Present fake leathers are generally of insufficient quality, real leather is a by-product of the meat industry and there is little reason to not use it except the very toxic process to cure animal skin, there's a reason most of that's done in third world countries.
For meat there are good reasons to replace it, as world population grows we have increasing problems to feed all, meat is a very popular but inefficient animal husbandry product, when we can get a similar product using industrial tech that's a win for us all.
Now we'd need to slaughter a lot less animals we'd get a shortage of skins to make leather so this technology is important.
Truth can't be hidden for ever:)
It's all about what you consider to be beer.
In Germany it's ingredients are mandated by law, a very simple requirement the large US brewers could never meet for the present price.
But hey, when it in a free market makes the majority of drinkers happy, what's there to complain?
B.t.w, I'd rather have a Italian, Spanish, Chilean, South African or Australian wine, hmm, let's have a look in the cellar:)
Your idea it would from a democratic point of view be better to have the commission taken from the parliament is to many Europeans at least contentious.
The potential outcome would be a suspicion of collusion between the executive and the legislative.
Luckily (?) Europe is so diverse and will probably remain so for a long time, that a one party lead government is not going to happen but hey, who would have expected such in post WW-I Germany?
I'm undoing moderation to refute your silly comment about the democratic status of the EU.
The commission is, like in several EU nation governments, made up of bureaucrats, they are appointed by the democratically controlled governments of the member states. In many EU nations democracy is by way of an elected parliament controlling a government that in itself is not elected.
And we cherish this principle of Trias Politica, an independent legislature (the parliament), an independent judiciary and an independent executive (the government). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers
As a matter of fact, those of us who subscribe to this system frown on systems where there is collusion between the government and parliament.
Recently I got a mail via Facebook from my sister asking me to join her.
As I've always been suspicious of Facebook-style sites I would never do such.
What made me really worried is the in the mail named persons I could get in touch with would I set up an account, a whole string of my private and business acquaintances all over the world were listed, how the HELL did they amass this on a non-member???
Because I'm pretty sure my sister has not listed this string of acquaintances that are not even likely to know each other...
Why worry about a few votes per districts when the voter turnout at US presidential elections is only 50 - 60%?
That's statistically a marginal problem.
Even when you have to look for hanging chads to establish who's the next president:)
There is no reward for them to share it with others
But of course there is a reward!
You said it yourself, they are sharing, i.e. they expect something in return which is a form of trade.
Because it's implausible these paedophiles would/could be forced to only share already existing depictions without new ones, = new abuse taking place, such a system is doomed to fail.
Compare it to the world wide ban on trade in Ivory, even though there is an excess of elephants in S. Africa we need to ban all trade to protect the elephants in areas where they are still threatened by extinction.
You seem to lack a grasp of the size of this volcano.
The deepest holes man has drilled were around 12 km. or 40,000 ft. and of a tiny diameter.
Drilling near hot magma is going to melt the bit before it gets anywhere near puncturing the wall of rock containing it.
You consider this a high pressure, as someone working in an industry that drills holes in the ground I find it very, very low, as someone else already stated this just 16 times atmospheric or the pressure at 160 m. (525 ft.) water depth or equivalent to some 65 m. (200ft.) of granite.
Now pressure itself doesn't mean squat until you multiply it with a surface area and get a force.
But again it is rather meaningless until you compare it with what is containing it, in this case it will be the earth surface, possibly in the shape of the volcanic cone.
That cone is 3,776 m (12,388 ft) high and dozens of km / mi wide, the magma chamber with a volume of about 1400 km3 (335 cu mi) lies at a depth of around 56 km. (35 mi.)
So what meaning does this puny 1.6 megapascal have compared to the ~14,000 bar (200,000 psi) in the magma chamber???
I think it is only proper for ISP's to limit spreading of viruses or engagement in things like phishing.
My ISP xs4all.nl, one of the most reputable when it comes to internet freedom, will shut a subscriber's net access down when there is good indication of infection.
The way they do it is smart, you get a mail on your administrative account and you are diverted to a message explaining why you can only access the net via the ISP's own proxy.
The last is to give you a chance to get on-line help or updates.
Once you can convince the helpdesk you have cleaned up your computer(s) they'll switch you back on.
The helpdesk is also very helpful to the clueless on how to clean up their computer.
Because a seized bolt is not part of your experience you think it is a rare thing that can't happen.
A bolt and nut system is very simple but especially when manufactured to fine tolerances it can seize due to a small piece of debris or a slight ding to the threads.
In space WD-40 is not really an option.
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Only yesterday I bought a new (Crumpler) laptop bag where the creator claims it was even made of Holy Cow leather...
