Taxes in the EU are higher but not that much higher.
That certainly depends how you define ``EU'' and ``not that much higher''. Here in Denmark the minimum tax is 50%, and our VAT is 25%. I'm sure this is a good deal more than most other countries, and especially the US.
gene therapy will make tetrachromacy just another option
So none of the guys' clothes will match in the eyes of women
And should the genetically engineered tetra-chromatic woman find herself a husband, all of their sons will be fscking colourblind. How's that for an option?
You could set up a caching nameserver on your local box, e.g., dnscache (AKA djbdns) -- but even BIND will do.
Then get yourself an alternative root zone from the SuperRoot Consortium and let your local nameserver use that one instead. For dnscache users this is as simple as replacing the contents of the.../root/servers/@ file with:
BIND users will please follow the instructions found here.
Now, the new root servers provide the same service as the old ones -- i.e., they will resolve names in the.com,.org,.net, etc. TLDs, plus they will provide access to a whole bunch of alternative TLDs like, e.g.,.ocean (try www.atlantic.ocean),.wine and so on. This system is plugin-compatible with the old ICANN't system (well, there's now a conflict with the.biz TLD, but who cares?).
Go try it -- you'll like it!:-)
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They should be based in some small european country - maybe Denmark or Sweden as there is a clear message from goverment about spam-mail (it will be made illigal in the next couple of years)
Spam is illegal in Denmark as of 1st July 2000. If you can read Danish, please see this page. Basically what you do is to let the Danish Central Person Register put your name on the so-called ``Robinson List'' (a derogative term coined by marketroids who claim that you are living on a desolate island if you do not wish to receive commercial ads). Once your name is on that list, commercial entities are no longer allowed to send you unsolicited commercial junk via snailmail, e-mail or fax, nor may they contact you on your phone.
Suprisingly enough, since 1st July this year only about 3,000 Danes have opted to have their name put on this anti-spam list, whereas almost 200,000 people have decided to register on a send-more-spam list maintained by the Danish postal corp. Go figure...
If cities can have such an impact on weather, I wonder just what changes have been brought about by the man-made Lake Kariba, a 220×40 km huge lake at the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The lake was created in an otherwise arid area and the enormous amounts of water must certainly have influenced the climate in the region. Does anyone know of climatical studies concerning Lake Kariba?
GenHaiku: t = random(1,num_templates) parse var tem.t line.1 '+' line.2 '+' line.3 out. = '' do i = 1 to 3 do while length(line.i)>0 parse var line.i cmd 3 qual 4 line.i c = left(cmd,1) ucmd = translate(cmd) if v.ucmd "" then do w = word(v.ucmd,random(1,words(v.ucmd))) if datatype(c,'u') then w = translate(left(w,1)) || substr(w,2) c = translate(c) if c = 'V' & qual = '@' then w = add_ing(w) else if c = 'N' & qual = 's' then w = pluralize(w) else line.i = qual || line.i end else if c = '#' then do parse value cmd || qual || line.i with '#' list '#' line.i say list wordslist = words(list) say wordslist rand_word = random(1,wordslist) say rand_word w = word(list,rand_word) say w /*w = word(list,random(1,words(list)))*/ end else parse value cmd || qual || line.i with w 2 line.i out.i = out.i || w end end return translate(out.1 || '0a'x || out.2 || '0a'x || out.3 || '0a'x, ' ', '_')
index: procedure haystk = arg(1) needle = arg(2) do idx = 1 to length(haystk) if substr(haystk,idx,1) = needle then do return idx end end return 0
