Better yet, check at the molecular level, you never know if MS might have a partnership with all the router manufacturers...
But if MS has a partnership with the devil, even molecular level might not be enough! And note that there's evidence for such a partnership: The "monkey dance". After all, you don't make a dance to get normal developers. Those ceremonies are only used for the devil and his demons. I'm sure that if you examine it further, he actually shouted "Devilopers! Devilopers! Devilopers!" </conspiracy-theory> SCNR:-)
Of course that's no disproof of the conspiracy, as long as neither the list of good sites, nor the heuristics is published. After all, the heuristics could contain "if it starts with http://www.google./ it's suspicious." (This could be justified by the fact that you might view a phishing site through Google cache).
But like every good conspiracy theory, it could be immunized even against publishing of this information: Who knows if the published algorithm really matches the one implemented in IE7? After all, you can't look it up in the source.
Of course it's actually quite easy to find out the truth: Just check if IE7 connects to MS when surfing Google.
I guess in big towns, the piezo roads would be more efficient than solar roads. First, there's usually a lot of traffic on city roads, which is good for piezo roads, but bad for solar roads (shadows from cars). Moreover, in towns, the roads tend to get lots of shadow from the buildings. That's assuming sufficient efficiency of the respective technology itself, of course.
Of course, in order to compare correctly, you'd also have to account for the energy needed to mine the coal and to transport it to the coal factory. And of course for the energy needed to build/install the solar panel and the coal plant, as well as the energy you need to get rid of both, of course taken over the expected lifetime of the panel/plant.
If the original donator wanted the money to be used that way, he would have given it to such a charity himself. If the donator explicitly says the money is for freeing content, then the Wikimedia foundation can't donate the money to a charity anyway, even if they wanted.
I'm not sure about the information channels the GEZ can use, but I could well imagine that if you declare not to have a computer, that they'll ask you what you need your DSL connection for...
BTW, I'm surprised they don't have a fee for phones. After all, you could phone someone hearing radio, and then you might hear the radio through the phone.
Quite. There's ample evidence to show that The US, Canada, Spain, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Australia, and most of the rest of the world that doesn't have a public service broadcaster licence fee have had trouble dealing with war and catastrophies, and lost their independence. Right?
Of course. For example, the US are having trouble dealing with war. Ok, that war is in Iraq, but then, you didn't specify what sort of trouble you meant... and yes, Kathrina showed that the US also had trouble dealing with catastrophies. Also note that the Roman Empire surely didn't have public broadcaster license fees, and where are they today? You see, public broadcaster license fees are essencial for the survival of any country!:-)
Well, besides the fact that it would actually be written "GEZ-Gebühr" (note the hyphen) if it were called like that, it is actually called "Rundfunkgebühr".
and use an internet connected computer (assigned to my business) for the tax reports for my business as required by law (5.x).
Nice. One law requires you to have an internet-connected computer, and another law requires you to pay for it. In other words, every company will in effect have to pay the fee. I'm sure that will convince many companies to go to Germany and create jobs here... </sarcasm>
Well, only those channels marked with * (yes, that's the two main channels) actually do show a few ads (up to 20 minutes per working day, not after 8pm, not interrupting programmes).
So much for the theory:-) Ok, AFAIK the "only those two channels" part is strictly true. The "up to 20 minutes" part I never checked:-) But the "not after 8pm" is only half true since they started the ads of the style "Product presents you programme" (well, they say it in German, of course). And the "not interrupting programmes" isn't strictly true either, for quite some time now. Ever watched ZDF between 19:00 and 20:00? At the beginning they masked it by making it "part 1" and "part 2" of the programme, but nowadays it's just a standard interruption not different from the private TV one. The only difference is that it's just one interruption instead of the many on private channels (if I neglect the trick of making the weather a separate programme instead of having it as final part of the "heute" news, as it was before). And the ARD (Das Erste) now also started playing tricks (just watch "Das Quiz mit Jörg Pilawa" to see how they manage to add an ad without formally interrupting the programme...).
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But maybe the Tux sitting on top of the screen will help ;-)
And how do you think they find the pr0n?
Yes, but that fuel is payed for by the car owners, not the road owners. :-)
But if MS has a partnership with the devil, even molecular level might not be enough!
And note that there's evidence for such a partnership: The "monkey dance". After all, you don't make a dance to get normal developers. Those ceremonies are only used for the devil and his demons. I'm sure that if you examine it further, he actually shouted "Devilopers! Devilopers! Devilopers!"
</conspiracy-theory>
SCNR
Of course that's no disproof of the conspiracy, as long as neither the list of good sites, nor the heuristics is published. After all, the heuristics could contain "if it starts with http://www.google./ it's suspicious." (This could be justified by the fact that you might view a phishing site through Google cache).
But like every good conspiracy theory, it could be immunized even against publishing of this information: Who knows if the published algorithm really matches the one implemented in IE7? After all, you can't look it up in the source.
Of course it's actually quite easy to find out the truth: Just check if IE7 connects to MS when surfing Google.
So I have to wait until afterlife in order to use it?
What about a solution which already works during first life?
Read the post you replied to again: They use the library to get energy from burning books.
I guess in big towns, the piezo roads would be more efficient than solar roads. First, there's usually a lot of traffic on city roads, which is good for piezo roads, but bad for solar roads (shadows from cars). Moreover, in towns, the roads tend to get lots of shadow from the buildings. That's assuming sufficient efficiency of the respective technology itself, of course.
Of course, in order to compare correctly, you'd also have to account for the energy needed to mine the coal and to transport it to the coal factory. And of course for the energy needed to build/install the solar panel and the coal plant, as well as the energy you need to get rid of both, of course taken over the expected lifetime of the panel/plant.
He said he's Bavarian. He didn't say he lives in Munich.
Maybe you have more luck at the Free Film Project. OTOH, that project doesn't look very alive (the latest news apparently is from April 1, 2004).
You mean, because you cannot pirate a GPL3ed work, and we need pirates to prevent global warming?
If the original donator wanted the money to be used that way, he would have given it to such a charity himself. If the donator explicitly says the money is for freeing content, then the Wikimedia foundation can't donate the money to a charity anyway, even if they wanted.
I'm curious what a vandalized and subtly defaced nothing would look like. :-)
Ok, then maybe they should buy a couple of good stocks
A wikified Linux? I prefer it if random anonymous surfers can't change critical kernel code :-)
ASCII art, of course!
In Germany, Scientology officially isn't considered a religion, therefore they'll have no chance to sue for any specific rights of religions.
I always wanted to print my own copies. :-)
I'm not sure about the information channels the GEZ can use, but I could well imagine that if you declare not to have a computer, that they'll ask you what you need your DSL connection for ...
BTW, I'm surprised they don't have a fee for phones. After all, you could phone someone hearing radio, and then you might hear the radio through the phone.
You don't really think you can keep them away of TV cameras and microphones, do you?
Of course. For example, the US are having trouble dealing with war. Ok, that war is in Iraq, but then, you didn't specify what sort of trouble you meant
Also note that the Roman Empire surely didn't have public broadcaster license fees, and where are they today? You see, public broadcaster license fees are essencial for the survival of any country!
Well, besides the fact that it would actually be written "GEZ-Gebühr" (note the hyphen) if it were called like that, it is actually called "Rundfunkgebühr".
Nice. One law requires you to have an internet-connected computer, and another law requires you to pay for it. In other words, every company will in effect have to pay the fee. I'm sure that will convince many companies to go to Germany and create jobs here
So much for the theory
Ok, AFAIK the "only those two channels" part is strictly true. The "up to 20 minutes" part I never checked