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When will people finally get the message that if you trade freedom for security you get (and deserve) neither. Here we are going to Iraq, to save the poor Iraqi's who have no civil liberties. On the other hand the terrorists who come from these "axis of evil" countries are winning, because they are succeeding in getting our rights taken away.
Blunkett has been trying to introduce id cards for some time now. He tried before Sept 11th but could not give a reason how they would help. After 11 Sept he said that the id card system should be introduced in the UK to prevent such events occuring here. How?? Are these cards very large and aeroplane-proof, do they detect terrorists, or are they merely another step towards a 1984-style Big Brother system. In Sweeden (i think, or maybe Denmark), where they have mandatory id cards, a couple of years ago a group of men broke into a bank, stole all the money and left their id cards behind with a short note to the effect of "screw you". The fact that these men had id cards did not help in the slightest, and AFAIK they have not yet been found.
Recently Blunkett has decided it is necessary for all school chidren to be issued with id cards so that it will protect them from negligence by the social services (as in the victoria climbe case). Again, id cards will not have loudspeakers attached to them, or an abuse detector, so having identification will not prevent kids from being beaten up, abducted or murdered. All it will do is allow the government to keep personal information about every person in the country (there is no way to guarantee they will remove the data from their systems when the children have grown up).
As soon as I can vote I will vote Liberal, they may be usless but they arent as useless as the Tories, and Labour is more right wing than the Tories. Better still, I'll vote Socialist.
The problem with boosting confidence in this way is that people will get a false sense of security. While there is no point in causing unneccessary alarm, if people feel secure because of these measures then there is more of a problem than if these measures were not introduced because they will be less vigilant, believing they are perfectly safe as they did pre-11/09 (dd/mm, the UK way!). While it is more comforting to live in blissful ignorance the shock caused by awaking from that dream a second time could cost the American government the trust of their people.
If all that is needed to improve network coverage is a phone, then why don't operators buy back old, out-of-fashion phones that nobody wants, and leave them around but unreachable (eg. on top of lampposts of under pavement tiles). These could be used to improve network coverage dramatically. Sure, they would need a power supply, but no more than any cell tower.
As to the problem of people in the middle of the desert.etc. having poor coverage, im surprised they have any at all. If people know they are likely to spend long periods of time in these areas, it might be worth investing in a satellite phone instead
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For anyone who wants to remove Windows Meesenger from their computer but doesnt know how, click here [grc.com] for the download page of a program written by William Gibson
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When will people finally get the message that if you trade freedom for security you get (and deserve) neither. Here we are going to Iraq, to save the poor Iraqi's who have no civil liberties. On the other hand the terrorists who come from these "axis of evil" countries are winning, because they are succeeding in getting our rights taken away. Blunkett has been trying to introduce id cards for some time now. He tried before Sept 11th but could not give a reason how they would help. After 11 Sept he said that the id card system should be introduced in the UK to prevent such events occuring here. How?? Are these cards very large and aeroplane-proof, do they detect terrorists, or are they merely another step towards a 1984-style Big Brother system. In Sweeden (i think, or maybe Denmark), where they have mandatory id cards, a couple of years ago a group of men broke into a bank, stole all the money and left their id cards behind with a short note to the effect of "screw you". The fact that these men had id cards did not help in the slightest, and AFAIK they have not yet been found. Recently Blunkett has decided it is necessary for all school chidren to be issued with id cards so that it will protect them from negligence by the social services (as in the victoria climbe case). Again, id cards will not have loudspeakers attached to them, or an abuse detector, so having identification will not prevent kids from being beaten up, abducted or murdered. All it will do is allow the government to keep personal information about every person in the country (there is no way to guarantee they will remove the data from their systems when the children have grown up). As soon as I can vote I will vote Liberal, they may be usless but they arent as useless as the Tories, and Labour is more right wing than the Tories. Better still, I'll vote Socialist.
The problem with boosting confidence in this way is that people will get a false sense of security. While there is no point in causing unneccessary alarm, if people feel secure because of these measures then there is more of a problem than if these measures were not introduced because they will be less vigilant, believing they are perfectly safe as they did pre-11/09 (dd/mm, the UK way!). While it is more comforting to live in blissful ignorance the shock caused by awaking from that dream a second time could cost the American government the trust of their people.
If all that is needed to improve network coverage is a phone, then why don't operators buy back old, out-of-fashion phones that nobody wants, and leave them around but unreachable (eg. on top of lampposts of under pavement tiles). These could be used to improve network coverage dramatically. Sure, they would need a power supply, but no more than any cell tower.
As to the problem of people in the middle of the desert.etc. having poor coverage, im surprised they have any at all. If people know they are likely to spend long periods of time in these areas, it might be worth investing in a satellite phone instead
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