The Off Topic Topic

[jimmy olsen]

The place is ridiculously expensive though. About 5500 Euro per square meter. 

Then again it's a very central location in one of Germany's richest cities. And the building is completely new, scheduled for end of 2016.

Sounds like a great investment. Do it!

[mongers]

The place is ridiculously expensive though. About 5500 Euro per square meter. 

Then again it's a very central location in one of Germany's richest cities. And the building is completely new, scheduled for end of 2016.

Sounds like a great investment. Do it!

Taint.

Sorry Syt, things were looking so promising for you. 

[Syt]

The place is ridiculously expensive though. About 5500 Euro per square meter. 

Then again it's a very central location in one of Germany's richest cities. And the building is completely new, scheduled for end of 2016.

Sounds like a great investment. Do it!

Taint.

Sorry Syt, things were looking so promising for you. 

[Eddie Teach]

One German's as good as another.

[Syt]

Not true, most people are better than I am.

[Syt]

A representative survey in Germany:



Questions, top to bottom (red bars: people agreeing):
- Capitalism inevitably leads to wars
- A deep rooted xenophpbia is visible in German everyday life
- Our democracy is not a real democracy because businesses, not voters, decide
- Life circumstances don't improve through reforms - we need a revolution
- Socialism/Communism is a good idea, that has only been implemented poorly
- Social equality of the people is more important than individual freedom

[Zanza]

Are you willing to give up your wealth or freedom for any of these? 0%

[Syt]

Are you willing to give up your wealth or freedom for any of these? 0%

Probably. 

Also, many of the ones who champion social equality will probably be happy as a pig in mud if they can get a sneaky advantage about their comrades. "I have a better car/TV/phone!"

[Liep]

Apple invests about a billion dollars in a new data centre in Jutland. Politicians on all sides scramble to take credit for it, but the left seem to edge it out because the selling point seemingly was readily available wind energy.

[mongers]

Apple invests about a billion dollars in a new data centre in Jutland. Politicians on all sides scramble to take credit for it, but the left seem to edge it out because the selling point seemingly was readily available wind energy.

"Apple Invest In Hot Air".   

[Martinus]

So, Britain has criminalised "revenge porn". At least that is one criminal legislation, where I agree with David Cameron.

While I applaud the sentiment it seems to me it creates all sorts of bizarre gray areas.  People have to agree what 'porn' is, you have to qualify it as revenge and not posted consensually, blah blah.  Very messy.

Well, I don't think there is any overriding public interest in people publishing intimate images of their exes or other former sex partners without their consent, so I am not bothered with that particular "chilling effect".

I assume you still have to prove mens rea so if there is an accidental posting or a misunderstanding, it would not lead to a conviction.

[Martinus]

A Brunswick man became the first person in Frederick County and possibly the first in Maryland to be charged under the state's new revenge porn law.

Patrick E. Himebaugh, 29, of the 1200 block of Volunteer Drive, was taken into custody Tuesday on several counts of failure to comply with the terms of a peace order as well as a single count of placing intimate sexual images or material on the Internet, according to documents filed in Frederick County District Court.

The documents accuse Himebaugh of posting sexually explicit videos of his ex-girlfriend to pornographic websites and in online accounts, including her address, while encouraging men to rape her.

I'd say that qualifies.

Yes, although I'd say that probably violates half a dozen other laws even without revenge porn being criminalised.

[Syt]

So, Britain has criminalised "revenge porn". At least that is one criminal legislation, where I agree with David Cameron.

While I applaud the sentiment it seems to me it creates all sorts of bizarre gray areas.  People have to agree what 'porn' is, you have to qualify it as revenge and not posted consensually, blah blah.  Very messy.

Well, I don't think there is any overriding public interest in people publishing intimate images of their exes or other former sex partners without their consent, so I am not bothered with that particular "chilling effect".

I assume you still have to prove mens rea so if there is an accidental posting or a misunderstanding, it would not lead to a conviction.

I'm not sure if a new law is needed for this, though. Surely posting very personal movies/pictures, even if produced with consent, but published without consent is already illegal? Because unless the couple agreed to put the stuff on the internet from the get go, I would think the implication is that this material is for personal use only.

[Martinus]

Whiskers on kittens.

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown-skinned terrorists tied up with strings.
These are few of Seedee's favorite things

[Martinus]

No, they are just tearing down the old building on the site.

Are you protected if the developer goes bust?