The EU is not a federal government. Although their laws are technically legally binding unless the applicable government implements their laws there's really nothing they can do about it (especially when it concerns one of the more influential countries in the EU).
I'd love to see that answer, since it would basically confirm my suspicions that the ultra-libertarian Slashdot crowd are basically anti-social egotists who care about no one other than themselves.
NFSN is a good solution for a low volume site. I use it as my personal homepage. It doesn't get a lot of traffic, so the pay-as-you-go scheme works out a lot cheaper than any other host. If I were building a large, dynamic site I'm not sure it would work out so well.
You're attacking a strawman. I'm not talking about the overall high cost of premiums in the US, I'm talking about how some people, through no fault of their own, are totally unable to get health insurance.
What if you do have a chronic illness though? What are you supposed to do then? And I would dispute that any normal person could save enough to pay for long term cancer treatment. Breast cancer treatment could be over $100,000. Finally, what about the people who don't plan carefully? Do they deserve to suffer and die because of their lack of foresight?
That's not what I said. Read the GP's comment. But if you were insured then your insurer would be doing anything it could to try and cancel your insurance.
And then you get cancer, requiring millions in dollars of treatment, so you remortgage your house, then you lose your job because you're taking too many sick days, then you lose your house. Great solution.
If my laptop were stolen, I'd be using all of its capabilities against the thief (in fact I have Undercover installed). I'm sure whatever software they have will log IP addresses, but the webcam just provides more evidence.
I agree on the second point, however I dispute the first. If the laptop is reported missing by the pupil it was given to then the school is well within their rights to activate the webcam. If my laptop were stolen would it be illegal to use the webcam to identify the thief? Of course not.
Before we all get carried away decrying this school district, we must bear in mind that almost all the information we have comes from allegations in a lawsuit. The school district are innocent until proven guilty as far as I'm concerned. I have no reason to trust the family's lawyer over the school district's superintendent. The only concrete fact that the two parties agree on is that the laptops have tracking software. The district says they've only used on stolen laptops, while the lawsuit says that it was used in a disciplinary matter. Time will tell which is most accurate.
Although that may hold up for Apple in the USA, I suspect it wouldn't in Europe. I suspect all you would have to do in the UK to have your warranty honoured would be to threaten to go to Trading Standards.
Giant squid and some other large squid species maintain neutral buoyancy in seawater through an ammonium chloride solution which flows throughout their body and is lighter than seawater. This differs from the method of floatation used by fish, which involves a gas-filled swim bladder. The solution tastes somewhat like salmiakki and makes giant squid unattractive for general human consumption.
This came about as a direct result of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church meddling in political affairs for centuries.
It's kind of ironic that Catholic Europe and Anglican Britain have ended up becoming some of the most secular places on Earth, despite having little enforced separation of church and state (indeed, the head of the Church of England is also the head of government in the UK), whereas the rigid rules of the US constitution led to possibly the most religious Western nation.
Yout seem to be a pretty transparent poll. I'm amazed two people modded you up, given your basic factual errors. Apple announced and demoed office software at their event, it has 10 hour battery life watching video. Even if in real use it gets half that, it's still pretty amazing. And usability? It means something different than what you think it does.
You're right. I use Adium, and the Facebook plugin was never very good for me. For some reason it would intermittently disconnect and then ask for my password, and contacts that were offline would sometimes persist as online for ages. Using XMPP to connects has been fantastic so far. If I can convince my friends on Windows to install Pidgin I can finally dump MSN.
You're totally right, nothing productive has ever been accomplished over IM. And other communication methods are only used for serious and valuable conversations.
Don't be stupid. There's a difference between airport WiFi and a service people are paying for. Even regular users would notice pretty quickly if Xbox Live weren't working.
I'll give you the mini pricing issue. But Apple's mouse and keyboard and monitors are premium products. The 24" display is an IPS panel with LED backlighting. You spec a Dell monitor with that, and you'll get a similar price. And Apple's mouse has multitouch. Whether or not it's useful is moot point, it's clearly a more advanced product than a two button + scroll wheel Logitech.
