If people are better off in heaven than they are here on earth then it's a bit ridiculous of God to prevent people sending their children directly to heaven isn't it don't you think ?
Whats wrong in the example is that no one else in the business appears to have any clue what this guy was actually doing or how he was doing it. His work should definitely have been documented.
On the flip side his manager should have been reviewing his work to make sure he was explaining it properly to anyone else who may have to work with it and it wasn't overy convulted or uneccessarily complicated.
The Act specifically asserts the continued power of the UK Parliament to legislate in respect of Scotland;[6] thereby upholding the concept of Westminster's absolute Parliamentary sovereignty.
So Scotland is still governed by the ( non proportionally represented ) UK government it's just that certain limited powers of government have been granted to the Scottish parliment which can obviously be removed or over ridden by Westminister whenever it sees fit.
Well you really can't expect him to instantly change everything in one big bang you know ! It's just a totally unrealistic hope and what with Obama currently spending most of his time on his number one priority commissioning the building of new Mosques and in durbar with his chief theological adviser Abdul Mohammed Mohammed Akbar Mohammed crafting their new equal opportunties and racial equality bills he's going to be a bit busy for a while yet.
Why is it so difficult to understand that breaking the law does not equal committing a crime?
Why are you so boneheaded that you don't see that always commit a crime when you break the law.
A criminal conviction...
Why are you saying "criminal conviction" ? I thought you said earlier that any sort of conviction could only be a conviction if it was a conviction for a crime. Now you seem to be agreeing that not all convictions are necessarily criminal convictions.
Why not just face up to the fact you were wrong and take it like a man ?
In Derby citizens are required to attend Archery practice in the town square on Sundays whilst in York any Welshman found within the walls after dark may be shot with an arrow.
Or something like that, there is a whole load of ridiculous laws which no bothers enforcing anymore still on the books.
It looks to me like the PRS needs Google more than Google needs them. Hopefully Google will refuse to show any more of their dross until they can come back with some reasonable and sensible licensing terms for all their music.
The most ridiculous part is that the PRS apparently can't even tell Google which artists would be covered by their licence. If they don't know who they're representing then how are the artists ever going to get any money from them ? Totally ridiculous !
Only in America would you have to sit and read through contracts before seeing your Doctor !
Wake up guys, can't you realise what an uneccessary madness this is ? It's time for you to bring your medical care back from the 3rd world into the 1st world and nationalise it like every other sensible has done.
OMG ! The Pussy Cat Dolls, it's so like my number one dream to be one of The Pussy Cat Dolls they work like so hard and it's so cool and they are soooo creative and sing so well and they are just like so the best it would be so cool to be A Pussy Cat Doll. I'll be so like so Rich and so Famous and I'd only be picked if I was so like talented and The Pussy Cat Dolls really liked me. OMG it would be so cool !
You can keep your current personal e-mail address to speak to your family and friends but if you are discussing the government business you are paid to do then you use the offical government account.
Microsoft has been found guily of "[abusing] its dominant market position to crush rivals" in the EU by the EU Competition Comission. It has taken the appeals process against this judgment all the way to the top and it lost.
So once again, and it really really is not that hard. Microsoft have to abide by different rules because they have been convicted of abusing their monopolists position in the market. Companies who have not been convicted of this do not to abide by these restrictions.
"Yes, but this is the same argument as saying "it's okay to commit a crime, just don't get caught"
No ! It absolutely isn't the same argument.
Because Microsoft are a convicted monopolist they have to live by different rules, rules which govern monopolists and their behaviour.
These rules do not apply to companies who are not monopolists, Apple is not a monopolist so these rules do not apply to Apple.
"So Apple, Firefox, whoever, can leverage THEIR market share at the detriment of MS, until they are in a position of 49% dominance, and MS is on 51% dominance ?"
Yes ! Obviously, duh, because Apple & Firefox are not monopolists.
Do you understand now ? It's really not that hard.
Most people ( Michael Jackson excepted ) can't decide to come to work as black man one day or a white man the next depending on how they feel whereas you obviously do have a choice when you decide what to wear in the morning.
That being the case you ought now be able to see why it's totally acceptable if someone says to you in a design review meeting:
"What do you know you scruffy bastard - you obviously couldn't be bothered to get dressed properly this morning so makes you think I should take you seriously now ?"
"No problem sir. Would you prefer I use a plunger or the toilet brush as I am updating my resume and want a good list of what technologies I use in my work?"
"What, you want to do it yourself rather than calling a plumber ?
