Under Article 10, “Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by a public authority and regardless of frontiers. This Article shall not prevent states from requiring the licensing of broadcasting, television or cinema.”
The Convention continues; “The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for the maintaining of the authority and impartiality of the judiciary.”
It would fall under "prevention of disorder or crime" in this case.
Our electrical companies have been in the private sector since the 80s, apart from the nuclear part which was divided up into two parts: the electrical generation side and the disposal side. Guess which side the taxpayers got to pay for.
Are there any MMOs that were launched when they were ready and didn't need a whole slew of bug fixes after the fact? WoW may have come close (I wasn't paying attention at the time) but all the other ones I've paid any attention to (WAR, LotRO, AoC, Aion) had real problems at the start.
The United States, nineteen individual states, and the District of Columbia ("the plaintiffs") bring these consolidated civil enforcement actions against defendant Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") under the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. 1 and 2. The plaintiffs charge, in essence, that Microsoft has waged an unlawful campaign in defense of its monopoly position in the market for operating systems designed to run on Intel-compatible personal computers ("PCs"). Specifically, the plaintiffs contend that Microsoft violated 2 of the Sherman Act by engaging in a series of exclusionary, anticompetitive, and predatory acts to maintain its monopoly power. They also assert that Microsoft attempted, albeit unsuccessfully to date, to monopolize the Web browser market, likewise in violation of 2. Finally, they contend that certain steps taken by Microsoft as part of its campaign to protect its monopoly power, namely tying its browser to its operating system and entering into exclusive dealing arrangements, violated 1 of the Act.
The judge wasn't a bureaucrat, and neither were the three appeal judges who agreed with his findings (but unfortunately not his remedy). Retard.
No it hasn't. Anyone who travels as part of their job will be much happier carrying a 1kg device than a 3kg device. Tablets don't fit into this equation because doing a lot of typing on a tablet is a pain in the ass. There's no way I'd carry this 17" monster any further than the lounge, but my 11" netbook travels too and from work with me every day and I do work while travelling.
Fuck off and read the court documents instead of spouting the same old tedious apologist bullshit. Microsoft were quite rightly punished for their repeated violations and arrogant dismissal of the law. That this shit you spout is perpetuated is the result of stupid nerds not understanding the legal system.
Christians are very good at that sort of thing too, as are a lot of the other sky fairy cultists. But in any case if you're referring to the US is it not the case that being a God botherer is a huge electoral advantage?
I've been visiting this site since 1998 and have yet to find somewhere else where so many comments are well thought out and rational. I don't think there's too many places on the net where you could have this level of conversation. Kuro5hin used to be good but 9/11 turned its members into rednecks pretty much overnight. It has its flaws, the Javascript bugs being the most annoying, but it was my first internet forum and I doubt I'll stop visiting any time soon.
You're not selling this very well. If I'm too poor to afford a rentacop I need to risk injury or death to protect my family and my home. Why should I give up the evils of socialist police forces that do a pretty good job of preventing warlords or mobsters from taking my home from me for such an uncertain future. I also don't see why private police forces would be any more reliable than the private health insurance companies here in the UK when it comes to making a claim. "Well Mr Vandal, you didn't declare that you were burgled 5 years ago. Even though nothing was taken and you didn't need to use the services of the McPolice this means you're not covered by our Justice For All plan. Our bill for the callout will follow in the next 3 working days". Why do libertarians think that corporations aren't going to screw their customers when they don't have to follow any consumer protection laws is beyond me.
Which is better? A healthcare system that treats the sick regardless of their ability to pay, or a healthcare system that will try its hardest to weasel out of treating the sick in order to keep the stock price up?
Not to mention that their patron saint started life in Ireland as a slave kidnapped from Wales. Looks like the argument is crumbling a bit. Some more Irish history from here:
Three social classes existed during this age – kings, lords and commoners. Lords were wealthy and had clients (bondsmen). Commoners were freemen with full legal rights and their own land. Some were well off (the bóaire). There were also landless men and hereditary serfs. Status was important in the legal system – rights and legal compensations depended on it. Under clientship, lords granted the client a fief (goods) and protection; the client made payments to the lord. There was free and base clientship – free clients were often nobles, and took a share in their lord’s plunder. Base clientship was like a loan, from which the lord came out best. Slavery was extensive.