For meat there are good reasons to replace it, as world population grows we have increasing problems to feed all, meat is a very popular but inefficient animal husbandry product, when we can get a similar product using industrial tech that's a win for us all.
Now we'd need to slaughter a lot less animals we'd get a shortage of skins to make leather so this technology is important.
It's all about what you consider to be beer.
In Germany it's ingredients are mandated by law, a very simple requirement the large US brewers could never meet for the present price.
But hey, when it in a free market makes the majority of drinkers happy, what's there to complain?
B.t.w, I'd rather have a Italian, Spanish, Chilean, South African or Australian wine, hmm, let's have a look in the cellar :)
Why do you say Germany is Royal family ridden?
Because there is mainly German aristocratic blood running through the British royal family?
Your idea it would from a democratic point of view be better to have the commission taken from the parliament is to many Europeans at least contentious.
The potential outcome would be a suspicion of collusion between the executive and the legislative.
Luckily (?) Europe is so diverse and will probably remain so for a long time, that a one party lead government is not going to happen but hey, who would have expected such in post WW-I Germany?
The commission is, like in several EU nation governments, made up of bureaucrats, they are appointed by the democratically controlled governments of the member states.
In many EU nations democracy is by way of an elected parliament controlling a government that in itself is not elected.
And we cherish this principle of Trias Politica, an independent legislature (the parliament), an independent judiciary and an independent executive (the government).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers
As a matter of fact, those of us who subscribe to this system frown on systems where there is collusion between the government and parliament.
(Now the sick bastard will follow me again)
Poor Swiss, now they have pirates but no navy...
As I've always been suspicious of Facebook-style sites I would never do such.
What made me really worried is the in the mail named persons I could get in touch with would I set up an account, a whole string of my private and business acquaintances all over the world were listed, how the HELL did they amass this on a non-member???
Because I'm pretty sure my sister has not listed this string of acquaintances that are not even likely to know each other...
I am sick of this CIA/KGB style site!
Oops, sorry about your lawn...
All these great things that have been done on a Cray now equal the numbing stupidity of things like Facebook on an iPad?
You got to start with the basics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvsnftXXKdw
I hope these are all on separate sheets and end op in separate boxes.
One witness?
That's open for serious abuse.
Vote counting should only be legal as a public exercise with official witnesses from all parties invilved.
That's statistically a marginal problem.
Even when you have to look for hanging chads to establish who's the next president :)
What you describe is a broken legal system that needs fixing because the world cannot be painted in black & white alone.
There is no reward for them to share it with others
But of course there is a reward!
You said it yourself, they are sharing, i.e. they expect something in return which is a form of trade.
Because it's implausible these paedophiles would/could be forced to only share already existing depictions without new ones, = new abuse taking place, such a system is doomed to fail.
Compare it to the world wide ban on trade in Ivory, even though there is an excess of elephants in S. Africa we need to ban all trade to protect the elephants in areas where they are still threatened by extinction.
One advantage is that it's easy to inject the pilots messages into the system.
The deepest holes man has drilled were around 12 km. or 40,000 ft. and of a tiny diameter. Drilling near hot magma is going to melt the bit before it gets anywhere near puncturing the wall of rock containing it.
Now pressure itself doesn't mean squat until you multiply it with a surface area and get a force.
But again it is rather meaningless until you compare it with what is containing it, in this case it will be the earth surface, possibly in the shape of the volcanic cone. That cone is 3,776 m (12,388 ft) high and dozens of km / mi wide, the magma chamber with a volume of about 1400 km3 (335 cu mi) lies at a depth of around 56 km. (35 mi.)
So what meaning does this puny 1.6 megapascal have compared to the ~14,000 bar (200,000 psi) in the magma chamber???
No it's not stupid, the ISP should give limited access via their proxy so you have a chance to download updates etc.
My ISP xs4all.nl, one of the most reputable when it comes to internet freedom, will shut a subscriber's net access down when there is good indication of infection.
The way they do it is smart, you get a mail on your administrative account and you are diverted to a message explaining why you can only access the net via the ISP's own proxy.
The last is to give you a chance to get on-line help or updates.
Once you can convince the helpdesk you have cleaned up your computer(s) they'll switch you back on.
The helpdesk is also very helpful to the clueless on how to clean up their computer.
A bolt and nut system is very simple but especially when manufactured to fine tolerances it can seize due to a small piece of debris or a slight ding to the threads.
In space WD-40 is not really an option.
Yep I see, them aliens have rotten teeth too.
Evolution goes in wildly different directions and only the sustainable will survive.
So it's only logic successful engineering projects follow the same design principles.