The politician who got this section slipped into the law, Judith Tizzard (Labour party MP), did so, right before an election and right before the end of her career. She retired.
Not quite. It was voted on in April 2008. S92A was due to come into force in September, the election was in November, implementationwas delayed till February because of protest, then March and now gone. Tizard did not retire, she lost her seat but is still on the party list. When Clark and Cullen disappear, she could be back in the House.
Undoubtedly because it would have been the end of her political career in another way, if she was not retiring. Scrap that, they picked someone on the way out to slip this in for them, it's an excellent way to find a fall guy, someone who won't be even be around to cop the backlash. The amendment was also made when it was clear Labour would not be getting re-elected. A party on it's way out so the new government could dodge some flak, if they had to can the legislation they can claim it's not their mess, and they get the brownie points for appearing to respond to the public backlash.
Lovely theory, but it would work a lot better with facts.
The ONLY way potter will lose sales is if an advance copy hits the internet a few days before its for sale, and eager readers read the entire thing online, and then no longer see a point in reading it.
Ah, but that's the geek perspective. The fan perspective would be "OMG!!1! I read it first!! Now I gotta buy a special edition as well!"
If the site is ugly, perhaps it's because you have insufficient imagination as a developer to deliver a visually pleasing experience that meets the design criteria.
Get over yourself.
You're right, I'm a Buffy fan, but I'm not an indiscriminate "Buffy uber alles" fan. Given the previous comments about how Constantine should be English and blond as well as nihilistic (paraphrasing there), it sounded very similar to Marsters Buffy character, Spike. IMDb profile. I may be prejudiced by him being a stage actor, like me, of course.
Yeah, Buffy is cheesy, but at least it's parmesan, man;-)
Saw it on Tuesday. I liked it, but I haven't read the Hellblazer books so I can't comment on disrespect or not to the source. However, Keanu wasn't an innocent (I don't think he said "whoa" once) and he played it like an occult hard-boiled detective - think Marlowe on bad drugs with religious paraphenalia. I wouldn't have said he killed the movie, though, or was even the weakest link. That said, he's not the world's greatest actor, IMHO. I'd like to see someone like James Marsters given a go at it, just to see if he can pull it off.
Interesting gender split verdict. The 2 women hated it, 4 men liked it, 1 man didn't like it (but he was with one of the women and we think he wanted to get laid that night)
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The politician who got this section slipped into the law, Judith Tizzard (Labour party MP), did so, right before an election and right before the end of her career. She retired.
Not quite. It was voted on in April 2008. S92A was due to come into force in September, the election was in November, implementationwas delayed till February because of protest, then March and now gone. Tizard did not retire, she lost her seat but is still on the party list. When Clark and Cullen disappear, she could be back in the House.
Undoubtedly because it would have been the end of her political career in another way, if she was not retiring. Scrap that, they picked someone on the way out to slip this in for them, it's an excellent way to find a fall guy, someone who won't be even be around to cop the backlash. The amendment was also made when it was clear Labour would not be getting re-elected. A party on it's way out so the new government could dodge some flak, if they had to can the legislation they can claim it's not their mess, and they get the brownie points for appearing to respond to the public backlash.
Lovely theory, but it would work a lot better with facts.
It's called "graduated response" and it's the weapon du jour of the media industry. France has voted it in but not implemented it yet, Germany has turned it down, the European Parliament has backed away smartly, as has the UK. Irish ISP Eircom has submitted to a voluntary arrangement to settle a law suit, though other ISPs have declined to join in. It's even happening in (gasp) the US! Wake up and smell the coffee. http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/12/riaa-graduated-response-plan-qa-with-cary-sherman.ars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights#ISPs:_Graduated_response http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/ --my blog, where I've been chronicling this And ACTA is waiting in the wings.
Whouldn't cracking that binary key at the beginning of the documents be in contravention of the DCMA? Not to mention patent law..
The ONLY way potter will lose sales is if an advance copy hits the internet a few days before its for sale, and eager readers read the entire thing online, and then no longer see a point in reading it.
Ah, but that's the geek perspective. The fan perspective would be "OMG!!1! I read it first!! Now I gotta buy a special edition as well!"
If the site is ugly, perhaps it's because you have insufficient imagination as a developer to deliver a visually pleasing experience that meets the design criteria. Get over yourself.
Excellent analogy! Someone mod this as 'insightful' please.
So I've finally seen something on /. that made me go "ewww"
I mean, really, "tapioca"?
Eeeewwwwww!
[ObZen] One needs to have teh funney in order to lose it...
Would that qualify as a paypal blessing?
Funniest damn thing I've read in ages. Thanks!
You're right, I'm a Buffy fan, but I'm not an indiscriminate "Buffy uber alles" fan. Given the previous comments about how Constantine should be English and blond as well as nihilistic (paraphrasing there), it sounded very similar to Marsters Buffy character, Spike. IMDb profile. I may be prejudiced by him being a stage actor, like me, of course.
;-)
Yeah, Buffy is cheesy, but at least it's parmesan, man
Saw it on Tuesday. I liked it, but I haven't read the Hellblazer books so I can't comment on disrespect or not to the source. However, Keanu wasn't an innocent (I don't think he said "whoa" once) and he played it like an occult hard-boiled detective - think Marlowe on bad drugs with religious paraphenalia. I wouldn't have said he killed the movie, though, or was even the weakest link. That said, he's not the world's greatest actor, IMHO. I'd like to see someone like James Marsters given a go at it, just to see if he can pull it off.
Interesting gender split verdict. The 2 women hated it, 4 men liked it, 1 man didn't like it (but he was with one of the women and we think he wanted to get laid that night)
too thin
I thought they already had that with Google Images? Or is that just me?