Posts by b

re: There is no down-side that I can see

Where is the belming icon?

Hurrah for their Lordships!

See title

<burns down thread>

<sows ground with salt>

Next stop: HYS.

So... very... depressed

That is all.

Before anyone else get's there...

"Our Jacqui hasn’t completely taken leave of her senses"

ROFLCOPTER!!!!!!ONE!!!!

Some things never change...

http://users.aims.ac.za/~mackay/probability/survey.html

<sigh>

<insert rant here>

re SPEED KILLS, people.

6% of accidents are caused by speeding. Overblown hyperbole such as yours really doesn't advance the debate.

strict safeguards" will be put in place

and I'm Napolean.

the government's ContactPoint system, which has a budget of £224m

<hollow derisive laughter>

Coming soon...

You will be billed a grand to have your anus-cam fitted.

Only a terrorist or a pedalo could possibly object.

30% false rejection rate

How can that be? My MP assures me that biometrics are magic....

Interesting...

This sounds dangerously sensible...

Clear informed consent?

How can that page possibly be construed as giving a user any idea of what's happening to their web traffic? I realise that BT are above the law but they might make some kind of effort.

Another anonymous coward with nothing to hide

Guess you're a criminal then...

re: People want ID cards

No. That means one bloke wants his 4 year old to have an ID card. It's meaningless. I can find you more people who think they've been kidnapped by aliens.

Re: Why doesn't Alex Hanff get a real job? @ Martians

Kent you really need to sack this latest group of PR people....

Yes he'd dumb...

but most of the rather nasty arguments on here could also be used to justify mugging little old ladies....

Not wishing to put a downer on things...

but using the governments E-petition page is about as effectual as flicking meringues into a black hole. While Gordon Brown pisses in your face. And laughs.

A minority supported DNA testing every child at birth.

These people's votes count as much as yours.

Re: GATTACA

CTAATGT

It allows the paranoia that parents have to be reassured

If you feed it, it will grow.

This is how mental illnesses like Obsessive Compulsive Disorders start. It's a sad state of affairs if this type of abherent pyschology becomes widespread and exploited for cash.

My $utility provider promised I could have unlimited $utility...

Your $utility provider is falsely advertising and should face $sanctions.

Perhaps you should start a $petition?

there needs to be the fullest public debate

Good luck with that.

Spelling errors?

I agree wholeheartedly.

Except for people who spell "lose" as "loose".

They should be dragged out and shot.

Glorious

mehehehe

Lots of other advanced countries have ID cards - what's the problem?

If loads of other countries put their heads in the oven would you do the same?

ZanuLabour

Can people please stop saying this. I keep belming at my computer and my work mates are looking at me funny.

By the power invested in me by prurient wishful thinking

I pronounce All Of You to be Paedophiles.

some real charmers

How cares what actually gets results in rehabilitation when you can just have a little wank over your own glorious self-righteousness...

This "scientist" doesn't consider simply using less

Did you even read the article? It's explicitly stated several times that the calculations used depend on everyone using less energy.

saving us all a lot of cash that would otherwise have been flushed unceremoniously down the toilet.

I have a £12,700,000,000 non-functional NHS computer system if you're interested in paying for it.

Get some perspective.

Of all the things to get pissy about

Seriously guys. Get a grip.

<grind grind grind>

<tooth breaks>