Just last week and Italian food-reviewer decried McDonald's food as ashitty food - and guess what, the Italian McDonald's compay is suing him for $25 million (USD) for his statments
And how, exactly, is this less sane than suing McDonald's for a comparable ammount of money for serving you a cup of hot coffee..?
If you're paying the hosting bill and running the site, then the site is your private property.
Yes and no. You could argue that a portion of the hardware/system resources are your private property (but not really, you are just renting them) and that the site content is your intellectual property, but... It is also a mass media publication and should, by all sense and reason, be subject to the same laws and regulations that govern all other mass media publications.
(And please don't slap me in the face with the US constitution. As impressive as it may be, it relly doesn't apply to us on this side of "the pond". Finally, IANAL, etc...)
As for Europe, the EU is planning on making it a crime to speak ideas they don't like.
Wrong again! Since that would seriously violate the constitution of at least one member country and national governments still yield veto in such issues, that is just never going to happen. Just like the European Union will never be the United States of Europe you seem to consider it to be...
Equally, you could be considered wholefully ignorant of the relevant scripture, in this particular case, defined as the works of William Gibson and, by him, inspired works. That's where "The Matrix" comes from, as well. And, by any chance, does anyone remember who played Johnny Mnemonic, in the film with the same name?
Obviously, Gibson got the name from the Bible, it's a cool name-stake.
Thing is, this is a consequence of an EU treety saying you should never pay VAT on an item twice (ofcourse, you shouldn't get away with not paying any either).
In practice, this means you only and always pay VAT in the country of origin and nowhere else.
The "beautiful" thing is, this applies to goods from outside the EU as well. For the sake of argument, eBay might as well be collecting Azerbadjani VAT (naturally, they'll collect US VAT or equivalent, since they're US based). As long as some form of VAT has been collected, the EU is happy. If there hasn't, EU has to collect VAT either at the point of entry into the EU or at the destination (or somewhere inbetween), which is a nuciance.
an elegant device that provides media and other entertainment services that is programmable, can store data, is networkable - surely you can see the point...
What's that word bubbling up in the back of my mind... ah! X-terminal! (a.k.a. thin client, not the VT100 emulator)
Short of resigning and devoting the rest of his/her life to working for the red cross, exactly how would this poor sod growing an over-sized conscience help the rest of the world?
Depends on whether, with rughead, you refer to he hair-style of the person or that some cultures tend to wear "rug-like" head-wear. In my experience, it can be used both ways...
Either you have an even worse sense of humour than I have (which is very, very sad, indeed) or you honestly didn't get that joke... being a/.-er, I don't know which is worse!?
I can't speak for the USA, but this is actually illegal in the EU.
Why?
Because this essentially makes the car a new model, which has to be type-approved for road-use by the proper authorities. (Almost) no private citizen, and few chipping companies, can afford this......this ofcourse makes absolutely no sense in the XBox case, since computers don't have to be type-approved for use by the authorities... yet.
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the day the uk joins the eu is the day (hand on heart) i live my country
Well then, off you go! Shoo, shoo! You already joined it years ago when you signed the Maastricht Treaty!
Yes, recent polls have shown that Britons are the EU citizens most unaware of the union...
Editorialized publications are not required to publish responses, at least not in the USA
Who the F said anything about the USA and who the F cares!?
Talk about a storm in a glass of water...
Just last week and Italian food-reviewer decried McDonald's food as ashitty food - and guess what, the Italian McDonald's compay is suing him for $25 million (USD) for his statments
And how, exactly, is this less sane than suing McDonald's for a comparable ammount of money for serving you a cup of hot coffee..?
If you're paying the hosting bill and running the site, then the site is your private property.
Yes and no. You could argue that a portion of the hardware/system resources are your private property (but not really, you are just renting them) and that the site content is your intellectual property, but...
It is also a mass media publication and should, by all sense and reason, be subject to the same laws and regulations that govern all other mass media publications.
