So (and this is not a troll), there is no real freedom of speech, just the Government is not able to restrict it, (but a private individual, or company, etc can)?
It's legal, of course. The First Amendment doesn't apply to private schools. They can make whatever rules they want.
Does this mean that sections of your constitution don't apply to private schools? How so, I thought the constitution was all-powerful (or am I misunderstanding this?)
It's a good thing for several reasons. Firstly it means we have not blindly followed the US on this (this is not to say that following the US is always a bad thing, but doing it blindly is). Secondly, I believe it is the right decision. Finally (and possibly most importantly), it appears to be a result of the UK Patent Office actually asking the industry what they felt was best (I responded to them giving my view point). A government that not only asks the industry (rather than big business), but listens to what they say? Whatever next?
I presume you mean the Black Death in the 14th Century
It may suprise you that Christianity was introduced into Europe as the major religion well before this, not as a minor cult. For your information, here is a comment on the Church's benevolance during the plague: "One of the groups that suffered the most was the Christian church. It lost prestige, spiritual authority, and leadership over the people. How? The church promised cures, treatment, and an explanation for the plague. They said it was God's will, but the reason for this awful punishment was unknown. People wanted answers, but the priests and bishops didn't have any. The clergy abandoned their Christian duties and fled. People prayed to God and begged for forgiveness. After the plague, ended angry and frustrated villagers started to revolt against the church. The survivors were also enraged at doctors, who didn't cure patients, but said they could."
Please explain how this ties in with your statement. I'd say it contradicts it personally.
Finally, I'm not from the USA so I wouldn't comment on your government. Also, I don't think your constitution is the wonderful be-all and end-all document you do. Read Magna Carta for a much earlier, potentially more significant document.
I would say religion is the interpretation of the FAQ. Therfore the interpretation can be wrong, and it is those that are imposing that interpretation who are at fault.
I think what you are saying (in my terms) is that it is not BELIEF that is at fault. Agreed. Religion is the interpretation and implementation, and (IMHO) rarely implements what it says it does
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Now I will ask the question again: how can a religion have trade secrets?
Note, in the UK and I presume the rest of Europe (including Sweden), religions have special status (Tax etc.). Why does a religion need to have trade secrets. It is not a business.
I think that depends no the religion and on the priest(*) you are in contact with.
We have people living next door to us who belong to an off-shoot of Christianity. Their particular church does try and control sections of their lives. Not total control, but it does try to impose a particular life style, and discourage independent thoughts (concerned with the beliefs of the religion).
Personally I would have thought a true religion should encourage asking questions.
(*) for want of a better phrase. My caffeine is low and my internal thesaurus is failing.
Also note, I am not particularly against religion. I'm not keen on big organised religion, because it seems more concerned with rubbishing other peoples beliefs than with doing anything positive.
Uh? This was the official line of the official branch of what claimed to be the official religion of the one true god. How is that the weakness of man rather than the religion itself? You (or A N Other AC) claimed that real religions such as Christianity didn't behave like that. I showed you an example of when they did.
Unlike a company like IBM, which sells you a server and then promptly stops supporting it the next week
When I was working at a Big Oil Company they used to get a regular mailling from IBM detailing all the hardware and software that was due to be discontinued, and the date, and the subsequent date that it would cease to be supported. Very boring reading, but probably very useful to the systems managers.
Considering the effort HP seem to have been putting into OpenMail (& Linux - I have the T Shirt!) it seems a shame to suddenly drop it. A shame, as I might have been a potential customer in about 6 months time, but if it's a dead end...
Yes, IBM manufacture both a slimline USB floppy and USB cdrom drive for the X20 (neither requires an external PSU). Don't know if you can boot off either though.
He's planning on bringing about the downfall of Western civilisation by depriving the kids of PlayStation 2. After the abject failure of Y2K to end civilisation, Saddam has decided that if enough kids are deprived of the only Christmas present they want this year, there will be rioting in the streets by Jan 1st, and civilisation will begin to fall shortly after. By about Jan 15th, Saddam "Santa" Hussein will offer to release his stockpile of PS2's in exchange for being voted Undisputed Commander of the World. You saw it here first.
