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Incidentally, the UK is still paying the US for it's assistance during WWII - from Hansard (record of debates in UK parliament):
"Bob Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what outstanding liabilities there are to the United Kingdom of lend-lease loan facilities arranged during the Second World War; [38441]..."
"Ruth Kelly: The information is as follows."...
"Under the Agreement the loans would be repaid in 50 annual instalments commencing in 1950. However the Agreement allowed deferral of annual payments of both principal and interest if necessary because of prevailing international exchange rate conditions and the level of the United Kingdom's foreign currency and gold reserves. The United Kingdom has deferred payments on six occasions. Repayment of the war loans to the United States Government should therefore be completed on 31 December 2006, subject to the United Kingdom not choosing to exercise its option to defer payment.
As at 31 March 2001 principal of $346,287,953 (£243,573,154 at the exchange rate on that day) was outstanding on the loans provided by the United States Government in 1945. The Government intend to meet its obligations under the 1945 Agreement by repaying the United States Government in full the amounts lend [sic] in 1945. "
So not only do Americans seem to expect eternal gratitude - they want paying as well! Not that I have a problem with paying the money back, but you'd kind of think . . .
Right, I don't believe there's any way you could know which is right from the information provided. Effectively the quiz asks you pick randomly from two choices and then claims that since you almost inevitably get some wrong you're in danger of downloading spyware. It's only true if you download stuff from websites by guessing whether they're trustworthy.
I always go with the stock - "I can be a bit of a perfectionist" although I dress it up differently so it's not quite as obvious as that. At first I thought almost any interviewer would see through this but actually it seems to work well.
Well Al Capone had a shady past but the authorities couldn't prove much of what they knew so in the end they went for the weaker charge of tax evasion. Tax evasion was something they could prove and still a crime - that they would've liked to get him on many other things but couldn't is a side issue.
Go EU! If they can nail these bastards on any charges, good for them.
The answer is reliable, fast and accurate voice recognition. I believe this is a lot closer than is generally realised. In fact, although it's not available "on the street" I suspect certain institutions already have voice recognition technology capable of almost complete accuracy without needing training even over multiple languages and regional accents.
Congratulations, Captain Obvious. You correctly point out that no system of justice is (or ever will be) perfect.
And while on the subject of the obvious you're also correct that one of the requirements of a criminal justice system is to satisfy the public demand for retribution (or revenge if you have difficulty understanding the difference).
I mean that everybody will claim the courts made a mistake, it's human nature, but once you've been found guilty in court you no longer get the benefit of presumption of innocence. Just claiming you've been wrongly convicted is no longer good enough - you have to present some evidence in support, otherwise it's meaningless (aka bullshit).
Get some perspective will you. It was only a couple of years ago that everybody was on 5kb dialup. Now broadband at 500Mb is common and in another few years, god only know's what sort of speeds we'll be getting. Besides which, gamers are a load of sad lonely wankers, whereas most bittorrent users are . . . never mind.
So courts make mistakes but how else are you going to decide who's guilty and who's not, presumably the judge should wait for you to second guess the jury before delivering a verdict? It's a working assumption - found guilty in court = genuinely guilty and deserving of punishment. "The court may have made a mistake" is bullshit.
Everybody seems to be missing the point. The RIAA's problem is nothing to do with sales (although they claim it is) - the real problem is that everything is developing towards a system where the customers are in direct contact with the sellers. The RIAA represent middlemen, they desperately need to retain CONTROL of the artists and the means of distribution.
Remember that the EU software patent directive was rejected by a margin of over 600 votes
Bear in mind that the margin of defeat does not represent the true level of opposition. The pro-Patent lobby suddenly switched at the last minute and told their cronies and shills in the EU parliament to vote against the directive.
It will still allow for the scramjets to be tested on a limited scale in real life conditions
I know the article says that they can now get lots of data in 8 seconds but I'd question whether you could test a scramjet in any realistic sense in that amount of time. It's got to take at least that long just to fire one up, let alone get it up to normal operating temp.
Extensive exposure to US spelling has caused increasing usage in the UK
("airplane" for example has almost become the dominant usage). I'd assume that this is a trend which will continue in the future since global communication is becoming easier and easier. Most UK citizens wouldn't usually know the correct UK usage from US usage in any case.
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When you think slashdot moderators are a representative cross-section of people.... you might want to reduce the amount of time you spend online or something.