(And please don't slap me in the face with the US constitution. As impressive as it may be, it relly doesn't apply to us on this side of "the pond". Finally, IANAL, etc...)
As for Europe, the EU is planning on making it a crime to speak ideas they don't like.
Wrong again! Since that would seriously violate the constitution of at least one member country and national governments still yield veto in such issues, that is just never going to happen. Just like the European Union will never be the United States of Europe you seem to consider it to be...
In an otherwise emminently sensible post (which I would mod' up, had I any points to mod' with), I would like to pick on just one thing:
the Church of England (with no known terrorist wing). And the Ulster Defence Force is what..?
In Norway!!!
Well, I always thought the Norwegians were a bit wierd... in a friendly "lusekofta" sort of way ,-)
Then you are woefully ignorant of history.
Equally, you could be considered wholefully ignorant of the relevant scripture, in this particular case, defined as the works of William Gibson and, by him, inspired works. That's where "The Matrix" comes from, as well. And, by any chance, does anyone remember who played Johnny Mnemonic, in the film with the same name?
Obviously, Gibson got the name from the Bible, it's a cool name-stake.
You see, this is what the Maastrich Treety is really about...
And you won't land in jail in the US for denying the Holocaust in an attempt to whitewash the Nazis: you're thinking of Europe
Wrong! You are thinking of Germany. There is a slight difference, you know...
Thing is, this is a consequence of an EU treety saying you should never pay VAT on an item twice (ofcourse, you shouldn't get away with not paying any either).
,-)
In practice, this means you only and always pay VAT in the country of origin and nowhere else.
The "beautiful" thing is, this applies to goods from outside the EU as well.
For the sake of argument, eBay might as well be collecting Azerbadjani VAT (naturally, they'll collect US VAT or equivalent, since they're US based). As long as some form of VAT has been collected, the EU is happy.
If there hasn't, EU has to collect VAT either at the point of entry into the EU or at the destination (or somewhere inbetween), which is a nuciance.
Neat, isn't it?
Rather 2.4E9*sqrt((1-883/300000000)/(1+883/300000000))=2. 3999933E9
But then again, c!=300000000m/s exactly... '-)
Last time I looked, AirPort Extreme was a Wireless Access Point...
What flavour is it?
There's no flavour! It's bloody albatross flavour!
Yikes, the CHEAPEST model is $449, without any accesories. I think I'll give it a miss this once
That's just a bit over £260, a price I'd certainly be prepared to pay (compare it to a Palm Tungsten, if you like)...
an elegant device that provides media and other entertainment services that is programmable, can store data, is networkable - surely you can see the point...
What's that word bubbling up in the back of my mind... ah! X-terminal! (a.k.a. thin client, not the VT100 emulator)
If you cant smell it, you deserve it!
Short of resigning and devoting the rest of his/her life to working for the red cross, exactly how would this poor sod growing an over-sized conscience help the rest of the world?
common sense is the same in the States... at least among non-idiots
That depends entirely on which is the most common... ;-)
it's a continent of people hiding from the law
No, that's Australia... ;-)
It all boils down to your definition of "nerd"...
Depends on whether, with rughead, you refer to he hair-style of the person or that some cultures tend to wear "rug-like" head-wear. In my experience, it can be used both ways...
Either you have an even worse sense of humour than I have (which is very, very sad, indeed) or you honestly didn't get that joke... being a /.-er, I don't know which is worse!?
And if it's an Irishman? Or a Corsican..?
Tydligen inte engelsk heller. "allot" ar fullt korrekt att skriva i brittisk engelska...
I can't speak for the USA, but this is actually illegal in the EU.
...this ofcourse makes absolutely no sense in the XBox case, since computers don't have to be type-approved for use by the authorities... yet.
Why?
Because this essentially makes the car a new model, which has to be type-approved for road-use by the proper authorities.
(Almost) no private citizen, and few chipping companies, can afford this...