The offical secrets act is actually very weak. How many succesful prosecutions of the act have you seen? very few if any i would bet, the gorvernemnt always prosecuts but rarley gets the conviction it would like. and to qoute yes primeminster the oofical secrets act isn't there to protect secrets its there to protect officals".
Actually no checks can harm your credit a little as well apparently 3-6 checks a year is OK under or over that and it can effect your score but not by much. as long there isn't a lot of checks in a very short time period as that can be seen as desperatism. ultiamtley there are factors that give far greater weight to your credit score than the number of checks i.e. a county court judgment. Ultimatley it is up to the company checking the credit records as to whter the score makes you an aceptable risk there is no set score on which you would be refused or approved credit.
Cops have been doing the "well, I should book you, but I'll let you go this time" routine for centuries.
what the police did went far beyond that they where put it jail for a couple of hours. Real criminals often spend less time in prison. In the UK we are not used to this sort Nazi law enforcement
Here Here if these children had been from a single parent, poor, ethnic minority home or just wearing a hooded top they would have demanded an imediate showtrial and execution.
is that this story is being run by the daily mail normally they would be the first to demmand the return of corperal punishment and that this kids get 100 strokes of the cane.
Something that slipped my mind earlier, maybe I'm being naive (well thats almost garunteed) why would porn dealers want to attract children to there site it's not just morally wrong but it's bizarre it's not like they have a credit card to make money off. I just know I must be missing something maybe there weirdo's who like the idea of children looking at there site.
I never questioned the reson behind i just asked how common it is because i have not had it it happen to me.
I don't deny it happens because i have heard it happen to others. This is why I asked the question rather than make a satement that it doesn't happen just because i havent seen it, something you seem to think i did.
How common is it to visit a porn site when you where really looking for Barbie dolls or anything else for that matter? It's not something that has ever happened to me. The only time I see porn on the internet is if I go look for it.
It is how you become successful that is important if you become successful by illegal actions then your going to get punished. If you don't do it with illegal actions you wont get punished it's simple to understand yet there are many here on/. who just don't get the connection between crime and punishment.
Also just because somthing is sucessful doesnt meen it shouldn't be punished for breaking the law
Remember Microsoft where found guilty in the US as well but you didn't have the balls to punish them.
It's a sports car probably the single must important aspect is Fun not necessarily how fast or quick it is but how much fun it is to drive, as it is based on an Elise's VVA it should be both quick and fun to drive as well as doing well on the tests you talk about.
Electric cars will be desirable when they meet the following conditions met by existing cars - price (under 30k), features (styling, interior, gizmos), convenience (fuelling in under 5 minutes.) This car does not appear to meet any of those.
of those only one is important for a sports car styling and it looks nice enough. Convenience (not just fuelling) Price, interior, gizmos are not usually considerations of sports car buyers in the first place otherwise current models wouldn't sell well.
I actually think starting of with a small low production volume sports car might be an astute choice as this means they will not be trying to compete with major manufacturers, this car could do for Electric cars what the Elise did for Lotus i.e. provide a profitable product from which other more mainstream advances can be made.
would wager that this vehicle is more like a Lotus Elise, or a Corvette, or even a S2000, all of which can be had for under 50K
Considering it has been designed by lotus who want to use
Variable Vehicle Architecture for everything it will be almost exactly the same as the Elise or more likely the Europa as that is easier to live with.
The true test of a sports cars, as opposed to just a fast car, is the handling, which was not mentioned in review. Without proper handling, it becomes a Mustang at 30K
It was designed by lotus good handling is kind of implied in that. After all they have even managed to get Ford cortinas, Vauxhall carltons and even a Lada Riva to handle. Not to mention that they designed and setup the suspension of the new Golf GTI which is probably why it is considered the best Golf GTI since the original and one of the best drivers cars you can get.
Yeah, and they typically do it by taking out weight.
Guess what batteries are made of? 100% pure weight.
Actually they mostly do it with advanced suspension and chassis design low weight helps more with aceleration braking and tyre wear (which does meen you can put softer gripier tyres on) than it does with handelin. In addition that means you put a smaller and more fuel efficent engine in.
Lotus are known for good handeling and low weight but these are complimentry rather than one leading to the other.
this has left me wandering if you really can buy 120 packs of toilet roll across the pond. We buy em in 12s over in limeyland.
Actually you can get packs that big (or pretty close) here from cash and carries like Makro. Wal-Mart's in America are more like a half way house between that and a supermarket anyway, watch ASDA stores slowly become like that as well. I almost never shop in ASDA since they got taken over by Wal-Mart as the service and food quality dropped dramatically after they bought it.
It appears that the EU is singling out the most successful American companies and punishing them because their own businesses are not managing to compete on the open market.
