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Monthly Archive for February, 2009
I got the following email recently and it got me wondering…
We are on the way comrade
“Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more of expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalised, and the State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism.”
Karl Marx, Das Kapital, 1867
Is the above really a Karl Marx quote?
http://www.democracyforutah.com/node/2510 and http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/faux_marx.php don”t seem to think it is, and to be honest I agree – the idea that credit would be given out by banks at these levels probably didn’t make sense in 1867.
Snopes doesn’t have anything to say on the matter yet (which IS surprising).
Has anyone read much Marx (I mean to, but haven’t got round to it yet)? Does it sound like a true quote?
I wonder how many “quotes” on the internet are simply made-up on the spot (much like statistics – they say that 98.2% of statistics are made-up on the spot).
The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed “Lenny”) after 22 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of twelve processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments. It also features compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.2 of the LSB.
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What the ?!?
Set to become law on 16 February, the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 amends the Terrorism Act 2000 regarding offences relating to information about members of armed forces, a member of the intelligence services, or a police officer.
The new set of rules, under section 76 of the 2008 Act and section 58A of the 2000 Act, will target anyone who ‘elicits or attempts to elicit information about (members of armed forces) … which is of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’.
A person found guilty of this offence could be liable to imprisonment for up to 10 years, and to a fine.
British Journal of Photography – Jail for photographing police?
I can’t believe what I am reading! – This is ridiculous!
I understand that taking photos of sensitive buildings could be considered a security risk, and that places like airports already have restricted rights for taking photos, but the police and public places?
This is a serious problem for professional, particularly press, photographers but also amateur photographers. It won’t be long before you have to get any public photos approved by the government, and then we really will have an Orwellian Big Brother watching over us.
I thought I should put up a few of the snowy photos I have taken recently. All were taken at IBM Hursley
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