..explain how the EU has "engendered" any benefits to me in the field of E-Mail and SMS?
Actually it would be great if you could explain to me how the EU has engendered any net benefits to me at all.
Countries like Saudi Arabia and China which block "questionable content" can just as easily use it to block content as a private individual... I broadly consider myself a Libertarian and that is why I would oppose the creation of of the TLD. It would argubly of far more use to somebody trying to block content for other people, than somebody trying to censor content for themselves.
None... I was merely explaining the rationale behind the rejection, not saying that I agreed with the US Government intervention. I would much prefer a competant, apolitical organisation instead of ICANN making decisions becuase it wouldn't force us to rely on a nation state for the internet.
In the end I think that the domain was rejected becuase it recieved little support from either political disposition.
Libertarians rejected the domain beucase it would make porn easier to block, and Christian Moralist groups rejected the idea because it would in some way sanction the appearance of porn on the net and make it integral it's structure or backbone. That and they couldn't figure out that it would make it easier to block porn.
In many ways it has the same advantages for all sides as Net Neutrality does, except without bussiness interests causing corporate lobbyists to stick their neck around the door.
I also use a 9800Pro on my gaming rig... My system is AGP, DDR2 and Socket 939, so my upgrade path has been slightly stunted by DDR2, PCI-E and AM2. I see the Pro being a solid competitor until the end of the year... or maybe until the summer, depends whether I like UT2k7 enough.
After this, I will simply get the highest end AGP card available at the time (Right now I'm looking at a 7800GT... Hopefully some of the newer cards released this year will be released in AGP format for a while to come) and then that system should be able to hold me down for the best of my needs for several years, until I'm rich enough to buy an entirely new platform (already if I wanted to go higher much higher on my CPU I'd have to get a new motherboard, new RAM and new GFX card becuase of compatibility issues.)
I don't like the idea of anything unified under Microsoft... It means MS has a monopoly of games. Personally, I like the current PC approach where games have seperate servers, and they're not linked by anything. No centralised account server to slow down your login, just get on there and play.
I believe the term is "boiling a frog slowly." If the government decides this is a good idea, it WILL happen. It's a gradual erosion of freedoms.
20 Years ago I'm sure that phone tapping ordinary citizens without a warrant would have been quite a concern, today it's hardly an issue in the minds Joe Sixpack.
I read the headline thinking it might be some kind of experiment into anti-materialist anarchism... then up on reading the summary I realised that by "cashless" they meant "physically cashless, so you don't have anything that can be traded for goods and services if they decide to pull your card".
I see where you're going with this, but I think you might be forgetting that if network traffic is prioritized, Disney is exactly the type of content provider which is going to be right up there at the top of the pile, becuase they have plenty of money to buy off the telcos with. I'm sure Disney would love to be able to say how fast their TV shows were compared to that of smaller, independant networks.
Wow, way to shoot down your own argument. There is currently no (stable/legitimate/internationally recognized) civilian court system in Iraq so all civilians caught on the battlefield are technically arrested by the U.S./coalition forces. Geneva Convention doesn't apply under those circumstances.
Your argument would hold if "under US law" meant "How we decide to deal with them on the fly, as they come," and not "Under the laws that the rest of the country also abides by." Arrest without charge nor trial and detention forever for the crime of "I don't like the look of you" is not part of US law.
By going out and releaseing sensitive documents, this looks more like a bitter man with an axe to grind.
Or a "whistleblower". Yes, people have the right to keep their personal information secret. No, a corporation is not a person, and needs to be held accountable to the population at large, especially when it is involved in covert operations with the NSA against the public. It would be a fallacy of composition to claim that they did.
Still, even if we do see AT&T held accountable, they will merely be a scapegoat. The NSA and the government will never be held accountable by anyone.
I think many people are going to misinterpret this article. I doubt very much that any more than 10% of the registrations (at a liberal guess) would be actual companies registering.eu domains. Most of these are probably going to be resellers and squatters, which is why the UK proportion is so high.
I can't think of any reason why a UK company would buy a.EU domain unless it was out to alienate it's customers, market to the rest of the EU under a different domain, or simply just bought every TLD for it's domain name.
The worrying thing is, I didn't bat an eyelid, and totally expected this from my government, until I got to the comments reminding me that it was April Fools Day... (Despite a full knowledege that it was April Fools Day, when I saw the words UK and Government in the same sentance I entered paranoia mode)
That's fine, it's what you get when you buy an iPod but it's hardly an excellent example of "the best customer service ever (TM)" when other manufactures such as Samsung will replace an entire monitor on the basis of dead pixels. On an iPod video where one dead pixel can be quite annoying (I should know, I have several) it's hardly plausible to claim that Apple is superior to other manufacturers (including Samsung, who make excellent competing notebooks, mp3 players and displays) in terms of customer service when they can't even match up.
Sorry, quite a bad typo there: If they conceed it was THEIR fault they make you pay shipping after 90 days. If they decide it was your fault, they don't cover it.
This article is simple shilling for Apple. Anyone who has actually had an encounter with Apple's customer service would know that they're exactly the same as any other manufacturer. An example of this would be the hugely limited warantee on iPods. The iPod is covered for a year, but after 90 days they make you cover shipping costs for defective if they conceed it is your fault. The screen on an iPod is also completely devoid of any warantee.