It would look like that if it wasn't for the fact that MS could have avoided the punishment altogether if they had done what they where asked to. They are simply being punished for breaking the law and making no attempt the remedy the damage there illegal actions have caused just like any EU company in there situation would be
I wonder if the issue really is the vaunted MS protocols. Are there no clever people in the EU or elsewhere who could reverse engineer these and make them available to anyone? The EU, or any government for that matter, could amend their laws such that copyrights or patents are not violated if done for the purpose of interoperability.
Except that would violate all number of international treaties and if the EU
In addition people like you would only whine that It appears that the EU is singling out the most successful American companies and punishing them because their own businesses are not managing to compete on the open market if they took the approach you proposed.
A large portion of the audience were seniors who get the tickets as part of their yearly subscription. Some walked out - there's know way you could follow the story without already knowing it ahead of time.
Perhaps they thought they were going to see the sequel to Lord of the Dance.
If that was the case, I'd leave too
I wouldn't even bother to arrive.
And after a movie is purchased, the owners of said movie, should be able to do whatever the hell they want with it, including letting someone edit it for them.
Thats fine but what at least one of them was doing was selling edited DVD's for $10 without checking to see if they had an original. Not to mention that they only way they could even break even by doing this is to make multiple copies from one original. It looks alot like a piracy operation for those who don't like naughty bits in films.
When will people realize that wanting no one to tell you what you should and shouldn't do is the same as telling others what they should or shouldn't do?
I don't think people will ever "realise" that because one is passive (not wanting to be told what to do) and the other is aggressive (telling people what you want them to do) so no there not the same
Besides where are all the Tivo people. How is skipping the commercials any different than skipping the sex scenes via an automated service?
Well it might have something to do with TIVO owners being private individuals who decide not to watch commercials and don't sell on other people's IP whilst cleanflicks Etc. are companies who charged for this service and so did sell on other people IP without permission. If you were to skip naughty bits in a film you are like the Tivo owner. If you started to copy the shows without commercials and sold them on you would be like the cleanflicks people.
Slashdotters, on the other hand hate christians or any other person who preaches against what Slashdotters do, and will attack them.
I think slashdotters just hate it when people go on about something which they either know nothing or are contradictory like the two examples of yours I have answered as for the rest of your post it just dribbles over into pure paranoia.
For the record I don't hate any Christians but I do hate what religion can do to people i.e. turn them into paranoid hypocrites. It's a bit like cancer you can hate the disease but still love the person that has it.
If it's off the record it should not exist. What is the EU anyway to have such a provision.
Yea I loath microsoft but choosing which evil is worse gets difficult.
What does the phrase of the record mean to you? Of the record usually means that it has been leaked anonymously before the official announcement has yet to made. It might not even be true, but if a reporter has written about an off the record comment it usually means the source is reliable.
They don't. The problem is that the EU commission won't specify exactly what's "good enough" documentation.
It's like I asked you to give me some fruit. You're looking for a kumquat. I give you an orange, and you say "no, that's not good enough". I give you a lime, and you say "no, that won't do either". I ask you what kind of fruit you really want, and you say "no, you just have to give me the fruit".
Actually it's more like this
EU: we need you to reveal your kumquats.
MS: How about we give you something better (reveals an apple)
EU: No that is not good enough you need to show your kumquats.
MS: OK we will give you something better (reveals loads of apples)
EU: those are not what we want or need, why don't you give us the kumquats we asked for?
MS (in a press conference): We don't know what the EU is asking for so we think a fine is unfair.
MS fanboy on Slashdot: how is it fair that Microsoft are fined when they don't know what the EU wants? (Uses an analogy that they think proves there point despite the majority of slashdotters showing they (unlike Microsoft ) do understand what the EU wants. How come your average slashdotter can understand it yet MS and there lawyers can't?)
The most obvious examples are the neighborhood hospitals, fire-fighting associations and the community schools that existed before the States took them over.
These sorts of thing (people coming together for the benefit of society) existed long before America itself. The modern word for it is socialism.
The UK and Europe in general is covered with voluntary community associations ranging from simple meeting groups for the elderly all the way up to things like the RNLI a voluntary lifeboat service the auxiliary voluntary fire service and a volunteer ambulance service (St Johns). Seriously voluntary community associations are probably as old and as common as humanity.
What I meant was users with physical access to the disconnected networks pass on the information to co-workers through the internet-connected network. It's quite likely, really
If they want to keep there job they won't do this, there are more secure ways that aren't much slower to get data to collegues. Also if someone wants data from the systems they need to supply a production request approved by the environment owner an approved e-mail request won't do.
I've got some balls alright, I simply tabbed once to often.
