If your constitution does not grant you the right to initiate a referendum on changing the constitution, then it's time to "change the constitution". Ireland is not a federal republic, it's unitary republic, so changing the constitution by popular vote should be one of the main elements of the constitution.
Yeah.. I just hope that the spirit of the law will not be abused, as it always has been.
Yet, I love the fact that a contract cannot be void based on simple technicality.
Mostly, in Europe, doctors are encouraged to minimize drugs. Most actually do minimize, based on the severity of the case. Even antibiotics are considered only if they are really needed.
I'm was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, my medication is at a minimal level and I was recommended to move to or live with immediate family or closest friends, so that they can "monitor" me. And a regiment of sporting activities.
Corporal punishment is useless. It demonstrates total parenting failure. Children up to 5, have no understanding of consequences, and corporal punishment does not teach that.
I've seen both types.
The children that had parents that believe in corporal punishment were impossible to reason with.
On the other side, a simple "please" results in attention and "understanding" or distraction.
Up until I was confronted with the second type of children I was on your side, but now I call people like you idiots*.
* - pro corporal punishment idiots.
"family-pack" of condoms!?!?!?!?!
So, that implies: one for dad, one for mom, one for daughter and one for son?
Or maybe, those should be called "anti-family-pack" of condoms?
You should read up on early Christian history. Christians lived basically in communes. And they were essentially communists.
Whereas, the so much beloved capitalism, is essentially anti Christian.
And people tell my I'm crazy, when I say that communism is essentially a Christian ideology.
Just look at the last and only true communists on this planet - the Amish in US.
About the worth of a buck, I like what Warren Buffet said: "If people donated money as easy as they throw them away, we would live in a much better world." (Rescent FT Magazine)
Correlate the ticket prices to average spending on multitude of items in absolute terms. People like to think in absolutes. And even though the ticket prices are lower in relative terms, they might seem too high to the average person on the street.
And let us not forget that the last decade was the decade of scare tactics.
I know they(entertainment industry execs) are assholes of an enormous magnitude, but most of them are not stupid or dumb. It's like G.W, his outer shell was there to make him seem an idiot, just to fool most other idiots.
I like the expression: If you're so smart, where are your millions?
I, on the other hand, can tell where my millions are, and why I said no to having them.
There is a high chance others actually have cross licensed as part of one single deal. Since Apple is, probably, the only company in the market that has no technological patents in the field. So getting to that reasonable and non-discriminatory will be quite hard.
Meaning that iPhone is not a technological advance, but just "repackaging". That implies that they used someone else's technology. Nokia holds most of GSM patents, so Apple must have had to use some of them.
On the other hand, Nokia never did hide the fact that they would copy good ideas. But not all ideas are patentable, while most technology is.
Nokia probably did ask Apple to cross license patents, because it's a usual practice. They cross license and charge some amount. Apple clearly does not want to cross license and just wanted to pay the small fee that everyone else pays. While, everyone else adds a cross licensing deal with those payments.
Nokia's suit is all about setting the price and based on that requiring backpay based on that price. Now imagine how hard it will be to calculate the price, because most other licensing contracts had not only the cash value in them bu also IP cross licensing.
Nonsense. Nokia *has* touch screen phones. Apple did not sue them.
Since Apple did not invent the touchscreen, just patented some specific thing, those patents might not yet apply to existing Nokia phones with touchscreen.
Because *they are*. They struck first. How is that so difficult?
Nokia is in fact the "agressor" here, but not in any bad sense. Since they only filed the lawsuit after their talks broke down. (Imagine, you being called bad guy just because you filed a suite against your neighbour, because his dog was constantly destroying your property.)
be kept as small, impotent, and powerless as it can be.
You forgot as objective as possible.
We need no great standing army to defend our nation.
You actually do need one. Since the Romans and Spartans proved that a professional army will always beat any nonprofessional army. And the country you mention, has that requirement only because every single male is trained for 2 years military discipline, fighting and handling the weapon. Even then, the weapon is optional. (The weapon is AK47:) )
And please, an army with tanks and/or planes will definitely be superior in any conventional combat situation against 100% infantry.
So basically, nothing has changed in 200 years in US? Mostly "the only people who have a say in gov't are wealthy white men".
Having a vote does not give you a say in the gov't.
In the words of Tommy Lee Jones from MIB: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."
Unfortunately, that is very true.
A) All diplomats are interested in promoting their own country's economy
B) Most of the world diplomats are NOT representatives of corporations. And most corporations are not really interested in diplomats, since diplomats have very little effective decision making power.
