You mean there aren't already laws on the books which criminalize slander and libel?
Sure, I agree there should be laws, but what I don't agree to is that there should be new laws just because the old ones don't specify "on a computer."
If you bothered to read TFA, you'd discover that it is a bill amending the existing law of defamation - effectively modernisation of the law as it stands currently.
Your freedom to swing your fists ends at the tip of my nose.
Harrassment and libel have real victims and even if you do not agree with how easy libel actions are brought to the courts in England and Wales, you would agree with the need for some sort of law prohibiting people from causing harm in these ways.
I live in the South, and even tough I don't live in London, I keep an Oyster card on me just in case I need to travel in for work or to meet up with people. Think of it this way - for the OP, he would have paid less per traveler using the Oyster card (£5+£1.50+£1.50=£8) than paper tickets (£4.30+£4.30=£8.60), so there is really no reason to go with paper tickets. Just keep the card in your wallet for next time.
If you do get caught charged the maximum fare (it's quite easy on the DLR especially as there are no gates and the self-service machine quite easily registers your swipe twice), you can get the charges reversed if you explain nicely to the agent at the ticket counter. Same with your situation.
That's because you bought paper tickets which are priced artificially high at £4.30 each way to encourage people to use the oyster card. If you used the oyster (contactless payment) card instead it would have costed £1.50 (peak) or £1.40 (off-peak) for zone 3 only travel. TFL (Transport for London) may be expensive, but it isn't that expensive.
You are right, but for every ethical person in business looking to build a successful and sustainable enterprise, you've got 2 willing to screw everybody so they can get rich quick. Exploitation was the norm in Victorian times after all.
I've done the academic part of becoming a lawyer in the UK, and from my point of view money wasn't the big motivator for me. To be fair, I'm lucky enough to have the personal means to fund this as kind of a "hobby".
I have to say the work that the average lawyer does is pretty mundane - even for a barrister most of the workload is far from interesting - remember that the money is in commercial matters. I can see why you need to pay them lots of money - the enjoyment you get from doing the work is next to none most of the time.
Law itself, however, is very interesting, Jurisprudence and contract law especially. Reading law (pardon my pun) is a bit like reading code. You have to decipher the material and understand the thought process of the people behind it.
Back on topic - they way I see it, you mixed up cause and effect - Law, like other professions, uses their professional standards requirements as a way to limit the supply of lawyers, which in turn increases their pay. All professions do this to a certain degree. I think some of this is to legitimately uphold high standards in a profession, but you have to wonder - 50 years ago, it didn't take 7 years and tens of thousands of pounds/dollars of debt to become a lawyer. In the end, the high cost (in terms of time, effort and tuition) of becoming a lawyer may actually prevent people that actually want to be lawyer from taking this path - and only attract those that are primarily interested in the money you can make in the profession.
WTF, another union bashing post? There are lobbyists everywhere - think textbook publishers, Universities, people that want to privatize the public educations system, etc. that would all gain by downplaying the success of the education system.
When you look at the pay, I don't think you can call a teacher's salary high by any standard.
Or maybe the patent system *itself* is being abused - bad patents are too prevalent and it costs to much to fight frivolous claims.
Why live with a bad system just because it is? Is it wrong to fight for a better society that is more fair and can provide better incentives to create works?
In a way you are right - perception trumps reality. However, Obama's also chose his targets well. Unlike Bush which steamrolled his way into a bad situation with Iraq, Obama actually put some thought into the exit scenarios before pushing ahead with his agenda covertly. That contributes to the efficacy in these relatively low-key operations.
England no longer exists as a Kingdom ever since the 1707 Act of Union. The Kingdom is of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and so the Queen should be more accurately called informally the Queen of Britain or the Queen of the United Kingdom.
It wasn't always like this tough.. back when I lived in Vancouver a few years ago, it was around 300-400k for a nice 4 bedroom detached house in Richmond or Burnaby.
There is a growing consensus in the EU on increased powers for the EU institutions and towards federalisation to protect the monetary union. In fact, contrary to how it is portrayed in the English language press, the Euro is exteremely popular in the nations that are in the Eurozone, so there is real traction for some type of federal and democratic political structure. This would be a significant development if it comes to fruition, as it is likely the power of the European Parliament would increase at the expense of the Commission and Council.
