"RoHS may b e good for plebes, but the ruling class can't risk losing control."
That's a bit misleading. Basically all military systems are of electronic categories (e.g. control & monitoring systems) which would make them exempt if they were civilian also.
Vehicles and aircraft electronics for example are exempt until around 2018 regardless of them being military or civilian.
"You can be jailed for NO REASON, without compensation, for 42 days !"
Um, you must be reading about a different law. 1: A satisfactory reason has to be made to judges and even parliment who all have to agree on a per-case basis. 2: Compensation is payable to anyone wrongfully held.
The left-right divide makes no sense, it never did. It's the media's attempt to over-simplify politics by lumping together completely unrelated issues based on the policies of either major party back in the 60's.
You could have right-wing regimes instituting warrantless wire-taps or left-wing regimes instituting warrantless wire-taps. Just as a democrat's have decided to invade other countries (e.g. Kennedy invading Vietnam) and Republicans deciding to invade (e.g. Bush invading Iraq).
The Left-Right spectrum is there for the simpletons who like to be told rather than decide on their political beliefs.
At least their declaring it in law, with a few limitations etc. They could just do as our government has done and start screening emails using a secretive organization with few safeguards without even officially telling people.
Or maybe they are out there performing actual SCIENCE, you know running tests and studies to empirically determine definite results within defined sets of parameters.
In the past this has proved a tad more productive than ridiculously simplistic and meaningless statements like "Small molecules can get in the spaces between cells cause and cancer."
"If it comes down to it, the police state WILL be enforced if deemed necessary, and it will all be already in place ready to go..."
And if it wasn't already in place it will take them, what at most a few months to put in place. Surely the point is not to let the bad guys into power in the first place, rather than worrying about which particular tools they will use to torture the populous.
After all, the Nazi's and the Soviet's didn't need a DNA Database and Spy cameras to oppress their people. Oppression is a political issue, not a technological one.
People in the UK and other EU countries generally trust their government's far more than in the US. I don't know if this is because of smaller country sizes, less X-files style TV shows and movies or just different culture.
Just look at the situation with Guns, very few people in the UK aren't glad they're all banned. People in Europe want their government to protect them more, not only from crime, terrorism etc. but also in case of sickness & unemployment (with free public healthcare and benefits).
It's a case of each country to their own really.
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How do you know what the Saudi leader's think of the Iraq War? Are you trying to claim psychic abilities?
Being devout muslims I doubt they are that keen on it regardless of the whole sect differences etc.
"RoHS may b e good for plebes, but the ruling class can't risk losing control."
That's a bit misleading. Basically all military systems are of electronic categories (e.g. control & monitoring systems) which would make them exempt if they were civilian also.
Vehicles and aircraft electronics for example are exempt until around 2018 regardless of them being military or civilian.
the Brian Lara Cricket series!
Easily the best cricket computer game of the past decade. Most releases have been big hits in the various parts of the world where Cricket is popular.
http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/assets/channels/about/UK%20registry%20of%20Space%20Objects%202006.pdf
centaur.sstl.co.uk/SSHP/mini/mini60s.html
http://www.astronautix.com/project/skynet.htm
"You can be jailed for NO REASON, without compensation, for 42 days !"
Um, you must be reading about a different law.
1: A satisfactory reason has to be made to judges and even parliment who all have to agree on a per-case basis.
2: Compensation is payable to anyone wrongfully held.
So just because there's no magic bullet everyone should just let them do it unimpeded?
Same for drugs, kiddie-porn and nuke warhead sales?
With that mentality, why bother doing anything which isn't easily accomplished in one small step!
The left-right divide makes no sense, it never did. It's the media's attempt to over-simplify politics by lumping together completely unrelated issues based on the policies of either major party back in the 60's.
You could have right-wing regimes instituting warrantless wire-taps or left-wing regimes instituting warrantless wire-taps. Just as a democrat's have decided to invade other countries (e.g. Kennedy invading Vietnam) and Republicans deciding to invade (e.g. Bush invading Iraq).
The Left-Right spectrum is there for the simpletons who like to be told rather than decide on their political beliefs.
At least their declaring it in law, with a few limitations etc. They could just do as our government has done and start screening emails using a secretive organization with few safeguards without even officially telling people.
Most countries' existing laws aren't actually based around the actual physical age of the model, rather what age the model appears to be.
"That would depend on the exact phrasing of the law but most likely it might have needed censoring."
Isn't it a little dumb to comment on a law when you yourself admits that you don't actually know anything about that law?
Or maybe they are out there performing actual SCIENCE, you know running tests and studies to empirically determine definite results within defined sets of parameters.
In the past this has proved a tad more productive than ridiculously simplistic and meaningless statements like "Small molecules can get in the spaces between cells cause and cancer."
"If it comes down to it, the police state WILL be enforced if deemed necessary, and it will all be already in place ready to go..."
And if it wasn't already in place it will take them, what at most a few months to put in place. Surely the point is not to let the bad guys into power in the first place, rather than worrying about which particular tools they will use to torture the populous.
After all, the Nazi's and the Soviet's didn't need a DNA Database and Spy cameras to oppress their people. Oppression is a political issue, not a technological one.
People in the UK and other EU countries generally trust their government's far more than in the US. I don't know if this is because of smaller country sizes, less X-files style TV shows and movies or just different culture. Just look at the situation with Guns, very few people in the UK aren't glad they're all banned. People in Europe want their government to protect them more, not only from crime, terrorism etc. but also in case of sickness & unemployment (with free public healthcare and benefits). It's a case of each country to their own really.