According to a BBC research, Italy has the second-largest majority favouring the election of Barack Obama as US president and a large majority believes America’s relations with the rest of the world would improve under an Obama presidency. Italians are among the largest majorities that say US relations with the rest of the world would stay the same if John McCain were elected president.
• More than three in four (76%) in Italy would prefer to see Barack Obama elected US president, while just 12 per cent would prefer to see the election of John McCain.
• A majority (64%) says that the election of Barack Obama would improve US relations with the rest of the world, while 20% say they would stay the same and just 5 per cent feel they would become worse. In contrast, a slight majority (53%) says America’s relations with the rest of the world would be unchanged under a McCain presidency, with much fewer saying relations would improve (13%) or worsen (16%).
• Asked whether the election of Barack Obama, an African-American man, as US president would fundamentally change their perception of the US, Italians are divided, with 43 per cent saying it would change their perception, and 44 per cent saying it would not.
Although we are usually known for being politically immature, as a country, it looks like we have very clear - and very sound - opinions about the US presidency. Let’s hope for the better, i.e. Obama.
You can download the entire BBC research here.
Nessun tag per questo post.Google Chrome first EULA was flawed, to say the least, as Google “acquired” - divine rights? - the copyright of all the contents generated - in a way or another - through the browser. Article 11, the faulty one, contained four points, each one carefully crafted in a fantastic “legalese” language in some secluded office in Mountain View.
It took one day, after a few posts, comments and articles, to change the EULA. Article 11 has been completely rewritten, and now contains only one point written in a transparent “legalese”.
11. Content license from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.
Hats off to Google.
Just one question: if Google, a corporation listed on the NASDAQ, with shareholders and all the related blah blah, has been able to amend the EULA in one day, why Microsoft has not been able to amend the OSP (Open Specification Promise) in almost a lifetime?
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