The first three conventions were revised, a fourth was added, and the entire set was ratified in 1949; the whole is referred to as the "Geneva Conventions of 1949" or simply the "Geneva Conventions". Later conferences have added provisions prohibiting certain methods of warfare and addressing issues of civil wars. Nearly all 200 countries of the world are "signatory" nations, in that they have ratified these conventions
Actually, the Geneva Conventions being referenced are the 1949 Geneva Conventions which included a COMPLETE revision of any previous accords and thusly required signatures. ODDLY enough, this was after world war 2.
Of course the Internet, is made up of internets, but you knew that RIGHT? there is the "military".mil aka DARPANET, there is the.uk internet which is "physically" seperated from the.us/.com/etc internet which is "physically" located in the Continental US, Then there are several colleges which have internets that connect to the Internet.
Ok, guess we were talking both... comes from reading too many stories at the same time. Reading one, thinking about it, responding to another... GAH the pain.
Well, we were talking about home users, Business users gotta find the best deal for their business size and plan.. perhaps a custom smoothwall(also non-free) may be a part of their best plan.
What about the minimum wage projectionist who slaves a dvcam to the projector and the digital out to the digital audio in, at the "employees only" pre-screen the friday before opening?
Actually, the insiders still use FTP and private NNTP, same as in 1990. I'm guessing that FTP and private NNTP servers will continue to be the first line for the forseable future.
NO, with cable, you can't "steal service" if the pipe is closed at the street on "public" property, you are "stealing service" if you are "expanding your channel selection" without modifying your contract with the company.
IF I do not and have never had a contract with the cable company, but somehow it gets into my house, ALL they can do is turn it off.
I understand. I buy 3-10 new(to me) games per year, BUT I don't spend more than $25 on a game at Walmart, bestbuy, circuit city, etc. I also buy another 10-20 games on the clearance, discount, used racks at EB, etc for $3-10. I'm not on that limited an income since I just pre-ordered the RotK extended premium, that I likely will watch once or twice a year. but I understand.
In point of fact the GC only apply when both adversarial parties are signatories, membership in the UN is and has been irrelavent. Interestingly enough, there have been no signifigant conflicts between signatories since they were signed.
A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present
Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have
fallen into the power of the enemy:
1. Members of the armed forces of a Party to the
conflict as well as members of militias or volunteer corps forming part of such
armed forces.
2. Members of other militias and members of other
volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to
a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if
this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps,
including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following
conditions:
(a) That of being commanded by a person
responsible for his subordinates;
(b) That of having a fixed distinctive sign
recognizable at a distance;
(c) That of carrying arms openly;
(d) That of conducting their operations in
accordance with the laws and customs of war.
3. Members of regular armed forces who profess
allegiance to a government or an authority not recognized by the Detaining
Power.
4. Persons who accompany the armed forces without
actually being members thereof, such as civilian members of military aircraft
crews, war correspondents, supply contractors, members of labour units or of
services responsible for the welfare of the armed forces, provided that they
have received authorization from the armed forces which they accompany, who
shall provide them for that purpose with an identity card similar to the annexed
model.
5. Members of crews, including masters, pilots and
apprentices, of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft of the
Parties to the conflict, who do not benefit by more favourable treatment under
any other provisions of international law.
6. Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory, who on
the approach of the enemy spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading
forces, without having had time to form themselves into regular armed units,
provided they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war.
B. The following shall likewise be treated as
prisoners of war under the present Convention:
1. Persons belonging, or having belonged, to the
armed forces of the occupied country, if the occupying Power considers it
necessary by reason of such allegiance to intern them, even though it has
originally liberated them while hostilities were going on outside the territory
it occupies, in particular where such persons have made an unsuccessful attempt
to rejoin the armed forces to which they belong and which are engaged in combat,
or where they fail to comply with a summons made to them with a view to
internment.
2. The persons belonging to one of the categories
enumerated in the present Article, who have been received by neutral or
non-belligerent Powers on their territory and whom these Powers are required to
intern under international law, without prejudice to any more favourable
treatment which these Powers may choose to give and with the exception of
Articles 8, 10, 15, 30, fifth paragraph, 58-67, 92, 126 and, where diplomatic
relations exist between the Parties to the conflict and the neutral or
non-belligerent Power concerned, those Articles concerning the Protecting Power.
