In the basement, obviously. This map only shows the ground level.

What you can’t see on this map is that it is 4 storeys tall

RWD=Really Weird Design

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Yes.

Well he probably thinks Qeshm was asking for it by dressing that way …

… extra points for doing it during the Kai Winn episodes.

Yep. They may claim to be offended and disapprove, but at the end of the day, they’ll still vote for him

I think it’s more than they just don’t care. Microsoft cornered the business world decades ago because they’ve got wot C-levels crave…or something. End users have no say in it.

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Chinese society is oiled by the concept of guanxi (关系) which is the word for uh… it’s the like standing you gain through your connections in society. This is why kids of party members routinely drive around beijing in black Audis breaking traffic regulations with impunity because the police can’t touch them.

Similarly, if you pass a little something or do the right favours to the right officials, and those officials pass it up the chain, then any sort of building consent or other lawbreaking exercise becomes possible.

At least that’s what things were like when I was last there in 2008. I have no reason to believe it has changed significantly since then.

And while we’re at it, where is the corn ?

What did you say? I can’t read that

You’re speaking like someone who doesn’t have elderly relatives…

The brain’s ability to adapt decreases with age, to the point where it becomes very difficult to teach an elderly person anything new, and eventually even for them to remember or be shown how to do the things they’ve done for years but have now forgotten. It’s very frustrating for everyone involved, and expecting them to adapt is expecting them to do something they simply can not do.

Granny doesn’t run an online cocaine business.

… or does she ?

It’s not supposed to do that

That last sentence applies just as equally to Russia . Seems everyone’s expectations of who the superpowers are is being altered in real time

I remain very confused about the point you’re trying to make ?

Are you trying to say that if I don’t personally own the laptop that I use for work, then I have no right to complain about its shortcomings ?

I’m not following you… Like most corporates, they’ve locked it down, in this case with BeyondTrust, so that it’s not even possible to run unapproved executables without a dialog box popping up demanding an explanation, which then creates a ticket with security, who casually deny it a few days later.

But the fact that I can’t personally run alternatives on that laptop doesn’t change the fact that Microsoft have pushed out a lot of poorly tested and bug ridden replacements for software that has worked perfectly fine until now.

It’s obviously their laptop… what’s your point ?