Actually AFAIK (and my SO works as an intelligence officer for a UK force) that is pretty true. The main thing thats changing is people's perception of whats happening as opposed to the facts. In previous years / decades before CCTV and a fast responding mass media, people just didn't hear about these sorts of things... although they happened a lot. Now we have less crime, but it is reported much quicker to more people, hence the perception is that it is worse.
How does that help Jamie Bulger, exactly? He's still dead...
Sadly it doesn't. What it does do is demonstrate very well that people can and will be caught for their crimes using this technology and if that prevents something like that happening to someone else then that is a good thing.
FWIW I don't think CCTV is the best solution, hell I have no idea what the best solution is. There are pro's and con's with most things. If you are too liberal you let the criminals run free but if you are too restrictive then you remove peoples freedoms one by one. Everything is a trade off for something else... hell if you can find me a utopia where everyone can be trusted and everyone is fair and considerate to their fellow human being then I'd love to live there... Don't think I'll ever see that in my lifetime, or anytime soon after that:-(
... and to rephrase that slightly, no I don't pay ther police to form vigilante groups and begin their own form of terror;-)... I do pay them to enforce the law and to catch criminals, they are there to protect us and enforce the law.... Regarding the media, the exceptions are that not all of the media is sensationalist, not that I do pay attention to some of that !:-)/pedant:)
So you would prefer citizens to take the law into their own hands, form vigilante groups, and begin their own form of terror and control over our streets ??. I pay the police to do that for me, if they can get conviction based on some video then all the better IMHO and in a so called "free" society we do require this small thing called "evidence" in order to put the people comitting that crime in jail.
I don't think I'll ever feel totally safe. The world just doesn't operate that way, and I am not filled with dread by the media, in fact I generally pay little attention to the sensationalist stuff that they tend to provide (with some exceptions). If they wanted to put an RFID tag into me to track my every move 24x7 I think I would have an issue with that, however if they want to film public areas in order to deter crime, convict criminals or even get emergency response to an area more quickly, then yes I think I like that.
It is certainly becoming a very big thing. The cameras are everywhere inside and out. I've even been into pubs that have forced people to remove their hats / caps as it would help obscure their faces on the cctv cameras.
Is this a good thing or not ? Thats the difficult question. There is such a fine line between civil liberties and fighting crime, if you aren't doing anything wrong, then you are supposed to have nothing to fear, but then you don't have to be breaking the law to want people to not find out where you are and what you are doing - it depends on who has access to the information and how it can be used... and thats the difficult part.
Personally, I think overall I like the CCTV cameras. They are quite popular here in Britain, mostly helped by big cases that attracted a lot of media attention that have been solved and people caught all thanks to CCTV, (Jamie Bulger etc). Do we have to sacrifice some smaller parts of freedom to live in a more secure society ? possibly, yes. It would be great if we could trust everyone, but unfortunately we can't. Don't forget what freedom really is, the freedom to vote for our political leaders, express our opionions freely, live wherever you like, travel wherever you like, set up business, trade, have children, not have children, cover ourselves in baby oil and rub up and down... oh hang on;-).... but I think you see what I mean:-).
Take something like the Sony Clie TH55 (such a shame they are pulling out of the market, IMHO its a fantastic bit of kit)... advance technology by x (2,3,5?) years... add a 3G phone PalmOS 6 (I use as an example, I am sure just as popular and *cough* stable devices will exist with Windows Mobile 200x) and you begin to have _the_ killer handheld device. Units like the TH55 and the Treo are no doubt the way of the future and how all will be, when they finally all just merge and we can all pretend we are on star trek at last </geek>
Now thats the wierd thing... the UK spec includes the bluetooth, why they would take that feature out in the states escapes me.
I have to add though, I think its a poor time for Sony to exit the market. IMHO the TH55 is a fantastic bit of kit with a huge amount of potential... see one of those in X years time with an integrated 3G phone and palmos 6 and you really would begin to see the killer all in one hand held device.
Absolutely right... howver this is a fundamental floor in government rather than just the NHS. Everyone from LEA's to Local government are all being taken for a ride by "approved" IT contractors who play the system for all its worth. There are supposed to be many things in place to ensure best prices but they all fall out the window. You would be amazed at some of the prices and quotes I have seen for jobs, I could quarter them and still make enough profit to retire early.
It can do... for example IIRC the NHS will claim against a driver (or their insurance company) who is found to be at fault in an RTA. I expect there are other cases, but at its heart the principle is clear, healthcare is provided to all, smokers and skydivers alike.