add_ing: procedure exc. = 0 exc.whisper = 1 exc.wander = 1 exc.flutter = 1 exc.wither = 1 exc.wonder = 1 exv = translate(arg(1)) parse value arg(1) with 100-3 l3+1 l2+1 l1 if index("mbgprndlt",l1) > 0 & index("aeiou",l2) > 0 & index("aeiou",l3) = 0 then do if exc.exv 0 then w = arg(1) || l1 else w = arg(1) end else if l1 = 'e' then w = left(arg(1),length(arg(1))-1) else w = arg(1) return w || 'ing'
pluralize: procedure expose v. exc. = 0 exc.rose = 1 exc.breeze = 1 exc.branch = 1 exc.beach = 1 exc.glance = 1 exc.thrush = 1 exc.child = 1 exc.fox = 1 exc.moss = 1 exc.sunrise = 2 exc.lotus = 2 exc.gecko = 10 exc.cry = 11 w = arg(1) uw = translate(w) do while exc.uw > 0 & exc.uw list = value('v.n'exc.uw) w = word(list,random(1,words(list))) uw = translate(w) end if datatype(left(arg(1),1),'u') then w = translate(left(w,1))substr(w,2) select when exc.uw = 0 then w = w || 's' when exc.uw = 10 then w = w || 'es' when exc.uw = 11 then w = left(w,2) || 'es' otherwise inform("Invalid pluralize exception" exc.uw) exit end return w
InitVocab: v. = "" v.a1 = "quick wild small hot white green blue pink thin old light dark" v.a1 = v.a1 "sad deep lost free far slow sharp blunt hard soft damp dry" v.a1 = v.a1 "bare tight loose low cold clean proud swift gnarled flat" v.a1 = v.a1 "strong weak young dull ill" v.a2 = "open lofty empty eager even weary leaden fallen dismal serene" v.a2 = v.a2 "languid potent silver awkward shallow pliant simple wrinkled" v.a2 = v.a2 "falling waiting sighing smiling dreaming sleeping dying" v.a2 = v.a2 "almond jasmine mournful leaping supple" v.n1 = "oak tree grove stream brook hill branch rose leaf breeze pool" v.n1 = v.n1 "root thrush song moon cry glance flame child fox lamb shell" v.n1 = v.n1 "moss cave cliff rock beach shore wave sea hand path bark fern" v.n2 = "shadow forest clearing hunter sparrow mountain cavern shelter" v.n2 = v.n2 "seagull lantern sunrise gecko welcome egret doorway water" v.n2 = v.n2 "prison temple valley spirit soldier blossom lotus maple" v.v1 = "walk write sing play look fail stray climb grow speak flow live" v.v1 = v.v1 "soar crawl creep stand wake sink swim turn sit jump stink" v.v1 = v.v1 "dive strive shine glow fade move crave spin hide writhe" v.v2 = "wander desire return whisper decline accept withdraw contend" v.v2 = v.v2 "rebel retire despair arise wither wonder bubble flutter grumble" v.v2 = v.v2 "enchant descend ascend command" v.p1 = "in near past through from" v.p2 = "under over behind beyond above below around" v.r1 = "where when while as" v.l1 = "the this my your his her the the the" v.h2 = "Gichin Koshi Raiko the_man a_maid Tanto the_queen Moki R.J. Gorby" v.h2 = v.h2 "Sanka the_monk Glad_Child Yoko" tem. = "" tem.1 = "A1 n1, a2 n1.+L1 a1, a2 n2 v1s.+A1 n1, a1 n2." tem.2 = "P2 the a1 n1,+R1 the a2 n2 v1s,+I v1; the n1 v1s." tem.3 = "The a1 n1 v1@;+It is the a2 n2.+V2@, I v1." tem.4 = "The a2 n1 v1s+R1 a2 n2s v2.+Does the a1 n1 v1?" tem.5 = "Not a1, not a2,+H2 comes to the n2.+L1 a1 n2 v1s." tem.6 = "A1, a2, a2,+H2 v1s. H2 v2s,+V2@, v1@." /*tem.7 = "#Never Always# a1, but a1,+H2 knows #no all# a1 n2s.+#Angry Gladdened#, #he she# v1s."*/ do i = 1 while tem.i "" end num_templates = i-1 return 0
/* ** EOF */
It will generate haikus along the line of:
Swift lamb, shallow rock. This hard, waiting prison hides. Low moss, damp mountain.
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That certainly depends how you define ``EU'' and ``not that much higher''. Here in Denmark the minimum tax is 50%, and our VAT is 25%. I'm sure this is a good deal more than most other countries, and especially the US.
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Is that the accumulated possibily for all the Iridia, or os it the possibility for each Iridium satellite that it will hit someone?
How many Iridia are there anyway?
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A mirror, please?
