not anymore. But, its close to impossible to get caught, you could probably wave a banner saying " I DOWNLOAD ILLEGALY" outside a police station and absolutely nothing would happen ( you need to police to take action to get owner of IP)
Hmmm.... Let's see where your logic leads. Apple has a 100% share of the market for Apple computers. Wow. That's so incisive. Read below to see where your logic takes you.
Dell has a 100% share of the Dell computer market. Ergo, Dell is now a monopoly. AMD has a 100% share of the AMD cpu market. Ergo, AMD is now a monopoly.
Your logic is so flawed, so "strawmanish", that it's not funny. Every company now qualifies as a monopoly because they hold a 100% share of their own sales, and no one else can manufacture and sell their brand.
I am norwegian, and i know how the system work.
The unemployment numbers lie. If you count everyone in the "system" of being unemployed, in some re-education class that the state pays for, or some other training / motivational course... etc will count as "employed" as you recieve benifits based on this.
In reality i'd guesstimate that there is around 8% unemployment in norway, counting people who fake injury to drug users.
Also, the inflation rate in norway is a constant worry.
15-20 years ago i seem to recall that a US dollar was around 10-12 Norwegian Kroners or NOK.
last few years... 1us$ = 5-7.5 NOK.
So where does all these earnings go you ask? you dont seem -that- rich. Well, we are. But we cant spend it because of inflation.
We spend allot on foreign aid and devoloping countires because of this. Rest pretty much goes to to the state pension fund, which is around 350 us$ billions. We are a country of 4.5ish million people with no debt.
I had top secret aswell ( worked/served at NATO base), i just signed, didnt swear, didnt do anything, i discovered that allot of the sensitive data was available on google tho ( googled specs and bases when i was bored, from time to time).
I am not american tho, but i had top secret in the US military system ( among most other NATO military systems).
I remember the difference between nice to know and need to know got explained a few times tho, but that was the germans.
I worked at a shipyard where one of those was based once, for stealth testing in norway. i can inform you it was never detected, and it looks very cool inside ( the parts i got to see ).
One of the engineers mentioned that is was stealthy while torpedoing aswell.
( i did not sign any nda)
As i understand, europe has different laws regarding patents not all countries in europe do even agree on how patents should be handled.
An example is that a patent cannot be a obvious solution or evolution that everyone knew was going to be one day.
Like, you cant patent the idea of wireless internet on airplanes, as its going to be a natural evolution of technology.
Just like multitouch.
This is about as relevant as giving out a statement saying that engines run better on non bio fuel. hmm apperantly slashdot removed partly what i wrote.
its supposed to say...about as relevant as a oil company giving out a statement that engines run better on non bio fuel.
I did not read article, but if the supercomputer cost less pr thz/ghz/mhz then the others on top, i would still say its quite impressive for a country like India to do something like this!
PS, I'm north european.
I've never been there ( heck, I've never been on the American continent ), but I assume that tourism is the main source of income for those parts, and the people we SHOULD be thinking of here are the people who actually live on the islands in question, not the tourist or 'travelleres' who wants to visit them.
Who would pay for little joe-island-boy's hospital bill if joe-mainland wont overspend on some diving trip?
I say the same thing when people here bitch about people from my country ruining Spain and Greece with tourism.
I am probably the only one on slashdot who uses Vista AND likes it.
I have had exactly 1 issue with vista since I got it in Jan. 2007, that was a missing driver, which appeared on vendor site Feb. 2007 (webcam). So personally I can't see why everyone is slamming it so much.
I will never go back to XP.
( this is not ment as a troll post, im just saying what i think of it.)
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Are you ever going to make the crafting-system in WoW more advanced i.e Ultima Online, Darkfall ?
not anymore. But, its close to impossible to get caught, you could probably wave a banner saying " I DOWNLOAD ILLEGALY" outside a police station and absolutely nothing would happen ( you need to police to take action to get owner of IP)
80% of norwegians under 30 download illegaly.