Where such diplomatic relations exist, the Parties to a conflict on whom these
persons depend shall be allowed to perform towards them the functions of a
Protecting Power as provided in the present Convention, without prejudice to the
functions which these Parties normally exercise in conformity with diplomatic
and consular usage and treaties.
C. This Article shall in no way affect the status
of medical personnel and chaplains as provided for in Article 33 of the present
Convention.
Colored armbands satisfy the geneva conventions.. In fact, this has precedence, during world war 2 infiltrators, guerrillas and subversives would frequently co-ordinate using an armband with a distinctive color to identify friend from foe when blowing up railroad tracks or such.
Newspapers, now there is an interesting market. Do you know why Newspapers charge for their product?...
Because free stuff gets picked up and thrown away unread. I subscribe to the weekend paper locally... why? news? nah, I've got slashdot and My.yahoo frontpage. Coupons and sales flyers. I'm paying for advertising.
Which of the Geneva convetions was violated?? refresh my memory? Perhaps you refer to the one that says persons captured and found by a field tribunal(aprehending officer) to be war criminals are not protected by the conventions... Oh, and the criminals apprehended were hiding among civilian populations not wearing uniforms, etc IOW, NOT covered.
Or perhaps you are referencing one of the conventions NOT ratified by the US like the one saying that its not OK to shut down telephone or electrical service if there is a chance civilians might be affected.
And if there were slightly less expensive games and a larger variety, there would be more buyers, piracy or not. Every person who downloads before he buys, contributes to the higher quality games being produced and reduces.... I'm not arguing for or against piracy, just attempting to introduce logic. FWIW, Doom3 has its roots FIRMLY in the try before you buy arena.
Slashdot Mirror
Ok, you missed the sarcasm tags, the post dripped and oozed sarcasm, I almost hurt myself slipping in the puddle of sarcasm oozing from that post.
the GP post was attempting to make the point that we already have civics classes nationwide and it doesn't appear to have any impact on students.
Geneva Conventions
Actually, the Geneva Conventions being referenced are the 1949 Geneva Conventions which included a COMPLETE revision of any previous accords and thusly required signatures. ODDLY enough, this was after world war 2.
YES, there are OSHA rules for kitchens just like anywhere else.. at steel mills, for example you MUST take a 10-15 minute cooldown break every hour.
And you know this, because she asked the person who keyed the car?? Or are you speculating?
Of course the Internet, is made up of internets, but you knew that RIGHT? there is the "military" .mil aka DARPANET, there is the .uk internet which is "physically" seperated from the .us/.com/etc internet which is "physically" located in the Continental US, Then there are several colleges which have internets that connect to the Internet.
And none of you IDIOTS thought to talk to a lawyer?? How did you find slashdot?
Ok, guess we were talking both... comes from reading too many stories at the same time. Reading one, thinking about it, responding to another... GAH the pain.
Well, we were talking about home users, Business users gotta find the best deal for their business size and plan.. perhaps a custom smoothwall(also non-free) may be a part of their best plan.
What about the minimum wage projectionist who slaves a dvcam to the projector and the digital out to the digital audio in, at the "employees only" pre-screen the friday before opening?
Compression comes free with windows xp
Why pay??
Try AVG--Free in the US
And Kerio -- Free as well.
Not quite under $100 It is trivial to produce a 1GHz computer in bulk for ~$100.
That is fairly generous, IMO, Office hasn't improved noticiably since 97.
Actually, the insiders still use FTP and private NNTP, same as in 1990. I'm guessing that FTP and private NNTP servers will continue to be the first line for the forseable future.
NO, with cable, you can't "steal service" if the pipe is closed at the street on "public" property, you are "stealing service" if you are "expanding your channel selection" without modifying your contract with the company.
IF I do not and have never had a contract with the cable company, but somehow it gets into my house, ALL they can do is turn it off.
