then you are dumb, ppl are certainly aware, and they're scared. losing your national identity may be fine for most european countries, all of which have been nothing but a pain in the arse the last 1,000 years, but the latest polls - the guardian - 81% do NOT want to have the euro, sky news - 98% said NO to the euro - these are amazing statistics.
there is NO need for the euro, back in the 70s we agreed upon a free-trade agreement with the rest of europe - not to be ruled by it. it's completely stupid, monetary union before political union will not work. look at europe's overall economy now it's a fucking joke.
oww euro has managed to stay out of the red for 2 weeks for the first time ever well done new super currency. that's only because of the low dollar not the strong euro.
you go play nice in your little europe then call us when u need help sorting yourselves out again, maybe we'll bail you all out again, maybe we won't.
yes it was done by good ppl of the time, but it was done FOR THE PEOPLE. the EU is done FOR POLITICIANS ON THE GRAVY TRAIN!
the eu doesn`t stop wars happening, it not only increases the likelihood of a civil war within the eu, it also increases tensions between the eu and russia, and the eu and america.
war is about 3000 times more likely now with the unification of europe than, say a decade ago.
at the moment, we're nothing more than fellow traders within the eu. i define joining the eu as being under the control of brussels, under a common foreign policy and having no control over interest rates, no control over our own economy, no control over our own justice system, pretty much no control over our own country.
i`ve never seen a real-life showdown like this over the internet. this is the kinda shit the non-geek ppl don`t know about, we're priviliged that we do!
i can`t tell u all how much i want to grab some popcorn and watch lawyers fight it out by cutting eachother with papercuts from legal doucments, wooooo!
i`m supporting SCO... i like supporting under-dogs:D
the eu isn`t about 'the people', like such ideals which america was created upon. europe is being made by politicians for politicians, whereas the american constitution was designed exactly for the average person by the average people of that time.
eu law is for the eu politicians, it doesn`t care about the people, this is, practically a dictatorship which is slipping in under our noses.
i`m in the uk, hopefully we won`t be going into the eu, it's quite disgusting what the eu does stand for, the day the uk joins the eu is the day (hand on heart) i live my country, i`ll go live in australia or the US or something, no way am i going to live in an eu-state.
you're an idiot.
most countries don`t expect u to pay for incomming, otherwise if u hated someone u could text them 1,000,000 times a day, thats dumb.
secondly the inconvenience of receiving a useless message every few minutes/hours is incredibly annoying.
The UK doesn't need the EU (or want it) and the EU does need us. Not only do we have a very storng currency, we have the 4th biggest economy in the world, and judging by the last 2 years we've certainly had the most stable out of America and all of Europe, so... how would joining a currency which is more shakier than an 140yr old parkinsons sufferer meant to help us out more, cos right now I can't see how our economy could be any better.
Not only does the EU want us for our Economy, they want us for our international power. We are a strong currency, and a nuclear power at that, we have a seat at the UN security council, the EU doesn't like that one bit (and infact in the constition they're attempting to make us lose that seat so there's just one EU representative instead).
Please do dump us from the EU, we don't want you, we're happy to sit by and watch it crumble over the next 3 decades.
haha, you're stupid, get out of my country.
Blair following Bush, they agreed ON ONE THING!!! how is he following him, are you stupid? yes, yes you are.
and you know what the best thing is, Bush is now using Blair's steps to peace between Israel and Palestine... and nobody mention a thing.. and who's copying WHO.
it's been like this for probably decades, just that now the public are becomming aware, if you haven't broken the law.. just what is it you have to hide?
i think you'll find that the poverty line is decided internationally when comparing countries to eachother.
otherwise mongolia could claim to have 0 people under the poverty line.
i just find it funny that you're all going on about how bad china is, can`t feed its own people etc. when america has the highest rate of people below the poverty line in the world, yet spending billions on something as stupid as space is ok?
maybe we should all fix up our own planet before trashing things external to it
you're an idiot. 1) america COULDN'T invade France, as much as i hate france and the other europeans (i`m english/british) america isn't anywhere as near as strong as the average joe on the street thinks it is. france would simply nuke 50 of the major cities in america, america is obliterated form the world.
what you don`t get is any STRONG nuclear power (america, uk, france, russia, china) is as strong as the next, this is the nuclear deterrant which has kept over 5 decades of peace.
america would never attack, the idea is stupid, but if it did britain would pay no part, and would join up with the rest of the world and obliterate america.
the only reason chirac is making no effort to mend ties with bush is because he knows france is going to be leading the eu in a decade, and regardless the eu is going to be a major threat to not only america, but world peace. why make friends with someone you know you've got to be enemies with?
We have the (currently) strongest currency in the world, and through 2002 and first quarter 2003 the most stable economy. Whereas America has lost significant ground in the world economic structure. Dependant are we?
