Re: And regarding the "Revelation" rant...
You can look at it purely scientifically if you like, but science can't explain 'the soul'.
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Please dont bother using the Oyster card analogy. When oyster cards were brought in they doubled non-oyster fairs to make sure people used them. People didnt particularly want to sign up for them.
And your point is also moot as with Oyster cards one can remain anonymous by not registering the card and paying with cash. I also have a handy RFID-blocking wallet to keep my Oyster in.
...as a christian you should know not to take the words of the bible/book of revelation etc too literally, especially from a book that has been translated many times. I would recommend just trying to get a feel for what the writer is getting at.
As an aside, it amazes me how many people dismiss god/the bible etc but are quite willing to believe in evil/the devil. Like, I don't know many people that would be willing to do a ouija board in their house or attempt to perform some kind black magic.
If you believe in ultimate evil you must believe in ultimate good.
I like the quote in the BBC article link a commenter provided:
"The word "unprecedented" is often misused in terms of Arctic ice. In this context it means unprecedented in 30 years of satellite observations, as the press release acknowledged."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19269571
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahaha! ad infinitum
I didnt know she went on to get married?!
I do have fond memories of my Atari, but I always was a little disappointed that the actual games never quite lived up to the amazing pictures on the packaging...
I was really jealous of my mates Intellivison however. It had speech synthesis and everything!
I'm paraphrasing, but I saw some authority figure on TV this morning basically saying the normal people dont need to worry about this surveillance.
Sounds more than a little like 'if you've got nothing to hide' which of course is rubbish.
Even if you trust this government (which would be follish), once the system is set up who knows whether it will be abused or not.
fLaMePrOoF -- "to another recent case where encryption keys were refused; the feds eventually broke the encryption thus negating the need to enforce the court order demanding they keys be revealed."
In that recent case I think it was determined that the feds were either provided the password by the ex-husband or ot was a really easy, guessable passphrase...
That doesnt make it right Anyway I think the battle has only just begun.
I'm quite sure google lists more copyright infringing files than TPB, probably by 1000-fold, 10,000-fold -- A lot anyway.
TPB has no control over how much infringing material it links to, just like Google. They should not be picked on like this.
What are you talking about -- 'wouldn't trust them' etc???
You provide nothing to back up your assertions about the EFF. With respect, I think you're talking crap.
As a regular visito to the EFF's deep links blog, I've seen the EFF frequently step in and back up the litte guy, and always stick up for 'what's right'.
If only we had a UK based version of the EFF. The nearest we have is Liberty, who are limp and the best they can do is make a 1-line statement about the latest freedom-taking scandal the government is thrusting upon us.
EFF are absolute heroes!
You make a good point Robert.
The US and all their war mongering friends have been sabre-rattling for years and in recent weeks have been really ramping things up. The US, Israel etc are all desparate for a war with Iran.
This does seem to be very conveniently timed to sway the public just before things turn ugly...
No benefit for the consumer and we have to surrender all energy privacy to the energy company and are under their total control.
...And we get swamped in yet more wi-fi signals (which may or may not be harmful)
Great.
I dont want a smart meter and I'm going to do anything I can not to have one (whatever that is).
@AC
Another pre-emptive strike? Strange...
Iran doesn't really have a problem with America. I think Iranians would be happy to be left in peace.
Unfortunately America (and Israel) know absolutely nothing about Peace and are intent on ruining another country, killing hundreds of thousands of inccocent civilians and bombing it back to the dark ages with depleted uranium weapons which will cause untold problens to the people of those nations for generations to come.
I could go on...
If your regular laptop takes 30 seconds to resume from standby you must be doing something wrong. My crappy 2004 laptop takes less time than that on Win7 with a mere 1.5gigs ram.
I suggest you uninstall Realplayer or something mate.
I don't doubt that the iPad resume is faster, but I'm sure I can smell the all too familiar gut-wrenching whiff of exaggeration....
Most of the dance music scene is about big fat beats and bass.
Over the years everyone has been trying to push it that little bit further to have 'the fattest beats EVER' because when a DJ plays your track to a floor full of dancers, the last thing you want is that your song sounds a little limper than the last one he played.
On the plus side, I've noticed a few tracks coming out which don't prescribe completely to the loudness war -- like Roisin's Boadicea. Maybe there's hope.
AC, From what I can see, your accusations are completely unfounded and are entirely based upon assumption.
The tribunal ruled the request was not vexatious and that Mr Gardiner had not contacted the council enough to be considered vexatious, so why are you still implying that he's a wrong'un and he's costing the taxpayer too much money?
As far as I remember there is a (small) fee for FOI requests to cover admin. Maybe Nottingham council should have played by the rules and saved the taxpayer some money in legal fees.
Good on you Mr Gardiner for sticking it to the man!
I don't believe this at all.
Sure, it may work fairly well under certain circumstances but I bet it can't take into account texting while walking or any other activity (like someone else said travelling on cars/buses), Swype sotware, whether a person uses two thumbs to text in landscape or a single digit in portrait etc etc.
The point is there are so many variables I don't think this would work at all in practice and is just a way for the Uni Of California to raise its profile...