Well said, but note that this only applies to a capitalist society.
In a socialist or communist society the government is progressive and the newspapers for the masses reflect this progressive outlook. In most European countries the masses support progressive ideas because the progressive "elites" set the tone for these.
As Marx said "the ruling opinions are the opinions of the ruling classes". Also the education is better in the European social-democracies and so the masses on average are more intelligent, which reflects in their support for progressive idea(l)s. Conservatives are actively looked down upon by the vast majority of Europeans.
However in a reactionary country as the USA your observation is spot-on.
China is not like the Nazi's. China did not murder millions of it's own citizens and invade her neigbours like Hitler's Germany did.
The Nazi's were counter humanity and created the worst evil in history. However you dislike the Chinese, you can't compare them to those monsters.
By comparing things to the Nazi's, which are incomparable, you cheapen the suffering of the victims of the Nazi Holocaust and give Neo-Nazi's some form of credibility which they do not deserve.
Still I agree that it's hard to find videoclips of many groups. Some big artists (e.g. Madonna, ZZtop) have Best Of DVD's on the market but if you want to find that memorable clip from 1985 from a one hit wonder you're generally out of luck.
Being of the videoclip generation I have better memories of some artist's videoclips than of their songs. It is a shame that the music industry doesn't cater to this need. But then they don't for many other needs in the market as well, like the one for cheap downloadable music.
Well I used to hear that silicon chips would corrode in 10 years time.
However I own a Tandy Model 1 from 1978 with 16 MB expansion base and CRT which is in perfect working order, as well as a BBC Micro model B with a floppy drive(British-made home computer) which has been in continuous use in a Dutch school from 1982 to 2000, and like the Tandy it is still working just fine.
I also have a Commodore 64 and a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K (another British home computer), both of which have seized functioning.
Maybe not all computers aren't built as durable as the Tandy and Beeb (I suspect PC hardware isn't built as durable as well) but that doesn't mean computers can't continue to function after 20 odd years.
In Belgium they have a law that even makes it a crime to "minimize" the Holocaust.
That means, it is illegal to question the *UNIQUENESS* of the Holocaust. So if you do a research about Stalin's genocides of the '30s and state that they were "as bad as the Holocaust" or heaven forbid " worse than the Holocaust" then you go to jail as well.
Even studying them in any detail that takes the limelight from the Holocaust
as worst genocide in world history would be dangerous.
Racism is a crime in Europe and I think the law enforcers should be able to stop all forms of racism in their tracks. The American attitude is a great hypocrasy when viewed in light of their own actions
After all, the USA didn't respect Afghanistan's decision to give Osama Bin Laden sanctionary and attacked Afghanistan with cruise missiles. The USA als didn't respect Panama's borders and attacked Panama to arrest Noriega.
So if the USA has the right to take action against countries which harbour dangerous terrorists and criminals, Germany should have a similar right to take action against countries which harbour dangerous criminals, such as the Nazi's in the USA in this case.
Ultimately Nazi's shouldn't be given sanctionary in any country of the world. They are not human beings, but evil monsters that threaten everything the human race in all it's hues and colours stands for. Even their mere existance is an affront to humanity and all decent societies.
They should be stomped on severely.
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Because then it wouldn't look just like Mir, only bigger. Reagan wanted "parity" (ie: the same stuff only better) with the Soviets, remember the station was designed in the Cold War. It was supposed to be launched as Space Station Freedom in 1994, but they missed the deadline due to cutbacks when the Cold War ended.
Hell you even get Oracle 8 with Network 4.2 for free.
I got the full boxed NW4.2 5 user version cheap at a flea market (5 Dutch guilders) and I was much surprised that it included Oracle with the package and Netscape Fasttrack webserver.
Why the hell is it so damn hard to get a game like Quake III for Linux running?
I have a supported video card, I have the Glibc libraries, I have X Free 3.36 and all the other crap mentioned on the box, I installed it as per the instructions, but still it craps out. I might find out what causes it but it takes me so long that I lose any enjoyment I might get from it.
Linux will only be a games platform for geeks. For the normal gamesplayer it is not an option. Gamers want to PLAY games, they don't want to mess with installing.
In Windows they made great advances in recent years so it's not hard to install a game as it used to be.
There is an authorized Linux DVD player, called LinDVD from InterVideo, Inc.. Though currently only available to manufacturers as an evaluation. Since InterVideo also make WinDVD which is a consumer product they will no doubt make it available to consumers as well soon.
So the unavailability of a Linux DVD player is not an argument. Of course it isn't GPL but I doubt the judge would be swayed by that.
Companies who litigate wouldn't probably use GPL anyways.
