I think it is. You can see such 'clarifications' quite often in news papers and magazines.
I also think that equalization between printed and online press is the main motivation behind this move.
> I thought the US is having bigger problems with free speech, but this sounds very bad.
Giving both sides the right to calrify their position is hardly impeding free speech. And there are not just 'journalist vs. big company' situations. Sometimes private individuals get attacked in the press. I really think that it is their right to respond to such accusations.
>On the down side, don't they still have conscription in Switzerland?
It's not really a down side. The basic training at the age of 21 certainly wasn't a good time and almost every young man hates it. But after that you only have to serve 150 days in two-week courses annualy or three-week courses every two years. This means that at the age of about 40 you are all done with the army. The courses themselves are rather relaxed (depends on the unit i guess) and most people don't really care.
There are always discussions about abolishing conscription. There have been votings on that issue but i think that people generally don't like the idea of a poorly defended country.
The army is shrinking dramaticaly however. During the cold war, Switzerland had an army of 400'000, which is quite big for a 7 Mio. country. With such a big army, Switzerland could be defended area-wide.
In the recent years, the army was reformed to a smaller, technically more sophisticated and mobile army. My unit for example is not sitting in bunkers along the border anymore but operates with highly computerized and mobile equipment now.
One clear advantage of conscription might be that you will get people from all social levels into the army. That includes technicians and academics which are useful for operating the increasingly complex military equipment.
>Why would you want to give your hard earned money to a government?
Because you want the government to be able to provide services to all citizens. That's what a social democracy is all about.
I for one have just received my university degree and I still have money on my bank account because education is supported by the government here in Switzerland. Thank you society!
Hrshgn
>Digital (as we were taught in school) just meant that is had two defined states.
Wouldn't that be binary?
I don't think that digital implies the binary system. If you would encode something in 0, 1 and 2, it wouldn't be binary but still digital.
Hrshgn
Blackbox is also my favourite. I'm using it on my old 200 MHz notebook. Startup time: 3s. I was already considering buying a new notebook because working with it and Win98 as an OS was really no joy. But SuSE 7.1 and blackbox made it usable again for one more year and maybe for another one. I even wrote my diploma thesis on it (LaTeX) and managed all lab data. No problem. Blackbox is really all you need. Not more, not less.
CD Burning with Media Player and FTP browsing with Explorer??? I really pity you.
Hell, i just went through yet another WinXP reinstall because the earlier install grew like a tumor and finally made my system unstable. A blank WinXp install is worth nothing. It takes me at least a week until all tools are downloaded and set up again, not to mention all the 'dont check for updates' and 'dont show hidden files' checkboxes which I have to find and de/select every time. Plus, there isn't really that much freeware as some people claim here. Most downloadable software is shareware.
With a full SuSE 8.2 Installation on the other hand I have 99% of the tools already at hand at the very moment I need them.
The CCC is acutally quite well known and respected in the german speaking area. They get media attention whenever there are hacker/privacy issues and the media needs an expertise. At least that's how I perceive the club.
A: The CCC is a galactic community of human beings including all ages, genders, races and social positions. We demand freedom and flow of information without censorship. Although we enjoy to discuss and analyze recent advances in information technology, our focus is on addressing the issues of our time by giving targeted recommendations for a public policy able to deal with these issues in an intelligent manner. While this also includes more or less spectacular endeavours the focus of our work is on creating a public awareness for the need to approach issues like (e.g.) security, privacy and key escrow from a more informed, open viewpoint. If you are interested in supporting these goals, then the CCC is for you. If not, you might want to consider looking at other, more technically oriented computer clubs. We do NOT select our members on some dubious "elite" criteria. As it will be difficult for you to contribute to our efforts in Germany, in case that you are interested I suggest that you contact us again (identifying yourself with your real name) for a contact at the CCC-Bay Area (our only overseas operation so far). Sorry, the rest of this FAQ is in German only. If you'd like to translate this stuff, please mail!
Remember also that the famous Blinkenlights
were their celebration of the club's 20th anniversary.
> It's no better or worse than the european method.
Come on! Day --> Month --> Year is a much more logical sequence than Month --> Day --> Year.
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> As a Swiss, I'm happy that we're not in the EU, so we don't have to comply with the EU directive. But our government has the nasty habit of "autonomously" implementing virtually every piece of EU legislation...
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>Is this a requirement for newspapers in Europe?
I think it is. You can see such 'clarifications' quite often in news papers and magazines.
I also think that equalization between printed and online press is the main motivation behind this move.
> I thought the US is having bigger problems with free speech, but this sounds very bad.
