I think that Kenneth Stampp was basically correct many years ago when he said that, at least for historians, the legitimacy of secession remained an open—and perhaps unanswerable—question, a conclusion recently reaffirmed by Daniel Hamilton. [read post]

Bill BuxtonMicrosoft ResearchOriginal: Jan. 12, 2007Version:  March 2, 2012 Keywords / Search Terms Multi-touch, multitouch, input, interaction, touch screen, touch tablet, multi-finger input, multi-hand input, bi-manual input, two-handed input, multi-person input, interactive surfaces, soft machine, hand gesture, gesture recognition . [read post]

Being a devolved matter, this step requires the Central Government to obtain the approval of a Northern Ireland Department (Roinn i dTuaisceart Éireann) and the Scottish Ministers (Mhinistearan na h-Alba).[31] Furthermore, this approach also implies that there will be no comparable exclusion of insurance matters as under the HCCH 2005 Convention.[32] However, the Responses contemplated making use of the bilateralisation mechanism in relation to the Russian Federation upon its… [read post]

[Editor Charlie sez: This post demonstrates that no single songwriter group–including NSAI–speaks for every songwriter in the world and that songwriters around the world do not want their incomes smashed. [read post]