And the GPL will probably be banned in the next Digital Innovation Millennium Web Information Technology Software Act (D.I.M.W.I.T.S.) so that western civilisation can be safe from those awful communists and cyberterrorists (did we mention child pornographers).
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All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
The UDHR is law in the United States as it was ratified by the US Congress and became a treaty and therefore according to the US Constitution part of the "law of the land".
Article. VI.
Clause 2:
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."
Criminalising hate speech is mandated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and therefore by the United States Constitution.
Americans don't have the right to housing, the right to medical care and freedom from discrimination guaranteed in their laws. These are mandated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Freedom to own guns and insult minorities are not listed in the UHDR. The international community disagrees with your so-called "freedoms".
If that is true, why do all other democracies manage to stay free without private gun ownership?
How do you want to fight a government Apache gunship with your shotgun and revolver? And what against a nuclear missile sent by them to you?
According to your logic private ownership of Apache's and nuclear weapons should be allowed as well.
In the days of George Washington the army carried the same weapons as the people. Now army weapons are vastly superior to the kind of weapons people are allowed to own (and it would be very unwise to allow the sale of advanced military weapons to private citizens because a mad millionaire could kill thousands with them).
"Militia" points to the US Army and the National Guard, both which are controlled by the federal government. The second amendment deals with the right of the federal government to organize and upkeep an army for the protection of the people.
It has nothing to do with those racist redneck "militias" who blew up the OKC federal building.
The problem is that the domain name space isn't divided into classes. Several companies can hold the same trademark for different classes.
For example Apple Records holds the trademark for Apple in the music biz and Apple Computers holds the trademark for computers. Can The Beatles sue Apple computer for Apple.com because their label trademarked Apple before the computer company did?
Ajax is a footbal club, a cleaning liquid and a brand of fire extinguishers. So who has the rights to ajax.com? Is it the most monied trademark holder or the oldest one?
I am going to set up a company called Domain Name Trademarkers Inc. whose only business plan is to trademark the names of popular websites and force them to either cough up lots of money or hand over the "stolen" site.
What a wonderful world we live in! Predatory capitalism in it's finest form. Hitler and Adam Smith would be proud!
Making personal copies of CD's which you own is only possible if you compensate the artists for that (IE: pay them again, Sam). This is one of the proviso's of the new EU copyright law.
In the globalist future you will have to pay for every second that you listen and if you want to use forward and rewind, that will cost you extra as well.
Isn't it ironic that the records companies push for tax on hard drives at the same time when they are pushing for copy rights management for harddrives.
The people must pay two-fold to have the features of their hardware reduced. They pay the R&D for the rights management and they pay taxes for "possible infringement" on a product that can't be used for infringement.
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In a socialist or communist society the government is progressive and the newspapers for the masses reflect this progressive outlook. In most European countries the masses support progressive ideas because the progressive "elites" set the tone for these.
As Marx said "the ruling opinions are the opinions of the ruling classes". Also the education is better in the European social-democracies and so the masses on average are more intelligent, which reflects in their support for progressive idea(l)s. Conservatives are actively looked down upon by the vast majority of Europeans.
However in a reactionary country as the USA your observation is spot-on.
China is not like the Nazi's. China did not murder millions of it's own citizens and invade her neigbours like Hitler's Germany did.
The Nazi's were counter humanity and created the worst evil in history. However you dislike the Chinese, you can't compare them to those monsters.
By comparing things to the Nazi's, which are incomparable, you cheapen the suffering of the victims of the Nazi Holocaust and give Neo-Nazi's some form of credibility which they do not deserve.
You occasionally see old clips on (M)TV.
Still I agree that it's hard to find videoclips of many groups. Some big artists (e.g. Madonna, ZZtop) have Best Of DVD's on the market but if you want to find that memorable clip from 1985 from a one hit wonder you're generally out of luck.
Being of the videoclip generation I have better memories of some artist's videoclips than of their songs. It is a shame that the music industry doesn't cater to this need. But then they don't for many other needs in the market as well, like the one for cheap downloadable music.
However I own a Tandy Model 1 from 1978 with 16 MB expansion base and CRT which is in perfect working order, as well as a BBC Micro model B with a floppy drive(British-made home computer) which has been in continuous use in a Dutch school from 1982 to 2000, and like the Tandy it is still working just fine.
I also have a Commodore 64 and a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K (another British home computer), both of which have seized functioning.
Maybe not all computers aren't built as durable as the Tandy and Beeb (I suspect PC hardware isn't built as durable as well) but that doesn't mean computers can't continue to function after 20 odd years.
Mhh, would that box be worth anything at an auction? or would it get treated like the rest of the landfill x86 clones?