What could possibly go wrong with this.
Hmmm.... Let's see where your logic leads. Apple has a 100% share of the market for Apple computers. Wow. That's so incisive. Read below to see where your logic takes you.
Dell has a 100% share of the Dell computer market. Ergo, Dell is now a monopoly. AMD has a 100% share of the AMD cpu market. Ergo, AMD is now a monopoly.
Your logic is so flawed, so "strawmanish", that it's not funny. Every company now qualifies as a monopoly because they hold a 100% share of their own sales, and no one else can manufacture and sell their brand.
someone mod this man up!
So you are going to spy on your son? at least tell him about it. Even kids shouldnt have to tell -everything-, and they dont need mindpolice.
I am norwegian, and i know how the system work. The unemployment numbers lie. If you count everyone in the "system" of being unemployed, in some re-education class that the state pays for, or some other training / motivational course... etc will count as "employed" as you recieve benifits based on this. In reality i'd guesstimate that there is around 8% unemployment in norway, counting people who fake injury to drug users. Also, the inflation rate in norway is a constant worry. ... 1us$ = 5-7.5 NOK.
15-20 years ago i seem to recall that a US dollar was around 10-12 Norwegian Kroners or NOK.
last few years
So where does all these earnings go you ask? you dont seem -that- rich. Well, we are. But we cant spend it because of inflation.
We spend allot on foreign aid and devoloping countires because of this. Rest pretty much goes to to the state pension fund, which is around 350 us$ billions. We are a country of 4.5ish million people with no debt.
Doesnt work, my penis would be huge if that was true.
We get UFOs close to the border every day, usually coming from and returning to russia almost every day! -Norwegian
I had top secret aswell ( worked/served at NATO base), i just signed, didnt swear, didnt do anything, i discovered that allot of the sensitive data was available on google tho ( googled specs and bases when i was bored, from time to time). I am not american tho, but i had top secret in the US military system ( among most other NATO military systems). I remember the difference between nice to know and need to know got explained a few times tho, but that was the germans.
I worked at a shipyard where one of those was based once, for stealth testing in norway. i can inform you it was never detected, and it looks very cool inside ( the parts i got to see ). One of the engineers mentioned that is was stealthy while torpedoing aswell. ( i did not sign any nda)
But will the action house lag?
As i understand, europe has different laws regarding patents not all countries in europe do even agree on how patents should be handled. An example is that a patent cannot be a obvious solution or evolution that everyone knew was going to be one day. Like, you cant patent the idea of wireless internet on airplanes, as its going to be a natural evolution of technology. Just like multitouch.
Only if you live in the US! Nokia... SE... Siemens.. Im going to enjoy my superior europhones, have fun with the DRM and apple guys!
This is about as relevant as giving out a statement saying that engines run better on non bio fuel.
I did not read article, but if the supercomputer cost less pr thz/ghz/mhz then the others on top, i would still say its quite impressive for a country like India to do something like this! PS, I'm north european.
I've never been there ( heck, I've never been on the American continent ), but I assume that tourism is the main source of income for those parts, and the people we SHOULD be thinking of here are the people who actually live on the islands in question, not the tourist or 'travelleres' who wants to visit them. Who would pay for little joe-island-boy's hospital bill if joe-mainland wont overspend on some diving trip? I say the same thing when people here bitch about people from my country ruining Spain and Greece with tourism.
For next weeks news; China develops anti-satelite missiles with anti-laser skin.
I am probably the only one on slashdot who uses Vista AND likes it. I have had exactly 1 issue with vista since I got it in Jan. 2007, that was a missing driver, which appeared on vendor site Feb. 2007 (webcam). So personally I can't see why everyone is slamming it so much. I will never go back to XP. ( this is not ment as a troll post, im just saying what i think of it.)
I'm tired of the US govt. spying on me, i constantly get scanned by US IP's.
Noone ever does when its windows, do you feel you need to be specially treated because its "OMG SO COOL" appleosx?