As a Russian citizen I doubt. You know, the strength of US Dollar is based on the fact that it's the only currency exchangeable to petroleum, and every country that uses any other currency for this purpose becomes democratic. (Saddam sold oil for Euros, and his country became democratic, Lybia sold oil for Euros and became democratic too, Iran sold oil for gold and will surely become democratic immediately after Syria).
And I fear that China will become democratic too.
While this made an interesting point (of course only partially true), I think the post was intended to be funny. And it is!
Corruption is defined differently in different jurisdictions - some things are outlawed in one country but not in another. Does Transparency int somehow apply the same laws across the world?
Yes, Americans who think they value their liberty have a tendency to forget that their liberty depends also on the liberty of others. Starting with the slaves who their founding fathers conveniently forgot, now it is terrorists, criminals, citizens of 'enemy' countries, and finally all non citizens. As has been seen recently, spying on non-citizens gives the means to spy on citizens. What Americans have really is not liberty but power, and the Golden Rule (reciprocity) is inessential when you have power.
What about bugging the White House? I mean, anyone can get to be president (in theory of course, in practice it is any multimillionaire with lots of friends in the US establishment). You've got to check on them, or else how can they be trusted? And what about all those that know the president or is related to the president, you've got to check on what they are saying... and so on.
It can be revised all you like but it won't do any good if you have a corrupt police (secret service?) who know their job is to protect their masters in Westminster and Washington.
So helping a country declare independence is imperialistic?
Was that the way the Phillipines or Cuba were 'helped' that you're referring to? One of the characteristics of any successful imperial state is that its own propaganda is more effective that others, especially on its own citizens.
It's the City of London police which is something most Londoners never come across. It is a small police force with jurisdiction over the tiny historic core of the metropolis of London. This historic core is now the home of the British business, capital and the financial industry. It houses very few residents (i.e. people living there) but lots of employees. It is not surprising that this force particularly identifies with matters of interest to large companies.
Well its not likely to happen in any other industry either where there is a low population of people capable or willing to write software. There's a reason why most of the open source volunteer's attention goes to operating systems, graphics packages and the like. There is is almost no open source used in my field (certain sections of UK local government) and despite the UK central government doing a bit more to encourage use of FOSS, this does not mean that any specific packages will be developed.
I think one point is that the previous version was not patented in India (as mentioned before). So essentially Novartis tried to get a patent on a minor alteration of a patent free compound.
And of course see the British spelling for other metals - sodum, potassum, et.c., and also the British spelling for a certain part of the head is cranum. Sheer arrogance.
The only way you have not completely lost the thread of the original story is unless you are suggesting that this new process provides an easy way to create deuterium (and it looks as though you need to read up on what deuterium is). And as far as I know there is no shortage of deuterium to cause difficulty in either nucleary weaponry or nuclear energy.
Well yes I was going for humour (note the spelling) but I was also correct. You may have been correct for where you were. But in the UK you are responsible for having your instrumentation working correctly.
The speeds? Is that the "lie"? Teslas have 21" wheels normally. He was driving on 19" snow tires. If the system logging his speed wasn't calibrated for the wheel difference you'd see the logs indicate speeds about 10% higher than Broder was actually traveling. There's your discrepancy between the two.
I can just see this being argued in court -
"I was only over the speed limit because I changed my tires. "
Anyone who calls Borneo the 'Amazon of the southern hemisphere' hasn't got much idea of geography. Both are near the equator, but if anything Borneo is overall slightly further north than the Amazon basin.
If it is effective on female skin, it is probably also effective on male skin. But maybe not as effective; male skin is thicker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_humans#Skin_and_hair) so it may need a stronger dose?
About two years into my current job, I was able to guess which of my longer serving colleagues had written or contributed to various anonymous documents and reports floating around the office. The processes are easy; learning what words they use misuse or confuse, who writes in a more formal or a more chatty style, those who seem to be unable to leave out detail or write a precis when appropriate, et.c. What confuses this is copy-editing and the numerous copied passages that are typically found in such documents.
And that Facebook protester was arrested for burning a poppy on Facebook which could have set Facebook on fire. And possibly caused millions of people using Facebook to catch fire. And who knows what else?
But insurance companies negotiate substantial discounts, so the hospital only gets paid a portion (sometimes as low as 40-50%) of what they actually charged. Uninsured individuals have no such bargaining power, and so end up with a bill for the full 100% of charges.
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Presumably the hospital still manages to make a profit otherwise it would close, so they can still function with the the 40 or 50% discount. Does that not mean that the uninsured individual is effectively overcharged?
