You're correct that Sweden isn't a NATO country. But to say that Sweden does not have strong ties to the US is bullshit. Sweden has previously assisted the CIA to transfer two persons who were seeking asylum in Sweden to Egypt where they could be tortured. This in direct violation with international laws.
Sweden has also acted as a happy sock puppet for the US in the whole The Pirate Bay fiasco.
Sweden is definitely an ally of the US, and as for high integrity... I think that went out of the window with the FRA law ("Yeah, any and all information can and will be exchanged with foreign intelligence services"), The Pirate Bay, weapon exports to dictatorships, etc.
The list of guys who can be the Two Men is pretty short, I understand. I expect Panetta can be the Second Man, but I doubt Hillary could, for instance.
At the very least Hillary would require some surgery before she could...
Because the committees are just recommending YES/NO based on their specific area of (sometimes "so-called") expertise.
For instance, a committee specialised on power and industry might be totally for opening another coal mine. A committee specialised on environmental issues is probably gonna be against it.
Since ACTA is a trade agreement, the Trade committee is the main committee, and their recommendation thus -- normally at least -- carries the most weight.
In the end though, the representatives in the parliament are the ones deciding whether or not to follow the recommendations of the committees. The EU parliament can be quite unpredictable from time to time...
... Except: Apple is doing it on their own hardware. Microsoft is requiring it from all hardware manufacturers that want a "Certified for Windows 8" sticker, which means pretty much all non-Apple hw makers. See the difference? If Microsoft were doing their own hw and restricting that (like, say, the X-Box), I'd think it was fair game. A pity, yes (just like I consider it a pity that Apple cripples their hardware), but monopolistic? No. But this *is* monopolistic.
Patents have shorter expiration dates because they're far more encompassing.
It's practically impossible to duplicate a copyrighted product by chance, and there's little value for society even if so happens.
It's quite likely to get close enough to someone's patent though when researching in similar areas, and patents to further inventions,
not to hold them back. True, it's less likely in the area of drug research than in computer science, but it's still a risk.
Besides, pharmaceutical patents might be of value in countries where people can either afford health insurance or have public
health care, but for most people in third world countries, and for that matter poor people in rich countries, generics are
the only viable option.
Assuming your name is Richard, and you haven't submitted your bug reports under a pseudonym,
then I can say for sure that you've either not submitted your bug reports to the kernel maintainer, or that you
did so before 2001...
So I'm curious as to what experience you're basing your comment on.
If you bother to report a bug against the 2.0 kernel, and it's about functionality actually present in the 2.0-kernel rather than something along the lines of "the 2.0 kernel doesn't support USB3", then I can promise you that the maintainer would at least take a look at it.
[RIAA] Of course it's still piracy if you delete if afterwards and buy it. If you downloaded it hundred times then RIAA^W The Artists will lose 100x the record cost.
ACTA isn't a treaty that has its origin in the UN (or any other forum where there's more than one party with veto). The ACTA is a trade "agreement" dictated by the US. It's pretty much a case of "If you want to be able to trade with us, you better sign this, or we'll impose tariffs on you". If you check out who the signatory nations are, you'll notice that Russia, China, etc. aren't part of the agreement. Why? Because the US doesn't have enough leverage on them.
A cracker is a person who's modifying software to remove the copy protections, adding missing functionality (for games this would be cheat modes), shortening things, etc., to improve it.
Only if the police were the ones responsible for setting speed limits *and* were telling people that "You should keep 40 if you want to get consistent green lights here".
How then can you explain Sweden, whose finances have become far more robust (and is doing a fair bit better than the rest of the EU countries) after the liberal/right-wing government took over after years and years of socialist rule?
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Because it is, despite the misleading name, NOT a government agency. It's through and through a lobbyist organisation.
1.) Pearls Before Swine ( http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine?ref=comics )
2.) Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal ( http://www.smbc-comics.com/ )
Examples:
* http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2835#comic
* http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2560#comic
* http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2674#comic
3.) Romantically Apocalyptic ( http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/ )
4.) A softer world ( http://asofterworld.com/ )
My first reaction: "Yeah, that makes sense. Gotta take some kind of brain disease to make you wanna play American Football".
Quark (as served with jam).
Actually, we did something better -- the N950, but Microsoft^WNokia wouldn't let us sell it.
