If correct that does not surprise me. The Sun is well known (in the UK) to never let the truth get in the way of a good story, especially if the story involves sex.
They have already chosen the logo and colour scheme.
As for your references to Soviet UK, it should be noted that nepotism exists across the political spectrum. Yes we have too many quango's under the current Labour Government, just as we had too many quango's under the previous Conservative government...
I am sorry but that does not sound plausible. An ambulance will always be dispatched for that type of injury, it may be not always be classed as an emergency response and so may be delayed due to higher priority incidents but an ambulance will always arrive.
My mother fell and broke her hip in 2005. A neighbour heard the fall, went in to the house saw my mother on the floor and called the emergency services, the neighbour then rang me.
I left work, got on my motorcycle and did a high speed dash from my place of work to my mothers house (about 15 miles on the motorway), luckily there were no police on that portion of it. By the time I arrived at my mothers, the ambulance had arrived, had assessed her and were in the process of transferring her to the ambulance.
The NHS has a number of problems, but I have never known the ambulance service to out-right refuse to attend a scene. Mistakes can and have been made by dispatchers wrongly categorising injuries, but generally elderly people that fall are classed as high priority regardless of the symptoms.
I have come to the conclusion that for professional politicians it is far more important to be seen to be doing something (anything), than it is for them to actually do something effectively.
This appears to be nothing more than a public relations exercise designed to show the voters that the government has their best interest at heart.
Our population is rising, if you believe the BNP & the right wing tabloid press, this is solely down to a combination of immigration (from Eastern Europe) & the large number of children in ethnic minority families.
I have not seen an official breakdown explaining the rise in population and given that our next official census is not until 2011, I doubt I will see one before then.
You appear to be placing the blame for the problem on the current Labour Government, this IMHO is generalising things. We have spent more time in the last 30 years under a right wing government (the Conservative Party) than we have under the Labour Party. It is should also be noted that these problems existed under the Conservative Government.
The Anti-Social Behaviour Order legislation (commonly referred to as an ASBO) was first put before parliament by the Labour Government in December 1997 (approx 7 months after coming to power), it became law in July 1998 (approx 14 months after coming to power). One of the reasons for the legislation was to tackle such unruly behaviour by children, behaviour that whilst annoying, was previously not deemed as serious enough to warrant a police investigation / prosecution.
There are many reason why certain areas of the country experience these problems, from poverty to lack of parental control, but I believe that the lack of urban recreation areas has certainly contributed to the problem. Under the Conservative Government recreational land was sold off for housing, this policy continued under the current Labour Government.
I was brought up on a large council estate (for you Americans, read public housing) on the outskirts of a large northern england city. Whilst both my estate, and the city in general were poor, we at least had decent recreational land, 3 football pitches, 2 rugby pitches, 2 sand pits, running tracks and a cricket pitch. I recently revisited the area. Now there is only 1 remaining football pitch, the rest has been turned into housing (and housing that is far more densely concentrated than the old council estate ever was).
TLDR / Executive Summary Both sides of the political spectrum in the UK have contributed to the problem, so it is unfair to place the blame on only one side.
or not..."It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Von."
Hmmm
If memory servers me correctly that quote is from before Alex went to prison and had the treatment. After prison he could not stand classical music, indeed it was classical music (played very loudly) that caused Alex to attempt to commit suicide.
It has been some time since I last watched the film, so I cannot remember what music it was that was played when he was locked in the room prior to the suicide attempt. I think (but am unsure) that it was the glorious 9th that was being played.
I don't believe the blame can be (entirely) placed on the Labour Government, I did not trust the police before Labour came to power. There are numerous examples of the police abusing their powers under previous governments.
Perhaps they are all fans of the Chronicles of Gor by John Norman, and really want to search the blind spot to see if Gor, or counter-earth as it is also known, actually exists...
snip... the IRA, seeing its major source of funds dry up, became a lot more willing to negotiate.