Not quite the libertarian paradise was it? Or how about this:
The population was between half and one million. Much of the land was wilderness and uninhabited. The more powerful – any farmers with land – owned ringforts to protect their farms. Land was farmed in strips; milk and dairy was important. The upper classes ate a lot of meat, which formed a normal part of clients’ payments. Grain was also vital – oat for porridge, barley for ale and bread. Vegetables were grown on a small scale and wild fruit and nuts were important in people’s diet. Famine was common, coupled with disease, social disorder and internal migration. Epidemics occurred repeatedly.
Oh yeah 8th century Ireland sounded like a veritable land of milk and honey, just like everywhere else in the Dark Ages.
Mael Sechnaill II acted as ‘high king’ of Ireland. Provincial kings were growing more powerful; warfare increased. More administrators were needed to mind kingdoms in the king’s absence. Kings were granting away large territories and carving them up between their supporters. They also made laws and imposed taxes. They granted land in return for homage and military service.
Doesn't seem to be a single mention of any of the tuaths or how equitable the whole thing was. Seems to have been just like the rest of Europe.
Here's something relating to Brehon law which paints a different picture:
The law that the Celts of Ireland used has been called Brehon law. Forms of Brehon Law were used in Ireland for hundreds of years. A full treatment of Brehon Law is beyond the scope of this article, but the idea was that a person's identity was defined by the kingdom in which they lived. A peasant had no legal status outside the tuath, with the exception of men of art and learning. Those who were tied to their tuath were unfree and worked for the king. All land was owned by families, not by individuals. Wealth was measured in cattle, and each individual had a status measured in terms of wealth. Almost any crime committed against an individual could be recompensed by paying a fine equal to the status of the individual. For example, a 50 cows for an important person, 3 cows for a peasant. There was no death penalty; but, an individual could be ostracised from the tuath in certain circumstances.
Worked for the king? Doesn't sound very libertarian to me.
So the question still stands: if this wonderful decentralized structure provides the kind of governance you are happy with, why aren't you already there? Working for the UK immigration service has given me a slightly different insight into the Somali clan structure. You might want to type "Somalia human rights" into Google to examine the wealth of material on how terrible things actually are for Somalis, especially those from minor clans who have no major clan to protect them. I also have to wonder how much of the improvements in health and well-being have been financed by the armed robbery of international shipping.
Of course they do because non-parents don't see why they should have any responsibility for the viewing habits or behaviour of people's children. If you want to reproduce then recognise that you, and you alone, are responsible for what they watch on TV and the internet, especially at the age of 6. We non-parents are fucking tired of parents expecting the world to give more of a shit about their offspring than anyone else, which includes shrieking brats on public transport and restaurants, gangs of teenagers making a nuisance of themselves and no parent in sight and all sorts of tax breaks that we non-parents have to pay for. So to be honest I couldn't give two shits about how hard a life you CHOSE is.
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The Deng Xiaoping that ordered the Tiananmen Square massacre?
It's not an absolute right unfortunately:
It would fall under "prevention of disorder or crime" in this case.
I'm sure you can just turn off autorun on the corporate build rather than going to all that trouble.
Our electrical companies have been in the private sector since the 80s, apart from the nuclear part which was divided up into two parts: the electrical generation side and the disposal side. Guess which side the taxpayers got to pay for.
Are there any MMOs that were launched when they were ready and didn't need a whole slew of bug fixes after the fact? WoW may have come close (I wasn't paying attention at the time) but all the other ones I've paid any attention to (WAR, LotRO, AoC, Aion) had real problems at the start.
From the legal decision:
The judge wasn't a bureaucrat, and neither were the three appeal judges who agreed with his findings (but unfortunately not his remedy). Retard.
Until you have to carry it around with you.
