But was planning on going with the new Macbook or an Air for their slightly smaller form factor.
The new Macbook enjoys the same increase, though of course there might be other reasons to not choose it.
As you say it was stable under the Ottoman empire, because they took over and kept it, America needs to do the same thing. The US, Canada, Australia, NZ were all British colonies, but the difference is the white people never left, so they remain beacons of progress. Hate to sound all racist here, but there is a strong correlation between those and African, Middle Eastern states that were given back.
I think you should probably read a good history of the British empire, followed by 20th century history, before posting nonsense like this.
The causes of problems in the middle east have a lot to do with the long term history of the "beacons of progress" fucking with the region. Specifically when the Ottoman Empire collapsed the colonialists divided the region up along entirely arbitrary borders that often drew straight lines right through native tribes and populations, then appointed flunkies to rule these new countries. There was zero attempt to make something that worked for the people who lived there. This caused serious long term resentment.
Have you ever watched the ISIS video of them blowing up border posts? The ISIS soldiers keep talking about the end of Sykes-Picot. Even though I actually have read a history of the British Empire, I still had to look that one up. It turns out to be the British-French treaty that created the borders of Iraq. Families in different villages were suddenly divided from each other, etc. The people who live there apparently still hate Sykes-Picot to this day.
Plus, when countries in the region got leaders the western powers didn't like, there were interventions (e.g. Iran). There were invasions. Not to mention the gaping wound that is Israel and the absolutist support for it from the US.
There hasn't ever really been a time when more powerful militaries weren't fucking with people who live in the middle east. Religion certainly plays a part, but the USA is a lot more religious than other western developed countries and it doesn't seem to hurt them much
You are an idiot. The entire purpose of drone strikes is to carry out very targeted killings.
If we didn't care about collateral damage and didn't mind indiscriminately killing people, expensive drones would not be necessary.
Obviously you care about collateral damage, not because the USA is such a bunch of caring hippies but because the purpose of drone strikes is to exercise power. You cannot exercise power over dead people. You have to instead kill anyone who does something against your will, or is suspected of doing so, or just someone who got in the way to serve as a lesson to others. If you see the purpose of drone strikes as minimising casualties in a conventional war then you don't understand what drone strikes are for or why the USA uses them. Their purpose is power.
Drone strikes set people on fire if they aren't close enough to be completely incinerated. They're called "Hellfire" missiles for a reason.
You're right that they don't tend to end up on YouTube though. Better that they end up on CNN instead.
And there it is! That European smugness. I didn't expect to see it in this thread but I can't say I'm not surprised. Tells us again, for the millionth time, how your shit doesn't stink....
Yes, there are a lot of smug sounding Europeans posting on Slashdot when stories about the US doing something dumb crops up.
However, today is not one of those days. The OP talked about "other countries". The USA is practically alone in having a problem such as "swatting". It's not just Europe that lacks this issue - it's Australia, Canada, China, Russia, India
SWATing seems like a natural consequence of a heavily militarised society that worships soldiers and has decided it makes sense for everyone to be heavily armed all the time. If the rest of the world didn't point out that decisions have consequences, you guys might think it was normal.
You've only heard one side of the story. Perhaps Google would argue it wasn't really like that at all.
Just say one of my kids 'goes rogue' and... shoplifts. Does that suddenly mean I did a bad job?
No, and you also might think "She would never do that." That doesn't make you an "idiot parent", despite what the OAC said.
Honestly, these days a computer might last 10 years without being hopelessly outdated. 2 decades ago, there was no point in building a PC for it to last, it would be obsolete in 3 years. Now it a good time to buy quality components. Start with a reliable power supply, a great case, high-quality disks (they do exist) and so on. Use RAID if you can (at least a mirror) and do backups. Your data is more important than your hardware.
Apple is not for gaming, that's it.
I know a Walnut grower and an Almond grower, this whole concept is a load of shite!
You can't just whimsically decide not to grow Walnuts or Almonds because water has been tight for 4 years, these orchards take 20+ years to become fully mature.
The idea that Almond or Walnut growers are choosing those nuts like you choose a different colored filament for a 3D printer is ludicrous.
The other problem with this notion is that they want to yet again increase the price of water, what California needs to do is stop giving all their damn water to the cities and return it to the farmers. California had plenty of water before the cities got overgrown and portly.
Stop making a bunch of useless new legislation, stop growth in big cities, encourage farming, and stop stepping on individual rights!
(A former Californian who can't stand how the state has become)
Ah, the efficient use of government resources trumps justice. Must be a first!
You're assuming that whatever a few FTC staffers think up and write down in an internal report is "justice".
That's not justice. That's the divided opinions of a few bureaucrats.
The reason the FTC would have had to spend a lot of time and money on an anti-trust case against Google is the underlying laws are vague and the arguments subtle and complex. Google would have mounted highly effective counter-arguments and there would be no guarantee of winning the case. If the case was won, what then? The FTC's goal is to try and improve the market, or so they say, but winning a court case doesn't automatically fix anything. And if they lost, questions would have been asked about why they weren't using those resources to pursue clearer cut issues.
No, that would be useless. Just think it through a bit.
OK, so you have a physical switch somewhere. Bear in mind the trend in laptop design is to try and eliminate ports and switches, so Jony Ive will throw a fit if you suggest such a thing and Apple won't do it. But let's pretend the PC makers all do.
When does the user have to press this switch? When there's a BIOS update that needs to be applied.
How do they know there's a BIOS update to be applied? Because a message pops up on their screen telling them there is one.
How do they know the message comes from their PC manufacturer and not a virus? They don't.
So will a virus just ask the user to press the button? Yes.
And will the user comply? Yes.
A physical switch will not stop BIOS malware.
Then the app will check for the fake data on first run and pop up another prompt that says, "Guess what - I really need this".
That isn't the fix you're looking for. A way to delay acquisition of a priviledge until the point it's needed is a better fix. These apps aren't actually maliciously asking for useless permissions. Almost always they ask for lots of permissions because they have lots of features.
But come to think of it, that'd be a little weird: you'd be able to drive your car into the city on one day, but wouldn't be able to drive it out the next.
They did this in San Jose, Costa Rica (and maybe they still do, I don't know). Cars were each restricted one weekday. Plates ending in 1 or 2 on Monday, 3 or 4 on Tuesday, etc. It wasn't 24 hours, it was from ~6am to 8pm.
It was somewhat successful, though not surprisingly considerably less than a 20% reduction. Taxis were not restricted, and of course wealthier families tended to have more than one car.
Not all the data is contained within 1 photo. It is spread across many.
Only when you have more than 1,000 words.
Happiness is twin floppies.
