Probably - if the list I saw is anything to go by, the first 3 items were specific to a single vendor/handset, yet were listed as "Android" bugs... I'll wager that the vendor had (as is their habit) been tinkering, and got it wrong...
Russia is a wonderful country, but its leaders are corrupt. I don't like the Russian authorities and I hope Russia will one day have a peaceful revolution that implements a working and free democracy. But that will probably never work as long as Russia remains an empire. Without a strong and corrupt leadership Russia will crumble apart in hundreds of little states.
You could say much the same about the US - or the UK come to that (and probably most others)
"Now then, Savage, I want to talk to you about some charges that you've been bringing lately. I think that perhaps you're being a little over-zealous."
"Which charges did you mean then, sir?"
"Well, for instance this one: 'Loitering with intent to use a pedestrian crossing.' Savage, maybe you're not aware of this, but it is not illegal to use a pedestrian crossing, neither is 'smelling of foreign food' an offence."
"Are you sure, sir?"
"Also, there's no law against 'Urinating in a public convenience or 'Coughing without due care and attention.'"
"If you say so, sir..."
"Yes, I do say so, Savage! Didn't they teach you anything at training school?"
"Erm, I'm sorry, sir..."
"Some of these cases are just plain stupid: 'Looking at me in a funny way' - Is this some kind of joke, Savage?"
"No, sir."
"And we have some more here: 'Walking on the cracks in the pavement,' 'Walking in a loud shirt in a built-up area during the hours of darkness,' and 'Walking around with an offensive wife.' In short, Savage, in the space of one month you have brought one hundred and seventeen ridiculous, trumped-up and ludicrous charges."
"Yes, sir."
"Against the same man, Savage."
"Yes, sir."
"A Mr Winston Kodogo, of 55, Mercer Road."
"Yes, sir."
"Sit down, Savage."
"Yes, sir."
"Savage, why do you keep arresting this man?"
"He's a villain, sir.""A villain...""And a jail-bird, sir."
"I know he's a jail-bird, Savage, he's down in the cells now! We're holding him on a charge of 'Possession of curly black hair and thick lips.'"
"Well - well, there you are, sir."
"You arrested him, Savage!"
"Thank you, sir."
"Savage, would I be correct in assuming that Mr Kodogo is a coloured gentleman?"
"Well, I can't say I've ever noticed, sir."
"Stand up, Savage! - Savage, you're a bigot. It's officers like you that give the police a bad name. The press love to jump on an instance like this, and the reputation of the force can be permanently tarnished. Your whole time on duty is dominated by racial hatred and petty personal vendettas. Do you get some kind of perverted gratification from going around stirring up trouble?"
"Yes, sir."
"There's no room for men like you in my force, Savage. I'm transferring you to the S.P.G. "
The latest figues for the UK I can find quickly...
There were 640 Murders / Homicides in Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) in 2011/12 (10.43 per million population). Of these 640 Murders / Homicides, 44 involved a gun or firearm as the main weapon. Gun murders in Britain in 2011/12 represent 6% of the murder cases, (0.72 gun homicides per million population).
Oh... the last mass shooting in the UK was in 2010 by the way...
So... A dozen or so examples spread over 20-something years... compared to (pretty much) one mass-shooting a day (if not more).
One question I'd like answered - what happens to the "good guys with guns" if law enforcement are also on the scene...? Do they get to join in the fun - isn't that the point of being allowed to carry - or are they also taken down as a potential threat?
I didn't get a minimum guarantee - but they did do a line test when I ordered it, so the claimed "up to 16 Mb/s" turned into "about 12 Mb/s", which I'm happy enough with as it's remained consistently at that level for the 3+ years I've been here...
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Probably - if the list I saw is anything to go by, the first 3 items were specific to a single vendor/handset, yet were listed as "Android" bugs... I'll wager that the vendor had (as is their habit) been tinkering, and got it wrong...
Tried dialing that ... it was engaged ...
The US Civil War was fought to decide this issue
The First World War was supposed to be "The War To End All Wars", and that worked out just fine, didn't it?
Russia is a wonderful country, but its leaders are corrupt. I don't like the Russian authorities and I hope Russia will one day have a peaceful revolution that implements a working and free democracy. But that will probably never work as long as Russia remains an empire. Without a strong and corrupt leadership Russia will crumble apart in hundreds of little states.
You could say much the same about the US - or the UK come to that (and probably most others)
Says the AC...
According to Dyn: "This attack is mainly impacting US East and is impacting Managed DNS customers in this region."
The PC in my flat (in the UK - on a free dyndns.org address) is alive and well and talking to the outside world.