No it hasn't. Anyone who travels as part of their job will be much happier carrying a 1kg device than a 3kg device. Tablets don't fit into this equation because doing a lot of typing on a tablet is a pain in the ass. There's no way I'd carry this 17" monster any further than the lounge, but my 11" netbook travels too and from work with me every day and I do work while travelling.
So are netbooks and for half the price. They just don't have an silver coloured fruit on the back.
Oh fuck off you clueless arse.
Fuck off and read the court documents instead of spouting the same old tedious apologist bullshit. Microsoft were quite rightly punished for their repeated violations and arrogant dismissal of the law. That this shit you spout is perpetuated is the result of stupid nerds not understanding the legal system.
Christians are very good at that sort of thing too, as are a lot of the other sky fairy cultists. But in any case if you're referring to the US is it not the case that being a God botherer is a huge electoral advantage?
Having seen a few IBM projects in my time I can see why the Nazis lost.
I've been visiting this site since 1998 and have yet to find somewhere else where so many comments are well thought out and rational. I don't think there's too many places on the net where you could have this level of conversation. Kuro5hin used to be good but 9/11 turned its members into rednecks pretty much overnight. It has its flaws, the Javascript bugs being the most annoying, but it was my first internet forum and I doubt I'll stop visiting any time soon.
You're not selling this very well. If I'm too poor to afford a rentacop I need to risk injury or death to protect my family and my home. Why should I give up the evils of socialist police forces that do a pretty good job of preventing warlords or mobsters from taking my home from me for such an uncertain future. I also don't see why private police forces would be any more reliable than the private health insurance companies here in the UK when it comes to making a claim. "Well Mr Vandal, you didn't declare that you were burgled 5 years ago. Even though nothing was taken and you didn't need to use the services of the McPolice this means you're not covered by our Justice For All plan. Our bill for the callout will follow in the next 3 working days". Why do libertarians think that corporations aren't going to screw their customers when they don't have to follow any consumer protection laws is beyond me.
Which is better? A healthcare system that treats the sick regardless of their ability to pay, or a healthcare system that will try its hardest to weasel out of treating the sick in order to keep the stock price up?
What if you can't afford to pay a subscription to a good private security firm?
Not to mention that their patron saint started life in Ireland as a slave kidnapped from Wales. Looks like the argument is crumbling a bit. Some more Irish history from here:
Not quite the libertarian paradise was it? Or how about this:
Oh yeah 8th century Ireland sounded like a veritable land of milk and honey, just like everywhere else in the Dark Ages.
Doesn't seem to be a single mention of any of the tuaths or how equitable the whole thing was. Seems to have been just like the rest of Europe.
Here's something relating to Brehon law which paints a different picture:
Worked for the king? Doesn't sound very libertarian to me.
So the question still stands: if this wonderful decentralized structure provides the kind of governance you are happy with, why aren't you already there? Working for the UK immigration service has given me a slightly different insight into the Somali clan structure. You might want to type "Somalia human rights" into Google to examine the wealth of material on how terrible things actually are for Somalis, especially those from minor clans who have no major clan to protect them. I also have to wonder how much of the improvements in health and well-being have been financed by the armed robbery of international shipping.
Or women. I wonder how women got on in this paradise. I bet as badly as everywhere else.
No but being an irritating sod brightens my day :-P
You called it a language, which it isn't. It would be like calling Rails a language.
.NET is a framework that several languages including VB, C# and Python can target. It isn't a language in itself.
Yeh I can just see Microsoft's next server platform being HTML5 + JS
Silverlight and WPF might be going away but ASP.NET is unlikely to go anywhere for some time to come.
Of course they do because non-parents don't see why they should have any responsibility for the viewing habits or behaviour of people's children. If you want to reproduce then recognise that you, and you alone, are responsible for what they watch on TV and the internet, especially at the age of 6. We non-parents are fucking tired of parents expecting the world to give more of a shit about their offspring than anyone else, which includes shrieking brats on public transport and restaurants, gangs of teenagers making a nuisance of themselves and no parent in sight and all sorts of tax breaks that we non-parents have to pay for. So to be honest I couldn't give two shits about how hard a life you CHOSE is.