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Then get yourself an alternative root zone from the SuperRoot Consortium and let your local nameserver use that one instead. For dnscache users this is as simple as replacing the contents of the .../root/servers/@ file with:
BIND users will please follow the instructions found here.Now, the new root servers provide the same service as the old ones -- i.e., they will resolve names in the .com, .org, .net, etc. TLDs, plus they will provide access to a whole bunch of alternative TLDs like, e.g., .ocean (try www.atlantic.ocean), .wine and so on. This system is plugin-compatible with the old ICANN't system (well, there's now a conflict with the .biz TLD, but who cares?).
Go try it -- you'll like it! :-)
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I have another one running here.
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It was supposed to read the first major book printed in the West...
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# apt-get install gopher gopherd
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Paraguay's cooler, methinks. ;-)
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I thought this was News for Nerds?
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Spam is illegal in Denmark as of 1st July 2000. If you can read Danish, please see this page. Basically what you do is to let the Danish Central Person Register put your name on the so-called ``Robinson List'' (a derogative term coined by marketroids who claim that you are living on a desolate island if you do not wish to receive commercial ads). Once your name is on that list, commercial entities are no longer allowed to send you unsolicited commercial junk via snailmail, e-mail or fax, nor may they contact you on your phone.
Suprisingly enough, since 1st July this year only about 3,000 Danes have opted to have their name put on this anti-spam list, whereas almost 200,000 people have decided to register on a send-more-spam list maintained by the Danish postal corp. Go figure...
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Take a look at this. :-)
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8 +++ dummy = InitVocab()
Error 34 running "/home/mattc/bin/Haiku.rexx", line 157: Logical value not 0 or 1
Oops -- HTML-formatting ate some <> operators. :-(
I've put a copy of the original script here...
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#!/usr/bin/rexx
/****** Haiku.rexx ************************************************* * ******************/
/*w = word(list,random(1,words(list)))*/
/*tem.7 = "#Never Always# a1, but a1,+H2 knows #no all# a1 n2s.+#Angry Gladdened#, #he she# v1s."*/
/*
*
* $VER: Haiku 2.0 (6.5.95) -- Generates pseudo-random Haiku poems
*
*************************************************
dummy = InitVocab()
dummy = time('l')
rseed = right(dummy,length(dummy)-lastpos('.',dummy))
dummy = random(,,rseed)
say '0A'x || GenHaiku()
exit 0
GenHaiku:
t = random(1,num_templates)
parse var tem.t line.1 '+' line.2 '+' line.3
out. = ''
do i = 1 to 3
do while length(line.i)>0
parse var line.i cmd 3 qual 4 line.i
c = left(cmd,1)
ucmd = translate(cmd)
if v.ucmd "" then
do
w = word(v.ucmd,random(1,words(v.ucmd)))
if datatype(c,'u') then
w = translate(left(w,1)) || substr(w,2)
c = translate(c)
if c = 'V' & qual = '@' then
w = add_ing(w)
else if c = 'N' & qual = 's' then
w = pluralize(w)
else
line.i = qual || line.i
end
else if c = '#' then
do
parse value cmd || qual || line.i with '#' list '#' line.i
say list
wordslist = words(list)
say wordslist
rand_word = random(1,wordslist)
say rand_word
w = word(list,rand_word)
say w
end
else
parse value cmd || qual || line.i with w 2 line.i
out.i = out.i || w
end
end
return translate(out.1 || '0a'x || out.2 || '0a'x || out.3 || '0a'x, ' ', '_')
index: procedure
haystk = arg(1)
needle = arg(2)
do idx = 1 to length(haystk)
if substr(haystk,idx,1) = needle then do
return idx
end
end
return 0
add_ing: procedure
exc. = 0
exc.whisper = 1
exc.wander = 1
exc.flutter = 1
exc.wither = 1
exc.wonder = 1
exv = translate(arg(1))
parse value arg(1) with 100-3 l3+1 l2+1 l1
if index("mbgprndlt",l1) > 0 & index("aeiou",l2) > 0 & index("aeiou",l3) = 0 then
do
if exc.exv 0 then
w = arg(1) || l1
else
w = arg(1)
end
else if l1 = 'e' then
w = left(arg(1),length(arg(1))-1)
else
w = arg(1)
return w || 'ing'
pluralize: procedure expose v.