I understand. I buy 3-10 new(to me) games per year, BUT I don't spend more than $25 on a game at Walmart, bestbuy, circuit city, etc. I also buy another 10-20 games on the clearance, discount, used racks at EB, etc for $3-10. I'm not on that limited an income since I just pre-ordered the RotK extended premium, that I likely will watch once or twice a year. but I understand.
Ok, sorry, I meant that I didn't recall seeing it on the front page of slashdot. I definitely was aware of the existence of those.
In point of fact the GC only apply when both adversarial parties are signatories, membership in the UN is and has been irrelavent. Interestingly enough, there have been no signifigant conflicts between signatories since they were signed.
A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen into the power of the enemy:
1. Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict as well as members of militias or volunteer corps forming part of such armed forces.
2. Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions:
(a) That of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
(b) That of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance;
(c) That of carrying arms openly;
(d) That of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.
3. Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a government or an authority not recognized by the Detaining Power.
4. Persons who accompany the armed forces without actually being members thereof, such as civilian members of military aircraft crews, war correspondents, supply contractors, members of labour units or of services responsible for the welfare of the armed forces, provided that they have received authorization from the armed forces which they accompany, who shall provide them for that purpose with an identity card similar to the annexed model.
5. Members of crews, including masters, pilots and apprentices, of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft of the Parties to the conflict, who do not benefit by more favourable treatment under any other provisions of international law.
6. Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory, who on the approach of the enemy spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading forces, without having had time to form themselves into regular armed units, provided they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war.
B. The following shall likewise be treated as prisoners of war under the present Convention:
1. Persons belonging, or having belonged, to the armed forces of the occupied country, if the occupying Power considers it necessary by reason of such allegiance to intern them, even though it has originally liberated them while hostilities were going on outside the territory it occupies, in particular where such persons have made an unsuccessful attempt to rejoin the armed forces to which they belong and which are engaged in combat, or where they fail to comply with a summons made to them with a view to internment.
2. The persons belonging to one of the categories enumerated in the present Article, who have been received by neutral or non-belligerent Powers on their territory and whom these Powers are required to intern under international law, without prejudice to any more favourable treatment which these Powers may choose to give and with the exception of Articles 8, 10, 15, 30, fifth paragraph, 58-67, 92, 126 and, where diplomatic relations exist between the Parties to the conflict and the neutral or non-belligerent Power concerned, those Articles concerning the Protecting Power. Where such diplomatic relations exist, the Parties to a conflict on whom these persons depend shall be allowed to perform towards them the functions of a Protecting Power as provided in the present Convention, without prejudice to the functions which these Parties normally exercise in conformity with diplomatic and consular usage and treaties.
C. This Article shall in no way affect the status of medical personnel and chaplains as provided for in Article 33 of the present Convention.
Colored armbands satisfy the geneva conventions.. In fact, this has precedence, during world war 2 infiltrators, guerrillas and subversives would frequently co-ordinate using an armband with a distinctive color to identify friend from foe when blowing up railroad tracks or such.
Newspapers, now there is an interesting market. Do you know why Newspapers charge for their product?...
Because free stuff gets picked up and thrown away unread. I subscribe to the weekend paper locally... why? news? nah, I've got slashdot and My.yahoo frontpage. Coupons and sales flyers. I'm paying for advertising.
Which of the Geneva convetions was violated?? refresh my memory? Perhaps you refer to the one that says persons captured and found by a field tribunal(aprehending officer) to be war criminals are not protected by the conventions... Oh, and the criminals apprehended were hiding among civilian populations not wearing uniforms, etc IOW, NOT covered.
Or perhaps you are referencing one of the conventions NOT ratified by the US like the one saying that its not OK to shut down telephone or electrical service if there is a chance civilians might be affected.
Don't bother renting it from blockbuster, or borrowing it from a friend either. YOU must own your own copy.
And if you decide to download it before you buy it, you are also evil.
And if there were slightly less expensive games and a larger variety, there would be more buyers, piracy or not. Every person who downloads before he buys, contributes to the higher quality games being produced and reduces.... I'm not arguing for or against piracy, just attempting to introduce logic. FWIW, Doom3 has its roots FIRMLY in the try before you buy arena.