Good book, but out ages ago!
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Isn't this review a bit old? I read the book ages ago (at least a year I think)...
Anyway. It's a very interesting book, if a little short. Get a copy and have a look, quite interesting to read about a true innovator tirelessly pursuing his dream, even though the authorities at the time do pretty much everything they can to stop him (various reasons, mostly political).
I'm with you on this one. I had a downloaded ISO of 6.2, but when I needed a copy to load onto a server here at work, I got them to shell out for a full copy of 6.2 Pro - damn cheaper than the NT and 10 CAL's that would be required otherwise!
Don't know, but Hull has it's own Telecom company, and as a result has always been more advanced than those sections of the country who were under BT's enlightened services...
It's just a different charging culture. Cell phones have always been treated differently (read more expensively) over here compared to land lines. Also, because we have no free local calls, the pricing scheme is fairly standard - the caller pays, in (simplified!) order of increasing charges:
Free phone
Local calls
National trunk calls
National calls
Mobile calls
International calls
So, mobiles have always been treated as just a different charge band. Also we don't have regional cell phone companies, which I understand the USA does/did have?
In the UK cell phone calls cost more than normal. But then, we've just standardised cell phone numbers, so they all start with a 7, so it should be obvious you are calling one. It was fairly obvious before anyway, but now it's more so.
Good luck to you, and let us know how it works out. We Brits have been trying to abolish the metric system since the damn French invented it. Unfortunately our European allies don't seem to agree with us on this point (along with almost everything else...).
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You'll have to excuse the fact that as a non-US citizen I don't have much interest in RTSL ;-)
I'm just suprised that a school can restrict freedoms that Congress seeks to protect.
So (and this is not a troll), there is no real freedom of speech, just the Government is not able to restrict it, (but a private individual, or company, etc can)?
It's legal, of course. The First Amendment doesn't apply to private schools. They can make whatever rules they want.
Does this mean that sections of your constitution don't apply to private schools? How so, I thought the constitution was all-powerful (or am I misunderstanding this?)
It's a good thing for several reasons.
Firstly it means we have not blindly followed the US on this (this is not to say that following the US is always a bad thing, but doing it blindly is).
Secondly, I believe it is the right decision.
Finally (and possibly most importantly), it appears to be a result of the UK Patent Office actually asking the industry what they felt was best (I responded to them giving my view point).
A government that not only asks the industry (rather than big business), but listens to what they say? Whatever next?
No, programme is for radio and TV, and is the original spelling.
Program is used for the computer industry.
So we get to distinguish between what people are writing about by the spelling. Personally I think it's an excellent system:
He creates programs, he works in computers
He creates programmes, he works in Radio/TV
I presume you mean the Black Death in the 14th Century
It may suprise you that Christianity was introduced into Europe as the major religion well before this, not as a minor cult. For your information, here is a comment on the Church's benevolance during the plague:
"One of the groups that suffered the most was the Christian church. It lost prestige, spiritual authority, and leadership over the people. How? The church promised cures, treatment, and an explanation for the plague. They said it was God's will, but the reason for this awful punishment was unknown. People wanted answers, but the priests and bishops didn't have any. The clergy abandoned their Christian duties and fled. People prayed to God and begged for forgiveness. After the plague, ended angry and frustrated villagers started to revolt against the church. The survivors were also enraged at doctors, who didn't cure patients, but said they could."
Please explain how this ties in with your statement. I'd say it contradicts it personally.
Finally, I'm not from the USA so I wouldn't comment on your government. Also, I don't think your constitution is the wonderful be-all and end-all document you do. Read Magna Carta for a much earlier, potentially more significant document.
I would say religion is the interpretation of the FAQ. Therfore the interpretation can be wrong, and it is those that are imposing that interpretation who are at fault.
I think what you are saying (in my terms) is that it is not BELIEF that is at fault. Agreed. Religion is the interpretation and implementation, and (IMHO) rarely implements what it says it does
Really really slowly:
w h e r e S c i e n t o l o g y a c c u s e s P a n o u s s i s o f c o p y r i g h t i n f r i n g e m e n t o f r e l i g i o u s t r a d e s e c r e t s
Now I will ask the question again: how can a religion have trade secrets?