Giving both sides the right to calrify their position is hardly impeding free speech. And there are not just 'journalist vs. big company' situations. Sometimes private individuals get attacked in the press. I really think that it is their right to respond to such accusations.
Hrshgn
>On the down side, don't they still have conscription in Switzerland?
It's not really a down side. The basic training at the age of 21 certainly wasn't a good time and almost every young man hates it.
But after that you only have to serve 150 days in two-week courses annualy or three-week courses every two years.
This means that at the age of about 40 you are all done with the army. The courses themselves are rather relaxed (depends on the unit i guess) and most people don't really care.
There are always discussions about abolishing conscription. There have been votings on that issue but i think that people generally don't like the idea of a poorly defended country.
The army is shrinking dramaticaly however. During the cold war, Switzerland had an army of 400'000, which is quite big for a 7 Mio. country. With such a big army, Switzerland could be defended area-wide.
In the recent years, the army was reformed to a smaller, technically more sophisticated and mobile army. My unit for example is not sitting in bunkers along the border anymore but operates with highly computerized and mobile equipment now.
One clear advantage of conscription might be that you will get people from all social levels into the army. That includes technicians and academics which are useful for operating the increasingly complex military equipment.
Hrshgn
Stop brabblingCalm down, take you pills, go to bed and by tomorrow your wild visions and distorted view of europe and 'socialism' will be gone.
>Why would you want to give your hard earned money to a government? Because you want the government to be able to provide services to all citizens. That's what a social democracy is all about. I for one have just received my university degree and I still have money on my bank account because education is supported by the government here in Switzerland. Thank you society! Hrshgn
MAYBE he checked my email and
MAYBE he realised that CH is the swiss TLD
and Switzerland is more or less part of europe.
Ha! Number Portability. That's sooo 1999. And some Americans think the world envies them.
Hrshgn
>Digital (as we were taught in school) just meant that is had two defined states. Wouldn't that be binary? I don't think that digital implies the binary system. If you would encode something in 0, 1 and 2, it wouldn't be binary but still digital. Hrshgn
We have a GPS-based system for Trucks here in Switzerland.
Hrshgn
Blackbox is also my favourite. I'm using it on my old 200 MHz notebook. Startup time: 3s. I was already considering buying a new notebook because working with it and Win98 as an OS was really no joy. But SuSE 7.1 and blackbox made it usable again for one more year and maybe for another one. I even wrote my diploma thesis on it (LaTeX) and managed all lab data. No problem.
Blackbox is really all you need. Not more, not less.
Rince
It's pretty specific. I don't know of any other chemical with the same formula.
Rince
CD Burning with Media Player and FTP browsing with Explorer??? I really pity you.
Hell, i just went through yet another WinXP reinstall because the earlier install grew like a tumor and finally made my system unstable.
A blank WinXp install is worth nothing. It takes me at least a week until all tools are downloaded and set up again, not to mention all the 'dont check for updates' and 'dont show hidden files' checkboxes which I have to find and de/select every time.
Plus, there isn't really that much freeware as some people claim here. Most downloadable software is shareware.
With a full SuSE 8.2 Installation on the other hand I have 99% of the tools already at hand at the very moment I need them.
Rince
Forgot to add that one of their members is on the board of directors at ICANN.
Right from their website's faq:
Remember also that the famous Blinkenlights were their celebration of the club's 20th anniversary.
>All bad things emit from Belgium. Like International Court, and other evil things.
The International Court of Justice is based in The Hague, Netherlands.
Well, many smart cards (all?) have a microprocessor inside running their own firmware. They are powered by the reading machine though.
Am I the only one using high commas as separator like:
5'000,00 ???
Rince
> It's no better or worse than the european method.
Come on! Day --> Month --> Year is a much more logical sequence than Month --> Day --> Year.
> As a Swiss, I'm happy that we're not in the EU, so we don't have to comply with the EU directive. But our government has the nasty habit of "autonomously" implementing virtually every piece of EU legislation...
Don't forget Direct Democracy
Rince
>uber alles.
it's 'über alles' or 'ueber alles' in case you use a umlautically challenged browser/OS.
... yes, and ethanol can even serve as medication, in case of methanol intoxication.
>I'm no genius Up to that point I totally agree with you.
It is still much more efficient to transport hundreds of people in one train compared to hundreds of people in hundreds of SUVs.
What's your point? Strategically it is exactly the right time for China to establish a clean mass transport system.
>How come there aren't any of these in the U.S?
Because there is no significant left wing party in your country.
>I guess that's why it's the world standard then, huh?
World standard? When exactly was that decided?
It's more a standard like Windows is in the desktop market and AOL as an ISP.
Rince