You don't know what you are talking about. You can't reasonably think of the EU as one homogenous unit.
True, there's a huge difference between the member nations in many aspects... Especially when it comes to stuff like social services, income and wealth... However, in terms of regulation a lot of good work an consolidation of laws is happening at the EU...
I'd say the kids should go to juvenile detention if they lied and said a teacher did serious stuff to kids.
We're talking about 12-13 year old kids... I think that's a bit extreme...
We can all agree that false accusations is a serious offense, but there's a difference between writing accusations on the frontpage of a newspaper and yelling them in the a school yard... The real question is where does facebook fit in on this scale?
Perhaps the real news should be how quickly github caved and removed all of the projects in question.
Agree... The fact that github can be bullied around like this is pretty upsetting...
By the way, may I suggest that someone prints these numbers in a newspaper... Either through a letter to the editor, or in an ad, how hard can that be...
Neither the copyright holder or his lawyer are guilty of perjury if the copyright holder lies to his lawyer (or is mistaken) and thus causes a frivolous takedown notice to be sent.
I'm sure there're limits as to how stupid you can pretend to be... But as you said this is not a take down notice, just cease-and-desist, which might constitute harassment...
It is easy to shut down a blogger or even someone like Assange. NY Times is different ballgame.
Yes, but if NY Times thinks they might get sued badly they won't publish it... Assange and the hordes of bloggers won't stop posting...
I remember a lot fuss about an AACS encryption key a few years ago... Which showed just how cowardly individual organizations can be when they have to stand up for free speech...
Yes, the information wasn't important in any way, but the question of whether you could censor it was... I was actually surprised that no big news papers jump on the story... It's my feeling that here in Denmark newspapers are standing in line to print the next book the military wants to censor, - just to get attention if nothing more...
Yes, and then some other journalist who decides that by comparing it to wikileaks he can turn that into a story... The cool thing about wikileaks is that it's not a cooperate enterprise with it's own agenda... If it were an attempt by the New York Times to show support for wikileaks, then maybe they should just host a mirror... Like everybody else...:)
There is a chance that they stumbled upon something useful without having a clue how it works, therefore unable to produce a good paper on it. Notably 'cold fusion' appears likely to have nothing to do with it.
Yes, and if they didn't claim "cold fusion" others might actually believe that they stumbled upon something useful...
OpenLeaks is looking to provide information to interested parties, e.g., journalists, whereas WikiLeaks is there to disseminate the information to everyone.
Don't you think somebody will leak it to wikileaks then ?:)
These extra releases have done nothing but put many countries into very awkward diplomatic relationships
Really, I hear politicians screaming about how it could hurt diplomatic relations... But it's my impression that most countries doesn't really care...
In this case, I think wikileaks went waaay too far.
I don't know... On the one hand yes, what the point with this release, maybe wikileaks went too far... But there must be some sort of idea behind this, e.g. that governments shouldn't have secrets, or that whistle blowers should be able to blow...
The thing is I don't hear that argument anywhere in the media... All I see two "experts" debating how bad this leak is. There's nobody speaking up for wikileaks, so I think they're being represented unjustly in the media...
And if that's the only story the media can get from this, then that is sort of sad... I don't think the journalist who makes these stories would say no to taking a look at classified documents, and then it's a little hypocritical to complain about the leak...
Also note, wikileaks, didn't leak this, they just facilitated the leak... It's not their responsibility to keep secrets for the government.
"The viewer renders PDF documents as HTML-based pages"
I hope it does a better job than the PDF viewer built into Google search...
I doubt that they convert to HTML... The remark is probably just because PDFs are open in tab, and not because the technology have anything to do with translating PDFs to HTML...
And if you don't want to wait download go-oo
All the Go-OO patches should have been merged into LibreOffice and the Go-OO project is discontinued (e.g. developers are now hacking LibreOffice).. But if you insist on having something that is called stable, as opposed to running the LibreOffice beta, go a head a download latest Go-OO release (http://go-oo.org/)...
But remember to upgrade when LibreOffice releases a stable!