1. Yes, I know Eddie isn't gay. 2. Yes, I know I can't spell pigeon 3. I in no way expressed an opinion, although I'm not sure if the regeneration would allow for a sex change or not, which may or may not be the silliest part of this. 4. I'll still go for Alan Davies, Richard E Grant and then Eddie Izzard in that order, I haven't been overly impressed with any of the other names mentioned.
Okay, so having seen some peoples (IMHO) very silly responses about a gay or a transvestite actor, I thought I'd share the other thing I have heard people talk about, (main reference being the BBC1 "points of view" show), and that is possibility of having a female doctor.
Yeah, I'd have to say when I heard about the series, my instinct said it had to be Alan Davies, I really think he'd do the role justice, however since I have seen this list of "candidates" I think Richard E Grant and Eddie Izzard could definitely do very different but just as good jobs. At the end of the day, they just better ensure that they get good scripts.
The problem is because the internet is more that just the world wide web. There is so much more that relies on name resolving for sanity / secuity check. My post below showing one example... many mail servers for example are configured to reject mail that is sent from a domain name that does not resolve, this helps the war against spam, this will now not work.
Also there are many scripts and code that run and maintain systems that use whether something resolves or not as a check, these will also now be completely screwed.
Versign are not the internet, it is very wrong for someone to abuse their position in this way.
Quite, new services such as Vodafone Live! (over GPRS) can tell you where you are to within a couple of streets, and then locate various services available (bars / restaurants or whatever you are looking for) in your immediate area.
Errm, because one is dishing out html/gif/php etc files and the other is potentially downloading ISO's, MP3's Wav's, emails with attachments and a million and one other things, mostly of a larger file size than a web server.
You can't work on the assumption that all people are doing is browsing the web.
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That'll be news to pretty much everyone I know.
... although they happened a lot. Now we have less crime, but it is reported much quicker to more people, hence the perception is that it is worse.
Actually AFAIK (and my SO works as an intelligence officer for a UK force) that is pretty true. The main thing thats changing is people's perception of whats happening as opposed to the facts. In previous years / decades before CCTV and a fast responding mass media, people just didn't hear about these sorts of things
How does that help Jamie Bulger, exactly? He's still dead...
... hell if you can find me a utopia where everyone can be trusted and everyone is fair and considerate to their fellow human being then I'd love to live there ... Don't think I'll ever see that in my lifetime, or anytime soon after that :-(
Sadly it doesn't. What it does do is demonstrate very well that people can and will be caught for their crimes using this technology and if that prevents something like that happening to someone else then that is a good thing.
FWIW I don't think CCTV is the best solution, hell I have no idea what the best solution is. There are pro's and con's with most things. If you are too liberal you let the criminals run free but if you are too restrictive then you remove peoples freedoms one by one. Everything is a trade off for something else
... and to rephrase that slightly, no I don't pay ther police to form vigilante groups and begin their own form of terror ;-) ... I do pay them to enforce the law and to catch criminals, they are there to protect us and enforce the law. ... Regarding the media, the exceptions are that not all of the media is sensationalist, not that I do pay attention to some of that ! :-) /pedant :)
So you would prefer citizens to take the law into their own hands, form vigilante groups, and begin their own form of terror and control over our streets ??. I pay the police to do that for me, if they can get conviction based on some video then all the better IMHO and in a so called "free" society we do require this small thing called "evidence" in order to put the people comitting that crime in jail.
I don't think I'll ever feel totally safe. The world just doesn't operate that way, and I am not filled with dread by the media, in fact I generally pay little attention to the sensationalist stuff that they tend to provide (with some exceptions). If they wanted to put an RFID tag into me to track my every move 24x7 I think I would have an issue with that, however if they want to film public areas in order to deter crime, convict criminals or even get emergency response to an area more quickly, then yes I think I like that.
It is certainly becoming a very big thing. The cameras are everywhere inside and out. I've even been into pubs that have forced people to remove their hats / caps as it would help obscure their faces on the cctv cameras.
... and thats the difficult part.
... oh hang on ;-) .... but I think you see what I mean :-).
