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Aimee

Re: Hmmn

re

a. Name of suspect - tbc

b. Suspected crime - tbc

c. Evidence - tbc

For http/https

a. ip address -> telno -> bill payer/responsible person/person to be accused/person will dob in actual person

b. on the said date

c. accessed bad site, of which we have a copy for evidence purposes at the time they accessed it,

so there is your content, its all down to correlation.

For email in its various guises

a. ip address -> telno -> bill payer/responsible person/person to be accused/person will dob in actual person

b. on the said date

c. contacted nasty person for some purpose, so they are suspect by implication.

so maybe there is your content, its all down to correlation and the ability to read emails.

For other means, skype etc, well as most of these systems are not open source one has to assume they are not secure, to do otherwise is terminal stupidity.

Aimee

Re: Stupidity

But they can link an ip address at a certain time to a phone number, hence a person who pays the bill, even if the person is acting for a corporation, this is sufficient to apply pressure to investigate the usage of the connection.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadopi

The bill payer is apparently responsible for the internet activity and the securing of the wifi router and connections.

Aimee

Re: Hmm...

<quote>

I think this is a terrible situation, but a bunch of self elected Internet vigilantes blackmailing police into action is not the way to go.

</quote>

Sometimes this is the only way, I am sure if you think about it carefully, you may see the argument in a different perspective.

Aimee

Here is

a better link

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201213/jtselect/jtpcbs/144/144.pdf

Aimee

Not just the UK, France also

A friend of mine waited two weeks plus to get them to fix their line.

By then she had had enough so being a switched on womyn she

erected a satellite dish and went on satellite broadband.

Cost for greater speed, but no phone line (or marketing calls), less than the Orange package.

Aimee
Joke

Windpower is the answer

Wind is powerful and good, it blows the wind turbines round and round making electricity which is sent by the power cables, which unfortunately, said wind has blown over, or iced up.

Mactavish from scotland, running my own generator on government reports, and a captive politician with lots of hot air!!!

Aimee

Re: Good to know all that aid money is not being wasted, eh?

<quote>

Plus, there is a lot of poverty in India. The aid does do good.

</quote>

Then why isn't their government doing something about it one wonders?

Aimee
FAIL

Not unexpected

When you experience their service and attitude to their customers its no wonder their profits are down.

They don't realise there are alternatives now, both cheaper, faster with good customer service,

so the trend downward will continue.

Aimee

yawn

Bad karma: we can't find that page!

You asked for http://www.ethicsandgenetics.org/EthicsandGenetics-2013-Privacy-the-CRPD-and-the-Commercialisation-of-Personal-Medical-and-Genetic-Information.pdf/download/ 14-page /, but despite our computers looking very hard, we could not find it. What happened ?

the link you clicked to arrive here has a typo in it

or somehow we removed that page, or gave it another name

or, quite unlikely for sure, maybe you typed it yourself and there was a little mistake ?

Aimee

Flash on MACOSX

Dont forget to remove the 'phone home' crap in Library/LaunchDaemons

and move the Install Manager from Utilities, its really not worthy of living there!!

Aimee
FAIL

Because for example...

I am a small business and I cant afford an expensive 24/7 circuit.

I am a non business user and I need the internet to pay bills, transfer money from / to my bank and I live a long way from the town.

I am disabled.

I am paying my ISP for this service and therefore I am paying for your wages.

Aimee

What is needed

is for the directive and national consumer laws to be bought to the attention of consumers, ie in the paper, on tv etc.

Aimee

Re: the worst for customer service

If the goods were defective or not fit for purpose in accordance with the directive, then you should bear no costs.(Article 3, Rights of the consumer, 3 &4).

You should claim for costs in the small claims court if they were in breach of the directive , or their warranty (you will need to read the contract).

Your countries consumer law may give you added advantages, but may not be less effective than the EU directive.

If in doubt, contact the EU help desk, a friend of mind got a replacement filter for a chip fryer, despite the fact filters are not covered (because a lot of them are expendable, but this one was metal)

Aimee

Pretty obvious really

Retailer Amazon

Crap Service yes no

Returns Service poor good

Useless Salesman yes none

Pushy Salesman yes no

Tax Issues yes* yes*

Both organisation types attempt to reduce their tax bill, easy, change the tax laws HMRC,

and stop winging.

This survey was carried out on one person on her bitter experiences with hsr's and amazon.

Only con, wish my stuff would get here like instant, but well even amazon have to use post/courier services

Aimee

Re: When the Euro officials wrote the laws

exactly

The politicians winge about corporation tax, employees working for organisations via their own companies, etc, however none of this is illegal, but the politicians are too scared to take charge of the problem and give hmrc a swift kick in the fork.

The tax code in the UK has the largest number of pages in the EU , more than Germany or France, is excessively complex, and lets the big boys get away with it, why, because the politico's fear the big boys will leave.

Where are the results of the tax simplification exercise?

Aimee

Question

Who funds the police service in the UK?

Aimee
Happy

Re: Only for some though .....

Then spend the money on Apple shares instead!!!

Aimee

Re: TLS/SSL

Presumably you have never heard of Traffic Analysis?

Thats your homework.

Aimee

France

In France the MOT (Control Technique) sticker is not removable without destroying it, shows the expiry date.

The insurance sticker is also displayed.

No tax disc, its on the fuel cost.

