It's not that simple. Luxembourg, with a population of about half a million can afford to drop taxes to a trivial amount because any additional company based there has provides a large level of foreign income per person. Rome alone has a population 5 times larger than Luxembourg. Italy itself probably 100 times. Dropping taxes to the same level is not going to attract more companies than Luxembourg can attract, but that small amount of foreign income has to be spread around a much larger population.
The differences are quite substantial though, which is why it's not immediately obvious.
The first law is followed for nearly all robots. We usually treat this as a hardware problem. In an automated factory, we keep people away from the robots. A roomba is simply not powerful enough to hurt anyone. More sophisticated robots have anti-collision devices and software.
The second and third law are actually the wrong way round for most devices. A decently designed device, you'll have to go to quite extreme measures to circumvent the design and get it to destroy itself. There is no "Brick device" button on an XBox One or smartphone (although it's possible to do so if you know how). Even something simple like MS-DOS at least asked whether you were sure before formatting a disk.
The UK does have the unsolicited goods act, but this is fairly specific and doesn't cover mistakes. It was just written to deal with a fraud whereby someone would send merchandise and charge the buyer for it.
It does seem extremely naive. I'd have thought he'd have the sense to consider that this sounds legally dubious so perhaps it would make sense to get a legal opinion.
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For one to believe in the fallen angel one has to believe in God.
I'm assuming these are LaVeyan Satanists (most Satanists are). They don't believe in Satan. They don't believe in the God of The Bible either. They believe they are their own god.
Cults and fantasy worlds created by literature do not have any recognition under law as a religion and therefore this doesn't stand a chance in an educated society.
In all seriousness, the description "fantasy worlds created by literature" could readily be applied to Scientology, which does have recognition under the law. I'm not sure if this means the US is not an educated society or what but I think even if you demanded a Flying Spaghetti Monster statue, which is overtly a parody religion, it would be hard to find a definition of religion that didn't include FSMism, and did include Christianity.
For one to believe in the fallen angel one has to believe in God.
I'm assuming these are LaVeyan Satanists (most Satanists are). They don't believe in Satan. They don't believe in the God of The Bible either. They believe they are their own god.
Cults and fantasy worlds created by literature do not have any recognition under law as a religion and therefore this doesn't stand a chance in an educated society.
In all seriousness, the description "fantasy worlds created by literature" could readily be applied to Scientology, which does have recognition under the law. I'm not sure if this means the US is not an educated society or what but I think even if you demanded a Flying Spaghetti Monster statue, which is overtly a parody religion, it would be hard to find a definition of religion that didn't include FSMism, and did include Christianity.
It's possible that this is genuine incompetence rather than malice. Mustafa and Kamal are certainly common names in Arabic. Not so sure about Rainan, but I could imagine in those 700,000 names someone does have a similar name.
She had a contract for a specific service that the airline failed to provide. It doesn't matter whose fault it is that the airline can't provide the service. If you offer a service and later find you're unable to, at the very least, you owe the customer a refund.
Nobody cares if you call it Christmas. People who say "Happy Holidays" just feel it's extra nice to include other people. Nobody is forcing you to. So relax! Christmas is a time of happiness and joy.
And digital STBs are very cheap and will make a fine Christmas present.
If it was staged, they would have staged a more serius crime
If they wanted to extradite Assange they would have extradited him from the UK. Extraditing him from Sweden requires the UK to consent.
If there was any possibility of death then neither the UK nor Sweden would extradite.
If he is guilty of sexual misconduct, then the victims are not getting justice. Is this fair? How sure are you that these woemn were spies?
I'm personally more concerned about the world getting the US habits of spying, intruding on privacy, infringing of the flow of information, breaking international laws and so on.
Yeah. That worries me as well. But what does that have to do with Swedish laws on sexual misconduct?
How would you call a woman who sleeps with you because it's her secretive assignment?
I'd call her a spy.
Who uses a condom argument to get you punished with a perspective of the capital punishment or eternal imprisonment which is the same after they they've done with you in Sweden and extradite you to the US?
I'd call her an incompetent idiot who should be fired as a spy if this was the case. Why can't Assange be extradited from Britain?
Remember how Manning was victimized in prison?
Yes. They didn't need to fabricate any evidence there. She's guilty as charged.
He's no saint but he's helped the US troops withdraw sooner from the bloody war in Iraq thus saving your money (war is expensive) and the lives of your compatriots (no money can pay ).
Perhaps. What does this have to do with Assange's sexual activities?
I don't see a hint of gratitude.
Because we're not talking about Manning's activities. We're talking about Assange.
And your concern about the condom is low by comparison. Pull yourself together.
I'm more concerned about the allegations that the US can't come up with a decent smear campaign. Chelsea Manning's activities don't really have anything to do with Assange's activities in a case that is, at best, tangentially related.
Thing is, while she's probabl right, when you accuse someone of wrongdoing, you need a much higher degree of proof.
