It might not be in the BBC's remit, but it's only tax payers money, so who cares?
It might not? So which is it? Once you've made up your mind, we can discuss whether we should care.
For you Americans who may not know, every UK household that wants to watch any form of live TV must pay £144/year to the BBC, even if you don't watch BBC channels. The rules are being changed to include non-live TV too.
For you folks who may not know, this is the norm in lots of countries. Every one of them that I've ever lived in, at any rate--except the US. So if you don't like that arrangement, perhaps you should consider moving to the US... or throwing out your TV.
I rarely watch Swedish television, but don't mind paying the license fee (~2300 SEK/year), because I realise that it's in the country's interest to have at least some mass media that are not beholden to commercial/corporate entities.
I listen to a lot of ad-free BBC Radio, which is brilliant. For digital catch-up services we could have a single application for BBC, ITV, Ch4 and Ch5 but Sky objected so it's fragmented despite the BBC's attempt to work in the public interest.
That's the thing, we don't want a single catch-up service.
And that's not what he said he wanted, either. Nice try, though.
On my first visit to the mainland, I got treated to a lattè and a slice of cheesecake at a Starbucks in Foshan by some soldiers who worked at the PLA recruiting station next door to the mall. Nice guys.
My dad was a Republican starting from the mid-50s, and voted for Reagan the first time. By the time Reagan was up for re-election, Dad had already seen enough of what was to come that he switched parties, and remains a Democrat to this day.
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Thereby guaranteeing the enmity of every Muslim on the planet. Which is exactly what Daesh want. Thanks for letting us know who you're working for.
Yeah, things would be so very much simpler if wifey just stayed home, barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen.
I guess the 'barefoot' part is optional for you progressives.
"Copy", "cut", and "paste" can be nouns, sure, but I doubt anyone thinks of the so-named icons as representing anything other than verbs.
Or how about "Back", "forward", "reload", ...?
You begin to show promise, my friend.
Here.
If you want uptime, you do not run Linux.
Guess that depends on what expectations you have for uptime. 200+ days for a desktop suits me pretty well.
The original byline was "News For Nerds--Stuff That Matters". Guess you weren't around back then.
...being Muslim is a choice. ... Belief in a fairy tale like the Muslim religion is a choice and a dangerous one.
In Muslim countries, if you're born to a Muslim family you're a Muslim. In many of those countries, renouncing Islam is a crime. Punishable by death.
You were saying something about dangerous choices...?
It might not be in the BBC's remit, but it's only tax payers money, so who cares?
It might not? So which is it? Once you've made up your mind, we can discuss whether we should care.
For you Americans who may not know, every UK household that wants to watch any form of live TV must pay £144/year to the BBC, even if you don't watch BBC channels. The rules are being changed to include non-live TV too.
For you folks who may not know, this is the norm in lots of countries. Every one of them that I've ever lived in, at any rate--except the US. So if you don't like that arrangement, perhaps you should consider moving to the US... or throwing out your TV.
I rarely watch Swedish television, but don't mind paying the license fee (~2300 SEK/year), because I realise that it's in the country's interest to have at least some mass media that are not beholden to commercial/corporate entities.
I listen to a lot of ad-free BBC Radio, which is brilliant. For digital catch-up services we could have a single application for BBC, ITV, Ch4 and Ch5 but Sky objected so it's fragmented despite the BBC's attempt to work in the public interest.
That's the thing, we don't want a single catch-up service.
And that's not what he said he wanted, either. Nice try, though.
On my first visit to the mainland, I got treated to a lattè and a slice of cheesecake at a Starbucks in Foshan by some soldiers who worked at the PLA recruiting station next door to the mall. Nice guys.
Since when are you forced to read stories you're not interested in?
That's an silly assertion.
Jinx! You owe me a beer. :)
(Or Greece, or Turkey, either, for that matter.)
The largest per capita prison population doesn't mean anything alone. USA is also having the largest per capita illegal immigrants population.
Not been to Germany or Sweden recently, I take it?
There is a lot of good and legitimate reasons to put someone in prison. The prisons in USA are not full of political prisoneers.
Just lots and lots of non-violent drug offenders. But that's not a political issue at all, is it?
That's a nice theory, except that the US has never *not* recognised Burma that I'm aware of.
The last 40 years in the US just add weight to the argument by providing an example of the converse.
Who the heck modded this Flamebait? Someone who's never been to China or any of the former Warsaw Pact countries, I'm guessing...
"That Gantt fellow seems all right and we all know Jesse's a bastard... but I could never tell my pa that I voted for a nigger."
One of the things that made me quite happy to leave North Carolina.
Is that the same Ted Cruz who boasted about "winning states from Maine to Alaska"? Just asking.
Aww, whose...
*facepalm*
My dad was a Republican starting from the mid-50s, and voted for Reagan the first time. By the time Reagan was up for re-election, Dad had already seen enough of what was to come that he switched parties, and remains a Democrat to this day.
His point is that you "definitions" are are straight out of Humpty-Dumpty.
Obama is the first sitting US President to visit Cuba since 1928 (Calvin Coolidge). That's 88 years.