Food and daily basics are cheaper in developing countries but computers and electronics I never found to be any cheaper. At times they were more expensive to be honest.
You mean inanimate objects like your computer there? Or maybe all your money, that's inanimate. Its easy to stop off at the local police station and ask what the story is, and if you're thinking of digging up antiques that's what you should do first anyway. This isn't jaywalking, its buying a very specialised piece of equipment and going to remote locations to use it, intent isn't difficult to ascertain, even if they aren't caught using it.
Where it's clearly accidental I don't think there have ever been any prosecutions, turf cutters occasionally haul up bog mummies (although I'd say they've probably dismembered many more unknowingly). There was a story in the news a while back about a woman who pulled a bronze age brooch out of her fireplace after burning through a turf fire. http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/turf-fire-reveals-celtic-treasure/
What many people don't get about Ireland is its pretty much wall to wall historical sites, layered one on top of the other over thousands of years; despite previous plundering there's still a whole lot of history hereabouts.
You mean a government that actively protects the national heritage, associated treasures and history from nimrods foreign and domestic? Thats one use I'm quite happy to see my taxes being put towards.
That's why the police and judiciary tend to just arrest and prosecute people wandering around with a metal detector and a shovel. Its a bit like having a boxcutter in your pocket in a nightclub, you may think you can come up with a good excuse for it but you can't where it matters. You can jig around with not carrying a shovel or having a photo of a missing watch or something, but its not fooling anyone, least of all a judge.
Page 23 there, "The National Monuments Acts, makes it unlawful to excavate for archaeological purposes without a licence from the Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government. Their consent is also required to use a metal detector for the purpose of searching for archaeological objects. Such consents are normally issued to qualified and experience archaeologists"
I think you can go beachcombing on some beaches, but there's an exclusion zone around areas of interest, which in Ireland where you trip over someone's cairn every half mile basically means the whole island.
As I understand it you require an individual Detection Device License to be issued for each and every time you plan to go metal detecting with the intention of finding any kind of historical object - and the law assumes that that is what you are doing whenever you are using a metal detector. Archaeologists do use metal detectors in field work but they also have to apply for and be granted a licence each time - in addition to the licence they require for each an every dig they do. A consent to use a detection device does not include permission to dig for archaeological objects. If digging or the recovery of archaeological objects is envisaged, a separate excavation licence must be applied for.
Using metal detectors without prior permission and a degree in archaeology is illegal here in Ireland, punishable by stiff fines and prison, as is wandering around the countryside with archaeological tools. Well technically the latter isn't illegal as such, but you'd better have a good reason for carrying them. Its understandable really given the quality and rarity of some of the treasures that have already been turned up I suppose, the government doesn't want looters making off with priceless artifacts to adorn their mantelpiece.
No, sorry this is just completely insane. Under no circumstances should this have been possible, at all, ever. How many senior politicians and CEOs have pacemakers? Something sounds like it went very wrong in the engineering, development, or management departments, or maybe all three.
Are they more Christian or simply more evangelical about exporting their cultural values wherever possible though, spreading their sphere of control? While its true that religion influences culture, to a great extent the opposite is true as well. Even within Catholicism, ostensibly a single bloc, the rites for saying mass and attitudes of the clergy can vary wildly from country to country.
As is usually the case, religion is simply the vehicle by which cultural values are expressed. About three quarters of sexually liberal Sweden would be Christian. In this case the moratorium on female nipples comes from a desire to control rather than any particular piety. What exactly is being controlled I leave as an exercise for the reader to determine.
I'd say the whole open source movement is evidence to the contrary. Google is a marketing company which has somehow managed to convince a strongly anti-marketing parish (techies) to support it. I don't expect any particular moral or civil rectitude from them however, and I don't know why anyone would, except to the extent that they are keeping an eye on whatever filters through the public relations lens.
The entire hierarchy of the Catholic church, top to bottom, colluded to hide the rape and torture of small children by priests in Ireland only a few years ago. I guarantee said rape and sexual abuse is still going on TODAY in less enlightened places where the church still holds power, and when it is unearthed, it will be covered up as much as possible as well.
Third level education typically does not specialise in, and rarely even features, independent thought beyond certain strict boundaries. Essentially its a brain factory. So as the first generation of entrepreneurs moves on and retires, the people who take their place are Properly Qualified and Of The Highest Standard, but they don't know how an entrepreneur thinks, don't like taking risks, and got where they are by doing things according to the book. Consultants don't force CEOs to obey them, the CEOs always make the final decision.
So what you're saying is that all or at least the majority of Olympic athletes came from or were closely related to a long line of people who specialised in the same sport?
That's research and development, which I'd put in a different class to most software projects. In the former case, there should be bonuses for early completion, but no penalties if its in the same ballpark as the other efforts. In the latter its pure R&D, which is well known for its open ended timetables, and as such isn't really what we're talking about here.
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Food and daily basics are cheaper in developing countries but computers and electronics I never found to be any cheaper. At times they were more expensive to be honest.
And where I'm testing my earthquake machne.
Yeah this is usually the case, criminals already know what the make and model of the unmarked cars are.
You can never stop this kind of thing permanently. The price of freedom, after all...
