You need some comprehension skills. If 57% of respondents never or seldom pay, and 12% of them pirate, that leaves 45% who never or seldom pay but don't pirate. The poster asked how much of that 45% was open-source.
Chowderhead.
Now open up that wallet you cheap bastard, pay for one month of cable, DSL, satellite and tell me its not worth it.
The only thing faster than 28.8 that is available here is satellite. Satellite is shit in the first place, and I'm not paying $500 for equipment, $200 for installation, and $70/month for access after that.
Complaints made to the WTO are usually against environmental protection, animal protection, or food safety laws. A three-member WTO panel makes its decisions in secret, and the country whose law is being challenged isn't even able to present a defense.
The first WTO ruling was against the US Clean Air Act, ruling a provision that barred the import of gasoline which released more contaminants than the average from domestic refineries as a "barrier to free trade." The government had to rewrite the Clean Air Act or face $150 million in trade sanctions each year.
About Seattle - The WTO was going to incorporate provisions from the Multilateral Agreements on Investment into its rules. The MAI would give corporations the same powers as countries to challenge laws as "barriers to free trade." Also, corporations could hold governments liable for failing to stop strikes or boycotts. Thanks to the tens of thousands of protesters - an overwhelming majority of whom were non-violent - that didn't happen.
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You need some comprehension skills. If 57% of respondents never or seldom pay, and 12% of them pirate, that leaves 45% who never or seldom pay but don't pirate. The poster asked how much of that 45% was open-source. Chowderhead.
Uh, I think the parent was intended to be a joke.
Now open up that wallet you cheap bastard, pay for one month of cable, DSL, satellite and tell me its not worth it. The only thing faster than 28.8 that is available here is satellite. Satellite is shit in the first place, and I'm not paying $500 for equipment, $200 for installation, and $70/month for access after that.
The first WTO ruling was against the US Clean Air Act, ruling a provision that barred the import of gasoline which released more contaminants than the average from domestic refineries as a "barrier to free trade." The government had to rewrite the Clean Air Act or face $150 million in trade sanctions each year.
About Seattle - The WTO was going to incorporate provisions from the Multilateral Agreements on Investment into its rules. The MAI would give corporations the same powers as countries to challenge laws as "barriers to free trade." Also, corporations could hold governments liable for failing to stop strikes or boycotts. Thanks to the tens of thousands of protesters - an overwhelming majority of whom were non-violent - that didn't happen.