Nice to see that slashdot is finally picking up the BBC's bias on certain issues. Those who watch/listen to BBC news will know how biased they are on, for example, the Euro. It seems the Americans can't do anything right in their eyes, either...
Not exactly of our own free will, I might add. I'm not trying to say that the Imperial system is necessarily better (that's a matter of opinion), but the idea that market traders are not *allowed* to use imperial units because of some foreign bureaucrat's rules is absolutely disgusting.
While it stands to reason that most of the sites would be child pornography, what is to stop someone slipping in any old url if no one can check the list?
Well, maybe they've just worked out where all that lost productivity in the IT sector is going...
FWIW handguns were not outlawed in Britain due to gun crime, but fear of abuse by licenced holders, after one licenced gun owner, Thomas Hamilton, went bezerk in a school in Scotland.
Although the police realised he had a history of mental illness, and hence should not have given him a license.
There are strong arguments that this is related to some of those incursions you say you welcome, including the ban on handguns -- which didn't even reduce the rate of gun crime, much less violent crime in general.
Yep, the government has made the interesting yet surprising discovery that criminals don't obey gun laws.
"We believe we got it wrong and we need to address fears people have." I give Mr Blunkett credit for taking that stance.
Yep, same here. His political instincts and mine may be more or less completely opposed, but unlike many in the government of His Tonyness, he has a shred of honesty in him.
My Toshiba SD-210EB has a simple mod which removes region protection and macrovision. Cost me about 10 quid for both mods. I can copy any DVD to VHS now through a SCART cable.
Btw, I remember that once upon a time Macrovision could be defeated by hooking up one VHS player to the TV via the UHF cable, then hooking another one up via SCART. That hasn't worked recently. It's not a problem, since I only copy DVDs these days anyway, but I'm interested to know if Macrovision has changed in recent years.
Legal notice: I only copy DVDs for backup use, and watching in my bedroom.
With the Euro, Europe seemed to be in the right track towards a more united, sharing and open community of states...
Hmm... like the Irish rejection of Nice, for example, which was of course respected by her European 'partners'. Or the 26,900 word EU regulations on the export of ducks eggs.
And the soaps, often imported from america. Often, there is no story in these - usually it's just a bunch of people living every day lives, cracking a few jokes. No story to speak of (apart from who's going out with who this episode?)... a little character development but not much reason to tune in regularly. I can watch an episode, skip a few weeks, and not miss anything significant.
I can assure you that we get endless requests for extensions to the system and have not had a single complaint except where the system has failed to catch a criminal.
Hmm... it may be because many people like having cameras, or it may be that you have lots of people who don't like them, but don't feel strongly enough about it to say so. Myself, I don't see that much of a problem at the moment... I just don't trust the authorities enough to only put them where they're needed. Surely putting more policemen on the street (diverting them from the motorways, maybe) would be a better solution?
Just out of interest, what party are you a member of?
Actually nobody in the UK (apart from the criminals) does anything but enthusiastically support the CCTV systems
I don't support them (at least not to this extent), and I'm in the UK. Does that make me a criminal? I hate being watched wherever I go. By all means put them in car parks and on private property, but other than that there should be serious restrictions on where the police can put them. (And it's nice to see that this is finally starting to happen with those damned gatso cameras).
Oh, and I also think the gun laws in the UK don't work, and have prevented many people from enjoying a legitimate hobby, while actually contributing to an increase in crime. Doesn't look as though we agree on much, does it?:-)
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So presumably Saddam will be nice to us if we're nice to him?
because Americans do things right ? thats news to me... check Kyoto, International law court, Johannesburg, ad nauseum....
Actually, I'm British, but I reckon America got it right on most of the above.
I can see my karma dissipating before my eyes.
Nice to see that slashdot is finally picking up the BBC's bias on certain issues. Those who watch/listen to BBC news will know how biased they are on, for example, the Euro. It seems the Americans can't do anything right in their eyes, either...
The man indirectly responsible for 80,000,000 deaths in 20th century alone. 80M. That's not a joke.
Debatable, it's quite likely that WWI would have happened whether Princip had assasinated Ferdinand or not...
Trouble with that is anyone could find out your real world location just by looking at your IP...
I just hope that all other coutries would join and show us all this new EU community and maybe there is a hope that "1984" won't happen' ever.
:-)
Read up on the European Union sometime... (or are you being sarcastic?
