Well, obviously not, since freedom of religion comes after freedom of speech in that hierarchy. OTOH, the regular "all arabs are terrorists, let's nuke 'em all" might qualify for a fine or some time to cool down in the next federal jail, if circumstances suggests youre not just a troll but actually mean it and are actively working in that direction. Thats cause freedom of speech is restricted by federal law on warmongering, if you were a government official with a real say in it and took action to prepare anything that comes close to offensive warfare (yes, as in preemptive) that can amount to life actually. So Bush would probably serve life in Germany.
Consider the fact that more than 50 percent of Hong Kongers prefer social order over democracy despite the fact that the Hong Kongers have full knowledge of the evils of China. With a population density like they have thats not so surprising. (Sidenote: If I recall right, there where similar opinions in iraqi polls.) Considering further the shining example of a democracy, oops sorry federal repulic;), the US are right now, it might well add up to that.
Know what? As far as I can tell, most germans will agree wholeheartedly to that today. Its exactly the reason they got such laws in place. Human dignity is protected by german constitution as freedom of speech, just if theres a collision between those two dignity wins. Like in its explicitly forbidden to use any nazi symbols in public or to deny holocaust happened. Why, well they think the dignity of the survivors is worth far more than the freedom of nazis to spread their lies. How anyone can object to that, object to a people actually willing to learn something from history is beyond my comprehension.
That means all entertainment must go! Goodbye TV, goodbye movies, goodbye books (except officially party-sanctioned ones)
Sounds like an efficient way to finally put media dominance over anything else in society to an end, just bore folks so they turn the damn thing off for once...might even lead to people actually talking to each other again.
Therefore, by your very own logic the government should keep you away from Slashot, since reading it may "alienate" you from your comrades and confound your created purpose as Servant of The Almighty State. And thats any better than Servant of The Almighty Corps with two to three jobs to make a living? Ah... I see. Right.
*steal* is equal to steal is unequal to copyright infringement. And as far as I care porperty is theft mainly anyway, of course thats a private opinion that didnt help to avoid the windows tax on my subnote. Hm, but there might be some irony in that.
...VST(2)-support? Rewire? Just about any decent audio/midi sequenzer? As much as I like Linux, but it really sux big time in the music creation department, both consumer and pro level. Given, that it is only a very small user group affected, but I think it illustrates a thing or two.
I'll grant that audacity is a nice app and ardour seems to be on a promising way, eventually there might even be some softsynth-ports sometime and midi integration is on their roadmap for 3.0, but currently its 0.9betasomething. If I could have Reason (yes, it is a toy but a great one) for linux, too... well, way to go.
The legislation I have the pleasure to enjoy where I am right now doesnt consider EULAs to be binding in anyway, it isnt even considered any form of contract. Actually it is simply impossible here that I coud have made any contract with m$ anyhow (yes, no shrink wrap license), as I didnt buy my copy from them but from a vendor. Easy : I have a contract with the vendor, not with m$ - so they cant impose anything by any means legal that goes beyond the extend of IP laws that apply anyway. Nice isnt it?
The pope actually was the first to sign an international treaty with hitler in '34... and maybe youd like to dig a little in the catholic churches role in yugoslavia? Ustasha comes to mind.
although they actually have an army (contrary to dubya's beliefs) it seems definitely the country of choice now for non-anonymous cowards like me, myself and I...
from the excerpts at reuters:
Security is an important foundation of human life and free people do not squander their security, contrary to Bush's claims that we hate freedom. Let him tell us why we did not attack Sweden for example.... and full of gorgeous blondes, too. Besides they have a working social security system and healthcare.
if the conclusions of the article turn out to be true
Breaking the asymmetrical bandwidth assumption. If P2P traffic continues to increase and legal complications are overridden, the P2P paradigm will bring dramatic changes in supply and demand in edge and access networks. Bit rates of many access links, in particular for DSL and cable modems, are currently provisioned asymmetrically with significantly lower upstream bandwidth. This provisioning was based on the expectation of users downloading much more data than they send upstream. The relevance of such technologies will be challenged and their market share will dwindle if alternative broadband technologies can offer comparable upstream and downstream performance. The effect of P2P could propagate from the access points upward the network hierarchy to Tier 2 and even Tier 1 ISPs creating the need for more peering among ISPs. Current practices require balanced bidirectional load among peers10, a stipulation
easier to achieve with symmetric link utilizations as the norm. There is no doubt that the P2P paradigm will change Internet engineering as we know it today. Given the observed trends, the only remaining question is when, not if.
as I can not find anyone whod be willing to give me a symetrical here in worlds end; maybe thatll finally change.
