1. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good.
2. The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
3. The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation. No body nor individual may exercise any authority which does not proceed directly from the nation.
4. Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights. These limits can only be determined by law.
5. Law can only prohibit such actions as are hurtful to society. Nothing may be prevented which is not forbidden by law, and no one may be forced to do anything not provided for by law.

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

For the first time since online retailing was born a decade ago, the sales of clothing have overtaken those of computer hardware and software, suggesting that consumers have reached a new level of comfort buying merchandise on the Web.

NY Times via Freakanomics blog

Jack and Suzy Welch in BusinessWeek writing about Global Warming: If you accept it as reality, adapting your strategy and practices, your plants will use less energy and emit fewer effluents. Your packaging will be more biodegradable, and your new products will be able to capture any markets created by severe weather effects. Yes, global warming may not be as damaging as some predict, and you might have invested more than you needed, but it’s just as Pascal said: Given all the possible outcomes, the upside of being ready and prepared for a “fearsome event” surely beats the alternative.

via Freakanomics blog

karaulov@lj

Убей, убей Каспарова, ОМОН,
убей его под колокольный звон,
либералиста, жалкого армяшку,
пиндосам обещающего Рашку.

Ну что же, на прощание мной было написано письмо высшему руководству компании - CEO, директору центра и т.п. я хотел сделать это сразу же, но шеф, будучи разумным человеком меня уговорил совместить это с официальным письмом об отставке.

cema@lj

К юго-востоку от Университета лежит вход в царство мрачного Аида - так называемое "метро", в некоторых диалектах прозываемый также "митро" и "намитро". В этих местах расположены многие соблазны и искушения, которые навыдумывал Лукавый, дабы погубить побольше душ.