It's truly unbelievable that David Cameron allowed both the Scottish Independence Referendum and the Brexit Referendum to be on a 50%+1 basis.
I bet all the political parties involved need super-majorities to change their own constitution. Why not the nation?
There are a few things which I've noticed when travelling. Developing nations tend to over-use the horn when driving, and there is an expectation for some tax-free tipping after receiving a service.
GERS (= Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland, http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Sta...) are the official accounts and signed off by the Scottish Government. The SG has been under the control of the Independence seeking SNP for 10 years. When the oil price was high they were happy to use the GERS figures, but now the price is low, the independence crowd seek to denigrate the figures, although the SG themselves accept the numbers; after all they are responsible for them.
That's the gap between the money raised in Scotland, and the money spent in Scotland. The reason the Scottish Government "has no debt" (in the sense of a National Debt) is that Scotland is part of the UK and so debt is taken at the UK level. The Scottish Government's expenditure is decoupled from tax raising, although after the 2014 referendum they gained more tax-raising powers. Predictably they've bottled it and rather than increase taxes or living within their means prefer to complain about austerity whilst taking the money from the UK.
An iScotland would certainly get its share of the UK debt. EU has not said no to Scotland joining after independence, but they have said Scotland can't be in both the UK and the EU. As has the UK, and anyone with an ounce of sense.
Minimum pricing for alcohol is blocked by...Court of Justice of the European Union. Was the EU the union to which you referred?
What advantages of language and timezones does London have that Dublin doesn't?
You might say that London is a more interesting place to live - to which I'd say you've never visited Dublin.
The Irish will be the winners in this re-alignment, I reckon.
Could you post some links to sources substantiating that claim? I haven't heard any reports of Russian military aircraft infringing other nations' air space in the Baltic, although I usually follow that kind of news quite carefully.
For those who can't remember, in 1996, few people had seen a computer
Planet-wide this might be true, but for anyone in the UK/USA home computers such as the BBC Micro, Spectrum, C64, Apple II and their successors where available since the 80s. Anyone who went to school in the West would certainly have been seen computers in school by 1996.
I agree with most of the rest though.
Sadly, it makes more sense to do it someplace with a better political system, better technical infrastructure, and closer to where the power will be used. The overall cost will turn out to be lower.
That's ridiculous.
So anyone with a small amount of knowledge could write a script to lock out thousands of users by attempting to login but deliberately using the wrong password.
Slashdot Mirror
I should stay offline until 2nd.
It's truly unbelievable that David Cameron allowed both the Scottish Independence Referendum and the Brexit Referendum to be on a 50%+1 basis. I bet all the political parties involved need super-majorities to change their own constitution. Why not the nation?
I signed from outside the country, no passport number needed.
I was in Berlin last weekend. I didn't notice any loud horns.
There are a few things which I've noticed when travelling. Developing nations tend to over-use the horn when driving, and there is an expectation for some tax-free tipping after receiving a service.
At it's peak in the 60's, NASA was drawing about 10% of the country's entire GDP
Where'd you get your numbers? I thought it was much smaller. https://carriedaway.blogs.com/... is the best source I could find. Says it was 0.75%
Bob Monkhouse. https://www.theguardian.com/uk...
GERS (= Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland, http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Sta...) are the official accounts and signed off by the Scottish Government. The SG has been under the control of the Independence seeking SNP for 10 years. When the oil price was high they were happy to use the GERS figures, but now the price is low, the independence crowd seek to denigrate the figures, although the SG themselves accept the numbers; after all they are responsible for them.
That's the gap between the money raised in Scotland, and the money spent in Scotland. The reason the Scottish Government "has no debt" (in the sense of a National Debt) is that Scotland is part of the UK and so debt is taken at the UK level. The Scottish Government's expenditure is decoupled from tax raising, although after the 2014 referendum they gained more tax-raising powers. Predictably they've bottled it and rather than increase taxes or living within their means prefer to complain about austerity whilst taking the money from the UK.
An iScotland would certainly get its share of the UK debt. EU has not said no to Scotland joining after independence, but they have said Scotland can't be in both the UK and the EU. As has the UK, and anyone with an ounce of sense. Minimum pricing for alcohol is blocked by...Court of Justice of the European Union. Was the EU the union to which you referred?
What advantages of language and timezones does London have that Dublin doesn't? You might say that London is a more interesting place to live - to which I'd say you've never visited Dublin. The Irish will be the winners in this re-alignment, I reckon.
Why is Finland in scare quotes?
Could you post some links to sources substantiating that claim? I haven't heard any reports of Russian military aircraft infringing other nations' air space in the Baltic, although I usually follow that kind of news quite carefully.
http://yle.fi/uutiset/finland_...
Right now, it's China.
What world-changing thing has come out of China, in the current generation?
For those who can't remember, in 1996, few people had seen a computer
Planet-wide this might be true, but for anyone in the UK/USA home computers such as the BBC Micro, Spectrum, C64, Apple II and their successors where available since the 80s. Anyone who went to school in the West would certainly have been seen computers in school by 1996. I agree with most of the rest though.
Sadly, it makes more sense to do it someplace with a better political system, better technical infrastructure, and closer to where the power will be used. The overall cost will turn out to be lower.
Spain?
That's ridiculous. So anyone with a small amount of knowledge could write a script to lock out thousands of users by attempting to login but deliberately using the wrong password.