I too was somewhat puzzled with that one since I didn't bother RTFA and thought it was probably something American that nobody outside the USA would know of. Some pondering of the summary led me to conclude that it was something kept in the fridge since that would block radio signals, although other comments seem to indicate that they are stored in a freezer. Same difference, one might think, but even though car keys tend to have big plastic grips there's still enough exposed metal that I'd favour the fridge for less complications while hurriedly picking them up.
I would have felt like that trojan lady who knew her city was about to fall, and all the women in the city raped, all the men killed, all the houses burned, but nobody believed her because it was a curse from the gods.
Known as Cassandra and I would have thought the name was fairly common knowledge given that is was used to name the Cassandra Complex.
When the wealthy have a police state with killbots on their side, what chance do you think the people have ?
Just the killbots. Otherwise they'd need to pay and equip the police, who being human would probably keep demanding more money until the point that they would also need to become killbot fodder.
I think there's a movie franchise that already explains this and it's not aliens...
This is beside the Pacific, right? This is clearly the giga-monster that is a result of all the atomic tests in the Pacific 60 years ago approaching the west coast. Good time to take a holiday in Florida, you'll only risk wet feet from the rising sea levels there.
I hope those intelligent judges will be appointed to the national constitutional courts of their own countries.
Sadly not in the UK. Nothing to do with the fact that there is no national constitution but that the government (which is going to be Conservative for several decades after their planned boundary changes during this session) will give the content mafia free rein to persecute citizens. Although, to be fair, a Labour government would probably be as supine to the content mafia.
Next up, perhaps, "robo-lawyers". Just for the poor people, obviously. There will be a minimum threshold to qualify for human lawyers as we diverge further into there being "one law for the rich".
There will be a minimum financial threshold for more and more things. "Doctor" Watson for the poor, human doctors for the rich, etc.
Problem is that the funding via the EU probably goes where it is needed. If the government didn't have EU contributions then they wouldn't give more to science funding and you're deluded if you think that it might. They also wouldn't use it to end austerity or increase NHS funding or anything that might be of benefit to the majority of people. It will be used to line the pockets of a select few and nothing more.
I also fail to understand how the working time directive is the agenda of the 1%. Surely the 1% would like to see us work unrestricted hours like a bunch of good little wage slaves?
The big supporters of brexit do seem to favour narrow interests. You just need to consider the ownership of the newspapers that most loudly proclaim how bad the EU is, to see that brexit is what the 1% want.
When it come to science it's not just movement that helps. Higher education establishment research funding from EU is 15% on top of what UK government gives and that would disappear after brexit. Ah, say brexit supporters, but if we didn't contribute to the EU then there would be more government money. Hah!, retorts any intelligent person who has paid attention to what this government is doing, the additional money will go into the pockets of a select few and not be spent on anything as frivolous as scientific research in establishments where a kid from a council estate could attend.
...system's design would also allow a central bank to make transactions entirely, or partially, anonymous.
The bank is under the control of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will be a Conservative Party MP, for probably more than the next decade after the planned gerrymandering during this spell in government, and they will get to choose what's anonymous and what is not. This does not bode well.
Ok, it's just an experiment using simulated soils, but if it were tried for real then getting fresh cut grass to either the Moon or Mars might prove problematical.
I should have read more carefully because I thought the deal was done and dusted. No matter. I've been using Vivaldi since and quite like it, and I wouldn't have tried it without some prod to try something else.
I'm also all for it. So long as the AIs simultaneously develop staggeringly elegant code while telling the project manager how stupid he/she is being every step of the way.
EDF only agreed because the government guaranteed to pay them way over the odds for the energy generated
If that is the case I have to assume that many MPs must have EDF shares. I have seen articles about many MPs voting for NHS reforms having shareholdings in private companies that stood to benefit as a result, but haven't seen similar over this EDF deal.
As you could have picked up from the comments, the license is not actually for owning a television. It's a levy, per household, used to fund the BBC. Commercial TV broadcasts adverts to gain funding but BBC broadcasts don't include adverts. Kind of like an annual fee for a "no-ads" version of an online service I suppose, except more expensive. And as near mandatory as you can get; claiming you don't use a TV gets you constant hassle from the TV licensing board.
Not bad, not bad. Definitely reminiscent of something that would appear in the Daily Mail letters page. However if that was your goal then you failed in the first line because to a true Daily Mail letter writer, the BBC is a socialist front that doesn't deserve a penny of public money.
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Huh? Pudding pops? What does that even mean?
I too was somewhat puzzled with that one since I didn't bother RTFA and thought it was probably something American that nobody outside the USA would know of. Some pondering of the summary led me to conclude that it was something kept in the fridge since that would block radio signals, although other comments seem to indicate that they are stored in a freezer. Same difference, one might think, but even though car keys tend to have big plastic grips there's still enough exposed metal that I'd favour the fridge for less complications while hurriedly picking them up.
I would have felt like that trojan lady who knew her city was about to fall, and all the women in the city raped, all the men killed, all the houses burned, but nobody believed her because it was a curse from the gods.
