Not to mention that they don't *want* to make their OS highly secure. Their OS's security flaws created a huge market, for anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc after all - why would they want to take that market down?
It's true, though I think if executing virgins is illegal or not is an interpretation issue. Some "scholars" say it's only illegal to execute unwed women, some say virgins are illegal too; they tend to be in agreement though in that virgins will enter paradise after their death, so execution candidates are still raped and be it just so they won't go to heaven. It's really quite sick...
Also, in addition, taser ammo is quite expensive when compared to handgun ammunition - going as far as 50 bucks per shot. The Taser itself is quite expensive as well, but a gun, some ammo and training is certainly more than affordable. No, guns are and most likely will be for a long time the best insurance for personal safety you can reasonably get.
If it'd cause a public uproar, you better wouldn't have done it in public in the first place...the only place where you have and should have guaranteed privacy is your own home.
Hm...I'm using Chello which is owned by UPC, but never had any problems with it since I've got it a few years ago apart from a short time two months ago where they had some trouble with one of their hubs which caused *all* traffic to be blocked for an hour or so every day. Which of UPC's products are you using? Also...could you recommend an Austrian provider that's better (we're currently considering upgrading or changing ISP for reasons unrelated to this)?
Have you ever read a book by Terry Pratchett? Do it. I'm not exactly a big fan of humorous literature either, but his books are just genius. I recommend "Interesting times", in my opinion one of his best books.
(Also...I love/. mods. Guys, -1 Troll has a very specific definition and isn't meant to be used as -1 Strongly Disagree And Wish To Censor).
Heh, that's kinda funny. Usually, it's exactly the other way around - we order stuff from the Yanks if we want it cheap (and hope that tariff control doesn't get their dirty hands on our shipments). Paying no 20% state theft tax AND getting goods for a more or less fair price = win.
...the only advantage Win 7 is offering over Win XP is 64-bit gaming. But for that, you have to pay big when it comes to security, stability, comfort (seriously, Aero may look good, but imo, it's a pain to use - though, this probably is a matter of personal taste...), and control over your files (XP cannot lock you out from editing files on your own computer or prevent you from copying audio stuff during playback - 7 can). XP 64 may have driver issues, but it works for companies and other areas in which a 64 bit Windows environment is required (or they could just use Linux). I certainly will stay with XP until either somebody figures out how to disable all the Win 7 idiocy and it becomes more or less secure or gaming on a 32 bit machine becomes impossible (in which case I might install 7 on a partition exclusively used for gaming and use Kubuntu for anything else). I really don't think upgrading is worth it.
Well, to be fair, Religion isn't a big problem here in Europe (it is a problem, but it's negligible for now). Instead, we've got a lot of socialists, communists and (other) (ultra-)authoritarians which are just as problematic, especially considering that many nations either have no libertarians, moderate conservatives or other pro-market/personal freedom parties or have them but nobody's voting for them.
While I agree that criminals are treated far too nicely in most prisons - I really don't think prisons should be like hotels - Arpaio is certainly the other extreme. I don't want my tax money being used to enable some rapist scumbag to watch HDTV, but on the other hand, I don't want to finance Nazi-like concentration camps (aw, Godwin) either. Yes, some (not all) criminals should be treated harshly. But I don't see any reason to subject people who've been late on their traffic tickets or were caught smoking pot (I strongly despise drug use including alcohol and cigarettes on a personal level, but stoners certainly aren't harming anyone and they can shoot themselves to oblivion for all I care) to extremely harsh (and possibly cruel and unusual) punishment which might just be right for the real scumbags.
People of different ranks in the military need to know different stuff. A grunt or junior NCO should mainly know about combat and to some degree tactical leadership. A Special Forces NCO or officer needs to know more about how his enemy operates, a soldier in a senior leadership position should focus on strategic leadership. I think the lists are based on what a soldier of a certain rank would find most useful, not what is easy to read and what not (or do you really think having read The Clash of Civilizations will help a Private do his job?).
Which would be a good thing. Why wait thousands of years for humans to evolve (if at all - it's not the super intelligent scientists and other successful people who have the most kids, quite the contrary) if you could make the jump right now, with much more impact? And I wouldn't even worry too much about the transition phase and conflicts between modified and unmodified people too much either - if we can genetically engineer unborn humans today, we can genetically engineer and otherwise modify already living humans tomorrow.
Actually, I think these press releases *are* the ads. I'm quite sure China has a rather large IT crowd, and a part of it likely is opposed to censorship as well and already knows how to evade the great firewall. Now, through articles like this one, they obtain info about this system (be it through first- or second hand), which probably can easily be used by less tech-savvy people as well and spread it (because less-than-tech-savvy people might still be interested in access to free news, after all).
Yet so far, I've only received spam in English. Sure, spam from different languages exists, but it's rare and negligible for now.
I still think that the best way to ensure that you're not getting spammed is by just being careful about your e-mail address. Don't sign up for every idiotic web page, avoid posting your e-mail on the large social networking sites (forums tend to be OK), etc. That, combined with a good spam-filter (GoogleMail's filter is fine enough), gives me the "pleasure" of reading spam about 2 or 3 times a year and that's all.
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Because people only get beaten up for saying completely retarded things of course. And because assault is really completely harmless.
Sure he ain't a Schweinehund but just a Schwein?
Not to mention that they don't *want* to make their OS highly secure. Their OS's security flaws created a huge market, for anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc after all - why would they want to take that market down?