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The EU is not a federal government. Although their laws are technically legally binding unless the applicable government implements their laws there's really nothing they can do about it (especially when it concerns one of the more influential countries in the EU).
They are expensive if you have a 'preexisting condition'.
I'd love to see that answer, since it would basically confirm my suspicions that the ultra-libertarian Slashdot crowd are basically anti-social egotists who care about no one other than themselves.
NFSN is a good solution for a low volume site. I use it as my personal homepage. It doesn't get a lot of traffic, so the pay-as-you-go scheme works out a lot cheaper than any other host. If I were building a large, dynamic site I'm not sure it would work out so well.
You're attacking a strawman. I'm not talking about the overall high cost of premiums in the US, I'm talking about how some people, through no fault of their own, are totally unable to get health insurance.
What if you do have a chronic illness though? What are you supposed to do then? And I would dispute that any normal person could save enough to pay for long term cancer treatment. Breast cancer treatment could be over $100,000. Finally, what about the people who don't plan carefully? Do they deserve to suffer and die because of their lack of foresight?
That's not what I said. Read the GP's comment. But if you were insured then your insurer would be doing anything it could to try and cancel your insurance.
And then you get cancer, requiring millions in dollars of treatment, so you remortgage your house, then you lose your job because you're taking too many sick days, then you lose your house. Great solution.
You don't.
If my laptop were stolen, I'd be using all of its capabilities against the thief (in fact I have Undercover installed). I'm sure whatever software they have will log IP addresses, but the webcam just provides more evidence.
I agree on the second point, however I dispute the first. If the laptop is reported missing by the pupil it was given to then the school is well within their rights to activate the webcam. If my laptop were stolen would it be illegal to use the webcam to identify the thief? Of course not.
No, the lawsuit alleges she said that.
Before we all get carried away decrying this school district, we must bear in mind that almost all the information we have comes from allegations in a lawsuit. The school district are innocent until proven guilty as far as I'm concerned. I have no reason to trust the family's lawyer over the school district's superintendent. The only concrete fact that the two parties agree on is that the laptops have tracking software. The district says they've only used on stolen laptops, while the lawsuit says that it was used in a disciplinary matter. Time will tell which is most accurate.
Although that may hold up for Apple in the USA, I suspect it wouldn't in Europe. I suspect all you would have to do in the UK to have your warranty honoured would be to threaten to go to Trading Standards.
The belt clip doesn't fit? AT&T may actually have done you a favour there.
Really? If I were a giant squid, I'd take the freedom to roam the worlds oceans over living in a fairly small glass box any day.
It's kind of ironic that Catholic Europe and Anglican Britain have ended up becoming some of the most secular places on Earth, despite having little enforced separation of church and state (indeed, the head of the Church of England is also the head of government in the UK), whereas the rigid rules of the US constitution led to possibly the most religious Western nation.
Yout seem to be a pretty transparent poll. I'm amazed two people modded you up, given your basic factual errors. Apple announced and demoed office software at their event, it has 10 hour battery life watching video. Even if in real use it gets half that, it's still pretty amazing. And usability? It means something different than what you think it does.
Care to share the university you attended with us?
You're right. I use Adium, and the Facebook plugin was never very good for me. For some reason it would intermittently disconnect and then ask for my password, and contacts that were offline would sometimes persist as online for ages. Using XMPP to connects has been fantastic so far. If I can convince my friends on Windows to install Pidgin I can finally dump MSN.
You're totally right, nothing productive has ever been accomplished over IM. And other communication methods are only used for serious and valuable conversations.
Don't be stupid. There's a difference between airport WiFi and a service people are paying for. Even regular users would notice pretty quickly if Xbox Live weren't working.
Thank you, sir. Of course, GP gets modded informative.
I'll give you the mini pricing issue. But Apple's mouse and keyboard and monitors are premium products. The 24" display is an IPS panel with LED backlighting. You spec a Dell monitor with that, and you'll get a similar price. And Apple's mouse has multitouch. Whether or not it's useful is moot point, it's clearly a more advanced product than a two button + scroll wheel Logitech.