We have seen major phishing attemps on the big US corporations for a while now, and people have been faking mails from ebay and the banks and everywhere else.
Only now that UK organisations are targeted do they start moaning.
There should be a concerted effort to stamp out this kind of shit targeting whichever organisation WORLDWIDE, not just a namby pamby "oh look our companies is getting done over".
Organisations and ISPs should supply enough information about online fraud to everyone who needs it, and shouldnt wait until they get hit.
Umm these sort of attacks have been known about for a long time this is information about a specific problem its called a warning it alows others to be aware that there is a new round of attacks going on and to be prepared if these e-mails come there way, that way less damage is done.
Do you think it's better that no one knows about this latest round of attacks or should we twiddle our thumbs saying "everyone else should know about this we have no responsibility to help"?
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The offical secrets act is actually very weak. How many succesful prosecutions of the act have you seen? very few if any i would bet, the gorvernemnt always prosecuts but rarley gets the conviction it would like. and to qoute yes primeminster the oofical secrets act isn't there to protect secrets its there to protect officals".
Actually no checks can harm your credit a little as well apparently 3-6 checks a year is OK under or over that and it can effect your score but not by much. as long there isn't a lot of checks in a very short time period as that can be seen as desperatism. ultiamtley there are factors that give far greater weight to your credit score than the number of checks i.e. a county court judgment. Ultimatley it is up to the company checking the credit records as to whter the score makes you an aceptable risk there is no set score on which you would be refused or approved credit.
what the police did went far beyond that they where put it jail for a couple of hours. Real criminals often spend less time in prison. In the UK we are not used to this sort Nazi law enforcement
Here Here if these children had been from a single parent, poor, ethnic minority home or just wearing a hooded top they would have demanded an imediate showtrial and execution.
is that this story is being run by the daily mail normally they would be the first to demmand the return of corperal punishment and that this kids get 100 strokes of the cane.
Something that slipped my mind earlier, maybe I'm being naive (well thats almost garunteed) why would porn dealers want to attract children to there site it's not just morally wrong but it's bizarre it's not like they have a credit card to make money off. I just know I must be missing something maybe there weirdo's who like the idea of children looking at there site.
I don't deny it happens because i have heard it happen to others. This is why I asked the question rather than make a satement that it doesn't happen just because i havent seen it, something you seem to think i did.
PS thanks for remembering to answer my question.
How common is it to visit a porn site when you where really looking for Barbie dolls or anything else for that matter? It's not something that has ever happened to me. The only time I see porn on the internet is if I go look for it.
Also just because somthing is sucessful doesnt meen it shouldn't be punished for breaking the law
Remember Microsoft where found guilty in the US as well but you didn't have the balls to punish them.
Electric cars will be desirable when they meet the following conditions met by existing cars - price (under 30k), features (styling, interior, gizmos), convenience (fuelling in under 5 minutes.) This car does not appear to meet any of those.
of those only one is important for a sports car styling and it looks nice enough. Convenience (not just fuelling) Price, interior, gizmos are not usually considerations of sports car buyers in the first place otherwise current models wouldn't sell well.
I actually think starting of with a small low production volume sports car might be an astute choice as this means they will not be trying to compete with major manufacturers, this car could do for Electric cars what the Elise did for Lotus i.e. provide a profitable product from which other more mainstream advances can be made.
Considering it has been designed by lotus who want to use Variable Vehicle Architecture for everything it will be almost exactly the same as the Elise or more likely the Europa as that is easier to live with.
The true test of a sports cars, as opposed to just a fast car, is the handling, which was not mentioned in review. Without proper handling, it becomes a Mustang at 30K
It was designed by lotus good handling is kind of implied in that. After all they have even managed to get Ford cortinas, Vauxhall carltons and even a Lada Riva to handle. Not to mention that they designed and setup the suspension of the new Golf GTI which is probably why it is considered the best Golf GTI since the original and one of the best drivers cars you can get.
Guess what batteries are made of? 100% pure weight.
Actually they mostly do it with advanced suspension and chassis design low weight helps more with aceleration braking and tyre wear (which does meen you can put softer gripier tyres on) than it does with handelin. In addition that means you put a smaller and more fuel efficent engine in.
Lotus are known for good handeling and low weight but these are complimentry rather than one leading to the other.
What do you call a female manadarin?
A satsuma
Actually you can get packs that big (or pretty close) here from cash and carries like Makro. Wal-Mart's in America are more like a half way house between that and a supermarket anyway, watch ASDA stores slowly become like that as well. I almost never shop in ASDA since they got taken over by Wal-Mart as the service and food quality dropped dramatically after they bought it.
Actually that was something going through my head, how do walmart confiorm that it is a parent replying and not the child or a friend?
