I think you're confusing us with America. The US produces almost all the (mass-market) content in the world and, well, Europe is composed of 45 countries. The EU is not a cohesive country either - there's 27 of us. We all have different laws and we're bound together by separate treaties, most of which only include parts of Europe, some which even include non-EU countries. The Euro zone (common currency) is one thing, the Schengen space (freedom of travel) is another one, etc.

It's very very complicated - but we're not a federation and what the bureaucrats do in Brussels is largely their problem. We're hardly ever *forced* to agree - the guy did say "reccomendation". We generally agree on implementing reccomendations when the public supports it. I believe this will be the case with Net Neutrality, and France can go on pretending it's still a major power in the world, and that we all give a damn about what it does.

The vast majority of countries in Europe do not have opressive ISP policies or draconian copyright law enforcement, so the whole net neutrality thing won't even register on our radar.

(I'm not a politician, so I could be wrong on the whole EU thing)

Anyone who could build a theory based on the assumption that human beings are 'rational agents' SUCKS at basic observation. I mean, how could you possibly observe the behavior of human beings and come up with the idea that they are 'rational agents' and model economics based on that? Its the dumbest, most unscientific thing I ever heard of. Seriously.

I think the reply to your remark would be "EXACTLY".

Human beings are amazingly suggestible. Hypnosis works, I know this from direct personal experience from both perspectives (being hypnotised and hypnotising).

Since my experiences with hypnosis I've come to strongly believe that advertising uses methods which would be useful in putting someone into a suggestible state.

For a while we experimented with methods to block hypnosis; to plant post-hypnotic suggestions which would make it hard for the subject to be hypnotised without proper 'authorisation'. These subjects started to react very badly to many forms of advertising; the advertising was triggering the anti-hypnosis blocks.

Hypnosis definitely works and I'd say *therefore* advertising definitely works.

If China wants Google to ensure that Android stays open the best thing they could do would be to BUY ORACLE.

I'm sure that China could afford it, maybe have to call in some of the debt that the USA owes them...

If you were ever in Mongolia and DIDN'T sample Mongol pussy then you really didn't try. Or you were scared off by the Mongol guys.

Mongol guys don't like foreigners messing with Mongol girls because THEY KNOW HOW EASY THEY ARE!

you havw scifi channel in Aussie? You lucky bastards!

The rest of the world has to make do with the miserable syfy channel :(

And how do you force the opponents first move to be where you want it? You cover the tictactoe board with your hand leaving only one place open?

How much out of every tax dollar goes on keeping people in prison? From what I hear, the USA has about half the worlds prison population...

Thanks, I do my best!