In some cases, charging interest (usually at high or usurious rates) on money or property lended causes problems. Most economists attribute the shift from credit being available on only usuorious terms of interest to the modern banking system first established in Holland in the 15th Century as the cause of the shift from wildly fluctuating prices from season to season (up and down) to gradual and persistent inflation. Moderate inflation produces the incentive to invest in productive enterprises, rather than hoarding wealth, which was one necessary step in the economic revolution which brought about the industrial and agricultural revolutions.
An economy based on fraud and usury is on a slippery slope to financial ruin for that entire economy, and SecondLife was headed that way, as Albania did with the collapse of fraudulent schemes in the early nineties in the real world.
There is an interesting philospophical debate on whether investing to recover the time cost of money is prohibited by Judaeo-Christian religions or whether the ban is on usury as we would today understand it.
Microsoft make a lot of money from Windows, but they make even more from Office. By going into a partnership with a 'standard linux' and offerring office on it they can ensure that it remains the only office suite across cost-cutting customers like public bodies and retailers.
They keep a toe in the market - if Linux takes off they will keep a future for the company.
Maybe for movies the studios are demanding only the paying user can view on their iPod - so movie downloads will be tied to a user account on each device.
Being in the UK doesn't change physics!
FM Radio waves only transmit over a relatively limited distance from a transmitter. If your nearest two or three transmitters power out, you'll still be able to pick up a MW(AM) (citywide) or LW (national) signal from the nearest transmitter.
Like 90% of the Zune's target market, I do not live in the United States of America.
Why shouldn't Microsoft encourage behaviour (ripping DVDs you own for personal use) which is legal in many countries? In the UK ripping DVDs you own is as legal as ripping CDs you own - that is to say it is technically illegal, but officially tolerated. The record labels are lobbying for a loosening of the law, it's that absurd.
Yes, in the UK all copying (other than academic fair use - no format shifting permissible here) is illegal without the permission of the copyright holder. Yes all owners of iPods in the country that contain music purchased on CD or other physical format are breaking the law.
This argument's been running in earnest even since the launch of the compact cassette. But music companies are still going strong. It's a somewhat cynical game they play. Deep down they know kids with no money aren't going to always buy the latest releases. But they need to get each generation to get out of the habit of 'free music' when they grow up. So the hype about the damage needs to be continuous.
I would say that the UK has closer cultural links with the US than either Switzerland or Norway.
Besides, both those countries have much higher suicide rates; often with legal guns and equally tragic and difficult to understand for surviving relatives.
DeltaView comparites (black-line documents comparing versions) don't make mistakes and don't leave embarrassing metadata behind like word "track changes".
They tie into a number of commercial document storage systems such as Hummingbird.
But neither will be free (or even that cheap, maybe cheaper than implementing upgrades to Sharepoint.
what are these import fees and tarriffs (other than the reverse charge to VAT, I know of none for imports of computer equipment into the EU). That $150 is Apple taking its share of 'rip-off Britain'.
BBC world isn't paid for out of the licence fee. It carries advertising. Where there is subsidy (e.g. radio broadcasts in Afghanistan) this is paid for out of the Foreign Office budget as a very cheap part (c.f. the Iraq War) of the UK's promotion of democracy/ defence of its interests.
not 100% of the power - if you go too far they can eith call fresh elections or the two big parties can get together - as in Germany.
This is the same in plurality systems where one party has a small majority in parliament but a rebellious wing - the government either has to get the opposition's backing or follow the rebels; the rebels don't have 100% power but can be close.
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The SLR camera is a minority product. I use my camera phone for day to day photos. I don't have the money to buy an expensive camera or the need to buy a cheap one. II also don't need to buy a Nano as my phone carries enough tunes. But I'm saving up for a proper iPod.
well maybe 15% are 3G. That's not far off the 25% or so of TVs which were digital prior to the announcement that the analogue signal would be switched off - which has now reached 70% or more...
Fears have been raised.... after reading that list I am more frightened.
One example - forcing a declaration of dual nationality on the card means details of dual nationality can be shared between governments. In many countries Brits with dual nationality keep their British passport 'under the pillow' in case of government collapse - as in Zimbabwe where journalists proven by the regime to have dual nationality have been stripped of their Zimbabwean papers and expelled.
Also this:
the information provided in connection with every application to be entered in the Register, for a modification of the contents of his entry or for the issue of an ID card
is a convienient catch-all.
My passport expires in 2010. Unless I emigrate first, I may never travel abroad again.
OK so it's unlawful at tort, you could be sued. But then they'd have to prove loss. They sold you a CD. You copied it to your preferred listening device. Where's the loss?
oddly, here in the UK, Dell is selling a PC with windows, word, LCD monitor, wireless keyboard and mouse and printer for £250.
If you were buying a mac mini anyway it would be cheaper to buy the PC than a licence for windows and word; and you get the peripherals free. All you need is a PVR switch.
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In some cases, charging interest (usually at high or usurious rates) on money or property lended causes problems. Most economists attribute the shift from credit being available on only usuorious terms of interest to the modern banking system first established in Holland in the 15th Century as the cause of the shift from wildly fluctuating prices from season to season (up and down) to gradual and persistent inflation. Moderate inflation produces the incentive to invest in productive enterprises, rather than hoarding wealth, which was one necessary step in the economic revolution which brought about the industrial and agricultural revolutions.
