I'm not sure what the question means, but a government agency publishing things in a format that's owned by one company is pushing that company's fortune at the expense of all others. The BBC is not a government agency. It is a corporation in it's own right with a mandate from the Government.
Just shows how backwards US trucks are. In the EU, they've a plethora of safety features required as standard. ABS on the trailers has been mandatory for a decade and a half and ABS on the trailers is now being replaced by EBS where every single wheel can be braked to a different level. Also EU lorries have been moving from drum to disc brakes for quite some time too. Add to that the improvements in rear/side visibility.
I can only laugh that the Brittish people are paying for this.
It's self funding from the parking fines levied. Car drivers in the UK seem to be more than willing to pay. One speeding camera alone in a set of roadworks on the M4 in the UK racked up over £60,000 in fines in a week.
What is going on in that country? The citizens of UK must be some poor scared to death by the government people. They are probably afraid of their own shadows. That country is sooo creepy, I guess I won't need to buy next version of Half Life anymore, just get a ticket to UK and experience it live!:)
Actually we're not. I guess it's because our law enforcement acts in a different way. The primary role is to serve the public whereas in the US it is to uphold the law. It ends up in a completely different style of law enforcement.
When we look at how your Police work, they seem to overreact to every minor misdemeanour. Take for example, being caught with a joint. In the UK, a bobby will take that joint, destroy it and issue you with a street verbal warning. Likewise drinking beer in a public place where bylaws prohibit. It'll be poured down the drain and you sent on your way. If you're drunk and incapable, providing you're not causing any trouble, they'll either get you a taxi or give you a ride home.
In the USA, no matter how compliant you are, you'll have four officers (half the Dept. if one of them is filming COPS) with guns drawn wrestle you to the ground, handcuff you and put you in jail overnight.
Actually, the reason a little village is safer, is because there are more police per 1000 people than in a city.
BWAHAHAHAHA....funniest thing I've heard for ages.
Once it gets past 5pm here in Driffield, E. Yorks the Police station closes. There are four officers in two 4x4's to patrol the town and a dozen outlying villages. Sure there's the area traffic cars floating around the county but for officers dedicated to covering the area, there's four. Good job the residents of the town are fairly law abiding.
In other words, in combination with all the other surveillance devices it will become more and more trivial to plot where a certain license plate was at almost any point in time (for the times you donot have data points you can make educated guesses based on travel time between the data points you do have).
Err....that already happens. We have a ANPR system for that. THe Trafficmaster system also does that to some point as do SPECS cameras. Google "Ring of Steel London" for an example of how such systems have been used to track the journey of a criminal.
You'd be pissed off if they didn't exist. Just look at the mayhem that happened in that Gloucestershire town when it had no traffic wardens. Double and triple parking, parking wherever people wanted even though it blocked access for delivery vehicles. A right nightmare.
The truth is that the average British motorist can't be trusted to exercise discipline and self restraint.
Sadly, it was a report indicative of the way BBC Journalism has gone down the pan. Jeremy Vine, host of Panorama, is noted for a "Daily Wail think of the chiiiilldruun" type of sensationalist reporting.
There were very few hard facts in the programme. The part showing the strength of the signal at a phone mast and laptop was very dubious. At no point were you shown what was being measured. All you were shown was a display that showed one value then the other. For all we know, it could have been showing dB levels which have bugger all to do with how strong the signal is.
Also the fact that Wifi signals are 600 times lower than the govt guidelines was glossed over as quickly as possible.
The usual string of scientist who would agree that the sky is pink in order to get on TV were trotted out.
Once upon a time, Panorama was a programme to be taken seriously. Now it is nothing more than a mockery.
"They'd probably quickly become the target of class-action lawsuit if they tried that. They may end up with one anyway - does this "live" service do anything other than play multiplayer games? Like software updates, 'free' games and/or other downloads? If so, then depriving the users that have paid for all of those services on the mere suspicion of mis-using one of the services may not sit so well."
They wouldn't have a leg to stand on seeing as the T&C for XBox Live have terms specifically dealing with modded consoles which basically say if you get caught, the console is blacklisted.
1. The USA is the world's most progressive nation, in the sense that it is the first and best democracy,
You may want to take a look at your history books. I think you'll find the British Parliament preceeds your democracy by a fair bit and has been used as a foundation for many democracies across the world.
I will say, however, that this is the first time I've heard of anything involving extradition for violating US law when the person involved has never set foot in the US, and the crimes never took place on US soil.
You obviously missed the story about Gary McKinnon then.
The United States is one of the most benign superpowers ever. Are we as bad as the Romans, British, or even the French when they were colonial powers. We are not even attempting to be a colonial power like any of those nations.
At least with the Romans and the British, et al, you knew what you were getting. It was all up front with big armies and absolutely no pretence of what was being done. Non of this "We're here to liberate you from a dictator" when what they actually meant was they wanted control of the oil. No, it was "You have what we want and we have a better army so we're gonna take it."