People may find the Association of British Drivers interesting. I'm too lazy to post what it is about, check it out yourself :-)
In the UK, we have MOSTLY switched to Metric
Not exactly of our own free will, I might add. I'm not trying to say that the Imperial system is necessarily better (that's a matter of opinion), but the idea that market traders are not *allowed* to use imperial units because of some foreign bureaucrat's rules is absolutely disgusting.
While it stands to reason that most of the sites would be child pornography, what is to stop someone slipping in any old url if no one can check the list?
Well, maybe they've just worked out where all that lost productivity in the IT sector is going...
FWIW handguns were not outlawed in Britain due to gun crime, but fear of abuse by licenced holders, after one licenced gun owner, Thomas Hamilton, went bezerk in a school in Scotland.
Although the police realised he had a history of mental illness, and hence should not have given him a license.
There are strong arguments that this is related to some of those incursions you say you welcome, including the ban on handguns -- which didn't even reduce the rate of gun crime, much less violent crime in general.
Yep, the government has made the interesting yet surprising discovery that criminals don't obey gun laws.
"We believe we got it wrong and we need to address fears people have." I give Mr Blunkett credit for taking that stance.
Yep, same here. His political instincts and mine may be more or less completely opposed, but unlike many in the government of His Tonyness, he has a shred of honesty in him.
Why he is so damn stubborn about not releasing his back catalog on it is beyond me.
Especially when he gets so excited about digital cinema...
Copy Protection is OK (witness: video games).
Yes, video games which don't let you make a backup copy (well, at least not in theory).
My Toshiba SD-210EB has a simple mod which removes region protection and macrovision. Cost me about 10 quid for both mods. I can copy any DVD to VHS now through a SCART cable.
Btw, I remember that once upon a time Macrovision could be defeated by hooking up one VHS player to the TV via the UHF cable, then hooking another one up via SCART. That hasn't worked recently. It's not a problem, since I only copy DVDs these days anyway, but I'm interested to know if Macrovision has changed in recent years.
Legal notice: I only copy DVDs for backup use, and watching in my bedroom.
The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer.
Well done, you've managed to get this site slashdotted...
With the Euro, Europe seemed to be in the right track towards a more united, sharing and open community of states...
Hmm... like the Irish rejection of Nice, for example, which was of course respected by her European 'partners'. Or the 26,900 word EU regulations on the export of ducks eggs.
Oh yes, I love the EU.
Fact is, they will just buy into the new format anyway (see DVD).
But DVD is inherently better than VHS.
The _original_ films now only exist as worn VHS tapes
Thankfully, not quite - there are plenty of avis and mpegs floating around. George ain't gonna be able to destroy all of them in a hurry...
when he came into wedge antilles' hands.
I know I'm replying to this rather late, but (AFAIK) Wedge Antilles != Captain Antilles. Wedge is Corellian; Captain Antilles is Alderaanian (sp?).
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By using square brackets rather than greater and lesser signs to represent HTML, you've lost all credibility with me.
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And the soaps, often imported from america. Often, there is no story in these - usually it's just a bunch of people living every day lives, cracking a few jokes. No story to speak of (apart from who's going out with who this episode?)... a little character development but not much reason to tune in regularly. I can watch an episode, skip a few weeks, and not miss anything significant.
A bit like soaps from Australia, then?
I can assure you that we get endless requests for extensions to the system and have not had a single complaint except where the system has failed to catch a criminal.
Hmm... it may be because many people like having cameras, or it may be that you have lots of people who don't like them, but don't feel strongly enough about it to say so. Myself, I don't see that much of a problem at the moment... I just don't trust the authorities enough to only put them where they're needed. Surely putting more policemen on the street (diverting them from the motorways, maybe) would be a better solution?
Just out of interest, what party are you a member of?
Actually nobody in the UK (apart from the criminals) does anything but enthusiastically support the CCTV systems
:-)
I don't support them (at least not to this extent), and I'm in the UK. Does that make me a criminal? I hate being watched wherever I go. By all means put them in car parks and on private property, but other than that there should be serious restrictions on where the police can put them. (And it's nice to see that this is finally starting to happen with those damned gatso cameras).
Oh, and I also think the gun laws in the UK don't work, and have prevented many people from enjoying a legitimate hobby, while actually contributing to an increase in crime. Doesn't look as though we agree on much, does it?