Hmmm
Credit where credit is due, the republican movement had shown they were willing to negotiate several years before 9/11. The good friday peace agreement occurred in april 1998, negotiations had started under the previous conservative government led by John Major.
Regardless of how much money this deal would save you, I would say no. I am cynical about the motives of the insurance company. I am from the UK, I have seen such assurances about potentially intrusive systems given many times, in the end the assurances all turned out to be worthless. Any system that can be abused will be abused.
Gordon Brown has been a Member of Parliament since 1983. The Scottish Parliament was created in 1998.
The post of the Prime Minister of the Uk is not an elected one. It is a post that is given to the leader of the parliamentary party that has a majority in the house of commons. I keep seeing the same charges levelled against Brown, he is not unique in having risen to be Prime Minister without being leader of the party at the time of the election. Off the top of my head I can think of 2 others. James Callaghan took over when Harold Wilson retired. John Major took over after Thatcher was ousted.
Over here in the uk, it is common practice for the police to request phone logs of motorists involved in serious accidents. There have been a number of successful prosecutions of drivers where the records have shown the motorists were either texting or on the phone at the time of the accident.
As a motorcyclist I agree with this legislation, I have enough problems with drivers not seeing me due to them not paying enough care and attention to the road without adding texting to the equation.
"snip...And this lady is bitter that she hasn't received recognition from the British government?..."
This is the United Kingdom, this is the place where we recognise / honour people in the honours lists every year for seemingly no more reason than that they... 1. had the right parents. 2. went to the right schools and universities. 3. worked in the civil service. 4. donated money to a political party. 5. are / were a celebrity.
The Bletchley Park staff were far more deserving of honours and recognition than a lot of the people that have been honoured through the lists and yet they were ignored. The various governments since the war could have quietly honoured / recognised those people for "Services to the Nation" without going into any details of what they did, but for whatever reason, they didn't. So yes,I can understand why some of the staff might be bitter.
From the Link : "According to the court's ruling, the musicians - Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Roger Glover - should have obtained a license from the all-Russian NGO, "Russian Authors' Society" for the public performance of any of their songs. The organization represents the rights of foreign performers in Russia - even without these performers giving the NGO permission to represent them."
No, they were sued because they failed to grease the palms of the state endorsed monopoly that controls performances in Russia. I do wonder how much it would have cost them to obtain a license and just how little of that money they would have got as a Royalty payment?
"You really think that MS would be the one hurting if the EU prevented the sale of Microsoft software? How naive are you? Such a ban would last all of 15 minutes before panicked EU politicos apologized profusely, lifted the ban and resigned." Hmmm
It would appear that you are the naive one. Expecting a politician to admit to, apologise for and resign over a mistake is stretching the bounds of credibility too far.
"pissing off a big corporation.. Europe, get ready to pay back the massive fines microsoft was forced to pay by European legislators. Bend over and take it."
An interesting post, however it has one slight flaw...You appear to be suggesting that the reason for the high price is the recent fine that was imposed on M$. It isn't. M$ has always ignored actual currency exchange rates and fixed its prices at a rate that is most favourable to itself. This is merely business as usual for M$.
"By the time a product reaches beta stages, it's essentially done, and just needs a small amount of polish before release."
Hmmm
In theory you are correct, in practice the majority of MMOG's need / needed more than "a small amount of polish" in beta. In most cases the games needed a large amount of work during the first few months after the game launched.
snip... What I really don't understand are the abstainers, who couldn't have an opinion on this?
Hmmm
It is not that they do not have opinions, it is far more likely that they do not want to have their opinions on the record...Doing so might curtail investments or business opportunities...
Slashdot Mirror
Hmmm
Actually, in the UK it is more likely be salt and vinegar, and mayonnaise is more frequently served with chips in mainland Europe.
If correct that does not surprise me. The Sun is well known (in the UK) to never let the truth get in the way of a good story, especially if the story involves sex.
Actually it was Captain Darling...and of course he would be the PA to the head of the UKSA one General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett
Hmmm
They have already chosen the logo and colour scheme.
