I also remember hearing that the ARM architecture/instruction set was particularly nice - something about being able to jump or branch on any instruction.
Sorry, I'm not an American, but where I'm from capital gains are treated as another source of income. As a result, capital gains are subject to income tax.
And then when they next use what they think is IE they'll say "Oh Wow, Microsoft really improved their browser".
No, the best way is to make users aware of the problems with IE, and then show them how Firefox fixes those problems. The fact that open source coders respond to security flaws faster than coders who work on proprietary software is also an advantage.
"But it's not "society" that's making it "fair", it's government."
Ahh, but the government's elected isn't it? If the majority of people want a welfare state they can vote for it, and if they want a pure laissez-faire system then they can vote for the libertarians or whooever.
"Who ever says they're proud to pay taxes because it funds all those wonderful social programs?"
Scandinavia. Over there people are proud to contribute to a system that makes their countries the most civilised and decent places to live in the world. Socialism (or rather Social Democracy) can work, but I just doubt that it could ever work in the US.
Really. The US is not socialist. You (the US) have a minimal welfare system and no proper national health system. If you want to see what socialism is you should go to Scandinavia and see how tough (;) ) they have it over there.
That aside, you sound like you have a huge chip on your shoulder over something. Did you choose the colour of your skin? your IQ? your place of birth? your parents? whether you are fully abled or not?
No? That's why some people believe in socialism. Because life isn't fair, but some people think that society should try to at least try and make it fairer.
I didn't know Steven Spielberg made a film of The Man in the High Castle. I'll have to see that - I hope it's as good as the book, the ending is amazing.
I want a spatial Slashdot. Having a hierarchy of posts (threads) is way too confusing. Why can't there just be one level of posts so that I don't have to worry about which post I need to reply to?
The main issue is your first point, "the UK would not be able to set interest rates to match its economic situation". While this is true, I don't see you proposing that the different regions of the UK should have their own currency.
There was an interesting article in the Economist a month or so ago saying that were it not for Germany, the Eurozones GDP would be higher than the US. Germany is essentially still suffering from the (probably necessary) decision to exchange East German Marks to West German marks at 1:1.
Another point worth considering is that Gordon Brown taked a year ago of having variable taxation that would change to regulate the economy just as exchnage rates are used ny the Bank of England now. We could join the Euro and still control inflation.
So did I, and the only MEP who sent me a personal letter instead of a form letter was Dr Caroline Lucas of the Greens (who are very anti software patents). I'll be voting Green (for the European elections anyway), despite my dislike of their anti-Euro stance.
So why not vote Green? Remember that in the European elections (but not the local ones) they use PR, so you can vote for whoever you like without worrying about your vote not counting.
"What you propose is exactly what Chamberlain did with Hitler."
No it's not. Chamberlain attacking Germany would not have been pre-emptive - Hitler had already attacked Poland and broken the treaty of Versailles.
The problem with the Iraq situation is that the US broke international law, and now other countries can point at this and say; well, if the US can do it, why can't we? The US does not respect international law, and by flaunting it so openly, paves the way for other, less "civilised" countries to do the same.
But Bush and co were presumably more worried about securing future oil supplies. To them this justified any action.
Look, the fact is that even in the EU countries whose governments support the US, the majority of the electorate are against the US's mis-adventures in the middle east. Even in America the people are turning against the Iraqi war. No-one is lying - some governments in Europe are openly against the war, while others have obviously supported it.
The interesting thing is that the majority of people in all of these countries are against the Iraqi war.
I'm a pro-European, but we have to make the EU more democratic. The fact is that the members of the EU have already given up large amounts of their national sovereignty (because EU members must implement EU directives). This in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as EU law is created by democratically elected representatives at the European supra-national level.
As someone who lives in the UK, I think our stance on this is ridiculous, and a legacy of WW2. We're an important and influential member of the EU, and the last couple of years should have made it obvious that a close relationship with the US damages our relationship with the rest of Europe (and the wider world) and only benefits the Americans. In the post Empire world, Britain's role is as a democratic and decent European nation. We should not support pre-emptive war or the Israeli's mistreatment of the native Palestinians.
Speak for yourself. It's a silly thing to say anyway - as the most intelligent species in known existance, we are advanced creatures - it's all relative.
"un-democratic european nightmare inflicts more total garbage legislation"
Oh come now, it's not that undemocratic. If it was we wouldn't have been able to lobby against the corporations and win. Compare this with what happened in the US, where the govt bended over backwards to help the corporations.
Yeah, I've got a couple of those old Addison-Wesley books here. Remember though that C= stopped documenting their custom chipset goodness when they wanted everyone to write clean API (non hardware-bashing) friendly code.
I remember hearing a really cool story about someone using the blitter in an Amiga for some really interesting non graphical process. I wish I could remember the exact purpose it was being used for, but I think it was used to filter data of some kind.
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I also remember hearing that the ARM architecture/instruction set was particularly nice - something about being able to jump or branch on any instruction.
Does anyone know more about this?
Sorry, I'm not an American, but where I'm from capital gains are treated as another source of income. As a result, capital gains are subject to income tax.
It makes sense doesn't it?
And then when they next use what they think is IE they'll say "Oh Wow, Microsoft really improved their browser".
