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I take it you refer to Vinge's text on the Singularity. You should read it though, he never says that a machine intelligence is inevitable, but that a super-human intelligence is inevitable. That could also be achieved through genetics.
One of the best ideas in this respect are the Focused from Vinge himself
The ID card also is used in the German passport (which is why the size is what it is), thus killing two birds with one stone.
Wot? Why do I have a Passport and an ID card then?
Part of the Passport looks very similar to the ID card, but that's probably because it proved to be tamper-proof.
Foreigners have to do a lot more
AFAIK, Foreigners don't get ID cards, only citizens do. Foreigners have to carry some other ID though.
privacy is actually strictly protected in Germany, at least against private individuals
You can get information about someone's residency quite easily by asking the Einwohnermeldeamt (residency office) and pay a small fee. Just forget to pay a largish bill and see for yourself.
This very system is even used by the political parties(1) to track their members.
(You can of course prevent this if you have reason, eg. to avert stalkers.)
it is a minor offense to not carry an ID at all times (driver's license doesn't count)
That may be the law, but I have yet to find a cop that does not accept passport, driver's licence or any similar document most of the time.
There is no (obvious) large-scale use of the ID card's serial. You usually are identified by name, DoB, PoB, as shown on the ID card, but the connection is not the serial.
1: The political parties in Germany are a constitutional part of the state, not simply election companies like in the USA.
So soldiers deserve to die? The USA still killed 100,000 for cheap gas.
Make up your mind - are we supposed to intervene or not?
I did not complain that you allowed the gassing of Kurds. I did not complain that you killed 100,000 Iraqis for cheap oil. Think about the 'after' in my original sentence.
Killing for cheap oil while claiming to do it for the betterment of mankind is hypocritical. Supporting fascist governments while calling himself Leader of the Free World is hypocritical.
This is all boringly obvious, and others found better words. Just open your eyes.
http://www.ccmep.org/hotnews/101301theonion.htm
Anti-US bullshit. Feel free to cite a reliable source for that number.
It's hard to find numbers, but the Second Gulf War alone had more than 100,000 deaths: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/gulf.war /facts/gu lfwar/index.html
Hypocritical anti-US bullshit.
How can this be hypocritical? Please, get a dictionary.
Make up your fucking mind - are we supposed to be involved in Iraq or not?
I'm only referring to the fact that you claim to defend Freedom and All Things Good but don't. At least, the Nazis have been honest about it.
It's not that every individual swastika has the right to appeal.
They do have the right to appeal, they just don't make use of it because they'd lose anyway.
Huh? The swastika has the right to appeal?
Bill of Attainder = Parlamentsverurteilung in German
I used Leo, it's only that I never heard the word Parlamentsverurteilung before. Thanks for the explanation.
I'm aware of the fact that the Düsseldorf government did not pass a law, but still what they do is similar in effect, isn't it?
No way. There is stuff that is simply forbidden and has been for decades. Everyone knows it and most agree.
You're right in that it might be compliant with the letter of the law, but I think that it violates at least the spirit of the constitution (as I interprete it, that is) by banning things without a court order
Again: No court order is needed. This is 'Zurschaustellung Nationalsozialistischer Symbole' or 'Volksverhetzung' or another well established felony. The Police don't need a judge to stop speeders and take their license.
That said, it's stupid, useless and wrong. I just read a nice quote:
"Censorship is the living confession of the powerful that they can only rule stupified slaves, but not free people." (Johann Nepomuk Nestroy)
The judge is needed to decide what constitutes "illegal Nazi stuff" and what does not.
Yes, but they do this for years now. It's not that every individual swastika has the right to appeal.
Since you asked, I am talking about the German constitution (Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland), specifically I'm talking about the part that makes bills of attainder illegal (article 19, section 1)
I dunno nothin' about this attainder thingy (and my dictionary is no help), but I don't see where Art. 19 applies. Where is the individual case that is not allowed?
the part the assigns the judicial power to the courts (article 92).
Could someone who is German or who has studied German law please clarify?
I studied this law, as in: I read the next paragraph:
(2) These rights are limited by the provisions of the general laws, the provisions of law
for the protection of youth and by the right to inviolability of personal honor.
Just as in other countries, the constitutional court will decide (if called) if this specific law is unconstitutional. They upheld Art. 5 a few years ago when someone used a very short quote ('Soldiers are murderers') of a longer text (Der bewachte Kriegsschauplatz), to raise sentiments against the NATO armed forces.
Indeed it is America's different way of thinking about freedom that ensure's we get to speak about different way's of thinking.
Hypocritical US bullshit. The USA killed more than 100.000 people in Iraq for cheap gas, after allowing the gassing of Kurds. You don't want Free speech, you want to shout everybody else down.
