Posts by The Original Ash 617 publicly visible posts • joined 11 Jun 2009
MCN is the biker equivalent of the Daily Fail. Everyone is "out to get them" in their eyes; Police, Govt, hell I'm surprised they've not done an article on how illegal immigrants are taking over the roads and making biking less safe. No doubt they'd spin it on them not having driving licenses, or some such.
"Under what powers..." "Don't take a picture of me, you're compromising my safety." "Under what powers..." "Don't take a picture of me, you're compromising my safety." "Under what powers..." "Don't take a picture of me, you're compromising my safety." *Takes picture*
Who was ignoring who?
*N.B. Not defending the officer taking the camera, just the inflationary nature of MCN "journalism" style. I don't do things Police Officers ask me not to do out of respect for the job, and I've no reason not to respect them as I've had nothing but good experiences. This guy was just itching for a bit of "Dem gubment keepin uz bikers down!!11"
Plus, quoting MCN lessens you. Stop it.
Bloated network ROMs are a thing of the past; Streamlined and svelte is how things should be. Before I even fully charged the battery of my Touch Diamond 2 it had a stripped ROM with no network branding installed.
It's like buying a new Windows PC; Anyone in their right mind throws the restore CD in the bin, keeps the driver disc for the network card only, then downloads new drivers for the rest of the hardware after a clean OS installation.
PH as she could have used some custom software on her SideKick.
But copyright infringement is a civil matter, where remuneration is sought by one party and paid by the other. Jail is a deterrent / punishment / rehabilitation system for serious or persistent criminal offences.
ECtHR will have a field day with this. Hopefully ECJ will lay the smack down on Sarkozy.
Your citation of Item 66 of the Highway Code as law is incorrect. You can check for yourself simply by looking at Item 64: "You *must not* cycle on a pavement. [Laws HA 1835 sect 72 & R(S)A 1984, sect 129]
Item 66 has no such wording ( "should" not "must" ) and no citation of the appropriate legislation regarding why performing any action described would be an offence.
Cyclists have right of way because they're more vulnerable. If their sense of self-importance overrides their sense of self preservation, let them handle the consequences. Don't let it be you who is caught handing it to them, though. You *will* end up on the wrong end of the law.
Despite four years wworking with Primary School children without a bad word said about me, no doubt I'll be "restricted" under this scheme because:
- I've watched "A Clockwork Orange" and found it an interesting insight into improper government intervention into individual's private life (Ironic?) and not a debauched perv-fest which should have all copies burned.
- I played Doom at around the same time as the Columbine kids played Doom
- I spend a lot of time playing WoW, and therefore not in the physical company of others
- I am witty and charming, and therefore engender trust in others (God forbid that should actually help me do my job, though).
They can't scrap this idea fast enough. It's total rubbish.
A man driving other than in accordance with a license, without insurance, and not being in a fit state to remain in full control of the vehicle, should be put in jail. His recklessness and disregard for public safety makes him a danger to society. This is the very reason for which we have prisons; To remove dangerous people from society.
It is the *definition* of incarceration.
I've posted this before elsewhere, possibly here, but here it is again.
A local in my pub received an email with some generic innocuous heading from an address he didn't know, and being the non-net savvy type he opened it, only to be presented with an indecent image of a child. He calls the police.
Copper turns up at the door, is invited in , and sees the image on the screen. He looks at the guy who called him and says "I'm going outside for a cigarette. When I come back, you will have deleted that email and have forgotten all about it. If you don't, I have to arrest you for viewing an indecent image of a minor."
The law in the UK as it currently stands makes it illegal to *see* images of child abuse. You can't report it, unless you're currently in a capacity where you're immune from prosecution (checking infraction logs from filtering software, if it is part of your workplace duties, for instance). Working in a school, it puts me in a *very* dangerous position, one which sometimes makes me think of resigning.
I've had mine for around 8 years, and take it when going camping.
I've dropped it in puddles, a peat bog, I've kicked it, thrown it at a wall in a rage (and dented the wall), I've put it in a bag with keys and a penknife rattling against it, and the screen is still almost scratch free (still completely legible), all of the keys work, the battery lasts one week while on constantly (including an alarm for me waking up and a call and a few text messages a day, when I get signal) and I've no reason not to believe that it won't continue to work for another 8 years.
I paid £50 for that phone on a £30 a month contract while I was at college; A fortune. Looking back, I've not had a better value phone in my life.
This SE phone is a tech demo. Keep it in the lab, boys. Gimmicks are great, but don't expect volume shipping.
Move along.
All of those claims are true. Very, very true. I've tried using CentOS, Ubuntu from 6.10 up to 9.04, Fedora Core, and Mandriva, and *none* of them have supported wireless connectivity out of the box. I use a very mainstream Belkin 54g network card, and have done for around 4 years; Plenty of time to get a driver which works into any build.
I'll not get into 3D graphics, gaming, and emulation requirements. Someone has already stated that claiming a product "runs on Linux" through WINE is being no less deceptive than any of this Microsoft FUD.