It would look like that if it wasn't for the fact that MS could have avoided the punishment altogether if they had done what they where asked to. They are simply being punished for breaking the law and making no attempt the remedy the damage there illegal actions have caused just like any EU company in there situation would be
I wonder if the issue really is the vaunted MS protocols. Are there no clever people in the EU or elsewhere who could reverse engineer these and make them available to anyone? The EU, or any government for that matter, could amend their laws such that copyrights or patents are not violated if done for the purpose of interoperability.
Except that would violate all number of international treaties and if the EU
In addition people like you would only whine that It appears that the EU is singling out the most successful American companies and punishing them because their own businesses are not managing to compete on the open market if they took the approach you proposed.
Perhaps they thought they were going to see the sequel to Lord of the Dance.
If that was the case, I'd leave too I wouldn't even bother to arrive.
Thats fine but what at least one of them was doing was selling edited DVD's for $10 without checking to see if they had an original. Not to mention that they only way they could even break even by doing this is to make multiple copies from one original. It looks alot like a piracy operation for those who don't like naughty bits in films.
I don't think people will ever "realise" that because one is passive (not wanting to be told what to do) and the other is aggressive (telling people what you want them to do) so no there not the same
Besides where are all the Tivo people. How is skipping the commercials any different than skipping the sex scenes via an automated service?
Well it might have something to do with TIVO owners being private individuals who decide not to watch commercials and don't sell on other people's IP whilst cleanflicks Etc. are companies who charged for this service and so did sell on other people IP without permission. If you were to skip naughty bits in a film you are like the Tivo owner. If you started to copy the shows without commercials and sold them on you would be like the cleanflicks people.
Slashdotters, on the other hand hate christians or any other person who preaches against what Slashdotters do, and will attack them.
I think slashdotters just hate it when people go on about something which they either know nothing or are contradictory like the two examples of yours I have answered as for the rest of your post it just dribbles over into pure paranoia.
For the record I don't hate any Christians but I do hate what religion can do to people i.e. turn them into paranoid hypocrites. It's a bit like cancer you can hate the disease but still love the person that has it.
What does the phrase of the record mean to you? Of the record usually means that it has been leaked anonymously before the official announcement has yet to made. It might not even be true, but if a reporter has written about an off the record comment it usually means the source is reliable.
They don't. The problem is that the EU commission won't specify exactly what's "good enough" documentation. It's like I asked you to give me some fruit. You're looking for a kumquat. I give you an orange, and you say "no, that's not good enough". I give you a lime, and you say "no, that won't do either". I ask you what kind of fruit you really want, and you say "no, you just have to give me the fruit". Actually it's more like this EU: we need you to reveal your kumquats. MS: How about we give you something better (reveals an apple) EU: No that is not good enough you need to show your kumquats. MS: OK we will give you something better (reveals loads of apples) EU: those are not what we want or need, why don't you give us the kumquats we asked for? MS (in a press conference): We don't know what the EU is asking for so we think a fine is unfair. MS fanboy on Slashdot: how is it fair that Microsoft are fined when they don't know what the EU wants? (Uses an analogy that they think proves there point despite the majority of slashdotters showing they (unlike Microsoft ) do understand what the EU wants. How come your average slashdotter can understand it yet MS and there lawyers can't?)
These sorts of thing (people coming together for the benefit of society) existed long before America itself. The modern word for it is socialism.
The UK and Europe in general is covered with voluntary community associations ranging from simple meeting groups for the elderly all the way up to things like the RNLI a voluntary lifeboat service the auxiliary voluntary fire service and a volunteer ambulance service (St Johns). Seriously voluntary community associations are probably as old and as common as humanity.
Carefull now correct use of the word liberal can get you into to trouble in America.
If they want to keep there job they won't do this, there are more secure ways that aren't much slower to get data to collegues. Also if someone wants data from the systems they need to supply a production request approved by the environment owner an approved e-mail request won't do.
We have seen major phishing attemps on the big US corporations for a while now, and people have been faking mails from ebay and the banks and everywhere else.
Only now that UK organisations are targeted do they start moaning.
There should be a concerted effort to stamp out this kind of shit targeting whichever organisation WORLDWIDE, not just a namby pamby "oh look our companies is getting done over". Organisations and ISPs should supply enough information about online fraud to everyone who needs it, and shouldnt wait until they get hit.
Umm these sort of attacks have been known about for a long time this is information about a specific problem its called a warning it alows others to be aware that there is a new round of attacks going on and to be prepared if these e-mails come there way, that way less damage is done.
Do you think it's better that no one knows about this latest round of attacks or should we twiddle our thumbs saying "everyone else should know about this we have no responsibility to help"?