The publishers also insisted that they are signing licences with authors allowing them to distribute the books in a said language on a pan-European basis. There is no obstacle in the contract between publishers and retailers which prevent these retailers to sell a German ebook to Greece or a Spanish ebook to the United Kingdom for example.
BTW the linked article makes it look as though I was wrong in thinking that the free movement of goods and services would make it illegal currently, but moves are afoot to make it so.
While I can't stand the look of Metro, the Hardware itself is simply beautiful.
Agreed. My first thought was "if this could run Linux...."
OK, that's just funny. I was just thinking to myself that with Microsoft's extremely poor job of clearly differentiating pro from RT, the return rate on this thing is going to rival the return rate seen in brick and mortar stores that tried to sell machines running flavors of Linux. Basically most of them were returned because people couldn't conceive of a computer that wouldn't run the software they had at home on CD. This thing will be similar. People are already buying them thinking that they can go home and load up their games / tax software / etc. I imagine the next few months to include a whole lot of returns on them and an updated message from Microsoft and any retailers carrying any RT machines about what will and will not run on these things.
Yes, for Linux you need a different mind-set; you look at the free applications that can do tax, different games, etc. You , may find you need to use two applications where one commercial integrates suite would have done it all. If you are not expecting to do this then it would come as a shock. -- ~~~~
So you want this too to become a nightmare of competing distros, half-ass driver support, and poor documentation--which no one outside of a handful of geeks will use?
What can I tell you, I'm a sucker for punishment. I did this to a brand new Windows 7 laptop, and after a week sorting out graphics drivers, which acpi configurations will work, etc. I have a very nice stable machine that runs noticeably faster than Win 7 and antivirus. I admit it is not for everyone though.
I remember our first Ceefax set. It seemed magical having all that information at hand, waiting with anticipation as the page numbers rolled round to the one you selected. And there were the Ceefax subtitles - some of which added extra humour. I was tipped off on the subtitles on "Rab C Nesbit", which would translate Rab's colloquial Glaswegian into really pretentious English, including the odd "old chap", but would then translate a rather snobbish Englishman into Glaswegian. (Some English viewers actually needed the subtitles to understand the Glaswegian accent, so this was a joke on them).
Or when you have a few year's salary in your savings account. The "I can wait until the earth ices over" approach to finding a job tends to yield better results.
I would be careful of leaving long gaps though. Take on some short-term contracts rather than have six months "unemployed" while you look for the ideal job.
It departments here it all the time: "why can't you just upgrade to Windows 8, my 12-year old kid did that to our laptop". Did the 12-year old kid have to cope with ensuring all applications are in support, the money for the database upgrade has been deferred a year, and the Finance department are using an ancient app that needs a replacement researched? Whould their kid e fired for saying "dad the PCs not working after the upgrade"? I hate articles like this
Do you want a bigger house? Own your own business? Climb Kilimanjaro? Put frames that show those goals into it and let the photo frames remind you. This will make a powerful subconscious urge for you to achieve your goals.
But I just want a new photo-frame you insensitive clod
Anyone know if there is a good way to have relatively optimized reception over that whole spectrum without having to swap your antennas when changing frequencies?
I can see it completing against tablets (low to mid range not your Apples or high-end Samsungs) and netbooks but surely it is in a different market to ultrabooks?
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Likely they will claim that their hands are tied by the publisher.
Interestingly most publishers say they are keen on a single market for books across the EU:
The publishers also insisted that they are signing licences with authors allowing them to distribute the books in a said language on a pan-European basis. There is no obstacle in the contract between publishers and retailers which prevent these retailers to sell a German ebook to Greece or a Spanish ebook to the United Kingdom for example.
BTW the linked article makes it look as though I was wrong in thinking that the free movement of goods and services would make it illegal currently, but moves are afoot to make it so.
I live in Denmark, and recently spent 30 minutes to try and buy an english e-book online.
Found it at 3 different retailers (US, UK, Australia), that refused to sell it to me (add it to the basket), because of my location.
IANAL but the UK site is probably breaking the law due to the free movement of goods and services within the EU.
The muzzies can find out if the white convert will be waived through security and give him the weapons if he is
While I can't stand the look of Metro, the Hardware itself is simply beautiful.
Agreed. My first thought was "if this could run Linux...."
