This is called a coordination problem: it will always be in an individual tax haven's best interest for all *other* countries to be part of a minimum-corporate-tax covenant, but abstain from it themselves. It is in the collective interest of all countries to have a shared minimum corporate rate to reduce overall tax avoidance.
Coordination problems are a great example of why the "free market" can't be a model for society. The Non-Libertarian FAQ explains much more eloquently
By the way, this isn't just Apple *or* Google: Vodafone, Goldman Sachs and Starbucks are all "tax efficient" through similar schemes.
... doesn't mean they need to deal exclusively with binaries.
TFA alludes to this issue with the "gallery of misidentifications", but doesn't get as far as asking surely the most important question: what exactly does this software claim to determine? It's clearly not "biological sex", because you can't determine that from a photo (even a full-body naked photo) -- what about the 1% of people who are born intersex? And it's definitely, definitely not gender, which you could only ascertain by asking that individual.
Whilst one potential application mentioned (analysing crowds for marketing purposes) seems vaguely sensible, any system using photos to try and identify an individual's gender is reactionary, oppressive and doomed to failure.
If you're logging in locally, there's nothing to stop you using PolicyKit to grant physical, local users all root permissions whilst leaving everything else intact.
I'm slightly confused though, are you saying that you find Linux security prompts more annoying because there are more of them?
And as a data-point, I've run Linux for a few years and I still think UAC is annoying and mis-conceived. It locks up the whole desktop because it's woefully slow, and without asking for a password there's no real security added. If you implicitly trust local users (as Vista does; witness not needing a password for UAC), then why not let them do anything anyway?
It's not Linux's fault you're using a sub-standard IM client, or indeed can't configure your own computer.
Pidgin (and just about every other GNOME IM) encrypts using the default seesion keyring, and it is perfectly possible for sudo (or gksudo, or whatever) to have a magical thing called a 'time-out' so you don't have to enter your password all the time.
If you configure your system to have masochistic and paranoid security, don't be surprised when it... err... does!
You can in the UK at least - the Sale of Goods Act (1979) requires that goods sold are of 'satisfactory quality' and demonstrate 'fitness for purpose'; the GTA 4 release admirably fails on both counts and GAME/HMV/Currys/whatever are breaking the law if they won't give you a full refund with the same payment method you used.
Law of the land > Company policy
> Why do you need to un-needlessly complicate things?
It's not needless. Things are complicated and trying to make them less complicated is impossible, unreasonable and a poor use of time.
> Sure it does. You're confusing _maintenance_ with daily usage. You just start it up, and you're pretty much ready to go.
You can't use a car you buy from a vendor immediately, having never driven a car before. That's my point.
> Straw Man. Maybe thats an indicator that the Interface STILL sucks.
The interface of a car doesn't 'suck'. It's complex because there are several things you have to do. With a computer there are almost endless possibilities, so why should the interface be simpler than even a car?
> Because unneedless complexity is a sign of bad (or lack of) design.
Needless complexity, sure, but if you accept that current devices e.g. payphones, ATMs, toasters, etc. have a reasonable complexity of interface:functionality ratio then a computer is far, far better than any of those devices becaus it does so much more.
Why should a computer 'just work'? A car doesn't 'just work' - you need months of training to use one and aren't expected to be your own mechanic. A computer is far more complex than a car. Why is it reasonable to expect it to do more but more simply?
...this is what they meant by 'Edgy'. We thought it was going to be brand-new features, fresh new artwork and a load of beta and CVS versions of programs. But no, none of that. Instead, we have an updater that has a 50/50 chance of destroying everything on your computer. Now *that's* edgy!
"It's not ready for 'prime time' if by that is meant: widespread install randomly on regular folk's computers at home."
But it is. Please provide evidence that it is any harder to install than competing systems, or any harder to use once installed.
Why not, as the tech, do it your damn self and the problem is permenantly solved. 'Linux is not ready for primetime' is the mantra of people who have either not used linux or are too damn stupid to use it, or finally are too damn stupid to discern between complex things an OEM/repair guy has to do and complex things a user has to do.
They also want that 5G of pre-loaded crapware to phone home every 15 minutes, fill your system tray and slow down your computer so you think you need a new one. The _bastards_
People don't object to that name because it's foreign, they object because it's retarded and pretentious. If you called your distribution 'Humanity' or 'Care for others' or something equally warm and fuzzy, you'd be a joke. Calling it that in a foreign language doesn't make it any less annoying. Besides, it sounds like the name of a coffee; a trait the forum has been quick to adopt and make an in-joke.
Yes, it has a meaning - a contract set out in words. Just because leagues of people agree on something, that doesn't make it right. There are leagues of morons, as evidenced by idiocy like 'verbal contract' 'alright' etc. making it into dictionaries. How about you learn English from a school/book/grammar reference as opposed to the internets and stop your ill-informed banter.
Verbal contracts are often written on very good paper. Verbal means 'to do with words'. Last contract I signed didn't have pictures to illustrate the binding requirements....
In conclusion, learn English.
You sir, are an idiot. The US is one step away from 'totalitarianism' 'dictatorship' or 'a sinlge-party state'. Communism is the anarchic (non-governmental) society created by the proliteriat. Hence, NOT America. Feel free to learn to use a dictionary, and also to not be McCarthy.
Well if we generously assume that they meant 20% less downtime instead of 20% more uptime (in which case there are apparently over 400 days in the Microsoft year), then it's still 11% (800 compared to 900), not 20.
Apparently, when you're getting paid by Microsoft you lose track of numbers. Maybe it's counting all the money...
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This is called a coordination problem: it will always be in an individual tax haven's best interest for all *other* countries to be part of a minimum-corporate-tax covenant, but abstain from it themselves. It is in the collective interest of all countries to have a shared minimum corporate rate to reduce overall tax avoidance.