It's true, though I think if executing virgins is illegal or not is an interpretation issue. Some "scholars" say it's only illegal to execute unwed women, some say virgins are illegal too; they tend to be in agreement though in that virgins will enter paradise after their death, so execution candidates are still raped and be it just so they won't go to heaven. It's really quite sick...
How were these minor girls executed ? By stoning, hanging and throwing them off buildings, exactly as islam dictates
Not to forget that they are raped first if they are still virgins, as the Islam does not allow the execution of such.
Also, in addition, taser ammo is quite expensive when compared to handgun ammunition - going as far as 50 bucks per shot. The Taser itself is quite expensive as well, but a gun, some ammo and training is certainly more than affordable. No, guns are and most likely will be for a long time the best insurance for personal safety you can reasonably get.
Personal safety is no REAL(tm) human right?
If it'd cause a public uproar, you better wouldn't have done it in public in the first place...the only place where you have and should have guaranteed privacy is your own home.
Unless he's underage. His brain certainly is.
Hm...I'm using Chello which is owned by UPC, but never had any problems with it since I've got it a few years ago apart from a short time two months ago where they had some trouble with one of their hubs which caused *all* traffic to be blocked for an hour or so every day. Which of UPC's products are you using? Also...could you recommend an Austrian provider that's better (we're currently considering upgrading or changing ISP for reasons unrelated to this)?
Just replace "plane" with "tour bus".
Have you ever read a book by Terry Pratchett? Do it. I'm not exactly a big fan of humorous literature either, but his books are just genius. I recommend "Interesting times", in my opinion one of his best books.
/. mods. Guys, -1 Troll has a very specific definition and isn't meant to be used as -1 Strongly Disagree And Wish To Censor).
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So? If TPB goes down, another torrent site will take it's place. Just taking down a tracker won't stop people's desire to get some free stuff.
Especially since it's hard to get your pets to violate copyright law, but accepting EULAs is easy for 'lil kitteh.
Or just plain "WHINE".
Can I demand refund now when I buy a laptop with Windows preinstalled but immediately delete Internet Explorer to never use it again?
Heh, that's kinda funny. Usually, it's exactly the other way around - we order stuff from the Yanks if we want it cheap (and hope that tariff control doesn't get their dirty hands on our shipments). Paying no 20% state theft tax AND getting goods for a more or less fair price = win.
...the only advantage Win 7 is offering over Win XP is 64-bit gaming. But for that, you have to pay big when it comes to security, stability, comfort (seriously, Aero may look good, but imo, it's a pain to use - though, this probably is a matter of personal taste...), and control over your files (XP cannot lock you out from editing files on your own computer or prevent you from copying audio stuff during playback - 7 can). XP 64 may have driver issues, but it works for companies and other areas in which a 64 bit Windows environment is required (or they could just use Linux). I certainly will stay with XP until either somebody figures out how to disable all the Win 7 idiocy and it becomes more or less secure or gaming on a 32 bit machine becomes impossible (in which case I might install 7 on a partition exclusively used for gaming and use Kubuntu for anything else). I really don't think upgrading is worth it.
Well, to be fair, Religion isn't a big problem here in Europe (it is a problem, but it's negligible for now). Instead, we've got a lot of socialists, communists and (other) (ultra-)authoritarians which are just as problematic, especially considering that many nations either have no libertarians, moderate conservatives or other pro-market/personal freedom parties or have them but nobody's voting for them.
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
While I agree that criminals are treated far too nicely in most prisons - I really don't think prisons should be like hotels - Arpaio is certainly the other extreme. I don't want my tax money being used to enable some rapist scumbag to watch HDTV, but on the other hand, I don't want to finance Nazi-like concentration camps (aw, Godwin) either. Yes, some (not all) criminals should be treated harshly. But I don't see any reason to subject people who've been late on their traffic tickets or were caught smoking pot (I strongly despise drug use including alcohol and cigarettes on a personal level, but stoners certainly aren't harming anyone and they can shoot themselves to oblivion for all I care) to extremely harsh (and possibly cruel and unusual) punishment which might just be right for the real scumbags.
People of different ranks in the military need to know different stuff. A grunt or junior NCO should mainly know about combat and to some degree tactical leadership. A Special Forces NCO or officer needs to know more about how his enemy operates, a soldier in a senior leadership position should focus on strategic leadership. I think the lists are based on what a soldier of a certain rank would find most useful, not what is easy to read and what not (or do you really think having read The Clash of Civilizations will help a Private do his job?).
Which would be a good thing. Why wait thousands of years for humans to evolve (if at all - it's not the super intelligent scientists and other successful people who have the most kids, quite the contrary) if you could make the jump right now, with much more impact? And I wouldn't even worry too much about the transition phase and conflicts between modified and unmodified people too much either - if we can genetically engineer unborn humans today, we can genetically engineer and otherwise modify already living humans tomorrow.
Actually, I think these press releases *are* the ads. I'm quite sure China has a rather large IT crowd, and a part of it likely is opposed to censorship as well and already knows how to evade the great firewall. Now, through articles like this one, they obtain info about this system (be it through first- or second hand), which probably can easily be used by less tech-savvy people as well and spread it (because less-than-tech-savvy people might still be interested in access to free news, after all).
Yet so far, I've only received spam in English. Sure, spam from different languages exists, but it's rare and negligible for now.
I still think that the best way to ensure that you're not getting spammed is by just being careful about your e-mail address. Don't sign up for every idiotic web page, avoid posting your e-mail on the large social networking sites (forums tend to be OK), etc. That, combined with a good spam-filter (GoogleMail's filter is fine enough), gives me the "pleasure" of reading spam about 2 or 3 times a year and that's all.