And anyway, America is more like us, they're the same people, whereas the Europeans are just power hungry animals wanting to build a super power to rival America, and start WWIII.
Oh and our PM is Bush's poodle is he? Well to quote a French newspaper this past month.. "Blair isn't Bush's poodle, he's his guide-dog".
Everybody I know, and everybody I`ve ever asked about this, and everything i hear on the radio, and watch on the tv, believe me, if there was a referrendom tomorrow, 70% of people would spit on the EU.
I'm British (well, English...) and I'm i live in London.
NO `brit' (btw i find that term offensive) wants anything to do with the EU, we don't want their trade their languages their currency or their evilness.
The EU is banning all gameshows which give out over 70,000, i.e Who wants to be a Millionnaire is going to have to change or be banned, THATS HOW stooopid the Europeans are.
Britain is Britain, the political alliance of England, Scotland and Wales, we are our own union, we don't want European trash, and we're not in Europe, infact our land hasn't been `Europe' for 5,000-6,500 years.
Europe is crazy, this is one of the things that prove it.
This survey was taken at one of my local trainstations.
It's completely stupid, some guy walks up to you and says 'I'll give you this pen if you tell me your computer password', person says anything to get free pen.
wow 9 out of 10 people pretended to give out their passwords and in return they got a free pen, was any of these passwords tested to see if they worked?
Were they asked where they worked, the type of computer they logged on to, the location, any other network questions?
NO
If it was done in a seriously way, such as inside an office building it'd be far lower, it's ridiculous to draw any conclusion from this, hell I'd say "my password is donkey" (i bet ppl will try that as my slashdot password now haha) in order to get a free crappy pen, who wouldn't?
What annoys me about these open-source fanatics, is that they have to force their beliefs on to other people. And just because they want everything open source, everyone else should hear about it.
If they love open-source software so much then go kiss your hard drive, why protest about it and (1)make a fool of yourself, (2)make the belief that the people who are into open-source are idiots who are willing to prove how sad they are by acting like stero-type computer geeks.
They can like opensource all they like, and they got it, why protest against those who are against it, they have what they want already, and things are getting better all the time.
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then you are dumb, ppl are certainly aware, and they're scared. losing your national identity may be fine for most european countries, all of which have been nothing but a pain in the arse the last 1,000 years, but the latest polls - the guardian - 81% do NOT want to have the euro, sky news - 98% said NO to the euro - these are amazing statistics.
there is NO need for the euro, back in the 70s we agreed upon a free-trade agreement with the rest of europe - not to be ruled by it. it's completely stupid, monetary union before political union will not work. look at europe's overall economy now it's a fucking joke.
oww euro has managed to stay out of the red for 2 weeks for the first time ever well done new super currency. that's only because of the low dollar not the strong euro.
you go play nice in your little europe then call us when u need help sorting yourselves out again, maybe we'll bail you all out again, maybe we won't.
woooooo i rock!!!
yes it was done by good ppl of the time, but it was done FOR THE PEOPLE. the EU is done FOR POLITICIANS ON THE GRAVY TRAIN!
the eu doesn`t stop wars happening, it not only increases the likelihood of a civil war within the eu, it also increases tensions between the eu and russia, and the eu and america.
war is about 3000 times more likely now with the unification of europe than, say a decade ago.
at the moment, we're nothing more than fellow traders within the eu. i define joining the eu as being under the control of brussels, under a common foreign policy and having no control over interest rates, no control over our own economy, no control over our own justice system, pretty much no control over our own country.
woooooo i rock!!!
i`ve never seen a real-life showdown like this over the internet. this is the kinda shit the non-geek ppl don`t know about, we're priviliged that we do!
:D
i can`t tell u all how much i want to grab some popcorn and watch lawyers fight it out by cutting eachother with papercuts from legal doucments, wooooo!
i`m supporting SCO... i like supporting under-dogs
the eu isn`t about 'the people', like such ideals which america was created upon. europe is being made by politicians for politicians, whereas the american constitution was designed exactly for the average person by the average people of that time.
eu law is for the eu politicians, it doesn`t care about the people, this is, practically a dictatorship which is slipping in under our noses.
i`m in the uk, hopefully we won`t be going into the eu, it's quite disgusting what the eu does stand for, the day the uk joins the eu is the day (hand on heart) i live my country, i`ll go live in australia or the US or something, no way am i going to live in an eu-state.
you're an idiot. most countries don`t expect u to pay for incomming, otherwise if u hated someone u could text them 1,000,000 times a day, thats dumb. secondly the inconvenience of receiving a useless message every few minutes/hours is incredibly annoying.
This will force companies to stop this, it's about time someone tackled this problem.
Ladies and Gentleman, a stereotype of a pro-european ^.
We're staying out of Europe partly because of the multitude of languages"
and yet you went to Japan?
maybe if you were serious about your business you would research into markets.
