And am not exactly a fan of the Us Government, but you've got to be a bit of an idiot to 'test weaknesses'/hack the Us government's property. they're not gonna take it lying down are they?
That's fine, but remember that this is all alleged. He hasn't been convicted of a crime. And if he's sent to Gitmo he may never be. After all, how many trials (not tribunals) has there been in the last 4 years for the Gitmo detainees?
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Tron cost 17 million to make and pulled in 33 million. How is this considered a flop?
A good rule of thumb is that you need to earn 4x the budget to break even.
After the June 4 riot was suppressed, we have been thinking about how to prevent China from peaceful evolution and how to maintain the Communist Party's leadership. We thought it over and over but did not come up with any good ideas. If we do not have good ideas, China will inevitably change peacefully, and we will all become criminals in history. After some deep pondering, we finally come to this conclusion: Only by turning our developed national strength into the force of a fist striking outward--only by leading people to go out --can we win forever the Chinese people's support and love for the Communist Party.
From the perspective of history, the reason that China is faced with the issue of living space is because Western countries have developed ahead of Eastern countries. Western countries established colonies all around the world, therefore giving themselves an advantage on the issue of living space. To solve this problem, we must lead the Chinese people outside of China, so that they could develop outside of China.
Would the United States allow us to go out to gain new living space? First, if the United States is firm in blocking us, it is hard for us to do anything significant to Taiwan and some other countries! Second, even if we could snatch some land from Taiwan, Vietnam, India, or even Japan, how much more living space can we get? Very trivial! Only countries like the United States, Canada and Australia have the vast land to serve our need for mass colonization.
- Selected quotes from a speech made by Chi Haotian, Minster of Defense and vice-chairman of China's Central Military Commission.
As reported in the Epoch Times.
Actually the United Kingdom didn't exist until the Act of Union of 1800. Between 1707 and 1800 it was called the Kingdom of Great Britain. Before that England and Scotland were considered separate kingdoms despite them having the same monarch since 1603.
Australia for instance is being forced to adopt US copyright laws (amongst other things) in return for being able to export goods to the US.
We weren't forced to do anything. We (aka the majority government coalition parties on our behalf) chose to do so freely in return for greater access to the US markets. We could have walked away from the deal at anytime. We just chose not to.
I upgraded my LE2005 to 2006 and I'm still finding packages that rpm failed to upgrade. In one case, gimp, a new version was installed and the old version binaries and libraries were left. rpm can't even tell me what package they belong to anymore. That sort of stuff just shouldn't happen.
In Aus at least, you do not need to charge GST until your turnover exceed $50,000 per year, and GST should only apply to new, not second-hand goods.
Not quite. You're not REQUIRED to register your business for GST unless your turnover exceeds $50,000/year (I think it's $100,000 for NPOs). If you do register you are required to charge GST even if your turnover is less than $50,000/annum. The upside is that you can claim the GST you paid, to your suppliers, back and if you paid more than you charged then you get a refund from the tax office.
If your business involves selling second-hand goods (and you're registered for GST), then you are required to charge GST.
Exactly. The failure of WW3 to arrise is not because of diplomacy or organizations like the UN (in fact, the UN was completely paralized because both sides had veto power), it was simply a structural part of the situation -- Mutually-Assured Destruction.
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Their legacy extends to their hyperlinking policy, which says that you have to apply in writing - they even include a snail-mail address - before linking to the Athens Olympic site.
I wrote to the copyright council to get a clarification. Their reponse follows:
Unfortunately, the section of the Copyright Act to which Mr Kruse refers (section 111) has been read out of context.
As you are aware from our information sheet 'TV programs: home taping', a TV broadcast can contain a number of different copyrights. For example:
- copyright in the broadcast signal from the television station;
- copyright in music and recordings on the soundtrack;
- copyright in scripts;
- copyright in the film footage being broadcast; and
- copyright in artistic works (including logos, paintings, sets and so on).
The section of the Copyright Act to which Mr Kruse refers, however, only applies to the first of these copyrights: the copyright in the broadcast signal itself.
Section 111 could be described as a 'Clayton's exception', as it's hard to think of when, in practice, it could be relied on at all: just about every broadcast will include at least one other copyright element other than the broadcast signal. (Note that we make a brief reference to this problem in the second paragraph on page 2 of the information sheet.)
