm English, not American. I appreciate that your comments probably apply as much to Britain as it does to the US (I presume that you don't necessarily mean South America, Mexico and Canada when you specify American), but I like to think that I don't just believe in the propaganda spewed out by governments and media outlets. I'm sure there's a good mix of sceptical and gullible people in the U.S., so it's a bit disingenuous to portray everyone as if they all think exactly the same.
Sir, I really must protest that although our savagery is debatable (I like to think of myself as a modern humanist rather than a knuckle-dragging savage), I do take exception to your surprising claim that we are all Muslims. I personally am not of a religious bent - I am a card carrying atheist (although the cards are just the normal credit cards and shop loyalty cards that most people carry around).
I am somewhat confused about what you mean by your "Asian militants" statement. Are all the militants coming to visit Britain (probably site-seeing - I do see a lot of Japanese tourists taking photographs of all manner of people, places and things) or did they all move here at an early age? My belief is that if someone has been living in a place for the majority of their life, then it's reasonable to designate that place as their nationality, so wouldn't they then become "British militants"?
I have met several Muslims who were absolutely outstanding chaps and in no way "savage", so I'm begininng to doubt your entire post as some kind of rant.
Last time I was in Mexico (last year on holiday), I didn't notice any pro-US sentiments - just the opposite in fact. I don't think they've forgotten about all of their land that they lost: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
I appreciate that English is probably not your first language, but can you stop using the exclamation mark (!) to finish every sentence? It makes your comments look like they're written by a crazy.
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I don't know about Morrisons (my closest one is too far away) but Aldi currently beats Tesco and Asda on quality.
We still use imperial measures for height and weight of people (e.g. 6'1" tall and weighing 14st 6lb).
Which currency we use can be very important due to factors like inflation or qualitative easing. You have a point as for most transactions the currency is just used as a middle-man for swapping services (e.g. time you spent working for someone) for products or other services.
If you have a lot of currency "saved" then the choice of currency can be very important as the value of each currency can dramatically change (e.g. hyper-inflation can wipe out the value of a currency).
As a UK subject, I don't feel sentimental about the pound, but historically it has been a lot more stable than other currencies. At the moment, I believe that Sterling is in a safer position than the Euro as the Euro has problems with some of the countries having financial difficulties (e.g. Greece).
Yep. I much prefer to use Linux, but my wife complained when I replaced all the Windows in our house, especially the double-glazing.
Depending on where you live, often the purpose of security is not to stop someone entering but to ensure that they're going to make a lot of noise doing so. If you're in a street with lots of neighbours, then a burglar is not going to want to be smashing windows or wooden doors.
This is also why dogs make good guard pets as some of them make lots of noise when they see someone they don't know. A lot of dogs would just go and excitedly greet a burglar, but the burglar wouldn't want to take the chance and will often pick a house without a dog.
I'll have you know that Windows is far more secure nowadays than it ever used to be.
If people insist on repeatedly buying rubbish, then why should the manufacturers have to pick up the slack?
Personally, I run Linux and the only problem I've had with drivers not working from one release to another was with a Multitech multimodem that I've not been able to get working on a anything newer than a 2.4 kernel. Luckily, I can still quite happily run an old OS and thus it's still working today (although why we need to run fax modems anymore is another question).
If it works when you bought it, then it's your fault if you change the OS and it no longer works. You should have thought about that before changing your OS.
On the other hand, if a manufacturer doesn't provide you with all the drivers that you want, then don't keep buying from that manufacturer.
VO2 max isn't necessarily the most important factor for marathon runners as there's running economy (how much oxygen you require for running at a certain pace) to consider as well. Strangely enough, high VO2 max and high running economy don't usually appear in the same individual.
Can't he just sue his ex-employer for wrongful dismissal or does that not exist in the U.S.?
I imagine that self-altering program code could become incredibly hard to analyze and unravel.
Thailand has loads of different types of chilis all with subtly different flavours. It's not just about the heat (although it's an important factor), but about the flavour as well.
Real Thai food is very spicy as the Thais love their chilis. I like my food spicy, but when you ask for Thai food "local style" (as opposed to the tourist food that is a lot milder), you get a VERY hot dish.
Disk to network directly without going into RAM? I'm not sure that's possible with typical disks, filesystems and network protocols. Does the network card have details about all the different filesystems? What happens if you're using encrypted disks - how would the network card know how to read the disk?
That depends on whether I'm expected to join in with the fucking of bonobos or not. (I'm not going to say which answer I'd be wanting).
Does that reasoning apply to sites that host pictures of actual killings/beheadings etc? Are the people hosting the site complicit in the guilt of the murders commited? Does that apply to news channels as well?
I prefer a passcode as I don't leave my passcode around on every surface that I touch.
All the big international companies end up reducing their tax bill by shunting money around and finding loopholes. I think you'll find that Microsoft is adept at avoiding tax bills. I remember reading somewhere that they end up paying around 13% tax.
Is it because all the stupid people use Microsoft?
Patching windows is a real pain. What I don't understand is that you apply all the available updates and then after rebooting, you find that there's critical patches to fix the patches you just applied.
You can end up spending hours checking for updates, applying them, rebooting and then repeating it because your time is worthless to Microsoft. With Linux, when you apply the updates, you get all the updates at once and you only reboot if a new kernel was installed. A job that takes many hours on Windows takes maybe half an hour on Linux and doesn't require constant user attention.
No, you can use a 2400dpi photo of the fingerprint on the glass: http://www.zdnet.com/apple-iphone-fingerprint-reader-confirmed-as-easy-to-hack-7000021065/. It's not trivial, but it's certainly not beyond a determined attacker.
Many thanks for your pity, but I'm English, not American. I appreciate that your comments probably apply as much to Britain as it does to the US (I presume that you don't necessarily mean South America, Mexico and Canada when you specify American), but I like to think that I don't just believe in the propaganda spewed out by governments and media outlets. I'm sure there's a good mix of sceptical and gullible people in the U.S., so it's a bit disingenuous to portray everyone as if they all think exactly the same.
I say! He just called us all savages.
Sir, I really must protest that although our savagery is debatable (I like to think of myself as a modern humanist rather than a knuckle-dragging savage), I do take exception to your surprising claim that we are all Muslims. I personally am not of a religious bent - I am a card carrying atheist (although the cards are just the normal credit cards and shop loyalty cards that most people carry around).
I am somewhat confused about what you mean by your "Asian militants" statement. Are all the militants coming to visit Britain (probably site-seeing - I do see a lot of Japanese tourists taking photographs of all manner of people, places and things) or did they all move here at an early age? My belief is that if someone has been living in a place for the majority of their life, then it's reasonable to designate that place as their nationality, so wouldn't they then become "British militants"?
I have met several Muslims who were absolutely outstanding chaps and in no way "savage", so I'm begininng to doubt your entire post as some kind of rant.
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Last time I was in Mexico (last year on holiday), I didn't notice any pro-US sentiments - just the opposite in fact. I don't think they've forgotten about all of their land that they lost: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
I appreciate that English is probably not your first language, but can you stop using the exclamation mark (!) to finish every sentence? It makes your comments look like they're written by a crazy.