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It's "1984" in Europe, What About Your Country?
An anonymous reader asks: "A few hours ago, the European parliament accepted a proposal '...on the retention of data processed in connection with the provision of public electronic communication services...'. Summarized: any data (internet connections, traffic, email, file sharing, SMS, phone calls) of 450 million people of Europe has to be collected by telcos, to be used by governments in their fight against 'crime and terrorism' ... oh, and child porn, of course. In Germany, over-the-sea reports are limited and usually do not include the latest developments in law and order, but since Slashdot has readers all over the world, I would like to ask: how is the status of YOUR country in terms of anti-terrorism-laws, observations and such? Any recommendations where one can still live free and unobserved in a non-nanny state?"
I'm guessing that's a British billion (i.e., an American million)...
My, that's a big population you have there, Europe! How did you get so big?
We still think Member's Only jackets are cool.
Wow! I had no idea that 9000% of the world's population (give or take) lived in Europe!
Their may be a grammatical error, misspeling, or evn a typo in this post.
who | grep -i blond | date cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger; mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount; sleep
I've heard that Europeans are skinnier than Americans, but I think that's a bit extreme, don't you?
RS
Shoes for Industry. Shoes for the Dead.
This whole thing reminds me of ACDC's song "We're on a highway to hell", because... - oh hello there uniformed men - I was just posting on Slashdot, nothing to worry.. - aah let me go - neeed to keeep posting...
And when you gaze long enough into the code, the code will also gaze into you.
All you need to do is get one of those "Michael Jackson Bedroom Buttons!" (Patent pending) - He never got caught =)
My wife doesn't listen to me either...
Somewhere in the world a woman is giving birth every 5 minutes. The mission if you accept is to find this woman and stop her. :)
That's OK. I keep my appliances, Safeway card, and computer all wrapped in tin foil, so I'm safe.
"This legislation proudly bought to you by EMC, NetApp, and Sun"
Probably not, but right now I do suspect those three will be partying hard.
emagine a beowulf cluster of....
:)
oh, never mind.
just ask google how they do it.
95% either in favour of the change, or too lazy or self-involved
You spelled "favor" wrong.
We're behind schedule.
Sincerely,
The National Security Agency
"To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. "
Some people, however, walk over to the cops, open their bags and show them the contents without being asked.
That's nothing.
Once, when I was a kid playing with a friend in Central Park, this guy came over and, without being asked, opened his raincoat.
They're monitoring the dead, too.
"it's not about aptitude, it's the way you're viewed" - Galinda
Wow, Europe sure had alot more people in 1984!
Ah, well it's because the dead can vote here. So they're counted too.
May contain traces of nut.
Made from the freshest electrons.
Don't panic, it's just another European directive - we'll just ignore it like we do most of them. Even if somebody in power gives enough of a damn to enforce it, it will take ten years for them actually get around to it, and not without much grumbling and demands for the EU to actually fund its implementation, at which point it will get cut from the budget and quietly forgotten about.
need a free COBOL editor for Windows?
Here in Italy, we call it million and milliard like in other countries. Above that, we call it National Debt.
so if I were to play billiards, I'd need a table big enough for 10^15 balls? +1 for the cue ball, of course.
Come on, we're *far* ahead of Europe in moving towards 1984. We've got Goldstein, er, Osama, Bush, Rove et al are re-"purposing" why they invaded Iraq almost daily, the GOP has completely and totally forgotten every reason they gave for impeaching President Clinton*, and the media, at least until the last month, has almost exclusively reported what the White House and the GOP wanted, denigrating any opposition.
mark "I am not a number, I am a free radical!"
* draft dodger
smoked dope (ignore Bush & cocaine)
lied to Congress
sent troops in without proper equipment
sent too few troops in
no exit strategy
nation building
etc, etc, etc...