I wouldn't say the majority live in shacks, but they sure are visible when you arrive from the airport. Yes, there are a large number who live in poverty, but the literacy rate in the Philipines is higher than many 1st world countries. Also, many in the shanty town shacks were given very cheap or free housing, which they promptly sold and returned to their shacks. Did you notice that most of those shacks have cable TV ?????
What there is there is a HUGE gap between rich and poor. I have been to both sides, and the rich live in a comfort that many westerners would envy.
Actually it is the UK that wants to trade information - most of the other countries are quite happy for the banks to apply withholding tax i.e. tax your savings at source.
This is to try and stop people minimising their tax liabilities by keeping their savings hidden in overseas banks in countries with strong banking privacy laws - like Luxembourg. Luxembourg makes it quite easy for people in Germany, Holland, Belgium etc to open accounts and move their savings there, therefore avoiding paying tax on interest or capital gains.
Many countries have banking laws that will allow them to collect information, ostensibly to prevent money laundering. Liechtenstein, and many carribean countries don't do this and are currently being "leant" on by various other nations.
The UK doesn't want this withholding tax as they fear it will destroy the financial services sector in London.
Damn, I should read more carefully, and put brain in gear before fingers hit keyboard!. I see you are referring to the mass of people congregated over on the sourh-eastern side.
Slow and expensive ?? Not in all AP countries. NZ prices are not too bad, at least in the main centres (I doubt you get much choice Hokitika!). No state run monopoly, only a non-state run semi-monopoly;-).
$NZ 39 or less (today about $US17) for unlimited time with the biggest ISPs (Xtra or Clear), and I there are some free ones too. Remember, NO local call charges either.
I'm not sure why the divide occured, only that while the Moslems acknowledge Jesus, they regard Mohammed as the (last) true, son of god prophet. (I too was suprised, but I had a Moslem friend with whom I had many discussions!)
I don't think even Mussolini took a liking to Hitler - it was more that he represented a way to get back at the British (especially) and Americans as he felt he had been shafted by them over colonies in Africa.
So you can sell kiddie porn, bestiallity "porn" and drugs legally in the US, because it's all protected by free speech ? You can have sex legally with a 16 year old because that is freedom of expression ??
So, when a 16 year old Dutchman/Frenchman/German (Germanman ????) has sex with his 16 year old girlfriend is he committing a crime ? Depends upon which country he is in (many EU countries have a mimimum age of consent of 12, 14 or 16)
I'm comfortable enough with not being allowed to sell Nazi memorabilia, but attempting to block Yahoo et el is the wrong approach. You have to appreciate the history to be able to understand why they have these laws.
Actually it's not strictly speaking _legal_ to buy or sell soft drugs - it falls into a grey area of law. Basically the Police will not enforce the law (hell, the Dutch police are so laid back that when some street dealer they want to talk to runs away, they shrug shoulders and walk on!!).
"Coffee" shops are licenced to sell hash and marijuana up to a maximum weight. Techically they break the law when the buy their supplies.
From what I understood (I'm still learning Dutch, so I could have missed something), the factory was there _before_ the houses.
This happens in many places - an industrial area or airport attracts housing that is then allowed to be built closer and closer. Usually lower cost housing too.
You got that right. I just tried "La Duchesse du Bourgogne", a truley beautiful belgian (beer) and that now replaces my previous favourite of Ciney Blonde. So many choices to try......sigh...800 or so just in Belgium!!!
They were taken back to Italy, and the US forces thought they would just take the terrorists back to the US. Until the Italian forces pointed out that the Achille Lauro was Italian, and they were now standing on Italian soil.....
I believe that the Italians were forced to threaten the US forces, while reminding them of their hospitality in hosting the US base.....
Compared to the US, the Dutch economy is VERY good. Under 3% unemployment, 2% inflation, budget surplus, balance of payments surplus, FREE health care, good savings record, massive foreign investment....The only thing in deficit is land!!!!
IIRC really came about in the Boer war (South Africa). The Boers (farmers) did not fight in the "conventional" way, which caused the British troops no end of problems. The British also "invented" concentration camps during that war.
Not really a backdoor in the truest sense, as you had to either copy it to the server and get remote console access, or load it from a floppy while sitting in front of the server console. I used it, and several other password checkers. Another that required machine access would nuke the bindery, which gave the default supervisor with no password option - you then had to recreate all the users. Another way was to rename the SYS volume and create another (SYS) volume, always assuming you didn't store actual data on it.
This is no different from some of the methods you can use to get into a *nix system.
They must be doing something right - their hourly productivity is quite a bit higher than the US - in fact the US is about 8th or ninth in the survey, behind them, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and a couple of others.
When you buy any player here in the Netherlands, you can pay an extra NLG100-200, and they'll "de-regionlise" it for you. Still covered by warranty too!
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They could likewise turn a significant part of the US to a glowing pile....Plus, they seem to buying a lot of US companies now!
Only (?!) one person lost their life in the Rainbow Warrior bombing, a photographer if my memory serves me correct. And they DGSE agents got caught.
I wouldn't say the majority live in shacks, but they sure are visible when you arrive from the airport. Yes, there are a large number who live in poverty, but the literacy rate in the Philipines is higher than many 1st world countries. Also, many in the shanty town shacks were given very cheap or free housing, which they promptly sold and returned to their shacks. Did you notice that most of those shacks have cable TV ?????