exc. = 0
exc.rose = 1
exc.breeze = 1
exc.branch = 1
exc.beach = 1
exc.glance = 1
exc.thrush = 1
exc.child = 1
exc.fox = 1
exc.moss = 1
exc.sunrise = 2
exc.lotus = 2
exc.gecko = 10
exc.cry = 11
w = arg(1)
uw = translate(w)
do while exc.uw > 0 & exc.uw list = value('v.n'exc.uw)
w = word(list,random(1,words(list)))
uw = translate(w)
end
if datatype(left(arg(1),1),'u') then
w = translate(left(w,1))substr(w,2)
select
when exc.uw = 0 then w = w || 's'
when exc.uw = 10 then w = w || 'es'
when exc.uw = 11 then w = left(w,2) || 'es'
otherwise
inform("Invalid pluralize exception" exc.uw)
exit
end
return w
InitVocab:
v. = ""
v.a1 = "quick wild small hot white green blue pink thin old light dark"
v.a1 = v.a1 "sad deep lost free far slow sharp blunt hard soft damp dry"
v.a1 = v.a1 "bare tight loose low cold clean proud swift gnarled flat"
v.a1 = v.a1 "strong weak young dull ill"
v.a2 = "open lofty empty eager even weary leaden fallen dismal serene"
v.a2 = v.a2 "languid potent silver awkward shallow pliant simple wrinkled"
v.a2 = v.a2 "falling waiting sighing smiling dreaming sleeping dying"
v.a2 = v.a2 "almond jasmine mournful leaping supple"
v.n1 = "oak tree grove stream brook hill branch rose leaf breeze pool"
v.n1 = v.n1 "root thrush song moon cry glance flame child fox lamb shell"
v.n1 = v.n1 "moss cave cliff rock beach shore wave sea hand path bark fern"
v.n2 = "shadow forest clearing hunter sparrow mountain cavern shelter"
v.n2 = v.n2 "seagull lantern sunrise gecko welcome egret doorway water"
v.n2 = v.n2 "prison temple valley spirit soldier blossom lotus maple"
v.v1 = "walk write sing play look fail stray climb grow speak flow live"
v.v1 = v.v1 "soar crawl creep stand wake sink swim turn sit jump stink"
v.v1 = v.v1 "dive strive shine glow fade move crave spin hide writhe"
v.v2 = "wander desire return whisper decline accept withdraw contend"
v.v2 = v.v2 "rebel retire despair arise wither wonder bubble flutter grumble"
v.v2 = v.v2 "enchant descend ascend command"
v.p1 = "in near past through from"
v.p2 = "under over behind beyond above below around"
v.r1 = "where when while as"
v.l1 = "the this my your his her the the the"
v.h2 = "Gichin Koshi Raiko the_man a_maid Tanto the_queen Moki R.J. Gorby"
v.h2 = v.h2 "Sanka the_monk Glad_Child Yoko"
tem. = ""
tem.1 = "A1 n1, a2 n1.+L1 a1, a2 n2 v1s.+A1 n1, a1 n2."
tem.2 = "P2 the a1 n1,+R1 the a2 n2 v1s,+I v1; the n1 v1s."
tem.3 = "The a1 n1 v1@;+It is the a2 n2.+V2@, I v1."
tem.4 = "The a2 n1 v1s+R1 a2 n2s v2.+Does the a1 n1 v1?"
tem.5 = "Not a1, not a2,+H2 comes to the n2.+L1 a1 n2 v1s."
tem.6 = "A1, a2, a2,+H2 v1s. H2 v2s,+V2@, v1@."
do i = 1 while tem.i ""
end
num_templates = i-1
return 0
** EOF
*/
It will generate haikus along the line of:
Swift lamb, shallow rock.
This hard, waiting prison hides.
Low moss, damp mountain.
Enjoy!
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Does that mean we're gonna have scripting faciliated inter-process communication, much like ARexx on good ol' Amiga?
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Salon had an article last year about the number stations.
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> but at some timein your life you did
Sorry to disappoint you, but I went straight from Amiga to Linux in 1995 -- no fscking DOS here, please.
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Det må man da håbe - det er ved at være lidt træls med alt det Volapük...
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The link disappeared, sorry.
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The Danish Linux book
``Linux -- friheden til at vælge''
(``Linux -- the freedom to choose'') makes use of the
OpenContent License
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