OK, that's just funny. I was just thinking to myself that with Microsoft's extremely poor job of clearly differentiating pro from RT, the return rate on this thing is going to rival the return rate seen in brick and mortar stores that tried to sell machines running flavors of Linux. Basically most of them were returned because people couldn't conceive of a computer that wouldn't run the software they had at home on CD. This thing will be similar. People are already buying them thinking that they can go home and load up their games / tax software / etc. I imagine the next few months to include a whole lot of returns on them and an updated message from Microsoft and any retailers carrying any RT machines about what will and will not run on these things.
Yes, for Linux you need a different mind-set; you look at the free applications that can do tax, different games, etc. You , may find you need to use two applications where one commercial integrates suite would have done it all. If you are not expecting to do this then it would come as a shock. -- ~~~~
"if this could run Linux...."
So you want this too to become a nightmare of competing distros, half-ass driver support, and poor documentation--which no one outside of a handful of geeks will use?
What can I tell you, I'm a sucker for punishment. I did this to a brand new Windows 7 laptop, and after a week sorting out graphics drivers, which acpi configurations will work, etc. I have a very nice stable machine that runs noticeably faster than Win 7 and antivirus. I admit it is not for everyone though.
While I can't stand the look of Metro, the Hardware itself is simply beautiful.
Agreed. My first thought was "if this could run Linux...."
A triangular wheel has fewer bumps than a rectangular wheel, so its corners can be less rounded...
Race you to the patent office ... oh no prior art.
Really? Time doesn't seem to have obsoleted the wheel yet.
Careful it could be covered by a patent. Its just a rectangle with very rounded corners
AMD Tightens Bonds With Game Developers
Keep your kinky S&M stuff to yourself please.
I remember our first Ceefax set. It seemed magical having all that information at hand, waiting with anticipation as the page numbers rolled round to the one you selected. And there were the Ceefax subtitles - some of which added extra humour. I was tipped off on the subtitles on "Rab C Nesbit", which would translate Rab's colloquial Glaswegian into really pretentious English, including the odd "old chap", but would then translate a rather snobbish Englishman into Glaswegian. (Some English viewers actually needed the subtitles to understand the Glaswegian accent, so this was a joke on them).
Or when you have a few year's salary in your savings account. The "I can wait until the earth ices over" approach to finding a job tends to yield better results.
I would be careful of leaving long gaps though. Take on some short-term contracts rather than have six months "unemployed" while you look for the ideal job.
It departments here it all the time: "why can't you just upgrade to Windows 8, my 12-year old kid did that to our laptop". Did the 12-year old kid have to cope with ensuring all applications are in support, the money for the database upgrade has been deferred a year, and the Finance department are using an ancient app that needs a replacement researched? Whould their kid e fired for saying "dad the PCs not working after the upgrade"? I hate articles like this
in the USA real consumer prices for electricity have fallen slightly over the same period!
So much for "this is a world problem" that the governments kept telling us
... the times of low electricity prices will then be over soon.
You still have low electricity prices in the USA. In the UK prices have doubled in under a decade
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what bot ton use the photo-frame for. (no don't look)
Do you want a bigger house? Own your own business? Climb Kilimanjaro? Put frames that show those goals into it and let the photo frames remind you. This will make a powerful subconscious urge for you to achieve your goals.
But I just want a new photo-frame you insensitive clod
Is it acceptable if you are just taking it to counteract the other non-prescription drugs you took the night before?
We once had an employee get drug tested and the testers called the test machine's manufacturer because they thought it was broken.
He returned positive results to everything.
George W Bush in his missing years?
We are upgrading to Windows 7 as I write this. We fully expect to skip 8 the same way we did Vista
It could also have a market for one-handed porn adicts
If it's an Obama Phone, you should be shamed and humiliated.
On the other hand the Mitt phone would just tell you what you want to hear, regardless of reality
Yeah kids never made fun of other kids because of their clothes or bike.
If this were kids in the playground I'd agree. This is talking about representatives of major companies though!
WTF is this world coming to if someone can be "shamed and humiliated" because of what type of phone they have?
Antenna design for this must be miserable...
Anyone know if there is a good way to have relatively optimized reception over that whole spectrum without having to swap your antennas when changing frequencies?
- Toast
First post?
This appears to be an area of hot research. Ideas include switch band antennas and Software defined antennas.
I can see it completing against tablets (low to mid range not your Apples or high-end Samsungs) and netbooks but surely it is in a different market to ultrabooks?