The UK doesn't need the EU (or want it) and the EU does need us. Not only do we have a very storng currency, we have the 4th biggest economy in the world, and judging by the last 2 years we've certainly had the most stable out of America and all of Europe, so... how would joining a currency which is more shakier than an 140yr old parkinsons sufferer meant to help us out more, cos right now I can't see how our economy could be any better.
Not only does the EU want us for our Economy, they want us for our international power. We are a strong currency, and a nuclear power at that, we have a seat at the UN security council, the EU doesn't like that one bit (and infact in the constition they're attempting to make us lose that seat so there's just one EU representative instead).
Please do dump us from the EU, we don't want you, we're happy to sit by and watch it crumble over the next 3 decades.
haha, you're stupid, get out of my country.
Blair following Bush, they agreed ON ONE THING!!! how is he following him, are you stupid? yes, yes you are.
and you know what the best thing is, Bush is now using Blair's steps to peace between Israel and Palestine... and nobody mention a thing.. and who's copying WHO.
what an incredibly lame anti-british post.
it's been like this for probably decades, just that now the public are becomming aware, if you haven't broken the law.. just what is it you have to hide?
fact is, i have nothing to hide, so i don`t mind being tracked, if my car is stolen, i want my car back and the theif caught.
you cannot argue instances where it may not work, cos thats like saying "well lets not use it, because 1% of the time it isn`t going to work".
as long as the technology can do it effectively, lets do it.
i think you'll find that the poverty line is decided internationally when comparing countries to eachother. otherwise mongolia could claim to have 0 people under the poverty line.
i just find it funny that you're all going on about how bad china is, can`t feed its own people etc. when america has the highest rate of people below the poverty line in the world, yet spending billions on something as stupid as space is ok? maybe we should all fix up our own planet before trashing things external to it
you're an idiot. 1) america COULDN'T invade France, as much as i hate france and the other europeans (i`m english/british) america isn't anywhere as near as strong as the average joe on the street thinks it is. france would simply nuke 50 of the major cities in america, america is obliterated form the world.
what you don`t get is any STRONG nuclear power (america, uk, france, russia, china) is as strong as the next, this is the nuclear deterrant which has kept over 5 decades of peace.
america would never attack, the idea is stupid, but if it did britain would pay no part, and would join up with the rest of the world and obliterate america.
the only reason chirac is making no effort to mend ties with bush is because he knows france is going to be leading the eu in a decade, and regardless the eu is going to be a major threat to not only america, but world peace. why make friends with someone you know you've got to be enemies with?
We have the (currently) strongest currency in the world, and through 2002 and first quarter 2003 the most stable economy. Whereas America has lost significant ground in the world economic structure. Dependant are we?
And anyway, America is more like us, they're the same people, whereas the Europeans are just power hungry animals wanting to build a super power to rival America, and start WWIII.
Oh and our PM is Bush's poodle is he? Well to quote a French newspaper this past month.. "Blair isn't Bush's poodle, he's his guide-dog".
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Everybody I know, and everybody I`ve ever asked about this, and everything i hear on the radio, and watch on the tv, believe me, if there was a referrendom tomorrow, 70% of people would spit on the EU.
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I'm British (well, English...) and I'm i live in London. NO `brit' (btw i find that term offensive) wants anything to do with the EU, we don't want their trade their languages their currency or their evilness. The EU is banning all gameshows which give out over 70,000, i.e Who wants to be a Millionnaire is going to have to change or be banned, THATS HOW stooopid the Europeans are. Britain is Britain, the political alliance of England, Scotland and Wales, we are our own union, we don't want European trash, and we're not in Europe, infact our land hasn't been `Europe' for 5,000-6,500 years. Europe is crazy, this is one of the things that prove it.
This survey was taken at one of my local trainstations. It's completely stupid, some guy walks up to you and says 'I'll give you this pen if you tell me your computer password', person says anything to get free pen. wow 9 out of 10 people pretended to give out their passwords and in return they got a free pen, was any of these passwords tested to see if they worked? Were they asked where they worked, the type of computer they logged on to, the location, any other network questions? NO If it was done in a seriously way, such as inside an office building it'd be far lower, it's ridiculous to draw any conclusion from this, hell I'd say "my password is donkey" (i bet ppl will try that as my slashdot password now haha) in order to get a free crappy pen, who wouldn't?
What annoys me about these open-source fanatics, is that they have to force their beliefs on to other people. And just because they want everything open source, everyone else should hear about it. If they love open-source software so much then go kiss your hard drive, why protest about it and (1)make a fool of yourself, (2)make the belief that the people who are into open-source are idiots who are willing to prove how sad they are by acting like stero-type computer geeks. They can like opensource all they like, and they got it, why protest against those who are against it, they have what they want already, and things are getting better all the time.