* Posts by JMB

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Private ID scans leave fetish club-goers feeling exposed

JMB

Police State

Wasn't there a report a few months ago about the police getting licensing authorities in London to insist that any licensed premises have CCTV. No law to say that it is necessary but you don't get a licence if no CCTV. The police will say that it is the licensing authority's decision but they are doing it because of pressure from the police.

Who snapped first?

JMB

Comments on: Who snapped first?

You can be sure that if the police CCTV backed up any of the various versions of the events that the police PR machine have put out then it would have been quickly released or leaked to the press.

The lack of official pictures suggests that it does not support any of their versions though there must be a good chance that it will have disappeared or wiped in error.

ID cards not compulsory after all, says Home Office

JMB

ID cards

Everyone knows the police will make them compulsory whatever the government say. If you don't have one then they will arrest you as suspicious and hold you until you prove who you are. The police are out of control and do not bother about what Parliament or the courts say.

UK.gov thinks internet should be run like BSkyB

JMB

UK.gov thinks internet should be run like BSkyB

"UK.gov thinks internet should be run like BSkyB"

Controlled by Rupert Murdoch?

Irish cops tripped up by Prawo Jazdy dragnet

JMB

Prawo Jazdy

I would have thought one solution would be enter phrases like "Driving Licence" in all languages into their system so it displayed a warning but that would need a bit of common sense.

What did you do on Emergency Services day?

JMB

What did you do on Emergency Services day?

How many million pounds was spent on increasing awareness from 22% to 24%?

Windows XP SP3 sends PCs into endless reboot

JMB

XP SP3

I have a problem with a Canon camera not been recognised when plugged into USB on one machine (other OK) but Device Manager is blank, other people seem to have problems with Device Manager being blank.

Quake rocks Britain

JMB

BGS

Not sure where you get the idea that "the BGS don't even bother to take their own measurements" and people don't bother to check the BGS website. I have always looked at their site after previous quakes.

The BGS have a network around monitoring sites around the country. I would think the data from them is fed into a worldwide network and probably used by the USGS.

"The BGS operates seismic instrumentation at over 140 sites in the UK. The majority of these sites is equipped with either vertical component or three component short period seismometers. To record large earthquakes on scale, accelerograph stations are installed at more than 25 sites. In addition, a number of broadband stations are installed, providing data over a wider frequency band."

http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/monitoring/bgs_stations_map.html

http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/monitoring/broadband_stationbook.html

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