The policeman's job, for which he is paid by the citizens, includes saving them from dangerous criminals. Whereas international aid is given or offered voluntarily (voluntarily by the government, if not the taxpayers, anyway).
Do you know that today foreign aid is mostly used as a tool to force poorer nations to implement the policies (e.g on energy) that the rich nations want, and that more money flows from the poor nations to the rich than the other way around?
Who pays the piper calls the tune. Don't like the conditions? Don't take the money.
"That "mess" has always been there since the Romans lost control. [...] Go learn history"
Maybe you should take your own advice. The Romans never conquered Africa, in the sense that we use the word. There was a Roman province called Africa, but it was only a part of North Africa.
What a country does with regard to IP routing, firewalling, etc within their borders is completely separate from the proposed handover of administration in IP allocation and other such policies.
Only because, at the monment, they don't have the power to do it outside their borders too.
So in the future, people will have forgotten how to interact with computers via mice, and yet they can still understand some bizarre system of measurements based on a random king's body parts?
Be as pedantic as you like, the question should have been asked when they were trying to introduce the legislation that some are proposing to remove. Or is the status quo of 'now' more deserving of preservation than it was 'then', for some reason? Astrologically? Or does it just suit your interests more?
Realistically, AC, the first burden of proof is on our side, as we are the ones seeking change from the present, regardless of how we arrived presently.
Pity that 10 years ago nobody said 10: "Realistically, bersl2, the burden of proof is on the RIAA's (etc) side, since they are the ones seeking to change from the present".
So let me get this right. If the local branch of the Boy Scouts go round distributing leaflets about their forthcoming carwashathon, garage sale or whatever, they can be hauled off to Gitmo?
typically accepting money from someone doesn't mean that you are supporting them financially. Only giving them money would imply supporting them financially.
Otherwise people leave, yes, but gradually. Just being in an useless project takes some time to sap your will to go on, and it takes different time for different people.
I would disagree. This is only anecdotal, but from what I've seen it tends to go in waves.
Firstly, a particular event can trigger the discontent that's lying dormant, to a greater or lesser extent, in any organisation. That could be the appointment of an unpopular boss, a failed project or another round of layoffs - the 'jump before you're pushed' mentality.
Some people start looking, and find jobs elsewhere. That snowballs, as the remaining ones now have contacts elsewhere, plus they miss their friends who they've bonded with - there's no old veterans around any more. Others start to think that if so-and-so can get a better position, I can.
The company is suddenly short staffed and a new batch of replacements come in and things stabilise until the novelty wears off.
Now, why a random part of an online company is worth $370 million is beyond me.
I was going to answer "Because it has.com on the end and it's like to do with intarwebs and stuff", but I was interrupted by a call from the 1990s asking when I'm going to return their business model.
They just want to know that you're the type of person they can sell more of them to. One off purchases are one thing, but if they establish a pattern they can use it to predict what you might like.
To do that they don't need to identify the original item - just the product code. I see no reason why a store should know that I bought that particular pair of size 10 brown brogues and you bought the ones next to them.
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It's the second one, "therefore", then the first one.
The policeman's job, for which he is paid by the citizens, includes saving them from dangerous criminals. Whereas international aid is given or offered voluntarily (voluntarily by the government, if not the taxpayers, anyway).
I saw a documentary about similar scams a while back - there was some guy in England who was a professional accountant and he got taken in.
Maybe you should take your own advice. The Romans never conquered Africa, in the sense that we use the word. There was a Roman province called Africa, but it was only a part of North Africa.
You do that displaying it isn't the same as supporting it, glorifying it or endorsing the ideas behind it, right?
So in the future, people will have forgotten how to interact with computers via mice, and yet they can still understand some bizarre system of measurements based on a random king's body parts?
Be as pedantic as you like, the question should have been asked when they were trying to introduce the legislation that some are proposing to remove. Or is the status quo of 'now' more deserving of preservation than it was 'then', for some reason? Astrologically? Or does it just suit your interests more?
Exactly. It's A Royal Society.
As we say here in the old country, Gorblimey!
I feel a disturbance in the aether, as if a million tinfoil hats rustled, and then fell silent.
Agreed. The man's a bloody failure. I'll take his advice the day after I ask the Pope what the best brand of condoms are.
Not to mention spunk dribbles and the odd bit of fanny-batter. Ooops, forgot where I was for a moment.
Seconded. CMM is the new ISO 9000.
Firstly, a particular event can trigger the discontent that's lying dormant, to a greater or lesser extent, in any organisation. That could be the appointment of an unpopular boss, a failed project or another round of layoffs - the 'jump before you're pushed' mentality.
Some people start looking, and find jobs elsewhere. That snowballs, as the remaining ones now have contacts elsewhere, plus they miss their friends who they've bonded with - there's no old veterans around any more. Others start to think that if so-and-so can get a better position, I can.
The company is suddenly short staffed and a new batch of replacements come in and things stabilise until the novelty wears off.
Rinse & repeat.
24 hours is a week in France - a working week. But only if you do overtime.