In the UK, and most of Europe, walking along the bigger roads without pedestrian walkways is illegal. Don't know whether that alone would be enough to get the case thrown out, but I'm fairly sure that in sane^H^H^H^HEuropean countries, you wouldn't be able to sue unless the company had explicitly told you to break the law... and even then, it'd be dubious. IANAL, etc., etc.
I disagree entirely. If you don't understand a contract, don't sign up to its terms. If enough people did it, and explained their reasons for not buying a product, then the company in question would make it easier to read. If you don't understand it without a lawyer, get a lawyer, or just don't sign. That simple.
Don't legislate for people's stupidity and apathy, because that encourages it.
Latin/Cyrillic is not a question of language class, but alphabets. German uses the Latin alphabet with diacritics (and, I think, the Schaffer's S, although I vaguely remember hearing something about them trying to get rid of it, so it may not still be in use). My fault, should have been clearer when I said "Latin-based".
This is actually a (poor) copy of a joke about the Russian militsia. British police, same as the French, tend to go about in twos, whereas the Russian militsia tended (although not so much any more) to go about in threes. Also, to give credit where credit is due, PC Plod does tend to be at least competently educated. I think the situation is similar in France, except in France they use the CRS a lot more... and the CRS are just a bunch of bruisers.
Well that's incredibly strange, because on EU plugs, the male points of contact are symmetrical, but the female is offset (above) the two males. It's impossible to turn them upside down. Maybe you're thinking of somewhere else.
A teacher reading a book in class is doing it for educational purposes. There is a practical difference, and I believe there is a difference in law, although IANAL.
Frankly, I'm dubious that a charging station cum bus stop will be cheaper to build and maintain than the infrastructure of cables required for trolley buses.
"He probably backs the idea of returning Putin back to president"
Probably. Along with more than 60% of Russian citizens. I know, in the West and ex-Soviet bloc, Putin is depicted as some kind of megalomaniacal dictator, but in Russia, he is very widely liked, and his approval ratings (as verified by independent pollsters) have always been above 60%, with peaks at close to 90%.
However, because his ideologies and his interests aren't in line with the West's, we try to make it out as though he's a carbon copy of Stalin.
Administrative or judicial, a "California stop" is called a "California" stop because... it's not a stop. If you follow (a quite reasonable) law, then there's no problem. Most countries you cannot turn on a red light at all, some you can only turn on a red light if there is a flashing orange light nearby, or some other indication that you can turn on a red. It's like speed cameras. Everyone hates them, and if you're caught, you whine, but at the end of the day, you broke a clear and long-standing law, and you have to accept the consequences.
I think that Russia have a very good reason to consider Georgia, the US and the Ukraine a threat, and it is quite simply NATO. During the Cold War, the fight was NATO vs. Warsaw Pact, but then the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union dissolved, leaving NATO. NATO, however, chose not to dissolve - worse, it chose to continue to expand. Georgia and the Ukraine both want to join NATO, and NATO have agreed in principle. Can you imagine how the Americans would react if Russia signed treaties with Canada and Mexico and started sending troops and missiles there?
I'm not trying to paint the Russians as saints - they're not, but they're no worse than any other country their size.
Also, I think the 50% and 5% figures you've quoted are completely wrong - can I please see your source for those, I think it would make very interesting reading.
Short Russian lesson: the Russian word pronounced "democratichnyj", has come to mean something cheap. A , for example, would describe a one bedroom flat without mod cons. It doesn't particularly mean poor quality, just what we in the west would probably refer to as "basic". It's not particularly derogatory in and of itself, but compared to how "favored and hope-inspiring [the word democracy was] in 1991 and 1993", it shows how Russians feel about the fall of the USSR. Many Russians DID have better lives before the split.
Frankly, although I accept that the Ukraine was treated very badly during Soviet times, and Stalin slaughtered millions of you, your viewpoints are for the most part, based on years of oppression, which have now passed. Russia's politicians today are not "totally nuts", they are doing rather a good job of reconstructing their country. Putin WAS a KGB officer - but the Pope was in the Hitler Youth. Medvedev definitely is Putin's puppet, but that's more or less the only thing you can back up with reasoned arguments
The occupation of Georgia was, based on my own independent research, an entirely reasonable response to Georgia attempting to take control of a state which had claimed autonomy from Georgia after the war after the dissolution of the USSR, where a significant number of citizens had Russian citizenship. Abkhazia and South Ossetia both wish to align themselves with Russia. What happened in Georgia was a direct response to NATO and the US's recognition of the independence of Kosovo. Saakashvili needed to resolve his border disputes in order to get into NATO, and he decided to do it by force.
