One day, a new bitchy librarian decided that I wasn't allowed to use the ones with the games on them because they're "for children", even though there are ten of those PCs and hardly any children in there. Norwegians can be like that, but I digress
Norwegian bureaucracy, yes I am all too familiar with it, being a Norwegian raised abroad. It doesn't matter if there are no children using the children's computers! RULES IS RULES!
If they did, you would be disappointed. Norwegian law for porn is similar to that of Japan (well, you can show naughty bits on their own, but penetration is censored).
We used to skip the border to Sweden to get the dirty stuff (porn, spirits and bacon). Now the former is available online for free..so..
Depends where you go though. My drive home to my parents (Bristol - Surrey) is 2 hours flat, but tomtom says 120 miles. M4 ftw (when it isnt under construction, which lately is less than likely).
And i spend 15-20 on fuel, depending on how harshly I accelerate the old Civic (VTEC...it drinks alot if you let it).
A lot of my job (at least last summer) was testing software in different browsers. It is a massive pain thanks to IE. I have one test plan for FF/Chrome/Opera as they tend to be the same, then one for IE6, one for IE7 and one for IE8.... All being different, handling content differently.
It is a huge problem in the UK. Most often it is pits bred with staffies, but they make them 50-80% pitbull (which is illegal but not immediately noticeable). Then on the record it says Staffordshire BT cross, and therefore the staffie gets a bad name.
Its a shame, Staffies are such sweet and gentle dogs. My partner had several and they never did anything bad to her. I get the same stigmatisation because of my german shepherd, another breed which is often feared or regarded as dangerous (in the UK anyway).
This is more or less true in the UK as well. Downloading may not be legal, but legal ramifications only happen because of uploading, not downloading. This is why users of P2P and especially Bit Torrent get caught. Downloading with BT automatically means you start uploading.
This is why services such as Rapidshare are becoming hugely popular here. No uploading means no culpability. And it's faster.
What you describe seems to be congruent with a situation I noticed when i was about 13.
I was living in the US with my parents (we are all born and raised Norwegians) and the movies "American Pie" and "The Matrix" had just come out.
My dad gave me AP on VHS, and my friends thought I was the coolest kid with the coolest parents ever. None of their parents let them see that movie, too much sex and swearing. However, they were baffled when I told them I wasnt allowed to see the Matrix because of all the violence. They could not grasp this concept; "whats wrong with shootouts and fist fighting? Violence is everywhere, its natural."
A while later I checked the age ratings on both movies in both countries. In the US, both movies were rated 'R' which means if you are under 17 you need parental chaperone. Fair enough, but I would imagine the amount of parents that brought their kids to see the Matrix film hugely outnumbered the ones that took their kids to see AP. The norwegian ratings put The Matrix at an 18 (and you cannot see it unless you are 18), whereas AP was rated 11. Anyone under 11 may need parental accompaniment.
People's ideas about what is good and bad for their children not only differ from person to person, but it is absolutely a cultural thing too, IMO.
That is interesting, I guess I had not considered that. Who knew Family Guy had such depth?
I do like when they poke fun at the Brits though. Drive-by arguments was a good one. And when the english football team take steroids and vent their roid-rage by having a pillow fight. Good stuff.
My whole house is fitted with "energy saving lightbulbs". I hate them. Turning them on makes no difference to leaving them off. Whomever invented these pieces of crap should have just sold me an empty box, it saves even more energy, and I dont notice much of a difference.
Incandescent bulbs are no longer being sold in the UK AFAIK. If more people feel the way I do I might open a black market trading floor for "old style" bulbs.
I was pleased to hear Keith David's voice as Sgt. Foley in MW2. He is iconic for that role, since most of his best roles are just this; an angry big black guy screaming orders at soldiers. This persona was only slightly ruined by the fact that MW2, despite being an 18 and controversial for its adult content, has no swearing at all. Which makes the soldiers' discourse seem less than credible.
What really threw me is the word "lieutenant" which in US english is pronounced lew-TEN-ant, but in British english "leff-TEN-ant". When one of the british guys in COD4 said it the latter way, the subtitles actually wrote out "leftenant" complete with the quotation marks.
A similar thing happens in Need for Speed Shift. The "coach" which appears simply as a voice instructing you, is British. The courses you drive are also mostly British. And yet, instead of driving a "nis-san three fifty zed" he makes you drive a "nee-sahn three fifty zee"....
On a similar note, can Seth McFarlane please learn british words/phrases properly, rather than just putting on a faux accent?!! Case and point: "fanny", "sweater", "sneaker" (words americans use, or have a different meaning for).
Why cant you do an online bank transfer from home?
I pay my rent, bills, and even other private persons online through my bank. It doesn't cost anything...
Actually, to add to your point, owning a firearm (well, a shotgun anyway) in the UK is not very long-winded and difficult.
However, other European countries have different laws on this matter. Norway requires you to take a hunting license, which encompasses vast knowledge of the surrounding wildlife and what can be hunted, etc. The idea that you can get a gun just "for no reason" or "for home protection" doesn't really fly.
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He is on the clock at work, which is why he cant say "fuck".
One day, a new bitchy librarian decided that I wasn't allowed to use the ones with the games on them because they're "for children", even though there are ten of those PCs and hardly any children in there. Norwegians can be like that, but I digress
Norwegian bureaucracy, yes I am all too familiar with it, being a Norwegian raised abroad. It doesn't matter if there are no children using the children's computers! RULES IS RULES!
