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In the UK there's currently a really stupid and nasty "craze" called happy slapping which started as a form of bullying in schools but progressed onto the high-street. Many people think that happy slapping was inspired by a TV program called Trigger Happy TV and I can imagine a lot of people in the UK getting upset that a game like this might encourage more of the same.

For some reason I find myself reminded of A Clockwork Orange...

"but it's not the only game in the book, and every year the likelihood of a high-tech terrorist attack will increase."

I disagree, high tech is by nature inflexible and brittle. It requires a certain infrastructure to work. Break or interfere with the infrastructure and the high tech stops working, which is why it isn't going to be a significant terrorist problem.

http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypag e.jsp?id=305069

A man with a bomb in a backpack and a train ticket. Or, if you like, a nuke in a crate marked "Washington D.C.".

The quality of the food is just as important. There was a series latey that involved Jamie Oliver trying to have schools prepare non-processed foods. There was a pilot project. After the kids adjusted and began eating the 'real' food grades and behaviour improved significantly.

Interestingly, Derren Brown, a fellow specialising in psychological manipulation and stuff like that, did a stunt in a seaside resort (the clip isn't to be found at the link I gave unfortunately) where he 'simply' went up to people, asked them for directions to somewhere, and then asked them for their wallet/purse.

He was successful about 60% of the time (IIRC) and walked off with the person's cash. The victims all then stood about a little while later, wondering if something wasn't amiss, and then, realised something and chased Derren down (who had only sauntered a little distance down the road) to ask him if they hadn't given him their cash.

One poor chap was given his wallet back, and then Derren took it away from him again, there and then!

Don't be too sure that the internet is to blame. People have been conned in the real world since time began.

If you just want to use C++ to write C, well then yes that's correct. But then why bother with C++ at all in that case?

Speaking as someone who's been scrawling code in C++ ever since that 1st-edition abomination of a manual was written by Stroustrup (gah! 19 years ago?!?), C++ has some great features for implementing OOD. But it also has some incredibly ugly areas as well, add-ons stuck to the side with duct tape and oatmeal.

Rather like taking a perfectly functional wheelbarrow that's ideally suited for its task, and souping it up for drag racing.

Asking how C++ can be more painful than C is like asking how the HomerMobile can be more painful than driving a Civic.

"I want a horn here, here, and here. You can never find a horn when you're mad. And they should all play `La Cucaracha'."
- Homer Simpson

Have a look at what the TV-Chef Jamie Oliver is doing over in England.

Started a program to get rid of the junkfood in schools, and he is currently working his arse off doing it.
Trained the cooks, made the recepies, worked to get the funding. A nice first step in the right direction.

Also introduced a "Food Week" program to make kids aware of what is actually -in- the junk food. Quite funny to watch an 8 year old go "EEEEW!!!" as he sees what his "chicken nugget" is actually made of.

Also, the schools noticed a change in student behaveour after the new food was put in. Seems like kids were not on a suger-high all day and managed to stay focused longer.

Some call it a PR stunt. I dont think it is.

He is trying to make people move in the right directions, and cred to him for taking a first step. (and making it work too!)

I know there are torrents out there, just check for "Jamies school dinners".

http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/J/jamies_s chool_dinners/index.html

(yes i'm a fan of him :p)

Nearly exterminate? There are still more than a few news organisations with online presences:

Reuters
The Times
The Guardian (interesting... the content is free but if you want to read it in a paper format you can subscribe)
The Sun
The Mirror
ITN Sites, e.g. Channel 4 News
The Scotsman (a surprisingly large online presence)

The sites you mention: FT and Telegraph, it isn't surprising they charge as they have concentrated readerships with higher levels of disposable income, so why not go for a straightforward revenue model?

I have no doubt that the popularity of BBC news is for reasons consistent with the popularity of their television and radio news: high quality and impartial in a way commercially sponsored news could not be (commercial news also remains very popular: the total cross-media circulation of ITN, Times, Sun, etc is massive).

Typing each of the first ten numerals into google gives:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

No, this just evidence that Microsoft takes security seriously -- more seriously, in fact, than that pinko-commie-bastard operating system you all feel so drawn towards.

Also, I'll have you pigs know that I'm leaving my duties at the Yankee Group. I've accepted a position serving Lord William at Microsoft. I'm to be his new Groom of the Stool

Love,
Laura

Damn, you're right and I should have known that, I was aware of what you mention. I even thought I said what you said in another reply that didn't quote me! My bad.

