What Europe can give you, except for those cheap airline tickets (yay!), is lots of old houses that some mighty rulers/dictators once built. I wasn't just talking about the major, well known attractions; I was talking about much less well known ones, for example Bunhill cemetery, where in, say Iowa, are you going to find so many well know figures all burried in the same grave yard, or where in the whole of the USA are you going to find A pub dating from the 11th century? That's not "some houses some rulers liked", but an actual place still being used. As the link in my last post showed, there are many such buildings around the UK; I'm sure the rest of Europe is much the same.
I don't know where you're from, but I think you should add my country, the UK, to that list. It's only when people stop coming to these shores due to overly restrictive laws will our government realise the real damage that it's doing to this country. We have to hit them where it hurts: in the pocket.
I decided not to go to the US ever since they started wanting my finger prints, and told me they'd smash locks on my suitcase in order to inspect it, so I shouldn't use them(If you want to look inside it, ask me and I'll unlock it, however I'm not going to let thieves have it easy). With Paris, Berlin, Rome, Prague etc. all under an hour away, and tickets from as little as 99p why should I spend my money in the US, when it's cheaper to fly to mainland Europe? Throw in the extra "Romance", History and Culture* of the major Europian cities what does the US have to draw my tourist £££s any more?
*No offence meant, the US has it's merits and is unique in it's own way, but American culture is very different from European culture; When some one says "American culture", my first thought is of McDonalds if some one talks about "European culture" I think of the Renaissance. That's not necessarily a bad thing, just a very different one. As for History, this link sums up my thoughts: http://www.fatbadgers.co.uk/Britain/old.htm;)
I take it that you've never watched a live broadcast from the Commons: the only time the Commons is full is at Prime Ministers Questions; the rest of the time debate consists of the only 5 MPs who care about the issue at hand, and 99% of them just vote how they are told by the party Whips.
Or perhaps you should do some actual parenting, rather than rely on a third party to do it for you. Here's a starter for you: talk to your kid about it directly, and discuss the issues. Maybe he'll give you access to his myspace profile without argument, and take down any inappropriate material; if not ban him from the internet for a week, and try again, if he still refuses to cooperate, ban him for two weeks, then three and so on.
Disclaimer, I'm not myself a parent, but I am from a large extended family so I've seen a lot of parenting styles in action.
The GP was wrong anyway, you're allowed to own a TV, just not allowed to have it tuned in. So you can watch DVDs, or play on your console of choice without paying the licence fee.
<div class='rant'>... and still no vertical centering. </rant></quote> <pedant> Your HTML isn't properly formatted, it should be </div>, not </rant> </pedant>
How does adding a safety feature to an item that doesn't need one open a company up to lawsuits? Because we need to think of the lawyers, the poor, starving lawyers who have nothing better to do?
All I can say is Fuck The Lawyers. I Shakespeare's take on it: Henry VI (Part 2):
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers". - (Act IV, Scene II).
Upon 3, are they criminally liable for hacking? IANAL but I believe that they would be in breech of the 1990 computer misuse act here in the UK. I don't know about your part of the world.
So my inherited family fortune originally built on slavery and then bootlegging is finally respectable now! Thank a god!
Oh wait, it's always been respectable, hasn't it. Sounds like an average member of the British aristocracy, except until recently they also got an inherited seat in the legislature (The house of Lords). They no longer get an automatic peerage, but they still have their wealth
That's the thing about wealth in America: nobody cares how you got it just so long as you got it. As I explained above, it's not just that way in the over there States, it's the same all over the world, from here in the UK, to corrupt officials in third world governments.
it theoretically saves money So, you're basically selling your democracy to the lowest bidder? Voting is one thing that governments should be able to spend as much as they need to get it right. "saving money" should not be a consideration. (disclaimer, I'm not an American, and we don't use voting machines here in the UK)
I live near a small forest, so I'm familiar with the countryside, however I doubt it's anything like the USA. Our cities, towns and villages are nearly all pedestrian friendly to some degree. However, the Motorways between cities obviously have no pavements (what you call sidewalks) or cycle lanes either. But we're a much smaller country, So I can go from here to the next nearest city in 20 mins on the train, half an hour in the car. For long car journeys (5 hours, we stop once or twice at service stations (Wikipedia tells me you call them rest areas). So as you can see there isn't a huge call for drive in businesses here in the UK, in fact the only place that I can think that does drive thrus is fast food places, so people can grab a McDonald's or whatever on their way back home from work.
I totally agree, but I just thought I'd add that Scotland still has their £1 note; don't ask me why, but when I'm up there I always try and get some, just to confuse local shop assistants (they remain legal tender in England).
Drive in ATMs??! I've never seen one in my entire life, then I live in the UK, so it must be a USA only thing. Here, I have to use my legs and walk to the nearest ATM, in fact the entire City Centre in my City is pedestrianised so there would be no where to drive to. However I've not seen "drive in" ATMs even in other Cities.
The article doesn't give much information, but AFAIK the EU has no remit over what individual member states broadcast, so I don't know what the commissioner was on about, or the context. for example, here in the UK Ofcom regulates TV and Radio broadcasting, and there is no regulatory body that stops me putting anything on the internet. However if I put up something that breeches domestic "hate speech" laws (for example incitement to violence) I could be prosecuted. This recent case suggests that such prosecutions are hard to come by: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/613798 6.stm (there was video evidence of this man saying things that could be considered incitement, however the jury refused to convict.) In fact I can't actually think of a case that has been successfully prosecuted under British "hate speech" laws (this doesn't mean that there hasn't been any).
