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  1. Re:And so what ?!? on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Your question is similar to statements a few hours after the results were fixed by both Cameron (Remain) and Boris (Brexit), "at this point there is no need to invoke EU paragraph 50".

    For those not aware, that's how you cancel your EU membership, the Brexit boys in the establishment had never expected this outcome and are shitting themselves.

  2. Re:Super majority on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Spot on!

    Would the UK have a constitution there would no doubt be a clause it can only be changed by a +66 or75% majority and after two consecutive parliamentary elections.

    But they don't have a constitution and the establishment prefers to keep it that way.

  3. Re:Predictably, they think their citizens == idiot on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    You do realise the Bits are part of the EU?
    And thus the pro-EU media speak for them.

  4. Re:Cute on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: -1, Troll
    Uhh, what democratic result?

    The Brexit campaign was largely divisive, vile and based on outright lies and deception, a significant portion of the Brexit voters was (is still) under the impression that rags like The Sun and the Daily Mail are newspapers printing valuable information.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.co.u...

    Another section of Brexit voters are from the English establishment and see advantages in getting rid of those pesky European regulations re. their tax advantages, maximum working hours of their personnel etc.

  5. Re:Good for them on BBC: UK Votes To Leave The European Union (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Interesting.
    Yes the UK has been a stumbling block for further improvements for the common people of the EU.

  6. Re: Rationale aside... on BBC: UK Votes To Leave The European Union (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    There were two powers vetoing against more power to the parliament (at the expense of the commission), now after the Brexit only the French are left.

  7. Re:Good for them on BBC: UK Votes To Leave The European Union (bbc.com) · · Score: 2
    I see absolutely nothing wrong with further European federalisation.
    This is not about losing sovereignty but instead bringing it to a higher level.
    Once the EU becomes better integrated its (and our) sovereignty will be much more valuable than the present sovereignty of a bunch of individual small countries.

    Small includes the UK, Germany and France, because they are small set off against the US, Russia and China.

  8. Re:Good for them on BBC: UK Votes To Leave The European Union (bbc.com) · · Score: 2
    I'm afraid you believe in fairies.

    Before the euro the southern European countries had such free floating and thus constantly devaluing currencies and it never came to stabilise and develop their economies.
    They just kept living of others, that has in the case of the Greek joining the euro backfired on them, the Italians and Spaniards seem to have seen the light.

  9. Re:Well, what did you expect on BBC: UK Votes To Leave The European Union (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Right along the wishes of general De Gaulle who rests a lot better now :)
    Funny but rather unrealistic.

  10. Re:End of Great Britain? on BBC: UK Votes To Leave The European Union (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I can largely support your view.

    What is easily (conveniently?) forgotten is those bankers and other fat cats have chosen the UK because of the slack laws against their very selfish behaviour.
    Now this morning that asshat Farage said in his first statement that he wanted to fight the abuse by those same bankers, why the hell didn't he do so via the EU that would have been much more fruitful!

  11. Re:Not all Scots want to leave GB on BBC: UK Votes To Leave The European Union (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Crap, even well before the EU there were bilateral agreements about fishing rights.
    Or did you already forget mr. Gove's gaffe of last week about the reason his did shut down his fishing business?

  12. Re:End of Great Britain? on BBC: UK Votes To Leave The European Union (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    I believe with your 'elite' you mean those that don't believe the tabloids.

    The problems for the ordinary Brits were very much home grown and not caused in Brussels.

  13. Re: You made it, Syrians! on BBC: UK Votes To Leave The European Union (bbc.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful
    For a moment I believed you were talking about the UK but then you wrote You Americans...

    Because let us be clear, the biggest problem for the common man in the UK was not the EU but their own government having caused a for a European nation unusual rift between the haves and have nots.

  14. "a company out of London" on Twitter Pays $150 Million For Magic Pony Technology (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    "a company out of London"
    Is that London in Kentucky or Ontario?

  15. Or don't call it a language.

  16. Re:Thanks for nothing, carriers. on Active Drive-By Exploits Critical Android Bugs, Care Of Hacking Team (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That's another great advantage of owning your phone, you are free to root it.
    I don't have experience with LTE but the US is a large market so I would think there must be many phones with the capability.
    Your statement so few phones are 4G LTE capable is very surprising to me.

  17. Re:Email client software? Is this still a thing? on Mozilla Seeks New Home For Email Client Thunderbird · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You're mad.
    A local copy of your mail is the only reliable and fast way to access and especially organise mail, even more so for multiple accounts.
    Webmail is nice for occasional use on a borrowed computer, for the rest it is a joke.

  18. Re:Firefox on Android Is Where Its At on Mozilla Seeks New Home For Email Client Thunderbird · · Score: 1

    Absolutely, I've been trying the various other browsers on Android and always return to Firefox because it shines.

  19. Re:I've got an idea... on Mozilla Seeks New Home For Email Client Thunderbird · · Score: 2, Informative

    You must be happy to get all these replies.

    Thunderbird is about the only full featured mail client available.
    On top of that it's available on Windows and Linux and it works quite well, regretfully and strange enough there is still no Android client.

    Kmail is another nice mail client for Linux users.
    I would use it but for the impossibility to select which senders are allowed html.

  20. Yes, insufficient resources is a valid way of preventing a process from running :)

  21. Re:Lawsuits against manufacturers and carriers on Active Drive-By Exploits Critical Android Bugs, Care Of Hacking Team (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Only 36 months of security updates? You're easy to please, I'd expect at least 60.

    Amen!

  22. Re:Thanks for nothing, carriers. on Active Drive-By Exploits Critical Android Bugs, Care Of Hacking Team (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I have little to no sympathy for people who's phone is encumbered by a carriers greed or unwillingness to update, it's generally easy enough to get an unlocked phone, hell, it's even cheaper.
    If you want the best service you get a Nexus.

    I do have a problem with Google stopping OS updates 2 years after the last of a model has been sold.
    Both My Nexus 4 and 7 are working fine but the OS doesn't update beyond 5.1.1, as such not a problem but at least the security updates should be available.
    Now I have to get an independent ROM which works but is not ideal.

    Hey EU commissioner for competition, the market doesn't work so there is work for you!

  23. Re:Bullshit. It is not eliminated. on Malaria Has Been Eliminated In Europe (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    Here you tell us you are a racist and xenophobe, also known as a lack of self-esteem, something that is not helpful for any positive cause.
    In the context of the article 'infected' should be read as 'getting infected' in these countries.

    But then your displayed ignorance has probably prevented you from knowing Malaria is not human to human transferable, it requires a specific kind of mosquito to spread.

  24. I find it quite the irony that the British commissioner is in charge of this proposal.

    The term 'Offshore' for banking is a very British institution referring to their Crown dependencies on smaller islands, be it on the Channel Islands or in the Caribbean.
    In 1978 when I started working internationally all British engineers had such an Offshore Account and it wasn't because they wanted their bank manager to live in nicer weather.

    Let's see if there is another howl in Westminster about Brussels interfering in their national interests.
    A lot of the problems could have been fixed by the British parliament years ago.

  25. Re:"Did you even test this??!!!" on Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Insults No Developer Wants To Hear? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know why but you reminded me of goatse...