Yes, the KJ was not translated from latin. It is one of the more admirable attempts to produce an English version. I saw a documentary on this a few months ago in fact, it covered the process they followed, and IIRC it was a tough job with a lot of debate. But prior to that, in Great Britain, the predominant form was in Latin.

I have never heard of the "book of Mary", and I'm pretty sure that this fictitious book was never part of the Biblical canon.

Google for Gospel of Mary. I've never read it myself, but the documentary I mention listed it as one of the ones that were left out of the KJ NT canon, like many others. "Canon" is the collective name for biblical texts, yes?

By using the word "version", you might be implying that the original Hebrew/Greek Bible went through many editions.

It did. There are multiple versions, many forgotten by history. We only know of the ones that stuck around. Even as early as the 5th century there were doubts as to the accuracy of the existing versions. We're about 1500 years down the line. I'm not expert on this subject, just a little interested in it, but I'd hasten a guess that what original documents we have; they aren't all that original.

Channel 4 has had their broadband offering for a while http://www.channel4.com/broadband/.
It costs a monthly flat fee and the selection isn't fantastic. Although I think they did let viewers watch 24/7 big brother with it last year.
Anyone used it?

Why? idn't a large number of Germans support the Nazi government too?

Ok, so death row isn't quite a the same as Germans cleansing disabled and mentally ill, but most of the people on death row are mentally ill, so I'll make the comparison.

Nazis may have been a bit coarser with their torture methods at home, but there not much different to the torture techniques used in Albania to obtain 'key information' about AlQuida that is 'lapped up by' the American and British governments.

The Nazis may have ethnically cleansed a few million people, but I didn't see too many Americans waving white flags when the troops were cleansing the Iraqi non-conferments.

I'll just ignore that lynch mob, and Vietnam for now.

add your excuse to the list

so one dead donor can help cure tens, maybe hundreds of afflicted patients?
Unfortunately not. As reported here http://www.channel4.com/news/2005/03/week_2/09_ins ulin.html more than one donor is required for each transplant.

US isn't the country that imprisons people for denying the holocaust.

This was featured on UK's Channel4 as part of their Torture season. It was called "Torture: The Dirty Business". You can probably find a torrent of it on uknova or something. It's incredibly disturbing though; don't watch if you have a weak stomach.

More on the Channel4 website here

There are Americans watching Brit shows to, the best ones in the UK atm (IMHO) are:

Shameless
Peep Show
The spoof science show Look around you

As a Brtitsh ex pat I must be contributing to that statistic somewhat. I'm really missing BBC, and Channel 4, Phoenix Nights, Father Ted, and a load of good documentories and stuff. Thanks to BitTorrent, and a DIVX campatible DVD player (i recommend one of those), I am getting my fix again. (Check out "The Power Of Nightmares, The Rise Of The Politics Of Fear" fro example, I don't think this will be aired in the US in a hurry...)

I'd be more than happy to pay the BBC licence fee, and watch UK-TV legally here in Sweden, but it's not possible. I can't get it through my cable provider, or over the net.

Channel 4 have a broadband service you can subscribe to, unfortunatly it's not available outside the UK.

The only way to get access to most Brittish TV is via BitTorrent, and the networks can't be loosing too much revenue as they are not provising a service to compete with the illegal downloads. I hope they get their act together soon, I'd much prefer to pay and see the stuff when it's aired.

As for UK leading the world for downloads, what do you expect US TV is crap! We produced this and this, you guys produced this and this.

I WANT MY, I WANT MY, I WANT MY BBC

this is incredible news, for those who can't get to a TV or radio to witness this breaking news

1200 articles
Prime ministers statement
Picture of the happy couple
there will be more updates on the "Richard and Judy show" later

Asked about the Prime Minister's appearance on "Richard and Judy" later today, and would they discuss the marriage announcement [Number 10 press]

stay tuned !

I wish the article had provided a bit more info on what the specific chemicals were.

Hmmm... didn't read the "credible link" bit relating to the 10 years fact (oops...). The guy who said it was James Lovelock (the author of the GAIA hypotheses/theory) when asked about the likelihood / effects of global warming on this years (2004/5) Christmas Lectures on Channel4 in the UK. (another link).

He was referring to the "point of no return", after which there will be nothing we can do to stop global warming from melting the ice caps, not that Antarctica will melt in 10 years time. He was refering to the fact that the current CO2 levels in the Earth are around 370 ppm, and if it gets close to 400 ppm, then global warming will be unstopable. CO2 levels are currently rising at a rate of 2~3 ppm a year (which is where the 10 years fact comes from).