Incidentally, the UK is still paying the US for it's assistance during WWII - from Hansard (record of debates in UK parliament):
"Bob Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what outstanding liabilities there are to the United Kingdom of lend-lease loan facilities arranged during the Second World War; [38441]..."
"Ruth Kelly: The information is as follows."...
"Under the Agreement the loans would be repaid in 50 annual instalments commencing in 1950. However the Agreement allowed deferral of annual payments of both principal and interest if necessary because of prevailing international exchange rate conditions and the level of the United Kingdom's foreign currency and gold reserves. The United Kingdom has deferred payments on six occasions. Repayment of the war loans to the United States Government should therefore be completed on 31 December 2006, subject to the United Kingdom not choosing to exercise its option to defer payment.
As at 31 March 2001 principal of $346,287,953 (£243,573,154 at the exchange rate on that day) was outstanding on the loans provided by the United States Government in 1945. The Government intend to meet its obligations under the 1945 Agreement by repaying the United States Government in full the amounts lend [sic] in 1945. "
So not only do Americans seem to expect eternal gratitude - they want paying as well! Not that I have a problem with paying the money back, but you'd kind of think . . .
Next week "how water is wet".
It's the stock answer.
I always go with the stock - "I can be a bit of a perfectionist" although I dress it up differently so it's not quite as obvious as that. At first I thought almost any interviewer would see through this but actually it seems to work well.
The rest of the world would be delighted if the US did exactly that.
I believe that should be Windows #8712 Monopoly
Well Al Capone had a shady past but the authorities couldn't prove much of what they knew so in the end they went for the weaker charge of tax evasion. Tax evasion was something they could prove and still a crime - that they would've liked to get him on many other things but couldn't is a side issue.
Go EU! If they can nail these bastards on any charges, good for them.
The answer is reliable, fast and accurate voice recognition. I believe this is a lot closer than is generally realised. In fact, although it's not available "on the street" I suspect certain institutions already have voice recognition technology capable of almost complete accuracy without needing training even over multiple languages and regional accents.
And while on the subject of the obvious you're also correct that one of the requirements of a criminal justice system is to satisfy the public demand for retribution (or revenge if you have difficulty understanding the difference).
I mean that everybody will claim the courts made a mistake, it's human nature, but once you've been found guilty in court you no longer get the benefit of presumption of innocence. Just claiming you've been wrongly convicted is no longer good enough - you have to present some evidence in support, otherwise it's meaningless (aka bullshit).
Get some perspective will you. It was only a couple of years ago that everybody was on 5kb dialup. Now broadband at 500Mb is common and in another few years, god only know's what sort of speeds we'll be getting. Besides which, gamers are a load of sad lonely wankers, whereas most bittorrent users are . . . never mind.
So courts make mistakes but how else are you going to decide who's guilty and who's not, presumably the judge should wait for you to second guess the jury before delivering a verdict? It's a working assumption - found guilty in court = genuinely guilty and deserving of punishment. "The court may have made a mistake" is bullshit.
Funny, I have no difficulty at all believing he is capable of exactly this despite the strong ethical standards he has displayed in the past.
The trouble is, every time you find a missing link you get two more.
De gustibus non est disputandum.
Since he was given possession of the laptop by the company, it is completely impossible for him to steal it.
Refusing to return the laptop would be the tort of "detinue", a civil matter for which the company could claim damages.
Everybody seems to be missing the point. The RIAA's problem is nothing to do with sales (although they claim it is) - the real problem is that everything is developing towards a system where the customers are in direct contact with the sellers. The RIAA represent middlemen, they desperately need to retain CONTROL of the artists and the means of distribution.
Bear in mind that the margin of defeat does not represent the true level of opposition. The pro-Patent lobby suddenly switched at the last minute and told their cronies and shills in the EU parliament to vote against the directive.
I know the article says that they can now get lots of data in 8 seconds but I'd question whether you could test a scramjet in any realistic sense in that amount of time. It's got to take at least that long just to fire one up, let alone get it up to normal operating temp.
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Extensive exposure to US spelling has caused increasing usage in the UK ("airplane" for example has almost become the dominant usage). I'd assume that this is a trend which will continue in the future since global communication is becoming easier and easier. Most UK citizens wouldn't usually know the correct UK usage from US usage in any case.
Hard to even imagine the size of the wet spot in that bed.
Why?