It may be my bias but I read his reply as him wanting to get rid of the 'environment' and maybe leave just a little bit.
He has a dangerously deranged way of speaking and constructing sentences that makes me fearful of his sanity
I, and the rest of the family use WeChat to call our son in China, works quite well.
Of course you have to assume it's being monitored as it's "approved" there. But then again you have to assume that of anything anywhere at the moment.
Has one of the largest user bases in the world ( 'cos China)
Both sexes have 'boobs' Its just that natal females have more developed breast tissue, all oestrogen does is to cause that tissue to develop ( to simplify )
FYI lactation and breastfeeding is even possible in men look (up the Aka tribe)
The second is just an opinion, which I feel free to ignore. although I have to admit to a slight agreement with you on 'fatass's ' but it's my body so I'll do what the f*ck I want with it:-)
It's funny!:-) Blurs and challenges peoples assumptions.
I'm in the UK and for what it's worth I'm a transsexual currently growing her own boobs, (not bad, a bit more than a B cup at the moment:-) )
The situation is interesting though, if I'm in male mode and strip my top off from there in a situation where male bare-chestedness is appropriate (say a normal beach) then that is OK as far as the cops are concerned.
But it's not OK if I strip off from a Skirt and Bra.
I actually find this quite an enlightened attitude. In the rare case that I'm presenting as male I'm treated as one
When I'm presenting as female then I'm treated as one
Which is how it should be.
I do find this whole thing about nipples (in the USA ) a bit ridiculous, and to be honest a bit childish, it smacks a bit of giggling in the playground
It is however an insidious way of introducing censorship.
In the UK we treat sexuality ( and nipples ) a bit more seriously, strangely thanks to the murdoch press and the Sun (a low brow, very popular newspaper ) girls on page 3
But we fall down considerably on freedom of speech at the moment ( witness the guy being arrested for a burning poppy on his FB page along with calling squaddies c*nts, as if they would care )
Some modems implement this , TR-069 (remote config) protocol.
At least some of the clueless should have this active, I'm surprised it's not used more widely by ISP's
Of course anyone with half a brain will have it disabled,( do you want your ISP to control your router? )
and if you have it disabled at least you know your modem/router HAS a config page
but still, it's for exactly this reason it's there.
You're quite correct I could in certain circumstances become bound under that 'law' if I said the wrong thing, in the wrong place. I wouldn't do that because every person is in my opinion entitled to their own illusions/delusions. i.e. freedom of belief
On the other hand as I am probably a 'criminal' in the eyes of at least one set of laws, why should I bother to obey any law I didn't agree with?
As a UK citizen I am now subject to three or possibly four sets of laws
UK law(and it's variant if I travel to Scotland or do business there, Scots law) EU law and now US law.
UK law is all well and good, I was born and brought up here so I have a pretty good idea of what I can and cannot do. (Scotland has roughly the same criminal law but a different civil law system I think)
EU laws, which generally have something to do with commerce, are not too bad as to have any effect on me they have to be translated into English law, usually with all sorts of unnecessary add-ons and gold plating. Just occasionally the prats in Whitehall will get slapped for some fundamental human rights violation which is OK by me.:-)
Just as an aside, a lawer friend once explained to me that in its simplest form UK law generally says 'What isn't forbidden is allowed'. But that Continental (EU) law says 'Everything is forbidden except for what is allowed'. He followed on from this to say that 2 things stemmed from this, in the UK what is forbidden rises over time, but in Continental (EU) Law what is allowed rises.
and now to US law, which seems fundamentally different from most other jurisdictions and seems to apply, regardless of UK law, whenever I travel, do business, or go online. If I break that I can now be shipped off to the US for trial as a non-person/terrorist/someone whose annoyed a US business.
I like to think that if the last ever applied I'd behave like any true US citizen " You can ship me off to your godforsaken country over Your dead body!'
Good luck on keeping track of what laws you break!
Except that a Vermont judge recently ruled that password(s) contained in one's head are protected under the 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution. just like any other information in your head. It was discussed right here on Slashdot.