As usual - someone has assuming that the US = the whole world - learn some fucking geography!
"Now then, Savage, I want to talk to you about some charges that you've been bringing lately. I think that perhaps you're being a little over-zealous."
"Which charges did you mean then, sir?"
"Well, for instance this one: 'Loitering with intent to use a pedestrian crossing.' Savage, maybe you're not aware of this, but it is not illegal to use a pedestrian crossing, neither is 'smelling of foreign food' an offence."
"Are you sure, sir?"
"Also, there's no law against 'Urinating in a public convenience or 'Coughing without due care and attention.'"
"If you say so, sir..."
"Yes, I do say so, Savage! Didn't they teach you anything at training school?"
"Erm, I'm sorry, sir..."
"Some of these cases are just plain stupid: 'Looking at me in a funny way' - Is this some kind of joke, Savage?"
"No, sir."
"And we have some more here: 'Walking on the cracks in the pavement,' 'Walking in a loud shirt in a built-up area during the hours of darkness,' and 'Walking around with an offensive wife.' In short, Savage, in the space of one month you have brought one hundred and seventeen ridiculous, trumped-up and ludicrous charges."
"Yes, sir."
"Against the same man, Savage."
"Yes, sir."
"A Mr Winston Kodogo, of 55, Mercer Road."
"Yes, sir."
"Sit down, Savage."
"Yes, sir."
"Savage, why do you keep arresting this man?"
"He's a villain, sir.""A villain...""And a jail-bird, sir."
"I know he's a jail-bird, Savage, he's down in the cells now! We're holding him on a charge of 'Possession of curly black hair and thick lips.'"
"Well - well, there you are, sir."
"You arrested him, Savage!"
"Thank you, sir."
"Savage, would I be correct in assuming that Mr Kodogo is a coloured gentleman?"
"Well, I can't say I've ever noticed, sir."
"Stand up, Savage! - Savage, you're a bigot. It's officers like you that give the police a bad name. The press love to jump on an instance like this, and the reputation of the force can be permanently tarnished. Your whole time on duty is dominated by racial hatred and petty personal vendettas. Do you get some kind of perverted gratification from going around stirring up trouble?"
"Yes, sir."
"There's no room for men like you in my force, Savage. I'm transferring you to the S.P.G. "
"Thank you very much, sir."
The downtrodden UK taxpayer will be footing the bill
(Given Amazon has paid pretty much nothing into the UK coffers for years...)
Especially as just 24% of the electorate voted in the current (rudderless) Government.
Hello Bernard!
Why are taxpayer dollars funding research looking for planets that nobody will ever visit and will never make a difference to anyone?
Could say the same about the trillions spent on the military.
That said - it is at least making a difference to people... changing them from live people to dead people... (with apologies to Grant Naylor...)
How many pubs compared to how many shell companies for tax "efficiency" purposes?
Now there's a rarity... a company on the Isle of Man that has an employee on the island
That's always been the way with annual vs monthly hasn't it? Pay a premium for the "convenience" of smaller multiple payments...
Pot, kettle, black...
Where are YOUR facts?
The only people Governments listen to are lobbyists with deep deep pockets...
(look at the US, a nation literally built by immigrants)
Donald is obviously worried that the new immigrants will do to the old immigrants, what the old immigrants did to the revious population.
Would that be the dark-skinned people who have less Neanderthal DNA than their white-skinned brethren?
I do love the fact that the ultra-right (that tend to be white-skinned) are less "pure" human than those they rail against.
Don't give Cameron (more) ideas...!
Talking of neanderthals... see what Clarkson tried...
http://www.bbcamerica.com/show...
Nano? Pico?
OK - I'll bite
The latest figues for the UK I can find quickly...
There were 640 Murders / Homicides in Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) in 2011/12 (10.43 per million population). Of these 640 Murders / Homicides, 44 involved a gun or firearm as the main weapon. Gun murders in Britain in 2011/12 represent 6% of the murder cases, (0.72 gun homicides per million population).
Oh... the last mass shooting in the UK was in 2010 by the way...
Your imagination doesn't match reality.
So... A dozen or so examples spread over 20-something years... compared to (pretty much) one mass-shooting a day (if not more).
One question I'd like answered - what happens to the "good guys with guns" if law enforcement are also on the scene...? Do they get to join in the fun - isn't that the point of being allowed to carry - or are they also taken down as a potential threat?
I didn't get a minimum guarantee - but they did do a line test when I ordered it, so the claimed "up to 16 Mb/s" turned into "about 12 Mb/s", which I'm happy enough with as it's remained consistently at that level for the 3+ years I've been here...
"up to"
ISPs can get away with pretty much any speed that way