Failure to display either would be unwise.

Implicitly the speed in urban areas and road works is 50kph, no signs needed, every one knows.

Works for France, why not in the UK. (oh probably the invited by Jonny Foreigner syndrome)

Aimee

Re: hmm

Quite true, Super U have ipads, e'leclerc have ipads and macs as does Darty.

Aimee
Coat

Reminds me

of heterosexual sex before I became a lesbian (sorry, here come the down votes)

Aimee
Happy

Re: it's your job on the line...

Good advice, my wank called up and said.

Hello Aimee this is acme wank, please can you confirm your date of birth?

Me: No

Wank: we need to verify we are speaking to Aimee.

Me: I need to verify you are my wank.

Wank: You can call us on <expensive line>

Me: No thanks, send me a letter, or an email, my policy is not to talk to Wanks/Gov etc as

you will deny all knowledge of the conversation, and I need a paper record as evidence when I sue you

Wank: ok, bye

Sorry for the W instead of B, my keyboard is playing up!!!, I am sure there is a good Wank

with ethical Wankers out there somewhere.

Aimee

Logging on

Why is that surprising, they use the same technology, the security (sic) in in the card.

Search for Ross Anderson at cambridge uni, his lab is into wank (in)security. (sorry should have said bank, been a bad day!!

Aimee

Re: iOS PCs?

Just a sign the author really does know what he's writing about

If you are referring to Anna , she was on Ch4 news, a rather attractive lady!!

Aimee

Aimee
Happy

Nothing..

I charge up my toys using a solar thingy!!

Aimee

In the interest of fairness

10 items for Microsoft & Linux please

Aimee

Re: Philips are a joke of a company, their customer service is shocking.

You are aware of you rights under eu and uk law?

Aimee

Re: A new low

based on one incident by a redneck?, hum, you should get out more

Aimee

You forgot to mention,,,,

The banks - both owned by RBS Group, The majority shareholder, the UK Government, ie uk taxpayers

Aimee

Easy Peasy

if its too good to be true then it probably is a scam

Lab rats, lets have some down votes!!

Aimee
Unhappy

Re: Two serious questions

Oh dear, don't ask questions, you will get down voted!!, like me.

Aimee

Re: Anna Anna Anna....

No she is being unbiased in her reporting for a change.

Aimee
Black Helicopters

Calm down dear(s)

More info here

http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/os/applemac/Apple_iOS_5_Guide.pdf

Aimee
Thumb Up

Totally agree

lets hear it from Anna please

Aimee
Happy

Re: Wow

From: aimee

BCC: Prof Freud

Hi Prof

Hope there is enough bitching here for your survey, I love lab rats!!!

See you Saturday at the barbecue.

LoL (a la Cameron/Brooks)

Aimee

Aimee

Re: Foxconn-rebranding company.

No not from USA, why do you assume that?

Aimee
FAIL

Wow

Down votes for asking questions.

Rofl

Aimee
Alert

Foxconn-rebranding company.

Dear Anna

Please enlighten us all as to why you use the term Foxconn-rebranding company?

Who designs Apple products, hum the bloke who just got knighted.

Foxconn make the things, a Chinese company, and they are not alone, lots of other stuff get made in the ROC.

So what is your point?

Aimee

Aimee

Before the power is exercised, the officer should:

and there is the problem, should, not must, is legally obliged to.

Aimee
Happy

Re: ALL NHS patient records online by 2015

shall we place bets now, odds 1000000 to 1 against?

Aimee

They see each possible "copy" of a song as a "lost sale".

and the government see it as a lost bit of tax.

some countries tax blank media to recoup the loss.

Aimee

Re: So what's to stop...

Because Europe is not the same as eu?

Clue, Suisse?

Aimee

Re: Sounds Like...

Yes, in the uk, gov.uk, in france, gouv.fr, in the usa, .gov, should be .gov.us

Fantasies of world domination me thinks.

Aimee

Obviously you haven't heard of the E.U. Consumer Rights Directive (the one prior to the new 2011 proposal).

Aimee

Do you buy

Laura Ashley clothes in Tesco's?

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Aimee

Vive la Republic

Ah, vous l'anglais, nous allons vous aider avec votre enegy, et peut-être baisser le prix pour les pauvres gens français.

Voici les chiffres, en temps réel, pour la consommation française et la génération.

Ah you english, we will help you with your enegy, and perhaps lower the price for the poor french people.

Here are the figures, in real time, for the French consumption and generation.

http://www.rte-france.com/en/sustainable-development/managing-our-use-of-electricity/eco2mix-real-time-demand-production-and-co2-content-of-the-french-electricity

Aimee

EU

The 2 years is the minimum time a country can apply consumer protection.

see

http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/consumers/protection_of_consumers/l32022_en.htm

and

http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/consumers/index_en.htm

Your rights diminish (ie the burden of proof increases for you) as time passes.

England & wales have a six year timescale, Scotland, five.

Retailers/Suppliers/BoxShifters constantly try to wriggle out of it, until threatened with the legislation,

a copy of which is useful to have when taking stuff back.

The more people who are aware of this the better.

Aimee

ICO

Check the DP entries for Virgin and I am sure you will find they have covered their derrieres.

Aimee

Wrong

The borg were defeated, quite easily in the end, you have not been watching Star trek closely enough, but I wont down mark you for that.

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