The way the US Govt is doing it everything is done by the back door so the public never gets to see the true scale of the way the US rides roughshod over other countries own judiciary.
The people who whine about this shit don't understand that it just isn't that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. A very small amount of the population stands to lose, while more of the population stands to gain.
Stupid fucking moron. The people who are losing are the people who create it. With games for example costing £millions to make, eventually they'll get to a point where they can no longer afford to do it and go out of business so anything they would have come up with in the future no longer happens. Who wins then? It's the fucking morons like you who are the ones who don't understand.
I bet you still live at home with your parents and are at best a wage slave.
This will only work if Canada decides to accept the RFID Driving Licence as a valid document for entry. They don't have to. Washington can come out with this and Canada can just completely ignore it. You'd still need a passport to get into Canada.
That is absolutely frightening. That means that if I have a legitimate legal beef with a government or commercial entity that spends tens of thousands of dollars per day on an army of powerful lawyers for months on end and the judge or jury eventually rules in their favor that I'm going to be bankrupt and my entire life will be ruined from that point forward.
Not quite as straightforward as that. The judge will look at the financial standing of both parties. For example, if the winning party was a big multinational company and the losing party was a Joe Average on low wages, the likelihood of costs being awarded would be next to nil as Joe has no ability to pay if they are. What could happen is that a measured percentage of costs may be awarded.
Hell tony blair is not only a lapdog but he barks when commanded by us.
Thankfully it appears he has seen the light. A couple of weeks ago, BBC News carried a story which said that T.Blair was going to re-examine our placing on the international stage. Looks like he's thinking of moving further away from the US and closer to Europe after several years of being shit on by the Bush Administration.
In a recent story about a friendly fire incident in Iraq, one of your fuckwit citizens summed up your nations attitude perfectly. His comments were; "You can't shoot drive and talk at the same time. We don't need you." The ironic part is that as it was an interview about a USAF A-10 pilot involved in a Blue on Blue incident when he shot up a UK armoured unit despite seeing the orange panels, his comments were more appropriate to how our forces feel about yours.
FTA: "You have to prove that the person was camcording and using it to generate revenue. It is virtually impossible to do that," he said." Unless you can assign blame to the person recording in your theatre, your law doesn't have any teeth."
You mean you actually have to do something like prove that a crime was committed? That's what really upsets Hollywood -the fact that the Canadian justice system actually requires actual real proof of an actual crime having taken place unlike the USA where Hollywood have bought so much of the Government and DOJ that they can just point the finger and say "He did it. Jail that man!"
Yes. The linux loonies have run out of arguments a long time ago so they just keep repeating the same bullshit in the hope people will eventually believe it.
If I had a dollar for every article I'd read proclaiming Linux to be ready for primetime, Linux will beat Windows, this is the year of the Linux desktop, I'd be a very rich man.
OTOH, if I'd had a million dollars for everytime it became true, I'd be living under a bridge feasting out of the bins behind the restaurant.
It is an overall regression when you look at the most important aspect of owning and using a computer: your control over what it does.
WHAT THE FUCK? It's an overall regression when I go to install some software to find that I've got to spend half a day downloading updated (or in some cases older) libraries to have along side the existing versions which different software needs then fuck about with a.config file I altered in the first place to get my computer working the way I wanted to because this new program doesn't quite like the way I've decided I want to have control over my computer.
Sound familiar? It should. Welcome to Linux in 2006. Still having these backwards issues long after Windows did away with them a decade ago.
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Show me a single product that hasn't proven to have any fault of any kind.
And if Linux/OSS is so good, how come the revisions? Surely if it was done right, there'd be no updates?
Well at least I know who to thank for the deluge of SPAM I get in my Inbox. Cheers mate.
Just shows how backwards US trucks are. In the EU, they've a plethora of safety features required as standard. ABS on the trailers has been mandatory for a decade and a half and ABS on the trailers is now being replaced by EBS where every single wheel can be braked to a different level. Also EU lorries have been moving from drum to disc brakes for quite some time too. Add to that the improvements in rear/side visibility.
It's self funding from the parking fines levied. Car drivers in the UK seem to be more than willing to pay. One speeding camera alone in a set of roadworks on the M4 in the UK racked up over £60,000 in fines in a week.
Actually we're not. I guess it's because our law enforcement acts in a different way. The primary role is to serve the public whereas in the US it is to uphold the law. It ends up in a completely different style of law enforcement.
When we look at how your Police work, they seem to overreact to every minor misdemeanour. Take for example, being caught with a joint. In the UK, a bobby will take that joint, destroy it and issue you with a street verbal warning. Likewise drinking beer in a public place where bylaws prohibit. It'll be poured down the drain and you sent on your way. If you're drunk and incapable, providing you're not causing any trouble, they'll either get you a taxi or give you a ride home.