That means, it is illegal to question the *UNIQUENESS* of the Holocaust. So if you do a research about Stalin's genocides of the '30s and state that they were "as bad as the Holocaust" or heaven forbid " worse than the Holocaust" then you go to jail as well.
Even studying them in any detail that takes the limelight from the Holocaust as worst genocide in world history would be dangerous.
After all, the USA didn't respect Afghanistan's decision to give Osama Bin Laden sanctionary and attacked Afghanistan with cruise missiles. The USA als didn't respect Panama's borders and attacked Panama to arrest Noriega.
So if the USA has the right to take action against countries which harbour dangerous terrorists and criminals, Germany should have a similar right to take action against countries which harbour dangerous criminals, such as the Nazi's in the USA in this case.
Ultimately Nazi's shouldn't be given sanctionary in any country of the world. They are not human beings, but evil monsters that threaten everything the human race in all it's hues and colours stands for. Even their mere existance is an affront to humanity and all decent societies.
They should be stomped on severely.
Because then it wouldn't look just like Mir, only bigger. Reagan wanted "parity" (ie: the same stuff only better) with the Soviets, remember the station was designed in the Cold War. It was supposed to be launched as Space Station Freedom in 1994, but they missed the deadline due to cutbacks when the Cold War ended.
As for Kiki, your guess is as good as mine...
I got the full boxed NW4.2 5 user version cheap at a flea market (5 Dutch guilders) and I was much surprised that it included Oracle with the package and Netscape Fasttrack webserver.
What about Psion who made the Psion Organizer as early as 1986, predating their patent?
Remember how surfing the web was before Netscape introduced the browsercache.
Turn the cache of your processor of in the BIOS and see how slow it becomes.
To see caching as "rights infringement" is the end of the net!
And only commercial entities may index the net!
That is why communism is the only viable alternative. You can't reform capitalists. Greed is all they know!
Why the hell is it so damn hard to get a game like Quake III for Linux running?
I have a supported video card, I have the Glibc libraries, I have X Free 3.36 and all the other crap mentioned on the box, I installed it as per the instructions, but still it craps out. I might find out what causes it but it takes me so long that I lose any enjoyment I might get from it.
Linux will only be a games platform for geeks. For the normal gamesplayer it is not an option. Gamers want to PLAY games, they don't want to mess with installing.
In Windows they made great advances in recent years so it's not hard to install a game as it used to be.
Why can't this be the same under Linux?
So the unavailability of a Linux DVD player is not an argument. Of course it isn't GPL but I doubt the judge would be swayed by that.
Companies who litigate wouldn't probably use GPL anyways.
And the GPL will probably be banned in the next Digital Innovation Millennium Web Information Technology Software Act (D.I.M.W.I.T.S.) so that western civilisation can be safe from those awful communists and cyberterrorists (did we mention child pornographers).
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is pretty clear on that:
Article 7.
The UDHR is law in the United States as it was ratified by the US Congress and became a treaty and therefore according to the US Constitution part of the "law of the land".
Article. VI.
Clause 2:
Criminalising hate speech is mandated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and therefore by the United States Constitution.
This takes precedence over the Bill of Rights.
Americans don't have the right to housing, the right to medical care and freedom from discrimination guaranteed in their laws. These are mandated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Freedom to own guns and insult minorities are not listed in the UHDR. The international community disagrees with your so-called "freedoms".
How do you want to fight a government Apache gunship with your shotgun and revolver? And what against a nuclear missile sent by them to you?
According to your logic private ownership of Apache's and nuclear weapons should be allowed as well.
In the days of George Washington the army carried the same weapons as the people. Now army weapons are vastly superior to the kind of weapons people are allowed to own (and it would be very unwise to allow the sale of advanced military weapons to private citizens because a mad millionaire could kill thousands with them).
It has nothing to do with those racist redneck "militias" who blew up the OKC federal building.
For example Apple Records holds the trademark for Apple in the music biz and Apple Computers holds the trademark for computers. Can The Beatles sue Apple computer for Apple.com because their label trademarked Apple before the computer company did?
Ajax is a footbal club, a cleaning liquid and a brand of fire extinguishers. So who has the rights to ajax.com? Is it the most monied trademark holder or the oldest one?
What a wonderful world we live in! Predatory capitalism in it's finest form. Hitler and Adam Smith would be proud!
In the globalist future you will have to pay for every second that you listen and if you want to use forward and rewind, that will cost you extra as well.
Welcome to Adam Smith's wet dream!
The people must pay two-fold to have the features of their hardware reduced. They pay the R&D for the rights management and they pay taxes for "possible infringement" on a product that can't be used for infringement.