... yes thats going to be fun. Considering some accusations refer to felonies under german law and the mere fact that it, by its very nature, is a repeated offence that's likely jail time for whomever commanded that specific procedure.
I agree that's a reassuring point of view your gf has taken, and actually I'd stfu for practical and strategical reasons if mine was part of the discussion.;) The girl can be so uh logical its frightening... Natural or social seems to be the question it boils down to. Hard to decide as nowadays its all blended and society is nature to most. Both share one common characteristic, theyve been here long before any individual, marriage and mountains alike. Our limited timeframe makes it hard to perceive changes or even comprehend that whats made by men can be changed by men, too.
Free market as in the freedom to sell crap? Bah... there should be a possibility to sue them for crimial abuse of resources considering the sheer mass of electronic left-overs and the problems are already arising as most is simply poison. Europes even some recycling laws applying to all kind of electronics now (and right they are) and thats starting to have an effect on the chinese products already.
oops, I guess I mixed up - ah too many a time. Sorry, if Ive been confusing. Yes, indeed I agree, all the rest was just intended to point out that civil union is not such a new concept really and has proven to be a reliable solution.
Finding a lifelong partner seems to be a human characteristic
I beg your pardon? If youre refering to any kind of a natural characteristic, thats rather rubbish. We form tribes, thats it. Everything else is no more than a mere coincidence or a result of social structures. For the longest time humans had not even the slightest idea of how reproduction works, let alone any concept of monogamy. How about 'jus prima noctis' (ouh - spelling?) or dynastical marriages (Henry VII...)? How about divorce rates or single parents? Seems theres not so much pointing in the direction of lifelong partnership and hardly is it natures choice for mankind. Now add that human females are the only mammals I can think of who are procreative during the whole year... Nah, humans are not monogamic, but under certain circumstances theyre very careful not to get caught.
Its so silly a system that it has worked in Germany since 1876 and survived massive changes of governmental structures (monarchy, republic, nazis, federal republic).... of course there's also some political background to it, mainly Bismarck`s goal to reduce the clergys (especially the catholic, since he suspected their loyalties not exactly in tune with the newly formed nation) influence and to make room for a more episcopal (hence easier to control) clergy. A conflict actually dating back to the middle ages and the battles between kaiser and pope about the investiture of bishops, nevertheless all of that's not present in the public consciousness but the institution of secular marriage remains unquestioned till today, resulting in whole generations happily enjoying their marriage without any visit to church, just to the county hall. Maybe revolting to GOPers... but civil union or secular marriage (I'll grant the parent that marriage is not a religious term - Actually I strongly dislike the way the religious right acts as it holds a monopoly of definition on this one) is seen as a treaty between consenting adults, nothing more nothing less. Assuming that its only logical to open that for gay/lesbian couples, too. Whereever that topic is raised it seems to be back to the old battles again however, but to me this is a real litmus test for the maturity of societies, for its ability to make descissions based on proper systematic thinking or on the diffuse emotional leftovers of centuries of religious indoctrination, more specific this case homophobia.
On a broader scale this is the conflict of different means of legitimation, the historically linked to monarchy concept of divine right (or faith) opposed to represantation of the peoplle by rationalistic means (reason). Should ring a bell... the bush dynasty... tea anyone?
Strategy sidenote: The democrats have proven already in 2000 that they are willing to duck and cover when it comes to possible large scale fraud and corruption. Thats because they're not going to jeopardize the very system that feeds them...
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Well, obviously not, since freedom of religion comes after freedom of speech in that hierarchy. OTOH, the regular "all arabs are terrorists, let's nuke 'em all" might qualify for a fine or some time to cool down in the next federal jail, if circumstances suggests youre not just a troll but actually mean it and are actively working in that direction. Thats cause freedom of speech is restricted by federal law on warmongering, if you were a government official with a real say in it and took action to prepare anything that comes close to offensive warfare (yes, as in preemptive) that can amount to life actually. So Bush would probably serve life in Germany.
