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Talking CCTV to Scold Offenders in UK

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-are-hereby-fined-1-credit-for-violation-of-the-verbal-morality-code dept.

linumax writes "The most monitored nation of the world is getting an interesting new service. According to a BBC News story, "Talking" CCTV cameras that tell off people dropping litter or committing anti-social behaviour are to be extended to 20 areas across England.They are already used in Middlesbrough where people seen misbehaving can be told to stop via a loudspeaker, controlled by control centre staff."

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  1. Re:Dupe by Seumas · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Is Slashdot seriously your only source of actual news? The original was regarding CCTV getting loudspeakers in some areas. The current news as of this week is regarding them spreading the project further to another twenty regions.

  2. you gotta be clever to fight this - probably by no-body · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Throw paintballs into the lense - wearing some disguise which can be changed quickly in a dead camera angle.

    The cameras are probably high up and have a wide range.

    Tough!

  3. Re:Ready for the Daily Jerks? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Mod parent up.

  4. Winston Smith! Touch your toes! by Weaselmancer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    'Smith!' screamed the shrewish voice from the telescreen. '6079 Smith W.! Yes, you! Bend lower, please! You can do better than that. You're not trying. Lower, please! That's better, comrade. Now stand at ease, the whole squad, and watch me.'

    A sudden hot sweat had broken out all over Winston's body. His face remained completely inscrutable. Never show dismay! Never show resentment! A single flicker of the eyes could give you away. He stood watching while the instructress raised her arms above her head and -- one could not say gracefully, but with remarkable neatness and efficiency -- bent over and tucked the first joint of her fingers under her toes.

    'There, comrades! That's how I want to see you doing it. Watch me again. I'm thirty-nine and I've had four children. Now look.' She bent over again. 'You see my knees aren't bent. You can all do it if you want to,' she added as she straightened herself up. 'Anyone under forty-five is perfectly capable of touching his toes. We don't all have the privilege of fighting in the front line, but at least we can all keep fit. Remember our boys on the Malabar front! And the sailors in the Floating Fortresses! Just think what they have to put up with. Now try again. That's better, comrade, that's much better,' she added encouragingly as Winston, with a violent lunge, succeeded in touching his toes with knees unbent, for the first time in several years.

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.
  5. Just add V + 1812 by xmedar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Remember, remember the 5th of November...

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    Any sufficiently advanced man is indistinguishable from God