Murdoch is an American citizen who was born in Australia. He doesn't live in or operate out of the UK - he just uses his many media mouthpieces in this country to enforce his political opinion.
Besides, everyone knows that Britain, England and Scotland are all parts of London. Whilst Wales and Northern Ireland are far too confusing to be worth mentioning.:)
Why can't they just give a rough range of the exposure that the people in this study faced
Because such data would be meaningless to the majority of the people reading the article. The BBC is a media organisation with a public remit. If you want in-depth analysis, find the appropriate scientific journal.
BBC? Monopoly? Don't make me laugh! The BBC hasn't been close to a monopoly since the early 80's.
What makes the BBC refreshing is its non-commercial remit, and its charter to improve broadcasting technology. The BBC were at the forefront of digital TV here in the UK and are currently pushing Digital radio very hard. That said, they do still have to compete with the other high-quality channels (ITV, Ch4, Ch5, Sky1), so their output quality tends to be extremely high.
Despite what certain people may say, BBC news is still highly respected worldwide. Certainly as much as ITN, and far more than the laughable Sky News (who recently ran an advertising campaign about their first reporter in Africa!!)
Remember, work on the British Library began in the late 80's, well before the Internet was popular.
Yeah, I'm gonna pay £4.80 to travel on the underground to go read a book, right
If you're an academic, and the British Library is the only place to find some work of reference, or other, then its quite likely you'll pay.
As for location, you have to put it somewhere and, given its proximity to so many universities, UCL in particular, its current location is probably pretty good. Until its stock is available online, anyway.
I am an atheist, and I also found the original comment objectionable in the way it disregarded the faith or belief of others.
However, I find your post is equally objectionable. You are as bigotted and as narrow-minded as the person to whom you respond.
Are you really so insecure in your faith that you need to rubbish that of other people? Perhaps you should embrace the 15 billion years of secular culture.
We get ripped off because we're willing to buy at that price.
Believe it or not, the UK is still subject to the laws of supply and demand. If there was less demand at this price, the cost would come down. The answer is simple. Don't buy a PS2 until they half the price in a month or two (which is what always happens after the peak demand has gone)
Thanks to the rise of global coporate power, and the ease with which western governments give in to powerful industrial lobby groups, international Commercial Law will have converged within a matter of years.
Of course, reconciling this with other divergeant legal areas might get difficult. Eg, you can move your company to any western country and enjoy the same legal privelages, but you can't move your workforce thanks to draconian immigration law.
It does matter, because if you are a global company, and your patent only applies in the US, then you will look equally ridiculous as with the reverse situation.
Be careful how you interpret US/European co-ventures. Such ventures are mutual and are undertaken to provide a US company with access to a large European or Japanese market, as well as working in the opposite direction.
and for the last hundred years at least almost all innovations in the language have originated elsewhere.
What innovations?? Very new words still tend to be Latin or Greek in origin. eg: "internet", "aeroplane", "television"
The language evolved in England and that's why its called English. Just because other people chose to adopt it doesn't mean it's no longer English in origin.
If you don't like it, use something else...or invent your own.
There is no such entity as "British English". Brits use International English, which is what Canada, Australia, et al use.
Americans use American English.
European non-english speakers learn international English because most people speak it.
Also, learn to spell "British". Its not a difficult word to remember - I'm sure you'd be mildly irritated if I started calling you "Ammerican".
The UK economy isn't very much smaller than the German economy at all. Per capita GDP is about the same. Remember - Germany is a bigger country...
The UK Does have a very bouyant economy. But the economy is based almost entirely around the service/hi-tech industries. The German economy is mainly manufacturing. The car industry is a bad example as UK manufacturing has been having a rough ride for several years.
Its a case of striking a balance. If you have a very weak currency (like the Euro) then you have to pay more for raw-materials and other necessary imports. In Germany this is especially important as high-cost raw-materials will reduce operating profit of manufacturing industries on which the German economy is based.
Slightly Offtopic, but still intersting is that governments do put a basic value on a single human life. They use this value to weigh up costs of rescue in hi-jack situations, and other issues.
The unofficial cost of a human life here in the UK was something like £750,000 a few years back (thats about $1.2m). Of course, that value changes based on probable outcome - its only valid if the person will definitely survive if its spent, and definitely die if its not...
You also live in a litigous society that tends not to wear seat belts...
In the UK we've started seeing car insurance premiums go up as "no win-no fee" lawyers have started appearing.
As an example, my wife crashed her Peugeot 205 (very small car) into the back of a articulated truck last year. He sued her for whiplash, despite the fact he almost failed to notice the accident had happened, and her insurance company paid out...
The point is that insurance companies can no longer support "shared risk". There are so many claims being made now that they need to be a lot smarter in the way they charge premiums...
Err. Using that argument, what about Alan Turing? Every computer built today is a Turing machine, so he's still having an effect despite the fact he killed himself in the late 40s.
For those people in UK, Germany, France, Australia and anyone else who has access to digital radio transmissions, the Psion WaveFinder looks quite cool.
It plugs into your PC. Not only does it let you listen to DAB transmissions, you can interact with the broadcasters, get feedback about what's currently playing and get schedule listings.
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Wouldn't we have to throw them a dictionary first?
:-)
How would they read the dictionary?
Murdoch is an American citizen who was born in Australia. He doesn't live in or operate out of the UK - he just uses his many media mouthpieces in this country to enforce his political opinion.