No, the best way is to make users aware of the problems with IE, and then show them how Firefox fixes those problems. The fact that open source coders respond to security flaws faster than coders who work on proprietary software is also an advantage.
"In short: just say NO TO DRUGS, and maybe you won't end up like the Hurd people." -- Linus Torvalds
"But it's not "society" that's making it "fair", it's government."
Ahh, but the government's elected isn't it? If the majority of people want a welfare state they can vote for it, and if they want a pure laissez-faire system then they can vote for the libertarians or whooever.
"Who ever says they're proud to pay taxes because it funds all those wonderful social programs?"
Scandinavia. Over there people are proud to contribute to a system that makes their countries the most civilised and decent places to live in the world. Socialism (or rather Social Democracy) can work, but I just doubt that it could ever work in the US.
Really. The US is not socialist. You (the US) have a minimal welfare system and no proper national health system. If you want to see what socialism is you should go to Scandinavia and see how tough ( ;) ) they have it over there.
That aside, you sound like you have a huge chip on your shoulder over something. Did you choose the colour of your skin? your IQ? your place of birth? your parents? whether you are fully abled or not?
No? That's why some people believe in socialism. Because life isn't fair, but some people think that society should try to at least try and make it fairer.
It's free and you can get it here
I didn't know Steven Spielberg made a film of The Man in the High Castle. I'll have to see that - I hope it's as good as the book, the ending is amazing.
I want a spatial Slashdot. Having a hierarchy of posts (threads) is way too confusing. Why can't there just be one level of posts so that I don't have to worry about which post I need to reply to?
I know it's bad form to reply to your own post, but I thought I should add, you can read Richard Allan's blog here.
If anyone's still reading this thread, please mod this up. I'm listening to the Lib Dem's interview now, and it's very informative.
The UK Greens are pro-European but anti-Euro. See:e s&n=53
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/index.php?nav=articl
I'm pro-Euro.
The main issue is your first point, "the UK would not be able to set interest rates to match its economic situation". While this is true, I don't see you proposing that the different regions of the UK should have their own currency.
There was an interesting article in the Economist a month or so ago saying that were it not for Germany, the Eurozones GDP would be higher than the US. Germany is essentially still suffering from the (probably necessary) decision to exchange East German Marks to West German marks at 1:1.
Another point worth considering is that Gordon Brown taked a year ago of having variable taxation that would change to regulate the economy just as exchnage rates are used ny the Bank of England now. We could join the Euro and still control inflation.
So did I, and the only MEP who sent me a personal letter instead of a form letter was Dr Caroline Lucas of the Greens (who are very anti software patents). I'll be voting Green (for the European elections anyway), despite my dislike of their anti-Euro stance.
So why not vote Green? Remember that in the European elections (but not the local ones) they use PR, so you can vote for whoever you like without worrying about your vote not counting.
"What you propose is exactly what Chamberlain did with Hitler."
No it's not. Chamberlain attacking Germany would not have been pre-emptive - Hitler had already attacked Poland and broken the treaty of Versailles.
The problem with the Iraq situation is that the US broke international law, and now other countries can point at this and say; well, if the US can do it, why can't we? The US does not respect international law, and by flaunting it so openly, paves the way for other, less "civilised" countries to do the same.
But Bush and co were presumably more worried about securing future oil supplies. To them this justified any action.
I clicked on your link and found this line from ESR:
"this is why every good hacker is part mystic".
What a load of crap! Just because ESR thinks he's "a shaman and a vessel of the Goat-Foot God", that doesn't mean other hackers have to.
Look, the fact is that even in the EU countries whose governments support the US, the majority of the electorate are against the US's mis-adventures in the middle east. Even in America the people are turning against the Iraqi war. No-one is lying - some governments in Europe are openly against the war, while others have obviously supported it.
The interesting thing is that the majority of people in all of these countries are against the Iraqi war.
I'm a pro-European, but we have to make the EU more democratic. The fact is that the members of the EU have already given up large amounts of their national sovereignty (because EU members must implement EU directives). This in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as EU law is created by democratically elected representatives at the European supra-national level.
As someone who lives in the UK, I think our stance on this is ridiculous, and a legacy of WW2. We're an important and influential member of the EU, and the last couple of years should have made it obvious that a close relationship with the US damages our relationship with the rest of Europe (and the wider world) and only benefits the Americans. In the post Empire world, Britain's role is as a democratic and decent European nation. We should not support pre-emptive war or the Israeli's mistreatment of the native Palestinians.
Oi, Blair! Sort it out.
"We are primitive creatures afterall."
Speak for yourself. It's a silly thing to say anyway - as the most intelligent species in known existance, we are advanced creatures - it's all relative.
"un-democratic european nightmare inflicts more total garbage legislation"
Oh come now, it's not that undemocratic. If it was we wouldn't have been able to lobby against the corporations and win. Compare this with what happened in the US, where the govt bended over backwards to help the corporations.
What's wrong with the New Scientist? It's a well respected journal.
Yeah, I've got a couple of those old Addison-Wesley books here. Remember though that C= stopped documenting their custom chipset goodness when they wanted everyone to write clean API (non hardware-bashing) friendly code.
Remember: " We made Amiga, They fucked it up "
I remember hearing a really cool story about someone using the blitter in an Amiga for some really interesting non graphical process. I wish I could remember the exact purpose it was being used for, but I think it was used to filter data of some kind.