Agreed. Facebook messenger is the biggest pile of monkey dung ever. It is beyond terrible. The only use for it is to leave message to people that aren't on What'sapp or Gmail.
Hint: most bits of North Hampshire is about 40-50 mins into central London (Waterloo) via train, and you should be able to drive for work on the M3/M4 corridor. Cost of the commute is a bit more than the normal London season fares, but is manageable. For those starting off on their career, it is probably better to work outside London. If you are experienced and can command high rates, then both M3/M4 and London would be attractive. Berkshire or Buckinghamshire are also options, but they are a bit more expensive. I need to be close to Heathrow due to frequent travelling so for me I need to be to the west of London, but there are places in Essex and Kent as well that may be even better in terms of value.
Vancouver is a lovely place, great summer, relatively mild winters (only snows for about a week per annum) - I am keen snowboarder - and it is boarding/skiing heaven during the winter because once you go up to the mountains (30 mins from the city), it dumps. However, to get a flat or house in Vancouver, you will be looking at London prices, which is crazy, considering you earn less in Vancouver. Lifestyle-wise it's great - shame I had to leave.
Toronto is around I'd say 30% less expensive than Vancouver, with more and higher profile jobs, but the weather is a bit (and I mean bit) more extreme. I grew up in Toronto, so naturally I'm biased. As I can't afford to retire yet, I would probably choose Toronto if I had to go back to Canada, but currently I have no such plans.
Regarding your comment regarding the nanny-state, I'm not sure it's really that justified. Britain has strong civil rights protections - this being very important, and I would think that the Met and regional police forces are a lot less racist than similar sized forces in the US, and probably less even compared to Canada. The surveillance mentality is a bit concerning, but that's something for the citizenry to fight against. A lot of it are special interests pushing for these laws - including manufactures and contractors that would benefit! Apart from that, labour protection is strong, which makes working for an average UK company a lot more pleasant than an average US one.
Maybe I've grown too fond of Britain, but I'm not sure really what there is to moan about apart from the weather. Maybe you can give me some concrete examples?
Proportionate is not the same is equivalent. Reasonable force should be measured against the threat - ie. it should be proportionate. A proportionate self-defense action should be just enough to neutralize the threat, considering its nature.
There is no way to work in Canada if you live outside the big cities because everything is so far away and all of the lucrative work is in the cities (or Alberta if you like to live in a colder version of Texas (where I also live for a while, Texas, not Alberta)). However, I live within 1 hour of London and the property prices is quite reasonable, and the commute is fine.
London property prices are high in zones 1 and 2, but drop off quite quickly after zone 3, depending on where you go. As a consultant, however, there is plenty of work in The City (finance/startups) and the M3/M4 (government/enterprise) corridor and the common market (ie. the EU) also looks to the UK for a lot of services work in the tech sector.
For the next few years, the only place I would consider moving to is the Bay area, and not because of a better standard of living - SF and the surrounding towns are extremely expensive and there are a lot of minuses, like healthcare that factor in as well. The only reason is because that's where the things are happening in the tech field.
I mean, I love Toronto and I love Vancouver for the lifestyle but in terms of work, there is nothing interesting going on in those parts and for Vancouver, the price of property is insane (due to rampant foreign property speculation mainly).
The UK is not as bad a people make it out to be (well, it can do with more sunshine) - its just that the English and the Scots love moaning - I think some take it too far.
Reasonable force must be proportionate. The position (to kill in self-defence) that this man was advocating was untenable and can be classified as incitement. There is no reason why the UK should let him in, esp. when the US routinely turns away British citizen for infractions such as sending the president an email while drunk.
Coming from a Canadian that eventually moved to the UK.. At least over here the salaries and rates are commensurate with the property prices.. try living in Vancouver nowadays..
HTC adding fashion onto existing tech? Really? I'm no fan of Windows Mobile as well, but HTC created the first Windows powered smartphone right at the beginnings of the smartphone industry.
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You mean there aren't already laws on the books which criminalize slander and libel?
Sure, I agree there should be laws, but what I don't agree to is that there should be new laws just because the old ones don't specify "on a computer."
If you bothered to read TFA, you'd discover that it is a bill amending the existing law of defamation - effectively modernisation of the law as it stands currently.
