What would stop the people that this law seeks to "protect" from using a proxy service on port 80 to access the censored information? As far as I understand proxies (which isn't a lot), nothing.
Quite a few of the network applications I have installed have settings to connect to port 80 instead of the default port, if only to avoid corporate firewalls.
You just need a Microsoft Passport to use the MSN Messenger service, and can effectively sign up with any valid e-mail address.
I have two MSN Messenger accounts, neither of which use a Hotmail or MSN e-mail address.
In general, flat taxes benefit the rich to the disadvantage of the poorer people in a society.
If I make £8,000 and the tax man takes 20% of my salary, the impact on me will be far higher than on someone earning £32,000, because the cost of living has a base.
The closest you're likely to get to a reasonably fair flat-rate tax system is to have a threshold (say the average cost of living in an average city), which is effectively the same as the simplest progressive-rate tax system. But if you also have a state sales tax, this shifts the tax burden away from the richer members of society towards the middle classes (starting with those who have an income £1 above the threshold) due to the regressive nature of value-added taxes.
Not to be a pedant, but it's Bill Gates KBE, not Sir Bill. You are only allowed the "Sir" prefix with the Knighthood honour if you're a British (and perhaps Commonwealth) citizen.
I haven't RFTA, but I would imagine this is added to areas where anybody can add a comment. This is not the same as all blog content, so a link pointing that a site author specifies would not have this attribute.
Erm, is this not a hard way of saying "some people"? 0 - 1bn would be a pretty wide estimate to say the least, but adding a "or more" after the billion is non-sensical.
Also, this might help combat the "Debian [stable] never includes new stuff" meme. Another good thing.
"New" is relative. After stable switches from Woody to Sarge, it is highly unlikely that you will get a new version of GNOME until Etch becomes stable. So no, Debian stable will never be the place to look for new stuff, except when the stable version changes, but then that is the whole idea.
70's artillery, infantry and fighting vehicles are worthless against the US military machine which is built around smashing artillery, infantry and fighting vehicles.
And the nuclear weaponary?
Is it any wonder that President Bush attacked Iraq ahead of Iran and North Korea in his mission to liberate the citizens of the consituent members of the so-called Axis of Evil? The absence of a nuclear weapons program (as well as WMDs of any type) must have made the decision a lot easier.
One ought not to think one's country is better because they can defeat another country in battle. When did destruction become more important than creation? I wonder what would happen to the world if budget used for the 1.4m armed forces personnel of the United States and the 1.2m armed forces personnel of North Korea were used to pay those personnel to provide aid and help to others, instead of killing each other?
You know what I did? I joined the military at 17, got myself educated, Got a job at 22 making 16K a year, worked my ass off for over a decade and MADE SOMETHING OF MYSELF.
Were you so outraged by progressive taxation when you were earning 16K per year?
I feel (and have experienced) your pain. I was using a router to share my connection among three boxes in a shared house. I was running Debian on my machine. One day the connection died on its arse, so I called NTL.
They told me they neither supported linux nor networks. Twats.
I read Cryptonomicon and found it very interesting, so I bought Quicksilver on the strength of that. I didn't finish it because I found it far too dry for my taste. Perhaps I shall go back to it another day.
The UK is thankfully not as skewed as the US party system, but it is still pretty depressing.
There is so little to choose between New Labour and the Conservatives, simply because people don't care or understand politics, nor believe that their vote will have any impact.
You recommend voting for the Lib Dems. They will replace the Tories in about 15 years (when the last remaining Tory voters have died of old age), and then we're back in the same shit situation.
You shouldn't vote for someone because they're not the main two. People need to get off their collective arses, and readaboutwhateachpartybelievesin and then make an informed decision.
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What would stop the people that this law seeks to "protect" from using a proxy service on port 80 to access the censored information? As far as I understand proxies (which isn't a lot), nothing. Quite a few of the network applications I have installed have settings to connect to port 80 instead of the default port, if only to avoid corporate firewalls.
15th of May 1995.