Sure, she's probably right, but there will be some chance results that will have the same statistical properties and she can't prove that this wan't one of those flukes. Sometimes the guilty get away with it.
By "whore" are you referring to Assange, or the women he slept with? Because in this instance, Assange seems to be the bigger whore.
I'm actually faily neutral on who's telling the truth. It's just that usually liars lie for some sort of personal gain. Why admit there was any sort of consent at all? You seem to be unable to answer this and keep switching to ad hominem, which gets a bit tiresome.
Your scenario seems to be based on everyone else being absolutely incompetent and Assange being a saint.
Well, if someone has sex with me without my consent, I'd actually rather like it if the authorities get involved. Maybe that's just me.
You seem to have shifted from conspiracy theorist to paranoid ranting though. Maybe I am a slave, but you aren't doing a very good job of convincing me.
As far as I can understand it, you're saying that Assange had sex with the second woman, while she was still asleep, and without using a condom, and this is what the Swedish authorities want to prosecute him on. Is that right? Because I agree there. I just can't see why this is seen as non shitty, possibly criminal behaviour by Assange.
I can use my Dutch OV-chipkaart on the national network. The way it works is that it requires an adequate balance in the first place. Okay - The Netherlands is a much smaller county, but Oyster could at least be made to work for non-Intercity services from London using a similar rule.
What, accusing him of a crime that may, or may not, be rape, or even a crime for that matter, when they could just as easily frame him for a scenario that was rape.
I can't quite work out the scenario you're presenting here. Did Assange have sex with this Miss A? Did he have sex with Miss W? Did he have unprotected sex with Miss W the next day, or was that a fabrication? If it was a fabrication, why admit that they had consensual sex the night before?
Of course I believe in unicorns. Except they're big heavy grey animals that live in Africa and are called Rhinos.
The idea that this whole thing is an America conspiracy is actually prety insulting to the American intelligence services. You really think they couldn't have ruined his reputation in a less cack-handed way?
One of the two women who accused him is alleged to have CIA connections, but even if true, that doesn't mean everything she does is mandated by the CIA. You suggesting that she's a "whore" seems to be trying to excuse Assange's alleged actions, which, if true, even if not criminal, are still pretty reprehensible. If a woman says "use a condom" then you use a fucking condom (and yes, I realise there are no toher types of condom).
Point taken over "Sexual misconduct". Whether it's alleged or not and why he's wanted isn't really relevant. He's still wanted there and very likely to be charged whether guilty or not.
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It's not that simple. Luxembourg, with a population of about half a million can afford to drop taxes to a trivial amount because any additional company based there has provides a large level of foreign income per person. Rome alone has a population 5 times larger than Luxembourg. Italy itself probably 100 times. Dropping taxes to the same level is not going to attract more companies than Luxembourg can attract, but that small amount of foreign income has to be spread around a much larger population.
True :) I think we can count that as a design flaw rather than intent though.
The differences are quite substantial though, which is why it's not immediately obvious.
The first law is followed for nearly all robots. We usually treat this as a hardware problem. In an automated factory, we keep people away from the robots. A roomba is simply not powerful enough to hurt anyone. More sophisticated robots have anti-collision devices and software.
The second and third law are actually the wrong way round for most devices. A decently designed device, you'll have to go to quite extreme measures to circumvent the design and get it to destroy itself. There is no "Brick device" button on an XBox One or smartphone (although it's possible to do so if you know how). Even something simple like MS-DOS at least asked whether you were sure before formatting a disk.
The UK does have the unsolicited goods act, but this is fairly specific and doesn't cover mistakes. It was just written to deal with a fraud whereby someone would send merchandise and charge the buyer for it.
He's probably in the clear over copyright.
The problem is that it becomes a clear case of blackmail when he demands money to remove the information.
It does seem extremely naive. I'd have thought he'd have the sense to consider that this sounds legally dubious so perhaps it would make sense to get a legal opinion.
I'm assuming these are LaVeyan Satanists (most Satanists are). They don't believe in Satan. They don't believe in the God of The Bible either. They believe they are their own god.
In all seriousness, the description "fantasy worlds created by literature" could readily be applied to Scientology, which does have recognition under the law. I'm not sure if this means the US is not an educated society or what but I think even if you demanded a Flying Spaghetti Monster statue, which is overtly a parody religion, it would be hard to find a definition of religion that didn't include FSMism, and did include Christianity.
For one to believe in the fallen angel one has to believe in God. I'm assuming these are LaVeyan Satanists (most Satanists are). They don't believe in Satan. They don't believe in the God of The Bible either. They believe they are their own god. Cults and fantasy worlds created by literature do not have any recognition under law as a religion and therefore this doesn't stand a chance in an educated society. In all seriousness, the description "fantasy worlds created by literature" could readily be applied to Scientology, which does have recognition under the law. I'm not sure if this means the US is not an educated society or what but I think even if you demanded a Flying Spaghetti Monster statue, which is overtly a parody religion, it would be hard to find a definition of religion that didn't include FSMism, and did include Christianity.