Time abroad broadens your view. Lesson to be learned.
Consider the fact that more than 50 percent of Hong Kongers prefer social order over democracy despite the fact that the Hong Kongers have full knowledge of the evils of China. With a population density like they have thats not so surprising. (Sidenote: If I recall right, there where similar opinions in iraqi polls.) Considering further the shining example of a democracy, oops sorry federal repulic ;), the US are right now, it might well add up to that.
(non-communist) Asians. You mean like in Myanmar?
No, Im not pedantic.
So human dignity is no inalienable right? Bah, its about shooting so the 2nd amendment reflex steps in. Fruitcake.
Know what? As far as I can tell, most germans will agree wholeheartedly to that today. Its exactly the reason they got such laws in place. Human dignity is protected by german constitution as freedom of speech, just if theres a collision between those two dignity wins. Like in its explicitly forbidden to use any nazi symbols in public or to deny holocaust happened. Why, well they think the dignity of the survivors is worth far more than the freedom of nazis to spread their lies. How anyone can object to that, object to a people actually willing to learn something from history is beyond my comprehension.
That means all entertainment must go! Goodbye TV, goodbye movies, goodbye books (except officially party-sanctioned ones)
Sounds like an efficient way to finally put media dominance over anything else in society to an end, just bore folks so they turn the damn thing off for once...might even lead to people actually talking to each other again.
Therefore, by your very own logic the government should keep you away from Slashot, since reading it may "alienate" you from your comrades and confound your created purpose as Servant of The Almighty State. And thats any better than Servant of The Almighty Corps with two to three jobs to make a living? Ah... I see. Right.
Hysteric. Right? Right?
*steal* is equal to steal is unequal to copyright infringement. And as far as I care porperty is theft mainly anyway, of course thats a private opinion that didnt help to avoid the windows tax on my subnote. Hm, but there might be some irony in that.
Pass the sources, if I can reproduce that Ill sue their asses sore. And Im not about damages...
...VST(2)-support? Rewire? Just about any decent audio/midi sequenzer? As much as I like Linux, but it really sux big time in the music creation department, both consumer and pro level. Given, that it is only a very small user group affected, but I think it illustrates a thing or two.
... well, way to go.
I'll grant that audacity is a nice app and ardour seems to be on a promising way, eventually there might even be some softsynth-ports sometime and midi integration is on their roadmap for 3.0, but currently its 0.9betasomething. If I could have Reason (yes, it is a toy but a great one) for linux, too
The legislation I have the pleasure to enjoy where I am right now doesnt consider EULAs to be binding in anyway, it isnt even considered any form of contract. Actually it is simply impossible here that I coud have made any contract with m$ anyhow (yes, no shrink wrap license), as I didnt buy my copy from them but from a vendor. Easy : I have a contract with the vendor, not with m$ - so they cant impose anything by any means legal that goes beyond the extend of IP laws that apply anyway. Nice isnt it?
IANAL blabla
I liked SS for secret service ... and I swear Ill neverever complain about akronyms that are misleading.
(add sarcasm tags as you please)
The pope actually was the first to sign an international treaty with hitler in '34... and maybe youd like to dig a little in the catholic churches role in yugoslavia? Ustasha comes to mind.
although they actually have an army (contrary to dubya's beliefs) it seems definitely the country of choice now for non-anonymous cowards like me, myself and I ...
... and full of gorgeous blondes, too. Besides they have a working social security system and healthcare.
from the excerpts at reuters:
Security is an important foundation of human life and free people do not squander their security, contrary to Bush's claims that we hate freedom. Let him tell us why we did not attack Sweden for example.
at first I thought they had bush and kerry brainscanned
and I'd have noticed I didn't close. Anyway, of course the last line is not a citation.
if the conclusions of the article turn out to be true
Breaking the asymmetrical bandwidth assumption. If P2P
traffic continues to increase and legal complications are overridden,
the P2P paradigm will bring dramatic changes in supply and
demand in edge and access networks. Bit rates of many access
links, in particular for DSL and cable modems, are currently provisioned
asymmetrically with significantly lower upstream bandwidth.