What there is there is a HUGE gap between rich and poor. I have been to both sides, and the rich live in a comfort that many westerners would envy.
Actually it is the UK that wants to trade information - most of the other countries are quite happy for the banks to apply withholding tax i.e. tax your savings at source.
This is to try and stop people minimising their tax liabilities by keeping their savings hidden in overseas banks in countries with strong banking privacy laws - like Luxembourg. Luxembourg makes it quite easy for people in Germany, Holland, Belgium etc to open accounts and move their savings there, therefore avoiding paying tax on interest or capital gains.
Many countries have banking laws that will allow them to collect information, ostensibly to prevent money laundering. Liechtenstein, and many carribean countries don't do this and are currently being "leant" on by various other nations.
The UK doesn't want this withholding tax as they fear it will destroy the financial services sector in London.
I just about always get a 52000 connection here in Holland. Never less than 48000.
Damn, I should read more carefully, and put brain in gear before fingers hit keyboard!. I see you are referring to the mass of people congregated over on the sourh-eastern side.
Slow and expensive ?? Not in all AP countries. NZ prices are not too bad, at least in the main centres (I doubt you get much choice Hokitika!). No state run monopoly, only a non-state run semi-monopoly ;-).
$NZ 39 or less (today about $US17) for unlimited time with the biggest ISPs (Xtra or Clear), and I there are some free ones too. Remember, NO local call charges either.
Err I think Oz is just a tiny bit larger than California.
As for low population density, don't forget most of the population lives in the big cities.
AFAIK, the Aussies are getting screwed more on internet connectivity than in NZ, especially as NZ has no local call charges.
I'm not sure why the divide occured, only that while the Moslems acknowledge Jesus, they regard Mohammed as the (last) true, son of god prophet. (I too was suprised, but I had a Moslem friend with whom I had many discussions!)
No, I mean Moslems. The god is the same, but the prophet (Jesus vs Mohammed) is different.
Sorry, but if he is an atheist he does not believe in (S)satan either.
So much hurt and pain has been caused in the name of religion, you should at least understand why so many do not share your beliefs.
BTW, do you think Moslems are immoral - after all, both you and they worship the same (G)god
I don't think even Mussolini took a liking to Hitler - it was more that he represented a way to get back at the British (especially) and Americans as he felt he had been shafted by them over colonies in Africa.
So you can sell kiddie porn, bestiallity "porn" and drugs legally in the US, because it's all protected by free speech ? You can have sex legally with a 16 year old because that is freedom of expression ??
So, when a 16 year old Dutchman/Frenchman/German (Germanman ????) has sex with his 16 year old girlfriend is he committing a crime ? Depends upon which country he is in (many EU countries have a mimimum age of consent of 12, 14 or 16)
I'm comfortable enough with not being allowed to sell Nazi memorabilia, but attempting to block Yahoo et el is the wrong approach. You have to appreciate the history to be able to understand why they have these laws.
Actually it's not strictly speaking _legal_ to buy or sell soft drugs - it falls into a grey area of law. Basically the Police will not enforce the law (hell, the Dutch police are so laid back that when some street dealer they want to talk to runs away, they shrug shoulders and walk on!!).
"Coffee" shops are licenced to sell hash and marijuana up to a maximum weight. Techically they break the law when the buy their supplies.
From what I understood (I'm still learning Dutch, so I could have missed something), the factory was there _before_ the houses.
This happens in many places - an industrial area or airport attracts housing that is then allowed to be built closer and closer. Usually lower cost housing too.
You got that right. I just tried "La Duchesse du Bourgogne", a truley beautiful belgian (beer) and that now replaces my previous favourite of Ciney Blonde. So many choices to try......sigh...800 or so just in Belgium!!!
Actually the Chinese tests were closer to Aus/NZ than the French ones. Still didn't make it right though....
They were taken back to Italy, and the US forces thought they would just take the terrorists back to the US. Until the Italian forces pointed out that the Achille Lauro was Italian, and they were now standing on Italian soil.....
I believe that the Italians were forced to threaten the US forces, while reminding them of their hospitality in hosting the US base.....
It's a damn sucky place to live if you pay taxes.
Not if you're employed from overseas - 35% tax free for up to ten years.
Even though the Dutch complain about violence, it's far far less of a problems than most anglo-saxon countries.
Compared to the US, the Dutch economy is VERY good. Under 3% unemployment, 2% inflation, budget surplus, balance of payments surplus, FREE health care, good savings record, massive foreign investment....The only thing in deficit is land!!!!
IIRC really came about in the Boer war (South Africa). The Boers (farmers) did not fight in the "conventional" way, which caused the British troops no end of problems. The British also "invented" concentration camps during that war.
Not really a backdoor in the truest sense, as you had to either copy it to the server and get remote console access, or load it from a floppy while sitting in front of the server console. I used it, and several other password checkers. Another that required machine access would nuke the bindery, which gave the default supervisor with no password option - you then had to recreate all the users. Another way was to rename the SYS volume and create another (SYS) volume, always assuming you didn't store actual data on it.
This is no different from some of the methods you can use to get into a *nix system.
They must be doing something right - their hourly productivity is quite a bit higher than the US - in fact the US is about 8th or ninth in the survey, behind them, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and a couple of others.
When you buy any player here in the Netherlands, you can pay an extra NLG100-200, and they'll "de-regionlise" it for you. Still covered by warranty too!
Thanks for the info re: NWA
Boeing get their assistance through less direct means.