Huh? Either you're a very hungry troll or just misinformed. No, English is not an official language in Sweden nor even a recognised minority language. And just so this doesn't become a useless yes-no argument I'll point you to wikipedia.
P.S. I realise I was incorrect about Swedish being the only official language, as there is no official language.
I find history as well as science exciting, not because of factual details (years and dates matter little to me as I have trouble remembering which month we live in) but because they're both about answering the essential question of "Why?". Science examines it on a universal scale, history on a human scale. By knowing and interpreting past events one not only understands why things happened as they did, but even understands why they happen today. As with science, true passion for history requires an open mind, and the willingness to examine the data and make your own interpretations instead of relying on other people's opinions. So I guess it essentially is about the search for truth, and it is not mind-numbing at all, quite the contrary.:)
That's not the point. English isn't a second language in Sweden, because there only is one official language. What people learn (or don't) as their second language is up to them. So translating it to English is pointless, because those who have Swedish citizenship speak Swedish.
I might get modded offtopic for this but I have to protest. Your answer to the GP makes it seem like you think history is something that puts you to sleep, but as an avid reader of history I have to say you are wrong.
Just because the victim does not lose his intellectual property does not mean it isnt stolen. If a teenager stole my car every night and when joyriding but brought in back every morning before I left for work I would still consider it stealing.
This analogy would maybe work if the teenagers used some kind of scanning device on your car and manufactured a new one in their universal constructor. Then again this would either mean that a) this is the year 3000 or whatever year that becomes technologically possible; or b) your analogy sucks.
I dont agree that porn qualifies under the right of free speech. Therefore its not a right. its a privilege. And if the Chinese government wants to deny that privilege, i see no issue.
You're coming at this from the wrong angle, this isn't about the right to show porn to others, this is about the right to see porn. Why should the government have the right to decide that porn is harmful to me, and ban me from seeing it?
That's not a problem at all. Radio stations are a part of the old establishment, and they wan't the old business model to stay as much as the labels do.
Installing that patch took almost an hour, and when my computer restarted the internet is missing from the desktop! And I can't find bonzi buddy anywhere, I think my Windows got formatted!
Be that as it may, but it still is in Chinese interests to preserve North Korea as a buffer against the US. But I sense you don't want to discuss the topic further, so I'll leave it at that. Thanks for the chat though, it's always nice to discuss such things, as a way of gaining new points of view to international happenings.
You're right, the US would retaliate against a Chinese nuclear attack, but I don't think a strategic nuclear attack would be diplomatically acceptable, a tactical nuclear retaliation on the other hand would be possible. But if it would give the Chinese a tactical advantage, they would likely do it. Tactical nuclear attacks are easier to stop than ICBMs, as you can always shoot bombers and cruise missiles down, or take out ships and artillery. I don't agree that China neutralised North Korea, as they're the ones who prevented North Korea from losing in the Korean war, fearing that the US would use Korea as a base in an land invasion into Chinese territory.
If the Chinese succeeded in devastating the US economy, I don't believe they would invade, as their interests would be served by merely getting free reign in Asia. But don't worry, your government isn't completely ignoring the problem, as evidenced by the diplomatic pressure to float the Chinese currency, the Iraq invasion and other measures to prevent a deficit crash, and the encouraging of Japanese military reform to name a few. The Chinese exchange student phenomena is pretty common in all western countries, most of those students will go back to China and work at or start businesses, and some will even become teachers themselves, thus increasing the level of knowledge in China.
My education is also of the computer variety so I can't speak authoritatively on the subject, but I am somewhat of a history/international politics buff, and I like to know why and how things work.:)
The thought of China starting a war against the US/NATO is pretty ridiculous. Even though they have some force projection capability and might be able to do some limited damage to US interests, it's pretty far from being able to take on the combined forces of NATO. For now, China is only a regional superpower, though at the rate their defence expenditures are growing that will change. This isn't going on unnoticed though, as evidenced by the Japanese efforts to change their constitution to allow for a larger military.
I don't think Cuba is a good example of economic incentives, as incentives usually is more of a carrot than stick. But you have a point though, sometimes economics is used as a weapon of war; I just don't think that is the case in China. In fact, China is using it as a weapon, by keeping their currency at an artificially low exchange rate, thus making their workers and products much cheaper for foreign companies and consumers. Some countries have tried to impose import quotas and tariffs on Chinese products, usually on textiles and such, but the ones who usually suffer are the consumers. This will also become more difficult if China enters WTO, as they would then have to be treated equally with other WTO members. Time is on their side, an US invasion would have to happen within a decade if a Chinese rise to superpower status is to be prevented.
Personally, I don't think that will happen, and as long as the US and EU stay as a counterweight to Chinese power, everything will pan out. And as economic growth cannot be sustained without improving human rights, Chinese citizens will also be better off in the long run.
I disagree with that, I think China's nuclear arsenal has more to do with preventing an US invasion than anything else; I know it can't reach US soil, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese used them to destroy invading forces. And I also disagree with the thought of diplomats using economy to prevent war, I would believe it's the other way round.
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Migrationsverket agrees with you. So I guess there is a point in translating it to English. However I'm not Swedish so I'll use that as my excuse. :)
Huh? Either you're a very hungry troll or just misinformed. No, English is not an official language in Sweden nor even a recognised minority language. And just so this doesn't become a useless yes-no argument I'll point you to wikipedia.
P.S. I realise I was incorrect about Swedish being the only official language, as there is no official language.
