They gained marketshare and when people think PCs they immediately associate it with Windows. Those few that will want/be able to buy an OS will choose windows. Eventually, if they DO get some anti-piracy laws in place it will be an incredible boost. But that's unlikely to ever happen, even less now when the PC has to compete with mobile.
The laws exist. Enforcement in the courts is the problem.
1. MSFT revenue in China is lower than actual software revenue should be, mostly due to non-payment of software licenses (aka IP theft) by Chinese government and military units (half the economy). This has not changed. And probably never will.
2. MSFT is being forced to pay taxes "avoided" in the EU and US as well. The Irish and Luxembourg tax "shelters" are being ripped apart. And Google and Amazon will also be forced to pay those too. It helps when you shame the economic figures by country and point out exactly where they have a shortage and why, and that they know that this is happening.
Seriously, all this "it's too hard" stuff by researchers at other universities.
Listen up, children, coal, oil, and other fossil fuels are no longer cheaper than solar or wind any longer.
Heck, you can literally cut GHG emissions in half for existing coal plants just by installing scrubbers and using cogeneration.
Now I know it's hard to admit that installing 1980s coal technology could improve the basic 1918 coal plant design, but if you stop reading industry funded "oh it's too hard" PR flak maybe you can figure it's not that hard.
And that's just coal.
Here at the UW we literally can make cheaper solar energy - solar biofilms that shape to cars or walls, windows that absorb energy but still let light in (think of those fancy window shades you see in SF movies), or you can just use low carbon emission wood frame buildings with high insulation properties and passive solar.
We MAKE that stuff. You whine that you can't do it. We build many giant buildings across our 50,000 person campus.
It's the 21st Century, children. Not the 18th. Wake up and adapt. Cause you're out of time.
In a recent poll conducted randomly via the Internet among people who are girl gamers, we found that 99 percent think breastfeeding images are none of your business.
Equally sound on a statistical basis, and just as randomized, with a t value of 42.
And, for that matter, Communication is a Federal responsibility under the Canadian Constitution, which has strong privacy rights that the Ontario Police and the PM hate.
Two spaceship crashes in one week does seem awful suspicious, so sabotage seems like a plausible explanation. Likewise Russia seems like a plausible culprit given the ongoing proxy war in Ukraine. But I'm not aware of any actual evidence to support these reasonable guesses.
I kinda doubt the Chinese would be involved. Current relations between Bushbama regime and CCP are, outwardly, pretty cordial.
No idea. Have no field intel to this effect. But my suspicion meter is on yellow.
In Seattle you can watch films as a member of Cinema Seattle for about $5 to $7, and you can buy cider, beer, wine, chai, and fruit & veggies for $2 to $4.
Two theaters, one has three screens, including 3D digital HD, the other (Egyptian) has 35 mm film and digital HD. Actually, there's a secret third theater as well.
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Under the Data Treaties signed with Canada and the EU, citizens of those countries have protections for their civil rights in America.
Americans don't.
Wake up and smell the Epic Fail.
They gained marketshare and when people think PCs they immediately associate it with Windows. Those few that will want/be able to buy an OS will choose windows. Eventually, if they DO get some anti-piracy laws in place it will be an incredible boost. But that's unlikely to ever happen, even less now when the PC has to compete with mobile.
The laws exist. Enforcement in the courts is the problem.
1. MSFT revenue in China is lower than actual software revenue should be, mostly due to non-payment of software licenses (aka IP theft) by Chinese government and military units (half the economy). This has not changed. And probably never will.
2. MSFT is being forced to pay taxes "avoided" in the EU and US as well. The Irish and Luxembourg tax "shelters" are being ripped apart. And Google and Amazon will also be forced to pay those too. It helps when you shame the economic figures by country and point out exactly where they have a shortage and why, and that they know that this is happening.
3. Pay your effing taxes. That includes Mittens.
Seriously, all this "it's too hard" stuff by researchers at other universities.
Listen up, children, coal, oil, and other fossil fuels are no longer cheaper than solar or wind any longer.
Heck, you can literally cut GHG emissions in half for existing coal plants just by installing scrubbers and using cogeneration.
Now I know it's hard to admit that installing 1980s coal technology could improve the basic 1918 coal plant design, but if you stop reading industry funded "oh it's too hard" PR flak maybe you can figure it's not that hard.
And that's just coal.
Here at the UW we literally can make cheaper solar energy - solar biofilms that shape to cars or walls, windows that absorb energy but still let light in (think of those fancy window shades you see in SF movies), or you can just use low carbon emission wood frame buildings with high insulation properties and passive solar.
We MAKE that stuff. You whine that you can't do it. We build many giant buildings across our 50,000 person campus.
It's the 21st Century, children. Not the 18th. Wake up and adapt. Cause you're out of time.
He who lives by the lack of privacy, should have none.
This is not the Clippy that you are looking for (waves hand)
Hmm, I guess they still crash as often as Windows does.
Brings new meaning to the phrase, Blue Scream of Death.
Where to start?
This is just as valid as a "poll" on poll taxes among KKK members.
In a recent poll conducted randomly via the Internet among people who are girl gamers, we found that 99 percent think breastfeeding images are none of your business.
Equally sound on a statistical basis, and just as randomized, with a t value of 42.
They still think it's the 80s there.
It is still the 80s everywhere. We are still living the Reagan/Thatcher nightmare. God help us all.
Not in Seattle. Or Vancouver BC.
(for now)
More to the point, it was made by somebody who didn't realize that the supreme court's already ruled that we've got a right to anonymity.
Well, Ontario has always been behind the times. They still think it's the 80s there.
I'm down with OPP.
You know what I mean.
They're the Blue Law Cops from the land of noughts.
And they need cartoon instructions to pee.
Eh?
And, for that matter, Communication is a Federal responsibility under the Canadian Constitution, which has strong privacy rights that the Ontario Police and the PM hate.
Sadly most trolls don't.
A few drones would solve this problem.
Oh, please, next you'll tell us that Apple opened a new facility in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle ....
Because that's the car I'm buying.
Now if those could be directly controlled by a human brain.
oops
I'm trying to grow a beard, and my kids hate it, and it's itchy. What are the upsides of having a full beard?
maybe you can tie shiny objects in it?
Wondering if you think we are looking at a dystopian future, or utopian future?
Is it easier to do graphic novels for one or the other?
Your lack of privacy rights for American citizens do not apply to people who may or may not be citizens of countries you signed treaties with.
Translation: Nope.
When the US Senate affirms an international treaty, it overrides all lower decisions, including those of the US House signed into law.
Virginia is for lusers.
Two spaceship crashes in one week does seem awful suspicious, so sabotage seems like a plausible explanation. Likewise Russia seems like a plausible culprit given the ongoing proxy war in Ukraine. But I'm not aware of any actual evidence to support these reasonable guesses.
I kinda doubt the Chinese would be involved. Current relations between Bushbama regime and CCP are, outwardly, pretty cordial.
No idea. Have no field intel to this effect. But my suspicion meter is on yellow.
lol - wrong country. ex-CAF Army - built into all rocket tech by Russia back when this engine was made but you civvies don't know that, do you?
You'd have to eject the pilot and passengers in a unit that could survive re-entry at any point. In short ... nope.
This is either intentional Russian sabotage, or a Chinese op masquerading as a Russian op.
Follow the money.
In Seattle you can watch films as a member of Cinema Seattle for about $5 to $7, and you can buy cider, beer, wine, chai, and fruit & veggies for $2 to $4.
Two theaters, one has three screens, including 3D digital HD, the other (Egyptian) has 35 mm film and digital HD. Actually, there's a secret third theater as well.