If they did, you would be disappointed. Norwegian law for porn is similar to that of Japan (well, you can show naughty bits on their own, but penetration is censored). We used to skip the border to Sweden to get the dirty stuff (porn, spirits and bacon). Now the former is available online for free..so..
Didnt you hear? Razor1911 are contracting to the Canadian government now.
That would be the easiest game ever. As long as you dont organise gay rights protests you should be ignored by the police.
You had a pedometer eh? Why don't you take a seat? Right over there.
Mod parent up! This is possibly the best/simplest argument I have heard for not copyrighting IP.
Can I skip the border to Austria to purchase a Steyr AUG?
Depends where you go though. My drive home to my parents (Bristol - Surrey) is 2 hours flat, but tomtom says 120 miles. M4 ftw (when it isnt under construction, which lately is less than likely). And i spend 15-20 on fuel, depending on how harshly I accelerate the old Civic (VTEC...it drinks alot if you let it).
Hilarious that they are so concerned with military preparedness. Prepared for what exactly? Swiss in a war? Unheard of!
A lot of my job (at least last summer) was testing software in different browsers. It is a massive pain thanks to IE. I have one test plan for FF/Chrome/Opera as they tend to be the same, then one for IE6, one for IE7 and one for IE8.... All being different, handling content differently.
It is a huge problem in the UK. Most often it is pits bred with staffies, but they make them 50-80% pitbull (which is illegal but not immediately noticeable). Then on the record it says Staffordshire BT cross, and therefore the staffie gets a bad name. Its a shame, Staffies are such sweet and gentle dogs. My partner had several and they never did anything bad to her. I get the same stigmatisation because of my german shepherd, another breed which is often feared or regarded as dangerous (in the UK anyway).
Far-fetched? As in, unlikely?
Bring me the ro-bit.
Dude, you are SO spanish! You even type with an accent, I love it! :p
This is more or less true in the UK as well. Downloading may not be legal, but legal ramifications only happen because of uploading, not downloading. This is why users of P2P and especially Bit Torrent get caught. Downloading with BT automatically means you start uploading. This is why services such as Rapidshare are becoming hugely popular here. No uploading means no culpability. And it's faster.
*Embarrassed* Well at least I never said "For all intensive purposes".
What you describe seems to be congruent with a situation I noticed when i was about 13. I was living in the US with my parents (we are all born and raised Norwegians) and the movies "American Pie" and "The Matrix" had just come out. My dad gave me AP on VHS, and my friends thought I was the coolest kid with the coolest parents ever. None of their parents let them see that movie, too much sex and swearing. However, they were baffled when I told them I wasnt allowed to see the Matrix because of all the violence. They could not grasp this concept; "whats wrong with shootouts and fist fighting? Violence is everywhere, its natural." A while later I checked the age ratings on both movies in both countries. In the US, both movies were rated 'R' which means if you are under 17 you need parental chaperone. Fair enough, but I would imagine the amount of parents that brought their kids to see the Matrix film hugely outnumbered the ones that took their kids to see AP. The norwegian ratings put The Matrix at an 18 (and you cannot see it unless you are 18), whereas AP was rated 11. Anyone under 11 may need parental accompaniment. People's ideas about what is good and bad for their children not only differ from person to person, but it is absolutely a cultural thing too, IMO.
That is interesting, I guess I had not considered that. Who knew Family Guy had such depth? I do like when they poke fun at the Brits though. Drive-by arguments was a good one. And when the english football team take steroids and vent their roid-rage by having a pillow fight. Good stuff.
My whole house is fitted with "energy saving lightbulbs". I hate them. Turning them on makes no difference to leaving them off. Whomever invented these pieces of crap should have just sold me an empty box, it saves even more energy, and I dont notice much of a difference. Incandescent bulbs are no longer being sold in the UK AFAIK. If more people feel the way I do I might open a black market trading floor for "old style" bulbs.
I was pleased to hear Keith David's voice as Sgt. Foley in MW2. He is iconic for that role, since most of his best roles are just this; an angry big black guy screaming orders at soldiers. This persona was only slightly ruined by the fact that MW2, despite being an 18 and controversial for its adult content, has no swearing at all. Which makes the soldiers' discourse seem less than credible.
What really threw me is the word "lieutenant" which in US english is pronounced lew-TEN-ant, but in British english "leff-TEN-ant". When one of the british guys in COD4 said it the latter way, the subtitles actually wrote out "leftenant" complete with the quotation marks. A similar thing happens in Need for Speed Shift. The "coach" which appears simply as a voice instructing you, is British. The courses you drive are also mostly British. And yet, instead of driving a "nis-san three fifty zed" he makes you drive a "nee-sahn three fifty zee".... On a similar note, can Seth McFarlane please learn british words/phrases properly, rather than just putting on a faux accent?!! Case and point: "fanny", "sweater", "sneaker" (words americans use, or have a different meaning for).
Analyze this!
Why cant you do an online bank transfer from home? I pay my rent, bills, and even other private persons online through my bank. It doesn't cost anything...
Actually, to add to your point, owning a firearm (well, a shotgun anyway) in the UK is not very long-winded and difficult. However, other European countries have different laws on this matter. Norway requires you to take a hunting license, which encompasses vast knowledge of the surrounding wildlife and what can be hunted, etc. The idea that you can get a gun just "for no reason" or "for home protection" doesn't really fly.