Mikeb85

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by Mikeb85 11y ago
I'd wager that gravity isn't 100% equal over the whole globe, the pull of the moon's gravity also isn't equal over the globe, and that the circulation of water across the world's oceans also isn't 100% (so the
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
Also this: > The American colonies followed the English tradition, but the law was more of a guide. For example, Mary Hathaway (Virginia, 1689) was only 9 when she was married to William Williams. Sir Edward Coke (England, 17th century)
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
The internet does democratize access to information, but part of me thinks that for every job the internet created, Facebook destroys by wasting peoples collective time...
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
From the time of the Roman empire until the French Revolution, the 'legal' marriage age for women was 12 (as per Roman law and later Church law). You could be betrothed (promised) at any age. Historic documents also show marriag
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
To add to this, some people (both Christian and Islamic fundamentalists) believe any sort of progress is 'wrong' (or at least superfluous) because Jesus will return (ironically Muslims also believe Jesus will return, but that he&#
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
> Finally, is there anywhere to find the original article by Piketty in English? Pretty much everything Piketty writes, is originally written in French. He's French, after all...
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
Keep in mind it's not so much that Mohamed was a 'paedophile' by our modern definition, rather that the definition has changed over time. Even in our own culture it was once the norm to betroth daughters to suitors while they
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
Just read the article - the Washington post did quite a bit of editorializing. > Le tout-sécuritaire ne suffira pas Translated roughly as "Total security will not suffice" (or the "state security apparatus" will not s
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
Believe it or not, China has significantly less inequality than Brazil (as measured by the World Bank)... Not to mention a social net.
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
There's over 50,000 violent deaths per year in Brazil. Not that the Paris attacks weren't bad, but yes, Brazil suffers from violence due to inequality.
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
> I grew up very poor, this did not make me stupid and implying such is offensive. There's always outliers. You may be one. The point isn't that poor people are stupid, but that because of circumstance, they have 'overhe
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
It's simple maths. Wherever you live, there's a baseline amount of money that it costs to survive. Food costs the same whether you're rich or poor. Housing varies, but there is generally a baseline. If the baseline cost o
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
> There is just one problem, it has nothing to do with the real English spoken in UK, US, Canada, and other countries where English is a native language. "Real" English is a bit of a misnomer. There's really no such thing.
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
As with many other things, why not?
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
Yes, of course. But based on the maps Turkey is showing as 'proof', their case is pretty thin. The Russian plane flew over a strip of land that is barely even visible on a map of Turkey, never mind when flying at 6000m (the repo
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
No, Turkey's own radar readings that it showed to the press (that is being paraded around Twitter right now) shows it was shot in Syrian territory. It flew over a piece of Turkish territory a few km wide, and was well within Syrian ai
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
> However, Canonical's policy instead says you must remove all of Canonical's trademarks. Which is perfectly acceptable. Red Hat and SUSE apply similar restrictions, hence why CentOS is a thing...
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
If I created a word processor called "Mike's Word Processor" I'm pretty sure I'd be good.
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
Pretty sure it doesn't matter, considering "Studio" is a common term...
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
> So in practice they made it non-free software [free as in Stallman definition of free]. Not at all. RMS isn't philosophically pro-trademark, but he has said that trademark and free software are separate issues (meaning that &#x27
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
> But what Canonical are doing is being so unclear about your obligations around their brand that it's impossible to know whether they'd consider a derivative an infringement of their rights. Your responsibility is to abide by
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
There is no legal ambiguity. The license is a legal document. You comply with the terms of the license and trademark law. > What do they consider trademarks, what do you need to remove? They don't define trademarks, because it&#x2
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
You can distribute unmodified versions of Ubuntu or the binaries, you just can't call Ubuntu + your binaries "Ubuntu", or call your distribution + Ubuntu binaries "Ubuntu". It's basically just clarification con
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
Even the GPL says you can't misrepresent the origin of the software. Besides changing attribution clauses, all you'd need to remove is artwork.
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
Those fundamental freedoms are what determine whether a license is free or not, according to the FSF. Compliance with free licenses makes the software free (legally). And of course, licenses are legal documents, subject to the laws in the
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
This is silly. Free software is software that complies with a free software license. Full stop. Even RMS supports commercial use of free software, and has stated before that binaries don't need to be free of cost, or that it needs to
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
So borrowing is up since rates are at a 5-year low. Colour me shocked...
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
> Not really. Dividends are how investors have historically gotten a return. Both are. Either way, investors demand some sort of compensation for their investment once the company matures. If this didn't happen, there would be no
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
Share buybacks are an essential part of the stock markets. If money were never returned to shareholders, the market would be a literal ponzi scheme. Returning money to shareholders is what keeps the whole system legitimate, and keeps conf
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by Mikeb85 11y ago
Seems victim blaming is in vogue. What then, is the excuse that they'll use for the victims of Islamists in Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Egypt, Phillipines, Indonesia, Lebanon, Turkey, Bosnia, Libya, Tunisia, Thailand, etc...? There's a

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