Posts by Graham Marsden
4118 posts • joined Friday 19th January 2007 17:59 GMT
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Posted in Prisoners chucked off Facebook
"Facebook [...] if they get a notice... "
"all they have to do is not make a judgement about it, just press the delete button."
Yep, don't worry about checking the details, just do what you're told! (I bet the RIAA, MPAA, PRS and all the others would love that too...)
PS "he'd like a remote control which could mute, or delete, people", well I can think of a few people I'd like to mute or even delete too. Does that make me a suspect...?
Posted in Govt inserts battery take-back scheme
A good start (at last) but what about the rest of the stuff?
To get to my local recycling centre (and it *is*, as has been mentioned by others, a centre for recycling) requires a 10 mile round trip.
Consequently recycling of batteries, low-energy lightbulbs, old computer kit and much more is actually environmentally *unfriendly* unless it's possible to take an entire car-load to offset the fuel involved in getting there in the first place...
Or how about...
Immediate Cargo Unmanned Supply System
or iCUSS for short when they're going "Where's the *%#& supply chopper?"
"Baked-in security"
As opposed to half-baked security...?
"forcing passport applicants to enrol..."
... So much for "voluntary", then...
None of the other passengers looked impressed.
Well, they'd have been even less impressed if you'd forced it to run through the buffers and onto the concourse...!
"an undisclosed location"
<Waves hand>
This is not the location you're...
... oh bugger, what a give away!
New Zealand fix...
Amongst other things I'm a Moderator on the Gamehouse Discussion forums for their version of Scrabble etc and a couple of our users have found a work-around to allow access to Gamehouse games on Facebook for users in New Zealand.
See http://forums.fb.gamehouse.com/showthread.php?t=836
NB this is not an official Gamehouse fix, caveat user! :-)
Posted in China stomps cybercrook training outfit
Chinese authorities have closed down a firm....
... and taken it under State control...
It's called "Strict Liability"
Strict liability means that mens rea ("guilty mind") does not have to be proven in relation to the actus reus ("guilty act") in order for a conviction to be obtained.
In other words the defendant has to prove that the image is *not* "grossly offensive" or "liable to cause serious injury" etc, which is virtually impossible.
Let's hear it for Tick-Box Justice...
Does this mean that BDSM clubs are now illegal in this country?
No, thanks to Regina vs Church 1996 after the Club Whiplash raid where the CPS tried to get a conviction for "running a disorderly house". The Judge asked the Jury "Do you think this sort of behaviour is acceptable in this day and age" and the Jury said "Yes".
The only problem is that the Operation Spanner case R vs Laskey, Jaggard, Brown et al, says that if you leave marks which are "more than trifling or transient" then you are committing an offence...
Confused? You will be...
And in related news...
The Government are now warning that Iran may be able to launch rockets containing plague carrying rats and have raised the National Security Level to "frantic".
Pour encourager les autres...
... or, at least, it would get rid of some of the redundant Admirals, Generals and so on...
Bravo Judge Cowdroy!
At last someone who gets the point that just because Hollywood squinnies does NOT mean they get their own way simply because they can afford lots of expensive lawyers.
Good for you Sir Alec!
Of course we now have to hope that the Government will actually *listen* to the advice they're given instead of ignoring it and blithely continuing to trample all over every liberty we have...
"This happens to banks about once or twice a month. And this is the same sort of thing...."
So why the F**K didn't you consider that before introducing this silly scheme with great big security holes in it??
"a browser plug-in that kept your opt-out"
Where can we get this...!
Why blow it up?
All you need is a "blocking" ship to put itself in the way of the robo-ship and whilst it's trying to dodge past that, the sub slips silently away...
Who else read that title as...
... "Head of Stasi"?!
"is the Gov't exempt from the DPA?"
What do you think...?!
# Section 28 - National security. Any processing for the purpose of safeguarding national security are exempt from all the data protection principles, as well as Part II (subject access rights), Part III (notification), Part V (enforcement), and Section 55 (Unlawful obtaining of personal data).
# Section 29 - Crime and taxation. Data processed for the prevention or detection of crime, the apprehension or prosecution of offenders, or the assessment or collection of taxes are exempt from the first data protection principle.
"It's a fun thing to think about,"
"You can think about making a credit card-sized device that you can put in a [...] door, and break it open with very little voltage," according to Steen.
Great for when you've forgotten your keys...
"Be a Government Informer.
"...Betray Your Family & Friends. Fabulous Prizes to be Won!"
So why not just...
... have all the employees of your Anti-Virus company download the updates first? There should be sufficient computers of various configurations and installations amongst them to pick up most of the duff update problems.
And it would give your workers a much greater incentive to ensure that these sort of glitches don't happen in the first place!
"lavish hospitality and flattery,"
Mine's the one with "I am a british businessman working with senstive commercial secrets" on the back...
Posted in Extreme Pr0n - One Year On
"The case...
... for driving a coach and horses through some basic principles of English Law feels equally unmade."
The case was, of course, *never* made in the first place, just a "precautionary principle" argument that "well, this material might cause problems and we don't like it, so let's ban it".
Meanwhile, however, we still have a book-burning law which says "if you've got anything that might fall under this law, you'd better delete it youself, just in case we nick you for something else and we use it as an easier way to get a conviction".
