Posts by John Murgatroyd

Another timewaster ?

The social workers we have now cannot stop child abuse, even when they already KNOW it's taking place. So what hope is there of them managing any better with even more info to ignore ?

So ?

I suppose it all depends what [already purchased] systems they use to process the data.

After all, the ACPO takes data from every system in its onward march to a thoroughly "policed" country.

Data be, or not to be ?

The law was altered a while ago, now information held in either electronic or paper format is covered.

Information held on the "database" included notes about individual workers which included descriptions such as "ex-shop steward, definite problems", "Irish ex-Army, bad egg", while others related to workers who had raised concerns over health and safety issues on sites, such as asbestos removal.

Maybe there was the occasional comment such as "refused to work in an atmosphere of asbestos dust .... obviously a lazy person"

Anyway, the people ON the "databease" neither knew about it, nor that they were on it. So they would not have been able to use their rights under the DPA to access the information.

Maybe they should also look at the engineering employers, who have been doing the same for donkeys years now...

Sadder day.

Especially when we have a gov that tends to ignore EU law when it doesn't like it !

Now you see it....

And what excuse are they going to use if the data shows that man-made CO2 is not the cause of global warming ?

Or maybe we will never be told anyway...

But....

If you are not on a social networking site....would that count against you ?

Probably................................

Got freedom, ain't got gun !

Thankyou for your [previous] comments.

Previously, citizens of the US that I have met have been extremely polite. But then they have been radio amateurs. I have also chatted to others who have been employees of the nsa..nice guys all.

Sorry if I have been construed as impolite.

However, gun control IS coming your way, even if by the back door.

I have handled guns, quite a few. Mainly shotguns. I have fired handguns. I feel no need to personally carry one. Who do I need to protect myself from, by personally owning a firearm ?

Burglars ?

In this country, I can only shoot them while they are coming IN, and then only if I feel threatened !

Anyway: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/guncontrol.html

Have fun y'hear ?

Gravy train arriving ?

The way onto the gravy train is simplicity itself.

First you need a tube of water-based lubricant.......

Again

I was quite surprised at the results from the measurements on a Comtrend PG902 adaptor, in this months RadCom.

40db over the noise floor ?

That would wipe-out practically every signal in the spectrum affected. Even a station "down the road" would suffer serious interference.

And in the case of the adaptors in which the notching can be removed, it would render reception of any signal from a few kilohertz to over 30 megahertz impossible.

Apparently, the good news, the devices also suffer seriously from interference from strong transmitters.

No Hope

"keep in mind that they can draft all the laws they want, they still need to get them past a court and possibly a jury"

No, they can keep re-trialling until they get the verdict they want. If that fails then they can go to a trial with no jury.

In any case, it's just another way of bunging cash to someone else...the gov has no hope of running the system...they couldn't run downhill....so someone else will get the cash and run the anti-piracy (AKA anti-freedom) unit.....probably the music industry....or the police will get another specialist unit.....and loads more cash.....at the end of the day you just follow the money trail......try following the money trail from the hundreds of billions given to banks to re-finance the country.....straight to the stock market and buy depressed shares to make a killing later, with our cash.

You expect financial and moral probity from a government that pays 168 billion a year in pensions, paid from current income, while preaching the tale of financial investment for [private] pensions ?

Working Time

The 17 week period can be [by agreement] a 52 week period.

If you then take the holiday periods [about 28 days per year minimum] you then average the hours worked in the 52 week period....and come out with around 52 hours per week that you can work and still not sign the opt-out.

If presented with the opt out at contract-signing time....you first check the period of notice required to withdraw the opt out....then sign the contract.....and withdraw the opt out agreement after the notice period (the notice period is 7 days minimum, 3 months maximum). It is unfair dismissal if you are dismissed for not signing or withdrawing your opt out agreement.

I care ? Not ?

Bang: Bomb: Drugs:

Do I care ?

Not much.

I do wonder though when people (generally) are going to realise that the government cares [not a jot] about the people, and that the measures (ranging from databases of personal stuff to id cards to cctv) are not to protect US, but to protect THEM FROM US.

I will try not to mention road-pricing, with its attendant need to know where every vehicle is, and when.

The same way I will try not to mention....

Bang. Drug. Bomb. Stupid Politicians.

Again...

Errr....

No.

Some data held about you will not be revealed, mainly the data which identifies other people or which is intelligence information. Or rumour.

"The Data Protection Act means that in certain circumstances the Metropolitan Police Service may decide not to provide you with some personal data. For example, we will not provide personal data if we feel releasing it to you would be likely to prejudice policing purposes, and we may not provide you with information that identifies other individuals"

"Enhanced Clearance.

This level of check involves an additional level of check to those carried out for the Standard CRB check - a check on local police records. Where local police records contain additional information that may be relevant to the post the applicant is being considered for, the Chief Officer of police may release information for inclusion in an Enhanced check. Exceptionally, and in a very small number of circumstances (typically to protect the integrity of current police investigations), additional information may be sent under separate cover to the Countersignatory and should not be revealed to the applicant."