Your freedom to swing your fists ends at the tip of my nose.
Harrassment and libel have real victims and even if you do not agree with how easy libel actions are brought to the courts in England and Wales, you would agree with the need for some sort of law prohibiting people from causing harm in these ways.
I live in the South, and even tough I don't live in London, I keep an Oyster card on me just in case I need to travel in for work or to meet up with people. Think of it this way - for the OP, he would have paid less per traveler using the Oyster card (£5+£1.50+£1.50=£8) than paper tickets (£4.30+£4.30=£8.60), so there is really no reason to go with paper tickets. Just keep the card in your wallet for next time.
If you do get caught charged the maximum fare (it's quite easy on the DLR especially as there are no gates and the self-service machine quite easily registers your swipe twice), you can get the charges reversed if you explain nicely to the agent at the ticket counter. Same with your situation.
That's because you bought paper tickets which are priced artificially high at £4.30 each way to encourage people to use the oyster card. If you used the oyster (contactless payment) card instead it would have costed £1.50 (peak) or £1.40 (off-peak) for zone 3 only travel. TFL (Transport for London) may be expensive, but it isn't that expensive.
You are right, but for every ethical person in business looking to build a successful and sustainable enterprise, you've got 2 willing to screw everybody so they can get rich quick. Exploitation was the norm in Victorian times after all.
I've done the academic part of becoming a lawyer in the UK, and from my point of view money wasn't the big motivator for me. To be fair, I'm lucky enough to have the personal means to fund this as kind of a "hobby".
I have to say the work that the average lawyer does is pretty mundane - even for a barrister most of the workload is far from interesting - remember that the money is in commercial matters. I can see why you need to pay them lots of money - the enjoyment you get from doing the work is next to none most of the time.
Law itself, however, is very interesting, Jurisprudence and contract law especially. Reading law (pardon my pun) is a bit like reading code. You have to decipher the material and understand the thought process of the people behind it.
Back on topic - they way I see it, you mixed up cause and effect - Law, like other professions, uses their professional standards requirements as a way to limit the supply of lawyers, which in turn increases their pay. All professions do this to a certain degree. I think some of this is to legitimately uphold high standards in a profession, but you have to wonder - 50 years ago, it didn't take 7 years and tens of thousands of pounds/dollars of debt to become a lawyer. In the end, the high cost (in terms of time, effort and tuition) of becoming a lawyer may actually prevent people that actually want to be lawyer from taking this path - and only attract those that are primarily interested in the money you can make in the profession.
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WTF, another union bashing post? There are lobbyists everywhere - think textbook publishers, Universities, people that want to privatize the public educations system, etc. that would all gain by downplaying the success of the education system.
When you look at the pay, I don't think you can call a teacher's salary high by any standard.
Why use cloud service like dropbox when you can do what real men do and build your own using unison -
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
Thanks for posting the origin story for Kill Bill.
Or maybe the patent system *itself* is being abused - bad patents are too prevalent and it costs to much to fight frivolous claims.
Why live with a bad system just because it is? Is it wrong to fight for a better society that is more fair and can provide better incentives to create works?
In a way you are right - perception trumps reality. However, Obama's also chose his targets well. Unlike Bush which steamrolled his way into a bad situation with Iraq, Obama actually put some thought into the exit scenarios before pushing ahead with his agenda covertly. That contributes to the efficacy in these relatively low-key operations.
Have you thought about the long term implications of the type of enormous trade deficit you have just described?
England no longer exists as a Kingdom ever since the 1707 Act of Union. The Kingdom is of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and so the Queen should be more accurately called informally the Queen of Britain or the Queen of the United Kingdom.
It wasn't always like this tough.. back when I lived in Vancouver a few years ago, it was around 300-400k for a nice 4 bedroom detached house in Richmond or Burnaby.
There is a growing consensus in the EU on increased powers for the EU institutions and towards federalisation to protect the monetary union. In fact, contrary to how it is portrayed in the English language press, the Euro is exteremely popular in the nations that are in the Eurozone, so there is real traction for some type of federal and democratic political structure. This would be a significant development if it comes to fruition, as it is likely the power of the European Parliament would increase at the expense of the Commission and Council.
Agreed. Facebook messenger is the biggest pile of monkey dung ever. It is beyond terrible. The only use for it is to leave message to people that aren't on What'sapp or Gmail.
