It's like asking the question, "Why does a triangle have 4 sides instead of 3?"
Even if the answer you're trying to get from the student is "A triangle doesn't have 4 sides"? You can't really judge that question unless you know what the expected "correct" answer is.
The US is forcing all "Visa Waiver" countries to have biometric passports to stay in the programme. So this is a push by the US, and when was the last time Blair stood up to Bush, especially over things his control freak Home Secretary Blunkett wants anyway?
The government's purpose is not to provide you with cheap utilities.
Why not? If the majority of people in an area want it to and think it's a good thing, why shouldn't it? Surely a government's purpose is to act in the best interests of those who elect it? If it - and they - believe something is in those best interests, they damn well should do it.
Whether government providing cheap utilities actually is in people's best interests is another matter.
My understanding of US government is somewhat lacking, but what does this have to do with the DoJ? MS broke EU rules, and the EU has made a decision based on that (right or wrong). It probably does have something to do with whatever department(s) handle foreign trade and relations, but what way is that the business of the DoJ?
Yes you do. The limit for gifts is 36, while for non-gifts it's 18. (These are single package limits. The allowances for things carried on your person while travelling are different.)
It used to be 240 pennies = 20 shillings = 1 pound.
It's now 100 new pence = 1 pound.
Hence 1 shilling = 5 new pence, which meant that old 1 and 2 shilling coins were kicking about being used as 5 and 10 pence until they shrunk the coins some time later.
The old system had little to do with powers of ten.
It's not metric because it was twelve pennies to the shilling, and twenty shillings to the pound. The pound stayed the same value, but it was changed to 100 new pence. Hence the conversion rate of 5 new pence to one shilling. (Notice the difference between "pennies" and "new pence".)
(UK currency used to have 12 pennies in a shilling, 12 shillings in a pound, but we've been decimal for years.)
Bzzzt. 20 shillings to the pound. 1 shilling (or 1 bob) is 5 new pence.
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No they don't. The spec allows for it - even for a phone with no SIM in it, but it's not mandatory. None of the UK networks support it. Certain phones - including Ericssons - will display "SOS Calls Only" when they only have coverage from networks they have no access to, but it won't actually work in many countries.
Why is this a troll? Sentence logic nazi, maybe, but not a troll. The phrase is "I couldn't care less". "I could care less" makes no sense and makes you sound like an idiot.
This has been around for ages. It's only present (so far at least) on R1 DVDs. Most auto-detecting region free players these days allow you to set the default region manually. My (UK) player defaults to R1 - therefore I never even notice if it's an RCE disc. If it ever appears on R2 discs, I can just manually change the default region with the remote.
I'm pretty sure that non-BBFC rated films are totally illegal. As far as I am aware, even private sales of videos or DVDs without a BBFC certificate is against the law.
Of course, it's not like anyone will care unless you're selling some pretty dodgy stuff, or doing it on a large scale.
Actually, it is an offence to sell DVDs in the UK that are not BBFC rated, which effectively makes selling non-Region 2 DVDs illegal. You can import them yourself, though. I do it regularly.
GNER does use some diesels. They run a few trains north of Edinburgh to Aberdeen or Inverness, and there's no electric lines north of Edinburgh/Glasgow. I get the Inverness bound one fairly regularly.
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Even if the answer you're trying to get from the student is "A triangle doesn't have 4 sides"? You can't really judge that question unless you know what the expected "correct" answer is.
The US is forcing all "Visa Waiver" countries to have biometric passports to stay in the programme. So this is a push by the US, and when was the last time Blair stood up to Bush, especially over things his control freak Home Secretary Blunkett wants anyway?
I thought I couldn't, but now I have. And it's your fault. I'm going to hunt you down and make you pay for making me come up with that image.
Why not? If the majority of people in an area want it to and think it's a good thing, why shouldn't it? Surely a government's purpose is to act in the best interests of those who elect it? If it - and they - believe something is in those best interests, they damn well should do it.
Whether government providing cheap utilities actually is in people's best interests is another matter.
My understanding of US government is somewhat lacking, but what does this have to do with the DoJ? MS broke EU rules, and the EU has made a decision based on that (right or wrong). It probably does have something to do with whatever department(s) handle foreign trade and relations, but what way is that the business of the DoJ?
Yes you do. The limit for gifts is 36, while for non-gifts it's 18. (These are single package limits. The allowances for things carried on your person while travelling are different.)
Call that a knife?
Oh my god, it's started.
It used to be 240 pennies = 20 shillings = 1 pound.
It's now 100 new pence = 1 pound.
Hence 1 shilling = 5 new pence, which meant that old 1 and 2 shilling coins were kicking about being used as 5 and 10 pence until they shrunk the coins some time later.
The old system had little to do with powers of ten.
It's not metric because it was twelve pennies to the shilling, and twenty shillings to the pound. The pound stayed the same value, but it was changed to 100 new pence. Hence the conversion rate of 5 new pence to one shilling. (Notice the difference between "pennies" and "new pence".)
Bzzzt. 20 shillings to the pound. 1 shilling (or 1 bob) is 5 new pence.
No they don't. The spec allows for it - even for a phone with no SIM in it, but it's not mandatory. None of the UK networks support it. Certain phones - including Ericssons - will display "SOS Calls Only" when they only have coverage from networks they have no access to, but it won't actually work in many countries.
Why is this a troll? Sentence logic nazi, maybe, but not a troll. The phrase is "I couldn't care less". "I could care less" makes no sense and makes you sound like an idiot.
Erm, did Sony not co-invent the CD with Philips? That's got a reasonable amount of industry acceptance.
This has been around for ages. It's only present (so far at least) on R1 DVDs. Most auto-detecting region free players these days allow you to set the default region manually. My (UK) player defaults to R1 - therefore I never even notice if it's an RCE disc. If it ever appears on R2 discs, I can just manually change the default region with the remote.
Red Dwarf is more too BBC than too new. The wonders of ad-free TV. ;-)
They still use the marker over here, BTW.
Blockbuster are pretty big over here in the UK, too.
Region free is fine. It's that lack of a BBFC certificate on non-UK discs thats the problem.
I am aware of this. Hence the use of the word "effectively" in the phrase "effectively makes selling non-Region 2 DVDs illegal". :-P
Yeah. I use play quite a bit.
I'm pretty sure that non-BBFC rated films are totally illegal. As far as I am aware, even private sales of videos or DVDs without a BBFC certificate is against the law.
Of course, it's not like anyone will care unless you're selling some pretty dodgy stuff, or doing it on a large scale.
Actually, it is an offence to sell DVDs in the UK that are not BBFC rated, which effectively makes selling non-Region 2 DVDs illegal. You can import them yourself, though. I do it regularly.
Yeah, but the UK rail system isn't state run, so it doesn't count.
Sometimes privatisation doesn't work...
GNER does use some diesels. They run a few trains north of Edinburgh to Aberdeen or Inverness, and there's no electric lines north of Edinburgh/Glasgow. I get the Inverness bound one fairly regularly.
FIFE? Distinct from the rest of Scotland? Are you from Dunfermline or something? :-)