Police across the globe abuse their powers but no, your assumption is incorrect.
A police officer can stop and question you in the street or a park or other outside place if s/he suspects you of committing an offence or believes that you have witnessed a possible offence. If you are stopped and questioned, you are expected to be co-operative. You must give your name and address to the officer if asked for it. If you don't, this is an offence and you could be arrested. If the police suspect you of committing an offence they may ask you for an explanation of your behaviour. You have the right to refuse to give an explanation. The police may then detain you for questioning for up to 6 hours; or arrest you for allegedly committing an offence.
They have additional powers of detention under new anti-terrorism legislation, but nothing as draconian as what has appeared in the US recently.
Yes there are loads of CCTV cams. Everywhere. They were introduced gradually over the past 20 years and have become such a part of the public concioussness and don't tend to cause general alarm even when displayed as such:
http://www.art-for-a-change.com/News/eyes.htm/
Perhaps partly because they are also moderately effective in catching perpetrators of violent crime.
If you think that you're more free in the US, take another look around you my friend. Dig your secret police.
Whenever I see articles such as this it reminds of one comissioned by The Evening Standard a while back. It was analysing the amount of time saved and money earnt by big business due to employees working unpaid overtime. I don't do it so much, but I know alot of people who do. I can't recall the exact figures, but it was equivalent to the amount lost each time employees go sick blah blah.
The way I see it, corporate big business gains a hell of alot more from our little wage slavery agreement in return than we, the cogs in the machine do.
Quit your bitching you corporate fat-cats. Haven't you got a yacht that needs refuelling?
Fair's fair, for every study like this, a reverse one should be published in return.
It ain't paedophillia because there ain't any 13 year old girls in short skirts fighting with monsters and stuff.
If there were, then it still wouldn't be paedophillia, but I'll conveniently ignore the facts for you and concede your point.
But hey!! What's the point in letting the truth get in the way of a good accusation huh?
Are you assuming that because it is Japanese then it is going to be fuuuuulllll of 13 year old girls in short skirts fighting with monsters and stuff???! Oh come on, that's just silly!
I mean it'd be like me saying that all Americans are stupid, brainwashed excuses for world citizens. Oh wait a second...
I loved the series of Cowboy Bebop, thought it was great. As a product of the series, the movie was just so-so in my layman opinion.
But that's not why I'm posting. I am actually posting just to wind up all of you animé freaks out there; 2 weeks ago I was at the Tokyo International Animé Festival. And I found it slightly *SHOCK* boring.
Killed a couple of hours though, and the building that it was held in is magnificent. Tokyo Big Sight. Now looking up at that architecture, THAT was entertainment!
Really. A death-throe proposal from one of the industry freeloaders. And they call themselves politicians. Bah!
Added value, every time this is discussed on/. RIAA finks trawl through the replies and see our responses.
Then go back and shit their loads all over valenti et als desks.
Its B-eautiful
Bet if you wear all of that at once you'll play havoc with yours,
Sounds cool though
Just an aside before my main mainness
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is the way in which e-mail can be maliciously exploited.
Its far too reliant upon the goodwill of the general populace vis-a-vis, hate someone? Spread their email through usenet.
Yet this situation rarely occurs. So what does that say about society/humanity?
OR rather, what does that say about my warped, paranoid mind?
But that is really an aside.
Really I'd like to bring up the topic of the use of "mate" in the main post. Good good, he is a brit(hate that term, but johnny-foreigner seems to use it alot)/aussie/kiwi/canuck. Language will be disseminated whatever the weather; and in the projects of where-the-fuckever east new york mad props will be given to nigga homey-"mates" down the "pub".
Cool enough, I was on a ship going around the bahamas and tuned into some US basketball game and the commentator called his fellow "mate".
But more importantly, I WISH TO HEREBY RECOMMEND THAT THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD (OR more relevantly to me, the UK populace as a whole accept defeat and adopt US spelling) Cos, I got to deal with americans and english people spelling differently, and I would be more than happy to drop colour for color if you see my point. It's just a fucking hassle.
Whoever the fuck thought that he was making a statement by fucking with the spelling back in the US civil war was right and I bow to him,
So when a Iraqi comes after your man (or rather the only target he can reach; innocent american civilians) for killing a few hundred thousand of his fellow citizens, you'll be cool, right?
Most of the victims in the wtc weren;t even yanks, but even if they were> The world was fucking round last time I checked.
Listen asshole. How dare someone attack such a righteous and democratic country eh? Well, it aint so free and democratic. Breaking news??