I think some of the LibreOffice developers do have dreams about removing Java dependencies, after all it's only a very small part of LibreOffice that requires Java... My point is that with LibreOffice you're on the right path... Rome wasn't built in one day, and the alternative to Sun OpenOffice.org isn't going to be built in one day either...
Comparing "helping someone" to "paying the mob" is spin. And got me laughing, sounds like something you'd here on Fox... (DISCLAIMER: I'm European, so I don't see a lot of Fox, but from what I have seen...)
People may very well pay for others healthcare out of idealism. In fact I think that is the most likely reason (idealism and moral concern).
Just, saying that to claim, that not helping someone who can't pay for healthcare, is an idealistic attitude, is far away from the kind of idealism I'm familiar with... (I guess idealism swings both ways)
And very far away from the Christian values I've learned... Which makes me wonder why Christian conservatives, in the US, spend so much effort opposing healthcare. And virtually fighting charity (in the biblical context of the word).
Its the other way around. Someone who will make their own life harder, merely for the sake of avoiding giving someone something they do not deserve, is an idealist. Its the idealist... the guy who refuses to pay protection money to the mob, despite that being the cheaper and easier way out.
And next you're going to tell me that this idealist is also a good Christian...:)
Nice, spin... but do people really buy it...
Now, that's not saying I'm against single payer health care... just that you've got your moral compass turned around 180 degrees.
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You don't know what you are talking about. You can't reasonably think of the EU as one homogenous unit.
True, there's a huge difference between the member nations in many aspects... Especially when it comes to stuff like social services, income and wealth... However, in terms of regulation a lot of good work an consolidation of laws is happening at the EU...
I'd say the kids should go to juvenile detention if they lied and said a teacher did serious stuff to kids.
We're talking about 12-13 year old kids... I think that's a bit extreme...
We can all agree that false accusations is a serious offense, but there's a difference between writing accusations on the frontpage of a newspaper and yelling them in the a school yard... The real question is where does facebook fit in on this scale?
pure silver is cheaper than most tablets
What is the point of that argument?
If you buy an iPad bacause it's shiny, maybe you would be better off with a silver plate... It'll keep it's value... :)
Perhaps the real news should be how quickly github caved and removed all of the projects in question.
Agree... The fact that github can be bullied around like this is pretty upsetting...
By the way, may I suggest that someone prints these numbers in a newspaper... Either through a letter to the editor, or in an ad, how hard can that be...
Neither the copyright holder or his lawyer are guilty of perjury if the copyright holder lies to his lawyer (or is mistaken) and thus causes a frivolous takedown notice to be sent.
I'm sure there're limits as to how stupid you can pretend to be... But as you said this is not a take down notice, just cease-and-desist, which might constitute harassment...
True, and if they've had a toll both since 1937, you would hope that they had payed for the bridge already...
It is easy to shut down a blogger or even someone like Assange. NY Times is different ballgame.
Yes, but if NY Times thinks they might get sued badly they won't publish it... Assange and the hordes of bloggers won't stop posting...
I remember a lot fuss about an AACS encryption key a few years ago... Which showed just how cowardly individual organizations can be when they have to stand up for free speech...
Yes, the information wasn't important in any way, but the question of whether you could censor it was... I was actually surprised that no big news papers jump on the story... It's my feeling that here in Denmark newspapers are standing in line to print the next book the military wants to censor, - just to get attention if nothing more...
Yes, and then some other journalist who decides that by comparing it to wikileaks he can turn that into a story... The cool thing about wikileaks is that it's not a cooperate enterprise with it's own agenda... :)
If it were an attempt by the New York Times to show support for wikileaks, then maybe they should just host a mirror... Like everybody else...
There is a chance that they stumbled upon something useful without having a clue how it works, therefore unable to produce a good paper on it. Notably 'cold fusion' appears likely to have nothing to do with it.
Yes, and if they didn't claim "cold fusion" others might actually believe that they stumbled upon something useful...
Agreed. Not sure why there needs to be a negative spin on his leaving.
Otherwise it wouldn't be news worthy... :)
Driving is fun
That is completely beside the point.
Agree...