Of course, being as Saakashvili and Yuschenko are so close, it is understandable that you, as a Ukrainian, feel that Russia were in the wrong, but my personal conclusion is that Russia did the right thing, and the Georgia were in the wrong. Regarding Chavez, yes, you're right. But then, look at the US and Iraq, Afghanistan, pretty much the whole of Africa, Iran, and so on twenty years ago.
I'm sorry that the Holodomor is not as widely recognised in the West as the Holocaust, but I'm afraid your viewpoints are biased, and border on blind prejudice against Russia because of their past.
Not strictly correct, you don't need to prove it, you just need to prove that you believed it.
For example, if I were to say "xouumalperxe goes out to bars dressed in drag", and you tried to sue me for slander, if I could produce a recording of a telephone conversation saying "xouumalperxe is out in drag!", or a photo of you in drag, even if it's been photoshopped, then those would be acceptable defences.
Well, almost. The use of the word "goes" implies habit, so I would need to show that I had good reason to believe you did it habitually.
Slander/libel laws do not apply to people who are simply mistaken, although it is a difficult distinction to make.
Wrong. In Eastern Europe, Opera is actually surprisingly widespread. In the UK, most people use whatever came with their computer (ie: IE), a significant minority with a little technical knowledge use Firefox, and any other browser is really a pretty small market. However, in Eastern Europe, Opera is quite widely used.
I would strongly advise you not to buy a TV that does anything other than receive a TV signal. Seriously, the companies that make the TV don't care how reliable the extra features are, provided the TV will still show pictures from whatever's plugged in to it. The amount of returns we've had because $FEATURE just "stopped working" is ridiculous. My advice would be to get the best screen you can afford, and then work on getting the picture to the TV through a device which is specifically designed to do just that. I personally would recommend a PS3. Although they are expensive, they will run Linux, support DNLA, uPnP, and on top of all that, will play blu-ray discs, DVDs, and, let's not forget, games.
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My old primary school have been doing this for at least three years.
In the UK, and most of Europe, walking along the bigger roads without pedestrian walkways is illegal. Don't know whether that alone would be enough to get the case thrown out, but I'm fairly sure that in sane^H^H^H^HEuropean countries, you wouldn't be able to sue unless the company had explicitly told you to break the law... and even then, it'd be dubious. IANAL, etc., etc.
If it's your kid, you set the rules... until you let someone else set the rules.
If you don't want anyone else to set the rules, you can always home school.
I'd love to see ANY hacker turn a computer into the police. It'd solve the crisis we have in the UK of not enough bobbies on the beat.
I disagree entirely. If you don't understand a contract, don't sign up to its terms. If enough people did it, and explained their reasons for not buying a product, then the company in question would make it easier to read. If you don't understand it without a lawyer, get a lawyer, or just don't sign. That simple.
Don't legislate for people's stupidity and apathy, because that encourages it.
An even better question: who the hell sent this guy death threats?!
Actually, on re-reading the whole thing, I've just got completely the wrong end of the stick... ignore me :P
Latin/Cyrillic is not a question of language class, but alphabets. German uses the Latin alphabet with diacritics (and, I think, the Schaffer's S, although I vaguely remember hearing something about them trying to get rid of it, so it may not still be in use). My fault, should have been clearer when I said "Latin-based".
Last I checked, German was a Latin based language.
This is actually a (poor) copy of a joke about the Russian militsia. British police, same as the French, tend to go about in twos, whereas the Russian militsia tended (although not so much any more) to go about in threes. Also, to give credit where credit is due, PC Plod does tend to be at least competently educated. I think the situation is similar in France, except in France they use the CRS a lot more... and the CRS are just a bunch of bruisers.
In fact, you can see quite clearly on the image you linked to.
Well that's incredibly strange, because on EU plugs, the male points of contact are symmetrical, but the female is offset (above) the two males. It's impossible to turn them upside down. Maybe you're thinking of somewhere else.
Self contradiction. A European plug with grounding cannot be inserted into the socket upside down.
A teacher reading a book in class is doing it for educational purposes. There is a practical difference, and I believe there is a difference in law, although IANAL.
A lot of the time we live in UTC + 1. We're living in UTC + 1 at the moment. Soon, we'll be back to normality though.
Frankly, I'm dubious that a charging station cum bus stop will be cheaper to build and maintain than the infrastructure of cables required for trolley buses.
"He probably backs the idea of returning Putin back to president"
Probably. Along with more than 60% of Russian citizens. I know, in the West and ex-Soviet bloc, Putin is depicted as some kind of megalomaniacal dictator, but in Russia, he is very widely liked, and his approval ratings (as verified by independent pollsters) have always been above 60%, with peaks at close to 90%.