I find history as well as science exciting, not because of factual details (years and dates matter little to me as I have trouble remembering which month we live in) but because they're both about answering the essential question of "Why?". Science examines it on a universal scale, history on a human scale. By knowing and interpreting past events one not only understands why things happened as they did, but even understands why they happen today. As with science, true passion for history requires an open mind, and the willingness to examine the data and make your own interpretations instead of relying on other people's opinions. So I guess it essentially is about the search for truth, and it is not mind-numbing at all, quite the contrary. :)
That's not the point. English isn't a second language in Sweden, because there only is one official language. What people learn (or don't) as their second language is up to them. So translating it to English is pointless, because those who have Swedish citizenship speak Swedish.
I might get modded offtopic for this but I have to protest. Your answer to the GP makes it seem like you think history is something that puts you to sleep, but as an avid reader of history I have to say you are wrong.
Ummm.. no?
If anything, it could be translated to Finnish for the Finnish minority there but probably not.
Just because the victim does not lose his intellectual property does not mean it isnt stolen. If a teenager stole my car every night and when joyriding but brought in back every morning before I left for work I would still consider it stealing.
This analogy would maybe work if the teenagers used some kind of scanning device on your car and manufactured a new one in their universal constructor. Then again this would either mean that a) this is the year 3000 or whatever year that becomes technologically possible; or b) your analogy sucks.
I dont agree that porn qualifies under the right of free speech. Therefore its not a right. its a privilege. And if the Chinese government wants to deny that privilege, i see no issue.
You're coming at this from the wrong angle, this isn't about the right to show porn to others, this is about the right to see porn. Why should the government have the right to decide that porn is harmful to me, and ban me from seeing it?
I don't know if slashdot is blocked, but I wouldn't be surprised if eff.org and truecrypt.org are.
Hungry Jack's® is a franchise of the international Burger King(TM) Corporation and has operated in Australia since 1971.
;)
When he said they're called Hungry Jacks, he meant it literally.
That's not a problem at all. Radio stations are a part of the old establishment, and they wan't the old business model to stay as much as the labels do.
Yes, Bram Cohen's real name is actually Burma Coheen, and he is from west Manhattan in Delhi!
You agreed with him yet completely ignored his entire point?
Which is to say that no-fly lists are useless because they are based on the assumption that criminals don't lie.
Opera of Firefox
:)
Some might consider that an improvement. :)
CreatureComfort's girl robot: lol no its not a virus
John Titor, is that you?
Installing that patch took almost an hour, and when my computer restarted the internet is missing from the desktop! And I can't find bonzi buddy anywhere, I think my Windows got formatted!
They all had the Bleex.
:)
You make it sound like a medical condition.
I for one welcome our paranoid android overlords!
In Soviet Russia, paranoid of androids is you!
I'm a paranoid android, you insensitive clod!
Imagine a beowulf cluster of paranoid androids!
Yup, that was pretty awful.
Be that as it may, but it still is in Chinese interests to preserve North Korea as a buffer against the US. But I sense you don't want to discuss the topic further, so I'll leave it at that. Thanks for the chat though, it's always nice to discuss such things, as a way of gaining new points of view to international happenings.
You're right, the US would retaliate against a Chinese nuclear attack, but I don't think a strategic nuclear attack would be diplomatically acceptable, a tactical nuclear retaliation on the other hand would be possible. But if it would give the Chinese a tactical advantage, they would likely do it. Tactical nuclear attacks are easier to stop than ICBMs, as you can always shoot bombers and cruise missiles down, or take out ships and artillery. I don't agree that China neutralised North Korea, as they're the ones who prevented North Korea from losing in the Korean war, fearing that the US would use Korea as a base in an land invasion into Chinese territory.
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If the Chinese succeeded in devastating the US economy, I don't believe they would invade, as their interests would be served by merely getting free reign in Asia. But don't worry, your government isn't completely ignoring the problem, as evidenced by the diplomatic pressure to float the Chinese currency, the Iraq invasion and other measures to prevent a deficit crash, and the encouraging of Japanese military reform to name a few. The Chinese exchange student phenomena is pretty common in all western countries, most of those students will go back to China and work at or start businesses, and some will even become teachers themselves, thus increasing the level of knowledge in China.
My education is also of the computer variety so I can't speak authoritatively on the subject, but I am somewhat of a history/international politics buff, and I like to know why and how things work.
The thought of China starting a war against the US/NATO is pretty ridiculous. Even though they have some force projection capability and might be able to do some limited damage to US interests, it's pretty far from being able to take on the combined forces of NATO. For now, China is only a regional superpower, though at the rate their defence expenditures are growing that will change. This isn't going on unnoticed though, as evidenced by the Japanese efforts to change their constitution to allow for a larger military.
I don't think Cuba is a good example of economic incentives, as incentives usually is more of a carrot than stick. But you have a point though, sometimes economics is used as a weapon of war; I just don't think that is the case in China. In fact, China is using it as a weapon, by keeping their currency at an artificially low exchange rate, thus making their workers and products much cheaper for foreign companies and consumers. Some countries have tried to impose import quotas and tariffs on Chinese products, usually on textiles and such, but the ones who usually suffer are the consumers. This will also become more difficult if China enters WTO, as they would then have to be treated equally with other WTO members. Time is on their side, an US invasion would have to happen within a decade if a Chinese rise to superpower status is to be prevented.
Personally, I don't think that will happen, and as long as the US and EU stay as a counterweight to Chinese power, everything will pan out. And as economic growth cannot be sustained without improving human rights, Chinese citizens will also be better off in the long run.
I disagree with that, I think China's nuclear arsenal has more to do with preventing an US invasion than anything else; I know it can't reach US soil, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese used them to destroy invading forces. And I also disagree with the thought of diplomats using economy to prevent war, I would believe it's the other way round.
Note the single mv after mount. That's what fast people call fsck. :)