Basically, this takes the pros from trains and replaces the cons of personal travel with them.
Except, trains will be a lot safer, have less maintenance and be even more energy efficient... But definitely some of pros from trains...
The UCMJ doesn't have a "Because I though it should be released," exception to the rules on classified materials.
Is there an "Whatever I did, I did it in the interest of the American people" exception...
Anyway, it would probably be unamerican not to lock him up for life...</sarcasm>
this for the dumbest thing I've seen on the internet today.
Agree... Why is it even news worthy? Any reasonable judge would dismiss the case immediately...
Or perhaps western companies will continue to innovate, and keep their business going that way...
Clouds don't leak right?
No, that's called rain... :)
OpenLeaks is looking to provide information to interested parties, e.g., journalists, whereas WikiLeaks is there to disseminate the information to everyone.
Don't you think somebody will leak it to wikileaks then ? :)
These extra releases have done nothing but put many countries into very awkward diplomatic relationships
Really, I hear politicians screaming about how it could hurt diplomatic relations... But it's my impression that most countries doesn't really care...
In this case, I think wikileaks went waaay too far.
I don't know... On the one hand yes, what the point with this release, maybe wikileaks went too far... But there must be some sort of idea behind this, e.g. that governments shouldn't have secrets, or that whistle blowers should be able to blow...
The thing is I don't hear that argument anywhere in the media... All I see two "experts" debating how bad this leak is. There's nobody speaking up for wikileaks, so I think they're being represented unjustly in the media...
And if that's the only story the media can get from this, then that is sort of sad... I don't think the journalist who makes these stories would say no to taking a look at classified documents, and then it's a little hypocritical to complain about the leak...
Also note, wikileaks, didn't leak this, they just facilitated the leak... It's not their responsibility to keep secrets for the government.
"The viewer renders PDF documents as HTML-based pages"
I hope it does a better job than the PDF viewer built into Google search...
I doubt that they convert to HTML... The remark is probably just because PDFs are open in tab, and not because the technology have anything to do with translating PDFs to HTML...
How about using the right to shout up and not to incriminate yourself... ?
:)
I believe it's a fundamental human right...
Question is if the US respects these ? or if they're just going to waterboard you...
Everything you write is copyrighted...
And if you don't want to wait download go-oo
All the Go-OO patches should have been merged into LibreOffice and the Go-OO project is discontinued (e.g. developers are now hacking LibreOffice).. But if you insist on having something that is called stable, as opposed to running the LibreOffice beta, go a head a download latest Go-OO release (http://go-oo.org/)...
But remember to upgrade when LibreOffice releases a stable!
I think some of the LibreOffice developers do have dreams about removing Java dependencies, after all it's only a very small part of LibreOffice that requires Java... My point is that with LibreOffice you're on the right path... Rome wasn't built in one day, and the alternative to Sun OpenOffice.org isn't going to be built in one day either...
Comparing "helping someone" to "paying the mob" is spin. And got me laughing, sounds like something you'd here on Fox... (DISCLAIMER: I'm European, so I don't see a lot of Fox, but from what I have seen...)
People may very well pay for others healthcare out of idealism. In fact I think that is the most likely reason (idealism and moral concern).
Just, saying that to claim, that not helping someone who can't pay for healthcare, is an idealistic attitude, is far away from the kind of idealism I'm familiar with... (I guess idealism swings both ways)
And very far away from the Christian values I've learned... Which makes me wonder why Christian conservatives, in the US, spend so much effort opposing healthcare. And virtually fighting charity (in the biblical context of the word).
Its the other way around. Someone who will make their own life harder, merely for the sake of avoiding giving someone something they do not deserve, is an idealist. Its the idealist... the guy who refuses to pay protection money to the mob, despite that being the cheaper and easier way out.
And next you're going to tell me that this idealist is also a good Christian... :)
Nice, spin... but do people really buy it...
Now, that's not saying I'm against single payer health care... just that you've got your moral compass turned around 180 degrees.
Again, nice try, but it's just a spin... :)
No, they're just factoring in 200 people who are frozen down and estimated to live 2k years... :)
See wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics