There are pros and cons to living in Sweden. This law is a big con. So are the taxes, and the regulations. A penal system which is not based on homosexual rape is a pro, though.
Yes, yes, but apart from electricity, running water, internet connections, telephones, automobiles, computers and stable buildings, what have the engineers ever done for us?!
"...and I, griffjon, will now put my own money where my mouth is and start a company with that profile, and outcompete or the others, or at least survive in the competition. Because I really believe what I'm writing above, that such 'support' will produce better employees, and hence more profit. I don't just want to force others to pay for what I know is less productive but think is more equal or fair."
What use would a calculator be in high school math? I'm a university student, and I have never used, or felt the need for, a calculator in a math class. Do todays calculators solve equations, or what?
All of those activities except insulation and fewer shopping trips have an added cost of time, effort or less comfort. Also, I don't really need you, or any-one else, to tell me how many I should be allowed to have.
I wonder what the world would be like if all the effort going into envying and asking for restritions of my buying and owning plasma screens instead went into making better (in whatever way the critics want) plasma screens?
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We still have every right to encrypt everything we want
The key word here being "still".There are pros and cons to living in Sweden. This law is a big con. So are the taxes, and the regulations. A penal system which is not based on homosexual rape is a pro, though.
Surprise? I read the headline and was expecting, finally, Google Android. And instead I get something about some mobile phone thingie. *DISAPPOINTED!*
I'm quite confident that the government economists know what the break-even point is. Mod parent up: funny/sarcasm!
We (or at least I) don't want to live in a fascist society. That is why we need to stop things like this, that push society in that direction.
Yep. You know these guys Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Pluto (and a heap of others)? Gods, all (or most) of them.
I need a new mod: +1 Scary.
1990 called. They want their website design back.
Yes, yes, but apart from electricity, running water, internet connections, telephones, automobiles, computers and stable buildings, what have the engineers ever done for us?!
Right?
What use would a calculator be in high school math? I'm a university student, and I have never used, or felt the need for, a calculator in a math class. Do todays calculators solve equations, or what?
I wonder what the world would be like if all the effort going into envying and asking for restritions of my buying and owning plasma screens instead went into making better (in whatever way the critics want) plasma screens?