The judges' requirement seems at best very juvenile to me (not that either Apple and Samsung have been very mature in these court cases... but from a powdered wig-wearing British judge you'd expect some maturity). It's like asking a 5 year old to apologize to another 5 year old. You'll never get a real apology, you're not changing anything, and the rest of the 5 year olds are sitting there rolling their eyes. What Apple should have done was post a statement as directed but make it absolutely clear that:
By order of the court Apple is required to say "_______." despite the fact that courts in other countries have found that statement to be false. However, in deference to the court we are posting the statement as required and are eager to get back to doing what we do best: making great products for you (and hope that other companies not named Samsung will not offer you inferior attempts at copies of those products).
Comply with the letter of the law, but make it absolutely clear that these are not your words. Let the people know their judges are looking to deceive them.
Posting as you suggested above is what Apple should have done first time around; not act like a five year old, sticking up their finger while apologising. You make five year olds apologise in order to teach them how to function in society. Companies (and other organisations) can easily find themselves acting like five year olds since they don't have the same instinctive inhibitions that individuals have.
And "their judges are looking to deceive them" - are you saying that the judges are in Samsung's pocket?
And obviously you did not get any of this 'liberal arts' education, since you could not be bothered to start sentences with capital letters, and use obscenities liberally and unnecessarily in your writing,
A man was convicted of a minor offence for refusing to obey a police instruction to leave a green space on which an olympic practice pitch was to be built. He was then served a further order banning him from going anywhere near anything connected with the Olympics.
"The asbo, which will be either confirmed or overturned by magistrates at the start of May, prohibits Moore from going within 100 yards of any Olympic-related venue, "route" or the home of participants, officials or spectators, or approaching any road where the Olympic torch will pass that day."
That means a pretty large area. Since he lives in London and cannot possibly know where the homes of all these numerous people are, it seems to mean that he can be arrested for leaving his house.
They set up a sting that bought just 16 items. Did they also ensure that the purchases were made from sources that they expected to get fakes from or did they carry out a genuine 'best value' procurement? If they did the former, this sounds trivial. Any good purchasing decision should ensure a check on the reputation and record of the vendor.
This argument can go on forever of course. The convention on the rights of the sea only exist in peacetime. Wikipedia cannot be considered reliable by itself of course, but since you have used it, I will also. From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Armistice_Agreements]
Further that as a state of war still existed with the Arab nations, the Arab League was not hindered in their right to deny Israel the freedom of navigation through the Arab League waters.
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As a Russian citizen I doubt. You know, the strength of US Dollar is based on the fact that it's the only currency exchangeable to petroleum, and every country that uses any other currency for this purpose becomes democratic. (Saddam sold oil for Euros, and his country became democratic, Lybia sold oil for Euros and became democratic too, Iran sold oil for gold and will surely become democratic immediately after Syria). And I fear that China will become democratic too.
While this made an interesting point (of course only partially true), I think the post was intended to be funny. And it is!
Corruption is defined differently in different jurisdictions - some things are outlawed in one country but not in another. Does Transparency int somehow apply the same laws across the world?
Yes, Americans who think they value their liberty have a tendency to forget that their liberty depends also on the liberty of others. Starting with the slaves who their founding fathers conveniently forgot, now it is terrorists, criminals, citizens of 'enemy' countries, and finally all non citizens. As has been seen recently, spying on non-citizens gives the means to spy on citizens. What Americans have really is not liberty but power, and the Golden Rule (reciprocity) is inessential when you have power.
What about bugging the White House? I mean, anyone can get to be president (in theory of course, in practice it is any multimillionaire with lots of friends in the US establishment). You've got to check on them, or else how can they be trusted? And what about all those that know the president or is related to the president, you've got to check on what they are saying ... and so on.
It can be revised all you like but it won't do any good if you have a corrupt police (secret service?) who know their job is to protect their masters in Westminster and Washington.
So helping a country declare independence is imperialistic?
Was that the way the Phillipines or Cuba were 'helped' that you're referring to? One of the characteristics of any successful imperial state is that its own propaganda is more effective that others, especially on its own citizens.
The US won every major battle in the Veitnam war until they decided to leave. .
and the US also lost the war long before they decided to leave.
It's the City of London police which is something most Londoners never come across. It is a small police force with jurisdiction over the tiny historic core of the metropolis of London. This historic core is now the home of the British business, capital and the financial industry. It houses very few residents (i.e. people living there) but lots of employees. It is not surprising that this force particularly identifies with matters of interest to large companies.
Well its not likely to happen in any other industry either where there is a low population of people capable or willing to write software. There's a reason why most of the open source volunteer's attention goes to operating systems, graphics packages and the like. There is is almost no open source used in my field (certain sections of UK local government) and despite the UK central government doing a bit more to encourage use of FOSS, this does not mean that any specific packages will be developed.
I think one point is that the previous version was not patented in India (as mentioned before). So essentially Novartis tried to get a patent on a minor alteration of a patent free compound.