If you have that much free time around here buddy I think we need to discuss your wages"
Oh yeah and what do you think those enourmous white fluffy things that are always floating around in the sky are then ? They're water, massive repositories of water just waiting to be heated by this giant space heater. This is going to take the current global warming problem and accelarate it to a deadly degree.
How can it not ? What is basically being proposed is capturing energy the Earth would otherwise sensibly ignore and beam it down into our atmosphere creating huge superheated clouds with energy which was never meant to be here in the first place.
When will we learn we need to protect and conserve Gaia and not do our best to upset her delicate rythmns ?
I couldn't care less if films like the Dark Knight don't get made but I suspect that without huge media companies films would still be made.
The amount of money spent on films is ridiculous, actors could do with being cut down to size and being paid a reasonable amount for what is, when you really look at it, fairly simple and menial work that almost anyone could do.
Absolutley right. A lot of people seem to imagine entertainment, music, books, films etc are something which are created and brought into being only because of these companies.
A better way of looking at it is that entertainment is a constantly changing infinite ocean excitement which the media companies are attempting to fence off and only allow public access for exhorbitant prices through turnstiles.
If the media executives and their companies all died tomorrow their would still be music and there would still be films and books.
Those media companies lost any sympathy they had with me the moment they started to referring to songs, artists or films etc as 'product'.
They've been lucky enough over the past 30 or 40 years or so to be in a position where they can make vast amounts of money with very little effort but unfortunately for them things are changing now and they can no longer hold their position, like a giant bloodsucking leech clamped to the throats of both the artists and their customers, as they used to. They have no special dispensation to continue making vast profits when there entire business model is being kicked out from underneath them.
Any moaning music company exec should be dragged screaming from their phallic corporate towers and face public justice by having every bone in their body surgically removed over the course of several years until they exist soley as the large puddles of steaming crap they really are.
I can't believe you've got a +5 insightful mod for that ! This thing can reach a height of 15 metres, is that even at deck level on a Naval Frigate ? I can't see how it would be any use to the navy at all, they have 1001 more suitable tools for over the horizion spying than this several of which are cheaper, more reliable, safer, more effective and more useful.
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If people are better off in heaven than they are here on earth then it's a bit ridiculous of God to prevent people sending their children directly to heaven isn't it don't you think ?
So now you know the 3rd option exists I guess the next step is for you to make use of it !
Whats wrong in the example is that no one else in the business appears to have any clue what this guy was actually doing or how he was doing it. His work should definitely have been documented.
On the flip side his manager should have been reviewing his work to make sure he was explaining it properly to anyone else who may have to work with it and it wasn't overy convulted or uneccessarily complicated.
From your wikipedia article
So Scotland is still governed by the ( non proportionally represented ) UK government it's just that certain limited powers of government have been granted to the Scottish parliment which can obviously be removed or over ridden by Westminister whenever it sees fit.
Well you really can't expect him to instantly change everything in one big bang you know ! It's just a totally unrealistic hope and what with Obama currently spending most of his time on his number one priority commissioning the building of new Mosques and in durbar with his chief theological adviser Abdul Mohammed Mohammed Akbar Mohammed crafting their new equal opportunties and racial equality bills he's going to be a bit busy for a while yet.
In Scotland you're governed by the government of the UK and that's not proportional representation.
Why are you so boneheaded that you don't see that always commit a crime when you break the law.
Why are you saying "criminal conviction" ? I thought you said earlier that any sort of conviction could only be a conviction if it was a conviction for a crime. Now you seem to be agreeing that not all convictions are necessarily criminal convictions.
Why not just face up to the fact you were wrong and take it like a man ?
I think it's actually somewhere like Shrewsbury or Worcester, closer to the Welsh menace, where you can do this.
That's not suicide you dolt, it's the rapture and it's no wonder people get all depressed when they realise they've been left behind.
In Derby citizens are required to attend Archery practice in the town square on Sundays whilst in York any Welshman found within the walls after dark may be shot with an arrow.
Or something like that, there is a whole load of ridiculous laws which no bothers enforcing anymore still on the books.
It looks to me like the PRS needs Google more than Google needs them. Hopefully Google will refuse to show any more of their dross until they can come back with some reasonable and sensible licensing terms for all their music.
The most ridiculous part is that the PRS apparently can't even tell Google which artists would be covered by their licence. If they don't know who they're representing then how are the artists ever going to get any money from them ? Totally ridiculous !
Only in America would you have to sit and read through contracts before seeing your Doctor !
