Posts by Loki

Isnt the point...

... that the internet is a distributed network where packets will route via whatever routes are available?

Doesn't this mean that either:

a) 100% of traffic for these providers can ONLY route via the link on the docklands (ie: no other routes physically exist... which surely would be strange for large providers to have no backup links)

or

b) something is really screwed up with IP in the UK (IP as in TCP/IP ... not intellectual property)

Paris - because dockland workers are a big fan of hers.

Dollar...

The dollar is in the process of being watered down to the tune of 700 billion thanks to the US Gov and Fed.... wont be long before it starts falling again.

What annoys me is that it is meant to be a free efficient market but in times of trouble governments step in and bail out the people who caused the problem and ends up dumping the problem on the taxpayer (you dont actually think that the government actually has this money really? They create it out of nothing and it is paid for out of future debt).

Either they markets should be left to run efficiently without interference and let the greedy bastards fall when the markets fall or else nationalize the lot and we can all walk around in fur hats and queue for bread with our food coupons (because the government is incapable of running a nationalized economy without FUBARing it.

What sort of porn?

The question arises what type of porn was he looking at?

Nuns in bondage? (could be prosecuted under the obscene publication act)

Upfrock Choirboys?

or as they are fond of calling their parishioners their "flock"...

Sheep down and dirty.....

Mines the one with the 50p and a mars bar for the choir boy.

remove the offending product

Quote: Ann Summers said: ".... taken all relevant steps to remove the chocolate willy spread ..."

So... where exactly had they put the spread and how difficult was it to remove, and was it indeed, widely spread?

PS: Anyone who doesnt see the IT angle here needs their head examining....

Ministry of Turth

One scary point is that when i read "Ministry of Truth" i didn't bat an eyelid... it wasn't until i read the next few words that i realized this was a pun and not (yet) a reality.

Regardless of the technical aspects to content filtering etc there is the social aspect. If they try and block the p0rn then there will be riots up and down the country. They can mess up the economy, they can mess up the schools, they can mess up everything.... but they cant take our p0rn!

Natural selection

No really, this is natural selection at work. Especially here in Russia where we only obey the rules of the road when the road police are around.

Kid walks out in the road with headphones on.... 50 points if you hit them.

Kid texting while listening to music.... 100 points.

Ever seen Deathrace 2000?

So....

If Jesus was alive today, what kind of mobile phone would he use? Or would he denounce them as sinful and start smashing them up like he did with the money lenders.

Screw the privacy policy....

.... whats their porn policy is my main concern!

So glad...

I dont live in totalitarian UK anymore. I live in good old free Russia where we have a democracy. One man, one vote.... Putin is the man, and he has the vote. At least here you know the system is corrupt ;-)

Still, will this actually stop anyone making these purchases. As someone said, it will come where it will become more difficult but when i was a teen i was buying alcohol without Id standing right next to the sign that said "Are you 18?"

Can't buy over the internet? Go to your local offie where the owner will happily sell you a 4 pack.

The porn is a bit harder, i used to find mine at the local dump where people used to throw their old mags.

All this tracking and verification is getting a little dangerous though. Daddy's daughter uses the computer to look at some underwear on the web. Next thing police bust door down because Phorm (or whatever) has alerted them that a male adult been looking at pictures of little girls underwear.