anti-hate speech statutes have been sucessfully used in Britain to supress supporters of immigratation reform
I call your bluff. I'd like to see a specific example, please. Or are you using hearsay?
In my experience, the supporters of the "round 'em up 'n' shoot 'em" type of immigration reform are extremely vociferous and are given plenty of column inches (quite often referred to as "editorial")
I can name all 50 US states (but not the capitals), and all 15 EU member states. I can't name every European nation, as I don't think anyone's sure where Europe "ends"....Do I win?
Israel takes part in the Eurovision song contest. What's up with that?
You are comparing local geography with global geography
Regions and states local to a country are typically only of interest to that country. I couldn't name the cantons/counties/states/regions of Hungary (hell, I don't even know the term for them) any more than I'd expect a Hungarian to name/differentiate the States of America.
Not knowing what continent, or region of the planet a country exists on is somewhat different. I'd expect the average Hungarian could name and locate many more foreign nations than the average American. Sad but true - the US education system just isn't geared towards learning about stuff beyond the US borders.
It's censorship alright if you're under the age of 18
No its not. Since you aren't yet a fully fledged citizen, yet. There are a number of "rights" that aren't afforded to under 18s. The right to vote being one of them.
Also, the BBFC can still ban films
Err, How many films has the BBFC banned in the last 20 years? A ban only occurs when a film breaks EU and UK obscenity laws
If a film doesn't get an "18" certificate, it simply gets classed as "R18", but it's still available to watch and buy (if you can find the right establishment).
Contrary to popular belief, the BBFC's ratings aren't legally enforceable.
Instead, they are guidelines to local authorities, to use as they wish. Most authorities choose to enforce the BBFC's ratings, but not all. (Westminster, for example, often doesn't).
If a film is unrated, the local authority makes its own mind up, but its certainly not "illegal"
Not only doesn't the British government not "own" the BBC, it is legally prevented from interfering with its operation.
The BBC, IIRC, is overseen by a board of 12 governors, who are appointed by Parliament's upper house. These appointees are drawn from a variety of backgrounds and cultures. The governors act as the corporation's shareholders; setting and monitor targets; hiring and firing management; and generally making sure that the population gets its money's worth.
The governors don't have any say in the running of the corporation. The board's meetings are minuted and are publicly available
Part of the BBC's constitution, and UK law, is that the BBC is free from any political affiliation and that its freedom is guaranteed.
Who says we haven't encountered any contact attempts?
Any intelligent life form is statistically likely to be many millions of years more advanced than we are. Who can tell what forms of communication they are using, but it will almost certainly be lower energy/higher bandwidth than the radio signals we use.
A simple analogy would be two islands in the Pacific Ocean. On one island, the inhabitants communicate via cell phone. On the other island they communicate via smoke-signals. The elders on island 2 have decided that there must be intelligent beings on the remote islands they can see, so they start to try and communicate. For many years they send smoke signals high into the sky, and for many years, no response comes. Eventually, the islanders decide that no intelligent life must exist elsewhere and give up.
Of course, the problem with this is by the time the islanders on island 2 have developed cell phones, the people on island 1 are using something even more advanced.
Lord Faulkner is one of the idiots responsible for the Millennium Dome.
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Except that the House of Lords can't legislate. All that these "crazy" lords would be able to do is delay or return a piece of Legislation to the Commons. Woo - scary.
The British government works like this:
The cabinet decides on a bit of legislation
The legislation gets voted on by the Commons (which is why having a parliamentary majority is useful)
If successful, the act goes to the Lords. The House of Lords is made up of appointed members, who are considered top of their fields. (It includes: artists, scientists, theologans, academics, businessmen, judges, etc). The Lords can reject legislation and/or suggest ammendments, or pass it outright. If the leglislation is constitutional or budgetary in nature, then the Lords have no power.
The legislation then gets passed into law. (The queen has to sign it off too. But that's a formality)
No B&Qs in the US.
However The Home Depot use exactly the same store layouts/staff uniforms/color schemes/carts/baskets/logos, etc. In fact, they're so identical that there's clearly plaigarism involved by one side somewhere...
Its roughly determined by the CO2 output per unit of fuel.
Electricity has zero CO2 output (at the point of use), so isn't taxed (at least not directly). LPG has very low CO2 output per unit, so is taxed at a lower rate than gasoline.
Gasoline/Diesel/Grease all produce a similar amount of CO2, so they all receive a similar tax weighting.
I don't live in the UK anymore, so things could have changed, of course.
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Are you sure its not German for Dan Quayle?
which leads us to this wonderful sign
"Could not find file" - that's not very wonderful.
anti-hate speech statutes have been sucessfully used in Britain to supress supporters of immigratation reform
I call your bluff. I'd like to see a specific example, please. Or are you using hearsay?
In my experience, the supporters of the "round 'em up 'n' shoot 'em" type of immigration reform are extremely vociferous and are given plenty of column inches (quite often referred to as "editorial")
Or at least that's what your software vendor keeps telling you.
