Yes, obeying laws might very well be evil. Where did you get the notion that legal equals moral? (Oh, you didn't because you're trolling - At least that's what I hope.) With the risk of invoking Godwin's law: Did it ever occur to you that everything the Nazis did to the Jews was legal in Germany? Did it also occur that it might have been wrong?
Most of the things loathed companies like Microsoft, ??AA, et.c. do aren't illegal - that's part of the reason they get away with it. We don't dislike them for doing illegal things, we dislike them for doing immoral things. There's a huge difference. If you didn't see that you're a moron - if you did you're a troll.
...and unlike Sweden Iceland has huge resources of geothermal energy. Really, this is just some politicians trying to get attention, there really is no realistic way to meet this goal.
A "bridge position" must be reached, which both sides could live with.'"
Translation for the European-newspeak-impaired:
"It's hard to overturn a complete rejection. Because we were afraid of a complete rejection last time, we did a strategic retreat. This time we must get our hoof inside the door, in the guise of a 'mutually satisfying compromise', so that we may then fortify our positions and lobby our way to our goal."
"Bridge position" my a**. It's more like a bridgehead position.
Being a Finn myself I'd like to make a few comments...
1) Finland is currently a net importer of energy - mostly from Russia. Guess how the Russians produce the electrcity. That's right. Nuclear power - but, hey at least the safety over there is great (rolls eyes).
2) Finland is relatively flat, which means hydro power is limited. Furthermore we have no fossile fuel resources. The only options left that doesn't leave the country hopelessly dependant on others (a bad thing in a crisis) are Nuclear-, Bio-, and Wind-energy. Bioenergy is being developed, but is insufficient by itself, and wind is pretty much a joke. This leaves nuclear.
Oh. A lot of people will probably deny my claim that wind power is a joke, but at least here it hasn't and probably won't be a success. One reason seems to be that finding people who want a windmill as a neighbor is about as easy as finding people who want a nuclear powerplant as a neighbor. The windmills are percieved as hideously ugly, and above all noisy. Any estate in close proximity to one will drop dramatically in value, and placing these things in unpopulated areas is met with resitance because they're seen as an eyesore in the midst of our beautiful nature. Then there are of course the usual arguments about lack of continuity, numbers needed to have any real impact, etc.
3) (BTW) Why is this posted as news? The decision was made years ago.
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I hear Sony is working on a version of their own, as well...
Okay, nice troll - I'll feed you...
Yes, obeying laws might very well be evil. Where did you get the notion that legal equals moral? (Oh, you didn't because you're trolling - At least that's what I hope.) With the risk of invoking Godwin's law: Did it ever occur to you that everything the Nazis did to the Jews was legal in Germany? Did it also occur that it might have been wrong?
Most of the things loathed companies like Microsoft, ??AA, et.c. do aren't illegal - that's part of the reason they get away with it. We don't dislike them for doing illegal things, we dislike them for doing immoral things. There's a huge difference. If you didn't see that you're a moron - if you did you're a troll.
...and unlike Sweden Iceland has huge resources of geothermal energy. Really, this is just some politicians trying to get attention, there really is no realistic way to meet this goal.
Why are they still building houses with oil heating?
Because it's friggin cold in Scandinavia in the winter, maybe...?
Don't you just love it when a corporation thinks our legal system is just another subsidiary of their marketing department.
You mean it isn't? Since when?A "bridge position" must be reached, which both sides could live with.'"
Translation for the European-newspeak-impaired:
"Bridge position" my a**. It's more like a bridgehead position."It's hard to overturn a complete rejection. Because we were afraid of a complete rejection last time, we did a strategic retreat. This time we must get our hoof inside the door, in the guise of a 'mutually satisfying compromise', so that we may then fortify our positions and lobby our way to our goal."
"The enforced labor works with the prison system on highways, why can't it work in space?"
Because the crime rate might skyrocket when people try to get thrown into jai^H^H^H space?
Ok. I don't think my karma can take any more bad puns... :-P
Stupidity, horrible stupidity, American IP laws
"Transgenic pigs (and other critters) are valuable research tools because of their utility in studying human diseases."
Being a Finn myself I'd like to make a few comments...
1) Finland is currently a net importer of energy - mostly from Russia. Guess how the Russians produce the electrcity. That's right. Nuclear power - but, hey at least the safety over there is great (rolls eyes).
2) Finland is relatively flat, which means hydro power is limited. Furthermore we have no fossile fuel resources. The only options left that doesn't leave the country hopelessly dependant on others (a bad thing in a crisis) are Nuclear-, Bio-, and Wind-energy. Bioenergy is being developed, but is insufficient by itself, and wind is pretty much a joke. This leaves nuclear.
Oh. A lot of people will probably deny my claim that wind power is a joke, but at least here it hasn't and probably won't be a success. One reason seems to be that finding people who want a windmill as a neighbor is about as easy as finding people who want a nuclear powerplant as a neighbor. The windmills are percieved as hideously ugly, and above all noisy. Any estate in close proximity to one will drop dramatically in value, and placing these things in unpopulated areas is met with resitance because they're seen as an eyesore in the midst of our beautiful nature. Then there are of course the usual arguments about lack of continuity, numbers needed to have any real impact, etc.
3) (BTW) Why is this posted as news? The decision was made years ago.
...Does anyone know whether these laptops will be crippled with Treacherous Computing or not?