And of course see the British spelling for other metals - sodum, potassum, et.c., and also the British spelling for a certain part of the head is cranum. Sheer arrogance.
The only way you have not completely lost the thread of the original story is unless you are suggesting that this new process provides an easy way to create deuterium (and it looks as though you need to read up on what deuterium is). And as far as I know there is no shortage of deuterium to cause difficulty in either nucleary weaponry or nuclear energy.
Well yes I was going for humour (note the spelling) but I was also correct. You may have been correct for where you were. But in the UK you are responsible for having your instrumentation working correctly.
The speeds? Is that the "lie"? Teslas have 21" wheels normally. He was driving on 19" snow tires. If the system logging his speed wasn't calibrated for the wheel difference you'd see the logs indicate speeds about 10% higher than Broder was actually traveling. There's your discrepancy between the two.
I can just see this being argued in court -
"I was only over the speed limit because I changed my tires. "
Anyone who calls Borneo the 'Amazon of the southern hemisphere' hasn't got much idea of geography. Both are near the equator, but if anything Borneo is overall slightly further north than the Amazon basin.
If it is effective on female skin, it is probably also effective on male skin. But maybe not as effective; male skin is thicker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_humans#Skin_and_hair) so it may need a stronger dose?
About two years into my current job, I was able to guess which of my longer serving colleagues had written or contributed to various anonymous documents and reports floating around the office. The processes are easy; learning what words they use misuse or confuse, who writes in a more formal or a more chatty style, those who seem to be unable to leave out detail or write a precis when appropriate, et.c. What confuses this is copy-editing and the numerous copied passages that are typically found in such documents.
And that Facebook protester was arrested for burning a poppy on Facebook which could have set Facebook on fire. And possibly caused millions of people using Facebook to catch fire. And who knows what else?
But insurance companies negotiate substantial discounts, so the hospital only gets paid a portion (sometimes as low as 40-50%) of what they actually charged. Uninsured individuals have no such bargaining power, and so end up with a bill for the full 100% of charges.
>
Presumably the hospital still manages to make a profit otherwise it would close, so they can still function with the the 40 or 50% discount. Does that not mean that the uninsured individual is effectively overcharged?
The judges' requirement seems at best very juvenile to me (not that either Apple and Samsung have been very mature in these court cases... but from a powdered wig-wearing British judge you'd expect some maturity). It's like asking a 5 year old to apologize to another 5 year old. You'll never get a real apology, you're not changing anything, and the rest of the 5 year olds are sitting there rolling their eyes. What Apple should have done was post a statement as directed but make it absolutely clear that:
By order of the court Apple is required to say "_______." despite the fact that courts in other countries have found that statement to be false. However, in deference to the court we are posting the statement as required and are eager to get back to doing what we do best: making great products for you (and hope that other companies not named Samsung will not offer you inferior attempts at copies of those products).
Comply with the letter of the law, but make it absolutely clear that these are not your words. Let the people know their judges are looking to deceive them.
Posting as you suggested above is what Apple should have done first time around; not act like a five year old, sticking up their finger while apologising. You make five year olds apologise in order to teach them how to function in society. Companies (and other organisations) can easily find themselves acting like five year olds since they don't have the same instinctive inhibitions that individuals have.
And "their judges are looking to deceive them" - are you saying that the judges are in Samsung's pocket?
You know, the classic answer to 'why do bullies bully?' Because the victim allows it.
And obviously you did not get any of this 'liberal arts' education, since you could not be bothered to start sentences with capital letters, and use obscenities liberally and unnecessarily in your writing,
A man was convicted of a minor offence for refusing to obey a police instruction to leave a green space on which an olympic practice pitch was to be built. He was then served a further order banning him from going anywhere near anything connected with the Olympics.
"The asbo, which will be either confirmed or overturned by magistrates at the start of May, prohibits Moore from going within 100 yards of any Olympic-related venue, "route" or the home of participants, officials or spectators, or approaching any road where the Olympic torch will pass that day."
That means a pretty large area. Since he lives in London and cannot possibly know where the homes of all these numerous people are, it seems to mean that he can be arrested for leaving his house.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/apr/17/protester-receives-olympic-asbo
They set up a sting that bought just 16 items. Did they also ensure that the purchases were made from sources that they expected to get fakes from or did they carry out a genuine 'best value' procurement? If they did the former, this sounds trivial. Any good purchasing decision should ensure a check on the reputation and record of the vendor.
This argument can go on forever of course. The convention on the rights of the sea only exist in peacetime. Wikipedia cannot be considered reliable by itself of course, but since you have used it, I will also. From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Armistice_Agreements]
Further that as a state of war still existed with the Arab nations, the Arab League was not hindered in their right to deny Israel the freedom of navigation through the Arab League waters.