Is this a good thing or not ? Thats the difficult question. There is such a fine line between civil liberties and fighting crime, if you aren't doing anything wrong, then you are supposed to have nothing to fear, but then you don't have to be breaking the law to want people to not find out where you are and what you are doing - it depends on who has access to the information and how it can be used
Personally, I think overall I like the CCTV cameras. They are quite popular here in Britain, mostly helped by big cases that attracted a lot of media attention that have been solved and people caught all thanks to CCTV, (Jamie Bulger etc). Do we have to sacrifice some smaller parts of freedom to live in a more secure society ? possibly, yes. It would be great if we could trust everyone, but unfortunately we can't. Don't forget what freedom really is, the freedom to vote for our political leaders, express our opionions freely, live wherever you like, travel wherever you like, set up business, trade, have children, not have children, cover ourselves in baby oil and rub up and down
Not forgetting that driving without insurance is worth between 6-8 points on your licence and a maximum fine of £5000
Of course I should have also said that this in no way means it will replace my desktop for want of an on topic quote or something ... :-)
Take something like the Sony Clie TH55 (such a shame they are pulling out of the market, IMHO its a fantastic bit of kit) ... advance technology by x (2,3,5?) years ... add a 3G phone PalmOS 6 (I use as an example, I am sure just as popular and *cough* stable devices will exist with Windows Mobile 200x) and you begin to have _the_ killer handheld device. Units like the TH55 and the Treo are no doubt the way of the future and how all will be, when they finally all just merge and we can all pretend we are on star trek at last </geek>
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Now thats the wierd thing ... the UK spec includes the bluetooth, why they would take that feature out in the states escapes me.
... see one of those in X years time with an integrated 3G phone and palmos 6 and you really would begin to see the killer all in one hand held device.
I have to add though, I think its a poor time for Sony to exit the market. IMHO the TH55 is a fantastic bit of kit with a huge amount of potential
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I haven't used that re5ult system, I have however used shazzam in a pub quiz to identify those snippets of songs in name the track / artist rounds :)
But still oh so wrong ;-) *grin*
Absolutely right ... howver this is a fundamental floor in government rather than just the NHS. Everyone from LEA's to Local government are all being taken for a ride by "approved" IT contractors who play the system for all its worth. There are supposed to be many things in place to ensure best prices but they all fall out the window. You would be amazed at some of the prices and quotes I have seen for jobs, I could quarter them and still make enough profit to retire early.
It can do ... for example IIRC the NHS will claim against a driver (or their insurance company) who is found to be at fault in an RTA. I expect there are other cases, but at its heart the principle is clear, healthcare is provided to all, smokers and skydivers alike.
Notes:
1. Yes, I know Eddie isn't gay.
2. Yes, I know I can't spell pigeon
3. I in no way expressed an opinion, although I'm not sure if the regeneration would allow for a sex change or not, which may or may not be the silliest part of this.
4. I'll still go for Alan Davies, Richard E Grant and then Eddie Izzard in that order, I haven't been overly impressed with any of the other names mentioned.
Okay, so having seen some peoples (IMHO) very silly responses about a gay or a transvestite actor, I thought I'd share the other thing I have heard people talk about, (main reference being the BBC1 "points of view" show), and that is possibility of having a female doctor.
;)
Cat, Pidgeons
Discuss.
Yeah, I'd have to say when I heard about the series, my instinct said it had to be Alan Davies, I really think he'd do the role justice, however since I have seen this list of "candidates" I think Richard E Grant and Eddie Izzard could definitely do very different but just as good jobs. At the end of the day, they just better ensure that they get good scripts.
A domain name has MX records, these MX records are hostnames ... with IP addresses. These can be false, now they will always resolve.
Not for sender domain must resolve issues :-(
The problem is because the internet is more that just the world wide web. There is so much more that relies on name resolving for sanity / secuity check. My post below showing one example ... many mail servers for example are configured to reject mail that is sent from a domain name that does not resolve, this helps the war against spam, this will now not work.
Also there are many scripts and code that run and maintain systems that use whether something resolves or not as a check, these will also now be completely screwed.
Versign are not the internet, it is very wrong for someone to abuse their position in this way.
Right, so that screws that one up then !
More spam vicar ?
Quite, new services such as Vodafone Live! (over GPRS) can tell you where you are to within a couple of streets, and then locate various services available (bars / restaurants or whatever you are looking for) in your immediate area.
Seems to work quite well from when I've used it.
Errm, because one is dishing out html/gif/php etc files and the other is potentially downloading ISO's, MP3's Wav's, emails with attachments and a million and one other things, mostly of a larger file size than a web server.
You can't work on the assumption that all people are doing is browsing the web.