I bet you were part of the contingent that raised more money for Morgan Stanley et al (LIKE THEY NEED YOUR MONEY!!) than for Live-aid. There it is right there. A campaign raised more cash for the richest organisations in the world than for the poorest individuals. And there;s nothing wrong with that right? HEH HEH, (I;m only laughing cos itd be tears otherwise)
Growing up in SE UK we lived near part of the echelon system. In hampshire, near Alton I recall there were these giant "golfballs".
Hell, we knew what they were all about back then. Well, kind of.
We just knew that they were part of a listening system that tapped into phonecalls.
As a child, I used to imagine men in black turning up for work every day in right hand drive cadillacs and listening to english housewives talk about the weather
And you obviously consider the world to have commendable level of peace.
Of course here in western europe, australasia and the US that is true, but the majority of the rest of the world tells a different story. But fuck the little brown people in their mud-huts eh?
Of course, you are quite correct when you say that this is largely due to the influence of the US military/government
Man, I'm glad that I'm not looking through your belief window!
Fairly so-so about animé. Live action movies too. Come to think about it, any form of entertainment that doesn't come between 2 covers of paper or on a monitor. I don't even have a tv for goodness sakes.
I love GITS the movie, Stand Alone Complex is ok, if a little convoluted at times. Akira, obviously, and I have fond memories from my teenage years of Crying Freeman, Fist of the North Star, Legend of the Overfiend and a few others.
My wife fansubs a few series, and our hard drive is chock full of many many series. (Over 20gb of pure animé).She reckoned that I would enjoy CB and she was right. CB is the DOG'S BOLLOCKS. And gets the Tenjah-Tenstar official seal of approval.
If ur only so-so about animé, CB won't dissapoint!
Your sentence mentioning sound quality is comparing like for like in your example. This is not a valid argument against the original posters.
Having said that, neither of you are allowing for the fact that technology is an unstoppable force that is first brought to the masses through so called "early enablers". A more representative way of stating your claim would be;
"If you think sound quality is important for most people, look at all the portable CD players that have recently come out and how well they are selling. Can anyone say Sony CD-Man?"
Typical,
Bloody Americans threatening to take your bat and ball home. Not that the rest of us'd give much of a fuck.
You aint so big sunshine. And you're gonna find out soon enough.
Yeee-hawww!!
Countries that border the countries that the immigrants are leaving take the majority of them. It is human nature to seek out the best opportunity for oneself and one's kin. And if that means travelling half-way around the world to suffocate in a tomato truck so be it.
I understand that the nature of your work will have brought you into contact with the darker side, but I doubt that you will suffer at the hands of these people, even the criminals and cuthroats amongst them. So pipe down. As a nation we are taking 2% of global asylum. If you take your head out of the Sun/Daily Mail/Telegraph, You'll realise. It's no BIG fucking deal. And to the guy whose Benefits office friend is being threatened. Oh please. Tell the filth, or find out where they live and firebomb them.
Unless they're the Albanians, in which case, just tell her to run.
I know that these stories are relevant, but Slashdot this morning is looking ominously like the copy of metro (free subway "news"paper) that I was reading on the tube today.
Just don't let the next story be about Britney Spears and that lame Limp Bizkit singer splitting up, or getting together, or whatever it is they are up to.
Yes, well, perhaps you haven't quite yet worked out that the INTERNET is an INTERNATIONAL medium, and that what with AUSTRALIA being a COUNTRY in the WORLD then you are very likely to have stories concerning it.
Particularly more so than the somewhat less "developed" countries such as Khazakstan, Guatemala, and Bangladesh where little tech news/discoveries/events are happening..
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Ok, that's enough advertising.
Incidentally, I've only experienced a message not being delivered once, on new years eve 1999. But then again, I avoid using my mobile for voice calls let alone nasty txt mssgs!
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A police officer can stop and question you in the street or a park or other outside place if s/he suspects you of committing an offence or believes that you have witnessed a possible offence. If you are stopped and questioned, you are expected to be co-operative. You must give your name and address to the officer if asked for it. If you don't, this is an offence and you could be arrested. If the police suspect you of committing an offence they may ask you for an explanation of your behaviour. You have the right to refuse to give an explanation. The police may then detain you for questioning for up to 6 hours; or arrest you for allegedly committing an offence.
They have additional powers of detention under new anti-terrorism legislation, but nothing as draconian as what has appeared in the US recently.
Yes there are loads of CCTV cams. Everywhere. They were introduced gradually over the past 20 years and have become such a part of the public concioussness and don't tend to cause general alarm even when displayed as such: http://www.art-for-a-change.com/News/eyes.htm/
Perhaps partly because they are also moderately effective in catching perpetrators of violent crime.