Coordination problems are a great example of why the "free market" can't be a model for society. The Non-Libertarian FAQ explains much more eloquently
By the way, this isn't just Apple *or* Google: Vodafone, Goldman Sachs and Starbucks are all "tax efficient" through similar schemes.
... doesn't mean they need to deal exclusively with binaries.
TFA alludes to this issue with the "gallery of misidentifications", but doesn't get as far as asking surely the most important question: what exactly does this software claim to determine? It's clearly not "biological sex", because you can't determine that from a photo (even a full-body naked photo) -- what about the 1% of people who are born intersex? And it's definitely, definitely not gender, which you could only ascertain by asking that individual.
Whilst one potential application mentioned (analysing crowds for marketing purposes) seems vaguely sensible, any system using photos to try and identify an individual's gender is reactionary, oppressive and doomed to failure.
If you're logging in locally, there's nothing to stop you using PolicyKit to grant physical, local users all root permissions whilst leaving everything else intact.
I'm slightly confused though, are you saying that you find Linux security prompts more annoying because there are more of them?
And as a data-point, I've run Linux for a few years and I still think UAC is annoying and mis-conceived. It locks up the whole desktop because it's woefully slow, and without asking for a password there's no real security added. If you implicitly trust local users (as Vista does; witness not needing a password for UAC), then why not let them do anything anyway?
It's not Linux's fault you're using a sub-standard IM client, or indeed can't configure your own computer.
Pidgin (and just about every other GNOME IM) encrypts using the default seesion keyring, and it is perfectly possible for sudo (or gksudo, or whatever) to have a magical thing called a 'time-out' so you don't have to enter your password all the time.
If you configure your system to have masochistic and paranoid security, don't be surprised when it... err... does!
You can in the UK at least - the Sale of Goods Act (1979) requires that goods sold are of 'satisfactory quality' and demonstrate 'fitness for purpose'; the GTA 4 release admirably fails on both counts and GAME/HMV/Currys/whatever are breaking the law if they won't give you a full refund with the same payment method you used. Law of the land > Company policy
DARPA is an odd way to spell CERN.
It's a pity legal aid is being systematically removed then, isn't it?
Damn; you're telling me I've been wasting my time!?
> Why do you need to un-needlessly complicate things? It's not needless. Things are complicated and trying to make them less complicated is impossible, unreasonable and a poor use of time. > Sure it does. You're confusing _maintenance_ with daily usage. You just start it up, and you're pretty much ready to go. You can't use a car you buy from a vendor immediately, having never driven a car before. That's my point. > Straw Man. Maybe thats an indicator that the Interface STILL sucks. The interface of a car doesn't 'suck'. It's complex because there are several things you have to do. With a computer there are almost endless possibilities, so why should the interface be simpler than even a car? > Because unneedless complexity is a sign of bad (or lack of) design. Needless complexity, sure, but if you accept that current devices e.g. payphones, ATMs, toasters, etc. have a reasonable complexity of interface:functionality ratio then a computer is far, far better than any of those devices becaus it does so much more.
Why should a computer 'just work'? A car doesn't 'just work' - you need months of training to use one and aren't expected to be your own mechanic. A computer is far more complex than a car. Why is it reasonable to expect it to do more but more simply?
I for one welcome our new Linux-running PS3 overlords.
...this is what they meant by 'Edgy'. We thought it was going to be brand-new features, fresh new artwork and a load of beta and CVS versions of programs. But no, none of that. Instead, we have an updater that has a 50/50 chance of destroying everything on your computer. Now *that's* edgy!
Good work knowing basic maths there, champ. Maybe it's back to primary school for you?
Every step in that is worryingly both ???? and profit.
"It's not ready for 'prime time' if by that is meant: widespread install randomly on regular folk's computers at home." But it is. Please provide evidence that it is any harder to install than competing systems, or any harder to use once installed.
Why not, as the tech, do it your damn self and the problem is permenantly solved. 'Linux is not ready for primetime' is the mantra of people who have either not used linux or are too damn stupid to use it, or finally are too damn stupid to discern between complex things an OEM/repair guy has to do and complex things a user has to do.
Yes he did. One that logs you out. -_-
They also want that 5G of pre-loaded crapware to phone home every 15 minutes, fill your system tray and slow down your computer so you think you need a new one. The _bastards_
They're two different parts of a non-existent legal concept? That is *fascinating*....
People don't object to that name because it's foreign, they object because it's retarded and pretentious. If you called your distribution 'Humanity' or 'Care for others' or something equally warm and fuzzy, you'd be a joke. Calling it that in a foreign language doesn't make it any less annoying. Besides, it sounds like the name of a coffee; a trait the forum has been quick to adopt and make an in-joke.
Yes, it has a meaning - a contract set out in words. Just because leagues of people agree on something, that doesn't make it right. There are leagues of morons, as evidenced by idiocy like 'verbal contract' 'alright' etc. making it into dictionaries. How about you learn English from a school/book/grammar reference as opposed to the internets and stop your ill-informed banter.
Verbal contracts are often written on very good paper. Verbal means 'to do with words'. Last contract I signed didn't have pictures to illustrate the binding requirements.... In conclusion, learn English.
You sir, are an idiot. The US is one step away from 'totalitarianism' 'dictatorship' or 'a sinlge-party state'. Communism is the anarchic (non-governmental) society created by the proliteriat. Hence, NOT America. Feel free to learn to use a dictionary, and also to not be McCarthy.
Well if we generously assume that they meant 20% less downtime instead of 20% more uptime (in which case there are apparently over 400 days in the Microsoft year), then it's still 11% (800 compared to 900), not 20. Apparently, when you're getting paid by Microsoft you lose track of numbers. Maybe it's counting all the money...