As for our worst fears not being realised, you miss out the important word "Yet". It took some while for Councils etc to realise the power that the RIPA gave them, but when they did figure it out, abuse of these powers rapidly became widespread.
Colossus calling Guardian...
2 + 2 = 4
Guardian calling Colossus...
2 + 2 = 4
(Who else remembers The Forbin Project...?)
Posted in British poshos outdrink chavs
In 2008 5,999 men died an alcohol-related death against 3,032 women
So that's 9,000 deaths in the UK alone.
Remind me again why we're so afraid of terrorism...?
The lads from Lagos...
... must be kicking themselves for missing out all these past several years...!
@so...
Hey, don't be so nasty...
... to the chimpanzees!
Posted in Sun takes over MoD's UFO bureau
And in related news...
... Page 3 Stunna Lisa Lovely, 19, from Lincoln said "Wow! It's great that the soaraway Sun is taking over this vital job otherwise who knows who might be probing us when we're in bed!"
Posted in French mock British G-spot probe
And in other news...
... a group of male researchers claimed that the existence of the clitoris was a myth because they couldn't find it...
"a material which generates electricity when squeezed, mashed or wobbled"
Excuse me, miss, but I noticed your laptop battery is running a bit low, may I lend you a hand or two...?
Politicians have no clue about anything.
And you clearly have no idea how to construct a sensible argument!
You complain about the "sheer idiocy" of the arguments, but then you go from "we don't need to go back to the moon" to "Technically, you don't need to eat either". Tell me, have you ever heard the expression "Straw Man"?
The Myth of the 1970s Global Cooling Scientific Consensus
Dear Terry H, try doing a little basic research before digging up another long-discredited Zombie Argument:
http://ams.allenpress.com/archive/1520-0477/89/9/pdf/i1520-0477-89-9-1325.pdf
The previous post...
... was brought to you by Fox News.
Why do modern dictionaries insist on including phrases these days?
Because those phrases are part of the language and the point of a dictionary is to enable people to comprehend the language as it is use.
For instance you could look up the words "dick" and "head" separately but...
Posted in Compulsory perv scanners upset everyone
That has to be...
... one of the most stupid examples of hobby-horse riding I've seen in a long time!
I have been to naturist events, I don't have an over-active sense of body-modesty, but just because British Naturism thinks that others shouldn't either is *NO* justification for treating everyone (me included) as a potential terrorist in another piece of nonsensical Security Theatre.
@"It’s hard to sit and read the dictionary..."
Yeah, but I skipped to the end and found that the Zebra did it...
Posted in Tesco store bans shopping in pyjamas
If you think this is a problem...
... then I strongly recommend you don't google for People of Walmart...!!
Posted in Brit kids failing to fall out of trees
Well obviously...
... it's because we're Thinking Of The Children(tm)!
We're protecting the poor little darlings from all those dangers out there, especially all those paedos who are lurking on every street corner.
Far better that our children die early from coronary heart disease...
Posted in Aussie censor balks at bijou boobs
So...
... no shaved pubes either because that makes the woman "look like a child" too and that will obviously encourage paedophilic thoughts.
I just have to wonder, though, in whose minds these thoughts are being created, because it sounds to me like it's those passing the laws who are having them...
Posted in Aussie man convicted for Simpsons smut
Don't forget...
.. that following the introduction of the Dangerous Pictures Act in the UK we now have the Dangerous Drawings Act which, like the Australian Law, means it is "an offence for a person to be in possession of a prohibited image of a child."
See http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2009/ukpga_20090025_en_5#pt2-ch2-pb1-l1g62
It is sufficient that an image *looks* like a child (in someone else's eyes) that will get you convicted.
Great, another victory for liberty and common sense...
Posted in Rubber Duck banned from txt
"who is there to hit??"
The person out for a walk, minding their own business who doesn't expect some prat to be riding along using a netbook instead of looking where they're going!
(I'm sure you've heard the expression "Sorry, Mate, I didn't see you...")
@Citizen Clueless
"i see some paedos have been in to disapprove of my comment."
And there you have a perfect example why a law like this is a bad idea because "anyone who disagrees with it or anyone who supports it must be a paedo!"
Forget about proof. Forget about due process of law. Forget about presumption of innocence, all we need now is suspicion and gossip and hearsay to ruin someone's life.
Oh and FYI the UK Police know where over *ninety eight percent* of all registered sex-offenders live.
In the USA where they have "Megan's Law" it's estimated that *twenty five percent* of registered sex-offenders have absconded.
I'm sure there's a conclusion that can be drawn...
If I was their teacher...
... I'd set them an assignment on the Thomas Bowdler:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bowdler
(Followed by one on the First Amendment...!)
Posted in Compulsory perv scanners upset everyone
@We All Have Equal Rights
But don't you *want* a third glorious decade of total law enforcement...?!
Posted in Compulsory perv scanners upset everyone
You realise of course...
... that the next move will be to introduce corporate sponsorship of these scanners...
"Excuse me, Sir, would you step into this room a moment?"
"What's the problem?"
"Well, I couldn't help but notice that you are, shall we say, somewhat under-endowed, but our sponsors, MegaGrow(tm) supply these excellent pills..."
Dear El Reg:
Keep taking the tablets...