Stop and search

Just as long as those searched remember to get their "record of stop/search" that the police are required to complete EVERY time they stop and/or search someone.

It takes ten minutes to complete. And more when it is raining/dark.

What paperwork do I get after a stop and a stop and search?

You should receive a written record of the stop or stop and search at the time of the event, which sets out the reason for the stop or stop and search. If you want to complain either about being stopped or searched or the way it was carried out, this record will help identify the circumstances.

Supervisors at the police station also keep a copy of this record. They use it to monitor the use of stop and stop and search powers and check for any inappropriate use. The police service must also make arrangements for community representatives to look at their stop and search records.

Police may use the record at a later date to contact you about anything that may have happened in that area around the time you were stopped.

You will normally be given a record at the time of the event. However, because of operational demands (public order situations, large public events of if an officers is called to an emergency) you may be told where to collect the record later. A record must be made available for up to 12 months. You can also be given a receipt rather than a full record as the time.

http://www.met.police.uk/stopandsearch/what_is.htm

Whatever

So.

We need to find out what the police have on Jacqui.

Maybe some juicy pictures ?

Or maybe some pap has got some pics of her with her knicks down.....and she's getting her own back ?

Errmmm

I just click on "register later" and then ignore it.

It works at the moment, when it doesn't I'll lose the card...

Tickets. Parking etc

" ONLY THE DRIVER AND THE OWNER OF THE LAND ARE A PARTY TO THE CONTRACT UNLESS THE PARKING COMPANY ACTS AS THEIR AGENT

Therefore should you receive an INVOICE from a PPC as the keeper of a vehicle and you do not know who was driving, I suggest you tell them this and tell them not to contact you again. You are under no obligation whatsoever to provide any information to the PPC. Refuse to do so"

http://www.ticketfighter.co.uk/private.htm

problem ?

I don't se any problem. If they stop and/or search you they are supposed to supply you with a record of said event, complete with name etc. If they do not so so automatically you need to ask them for one. Hardly a problem, it takes nearly a half hour to fill in...

"What paperwork do I get after a stop and a stop and search?

You should receive a written record of the stop or stop and search at the time of the event, which sets out the reason for the stop or stop and search. If you want to complain either about being stopped or searched or the way it was carried out, this record will help identify the circumstances.

Supervisors at the police station also keep a copy of this record. They use it to monitor the use of stop and stop and search powers and check for any inappropriate use. The police service must also make arrangements for community representatives to look at their stop and search records.

Police may use the record at a later date to contact you about anything that may have happened in that area around the time you were stopped.

You will normally be given a record at the time of the event. However, because of operational demands (public order situations, large public events of if an officers is called to an emergency) you may be told where to collect the record later. A record must be made available for up to 12 months. You can also be given a receipt rather than a full record as the time"

http://www.met.police.uk/stopandsearch/what_is.htm

Loads going-on, commercially.

"Wireless transmissions with speeds exceeding 10Gb/s are practical using millimeter-band (30-300GHz) frequencies, which are seldom used commercially and where wide swaths of bandwidth can be readily secured. Within that band, the ‘radio window’ of 70-100GHz is attractive because signals are relatively unaffected by passage through the atmosphere, allowing them to travel several kilometers or more"

http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2008/JUNE/FUJITSU_200608.htm

Loads going-on in amateur radio circles as well, using surplus commercial gear as well as home constructed gear.

Try this list of amateur 10ghz tv repeaters Paul...

http://www.superiorsignals.co.uk/superior/hamatv.htm

Less children ?

17 million optimum population ?

Who is going to do the work ?

Less children = more old[er] people.

Sooner, hopefully rather than later, "they" will start thinking.

I will not hold my breath.

Unless the agenda is 17 million young people with the old[er] people being brain-washed into euthanasia. In which case holding my breath will not be an issue.

To crb, or not to crb

It's nice and secure as well....have a look at who handles the info....the same mob that do the london con charge.

And the security takes another step into the unknown:

"Registered Bodies that provide access to the CRB service to other organisations are called Umbrella Bodies. For example, a large organisation that has registered with the CRB to check out its own staff and/or volunteers may decide to offer access to CRB checks to smaller organisations. Umbrella Bodies have the same responsibilities as Registered Bodies and must take reasonable steps to ensure that any organisation they are countersigning on behalf of also complies with the relevant responsibilities and obligations.

Umbrella Bodies play an important role in the success of the CRB as they provide the mechanism by which many smaller organisations will access CRB checks."

So, your employer may well be "doing" checks for others ?

Like, Fred down the road ?

Spec_trum

Don't worry about it.

By the time the EU manages to get its dirty little mitts on the spectrum it will have all been sold to the highest bidder.

OfCom, leading the world (and the EU) in CASHmunications.

Opera 9.51

Just been dumped.

Processor operating at 100%, all the time.

No: no bots, bugs or errors.

start time

I think the fast-start time to baseload is about 7.5 minutes average.

The reliability of the system if it has to be run on a fast start/run/stop routine will be considerably lower than a continuous run....

Oh-My-God.

Where does all this leave the gay male who also fancies straight women ?

And what about the bi-married-women ?