In the USA, no matter how compliant you are, you'll have four officers (half the Dept. if one of them is filming COPS) with guns drawn wrestle you to the ground, handcuff you and put you in jail overnight.
Personally I know which I'd rather have.
BWAHAHAHAHA....funniest thing I've heard for ages.
Once it gets past 5pm here in Driffield, E. Yorks the Police station closes. There are four officers in two 4x4's to patrol the town and a dozen outlying villages. Sure there's the area traffic cars floating around the county but for officers dedicated to covering the area, there's four. Good job the residents of the town are fairly law abiding.
Err....that already happens. We have a ANPR system for that. THe Trafficmaster system also does that to some point as do SPECS cameras. Google "Ring of Steel London" for an example of how such systems have been used to track the journey of a criminal.
The truth is that the average British motorist can't be trusted to exercise discipline and self restraint.
Indeed. I get a suntan really quickly. I've sat 3ft from my wifi router for several hours a day and it's yet to produce any changes in skin tone.
There were very few hard facts in the programme. The part showing the strength of the signal at a phone mast and laptop was very dubious. At no point were you shown what was being measured. All you were shown was a display that showed one value then the other. For all we know, it could have been showing dB levels which have bugger all to do with how strong the signal is.
Also the fact that Wifi signals are 600 times lower than the govt guidelines was glossed over as quickly as possible.
The usual string of scientist who would agree that the sky is pink in order to get on TV were trotted out.
Once upon a time, Panorama was a programme to be taken seriously. Now it is nothing more than a mockery.
They wouldn't have a leg to stand on seeing as the T&C for XBox Live have terms specifically dealing with modded consoles which basically say if you get caught, the console is blacklisted.
You may want to take a look at your history books. I think you'll find the British Parliament preceeds your democracy by a fair bit and has been used as a foundation for many democracies across the world.
You obviously missed the story about Gary McKinnon then.
At least with the Romans and the British, et al, you knew what you were getting. It was all up front with big armies and absolutely no pretence of what was being done. Non of this "We're here to liberate you from a dictator" when what they actually meant was they wanted control of the oil. No, it was "You have what we want and we have a better army so we're gonna take it."
The way the US Govt is doing it everything is done by the back door so the public never gets to see the true scale of the way the US rides roughshod over other countries own judiciary.
Stupid fucking moron. The people who are losing are the people who create it. With games for example costing £millions to make, eventually they'll get to a point where they can no longer afford to do it and go out of business so anything they would have come up with in the future no longer happens. Who wins then? It's the fucking morons like you who are the ones who don't understand.
I bet you still live at home with your parents and are at best a wage slave.
This will only work if Canada decides to accept the RFID Driving Licence as a valid document for entry. They don't have to. Washington can come out with this and Canada can just completely ignore it. You'd still need a passport to get into Canada.
Not quite as straightforward as that. The judge will look at the financial standing of both parties. For example, if the winning party was a big multinational company and the losing party was a Joe Average on low wages, the likelihood of costs being awarded would be next to nil as Joe has no ability to pay if they are. What could happen is that a measured percentage of costs may be awarded.
Thankfully it appears he has seen the light. A couple of weeks ago, BBC News carried a story which said that T.Blair was going to re-examine our placing on the international stage. Looks like he's thinking of moving further away from the US and closer to Europe after several years of being shit on by the Bush Administration.
In a recent story about a friendly fire incident in Iraq, one of your fuckwit citizens summed up your nations attitude perfectly. His comments were; "You can't shoot drive and talk at the same time. We don't need you." The ironic part is that as it was an interview about a USAF A-10 pilot involved in a Blue on Blue incident when he shot up a UK armoured unit despite seeing the orange panels, his comments were more appropriate to how our forces feel about yours.
You mean you actually have to do something like prove that a crime was committed? That's what really upsets Hollywood -the fact that the Canadian justice system actually requires actual real proof of an actual crime having taken place unlike the USA where Hollywood have bought so much of the Government and DOJ that they can just point the finger and say "He did it. Jail that man!"
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Yes. The linux loonies have run out of arguments a long time ago so they just keep repeating the same bullshit in the hope people will eventually believe it.
Are you aware that Red Hat got lots of code from the people who worked on Fedora for free? It worked both ways.
OTOH, if I'd had a million dollars for everytime it became true, I'd be living under a bridge feasting out of the bins behind the restaurant.
WHAT THE FUCK? It's an overall regression when I go to install some software to find that I've got to spend half a day downloading updated (or in some cases older) libraries to have along side the existing versions which different software needs then fuck about with a .config file I altered in the first place to get my computer working the way I wanted to because this new program doesn't quite like the way I've decided I want to have control over my computer.
Sound familiar? It should. Welcome to Linux in 2006. Still having these backwards issues long after Windows did away with them a decade ago.