As for your references to Soviet UK, it should be noted that nepotism exists across the political spectrum. Yes we have too many quango's under the current Labour Government, just as we had too many quango's under the previous Conservative government...
...and Lord Flashheart will be the test pilot...
Hmmm
I am sorry but that does not sound plausible. An ambulance will always be dispatched for that type of injury, it may be not always be classed as an emergency response and so may be delayed due to higher priority incidents but an ambulance will always arrive.
My mother fell and broke her hip in 2005. A neighbour heard the fall, went in to the house saw my mother on the floor and called the emergency services, the neighbour then rang me.
I left work, got on my motorcycle and did a high speed dash from my place of work to my mothers house (about 15 miles on the motorway), luckily there were no police on that portion of it. By the time I arrived at my mothers, the ambulance had arrived, had assessed her and were in the process of transferring her to the ambulance.
The NHS has a number of problems, but I have never known the ambulance service to out-right refuse to attend a scene. Mistakes can and have been made by dispatchers wrongly categorising injuries, but generally elderly people that fall are classed as high priority regardless of the symptoms.
Hmmm
For MPs the ability to distinguish between the two would surely depend on whether one of them resulted in a higher expenses claim.
Hmmm
I have come to the conclusion that for professional politicians it is far more important to be seen to be doing something (anything), than it is for them to actually do something effectively.
This appears to be nothing more than a public relations exercise designed to show the voters that the government has their best interest at heart.
Hmmm
Our population is rising, if you believe the BNP & the right wing tabloid press, this is solely down to a combination of immigration (from Eastern Europe) & the large number of children in ethnic minority families.
I have not seen an official breakdown explaining the rise in population and given that our next official census is not until 2011, I doubt I will see one before then.
Hmmm
You appear to be placing the blame for the problem on the current Labour Government, this IMHO is generalising things. We have spent more time in the last 30 years under a right wing government (the Conservative Party) than we have under the Labour Party. It is should also be noted that these problems existed under the Conservative Government.
The Anti-Social Behaviour Order legislation (commonly referred to as an ASBO) was first put before parliament by the Labour Government in December 1997 (approx 7 months after coming to power), it became law in July 1998 (approx 14 months after coming to power). One of the reasons for the legislation was to tackle such unruly behaviour by children, behaviour that whilst annoying, was previously not deemed as serious enough to warrant a police investigation / prosecution.
There are many reason why certain areas of the country experience these problems, from poverty to lack of parental control, but I believe that the lack of urban recreation areas has certainly contributed to the problem. Under the Conservative Government recreational land was sold off for housing, this policy continued under the current Labour Government.
I was brought up on a large council estate (for you Americans, read public housing) on the outskirts of a large northern england city. Whilst both my estate, and the city in general were poor, we at least had decent recreational land, 3 football pitches, 2 rugby pitches, 2 sand pits, running tracks and a cricket pitch. I recently revisited the area. Now there is only 1 remaining football pitch, the rest has been turned into housing (and housing that is far more densely concentrated than the old council estate ever was).
TLDR / Executive Summary
Both sides of the political spectrum in the UK have contributed to the problem, so it is unfair to place the blame on only one side.
or not..."It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Von."
Hmmm
If memory servers me correctly that quote is from before Alex went to prison and had the treatment. After prison he could not stand classical music, indeed it was classical music (played very loudly) that caused Alex to attempt to commit suicide.
It has been some time since I last watched the film, so I cannot remember what music it was that was played when he was locked in the room prior to the suicide attempt. I think (but am unsure) that it was the glorious 9th that was being played.
Hmmm
I don't believe the blame can be (entirely) placed on the Labour Government, I did not trust the police before Labour came to power. There are numerous examples of the police abusing their powers under previous governments.
Hmmm
Perhaps they are all fans of the Chronicles of Gor by John Norman, and really want to search the blind spot to see if Gor, or counter-earth as it is also known, actually exists...
snip...
the IRA, seeing its major source of funds dry up, became a lot more willing to negotiate.