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I don't know where you're from, but I think you should add my country, the UK, to that list. It's only when people stop coming to these shores due to overly restrictive laws will our government realise the real damage that it's doing to this country. We have to hit them where it hurts: in the pocket.
I decided not to go to the US ever since they started wanting my finger prints, and told me they'd smash locks on my suitcase in order to inspect it, so I shouldn't use them(If you want to look inside it, ask me and I'll unlock it, however I'm not going to let thieves have it easy). With Paris, Berlin, Rome, Prague etc. all under an hour away, and tickets from as little as 99p why should I spend my money in the US, when it's cheaper to fly to mainland Europe? Throw in the extra "Romance", History and Culture* of the major Europian cities what does the US have to draw my tourist £££s any more?
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*No offence meant, the US has it's merits and is unique in it's own way, but American culture is very different from European culture; When some one says "American culture", my first thought is of McDonalds if some one talks about "European culture" I think of the Renaissance. That's not necessarily a bad thing, just a very different one. As for History, this link sums up my thoughts: http://www.fatbadgers.co.uk/Britain/old.htm
No, you'll just have to close all the Windows...
I take it that you've never watched a live broadcast from the Commons: the only time the Commons is full is at Prime Ministers Questions; the rest of the time debate consists of the only 5 MPs who care about the issue at hand, and 99% of them just vote how they are told by the party Whips.
Somone in another article mentioned Linux Mint which is based on Ubuntu, from the screen shots it's much better on the eyes.
Or perhaps you should do some actual parenting, rather than rely on a third party to do it for you. Here's a starter for you: talk to your kid about it directly, and discuss the issues. Maybe he'll give you access to his myspace profile without argument, and take down any inappropriate material; if not ban him from the internet for a week, and try again, if he still refuses to cooperate, ban him for two weeks, then three and so on.
Disclaimer, I'm not myself a parent, but I am from a large extended family so I've seen a lot of parenting styles in action.
It opened in Dreamweaver?! for me, I(have no idea why).
The GP was wrong anyway, you're allowed to own a TV, just not allowed to have it tuned in. So you can watch DVDs, or play on your console of choice without paying the licence fee.
<div class='rant'> ... and still no vertical centering. </rant></quote>
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Your HTML isn't properly formatted, it should be </div>, not </rant>
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"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers". - (Act IV, Scene II).
Yep, that's why I think I'm going to be getting one of these when I renew my passport.
You're only talking about the house we know about, he does have a $2bn Home as well; It's a secret lair under a volcano, or maybe his own Island...
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Well, I'd build at least on of those things if I had $46bn
Oh wait, it's always been respectable, hasn't it. Sounds like an average member of the British aristocracy, except until recently they also got an inherited seat in the legislature (The house of Lords). They no longer get an automatic peerage, but they still have their wealth That's the thing about wealth in America: nobody cares how you got it just so long as you got it. As I explained above, it's not just that way in the over there States, it's the same all over the world, from here in the UK, to corrupt officials in third world governments.
So, you're basically selling your democracy to the lowest bidder? Voting is one thing that governments should be able to spend as much as they need to get it right. "saving money" should not be a consideration. (disclaimer, I'm not an American, and we don't use voting machines here in the UK)
I live near a small forest, so I'm familiar with the countryside, however I doubt it's anything like the USA. Our cities, towns and villages are nearly all pedestrian friendly to some degree. However, the Motorways between cities obviously have no pavements (what you call sidewalks) or cycle lanes either. But we're a much smaller country, So I can go from here to the next nearest city in 20 mins on the train, half an hour in the car. For long car journeys (5 hours, we stop once or twice at service stations (Wikipedia tells me you call them rest areas). So as you can see there isn't a huge call for drive in businesses here in the UK, in fact the only place that I can think that does drive thrus is fast food places, so people can grab a McDonald's or whatever on their way back home from work.
I totally agree, but I just thought I'd add that Scotland still has their £1 note; don't ask me why, but when I'm up there I always try and get some, just to confuse local shop assistants (they remain legal tender in England).
Drive in ATMs??! I've never seen one in my entire life, then I live in the UK, so it must be a USA only thing. Here, I have to use my legs and walk to the nearest ATM, in fact the entire City Centre in my City is pedestrianised so there would be no where to drive to. However I've not seen "drive in" ATMs even in other Cities.
The article doesn't give much information, but AFAIK the EU has no remit over what individual member states broadcast, so I don't know what the commissioner was on about, or the context.8 6.stm (there was video evidence of this man saying things that could be considered incitement, however the jury refused to convict.) In fact I can't actually think of a case that has been successfully prosecuted under British "hate speech" laws (this doesn't mean that there hasn't been any).
for example, here in the UK Ofcom regulates TV and Radio broadcasting, and there is no regulatory body that stops me putting anything on the internet. However if I put up something that breeches domestic "hate speech" laws (for example incitement to violence) I could be prosecuted. This recent case suggests that such prosecutions are hard to come by: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/61379
Why is it that so many people that say this are still alive?Well, they can hardly say it once they're dead, can they?