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London 2006, Meet London 1984

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-is-the-newspeak-for-change-the-channel dept.

Draape writes "Shoreditch TV is an experiment TV channel beaming live footage from the street into people's homes. According to the Telegraph U.K. television will broadcast from 400 surveillance cameras on the streets, into people's homes. For now they are only showing it to 22,000 homes, but next year they plan on going national with the 'show'. They fly under the flag 'fighting crime from the sofa'."

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  1. Re:English-to-American dictionary by scottv67 · · Score: 1, Troll
    If you know of one pissed up yob who would refrain from fighting just because of a camera up on a mast then please do tell me.

    1) WTF is a 'yob'?

    2) When you say 'pissed', do you mean 'intoxicated'? Here in 'The Colonies' (or whatever you call the U.S.), 'pissed' has a slightly different meaning.

    When I read the article (yeah, I know, that goes against Slashdot policy), I encounted this phrase:
    the residents of Haberdasher Estate are expected to shop any yobs that they catch on camera.
    What in the world does "shop any yobs" mean?
  2. Yea by casings · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've been studying abroad in England for 5 months, and thank god im going to be out of this country soon.

    I even took a crime prevention class here which was actually surprisingly informative about situational crime prevention and the fact that it does nothing more than merely displace crime into areas of lesser security (usually the poorer areas).

    I have got to say, its going to be great to get back to the US, where I can find some privacy among my close friends and family who are only a phone call away.