Oh, don't be silly; it's not remotely as bad as it could have been; it's a domain-spam containing the word "sex" once or twice. Anyway, what on earth were you expecting?
No, as long as they mention it clearly on the packaging (preferably on the seal), they're fine. All they need is informed consent; in practice, in most countries they don't even need that. (Note that in the US a spyware/adware outfit is currently trying to sue one of the antivirus companies.)
Anyway, smart people won't necessarily sell more stuff, at least if they're honest smart people. It'll mostly be the idiots who convince granny that she really needs dual cores for reading her email.
Eh, could be worse. There was someone who ran a scam in the UK where they'd sue hundreds of small businesses on the opposite end of the country for a few hundred each. If you don't turn up to defend in the small claims court you lose by default...
Photographers seem to do very well out of the whole thing. When a photographer takes and sells a picture of the Eiffel tower to put on a postcard, does he pay a royality to Gustave Eiffel, or that particularly obese tourist in front of the tower? No, they don't, even though their postcard would sell rather less well if they took a photo of the local chemical plant for it.
America has been running on the one law for us, one for everyone else principle for quite some time, now. They were happy enough to use the UN to legitimise wars in Vietnam, and so on, but when it strts accusing THEM of torture? Oh, no, can't listen to that.
Erm, what business of theirs is it to morally censor you? Do they have a big sign up saying "If our staff don't like your pictures, we won't give them to you"? If it was a vegetarian on the desk would he censor any pictures containing meat?
Every large country in the world has money like this. Live with it. You're fine, as long as there's no economic collapse; then it might be suitcases of hundreds to buy a loaf of bread time.
Also just a little more expensive;) And considering the US's current obsessive paranoia, I'd say they'd have similar worries to those the English had when the channel tunnel was proposed by Brunel in the 19th century...
On the other hand, we have cheap global communication, genetic engineering, nanotech emergent, better and cheaper computers than anyone in the past could have seriously imagined, cures for some cancers, and, of course, Professor Warwick;)
Things don't always work out the way you'd think.
Of course, American states NEVER compete to get a prestigious federal lab...
Also, France has one of the world's largest, most innovative and best run civil nuclear programmes, and general public acceptance of nuclear power.
There's strong evidence for genetic and hormonal factors in those particular attributes.
The Americans would probably live longer, if they ate a vaguely healthy diet, yep.
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Oh, don't be silly; it's not remotely as bad as it could have been; it's a domain-spam containing the word "sex" once or twice. Anyway, what on earth were you expecting?
Yes, that's reasonable. But completely indiscriminate blocking of all ads by most people would be very, very bad for the internet.
No, as long as they mention it clearly on the packaging (preferably on the seal), they're fine. All they need is informed consent; in practice, in most countries they don't even need that. (Note that in the US a spyware/adware outfit is currently trying to sue one of the antivirus companies.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata ;)
Anyway, smart people won't necessarily sell more stuff, at least if they're honest smart people. It'll mostly be the idiots who convince granny that she really needs dual cores for reading her email.
Erm, that was the point. There's NO DIFFERENCE between the cables.
Nice, but he should have replaced the keys, too.
Actually, the OED possibly isn't the best example; they've already added silly words like "Kibo" and "mouse-potato".
Eh, could be worse. There was someone who ran a scam in the UK where they'd sue hundreds of small businesses on the opposite end of the country for a few hundred each. If you don't turn up to defend in the small claims court you lose by default...
I don't care to remember the number of times I've been asked "You know this is a gay bar, right?" Apparently I'm not gay enough.
They are actually very, very good. Are you sure you aren't reproducing a pro's pics? :D
Photographers seem to do very well out of the whole thing. When a photographer takes and sells a picture of the Eiffel tower to put on a postcard, does he pay a royality to Gustave Eiffel, or that particularly obese tourist in front of the tower? No, they don't, even though their postcard would sell rather less well if they took a photo of the local chemical plant for it.
America has been running on the one law for us, one for everyone else principle for quite some time, now. They were happy enough to use the UN to legitimise wars in Vietnam, and so on, but when it strts accusing THEM of torture? Oh, no, can't listen to that.
Erm, what business of theirs is it to morally censor you? Do they have a big sign up saying "If our staff don't like your pictures, we won't give them to you"? If it was a vegetarian on the desk would he censor any pictures containing meat?
Every large country in the world has money like this. Live with it. You're fine, as long as there's no economic collapse; then it might be suitcases of hundreds to buy a loaf of bread time.
Does America still call the terrorists it doesn't like terrorists and the ones it does like "freedom fighters"?
How about hot ducks fucking hot dead ducks? http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/st ory/0,9865,1432991,00.html
Ah, you live in the Soviet Union, apparently.
Ah, fine, that makes it all okay, then, I suppose. :S
English, back then (Britain is a new invention). And no-one sat down in London and said "I know, genocide!" That was the colonists.
Also just a little more expensive ;) And considering the US's current obsessive paranoia, I'd say they'd have similar worries to those the English had when the channel tunnel was proposed by Brunel in the 19th century...
On the other hand, we have cheap global communication, genetic engineering, nanotech emergent, better and cheaper computers than anyone in the past could have seriously imagined, cures for some cancers, and, of course, Professor Warwick ;)
Things don't always work out the way you'd think.
Of course, American states NEVER compete to get a prestigious federal lab... Also, France has one of the world's largest, most innovative and best run civil nuclear programmes, and general public acceptance of nuclear power.
The parent was off-topic; they were talking about an international fusion project.
There's strong evidence for genetic and hormonal factors in those particular attributes. The Americans would probably live longer, if they ate a vaguely healthy diet, yep.