FUD doesn't have to be un-true, by the way.
Firstly, @ The Fuzzy Wotnot : Good to see another Monkey Dust fan!
Secondly, what did the authorities expect? Motorways are covered in CCTV cameras, so car thieves are carrying sat-nav units telling them the best route to their destination without going on motorways.
Criminals will always find a way around the system. It is inevitable. The most prolofic offenders will never be caught, as they are the ones who know how to hide their presence best. You will only ever catch the casual perv, or the occasional copyright infringer. The big boys are intelligent and unidentifiable. They don't use dodgy websites, they don't host files, and they do *nothing* from their own equipment; This is just common sense for anyone serious about comitting online crime.
You won't catch child abusers by sitting at a desk watching torrent tracker activity. Get off your collective posteriors and do some police work.
An old Wiccan school of thought, being that anything you do unto others will be returned upon you three times.
Most noteworthy is the bastardisation of the phrase, featured in American Pie. The new "Rule of Three" is that when you ask any man / woman how many sexual partners they've had, you must divide / multiply the answer given by three, respectively.
These figures are from a source which wishes the figure to be higher than the real amount, much like the man in the above example, therefore we must divide the number by three.
New story: 2.3m people in the UK are engaged in the sharing of digital copies of music. According to http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pyramids/pages/UK.asp that's either All male 15-24 year olds, or half of the male 10 - 29 year olds.
No, I don't believe those figures, either.
A little story for you:
Once upon a time, there was a UK off-road vehicle manufacturing company called Land Rover. This company made several styles of off-road vehicle, from the basic, stripped down and rugged Defender all the way up to the full-featured and comfortable Range Rover. In between these two was a comfortable yet capable off-road vehicle called the Discovery. Discovery was fitted with a device called ARC, the acronym for Anti-Roll Control. This system allows the suspension to dynamically adjust the resistance in each shock absorber, preventing the very heavy body of the vehicle from rolling in the corners.
Unfortunately, some mean old Lawyers came to ruin their fun. "ARC" needed to be renamed! " People will believe anything," the lawyer says "and we mustn't tell them something which they believe is true, and could hurt us if it isn't. Anti-Roll Control implies that the car will not roll, and therefore cannot ever flip over."
So, with the lawyer earning his £3489057495 a minute salary, ARC and all its impressively named glory became ACE, Active Cornering Enhancement. All because "When you make something idiot proof, they'll find a better idiot."
I hope none of these batteries ever explodes.
Narator: "Brave adventurer, your destiny as hero of this land is just beginning! Head forth into the world, and seek a town called Northshire in Elwynn Forest where you will meet a man who will set you on the path you choose..."
*Impressive music, montage of arduous journey*
Questy McQuestson: "Hail, brave traveller! You have made it this far, but will you endure my trials to train you to become the greatest warrior in the world?!"
Hero: "Yes, I will take on any challenge you give me!"
Q McQ: "Good. Now, for your first challenge, I want you to beat on some wolf cubs with this stick!"
Hero: "... Huh?"
Q McQ: "Beat on them until they die! Return to me when the ground explodes around you and you see stars!"
Hero: "... Yeah, sure..."
*Ding!*
Hero: "Hey, done..."
Q McQ: "Well done, hero! You are well on your way to being the greatest hero in the world... Now, go and kill 10 more wolf cubs. With that same stick, only swing it differently! This is because you have trained a new skill!"
Hero: "Yeah, about that... Some Undead guy with the Sword of Noob Smiting Death Menace kept killing me over and over again while I tried to do that last quest."
Q McQ: "Fear not, a GM will sort that out for you."
*Queue 7 hours of "I want you to kill 11 Grombolgs and 76 Furflangs" style quests, and the movie closing prematurely as the gamer quits his account.
Not at all. All cases should be assessed on their particular merit. There should never be precident set from prior civil cases, as the whole system is totally different.
What *SHOULD* happen is an IP Arbitration commitee be set up to handle these cases and keep them from the courts. Qualified legal experts still decide the cases, and the decisions are binding, but costs are far reduced and courts aren't stuck hearing the same cases over and over as more and more small companies try and get their own slice of the pie.
A member of the public who does not identify themself as a police officer is a member of the public.
Plain clothes "officers" who attempt to search me without presenting identification can expect a swift kick in the balls. You don't think that's one of the oldest mugging tricks in the book?
"Load & Go is slightly more interesting in that it, supposedly, can't be used to access adult services such as gambling, **in shops** or over the internet."
If it can't be used in a shop, what's the point? Head to the nearest cash point and get some lovely untraceable piccies of HM Lizzie and you've bypassed all the "AMAGAD TINK OF DEH SHILDRENZ!!1" protection.
They're keeping the records because nobody is saying that they want them removed. Mainstream media didn't cover the ECHR decision, so the sheeple aren't bleating.
Put the notice in the break between two acts in a Britains' Got Talent show and see the database empty.
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