Wake up guys, can't you realise what an uneccessary madness this is ? It's time for you to bring your medical care back from the 3rd world into the 1st world and nationalise it like every other sensible has done.
OMG ! The Pussy Cat Dolls, it's so like my number one dream to be one of The Pussy Cat Dolls they work like so hard and it's so cool and they are soooo creative and sing so well and they are just like so the best it would be so cool to be A Pussy Cat Doll. I'll be so like so Rich and so Famous and I'd only be picked if I was so like talented and The Pussy Cat Dolls really liked me. OMG it would be so cool !
Are you some sort of idiot ?
You can keep your current personal e-mail address to speak to your family and friends but if you are discussing the government business you are paid to do then you use the offical government account.
It's really not that hard.
Wrong !
Microsoft has been found guily of "[abusing] its dominant market position to crush rivals" in the EU by the EU Competition Comission. It has taken the appeals process against this judgment all the way to the top and it lost.
So once again, and it really really is not that hard. Microsoft have to abide by different rules because they have been convicted of abusing their monopolists position in the market. Companies who have not been convicted of this do not to abide by these restrictions.
Do you understand ?
Oh ! Whine, whine ... moan, moan ... cry, cry. Poor little cruelly victimised US.
Absolute bollocks, the EU fines far more European companies than it does US ones.
Stop wimpering like a girl and stand up for yourself for goodness sake you whinging loser.
No ! It absolutely isn't the same argument.
Because Microsoft are a convicted monopolist they have to live by different rules, rules which govern monopolists and their behaviour.
These rules do not apply to companies who are not monopolists, Apple is not a monopolist so these rules do not apply to Apple.
Yes ! Obviously, duh, because Apple & Firefox are not monopolists.
Do you understand now ? It's really not that hard.
Most people ( Michael Jackson excepted ) can't decide to come to work as black man one day or a white man the next depending on how they feel whereas you obviously do have a choice when you decide what to wear in the morning.
That being the case you ought now be able to see why it's totally acceptable if someone says to you in a design review meeting:
"What do you know you scruffy bastard - you obviously couldn't be bothered to get dressed properly this morning so makes you think I should take you seriously now ?"
"No problem sir. Would you prefer I use a plunger or the toilet brush as I am updating my resume and want a good list of what technologies I use in my work?"
"What, you want to do it yourself rather than calling a plumber ?
If you have that much free time around here buddy I think we need to discuss your wages"
Oh yeah and what do you think those enourmous white fluffy things that are always floating around in the sky are then ? They're water, massive repositories of water just waiting to be heated by this giant space heater. This is going to take the current global warming problem and accelarate it to a deadly degree.
How can it not ? What is basically being proposed is capturing energy the Earth would otherwise sensibly ignore and beam it down into our atmosphere creating huge superheated clouds with energy which was never meant to be here in the first place.
When will we learn we need to protect and conserve Gaia and not do our best to upset her delicate rythmns ?
I couldn't care less if films like the Dark Knight don't get made but I suspect that without huge media companies films would still be made.
The amount of money spent on films is ridiculous, actors could do with being cut down to size and being paid a reasonable amount for what is, when you really look at it, fairly simple and menial work that almost anyone could do.
Why should the TPB give a rats ass about DMCA requests ? They're totally meaningless under the Swedish law they operate under.
Absolutley right. A lot of people seem to imagine entertainment, music, books, films etc are something which are created and brought into being only because of these companies.
A better way of looking at it is that entertainment is a constantly changing infinite ocean excitement which the media companies are attempting to fence off and only allow public access for exhorbitant prices through turnstiles.
If the media executives and their companies all died tomorrow their would still be music and there would still be films and books.
Those media companies lost any sympathy they had with me the moment they started to referring to songs, artists or films etc as 'product'.
They've been lucky enough over the past 30 or 40 years or so to be in a position where they can make vast amounts of money with very little effort but unfortunately for them things are changing now and they can no longer hold their position, like a giant bloodsucking leech clamped to the throats of both the artists and their customers, as they used to. They have no special dispensation to continue making vast profits when there entire business model is being kicked out from underneath them.
Any moaning music company exec should be dragged screaming from their phallic corporate towers and face public justice by having every bone in their body surgically removed over the course of several years until they exist soley as the large puddles of steaming crap they really are.
I can't believe you've got a +5 insightful mod for that ! This thing can reach a height of 15 metres, is that even at deck level on a Naval Frigate ? I can't see how it would be any use to the navy at all, they have 1001 more suitable tools for over the horizion spying than this several of which are cheaper, more reliable, safer, more effective and more useful.