About 70% of the 78 voluntary and community sector organisations that responded answered "yes" to an automatic block while a strong majority of respondents from all other groups answered "no".
For "community [ ] organisations" they don't seem very much in tune with "the community", do they?
Nothing new there then, the NSPCC et al have to keep the pressure on or their State Funding might dry up.
Policymaking with the aid of government funded pressure groups - more incest than you'll ever find online!
I see nothing wrong with Dacre's choice of target in this case. Through a string of libel rulings Eady has made proper investigative reporting very difficult, not just in the UK but, by acceding to the practice of libel tourism, throughout the rest of the world.
You can't engrave a clipped waveform onto vinyl; even if the cutter were able to follow such a path, the needle would jump out of the groove on encountering it.
I honestly can't see that the ISPs/IWF are actually serious about blocking anything.
The block is implemented via DNS - avoiding it is trivial. It's a sop to the Government, rather than an effective censor.
In fact, as things stand, we may have the best of it. The Government have their 'block', ISPs are 'doing something' and we have our Internet. All of it.
I know SCO is bullshitting, you know SCO is bullshitting, all of Slashdot (and El Reg, Groklaw and many more) know SCO is bullshitting, but until the gavel goes down at the end of the last lawsuit there will be morons saying, "Well, they haven't lost the suit, maybe there's something in it?"
My opinion? There's a non-zero chance that Big Blue itself is behind this:
It might hurt more, but it's damage potential is less.
"It's the volts that jolts and the mills that kills"
Higher voltage may cause more muscle contraction but it's the actual current that kills you.
At 220 volts the current in a household system is half that in a 110v system for the same amount of power.
Oh, and to the people claiming AC is safer, poppycock.
DC is. "you have 60 times per second chance of letting go"... Muscles don't have that reaction time. If you're gripping something live, your muscles will contract no matter if it's ac or dc.
Why is AC more dangerous then? Simple. Alternating current forces the heart to spasm uncontrollably.
Even when the current is removed, the heart can't usually recover and remains in palpitation... Usually, the only way to get it back to its normal rhythm is actually a jolt of DC.
CLEAR! *BADOOMP*
A few miconceptions here.
As long as the capacity of the supply is not a limiting factor, a higher voltage is always more dangerous than a lower one. The 'Mils that kill', mA of current through the body, are what cause muscle contractions (and pain); they are a product of the supply voltage and your skin's resistance.
According to my trusty multimeter, my body's resistance, hand to hand is about 100kOhms. Using I=V/R, the current through me at 110V would be 1mA. At 220V, it would be 2mA.
Useful and correct information on the other points above here
In other parts of the world, where 240 is common at the wall socket, do they do this as well, effectively bringing 480 into the home, or is it a single phase 240 volt input used throughout?
Short answer : No, it's a single 240V phase.
Long answer : Mostly it's a single 240V phase. However, light/medium commercial premises commonly have 3-phase power; 3 240V phases, 120 degrees apart, plus a neutral or return line. Between any of the phases and neutral is the same 240V found at home, between them is 415V. You can get three-phase power installed at home if you really want it (say you have a larger-than-average home workshop with decent-sized machine tools), but it's not cheap.
110V DC shock to bare (unbroken) skin is is quite mild feeling, where most people in the US have found (sometime or other) than 110V AC is fairly uncomfortable
That's because 110VAC isn't always 110V. It's RMS average is 110, but it peaks at 155. Pity us in the UK/Europe - our 230V nominal (closer to 240 in the UK) peaks at 325 (339) which hurts
Yes, I know 220V is available, but 110 is what (mostly) comes out of the wall
If you didn't feel your drill skill was up to it, fair enough. With regard to the warranty though, for stuff that kids play on/with, I don't even look for one. If it's sturdy enough to do the job it won't fail inside the warranty period; if it isn't I'll look elsewhere.
What does the Queen have to do with any of this? It's not like it's HER fault - she doesn't have the power to endorse it OR stop it.
Actually, she does. The Queen has the power to dissolve Parliament at any time and without giving a reason, and no Bill passes into law in the UK without her signature. She is also in supreme command of the Armed Forces, whose oath of loyalty is sworn to her, not to the Government or Parliament. The (unwritten) Constitution of the United Kingdom appears to grant these powers to the reigning monarch on condition that they not be used to thwart the intentions of an elected government.
I'm curious, this is not a rhetorical question, if you bought a car in that time frame would the engine management code be available?
No, because the average car buyer would have no use for anthing not in a typical owners manual (tyre pressures, oil, coolant and brake fluid grades, service intervals). A fleet buyer of (say) tractor units, running their own maintenance and repair facility, would probably have expected it to be part of the deal, along with a comprehensive workshop manual.
TV isn't a necessity, but some form of entertainment is. Me, I'd rather read/post to/. or other forums (fora?),read a book, or, better still, hold a realtime, intelligent conversation in convival surroundings (go to the pub!).