You're correct that Sweden isn't a NATO country. But to say that Sweden does not have strong ties to the US is bullshit. Sweden has previously assisted the CIA to transfer two persons who were seeking asylum in Sweden to Egypt where they could be tortured. This in direct violation with international laws.
Sweden has also acted as a happy sock puppet for the US in the whole The Pirate Bay fiasco.
Sweden is definitely an ally of the US, and as for high integrity... I think that went out of the window with the FRA law ("Yeah, any and all information can and will be exchanged with foreign intelligence services"), The Pirate Bay, weapon exports to dictatorships, etc.
The list of guys who can be the Two Men is pretty short, I understand. I expect Panetta can be the Second Man, but I doubt Hillary could, for instance.
At the very least Hillary would require some surgery before she could...
Because the committees are just recommending YES/NO based on their specific area of (sometimes "so-called") expertise.
For instance, a committee specialised on power and industry might be totally for opening another coal mine. A committee specialised on environmental issues is probably gonna be against it.
Since ACTA is a trade agreement, the Trade committee is the main committee, and their recommendation thus -- normally at least -- carries the most weight.
In the end though, the representatives in the parliament are the ones deciding whether or not to follow the recommendations of the committees. The EU parliament can be quite unpredictable from time to time...
No Linux wont be there to pick of the pieces. Google will. Chromebooks suck ass but they are easy to use.
The ChromeOS kernel is Linux.
... Except: Apple is doing it on their own hardware. Microsoft is requiring it from all hardware manufacturers that want a "Certified for Windows 8" sticker, which means pretty much all non-Apple hw makers. See the difference? If Microsoft were doing their own hw and restricting that (like, say, the X-Box), I'd think it was fair game. A pity, yes (just like I consider it a pity that Apple cripples their hardware), but monopolistic? No. But this *is* monopolistic.
Patents have shorter expiration dates because they're far more encompassing. It's practically impossible to duplicate a copyrighted product by chance, and there's little value for society even if so happens. It's quite likely to get close enough to someone's patent though when researching in similar areas, and patents to further inventions, not to hold them back. True, it's less likely in the area of drug research than in computer science, but it's still a risk. Besides, pharmaceutical patents might be of value in countries where people can either afford health insurance or have public health care, but for most people in third world countries, and for that matter poor people in rich countries, generics are the only viable option.
Then how about 5 years from clinical approval?
Now we just need a botnet for Hurd... 1 infected computer would be enough for, say... 100% of the user base :)
Damn, this is the best bloody proposal I've seen in years. Too bad it's likely to be unconstitutional...
Assuming your name is Richard, and you haven't submitted your bug reports under a pseudonym, then I can say for sure that you've either not submitted your bug reports to the kernel maintainer, or that you did so before 2001... So I'm curious as to what experience you're basing your comment on.
If you bother to report a bug against the 2.0 kernel, and it's about functionality actually present in the 2.0-kernel rather than something along the lines of "the 2.0 kernel doesn't support USB3", then I can promise you that the maintainer would at least take a look at it.
[RIAA] Of course it's still piracy if you delete if afterwards and buy it. If you downloaded it hundred times then RIAA^W The Artists will lose 100x the record cost.
from __ future __ import linux-5.5 ?!
ACTA isn't a treaty that has its origin in the UN (or any other forum where there's more than one party with veto). The ACTA is a trade "agreement" dictated by the US. It's pretty much a case of "If you want to be able to trade with us, you better sign this, or we'll impose tariffs on you". If you check out who the signatory nations are, you'll notice that Russia, China, etc. aren't part of the agreement. Why? Because the US doesn't have enough leverage on them.
A cracker is a person who's modifying software to remove the copy protections, adding missing functionality (for games this would be cheat modes), shortening things, etc., to improve it.
Of course not. You forgot about it when he reversed the gravity again. Duh!
Only if the police were the ones responsible for setting speed limits *and* were telling people that "You should keep 40 if you want to get consistent green lights here".
Yeah, when Microsoft is involved then "Fee speech" is indeed usually the correct term... :P
And if you would've bothered to check the real source (CIA factbook), you would've noticed that Sweden imports twice as much oil as it exports... https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sw.html
How then can you explain Sweden, whose finances have become far more robust (and is doing a fair bit better than the rest of the EU countries) after the liberal/right-wing government took over after years and years of socialist rule?