As noted in our information sheet, in some countries 'blank tape' levy schemes exist, under which people are allowed to make private recordings, but which also provide payment back to copyright owners. Unfortunately, there is no such scheme in Australia.
Well from what I recall living in Australia, its perfectly legal to record a show to watch later as long as you don't go around distributing the copy.
Actually, that is not correct. According to
this pdf document you need permission from all the copyright holders to legally copy a television show in Australia. There are exceptions (such as educational purposes) but they don't include for personal use only. This still hasn't stopped millions of VCRs (note the R for recorder) from being sold in this country. I doubt it will stop the Aussie version of the Tivo.
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900 years ago it was Germanic. Then the Normans invaded.
...about Jackie Fisher and Dreadnought.
I wonder if the American people care.
And am not exactly a fan of the Us Government, but you've got to be a bit of an idiot to 'test weaknesses'/hack the Us government's property. they're not gonna take it lying down are they?
That's fine, but remember that this is all alleged. He hasn't been convicted of a crime. And if he's sent to Gitmo he may never be. After all, how many trials (not tribunals) has there been in the last 4 years for the Gitmo detainees?
A good rule of thumb is that you need to earn 4x the budget to break even.
Oz Military expenditures - dollar figure: $16.65 billion (2004)
Sing Military expenditures - dollar figure: $4.47 billion (FY01 est.)
-- CIA Factbook
Must be the new math.
From the perspective of history, the reason that China is faced with the issue of living space is because Western countries have developed ahead of Eastern countries. Western countries established colonies all around the world, therefore giving themselves an advantage on the issue of living space. To solve this problem, we must lead the Chinese people outside of China, so that they could develop outside of China.
Would the United States allow us to go out to gain new living space? First, if the United States is firm in blocking us, it is hard for us to do anything significant to Taiwan and some other countries! Second, even if we could snatch some land from Taiwan, Vietnam, India, or even Japan, how much more living space can we get? Very trivial! Only countries like the United States, Canada and Australia have the vast land to serve our need for mass colonization.
- Selected quotes from a speech made by Chi Haotian, Minster of Defense and vice-chairman of China's Central Military Commission. As reported in the Epoch Times.
If true it is at least disturbing.
IIRC Washington was banned from becoming a regular British officer and resigned his commission in the colonial militia in protest.
Actually the United Kingdom didn't exist until the Act of Union of 1800. Between 1707 and 1800 it was called the Kingdom of Great Britain. Before that England and Scotland were considered separate kingdoms despite them having the same monarch since 1603.
Australia for instance is being forced to adopt US copyright laws (amongst other things) in return for being able to export goods to the US.
We weren't forced to do anything. We (aka the majority government coalition parties on our behalf) chose to do so freely in return for greater access to the US markets. We could have walked away from the deal at anytime. We just chose not to.
The danger that a remake will face is that many of the elements that made the original fun will be downright annoying to the reality-tv generation.
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You don't need to see Perth, Western Australia.
This is not the city you are looking for.
You can go about your business.
Move along.
I upgraded my LE2005 to 2006 and I'm still finding packages that rpm failed to upgrade. In one case, gimp, a new version was installed and the old version binaries and libraries were left. rpm can't even tell me what package they belong to anymore. That sort of stuff just shouldn't happen.
skribe
The problem then is not turning into a bully and picking fights that you don't need.
Since when has porn needed a plot? =)
Not quite. You're not REQUIRED to register your business for GST unless your turnover exceeds $50,000/year (I think it's $100,000 for NPOs). If you do register you are required to charge GST even if your turnover is less than $50,000/annum. The upside is that you can claim the GST you paid, to your suppliers, back and if you paid more than you charged then you get a refund from the tax office.
If your business involves selling second-hand goods (and you're registered for GST), then you are required to charge GST.
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WW3 was a little too close for comfort for my liking.
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Either way it sounds like fiction to me.
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After: You're fucking wonderfully.
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Their legacy extends to their hyperlinking policy, which says that you have to apply in writing - they even include a snail-mail address - before linking to the Athens Olympic site.
Isn't that somewhere near Utah?
skribe
Actually, that is not correct. According to this pdf document you need permission from all the copyright holders to legally copy a television show in Australia. There are exceptions (such as educational purposes) but they don't include for personal use only. This still hasn't stopped millions of VCRs (note the R for recorder) from being sold in this country. I doubt it will stop the Aussie version of the Tivo.
For more information of Australian copyright I suggest The Australian Copyright Council.
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