However, because his ideologies and his interests aren't in line with the West's, we try to make it out as though he's a carbon copy of Stalin.
Administrative or judicial, a "California stop" is called a "California" stop because... it's not a stop. If you follow (a quite reasonable) law, then there's no problem. Most countries you cannot turn on a red light at all, some you can only turn on a red light if there is a flashing orange light nearby, or some other indication that you can turn on a red. It's like speed cameras. Everyone hates them, and if you're caught, you whine, but at the end of the day, you broke a clear and long-standing law, and you have to accept the consequences.
I think that Russia have a very good reason to consider Georgia, the US and the Ukraine a threat, and it is quite simply NATO. During the Cold War, the fight was NATO vs. Warsaw Pact, but then the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union dissolved, leaving NATO. NATO, however, chose not to dissolve - worse, it chose to continue to expand. Georgia and the Ukraine both want to join NATO, and NATO have agreed in principle. Can you imagine how the Americans would react if Russia signed treaties with Canada and Mexico and started sending troops and missiles there?
I'm not trying to paint the Russians as saints - they're not, but they're no worse than any other country their size.
Also, I think the 50% and 5% figures you've quoted are completely wrong - can I please see your source for those, I think it would make very interesting reading.
It would appear Slashdot doesn't like cyrillic. That ought to read "A democratichnyj kvartira, for example..."
Short Russian lesson: the Russian word pronounced "democratichnyj", has come to mean something cheap. A , for example, would describe a one bedroom flat without mod cons. It doesn't particularly mean poor quality, just what we in the west would probably refer to as "basic". It's not particularly derogatory in and of itself, but compared to how "favored and hope-inspiring [the word democracy was] in 1991 and 1993", it shows how Russians feel about the fall of the USSR. Many Russians DID have better lives before the split.
Frankly, although I accept that the Ukraine was treated very badly during Soviet times, and Stalin slaughtered millions of you, your viewpoints are for the most part, based on years of oppression, which have now passed. Russia's politicians today are not "totally nuts", they are doing rather a good job of reconstructing their country. Putin WAS a KGB officer - but the Pope was in the Hitler Youth. Medvedev definitely is Putin's puppet, but that's more or less the only thing you can back up with reasoned arguments
The occupation of Georgia was, based on my own independent research, an entirely reasonable response to Georgia attempting to take control of a state which had claimed autonomy from Georgia after the war after the dissolution of the USSR, where a significant number of citizens had Russian citizenship. Abkhazia and South Ossetia both wish to align themselves with Russia. What happened in Georgia was a direct response to NATO and the US's recognition of the independence of Kosovo. Saakashvili needed to resolve his border disputes in order to get into NATO, and he decided to do it by force.
Of course, being as Saakashvili and Yuschenko are so close, it is understandable that you, as a Ukrainian, feel that Russia were in the wrong, but my personal conclusion is that Russia did the right thing, and the Georgia were in the wrong. Regarding Chavez, yes, you're right. But then, look at the US and Iraq, Afghanistan, pretty much the whole of Africa, Iran, and so on twenty years ago.
I'm sorry that the Holodomor is not as widely recognised in the West as the Holocaust, but I'm afraid your viewpoints are biased, and border on blind prejudice against Russia because of their past.
Not strictly correct, you don't need to prove it, you just need to prove that you believed it.
For example, if I were to say "xouumalperxe goes out to bars dressed in drag", and you tried to sue me for slander, if I could produce a recording of a telephone conversation saying "xouumalperxe is out in drag!", or a photo of you in drag, even if it's been photoshopped, then those would be acceptable defences.
Well, almost. The use of the word "goes" implies habit, so I would need to show that I had good reason to believe you did it habitually.
Slander/libel laws do not apply to people who are simply mistaken, although it is a difficult distinction to make.
Wrong. In Eastern Europe, Opera is actually surprisingly widespread. In the UK, most people use whatever came with their computer (ie: IE), a significant minority with a little technical knowledge use Firefox, and any other browser is really a pretty small market. However, in Eastern Europe, Opera is quite widely used.
I would strongly advise you not to buy a TV that does anything other than receive a TV signal. Seriously, the companies that make the TV don't care how reliable the extra features are, provided the TV will still show pictures from whatever's plugged in to it. The amount of returns we've had because $FEATURE just "stopped working" is ridiculous. My advice would be to get the best screen you can afford, and then work on getting the picture to the TV through a device which is specifically designed to do just that. I personally would recommend a PS3. Although they are expensive, they will run Linux, support DNLA, uPnP, and on top of all that, will play blu-ray discs, DVDs, and, let's not forget, games.