There's just no way I can see the ousting of Greg Dyke as a 'token victory'. The government and the BBC went head-to-head over a very important issue and the New Labour drew blood. Whatever your opinion of Dyke (I know I'm not his biggest fan) the result was and is profound for the BBC's journalistic integrity. The message is clear: go with the story and be decapitated.

It's interesting to hear about the Australian system. In the UK we have a strange funding system for some other terrestrial channels but it goes some way to providing the truly excellent Channel 4 News. Channel 4 is essentially a commercial channel but their news programme is the best out there by a country mile. The quality of their reporting and, most importantly, analysis is unmatched in the UK. Sadly, the BBC "dumbed down" their televisual output a long time ago, and their news coverage is no exception. Channel 4 News is the intellectual alternative over here.

I am fed up of seeing such make-believe articles only to encourage drug abuse.

If you think you can solve everything by fad chemicals - ha think again
(and am sorry if you've lost that ability).

I find it shameful Cephalon allowing (if not secretely promoting)
the spread of such myths concerning its main drug Provigil.

I take Provigil(Modafinil), I hate it, I fight against it - but I have to at times.
The side effects: nausea, headaches, being jittery and getting nightmares.
Hardly a feeling of enlightenment:
If anything your brain feels alert but in a "silent" state (unwilling to think much) -
receptive but barely pro-active barely eager to take on intellectual challenges.
Even a can of RedBull with a shot a vodka achieves better results.

Wanna get more intelligent? Fucking read, fucking study, Learn a foreign language, adopt a healthy lifestyle, exercise, travel the world, experience life, mix with people, push your mind to the limit but you don't need these short-circuiting drugs that will only damage your nervous system in the long run.

Still .. since when pharmaceutical companies care about telling the truth?
People prefer easy answers, readily buying into their propaganda ...

Besides - the kind of people who routinely drive faster than 90 MPH are NOT the target audience for this vehicle.

Take a look at the statistics for assault in great britain. Guns simply shift power. Instead of the biggest, strongest, most aggressive, longest armed person, survival goes to the fastest, most accurate, most cool-headed person.

I disagree. Survival in a gunfight will not depend on cool headedness any more than survival in a fist-fight will. Clear thinking will always help you, but in both cases, survival depends upon your willingness to do damage to another human being. You may not be as willing as you think. Guns or no, most of the time the victory will go to the person more willing to kill or injure, assuming neither side runs away. Will that be you walking home from the pub, or the mugger who jumps you?

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In our defense. Fox is a television news channel. The Sun is a newspaper.

If you are going to compare the Fox News to something the UK, you should compare it to BBC News, ITN, Channel4 News, Five News or Sky News.

Even the trashy news channels here, Five and ITN stand head and shoulders above Fox "Bees That Kill!!! after these messages..." News.

ET has already been found in the UK!

Henry VIII used to employ a man to wipe his bottom. He was called th Groom of the Stool

an electronic card instead of a key (it remembers your preferred seat, stereo and mirror settings, among other things), a DVD player in the rear - only one, though, rather than the pair you can have in some cars - and an electronic handbrake. This last advance dispenses with the familiar lever in the centre console, engaging and disengaging when the engine is switched on and off. There's no danger of the Vel Satis running away as, initially, it will be sold only as an automatic, and firing up or shutting down the engine will require the gearlever to be left in Park.

The technology arsenal runs to adaptive cruise control, rain-sensing wipers, automatic headlamp illumination, a tyre-pressure monitoring system, ESP (Electronic Stability Programme), brake assist, a fuel cap integrated into the filler's lid and more airbags than you'd ever want to see deployed during a single crash. All this kit, Renault hopes, will encourage supreme peace of mind for driver and passenger alike

The problem with this logic is it assumes the citizens aren't paying for the "free" wireless via taxes.

You're paying for the infastructure with your taxes. You're not really paying for service, per se, becuase service would include support. You pay for the trasportation infastructure (roads) with taxes. The government doesn't have a number you can call when you are lost and need directions. (That would be support.) You buy a map or pay for a third-party service (AAA, OnStar). Yes, you can call the police for "support" for certain things on roadways, but you pay taxes for that too.

If the government offers a "free" wireless solution that everyone pays for with taxes (no opt-out), then it will undercut every other commercial wireless provider effectively driving them out of business in that market.