Hmmm
Credit where credit is due, the republican movement had shown they were willing to negotiate several years before 9/11. The good friday peace agreement occurred in april 1998, negotiations had started under the previous conservative government led by John Major.
Hmmm
Regardless of how much money this deal would save you, I would say no. I am cynical about the motives of the insurance company. I am from the UK, I have seen such assurances about potentially intrusive systems given many times, in the end the assurances all turned out to be worthless. Any system that can be abused will be abused.
Hmmm
Gordon Brown has been a Member of Parliament since 1983. The Scottish Parliament was created in 1998.
The post of the Prime Minister of the Uk is not an elected one. It is a post that is given to the leader of the parliamentary party that has a majority in the house of commons. I keep seeing the same charges levelled against Brown, he is not unique in having risen to be Prime Minister without being leader of the party at the time of the election. Off the top of my head I can think of 2 others. James Callaghan took over when Harold Wilson retired. John Major took over after Thatcher was ousted.
Hmmm
Over here in the uk, it is common practice for the police to request phone logs of motorists involved in serious accidents. There have been a number of successful prosecutions of drivers where the records have shown the motorists were either texting or on the phone at the time of the accident.
As a motorcyclist I agree with this legislation, I have enough problems with drivers not seeing me due to them not paying enough care and attention to the road without adding texting to the equation.
"snip...And this lady is bitter that she hasn't received recognition from the British government?..."
This is the United Kingdom, this is the place where we recognise / honour people in the honours lists every year for seemingly no more reason than that they...
1. had the right parents.
2. went to the right schools and universities.
3. worked in the civil service.
4. donated money to a political party.
5. are / were a celebrity.
The Bletchley Park staff were far more deserving of honours and recognition than a lot of the people that have been honoured through the lists and yet they were ignored. The various governments since the war could have quietly honoured / recognised those people for "Services to the Nation" without going into any details of what they did, but for whatever reason, they didn't. So yes ,I can understand why some of the staff might be bitter.
From the Link :
"According to the court's ruling, the musicians - Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Roger Glover - should have obtained a license from the all-Russian NGO, "Russian Authors' Society" for the public performance of any of their songs. The organization represents the rights of foreign performers in Russia - even without these performers giving the NGO permission to represent them."
No, they were sued because they failed to grease the palms of the state endorsed monopoly that controls performances in Russia. I do wonder how much it would have cost them to obtain a license and just how little of that money they would have got as a Royalty payment?
Hmmm
The incident happened in Menorca, the USA's DHS has no jurisdiction in Europe...
"You really think that MS would be the one hurting if the EU prevented the sale of Microsoft software? How naive are you? Such a ban would last all of 15 minutes before panicked EU politicos apologized profusely, lifted the ban and resigned."
Hmmm
It would appear that you are the naive one. Expecting a politician to admit to, apologise for and resign over a mistake is stretching the bounds of credibility too far.
"pissing off a big corporation.. Europe, get ready to pay back the massive fines microsoft was forced to pay by European legislators. Bend over and take it."
An interesting post, however it has one slight flaw...You appear to be suggesting that the reason for the high price is the recent fine that was imposed on M$. It isn't. M$ has always ignored actual currency exchange rates and fixed its prices at a rate that is most favourable to itself. This is merely business as usual for M$.
"By the time a product reaches beta stages, it's essentially done, and just needs a small amount of polish before release."
Hmmm
In theory you are correct, in practice the majority of MMOG's need / needed more than "a small amount of polish" in beta. In most cases the games needed a large amount of work during the first few months after the game launched.
snip...
What I really don't understand are the abstainers, who couldn't have an opinion on this?
Hmmm
It is not that they do not have opinions, it is far more likely that they do not want to have their opinions on the record...Doing so might curtail investments or business opportunities...
Woosh. Really? Spiderman ISN'T real? Why haven't I read about this on slashdot before?
Do you filter out articles posted by kdawson?