Let's not forget this kind of thinking and denial was present at the Chisso Corporation, with the mercury poisoning scandal during the 70s in Minamata, Japan.
Here in the UK people understand this, but are quite happy to pay less now, it's that simple.
I bought my new 4S on PAYG and have put only a tenner on it since 6 weeks ago (tenner got me 500 free texts and 500MB [500MB only lasts a month though, the upshot of this I have turned off the 3G chip, saving battery power, I'm surrounded by Wifi anyway]). I'll come out ahead on TCO in no time and easily sell it on.
Text messaging from an iPad/iPod Touch, even a Wifi models (for the iPad) is a really good enabler. Skype is cool and all but it has to load up, find the person then wait for them to come online. iMessages is more sublime than that.
Where I live that theory is a fact, even with commercial healthcare costing only $50 a month. I live in the UK, that figure is through BUPA. I probably pay $600 dollars roughly in National Insurance contributions. I just finished an MA and now work part time. I paid even less during Uni, did you?
As to the second part of your post, the Scandinavians prove you wrong on the corruption front. Norway especially, is considered the least corrupted nation on the planet, followed closely by her neighbours and New Zealand.
Give me more government I say (when it's good), lucky the majority of the best ones are in Europe or part of the Commonwealth.
There are a few Solar Power Stations in Spain that I know of, the UK will soon have more wind farms than any other European country and DESERT TEC is trying to build a solar station in the Sahara to power Europe.
What I don't get is why the US doesn't extradite from the UK, if they are after David McKinnon why can't they go through the courts in the UK for Assange. Not that I do support the US, in no way I do, I'm just feeling a bit out of the loop on this topic. Why is Sweden so crucial for the US.?
Really? An "integrated system that can't be broken out of"? You're talking shit on so many levels. As a simple user myself with allusions of being a super user, I can easily transfer everything to another OS tomorrow if I wanted, saying it requires work to do so isn't unfathomable, any switchover will. For those on the hacker level for greater freedom, you can jailbreak and remove drm protections with instructions available online.
Walled garden, yadda yadda fear mongering bias making use of all the negative buzzwords to describe Apple. Have you seen how beautiful a real Walled Garden is? At the same time who doesn't lock in customers?
Sorry I meant in my country, the UK, the one which shares a figurehead with Canada. I thought it would be top news here other than what the Sun on Sunday is going to look like tomorrow with Amanda Holden on the front cover!
Not Obama's tenure, the whole system of government. The US is in bad need of a third political party, everybody thinks with a binary attitude to the issues in life. A third party would do wonders for debate.
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Let's not forget this kind of thinking and denial was present at the Chisso Corporation, with the mercury poisoning scandal during the 70s in Minamata, Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_disease
As an adjective sure it is.
Here in the UK people understand this, but are quite happy to pay less now, it's that simple.
I bought my new 4S on PAYG and have put only a tenner on it since 6 weeks ago (tenner got me 500 free texts and 500MB [500MB only lasts a month though, the upshot of this I have turned off the 3G chip, saving battery power, I'm surrounded by Wifi anyway]). I'll come out ahead on TCO in no time and easily sell it on.
Text messaging from an iPad/iPod Touch, even a Wifi models (for the iPad) is a really good enabler. Skype is cool and all but it has to load up, find the person then wait for them to come online. iMessages is more sublime than that.
Do you work for Verizon?
In this case, I think Plato still got "FIRST!"
Nobody picked me up on it but I meant to say I paid $600 a year roughly in NI contributions vs $50 a month private.
Also here are some stats about Norway: http://news.discovery.com/human/nations-quality-of-life-rankings.html
Where I live that theory is a fact, even with commercial healthcare costing only $50 a month. I live in the UK, that figure is through BUPA. I probably pay $600 dollars roughly in National Insurance contributions. I just finished an MA and now work part time. I paid even less during Uni, did you?
As to the second part of your post, the Scandinavians prove you wrong on the corruption front. Norway especially, is considered the least corrupted nation on the planet, followed closely by her neighbours and New Zealand.
Give me more government I say (when it's good), lucky the majority of the best ones are in Europe or part of the Commonwealth.
That's a shame.
There are a few Solar Power Stations in Spain that I know of, the UK will soon have more wind farms than any other European country and DESERT TEC is trying to build a solar station in the Sahara to power Europe.
http://www.desertec.org/
What I don't get is why the US doesn't extradite from the UK, if they are after David McKinnon why can't they go through the courts in the UK for Assange. Not that I do support the US, in no way I do, I'm just feeling a bit out of the loop on this topic. Why is Sweden so crucial for the US.?
Really? An "integrated system that can't be broken out of"? You're talking shit on so many levels. As a simple user myself with allusions of being a super user, I can easily transfer everything to another OS tomorrow if I wanted, saying it requires work to do so isn't unfathomable, any switchover will. For those on the hacker level for greater freedom, you can jailbreak and remove drm protections with instructions available online.
Walled garden, yadda yadda fear mongering bias making use of all the negative buzzwords to describe Apple. Have you seen how beautiful a real Walled Garden is? At the same time who doesn't lock in customers?
Sorry I meant in my country, the UK, the one which shares a figurehead with Canada. I thought it would be top news here other than what the Sun on Sunday is going to look like tomorrow with Amanda Holden on the front cover!
Why isn't this in the mainstream news?
I can't say it any better than this in regard to voting a third party. - http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2664887&cid=38997515
With this and the last story, how am I supposed to go paperless now!
I always vote for the third option as well regardless. Nice to read another person's motives.
A third party at least.
We have a third party and a forth, and a fifth. Even if they are not powerful they have mindshare.
Not Obama's tenure, the whole system of government. The US is in bad need of a third political party, everybody thinks with a binary attitude to the issues in life. A third party would do wonders for debate.
Actually the US wasn't founded by religious people. Don't believe the current rewriting of US history.
Our countries' police force IS for the most part centralised already. Most police policies across the country are determined in London.
We're so level headed we passive/aggressive police tactics like kettling ignoring those we squash when forcing them into tight spaces.
Brilliant sir!