Quite probably. We wouldn't have been able to take France, but when Hitler delayed crushing the troops on the beachs of Dunkirk he left us a reasonable force with which to defend GB.
Given that we're about 60 years short of a full millennium without being invaded, I must say that your threat doesn't concern me greatly. Or were you confusing us with France?
Libel and slander are both defamation, and defamation requires the statement made to be false. Glossary of legal terms courtesy of a U.S. Circuit Court.
The professor later threatened to sue me for "libel, slander and defamation" because of the "publication of our confidential and private e-mail conversations", even though there was no disclaimer or even an assumption of privacy.
Even had there been such a disclaimer, or, to take it to extremes, a contract stipulating privacy, you haven't committed libel, slander or defamation by quoting someone in context. (He'd have been able to sue for breach of contract in the extreme case, but breach of contract isn't defamation).
As a small company we don't have the money to lobby them.. so if they'll really pass that law in EU, we vote with our money... move the core business out of EU...
Have you told them that? The promise of future taxes might not be as good as a party donation now, but it still counts for something.
Doing better than me. Three weeks ago I wrote to the five parties contesting the MEP seats in my region asking their policies on software patents and making it clear that it would probably be the issue determining how I vote. So far have received one reply, from UKIP.
It was supposed to be a joke - that it wouldn't be hard to observe people despite the darkness of the room if the thing you're handing round is night vision gear. But never mind.
Melchett: God, it's a spankingly beautiful world and tonight's my night. I know what I'll say to her. 'Darling...'
Darling: Yes sir?
Melchett: What?
Darling: Um, I don't know, sir.
Melchett: Well don't butt in! (exhales) 'I want to make you happy, darling'.
Darling: Well, that's very kind of you sir.
Melchett: Will you kindly stop interrupting? If you don't listen, how can you tell me what you think? (continues) 'I want to make you happy, darling. I want to build a nest for your ten tiny toes. I want to cover every inch of your gorgeous body in pepper and sneeze all over you.'
Darling: I really think I must protest!
Melchett: What is the matter with you, Darling?
Darling: Well, it's all so sudden! I mean the nest bit's fine, but the pepper business is definitely out!
Melchett: How dare you tell me how I may or may not treat my beloved Georgina?
Surely Linus should just accept any code and leave it up to any companys who own and IP it may infringe on to chase it up? Thats why we have patents, copyright etc right?
It's generally better to avoid being sued. However, there will almost certainly be more Linux IP lawsuits, and with the certification system, when the suit comes along, Linus can at least say that he's made a big effort to prevent IP infringement, which should win some sympathy from the court.
List processing. At least, you could with the Logo that came with an Amstrad CPC6128 - I'm not sure how standard it is. I also have to say that SML would be a better language for learning list processing, but never mind.
Quoth Tony Blair in Prime Minister's Questions earlier this month:
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is this. It is not that, in a democracy, bad things do not happen. It is that, when they do happen, action is taken.
I always thought the difference had something to do with who holds power. Unfortunately, I can't quite agree with the grandparent poster, either. Neither George Bush nor Tony Blair won a majority of the votes cast, so it's stretching things at the very least to claim that they were elected by "the people".
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Is booting from USB a common feature in new computers these days?
Quite probably. We wouldn't have been able to take France, but when Hitler delayed crushing the troops on the beachs of Dunkirk he left us a reasonable force with which to defend GB.
Given that we're about 60 years short of a full millennium without being invaded, I must say that your threat doesn't concern me greatly. Or were you confusing us with France?
Links are those things which start "". You appear to have posted URLs instead.
Libel and slander are both defamation, and defamation requires the statement made to be false. Glossary of legal terms courtesy of a U.S. Circuit Court.
Under British, a contract requires offer, acceptance, intent to create legal relations, and consideration. An e-mail disclaimer meets none of those.
Doing better than me. Three weeks ago I wrote to the five parties contesting the MEP seats in my region asking their policies on software patents and making it clear that it would probably be the issue determining how I vote. So far have received one reply, from UKIP.
I don't know. How can you forget a Beowulf cluster of dead horses?
If the IRS charges "road tax" for brewing fuel, they really need to clean up their naming conventions.
It was supposed to be a joke - that it wouldn't be hard to observe people despite the darkness of the room if the thing you're handing round is night vision gear. But never mind.
I was going to ask what the fpp protocol was. Thanks for making it clear that you were talking about the foo daemon. ;)
Darling: Yes sir?
Melchett: What?
Darling: Um, I don't know, sir.
Melchett: Well don't butt in! (exhales) 'I want to make you happy, darling'.
Darling: Well, that's very kind of you sir.
Melchett: Will you kindly stop interrupting? If you don't listen, how can you tell me what you think? (continues) 'I want to make you happy, darling. I want to build a nest for your ten tiny toes. I want to cover every inch of your gorgeous body in pepper and sneeze all over you.'
Darling: I really think I must protest!
Melchett: What is the matter with you, Darling?
Darling: Well, it's all so sudden! I mean the nest bit's fine, but the pepper business is definitely out!
Melchett: How dare you tell me how I may or may not treat my beloved Georgina?
Blackadder Goes Forth, ep. 3 (Major Star)
Federation Against Copyright Theft.
I'm sure if it had failed to come back to the front, they'd have been able to spot the culprit.
Having a massive Empire providing income and troops didn't hurt.
Not many people do. It's mainly Java or C nowadays.
List processing. At least, you could with the Logo that came with an Amstrad CPC6128 - I'm not sure how standard it is. I also have to say that SML would be a better language for learning list processing, but never mind.
You mean the government might find out that I prefer French heroines to American ones?