If you think that you're more free in the US, take another look around you my friend. Dig your secret police.
Just before bed so I'll post this quickly.
Whenever I see articles such as this it reminds of one comissioned by The Evening Standard a while back. It was analysing the amount of time saved and money earnt by big business due to employees working unpaid overtime. I don't do it so much, but I know alot of people who do. I can't recall the exact figures, but it was equivalent to the amount lost each time employees go sick blah blah.
The way I see it, corporate big business gains a hell of alot more from our little wage slavery agreement in return than we, the cogs in the machine do.
Quit your bitching you corporate fat-cats. Haven't you got a yacht that needs refuelling?
Fair's fair, for every study like this, a reverse one should be published in return.
It ain't paedophillia because there ain't any 13 year old girls in short skirts fighting with monsters and stuff.
If there were, then it still wouldn't be paedophillia, but I'll conveniently ignore the facts for you and concede your point.
But hey!! What's the point in letting the truth get in the way of a good accusation huh?
Are you assuming that because it is Japanese then it is going to be fuuuuulllll of 13 year old girls in short skirts fighting with monsters and stuff???! Oh come on, that's just silly!
I mean it'd be like me saying that all Americans are stupid, brainwashed excuses for world citizens. Oh wait a second...
I loved the series of Cowboy Bebop, thought it was great. As a product of the series, the movie was just so-so in my layman opinion.
But that's not why I'm posting. I am actually posting just to wind up all of you animé freaks out there; 2 weeks ago I was at the Tokyo International Animé Festival. And I found it slightly *SHOCK* boring.
Killed a couple of hours though, and the building that it was held in is magnificent. Tokyo Big Sight. Now looking up at that architecture, THAT was entertainment!
I am on holiday in Japan yet again,
Only, this time around I see adverts everywhere for.....
100 MBP optical fibre connections for 15 quid ($22?) PER MONTH with NO BANDWITH CAP!
Hmmmmmm, its times like these that the good old "living in an underdeveloped country" feeling kicks in again.
Really, the above story SHOULD be irrelevant.
If they can do it, why can't we? And I won't take the old horseshit about population density.
The UK is not Australia, and even if it were, I would at least expect Sydney et al. (that goes for New York etc too) to be comparitively connected.
But I was at the *cough* Tokyo International Anime festival on Friday
Just thought I'd mention it for all you anime whacko^freaks
But, I was at the *cough* Tokyo International Anime Festival on Friday
Just thought I'd rub it in for all you anime whacko^freaks
Really. A death-throe proposal from one of the industry freeloaders. And they call themselves politicians. Bah! Added value, every time this is discussed on /. RIAA finks trawl through the replies and see our responses.
Then go back and shit their loads all over valenti et als desks.
Its B-eautiful
Bet if you wear all of that at once you'll play havoc with yours,
Sounds cool though
is the way in which e-mail can be maliciously exploited.
Its far too reliant upon the goodwill of the general populace vis-a-vis, hate someone? Spread their email through usenet.
Yet this situation rarely occurs. So what does that say about society/humanity?
OR rather, what does that say about my warped, paranoid mind?
But that is really an aside.
Really I'd like to bring up the topic of the use of "mate" in the main post. Good good, he is a brit(hate that term, but johnny-foreigner seems to use it alot)/aussie/kiwi/canuck. Language will be disseminated whatever the weather; and in the projects of where-the-fuckever east new york mad props will be given to nigga homey-"mates" down the "pub".
Cool enough, I was on a ship going around the bahamas and tuned into some US basketball game and the commentator called his fellow "mate".
But more importantly, I WISH TO HEREBY RECOMMEND THAT THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD (OR more relevantly to me, the UK populace as a whole accept defeat and adopt US spelling) Cos, I got to deal with americans and english people spelling differently, and I would be more than happy to drop colour for color if you see my point. It's just a fucking hassle.
Whoever the fuck thought that he was making a statement by fucking with the spelling back in the US civil war was right and I bow to him,
Fuck america, but let's adopt the spelling!
So when a Iraqi comes after your man (or rather the only target he can reach; innocent american civilians) for killing a few hundred thousand of his fellow citizens, you'll be cool, right?
Most of the victims in the wtc weren;t even yanks, but even if they were> The world was fucking round last time I checked.
Listen asshole. How dare someone attack such a righteous and democratic country eh? Well, it aint so free and democratic. Breaking news??