I can name all 50 US states (but not the capitals), and all 15 EU member states. I can't name every European nation, as I don't think anyone's sure where Europe "ends"....Do I win?
Israel takes part in the Eurovision song contest. What's up with that?
You are comparing local geography with global geography
Regions and states local to a country are typically only of interest to that country. I couldn't name the cantons/counties/states/regions of Hungary (hell, I don't even know the term for them) any more than I'd expect a Hungarian to name/differentiate the States of America.
Not knowing what continent, or region of the planet a country exists on is somewhat different. I'd expect the average Hungarian could name and locate many more foreign nations than the average American. Sad but true - the US education system just isn't geared towards learning about stuff beyond the US borders.
Why not just download it?
SGI are kind enough to jump through all the hoops on your behalf, for most all freeware apps.
What are you talking about?
Belgium has handed you an excuse to never go there, and you're complaining? What's up with that?
It's censorship alright if you're under the age of 18
No its not. Since you aren't yet a fully fledged citizen, yet. There are a number of "rights" that aren't afforded to under 18s. The right to vote being one of them.
Also, the BBFC can still ban films
Err, How many films has the BBFC banned in the last 20 years? A ban only occurs when a film breaks EU and UK obscenity laws
If a film doesn't get an "18" certificate, it simply gets classed as "R18", but it's still available to watch and buy (if you can find the right establishment).
Contrary to popular belief, the BBFC's ratings aren't legally enforceable.
Instead, they are guidelines to local authorities, to use as they wish. Most authorities choose to enforce the BBFC's ratings, but not all. (Westminster, for example, often doesn't).
If a film is unrated, the local authority makes its own mind up, but its certainly not "illegal"
The BBFC don't cut anything. Its the studios/distributors that cut their films in order to receive lower ratings (based on advice from the BBFC).
That's why they aren't censors - they aren't censoring anything. Its the money-grubbing movie execs that are doing the censoring.
I already have a beowulf cluster of those. It fits in a minivan.
Not only doesn't the British government not "own" the BBC, it is legally prevented from interfering with its operation.
The BBC, IIRC, is overseen by a board of 12 governors, who are appointed by Parliament's upper house. These appointees are drawn from a variety of backgrounds and cultures. The governors act as the corporation's shareholders; setting and monitor targets; hiring and firing management; and generally making sure that the population gets its money's worth. The governors don't have any say in the running of the corporation. The board's meetings are minuted and are publicly available
Part of the BBC's constitution, and UK law, is that the BBC is free from any political affiliation and that its freedom is guaranteed.
Intelligent being from other planets would be bound by the same physics
A civilization is bound by the physics it is aware of. Try explaining the concept of radio to a Roman messenger.
Would you notice smoke siganls? It'd just look like a distant fire to me.
Who says we haven't encountered any contact attempts?
Any intelligent life form is statistically likely to be many millions of years more advanced than we are. Who can tell what forms of communication they are using, but it will almost certainly be lower energy/higher bandwidth than the radio signals we use.
A simple analogy would be two islands in the Pacific Ocean. On one island, the inhabitants communicate via cell phone. On the other island they communicate via smoke-signals. The elders on island 2 have decided that there must be intelligent beings on the remote islands they can see, so they start to try and communicate. For many years they send smoke signals high into the sky, and for many years, no response comes. Eventually, the islanders decide that no intelligent life must exist elsewhere and give up.
Of course, the problem with this is by the time the islanders on island 2 have developed cell phones, the people on island 1 are using something even more advanced.
$34,350,000,000,000,000 = $34 quadrillion
Lord Faulkner is one of the idiots responsible for the Millennium Dome.
All that these "crazy" lords would be able to do is delay or return a piece of Legislation to the Commons. Woo - scary.
The British government works like this:
What relevant thing happens at 0 F...? Or at 100 F, for that matter?
IIRC Ethanol boils at 100F and freezes at 0F
From the article:
He has not been unable to get a full refund from either company
I just hate it when I'm not unable to do things. Like I wasn't unable to get out of bed this morning.
Actually, without VBI, 720x480 is the digital NTSC equivalent used professionally.
For PAL, its 720x576.
No B&Qs in the US.
However The Home Depot use exactly the same store layouts/staff uniforms/color schemes/carts/baskets/logos, etc.
In fact, they're so identical that there's clearly plaigarism involved by one side somewhere...
Note the identical color schemes at Home Depot's website and B&Q's website
Its roughly determined by the CO2 output per unit of fuel.
Electricity has zero CO2 output (at the point of use), so isn't taxed (at least not directly).
LPG has very low CO2 output per unit, so is taxed at a lower rate than gasoline.
Gasoline/Diesel/Grease all produce a similar amount of CO2, so they all receive a similar tax weighting.
I don't live in the UK anymore, so things could have changed, of course.
If it weighs the same as a duck, its made of wood and therefore a witch.
"petty environmentalism":
Nice oxymoron.