Unless China's space budget is less than US$30 million (or at least not too much more), then yes!
We proved getting a spaceship to the moon was possible in the 1960's. The prize is for doing so in a cost effective manner.
I just read Malaysia Airlines conditions of carriage. No such provision exists.
In most countries, such a provision would most likely be illegal.
5 minutes on Google confirms that people do seem to typically get refunds when this happens.
Anything else I can help you with?
It's possible that this is genuine incompetence rather than malice. Mustafa and Kamal are certainly common names in Arabic. Not so sure about Rainan, but I could imagine in those 700,000 names someone does have a similar name.
She had a contract for a specific service that the airline failed to provide. It doesn't matter whose fault it is that the airline can't provide the service. If you offer a service and later find you're unable to, at the very least, you owe the customer a refund.
Nobody cares if you call it Christmas. People who say "Happy Holidays" just feel it's extra nice to include other people. Nobody is forcing you to. So relax! Christmas is a time of happiness and joy.
And digital STBs are very cheap and will make a fine Christmas present.
What makes you so sure she is a CIA agent? We don't even know who she is. The rumour is tat she worked for an organisation that was linked tothe CIA.
Last I checked it wasn't.
It seems highly unlikely that it was staged.
If it was staged, they would have staged a more serius crime
If they wanted to extradite Assange they would have extradited him from the UK. Extraditing him from Sweden requires the UK to consent.
If there was any possibility of death then neither the UK nor Sweden would extradite.
If he is guilty of sexual misconduct, then the victims are not getting justice. Is this fair? How sure are you that these woemn were spies?
Well, yes. Msot spys are professionals.
Yeah. That worries me as well. But what does that have to do with Swedish laws on sexual misconduct?
I'd call her a spy.
I'd call her an incompetent idiot who should be fired as a spy if this was the case. Why can't Assange be extradited from Britain?
Yes. They didn't need to fabricate any evidence there. She's guilty as charged.
Perhaps. What does this have to do with Assange's sexual activities?
Because we're not talking about Manning's activities. We're talking about Assange.
I'm more concerned about the allegations that the US can't come up with a decent smear campaign. Chelsea Manning's activities don't really have anything to do with Assange's activities in a case that is, at best, tangentially related.
Thing is, while she's probabl right, when you accuse someone of wrongdoing, you need a much higher degree of proof.
Sure, she's probably right, but there will be some chance results that will have the same statistical properties and she can't prove that this wan't one of those flukes. Sometimes the guilty get away with it.
By "whore" are you referring to Assange, or the women he slept with? Because in this instance, Assange seems to be the bigger whore.
I'm actually faily neutral on who's telling the truth. It's just that usually liars lie for some sort of personal gain. Why admit there was any sort of consent at all? You seem to be unable to answer this and keep switching to ad hominem, which gets a bit tiresome.
Your scenario seems to be based on everyone else being absolutely incompetent and Assange being a saint.
Well, if someone has sex with me without my consent, I'd actually rather like it if the authorities get involved. Maybe that's just me.
You seem to have shifted from conspiracy theorist to paranoid ranting though. Maybe I am a slave, but you aren't doing a very good job of convincing me.
As far as I can understand it, you're saying that Assange had sex with the second woman, while she was still asleep, and without using a condom, and this is what the Swedish authorities want to prosecute him on. Is that right? Because I agree there. I just can't see why this is seen as non shitty, possibly criminal behaviour by Assange.
I can use my Dutch OV-chipkaart on the national network. The way it works is that it requires an adequate balance in the first place. Okay - The Netherlands is a much smaller county, but Oyster could at least be made to work for non-Intercity services from London using a similar rule.
What, accusing him of a crime that may, or may not, be rape, or even a crime for that matter, when they could just as easily frame him for a scenario that was rape.
I can't quite work out the scenario you're presenting here. Did Assange have sex with this Miss A? Did he have sex with Miss W? Did he have unprotected sex with Miss W the next day, or was that a fabrication? If it was a fabrication, why admit that they had consensual sex the night before?
Of course I believe in unicorns. Except they're big heavy grey animals that live in Africa and are called Rhinos.
The idea that this whole thing is an America conspiracy is actually prety insulting to the American intelligence services. You really think they couldn't have ruined his reputation in a less cack-handed way?
I'm not sure what your point is.
One of the two women who accused him is alleged to have CIA connections, but even if true, that doesn't mean everything she does is mandated by the CIA. You suggesting that she's a "whore" seems to be trying to excuse Assange's alleged actions, which, if true, even if not criminal, are still pretty reprehensible. If a woman says "use a condom" then you use a fucking condom (and yes, I realise there are no toher types of condom).
Point taken over "Sexual misconduct". Whether it's alleged or not and why he's wanted isn't really relevant. He's still wanted there and very likely to be charged whether guilty or not.