Note, in the UK and I presume the rest of Europe (including Sweden), religions have special status (Tax etc.). Why does a religion need to have trade secrets. It is not a business.
I think that depends no the religion and on the priest(*) you are in contact with. We have people living next door to us who belong to an off-shoot of Christianity. Their particular church does try and control sections of their lives. Not total control, but it does try to impose a particular life style, and discourage independent thoughts (concerned with the beliefs of the religion). Personally I would have thought a true religion should encourage asking questions. (*) for want of a better phrase. My caffeine is low and my internal thesaurus is failing. Also note, I am not particularly against religion. I'm not keen on big organised religion, because it seems more concerned with rubbishing other peoples beliefs than with doing anything positive.
Uh? This was the official line of the official branch of what claimed to be the official religion of the one true god. How is that the weakness of man rather than the religion itself? You (or A N Other AC) claimed that real religions such as Christianity didn't behave like that. I showed you an example of when they did.
I take it you're not a fan of organised religion then?
how can a religion have trade secrets???
But you forgot a category:
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total: 44
It's all in how you arrange your statistics!
Unlike a company like IBM, which sells you a server and then promptly stops supporting it the next week
When I was working at a Big Oil Company they used to get a regular mailling from IBM detailing all the hardware and software that was due to be discontinued, and the date, and the subsequent date that it would cease to be supported. Very boring reading, but probably very useful to the systems managers.
Considering the effort HP seem to have been putting into OpenMail (& Linux - I have the T Shirt!) it seems a shame to suddenly drop it. A shame, as I might have been a potential customer in about 6 months time, but if it's a dead end...
Yes, IBM manufacture both a slimline USB floppy and USB cdrom drive for the X20 (neither requires an external PSU). Don't know if you can boot off either though.
I dunno - IMHO Linux is far better than SCO OpenServer 5, which I believe is a "real unix".
He's planning on bringing about the downfall of Western civilisation by depriving the kids of PlayStation 2. After the abject failure of Y2K to end civilisation, Saddam has decided that if enough kids are deprived of the only Christmas present they want this year, there will be rioting in the streets by Jan 1st, and civilisation will begin to fall shortly after. By about Jan 15th, Saddam "Santa" Hussein will offer to release his stockpile of PS2's in exchange for being voted Undisputed Commander of the World. You saw it here first.
Isn't this review a bit old? I read the book ages ago (at least a year I think)...
Anyway. It's a very interesting book, if a little short. Get a copy and have a look, quite interesting to read about a true innovator tirelessly pursuing his dream, even though the authorities at the time do pretty much everything they can to stop him (various reasons, mostly political).
I'm with you on this one. I had a downloaded ISO of 6.2, but when I needed a copy to load onto a server here at work, I got them to shell out for a full copy of 6.2 Pro - damn cheaper than the NT and 10 CAL's that would be required otherwise!
Don't know, but Hull has it's own Telecom company, and as a result has always been more advanced than those sections of the country who were under BT's enlightened services...
It's just a different charging culture. Cell phones have always been treated differently (read more expensively) over here compared to land lines. Also, because we have no free local calls, the pricing scheme is fairly standard - the caller pays, in (simplified!) order of increasing charges:
Free phone
Local calls
National trunk calls
National calls
Mobile calls
International calls
So, mobiles have always been treated as just a different charge band. Also we don't have regional cell phone companies, which I understand the USA does/did have?
PS I'm a limey, so don't think we're all arseholes (that's assholes I believe in American English).
In the UK cell phone calls cost more than normal. But then, we've just standardised cell phone numbers, so they all start with a 7, so it should be obvious you are calling one. It was fairly obvious before anyway, but now it's more so.
Good luck to you, and let us know how it works out. We Brits have been trying to abolish the metric system since the damn French invented it. Unfortunately our European allies don't seem to agree with us on this point (along with almost everything else...).