An economy based on fraud and usury is on a slippery slope to financial ruin for that entire economy, and SecondLife was headed that way, as Albania did with the collapse of fraudulent schemes in the early nineties in the real world.
There is an interesting philospophical debate on whether investing to recover the time cost of money is prohibited by Judaeo-Christian religions or whether the ban is on usury as we would today understand it.
Microsoft make a lot of money from Windows, but they make even more from Office. By going into a partnership with a 'standard linux' and offerring office on it they can ensure that it remains the only office suite across cost-cutting customers like public bodies and retailers.
They keep a toe in the market - if Linux takes off they will keep a future for the company.
Maybe for movies the studios are demanding only the paying user can view on their iPod - so movie downloads will be tied to a user account on each device.
Being in the UK doesn't change physics! FM Radio waves only transmit over a relatively limited distance from a transmitter. If your nearest two or three transmitters power out, you'll still be able to pick up a MW(AM) (citywide) or LW (national) signal from the nearest transmitter.
not fighting the Nazis, that's fighting the Japanese too.
Like 90% of the Zune's target market, I do not live in the United States of America.
Why shouldn't Microsoft encourage behaviour (ripping DVDs you own for personal use) which is legal in many countries? In the UK ripping DVDs you own is as legal as ripping CDs you own - that is to say it is technically illegal, but officially tolerated. The record labels are lobbying for a loosening of the law, it's that absurd.
Yes, in the UK all copying (other than academic fair use - no format shifting permissible here) is illegal without the permission of the copyright holder. Yes all owners of iPods in the country that contain music purchased on CD or other physical format are breaking the law.
yeah but mate you can get 50mpg out of a perfectly ordinary car to if it isn't hulking a heavy battery round with it...
I doubt sony will bring out a laptop gaming system.
This argument's been running in earnest even since the launch of the compact cassette. But music companies are still going strong. It's a somewhat cynical game they play. Deep down they know kids with no money aren't going to always buy the latest releases. But they need to get each generation to get out of the habit of 'free music' when they grow up. So the hype about the damage needs to be continuous.
I would say that the UK has closer cultural links with the US than either Switzerland or Norway.
Besides, both those countries have much higher suicide rates; often with legal guns and equally tragic and difficult to understand for surviving relatives.
DeltaView comparites (black-line documents comparing versions) don't make mistakes and don't leave embarrassing metadata behind like word "track changes".
They tie into a number of commercial document storage systems such as Hummingbird.
But neither will be free (or even that cheap, maybe cheaper than implementing upgrades to Sharepoint.
If it is marketing it's got to the government: http://www.healthfinder.gov/orgs/HR3704.htm
what are these import fees and tarriffs (other than the reverse charge to VAT, I know of none for imports of computer equipment into the EU). That $150 is Apple taking its share of 'rip-off Britain'.
BBC world isn't paid for out of the licence fee. It carries advertising. Where there is subsidy (e.g. radio broadcasts in Afghanistan) this is paid for out of the Foreign Office budget as a very cheap part (c.f. the Iraq War) of the UK's promotion of democracy/ defence of its interests.
after all, he's the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine!
And people whose professional body would strike them off for crimes, however minor, involving dishonesty.
not 100% of the power - if you go too far they can eith call fresh elections or the two big parties can get together - as in Germany.
This is the same in plurality systems where one party has a small majority in parliament but a rebellious wing - the government either has to get the opposition's backing or follow the rebels; the rebels don't have 100% power but can be close.
That would imply they only sell 'B' sides...
The SLR camera is a minority product. I use my camera phone for day to day photos. I don't have the money to buy an expensive camera or the need to buy a cheap one. II also don't need to buy a Nano as my phone carries enough tunes. But I'm saving up for a proper iPod.
well maybe 15% are 3G. That's not far off the 25% or so of TVs which were digital prior to the announcement that the analogue signal would be switched off - which has now reached 70% or more...
that different people have different opinions.
This is a community based site on the internet after all.
Internet Explorer came pre-installed on my Mac with OS X. Quite a pretty program on the surface but not very compatible with flashy websites.
The version is so out of date that Microsoft's own sites tell you to switch to Safari or firefox!
I believe there used to be a version of IE for Unix when I was at university... memory fading!
Fears have been raised.... after reading that list I am more frightened. One example - forcing a declaration of dual nationality on the card means details of dual nationality can be shared between governments. In many countries Brits with dual nationality keep their British passport 'under the pillow' in case of government collapse - as in Zimbabwe where journalists proven by the regime to have dual nationality have been stripped of their Zimbabwean papers and expelled. Also this: the information provided in connection with every application to be entered in the Register, for a modification of the contents of his entry or for the issue of an ID card is a convienient catch-all. My passport expires in 2010. Unless I emigrate first, I may never travel abroad again.
OK so it's unlawful at tort, you could be sued. But then they'd have to prove loss. They sold you a CD. You copied it to your preferred listening device. Where's the loss?
oddly, here in the UK, Dell is selling a PC with windows, word, LCD monitor, wireless keyboard and mouse and printer for £250.
If you were buying a mac mini anyway it would be cheaper to buy the PC than a licence for windows and word; and you get the peripherals free. All you need is a PVR switch.