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Comment In what context is it ruled to be unlawful? (Score 1) 301

I'm an American here. In what context is the UK's regulation permitting copying of CDs ruled to be unlawful. I haven't read TFA yet, but it sounds like they're saying that this rule is at the national level. Is there some supranational organization that prohibits this or something along those lines?

Comment Re:I thought this was already banned (Score 1) 851

Do bear in mind that when you see "trans fat" content labeled on products, they are allowed to round to the nearest gram. It is not unheard of to see companies advertise that their product contains "0g trans fat" per serving. This is careful wordsmithing when it would be outright fraud to claim that the product is "trans fat free"

Comment Re: It's My rant (Score 1) 615

Continuing on, there a guy named James Huntington who wrote a book titled "Work's New Age" where he ponders the future of humanity where not everyone can have a "job" as we know it.

He suggested a number of different futures (none resembling the future you seem to have in mind). In one of these futures, the 99% revert to subsistence agriculture. It's an interesting idea to contemplate. I suppose that if such were to happen, the new farmers would eventually produce something valuable that the 1% want, and we'd be back to square 1.

Comment Re: It's My rant (Score 2) 615

Okay, as long as we're in conspiracy theory land, I'll bite.

What route do you expect the 1% to take to eliminating the surplus population? Will they do it Adolph HItler style, with purpose built facilities where the 99% will be rounded up and exterminated? Will they do it Joseph Stalin style and simply deprive the vast population of food and other needed necessities?

It seems more probable that in a future dystopia, they might claim the best resources for themselves, set up their own communities with heavily armed guards, and live the good life while the masses eat one another to survive.

Comment Re:no english heard? (Score 1) 636

"Not a match for culture" is a generic bullshit excuse they give because they don't want to give a reason. They have no business reason to give you a reason not to hire you and plenty of legal reasons to not give you a reason (you might sue them claiming that they denied you employment for an illegal reason).

I once gave a five-hour interview to a small American company where the entire team was English-speaking Americans and received a one sentence rejection from them telling me that I didn't fit their culture. Never again! If a company wants more than a few hours of my time for an interview, they have to pay for it!

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