What's the 51st state?
:)
Besides, everyone knows that Britain, England and Scotland are all parts of London. Whilst Wales and Northern Ireland are far too confusing to be worth mentioning.
Because such data would be meaningless to the majority of the people reading the article. The BBC is a media organisation with a public remit. If you want in-depth analysis, find the appropriate scientific journal.
12 months?? Sky have been running their digital service for 3.5 years now.
Its also part of the UK.
BBC? Monopoly? Don't make me laugh! The BBC hasn't been close to a monopoly since the early 80's.
What makes the BBC refreshing is its non-commercial remit, and its charter to improve broadcasting technology. The BBC were at the forefront of digital TV here in the UK and are currently pushing Digital radio very hard. That said, they do still have to compete with the other high-quality channels (ITV, Ch4, Ch5, Sky1), so their output quality tends to be extremely high.
Despite what certain people may say, BBC news is still highly respected worldwide. Certainly as much as ITN, and far more than the laughable Sky News (who recently ran an advertising campaign about their first reporter in Africa!!)
Remember, work on the British Library began in the late 80's, well before the Internet was popular.
Yeah, I'm gonna pay £4.80 to travel on the underground to go read a book, right
If you're an academic, and the British Library is the only place to find some work of reference, or other, then its quite likely you'll pay.
As for location, you have to put it somewhere and, given its proximity to so many universities, UCL in particular, its current location is probably pretty good. Until its stock is available online, anyway.
Err. That's a thumbnail. Try clicking on it...
The full size version is presented in 1450 x 2048 and is often 1.5Mb in size.
I am an atheist, and I also found the original comment objectionable in the way it disregarded the faith or belief of others.
However, I find your post is equally objectionable. You are as bigotted and as narrow-minded as the person to whom you respond.
Are you really so insecure in your faith that you need to rubbish that of other people? Perhaps you should embrace the 15 billion years of secular culture.
We get ripped off because we're willing to buy at that price.
Believe it or not, the UK is still subject to the laws of supply and demand. If there was less demand at this price, the cost would come down. The answer is simple. Don't buy a PS2 until they half the price in a month or two (which is what always happens after the peak demand has gone)
Thanks to the rise of global coporate power, and the ease with which western governments give in to powerful industrial lobby groups, international Commercial Law will have converged within a matter of years.
Of course, reconciling this with other divergeant legal areas might get difficult. Eg, you can move your company to any western country and enjoy the same legal privelages, but you can't move your workforce thanks to draconian immigration law.
It does matter, because if you are a global company, and your patent only applies in the US, then you will look equally ridiculous as with the reverse situation.
Be careful how you interpret US/European co-ventures. Such ventures are mutual and are undertaken to provide a US company with access to a large European or Japanese market, as well as working in the opposite direction.
and for the last hundred years at least almost all innovations in the language have originated elsewhere.
What innovations?? Very new words still tend to be Latin or Greek in origin. eg: "internet", "aeroplane", "television"
The language evolved in England and that's why its called English. Just because other people chose to adopt it doesn't mean it's no longer English in origin.
If you don't like it, use something else...or invent your own.
There is no such entity as "British English". Brits use International English, which is what Canada, Australia, et al use.
Americans use American English.
European non-english speakers learn international English because most people speak it.
Also, learn to spell "British". Its not a difficult word to remember - I'm sure you'd be mildly irritated if I started calling you "Ammerican".
Unfortunately, the three encryption wheels are missing, which are fundamental in making it work. You can't use the wheels from other machines either.
The person demanding the ransom has obviously sent the box back in the same way a kidnapper might send a couple of fingers.
I expect we'll see a continued ransom demand for the wheels.
Slightly Offtopic, but still intersting is that governments do put a basic value on a single human life.
They use this value to weigh up costs of rescue in hi-jack situations, and other issues.
The unofficial cost of a human life here in the UK was something like £750,000 a few years back (thats about $1.2m). Of course, that value changes based on probable outcome - its only valid if the person will definitely survive if its spent, and definitely die if its not...
You also live in a litigous society that tends not to wear seat belts...
In the UK we've started seeing car insurance premiums go up as "no win-no fee" lawyers have started appearing.
As an example, my wife crashed her Peugeot 205 (very small car) into the back of a articulated truck last year. He sued her for whiplash, despite the fact he almost failed to notice the accident had happened, and her insurance company paid out...
The point is that insurance companies can no longer support "shared risk". There are so many claims being made now that they need to be a lot smarter in the way they charge premiums...
Can't imagine Lou Gerstner or Larry Ellison would know a void pointer if it jumped out of the screen and slapped them.
That was my point...
Jim Clark would still have created SGI (hurrah)
Err. Using that argument, what about Alan Turing? Every computer built today is a Turing machine, so he's still having an effect despite the fact he killed himself in the late 40s.
For those people in UK, Germany, France, Australia and anyone else who has access to digital radio transmissions, the Psion WaveFinder looks quite cool.
It plugs into your PC. Not only does it let you listen to DAB transmissions, you can interact with the broadcasters, get feedback about what's currently playing and get schedule listings.
Link is here for more details
Costs around £299, so I guess thats in the second category ($450ish)
Why do you trust CNN to have got the quote right?
The number of factual errors I have seen reported as news on CNN makes me think this is probably a mis-quote.