Not necessarily. Make me want to pay you for service rather than using the public one. Maybe the municipal service is 802.11b and it is crowded. (Slow!) You could operate an 802.11g service on a different channel. Your service would be attractive becuase the technology is not only faster, but there won't be as many people using it. Plus I will have someone to call if I do need support.

Just becuase the government operates a service doesn't mean private companies can't compete. Look at the BBC in the UK. If you have a TV, you have to pay the licence fee, which supports the BBC. However, this hasn't stopped commercial broadcasters from setting up shop and staying in the market.

There's a half-decent guide to VAT over at Channel4 Money. Page 4 shows some of the interesting stuff that's VAT exempt - which is just different wording for zero-rated, apparently. And as you say, yes, the law is ugly! For instance: funerals are VAT-exempt, but headstones aren't; frozen food's exempt, but frozen food *that you eat frozen*, such as ice cream, isn't; it's so silly you'd think they were making half of it up! And don't even start on the Jaffa cake thing ;)

There's a half-decent guide to VAT over at Channel4 Money. Page 4 shows some of the interesting stuff that's VAT exempt - which is just different wording for zero-rated, apparently. And as you say, yes, the law is ugly! For instance: funerals are VAT-exempt, but headstones aren't; frozen food's exempt, but frozen food *that you eat frozen*, such as ice cream, isn't; it's so silly you'd think they were making half of it up! And don't even start on the Jaffa cake thing ;)

There's a half-decent guide to VAT over at Channel4 Money. Page 4 shows some of the interesting stuff that's VAT exempt - which is just different wording for zero-rated, apparently. And as you say, yes, the law is ugly! For instance: funerals are VAT-exempt, but headstones aren't; frozen food's exempt, but frozen food *that you eat frozen*, such as ice cream, isn't; it's so silly you'd think they were making half of it up! And don't even start on the Jaffa cake thing ;)

Tax around 30p per liter, I think it's classed as biodiesel hence is discounted from the usual rate of over 50p pl duty. http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,878122,0 0.html http://www.channel4.com/4car/buying-guide/faq/biof uels/biofuels-4.html

Channel 4 is not the same thing as BBC 4.

It carries only BBC programming,

Well, apart from the odd Channel 4 (Faking It, Father Ted) and ITV programmes (Prime Suspect, 60s stuff like The Avengers, The Saint and The Prisoner) as well. Although it's mostly BBC programming.

It's a bit suprising how badly EastEnders does in the US though, considering it's the highest rated show on BBC One...

A phone call from Derren Brown may be a good start for this research.

"It's a case of shaking the tree and seeing what happens," she said
Best way to shake a tree? Find a brit that's been proven to be a great shaker. Louise Woodward's not doing anything lately...

That's a lot of toads.

Actually this was in the follow up special, "Beyond Iraq and a Hard Place".

Transcripts and video of the original special are also available

Actually this was in the follow up special, "Beyond Iraq and a Hard Place".

Transcripts and video of the original special are also available

Compare your salary.

Actually, if you live in the west, and work with computers, you probably are .

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Far from worrying here in the UK music ring tones are popular in the UK. People are willing to pay 1.50 (or more) for a ring tone, yet are not willing to pay that much for a single this has a few analysts baffled. It's probably all convenience, anyone can copy a single from the radio, from a friends CD, download it from the net etc.. but getting ringtones on a mobile phone is a bit more complex for the average person. As a result people are willing to pay for them.

It's not uncommon now to see adverts on peak time TV for ring tone services where you text a number with the name of a song, and you'll receive that ring tone.

A few people have made millions of pounds from these services. There not hush-hush services either, a few of these people have even been the subjects of BBC Documentaries.

Channel 4 even allow you to download ring tones from their site - http://www.channel4.com/mobile/

With Cellphones Europe seems to be ahead of the the game compaired the US. Japan on the other hand are ahead of Europe with 3G phones!

you'll love this flash game: Ant City

Sorry, only the British /. readers will understand this.

The story is so silly it's almost unbelievable.

But then Powell used a Graduate Student's Thesis to justify a war against Iraq in front of the entire world.

Or, if you're in the UK, watch Channel 4 at 11pm tonight (Monday 10th). They're showing it.

If you are willing to pay I would also recommend checking out Channel Four News.
They often seem to be more questioning and in depth than BBC News (not counting Newsnight.)

No. You are wrong. C4 is owned by the government.