Sadly, for many people, intelligent (or even coherent) conversation appears to be impossible, so they have diversion spoonfed to them via TV. This keeps them docile and occupied, and prevents them from importuning those who would really prefer not to be asked "Wot you lookin' at? Fink yore 'ard, doo yoo?".
Ayn Rand fans might wax lyrical about the virtues of free enterprise, but the fact of the matter is that monopolies just plain suck for everyone involved
Go read 'Atlas Shrugged'. Ms Rand makes that point quite well herself.
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Apparently there have been nearly 30 'close calls' between airliners and drones in the UK in the last year; some people are starting to worry.
Wide-area version of this? http://bash.org/?5273
All are suspect.
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/rea...
(An AC posted this yesterday; it's still rated zero. Hopefully my Karma bonus will make it more visible.)
Abnego 2016!
Wasn't Phaedrus, was it?
For "community [ ] organisations" they don't seem very much in tune with "the community", do they?
Nothing new there then, the NSPCC et al have to keep the pressure on or their State Funding might dry up.
Policymaking with the aid of government funded pressure groups - more incest than you'll ever find online!
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1138427&cid=26967441
Still true.
If you think an AT can be controlled properly, would you ride a motorcycle with one (outside of CVT scooters)?
I see nothing wrong with Dacre's choice of target in this case.
Through a string of libel rulings Eady has made proper investigative reporting very difficult, not just in the UK but, by acceding to the practice of libel tourism, throughout the rest of the world.
Compression is only the beginning, on many modern CDs the waveform is actually clipped.
You can't engrave a clipped waveform onto vinyl; even if the cutter were able to follow such a path, the needle would jump out of the groove on encountering it.
This behaviour is down to the ISP - Demon gives a '403 Forbidden' with an explanation and links.
I honestly can't see that the ISPs/IWF are actually serious about blocking anything.
The block is implemented via DNS - avoiding it is trivial. It's a sop to the Government, rather than an effective censor.
In fact, as things stand, we may have the best of it. The Government have their 'block', ISPs are 'doing something' and we have our Internet. All of it.
And is the only car ever to be driven away from a MIRA crash test.
Do it right and light can be strong, too.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=205567&cid=16777427
My opinion? There's a non-zero chance that Big Blue itself is behind this:
IBM:"Is it.....DEAD?"
Nazgul:"No, Dread Lord. It......went away."
IBM:"Bring it back here! WE WANT IT DEAD!"
Fred Saberhagen did too, in 'Berserker Man'.
Slightly spoiled the book for me, that did - no attempt at explaining why pi was 3 for the ring.
According to my trusty multimeter, my body's resistance, hand to hand is about 100kOhms. Using I=V/R, the current through me at 110V would be 1mA. At 220V, it would be 2mA.
Useful and correct information on the other points above here
Short answer : No, it's a single 240V phase.
Long answer : Mostly it's a single 240V phase. However, light/medium commercial premises commonly have 3-phase power; 3 240V phases, 120 degrees apart, plus a neutral or return line. Between any of the phases and neutral is the same 240V found at home, between them is 415V. You can get three-phase power installed at home if you really want it (say you have a larger-than-average home workshop with decent-sized machine tools), but it's not cheap.
That's because 110VAC isn't always 110V. It's RMS average is 110, but it peaks at 155. Pity us in the UK/Europe - our 230V nominal (closer to 240 in the UK) peaks at 325 (339) which hurts
Yes, I know 220V is available, but 110 is what (mostly) comes out of the wall
If you didn't feel your drill skill was up to it, fair enough. With regard to the warranty though, for stuff that kids play on/with, I don't even look for one. If it's sturdy enough to do the job it won't fail inside the warranty period; if it isn't I'll look elsewhere.
Do you not own a drill?
I'll be on to them in the morning, I don't expect this kind of behaviour from on of the UK's oldest ISPs.
Actually, she does. The Queen has the power to dissolve Parliament at any time and without giving a reason, and no Bill passes into law in the UK without her signature. She is also in supreme command of the Armed Forces, whose oath of loyalty is sworn to her, not to the Government or Parliament. The (unwritten) Constitution of the United Kingdom appears to grant these powers to the reigning monarch on condition that they not be used to thwart the intentions of an elected government.
No, because the average car buyer would have no use for anthing not in a typical owners manual (tyre pressures, oil, coolant and brake fluid grades, service intervals). A fleet buyer of (say) tractor units, running their own maintenance and repair facility, would probably have expected it to be part of the deal, along with a comprehensive workshop manual.
Sadly, for many people, intelligent (or even coherent) conversation appears to be impossible, so they have diversion spoonfed to them via TV. This keeps them docile and occupied, and prevents them from importuning those who would really prefer not to be asked "Wot you lookin' at? Fink yore 'ard, doo yoo?".
Ayn Rand fans might wax lyrical about the virtues of free enterprise, but the fact of the matter is that monopolies just plain suck for everyone involved
Go read 'Atlas Shrugged'. Ms Rand makes that point quite well herself.