And where does it say anything about red-headed bi males who are married to bi-blond-women ?

I'm confused.

Something to do with both sides of my brain doing the same thing at the same time ?

Off-Con

So, you expected something else ?

Like action ?

Why change the habit of its lifetime ?

Or ?

It just means that the current situation carries-on and doesn't change, relating to the working time directive. The "opt-out" was negotiated ten years ago, you get the choice of not working more than 48 hours. If you want to you sign the opt-out, which means you can be allowed to work as many hours as you want. If you don't sign, you cannot be allowed (by your employer) to work more than 48 hours.

The WTD doesn't apply to self-employed workers.

All this does is set the ten-year-old opt-out as permanent.

In any case, since most employers pay no attention to any laws at all, this is just another they can ignore with no risk.

Weird ? !

So lying on the forms is an offence ?

But that assumes, since the gov is obviously assuming it, that paedophiles do not lie ?

And how long will it take them to realise that a person has lied about everything ?

If ever they realise.

Dodgy raincoats does not come into it, most stories in the 'papers seem to relate to priests, doctors, dentists and other seemingly "safe" professions.

I know two social workers, and both fit into the "weird" category, but presumably they will be in the "safe-weird" grouping ?

That's when they're not removing children from their parents care for later adoption, but not for the £1700.00 the gov gives for each child so placed ?

Weird ?

Does that not include practically everyone who works in social care and the gov ?

So ?

Does that mean that practically every woman will be a crook now ?

After all, it is considered ok for women to be younger in conversation than they are in years.

As for why those we have elected to do the job not being able to see the wood for the trees.....

Politicians are thick, as in T H I C K , when they want to be. Let others do what they want them to, then they do not need laws.....so when the sex offences by inet users do not drop, some other reasoning will be used to restrict someone elses freedom.

Since when did this gov give a monkeys ass about laws, they've broken most of them themselves.

really ?

Well, our elected officials probably run phorm anyway, or have seats on the board, or get "election expenses" from various companies deeply mired in the biz.

Or-thorities ?

"ll RIPA applications should withstand scrutiny by the Surveillance Commissionaires - it would appear they are not doing their job. Wankers!"

The entire structure of government is full of "authorities" who do not regulate anything.

From O£COM to Information Commissioner, they revel in the power they have but do not use.

Loads of "authority", little "bottle".

Or, securing their careers by ignoring us.

Or can we link to this ...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/25/justice_bill_extreme_pron/

Now, where would they find out what we look for on the web....

Short term use, then move to 76ghz ?

Presumably they have solved the potential problems with interference to fixed radio links that operate at that frequency ?

Not to mention the various speed detecting devices that also operate there, and the allocation for astronomy and earth satellite services ?

"Short range automotive radar (21.5 to 26.5 GHz)

Ofcom has several concerns about this application.

According to the ITU Radio Regulations the band 23.6 to 24.0 GHz is a passive band (used for radio astronomy and earth exploration satellite service) and is covered by footnote 5.340(-21-) which states "All emissions are prohibited" in the stated bands, which includes 23.6 to 24 GHz.

The second concern relates to the protection of the Fixed Link service operating above and below 24 GHz. An independent study commissioned by Ofcom (as RA) indicated that there is a potential risk of interference to the Fixed Link assignments, under certain conditions, therefore again Ofcom does not support the use of short range automotive radar in the bands used for fixed links.

The radio amateur service also has an allocation in the 24 GHz band for which compatibility has yet to be studied.

In addition to the above, the police also have an allocation around 24GHz which is used for speed meter cameras and speed guns. Before the short range automotive radar could be permitted in this band, the automotive radar manufacturers are required to demonstrate that there is no risk of interference to the speed radars which could bring the evidence and hence convictions into question"

and:

"Many of the results presented in this report indicate that aggregate interference levels are of the order of 10 dB above the fixed link receiver thermal noise level. The ITU-R interference criterion requires the interference level be of the order of 20 dB below the fixed link receiver thermal noise floor in order to satisfy a low level of increase in fixed link unavailability. In order to facilitate sharing, it will clearly be necessary to reduce the 30 dB discrepancy. Given the magnitude of the discrepancy, it seems unlikely that any of the mitigation factors identified above will close the gap sufficiently by themselves."

from: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/ra/topics/research/topics/uwb/3gfinalreport.zip

Quite, smart ?

Politicians are as smart as their advice, and advisors.

If the gov prefers the current insecure security to carry-on, then the advice she will get wil mirror the intent. The problem is to get her to make her own mind up....if she has one.

Up Yours ?

That's what I like about all ANNE L PROEBS articles, they get you where other articles just don't go.

Surely not the beeb as well

So, does this mean that aol will report me for using the bbc iplayer p2p stuff ?

This is obviously going to be a lot of fun....

£5.00 jeans

"Maybe globalisation does benefit some ordinary folk after all - jeans for a fiver at Tescos"

You wear them ?

Sad !

Yes. Road pricing anyone ?

I was reading a few months ago that the [current] gps system was inadequate for road-pricing. The signal was not strong enough for use in large towns and hilly areas. Looks like that problem is about to be solved then.