Actually GGP is right... Ask Blizzard why there is no LAN play in SC2... hum..... BTW, check out my UID (not that it means anything)....
Hint: most bits of North Hampshire is about 40-50 mins into central London (Waterloo) via train, and you should be able to drive for work on the M3/M4 corridor. Cost of the commute is a bit more than the normal London season fares, but is manageable. For those starting off on their career, it is probably better to work outside London. If you are experienced and can command high rates, then both M3/M4 and London would be attractive. Berkshire or Buckinghamshire are also options, but they are a bit more expensive. I need to be close to Heathrow due to frequent travelling so for me I need to be to the west of London, but there are places in Essex and Kent as well that may be even better in terms of value.
Vancouver is a lovely place, great summer, relatively mild winters (only snows for about a week per annum) - I am keen snowboarder - and it is boarding/skiing heaven during the winter because once you go up to the mountains (30 mins from the city), it dumps. However, to get a flat or house in Vancouver, you will be looking at London prices, which is crazy, considering you earn less in Vancouver. Lifestyle-wise it's great - shame I had to leave.
Toronto is around I'd say 30% less expensive than Vancouver, with more and higher profile jobs, but the weather is a bit (and I mean bit) more extreme. I grew up in Toronto, so naturally I'm biased. As I can't afford to retire yet, I would probably choose Toronto if I had to go back to Canada, but currently I have no such plans.
Regarding your comment regarding the nanny-state, I'm not sure it's really that justified. Britain has strong civil rights protections - this being very important, and I would think that the Met and regional police forces are a lot less racist than similar sized forces in the US, and probably less even compared to Canada. The surveillance mentality is a bit concerning, but that's something for the citizenry to fight against. A lot of it are special interests pushing for these laws - including manufactures and contractors that would benefit! Apart from that, labour protection is strong, which makes working for an average UK company a lot more pleasant than an average US one.
Maybe I've grown too fond of Britain, but I'm not sure really what there is to moan about apart from the weather. Maybe you can give me some concrete examples?
Proportionate is not the same is equivalent. Reasonable force should be measured against the threat - ie. it should be proportionate. A proportionate self-defense action should be just enough to neutralize the threat, considering its nature.
Well you hit the nail on the head, there is nowhere semi-desirable in the English speaking world that is affordable right now...
If I had to choose again - Vancouver, Toronto or London, it would be London, no contest, at least until I start thinking about retirement.
There is no way to work in Canada if you live outside the big cities because everything is so far away and all of the lucrative work is in the cities (or Alberta if you like to live in a colder version of Texas (where I also live for a while, Texas, not Alberta)). However, I live within 1 hour of London and the property prices is quite reasonable, and the commute is fine.
London property prices are high in zones 1 and 2, but drop off quite quickly after zone 3, depending on where you go. As a consultant, however, there is plenty of work in The City (finance/startups) and the M3/M4 (government/enterprise) corridor and the common market (ie. the EU) also looks to the UK for a lot of services work in the tech sector.
For the next few years, the only place I would consider moving to is the Bay area, and not because of a better standard of living - SF and the surrounding towns are extremely expensive and there are a lot of minuses, like healthcare that factor in as well. The only reason is because that's where the things are happening in the tech field.
I mean, I love Toronto and I love Vancouver for the lifestyle but in terms of work, there is nothing interesting going on in those parts and for Vancouver, the price of property is insane (due to rampant foreign property speculation mainly).
The UK is not as bad a people make it out to be (well, it can do with more sunshine) - its just that the English and the Scots love moaning - I think some take it too far.
Reasonable force must be proportionate. The position (to kill in self-defence) that this man was advocating was untenable and can be classified as incitement. There is no reason why the UK should let him in, esp. when the US routinely turns away British citizen for infractions such as sending the president an email while drunk.
Hahaha.. You keep thinking that...
I tell you what it is - selection bias..
Coming from a Canadian that eventually moved to the UK.. At least over here the salaries and rates are commensurate with the property prices.. try living in Vancouver nowadays..
HTC adding fashion onto existing tech? Really? I'm no fan of Windows Mobile as well, but HTC created the first Windows powered smartphone right at the beginnings of the smartphone industry.