This provisioning was based on the expectation of users
downloading much more data than they send upstream. The relevance
of such technologies will be challenged and their market
share will dwindle if alternative broadband technologies can offer
comparable upstream and downstream performance.
The effect of P2P could propagate from the access points upward
the network hierarchy to Tier 2 and even Tier 1 ISPs creating
the need for more peering among ISPs. Current practices
require balanced bidirectional load among peers10, a stipulation
easier to achieve with symmetric link utilizations as the
norm. There is no doubt that the P2P paradigm will change Internet
engineering as we know it today. Given the observed trends,
the only remaining question is when, not if.
as I can not find anyone whod be willing to give me a symetrical here in worlds end; maybe thatll finally change.
How about another attempt at playing dumb? What sticker, pretty please? :) Guess theyll have a hard time to prove its been there...
I agree that's a reassuring point of view your gf has taken, and actually I'd stfu for practical and strategical reasons if mine was part of the discussion. ;) The girl can be so uh logical its frightening...
Natural or social seems to be the question it boils down to. Hard to decide as nowadays its all blended and society is nature to most. Both share one common characteristic, theyve been here long before any individual, marriage and mountains alike. Our limited timeframe makes it hard to perceive changes or even comprehend that whats made by men can be changed by men, too.
Free market as in the freedom to sell crap? Bah ... there should be a possibility to sue them for crimial abuse of resources considering the sheer mass of electronic left-overs and the problems are already arising as most is simply poison. Europes even some recycling laws applying to all kind of electronics now (and right they are) and thats starting to have an effect on the chinese products already.
oops, I guess I mixed up - ah too many a time. Sorry, if Ive been confusing. Yes, indeed I agree, all the rest was just intended to point out that civil union is not such a new concept really and has proven to be a reliable solution.
Finding a lifelong partner seems to be a human characteristic
I beg your pardon? If youre refering to any kind of a natural characteristic, thats rather rubbish. We form tribes, thats it. Everything else is no more than a mere coincidence or a result of social structures.
For the longest time humans had not even the slightest idea of how reproduction works, let alone any concept of monogamy. How about 'jus prima noctis' (ouh - spelling?) or dynastical marriages (Henry VII...)? How about divorce rates or single parents? Seems theres not so much pointing in the direction of lifelong partnership and hardly is it natures choice for mankind. Now add that human females are the only mammals I can think of who are procreative during the whole year
Nah, humans are not monogamic, but under certain circumstances theyre very careful not to get caught.
Its so silly a system that it has worked in Germany since 1876 and survived massive changes of governmental structures (monarchy, republic, nazis, federal republic) .... of course there's also some political background to it, mainly Bismarck`s goal to reduce the clergys (especially the catholic, since he suspected their loyalties not exactly in tune with the newly formed nation) influence and to make room for a more episcopal (hence easier to control) clergy. A conflict actually dating back to the middle ages and the battles between kaiser and pope about the investiture of bishops, nevertheless all of that's not present in the public consciousness but the institution of secular marriage remains unquestioned till today, resulting in whole generations happily enjoying their marriage without any visit to church, just to the county hall. Maybe revolting to GOPers... but civil union or secular marriage (I'll grant the parent that marriage is not a religious term - Actually I strongly dislike the way the religious right acts as it holds a monopoly of definition on this one) is seen as a treaty between consenting adults, nothing more nothing less. Assuming that its only logical to open that for gay/lesbian couples, too. Whereever that topic is raised it seems to be back to the old battles again however, but to me this is a real litmus test for the maturity of societies, for its ability to make descissions based on proper systematic thinking or on the diffuse emotional leftovers of centuries of religious indoctrination, more specific this case homophobia.
... tea anyone?
On a broader scale this is the conflict of different means of legitimation, the historically linked to monarchy concept of divine right (or faith) opposed to represantation of the peoplle by rationalistic means (reason). Should ring a bell... the bush dynasty
Strategy sidenote: The democrats have proven already in 2000 that they are willing to duck and cover when it comes to possible large scale fraud and corruption. Thats because they're not going to jeopardize the very system that feeds them...