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If your constitution does not grant you the right to initiate a referendum on changing the constitution, then it's time to "change the constitution". Ireland is not a federal republic, it's unitary republic, so changing the constitution by popular vote should be one of the main elements of the constitution.
That is what happens when common sense in a legal system is illegal. And most of Americans call eurocrats - technocrats.
Yeah.. I just hope that the spirit of the law will not be abused, as it always has been.
Yet, I love the fact that a contract cannot be void based on simple technicality.
Mostly, in Europe, doctors are encouraged to minimize drugs. Most actually do minimize, based on the severity of the case. Even antibiotics are considered only if they are really needed.
I'm was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, my medication is at a minimal level and I was recommended to move to or live with immediate family or closest friends, so that they can "monitor" me. And a regiment of sporting activities.
Corporal punishment is useless. It demonstrates total parenting failure. Children up to 5, have no understanding of consequences, and corporal punishment does not teach that.
I've seen both types.
The children that had parents that believe in corporal punishment were impossible to reason with.
On the other side, a simple "please" results in attention and "understanding" or distraction.
Up until I was confronted with the second type of children I was on your side, but now I call people like you idiots*.
* - pro corporal punishment idiots.
"family-pack" of condoms!?!?!?!?!
So, that implies: one for dad, one for mom, one for daughter and one for son?
Or maybe, those should be called "anti-family-pack" of condoms?
You should read up on early Christian history. Christians lived basically in communes. And they were essentially communists.
Whereas, the so much beloved capitalism, is essentially anti Christian.
And people tell my I'm crazy, when I say that communism is essentially a Christian ideology.
Just look at the last and only true communists on this planet - the Amish in US.
Exactly the opposite is what the studios say.
About the worth of a buck, I like what Warren Buffet said: "If people donated money as easy as they throw them away, we would live in a much better world." (Rescent FT Magazine)
Correlate the ticket prices to average spending on multitude of items in absolute terms. People like to think in absolutes. And even though the ticket prices are lower in relative terms, they might seem too high to the average person on the street.
And let us not forget that the last decade was the decade of scare tactics.
I know they(entertainment industry execs) are assholes of an enormous magnitude, but most of them are not stupid or dumb. It's like G.W, his outer shell was there to make him seem an idiot, just to fool most other idiots.
I like the expression: If you're so smart, where are your millions?
I, on the other hand, can tell where my millions are, and why I said no to having them.
There is a high chance others actually have cross licensed as part of one single deal. Since Apple is, probably, the only company in the market that has no technological patents in the field. So getting to that reasonable and non-discriminatory will be quite hard.
Meaning that iPhone is not a technological advance, but just "repackaging". That implies that they used someone else's technology. Nokia holds most of GSM patents, so Apple must have had to use some of them.
On the other hand, Nokia never did hide the fact that they would copy good ideas. But not all ideas are patentable, while most technology is.
That is the problem, Apple does not want to cross license.
Nokia probably did ask Apple to cross license patents, because it's a usual practice. They cross license and charge some amount. Apple clearly does not want to cross license and just wanted to pay the small fee that everyone else pays. While, everyone else adds a cross licensing deal with those payments.
Nokia's suit is all about setting the price and based on that requiring backpay based on that price. Now imagine how hard it will be to calculate the price, because most other licensing contracts had not only the cash value in them bu also IP cross licensing.
Since Apple did not invent the touchscreen, just patented some specific thing, those patents might not yet apply to existing Nokia phones with touchscreen.
Nokia is in fact the "agressor" here, but not in any bad sense. Since they only filed the lawsuit after their talks broke down. (Imagine, you being called bad guy just because you filed a suite against your neighbour, because his dog was constantly destroying your property.)
Well, don't use google then.
You forgot as objective as possible.
You actually do need one. Since the Romans and Spartans proved that a professional army will always beat any nonprofessional army. And the country you mention, has that requirement only because every single male is trained for 2 years military discipline, fighting and handling the weapon. Even then, the weapon is optional. (The weapon is AK47 :) )
And please, an army with tanks and/or planes will definitely be superior in any conventional combat situation against 100% infantry.
So basically, nothing has changed in 200 years in US? Mostly "the only people who have a say in gov't are wealthy white men".
Having a vote does not give you a say in the gov't.
US is US, nothing will "Change". Maybe only the beliefs in the change have grown :)
Emerging economies are not parties of ACTA in any case. (That includes BRIC countries)
'cause China don't care for intallectual. And don't "respect my authoritah"!
In the words of Tommy Lee Jones from MIB: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."
Unfortunately, that is very true.
A) All diplomats are interested in promoting their own country's economy
B) Most of the world diplomats are NOT representatives of corporations. And most corporations are not really interested in diplomats, since diplomats have very little effective decision making power.