You just need a Microsoft Passport to use the MSN Messenger service, and can effectively sign up with any valid e-mail address. I have two MSN Messenger accounts, neither of which use a Hotmail or MSN e-mail address.
In general, flat taxes benefit the rich to the disadvantage of the poorer people in a society.
If I make £8,000 and the tax man takes 20% of my salary, the impact on me will be far higher than on someone earning £32,000, because the cost of living has a base.
The closest you're likely to get to a reasonably fair flat-rate tax system is to have a threshold (say the average cost of living in an average city), which is effectively the same as the simplest progressive-rate tax system. But if you also have a state sales tax, this shifts the tax burden away from the richer members of society towards the middle classes (starting with those who have an income £1 above the threshold) due to the regressive nature of value-added taxes.
IIRC, the section is named "EYE SKY".
Not to be a pedant, but it's Bill Gates KBE, not Sir Bill. You are only allowed the "Sir" prefix with the Knighthood honour if you're a British (and perhaps Commonwealth) citizen.
So, all joking aside, what distro does Bill run at home?
Whilst I think it is a good idea to avoid having a link in the text body of your post, having it in your signature somewhat defies the point. :)
The phone call was a notice. Even if you didn't hear, you still had 7 days.
I haven't RFTA, but I would imagine this is added to areas where anybody can add a comment. This is not the same as all blog content, so a link pointing that a site author specifies would not have this attribute.
between 0 and 1 Billion (or more) people
Erm, is this not a hard way of saying "some people"? 0 - 1bn would be a pretty wide estimate to say the least, but adding a "or more" after the billion is non-sensical.
"GET A LIFE"
10 characters, and if you're considering putting a message on your RAM, you probably need this kind of "helpful" advice.
Also, this might help combat the "Debian [stable] never includes new stuff" meme. Another good thing.
"New" is relative. After stable switches from Woody to Sarge, it is highly unlikely that you will get a new version of GNOME until Etch becomes stable. So no, Debian stable will never be the place to look for new stuff, except when the stable version changes, but then that is the whole idea.
Aren't you confusing manual with article?
And the nuclear weaponary?
Is it any wonder that President Bush attacked Iraq ahead of Iran and North Korea in his mission to liberate the citizens of the consituent members of the so-called Axis of Evil? The absence of a nuclear weapons program (as well as WMDs of any type) must have made the decision a lot easier.
One ought not to think one's country is better because they can defeat another country in battle. When did destruction become more important than creation? I wonder what would happen to the world if budget used for the 1.4m armed forces personnel of the United States and the 1.2m armed forces personnel of North Korea were used to pay those personnel to provide aid and help to others, instead of killing each other?
5. Verdienst!
Were you so outraged by progressive taxation when you were earning 16K per year?
I feel (and have experienced) your pain. I was using a router to share my connection among three boxes in a shared house. I was running Debian on my machine. One day the connection died on its arse, so I called NTL. They told me they neither supported linux nor networks. Twats.
/me waits for the first unholy union of "in Japan" with "in Soviet Russia".
Imagine a beowulf cluster of attorney generals!
Sorry.
127.0.0.1. Do your worst.
I read Cryptonomicon and found it very interesting, so I bought Quicksilver on the strength of that. I didn't finish it because I found it far too dry for my taste. Perhaps I shall go back to it another day.
The UK is thankfully not as skewed as the US party system, but it is still pretty depressing.
There is so little to choose between New Labour and the Conservatives, simply because people don't care or understand politics, nor believe that their vote will have any impact.
You recommend voting for the Lib Dems. They will replace the Tories in about 15 years (when the last remaining Tory voters have died of old age), and then we're back in the same shit situation.
You shouldn't vote for someone because they're not the main two. People need to get off their collective arses, and read about what each party believes in and then make an informed decision.
I don't doubt it. The argument was about the minimum supply. I might earn 100 times my fellow man, but I don't *need* to spend 100 times on a house!
..and loudly. Implying they are stupid for not knowing English is also a good technique.