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Is this a real issue in some countries? I live in the UK and unless you are buying from the High Street there is usually always the option to purchase without Windows included.

Thanks for the link

OK so inspired by a post I saw on HN about 'FIZZBUZZ' a day or so ago I was inspired to send out a challenge to my department. I thought i'd share with HN to see if anyone can do a…

However the very first line of the article say's "from January", which implies the latter.

I noticed the inclusion of Cornish. As of 2011 there were 557 people that claimed Cornish as their primary language.

We decided to be democratic in our office and arrange a vote for the name of the new server. Unfortunately this resulted in the server being called "Ron's Electric Love Machine". (…

So information is collected regarding what IP addresses are accessed from our network, it isn't traceable back to customer accounts (in its usual form anyway, I’m sure if some data…

Is 7 an arbitrary number made up on the spot or is there some logic behind this?

I work for one of the ISPs in question as an Analyst and work is in progress to stop the storing of certain data after a certain time period. The main reason for holding call data …

Russia mostly uses Yandex anyway :)

From a related article: "But the eco-system also uses cellular respiration to break down decaying material shed by the plant. In this part of the process, bacteria inside the soil …