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we have one in my platoon. did we use it at all in the 15 months we were in iraq? nope! why? interpreters work better and stop bullets.

Several MPs have commented that the Serious Organised Crime "Brian Haw" Act now means that it's illegal to wear a Red Nose on Comic Relief day in aid of charity near Westminster without State permission. See http://www.bloggerheads.com/red_nose_day/ for the relevant forms you need to fill in by March 15th latest.

So much for democracy when you need to get your free expression authorised by the State.

The reason why we're going down this road though is because the British people are apathetic (until something affects them personally). I'm reminded of the "And then there was nobody left and they came for me" poem written by a Priest referring to turning a blind eye to those persecuted in WW2.

Apparently you don't read the cartoons.
Quick someone protest!

Don't forget about:

The Mustard Man
The Wary Fat Kid
Badger Badger Badger

I'm sure there are tons more, but I just can't think of them at the moment.

An even more apt comparison

http://www.bloggerheads.com/ is a funny UK centric political blog.

Heh, you'll like this... JPEG baby

You want some mustard?

Look, the bottom line is this:

If Alberta Hot Rods had taken jrrtolkien.com for one of their gearheads who was also a big Tolkien-Head, and he then used it to build a big ol' fansite about his undying geek love for the guy, most of you would be pissed off about the Tolkien Estate pushing around the little guy who just happened to get there first.

I realise this isnt the case and Alberta Hot Rods are a bunch of sleazebags for what they did, but i'm just making a point.

I tell you, those companies that just buy up domain names and then park them on a "this domain is for sale" page... theyre only one step above spammers, but still a few evolutionary steps below cockroaches.

I also fail to see why the WIPO needs to get involved and a bunch of lawyers need to get paid for what boils down to plain old common sense.

Fucking Lawyers. They, too, are typically a few steps behind cockroaches.

Anyone remember This little domain debacle/hysterical joke? That was funny, and the guys didny try to make a profit off it, they were just snubbing their noses at yet-another-titanic-corporation.

(My apologies to any cockroaches I may have insulted in this post.)

A friend during the Internet bubble years referred to the web as "revenge of the nerds." The Guardian finally picks up on that meme.

Kinda like this?

All implications and conspiracy theories aside...

The new standard for robots.txt files (in place for about 2+ years now, IIRC) allows you to disallow the lot and then specify exceptions.

Example:
http://www.tesco.com/robots.txt

Benefit? You don't end up giving people a handy shopping list of places you don't want them poking around.

So what strikes me most about this little discovery is that whoever wrote this robots.txt file is a complete doofus.

Oh, and Oceania is at war with Eastasia. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

Tim
http://www.bloggerheads.com/

"I'm a social scientist--I don't know the difference between good and bad, only the difference between difference."

with everyone whining about how 'useless' this guy's statement is, perhaps you should pause for a second and count your blessings. I'm much happier with him acknowledging that he isn't looking to make moral judgements or even define which behavioral patterns are 'better' than others. I'd much rather have someone making their factual (as factual as UseNet is...) observations and leaving it at that.
Then again I can say that while I detest Microsoft's foray into the arena of data-mining (because I think it's naive to think they won't look to use whatever knowledge about online inter-social/meme interaction for their own evil marketing gains...) I don't think that there are really any suprises here. 'They' can associate your online activities if you don't take active measures to prevent them. Everyone has their own kill-list and their own filters. I've got my friend, foes & freaks here on /. If you want to spout anti-american drivel or promote nazi-ism in France, you'd better not do it from your home or work account, duh... (c'mon, the PLO have known this for years)
Then again, with the recent police-led 'back-dooring' of the AN.ON service, where can you realy go for reliable web-obfuscation? How long do you predict that kind of 'untraceable' access will last?
The knowledge that Microsoft is going to get out of this research will not be earth-shattering, but I think it will provide MS with some new ammo to use in the onling realm of marketing and memes. I can easily imagine this evolving into a more successful (and possibly incideous) astro-turfing campaing along the lines of 7Up's dairy-drink.
You remember that one, don't you? When all the bloggers started to scream at each other like Emo kids taunting 'sell-out' and 'poser'.
This really should have been on your radar already, I know that I sure don't post to alt.sex.hello-kitty.underage from work, I hope you don't either.

The guys at Bloggerheads have been doing a similar task to find the email of Tony Blair (British PM for those not in the know).

Slightly different as Tony promised that he would release his email address, but so far has not. Quite funny, worth a read.

What about Tony Blair's email address then?

Perhaps they should try this tactic ?