You mean inanimate objects like your computer there? Or maybe all your money, that's inanimate. Its easy to stop off at the local police station and ask what the story is, and if you're thinking of digging up antiques that's what you should do first anyway. This isn't jaywalking, its buying a very specialised piece of equipment and going to remote locations to use it, intent isn't difficult to ascertain, even if they aren't caught using it.
Where it's clearly accidental I don't think there have ever been any prosecutions, turf cutters occasionally haul up bog mummies (although I'd say they've probably dismembered many more unknowingly). There was a story in the news a while back about a woman who pulled a bronze age brooch out of her fireplace after burning through a turf fire. http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/turf-fire-reveals-celtic-treasure/
What many people don't get about Ireland is its pretty much wall to wall historical sites, layered one on top of the other over thousands of years; despite previous plundering there's still a whole lot of history hereabouts.
You mean a government that actively protects the national heritage, associated treasures and history from nimrods foreign and domestic? Thats one use I'm quite happy to see my taxes being put towards.
That's why the police and judiciary tend to just arrest and prosecute people wandering around with a metal detector and a shovel. Its a bit like having a boxcutter in your pocket in a nightclub, you may think you can come up with a good excuse for it but you can't where it matters. You can jig around with not carrying a shovel or having a photo of a missing watch or something, but its not fooling anyone, least of all a judge.
PDF warning:
http://www.archaeology.ie/media/archeologyie/PDFS/Irish%20Field%20Monuments.pdf
Page 23 there, "The National Monuments Acts, makes it
unlawful to excavate for archaeological
purposes without a licence from the
Department of the Environment, Heritage &
Local Government. Their consent is also
required to use a metal detector for the
purpose of searching for archaeological
objects. Such consents are normally issued
to qualified and experience archaeologists"
I think you can go beachcombing on some beaches, but there's an exclusion zone around areas of interest, which in Ireland where you trip over someone's cairn every half mile basically means the whole island.
As I understand it you require an individual Detection Device License to be issued for each and every time you plan to go metal detecting with the intention of finding any kind of historical object - and the law assumes that that is what you are doing whenever you are using a metal detector. Archaeologists do use metal detectors in field work but they also have to apply for and be granted a licence each time - in addition to the licence they require for each an every dig they do. A consent to use a detection device does not include permission to dig for archaeological objects. If digging or the recovery of archaeological objects is envisaged, a separate excavation licence must be applied for.
Using metal detectors without prior permission and a degree in archaeology is illegal here in Ireland, punishable by stiff fines and prison, as is wandering around the countryside with archaeological tools. Well technically the latter isn't illegal as such, but you'd better have a good reason for carrying them. Its understandable really given the quality and rarity of some of the treasures that have already been turned up I suppose, the government doesn't want looters making off with priceless artifacts to adorn their mantelpiece.
Politicians are people t- ...hmm... hm...
They aren't giving away much from what I can see. I'd be much more interested in looking at their NOC, that would be fun.
No, sorry this is just completely insane. Under no circumstances should this have been possible, at all, ever. How many senior politicians and CEOs have pacemakers? Something sounds like it went very wrong in the engineering, development, or management departments, or maybe all three.
Are they more Christian or simply more evangelical about exporting their cultural values wherever possible though, spreading their sphere of control? While its true that religion influences culture, to a great extent the opposite is true as well. Even within Catholicism, ostensibly a single bloc, the rites for saying mass and attitudes of the clergy can vary wildly from country to country.
As is usually the case, religion is simply the vehicle by which cultural values are expressed. About three quarters of sexually liberal Sweden would be Christian. In this case the moratorium on female nipples comes from a desire to control rather than any particular piety. What exactly is being controlled I leave as an exercise for the reader to determine.
I'd say the whole open source movement is evidence to the contrary. Google is a marketing company which has somehow managed to convince a strongly anti-marketing parish (techies) to support it. I don't expect any particular moral or civil rectitude from them however, and I don't know why anyone would, except to the extent that they are keeping an eye on whatever filters through the public relations lens.
Yes, they have a link to a minecraft game on the site.
The entire hierarchy of the Catholic church, top to bottom, colluded to hide the rape and torture of small children by priests in Ireland only a few years ago. I guarantee said rape and sexual abuse is still going on TODAY in less enlightened places where the church still holds power, and when it is unearthed, it will be covered up as much as possible as well.
It could have been worse.
Third level education typically does not specialise in, and rarely even features, independent thought beyond certain strict boundaries. Essentially its a brain factory. So as the first generation of entrepreneurs moves on and retires, the people who take their place are Properly Qualified and Of The Highest Standard, but they don't know how an entrepreneur thinks, don't like taking risks, and got where they are by doing things according to the book. Consultants don't force CEOs to obey them, the CEOs always make the final decision.
What, even Buddhism?
So what you're saying is that all or at least the majority of Olympic athletes came from or were closely related to a long line of people who specialised in the same sport?
I'm gonna need a link there, champ.
Obligatory Father Ted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCBH9V9cxbY
That's research and development, which I'd put in a different class to most software projects. In the former case, there should be bonuses for early completion, but no penalties if its in the same ballpark as the other efforts. In the latter its pure R&D, which is well known for its open ended timetables, and as such isn't really what we're talking about here.