Known as Cassandra and I would have thought the name was fairly common knowledge given that is was used to name the Cassandra Complex.
When the wealthy have a police state with killbots on their side, what chance do you think the people have ?
Just the killbots. Otherwise they'd need to pay and equip the police, who being human would probably keep demanding more money until the point that they would also need to become killbot fodder.
I think there's a movie franchise that already explains this and it's not aliens...
This is beside the Pacific, right? This is clearly the giga-monster that is a result of all the atomic tests in the Pacific 60 years ago approaching the west coast. Good time to take a holiday in Florida, you'll only risk wet feet from the rising sea levels there.
I hope those intelligent judges will be appointed to the national constitutional courts of their own countries.
Sadly not in the UK. Nothing to do with the fact that there is no national constitution but that the government (which is going to be Conservative for several decades after their planned boundary changes during this session) will give the content mafia free rein to persecute citizens. Although, to be fair, a Labour government would probably be as supine to the content mafia.
I've never seen an advert on the BBC site. I've just had a browse to confirm that. Maybe they have some geo-location check in place.
Next up, perhaps, "robo-lawyers". Just for the poor people, obviously. There will be a minimum threshold to qualify for human lawyers as we diverge further into there being "one law for the rich".
There will be a minimum financial threshold for more and more things. "Doctor" Watson for the poor, human doctors for the rich, etc.
On even days, I leave it running 24/7.
Er... surely just 24? If it's shut down on odd days then that's not even 24/2.
Or at least used to. We'll be out by the next time MEP elections roll round.
I don't know about you but I vote for EU representation. I vote for an MEP every 5 years.
Problem is that the funding via the EU probably goes where it is needed. If the government didn't have EU contributions then they wouldn't give more to science funding and you're deluded if you think that it might. They also wouldn't use it to end austerity or increase NHS funding or anything that might be of benefit to the majority of people. It will be used to line the pockets of a select few and nothing more.
I also fail to understand how the working time directive is the agenda of the 1%. Surely the 1% would like to see us work unrestricted hours like a bunch of good little wage slaves?
The big supporters of brexit do seem to favour narrow interests. You just need to consider the ownership of the newspapers that most loudly proclaim how bad the EU is, to see that brexit is what the 1% want.
When it come to science it's not just movement that helps. Higher education establishment research funding from EU is 15% on top of what UK government gives and that would disappear after brexit. Ah, say brexit supporters, but if we didn't contribute to the EU then there would be more government money. Hah!, retorts any intelligent person who has paid attention to what this government is doing, the additional money will go into the pockets of a select few and not be spent on anything as frivolous as scientific research in establishments where a kid from a council estate could attend.
...system's design would also allow a central bank to make transactions entirely, or partially, anonymous.
The bank is under the control of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will be a Conservative Party MP, for probably more than the next decade after the planned gerrymandering during this spell in government, and they will get to choose what's anonymous and what is not. This does not bode well.
Slashdot is an EU site.
So it's all mainland Europeans who keep using American English spellings in the comments? Seems it's just down to us Brits to spell things properly.
My first thought was alternate movie dialog.
Maverick: Talk to me Goose... Where's the bogey?
Goose: Uh... hang on a moment Maverick, we're just going through a reboot... any... minute... now...
No worries, the potatoes are less than half way through the movie, nowhere near the end. Much more happens.
Besides, watching any trailer reveals the potato growing.
Ok, it's just an experiment using simulated soils, but if it were tried for real then getting fresh cut grass to either the Moon or Mars might prove problematical.
I should have read more carefully because I thought the deal was done and dusted. No matter. I've been using Vivaldi since and quite like it, and I wouldn't have tried it without some prod to try something else.
Exactly. While this enhancement is intriguing, I uninstalled Opera when that sale was announced.
I'm also all for it. So long as the AIs simultaneously develop staggeringly elegant code while telling the project manager how stupid he/she is being every step of the way.
Nothing is illegal when you can buy enough legislators.
I don't think friendship is sufficient, I think they expect financial reward.
EDF only agreed because the government guaranteed to pay them way over the odds for the energy generated
If that is the case I have to assume that many MPs must have EDF shares. I have seen articles about many MPs voting for NHS reforms having shareholdings in private companies that stood to benefit as a result, but haven't seen similar over this EDF deal.
As you could have picked up from the comments, the license is not actually for owning a television. It's a levy, per household, used to fund the BBC. Commercial TV broadcasts adverts to gain funding but BBC broadcasts don't include adverts. Kind of like an annual fee for a "no-ads" version of an online service I suppose, except more expensive. And as near mandatory as you can get; claiming you don't use a TV gets you constant hassle from the TV licensing board.
Not bad, not bad. Definitely reminiscent of something that would appear in the Daily Mail letters page. However if that was your goal then you failed in the first line because to a true Daily Mail letter writer, the BBC is a socialist front that doesn't deserve a penny of public money.
The government ... should ensure there's enough competition
Not sure how they can do that. It's going to happen anyway in some arenas but not in ones that require large infrastructure.
and that the competition is fair
All I can say is, it's funny how politicians in government seem to have investments in companies that get "fortunate" breaks.