I'd say that especially the first and the second point make the goverment's request unconstitutional, eventhough the German constitution does permit laws that make "hate speech" illegal.
Unconstitutional? Which constitution are you talking about? Which part of this constitution?
This is law enforcement, nothing else. Nazi stuff is illegal by law, so no judge needs to be involved. All this is based on the very first and most important article of the Grundgesetz.
(From Google)
The entrance offerers had questioned thereby ether the entrance to unpleasant, abroad can be prevented gehosteten Websiten at all effectively.
I think I might as well just learn German;-)
Go right ahead:
Die Eingangsanbietenden hatten dadurch gefragt, ob der Eingang zu unangenehmem, auswärts verhindert werden kann gehosteten Websiten an allen effektiv.
Anyone finding themselves redirected can use any number of simple DNS tools to find out the real IP (by querying a root server, then the authorative server), then simply access the site by IP rather than FQDN. This may sound a little technical for Johann average, but not when simple instructions are made available to them.
Yeah, like the avarage T-Online user even knows what an IP address is.
Die Stalinorgel and Vergeltung are the best war literature I'm aware of. Ledig was forgotten for 50 years, but his books bite like Private Ryan on speed.
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I hope all of you happy campers have submitted a story about this?
One of the best ideas in this respect are the Focused from Vinge himself
There are some errors:
Wot? Why do I have a Passport and an ID card then?
Part of the Passport looks very similar to the ID card, but that's probably because it proved to be tamper-proof.
AFAIK, Foreigners don't get ID cards, only citizens do. Foreigners have to carry some other ID though.
You can get information about someone's residency quite easily by asking the Einwohnermeldeamt (residency office) and pay a small fee. Just forget to pay a largish bill and see for yourself.
This very system is even used by the political parties(1) to track their members.
(You can of course prevent this if you have reason, eg. to avert stalkers.)
That may be the law, but I have yet to find a cop that does not accept passport, driver's licence or any similar document most of the time.
There is no (obvious) large-scale use of the ID card's serial. You usually are identified by name, DoB, PoB, as shown on the ID card, but the connection is not the serial.
1: The political parties in Germany are a constitutional part of the state, not simply election companies like in the USA.
(OK, so they are election companies.)
I did not complain that you allowed the gassing of Kurds. I did not complain that you killed 100,000 Iraqis for cheap oil. Think about the 'after' in my original sentence.
Killing for cheap oil while claiming to do it for the betterment of mankind is hypocritical. Supporting fascist governments while calling himself Leader of the Free World is hypocritical.
This is all boringly obvious, and others found better words. Just open your eyes.
http://www.ccmep.org/hotnews/101301theonion.htm
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/gulf.wa
How can this be hypocritical? Please, get a dictionary. I'm only referring to the fact that you claim to defend Freedom and All Things Good but don't. At least, the Nazis have been honest about it.
That said, it's stupid, useless and wrong. I just read a nice quote:
"Censorship is the living confession of the powerful that they can only rule stupified slaves, but not free people." (Johann Nepomuk Nestroy)
I dunno nothin' about this attainder thingy (and my dictionary is no help), but I don't see where Art. 19 applies. Where is the individual case that is not allowed? Like I said, no need to judge.
(2) These rights are limited by the provisions of the general laws, the provisions of law for the protection of youth and by the right to inviolability of personal honor.
Just as in other countries, the constitutional court will decide (if called) if this specific law is unconstitutional. They upheld Art. 5 a few years ago when someone used a very short quote ('Soldiers are murderers') of a longer text (Der bewachte Kriegsschauplatz), to raise sentiments against the NATO armed forces.
This is law enforcement, nothing else. Nazi stuff is illegal by law, so no judge needs to be involved. All this is based on the very first and most important article of the Grundgesetz.
(It's wrong and stupid anyway.)
Die Eingangsanbietenden hatten dadurch gefragt, ob der Eingang zu unangenehmem, auswärts verhindert werden kann gehosteten Websiten an allen effektiv.
(Boy, that is way above RSA.)
Die Stalinorgel and Vergeltung are the best war literature I'm aware of. Ledig was forgotten for 50 years, but his books bite like Private Ryan on speed.
Nobody but a scientist would ask Slashdot for legal advice.
Why not tackle the problem itself?
Why not reading the synopsis, if not the actual article?
My emphasis:
The fine can be up to 10% of the annual revenue, or $2.5 billion and may include the demand to remove certain programs from Windows.
(Which morons voted this 'interesting'?)
..of Spheniscidae here?
Does anybody have links to pages presenting evidence against Bin Laden (or another person)?
Could you please remind me again why it's called the Land of the Free?
Yup, I already read it somewhere. If I would remember where, I would post a link to it.
Please show me some docs showing IE being more standards compliant than Netscape 6, yet alone Mozilla.
Buy it.