for a change on./ this is actually nerd related and not another excuse to launch into a flamewar/ rant against/for Bush/Blair/Iraq/Iran/Apple/Microsoft/DRM.
George Bush(es), Thatcher, Reagan all espouse(d) a classicly liberal economics - belief in unfettered the free market economy. Socially they may be highly conservative...
it may suprise you, but the UK has an (unwritten) contitution; in that constituional law is encoded in many pieces of legislation.
Additionaly the european human rights act protects free speech, so this proposal is likely to fall down pretty quickly -either on it's passage through parliament, or on appeal to the ECHR.
How were they treated like crap? I don't understand.
Apple Manager "downloading apple's IP is not to be done. Anyone found guilty of this will face immediate termination of their contract"
New $8/hr employee "yessir mr bossman"
Apple Manager "Did you download Leapord?"
$8/hr employee "yes"
Apple Manager "you're fired"
Hard to see the injustice there. If you simply can't live without an advance copy of leopard then quit your apple job (amicably) and get another crappy $8/hr job. As you say, there's plenty out there.
Consider the UK sytem. You walk into the voting station. You put a big X with a pen against your candidate's name.
The end of the vote, these boxes are taken to the town hall and opened in the presence of the officials. The count begins. Teams of council clerks/ bank employees / post office cashiers (anyone can volunteer to do it, but it's normally people who can deal with mad volumes of paper) count the papers. The candidates and officials can watch the count freely.
The results is declared. If it is tight the candidates can demand recounts.
No complex equipment, little or no oppurtunity for fraud on the day, and it doesn't take a fearsome IQ to put an X on a bit of paper.
Technology is awesome, but there a lot to be said for K-I-S-S.
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for a change on ./ this is actually nerd related and not another excuse to launch into a flamewar/ rant against/for Bush/Blair/Iraq/Iran/Apple/Microsoft/DRM.
anyone know if it runs on linux?
George Bush(es), Thatcher, Reagan all espouse(d) a classicly liberal economics - belief in unfettered the free market economy. Socially they may be highly conservative...
Chec out http://www.politicalcompass.org/ for a new way of looking at ideas of left/right/liberal/conservative.well, that's innocent before proven guility taken care of.
next stop, thoughtcrime
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughtcrime
Wont' someone please think of the chil.....
16GB flash? At last your average ./er will be able to keep 0.01% of their favourite pr0n with them at all times.
You yanks, always a bit behind on the technology curve.
In the UK, we fire people by text message these days.
URL:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060804/wl_uk_a fp/britaintelecomjobs>
it may suprise you, but the UK has an (unwritten) contitution; in that constituional law is encoded in many pieces of legislation. Additionaly the european human rights act protects free speech, so this proposal is likely to fall down pretty quickly -either on it's passage through parliament, or on appeal to the ECHR.
Of course British politicians are well placed to discuss the more sordid end of the sexual response curve...... Like Stephen Milligan MP (Conservative) (died with orange in his mouth, stockings on his legs and a plastic bag over his head) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Milligan Or Mark Oaten MP (Liberal Democrat) (married man. sex with rent boys) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Oaten#Scandal_an d_resignation
Or David Mellor MP (Conservative) (ugly bloke, sex with hooker in Chelsea shirt) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mellor#Scandal
Or Michael Brown MP (Conservative) (Sex with underage boy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brown_(UK_pol itician)
Or Ron Davies (Labour) (Caught cruising for gay sex. Claimed he was looking for badgers)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Davies
An MP is a Member of Parliament http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Parliament# United_Kingdom
Yes, but does it run on linux?
"And can we get a Mac with a USB port on the front of the box?"
Yes. It's called the powermac / macpro.
How were they treated like crap? I don't understand. Apple Manager "downloading apple's IP is not to be done. Anyone found guilty of this will face immediate termination of their contract" New $8/hr employee "yessir mr bossman" Apple Manager "Did you download Leapord?" $8 /hr employee "yes"
Apple Manager "you're fired"
Hard to see the injustice there. If you simply can't live without an advance copy of leopard then quit your apple job (amicably) and get another crappy $8/hr job. As you say, there's plenty out there.
Consider the UK sytem. You walk into the voting station. You put a big X with a pen against your candidate's name. The end of the vote, these boxes are taken to the town hall and opened in the presence of the officials. The count begins. Teams of council clerks/ bank employees / post office cashiers (anyone can volunteer to do it, but it's normally people who can deal with mad volumes of paper) count the papers. The candidates and officials can watch the count freely. The results is declared. If it is tight the candidates can demand recounts. No complex equipment, little or no oppurtunity for fraud on the day, and it doesn't take a fearsome IQ to put an X on a bit of paper. Technology is awesome, but there a lot to be said for K-I-S-S.