Any chance URLs which reference other Slashdot stories, such as the one in the story here, could be given without a 'mode' parameter? I'd much rather see the referenced story in the mode I choose in my preferences (ie 'nested') rather than what someone else thinks I should be looking at ('thread').
Of course, encryption doesn't stop a phone acting as a black hole, accepting messages to pass on to the network, and then discarding them. During an emergency is the very worst time someone malicious could do this.
And we're going to institute a new program in bars, to make sure nobody under 21 is drinking.
Actually, in the UK, you have to be 18 to drink. And the Nazi memorabilia ban is France. But, of course, you knew that really, because we all know how well the average US citizen knows the world at large...
By the way, why do you Brits have to pay a licence fee for owning a TV, anyway? That's got to be the most blatant cash-grab by a government I've ever seen!!
Where I'm from, there's a real movement to get the CBC (our state-sponsored TV network) privatized. You lot should consider the same thing!
The licence fee is used to fund the BBC. If we didn't have it, the government would just pay the BBC a certain amount every year, and we'd all pay more tax.
As for privatisation, how is the BBC to make money, other than from advertising. While merchandise and licencing do make it money, it's not enough to cover all the costs, which just leaves advertising. I, and, I'd imagine, many other people, would rather see the BBC continuing to operate without having to pander to what the advertisers would like - it really does make a difference to programme quality.
I would rather have freedom and insecurity than the knowledge that i'm safe because big brother is watching your and my every move.
Without splitting hairs on whether or not a CCTV camera consists of a lack of freedom, the view of the majority of the people in the UK is that CCTV makes the streets safer.
Could be worse. CCTV cameras catch criminals. The "TV Police" are actually not police at all, but the TV licencing people (it's how the BBC is funded in this country). Yes, it's an offense to watch TV without a licence, but we get one of the world's best TV and radio services in return, without any adverts on it.
On the plus side, UK police aren't allowed to stop you on the street and demand to 'see some ID' or question what your business is, nor are you likely to get shot in this country.
And yes, a TV tuner card in a PC counts, as does a VCR. But you only need one licence for everything.
We also have the right to bear arms, a right the Europeans long ago gave up
Possibly because most civilised countries realised that guns are dangerous?
I happen to think that the UK government went too far when it completely banned pistol ownership - pistol shooting clubs should have been allowed to keep guns securely on the premises, but allowing the populace at large the right to own firearms seems stupid.
In the UK, most of the police are unarmed, because most of the people they deal with, including the criminals, are unarmed. I feel a lot safer over here than I would in the US.
It will of course be an opt out rather than opt in, and will probably be set up so you need to type it into every single message. Corporate jerks.
Of course - otherwise, what would be the point. It would require effort on the part of the user, so no-one would ever do it.
I'm not quite sure how that makes them 'corporate jerks', though. God forbid they should try and make money from the service they provide, free, to the end user.
And who is going to cut off Deja's news feed? You really think their news feeders will stop feeding them news because a few people don't like them adding links to it?
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Why would anyone row on the soil?
Q. Is it RedHat?
A. Yes.
Conclusion: It's insecure.
Any chance URLs which reference other Slashdot stories, such as the one in the story here, could be given without a 'mode' parameter? I'd much rather see the referenced story in the mode I choose in my preferences (ie 'nested') rather than what someone else thinks I should be looking at ('thread').
Of course, encryption doesn't stop a phone acting as a black hole, accepting messages to pass on to the network, and then discarding them. During an emergency is the very worst time someone malicious could do this.
Incidentally, "Closed caption" is not a phrase in common use in Britain. We tend to call them "subtitles".
Actually, in the UK, you have to be 18 to drink. And the Nazi memorabilia ban is France. But, of course, you knew that really, because we all know how well the average US citizen knows the world at large...
Yes.
Anything that demodulates TV signals counts (VCRs, TV tuners, etc). But you only need one licence per household
Where I'm from, there's a real movement to get the CBC (our state-sponsored TV network) privatized. You lot should consider the same thing!
The licence fee is used to fund the BBC. If we didn't have it, the government would just pay the BBC a certain amount every year, and we'd all pay more tax.
As for privatisation, how is the BBC to make money, other than from advertising. While merchandise and licencing do make it money, it's not enough to cover all the costs, which just leaves advertising. I, and, I'd imagine, many other people, would rather see the BBC continuing to operate without having to pander to what the advertisers would like - it really does make a difference to programme quality.
Or, as the page on the other side of the link (not to mention the domain itself) suggests, Companies House...
Way ahead of you. I've already patented the extra-secure double-rot13 encryption.
Yeah? Well mine's got Ebola!
Or maybe it's just dripping that coffee I spilt on it yesterday...
Will we have to worry about computer viruses?
That's ok, we have the NHS... (and it's actually not that bad)
Without splitting hairs on whether or not a CCTV camera consists of a lack of freedom, the view of the majority of the people in the UK is that CCTV makes the streets safer.
Could be worse. CCTV cameras catch criminals. The "TV Police" are actually not police at all, but the TV licencing people (it's how the BBC is funded in this country). Yes, it's an offense to watch TV without a licence, but we get one of the world's best TV and radio services in return, without any adverts on it.
On the plus side, UK police aren't allowed to stop you on the street and demand to 'see some ID' or question what your business is, nor are you likely to get shot in this country.
And yes, a TV tuner card in a PC counts, as does a VCR. But you only need one licence for everything.
Yeah, but it's now before April 1st 2001...
Possibly because most civilised countries realised that guns are dangerous?
I happen to think that the UK government went too far when it completely banned pistol ownership - pistol shooting clubs should have been allowed to keep guns securely on the premises, but allowing the populace at large the right to own firearms seems stupid.
In the UK, most of the police are unarmed, because most of the people they deal with, including the criminals, are unarmed. I feel a lot safer over here than I would in the US.
They're crap hitch-hikers?
Or the British Board of Film Classification, as we like to call it over here...
www.bbfc.co.uk
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
(FX: Evil laugh)
Probably none, given that you willingly put it somewhere where you knew it would be distributed worldwide (Usenet).
(I'm not a lawyer, by the way)
Of course - otherwise, what would be the point. It would require effort on the part of the user, so no-one would ever do it.
I'm not quite sure how that makes them 'corporate jerks', though. God forbid they should try and make money from the service they provide, free, to the end user.
And who is going to cut off Deja's news feed? You really think their news feeders will stop feeding them news because a few people don't like them adding links to it?
No, didn't think so...
Never mind - I'm sure I can do something nasty to your UA account by way of repaying the favour...
Even if it was, you still couldn't, 'cos I'm well 'ard, and you ain't...