I bet you were part of the contingent that raised more money for Morgan Stanley et al (LIKE THEY NEED YOUR MONEY!!) than for Live-aid. There it is right there. A campaign raised more cash for the richest organisations in the world than for the poorest individuals. And there;s nothing wrong with that right? HEH HEH, (I;m only laughing cos itd be tears otherwise)
Goodnight, and goodluck
BTW, that'd be LEFT hand drive cadillacs. You hear me? LEFT.
Who says 2:30pm is too early for whisky??!
Growing up in SE UK we lived near part of the echelon system. In hampshire, near Alton I recall there were these giant "golfballs".
Hell, we knew what they were all about back then. Well, kind of.
We just knew that they were part of a listening system that tapped into phonecalls.
As a child, I used to imagine men in black turning up for work every day in right hand drive cadillacs and listening to english housewives talk about the weather
But they were very impressive looking golfballs
And you obviously consider the world to have commendable level of peace.
Of course here in western europe, australasia and the US that is true, but the majority of the rest of the world tells a different story. But fuck the little brown people in their mud-huts eh?
Of course, you are quite correct when you say that this is largely due to the influence of the US military/government
Man, I'm glad that I'm not looking through your belief window!
Fairly so-so about animé. Live action movies too. Come to think about it, any form of entertainment that doesn't come between 2 covers of paper or on a monitor. I don't even have a tv for goodness sakes.
I love GITS the movie, Stand Alone Complex is ok, if a little convoluted at times. Akira, obviously, and I have fond memories from my teenage years of Crying Freeman, Fist of the North Star, Legend of the Overfiend and a few others.
My wife fansubs a few series, and our hard drive is chock full of many many series. (Over 20gb of pure animé).She reckoned that I would enjoy CB and she was right. CB is the DOG'S BOLLOCKS. And gets the Tenjah-Tenstar official seal of approval.
If ur only so-so about animé, CB won't dissapoint!
Your sentence mentioning sound quality is comparing like for like in your example. This is not a valid argument against the original posters. Having said that, neither of you are allowing for the fact that technology is an unstoppable force that is first brought to the masses through so called "early enablers". A more representative way of stating your claim would be; "If you think sound quality is important for most people, look at all the portable CD players that have recently come out and how well they are selling. Can anyone say Sony CD-Man?"
Err..."Might be"???!!!
Typical, Bloody Americans threatening to take your bat and ball home. Not that the rest of us'd give much of a fuck. You aint so big sunshine. And you're gonna find out soon enough. Yeee-hawww!!
Yeah, I was referring to the life of brian, but i concede your point due to it being a lame joke anyway
Me and my wife own the domain
Countries that border the countries that the immigrants are leaving take the majority of them. It is human nature to seek out the best opportunity for oneself and one's kin. And if that means travelling half-way around the world to suffocate in a tomato truck so be it. I understand that the nature of your work will have brought you into contact with the darker side, but I doubt that you will suffer at the hands of these people, even the criminals and cuthroats amongst them. So pipe down. As a nation we are taking 2% of global asylum. If you take your head out of the Sun/Daily Mail/Telegraph, You'll realise. It's no BIG fucking deal. And to the guy whose Benefits office friend is being threatened. Oh please. Tell the filth, or find out where they live and firebomb them. Unless they're the Albanians, in which case, just tell her to run.
Four winged dinosaurs, printed livers...
I know that these stories are relevant, but Slashdot this morning is looking ominously like the copy of metro (free subway "news"paper) that I was reading on the tube today.
Just don't let the next story be about Britney Spears and that lame Limp Bizkit singer splitting up, or getting together, or whatever it is they are up to.
Yes, well, perhaps you haven't quite yet worked out that the INTERNET is an INTERNATIONAL medium, and that what with AUSTRALIA being a COUNTRY in the WORLD then you are very likely to have stories concerning it.
/. recently? Give me a break son.
Particularly more so than the somewhat less "developed" countries such as Khazakstan, Guatemala, and Bangladesh where little tech news/discoveries/events are happening..
I'm guessing you are an american right? Too bad, but I have no axe to grind. I aint an Aussie either, but it's people like you who make this Americans annoyed by all this international shit on the internet report all the funnier.
Anyone noticed the amount of american stories appearing on
Oh, and the relevancy of the story to readers is inherent to the competition to discover the PM of Australia's email addre....ahh...forget it
Here, in the UK at least and probably Europe wide, we send sms over both the SS7 network and the internet.
Check out this page and this page for free text messaging.
100 free per month, and U GT 2 USE A QBOARD 2 INPUT LTTRS! THNK FCK!
Ok, that's enough advertising.
Incidentally, I've only experienced a message not being delivered once, on new years eve 1999. But then again, I avoid using my mobile for voice calls let alone nasty txt mssgs!
ok ok ok...
7th post?