Apple's success clearly lies in marketing its products, which is what Steve Jobs is good at; this covers not only creating a buzz at media events or seeding the iPod so that it is "cool," but to give clueless journalists who write articles which are featured on slashdot the impression that they offer some magically better quality of service.
So despite the fact that distributors have disrupted the free market in order to slant movie watching towards being in theatres by staggering the release of the movie on DVD until 6 months after it is released in the threatres, this supposedly "fuller, more entertaining experience" needs further help to survive in a free market?
Personally I like going to the movies with friends, but if it was "better" then surely people would choose that over a DVD with both are available in parallel, instead of being forced to see the movie at a theatre?
To an average Joe Sixpack, they would probably assume it was a problem at the other end and that the person didn't send the email properly. Either that or they have a "virus".
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..explain how the EU has "engendered" any benefits to me in the field of E-Mail and SMS? Actually it would be great if you could explain to me how the EU has engendered any net benefits to me at all.
Lies.
Countries like Saudi Arabia and China which block "questionable content" can just as easily use it to block content as a private individual... I broadly consider myself a Libertarian and that is why I would oppose the creation of of the TLD. It would argubly of far more use to somebody trying to block content for other people, than somebody trying to censor content for themselves.
None... I was merely explaining the rationale behind the rejection, not saying that I agreed with the US Government intervention. I would much prefer a competant, apolitical organisation instead of ICANN making decisions becuase it wouldn't force us to rely on a nation state for the internet.
Libertarians rejected the domain beucase it would make porn easier to block, and Christian Moralist groups rejected the idea because it would in some way sanction the appearance of porn on the net and make it integral it's structure or backbone. That and they couldn't figure out that it would make it easier to block porn.
In many ways it has the same advantages for all sides as Net Neutrality does, except without bussiness interests causing corporate lobbyists to stick their neck around the door.
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After this, I will simply get the highest end AGP card available at the time (Right now I'm looking at a 7800GT... Hopefully some of the newer cards released this year will be released in AGP format for a while to come) and then that system should be able to hold me down for the best of my needs for several years, until I'm rich enough to buy an entirely new platform (already if I wanted to go higher much higher on my CPU I'd have to get a new motherboard, new RAM and new GFX card becuase of compatibility issues.)
I don't like the idea of anything unified under Microsoft... It means MS has a monopoly of games. Personally, I like the current PC approach where games have seperate servers, and they're not linked by anything. No centralised account server to slow down your login, just get on there and play.
20 Years ago I'm sure that phone tapping ordinary citizens without a warrant would have been quite a concern, today it's hardly an issue in the minds Joe Sixpack.
Somewhat different I must say.
You're right, you didn't. That was the Genevre Convention
I see where you're going with this, but I think you might be forgetting that if network traffic is prioritized, Disney is exactly the type of content provider which is going to be right up there at the top of the pile, becuase they have plenty of money to buy off the telcos with. I'm sure Disney would love to be able to say how fast their TV shows were compared to that of smaller, independant networks.
Your argument would hold if "under US law" meant "How we decide to deal with them on the fly, as they come," and not "Under the laws that the rest of the country also abides by." Arrest without charge nor trial and detention forever for the crime of "I don't like the look of you" is not part of US law.
Still, even if we do see AT&T held accountable, they will merely be a scapegoat. The NSA and the government will never be held accountable by anyone.
Actually, funnily enough he does: Each year. Although his definition of correct is a bit liberal, at least he tries.
I can't think of any reason why a UK company would buy a .EU domain unless it was out to alienate it's customers, market to the rest of the EU under a different domain, or simply just bought every TLD for it's domain name.
I think the "rights" in Digital Rights Management are your, the consumer's rights. And I think it's the RIAA managing them.
Or for a more traditionally Swedish drink, Akvavit (flavoured potato alcohol) would do me just fine.
The worrying thing is, I didn't bat an eyelid, and totally expected this from my government, until I got to the comments reminding me that it was April Fools Day... (Despite a full knowledege that it was April Fools Day, when I saw the words UK and Government in the same sentance I entered paranoia mode)
Link to Samsung article
That's fine, it's what you get when you buy an iPod but it's hardly an excellent example of "the best customer service ever (TM)" when other manufactures such as Samsung will replace an entire monitor on the basis of dead pixels. On an iPod video where one dead pixel can be quite annoying (I should know, I have several) it's hardly plausible to claim that Apple is superior to other manufacturers (including Samsung, who make excellent competing notebooks, mp3 players and displays) in terms of customer service when they can't even match up.
Sorry, quite a bad typo there: If they conceed it was THEIR fault they make you pay shipping after 90 days. If they decide it was your fault, they don't cover it.
Apple's success clearly lies in marketing its products, which is what Steve Jobs is good at; this covers not only creating a buzz at media events or seeding the iPod so that it is "cool," but to give clueless journalists who write articles which are featured on slashdot the impression that they offer some magically better quality of service.
So despite the fact that distributors have disrupted the free market in order to slant movie watching towards being in theatres by staggering the release of the movie on DVD until 6 months after it is released in the threatres, this supposedly "fuller, more entertaining experience" needs further help to survive in a free market?
Personally I like going to the movies with friends, but if it was "better" then surely people would choose that over a DVD with both are available in parallel, instead of being forced to see the movie at a theatre?
To an average Joe Sixpack, they would probably assume it was a problem at the other end and that the person didn't send the email properly. Either that or they have a "virus".