As for threatening law enforcement officers: say nothing, know your rights, and keep your cool. The law enforcement officer is NOT your friend and you shouldn't speak to them or answer their questions. You have a right to remain silent and you should use it. BTW every attorney that I have ever heard opine on the subject has said that it is better to say nothing than to answer some of the questions but not others. Don't let them scare you into giving up your rights with their Gestapo crap. Remember, if they are questioning you, especially if they are threatening, then there is NO way that you are NOT going to be held (i.e. arrested) for a while anyway until the matter either goes before a judge or they have to let you go (48 hours max w/out cause before any attorney can force them to let you out), so don't be dumb and tip your hand right at the start. Also, remember that if you ever get your equipment back then you can never use it or those passwords again (who knows what bugs they may have planted before releasing it back to you). You basically have to wipe and start over on new hardware.
Disclaimer: IANAL so if you find yourself in a situation like the one above find yourself one that you can trust and let them do the talking, but remember that the police are NOT your friends.
yeah right but its not 48hours in the uk anymore.....you try keeping quiet for 42DAYS
Yes but the point is that the petty jackass'es are usually the one's with authority, real or at least real in their own eyes. this is especially true in the UK at the moment.
We must have the highest number of perverts per head of population in the world.
My reasoning goes like this:
We have the highest number of CCTV's and we therefore need the highest number of CCTV Operators. Most people strive to be happy in their occupation, one description of a person who is happy to snoop on others all day is a voyuer, another description is pervert. QED the UK must have the highest number pf perverts per head of population
My old engineering tutor once described to me (in the late 1970's ) different countries general strengths in design/engineering:
The British build things that are over engineered, often look awful, are hard to produce and difficult to use well by unskilled users, but are hard to break (permanently), easy to fix and excel in the hands of skilled users. (Think formula 1 racing cars)
The Italians build things which are beautiful to look at,both on the surface and underneath, work well, but are often fragile and hard to fix,and excel in the hands of skilled users( think Italian Supercars )
The Americans build things which are nice to look at on the surface, work well, last well,relatively easy to produce and fix, and excel in the hands of unskilled users, but underneath the engineering is often not pretty. ( I own an American speedboat, possibly the nicest thing I've ever owned. but the aerial for the cd/radio is a car aerial zipped under one of the side panels, works and works well, cheap,easy, but not very elegant! )
He went on about other countries, Germany, Switzerland etc but those where the ones that stuck in my mind.
My point is all these (very general) attitudes have positive and negative points and no one attitude is correct for everything and every situation
don't confuse facts or morality with international politics, its easy to understand if you think of the world as a giant kindergarten with no morals and people(countries) constantly ganging up on others. trying to join with the bullies(guess who's the biggest bully at the moment) to prevent being picked on, picking the wrong side (Soviet Russia, couple of decades ago, look at the pain her allies went through)and generally behaving like little monsters. You even get the occasional totally insane kid everyone avoids (Pol Pot - Cambodia springs to mind). Depressing but it seems a meme to explain a lot that goes on
I did mention it was in a chinese, wouldn't be surprised if different breeds taste differently tho' the local paper said it was usually alsations that had been used, and the cats where just reported as feral, just asked couple of old mates and they said it was late 1970's or early 1980's so further back than I thought
It's probably happened to others..but It DID happen to me it is not an urban myth or any such bullsh*t it was in wallasey in merseyside and the chinese was in the local paper, we used to go in afterwards and order alsation curry and chips used to annoy the new owners no end
just in the interests of Science I can inform you that having eaten both dog and cat, dog tastes like beef and cat tastes like chicken, at least in sweet and sour form ( about 10 yrs ago my local Chinese take away was done by environmental health for serving it)
seems a stupid idea, after 30 seconds thinking about this..... if i set up a system whereby I sent an email once a week to friends saying my data is safe then, if I was not able to because I was being held incommunicado would it still be my fault if all my friends now assumed my data was compromised? would they then be in trouble if they told others or posted a warning on/. ? seems to me another law to catch the stupid criminal, whilst clever criminals get to rule countries (or at least control those that do )
According to BBC radio4 this evening, it will be used to fight terrorism and any other crime . I tend to think R4 is more accurate than the BBC generally. Its listenership makes the grammar NAZI's on here look tame and the slightest inaccuracy is generally picked up and commented on
This release of Catalyst(TM) introduces the second generation ATI Theater(TM) 650. This product will provide support for the new MCE 2006 requirements such as DRM support. Further, it will include features to support ATI All-In-Wonder products. It will also provide improved TV quality and Broadcast Flag support which enables full US terrestrial DTV support.
YES it may have your name there but if its DRM free, and sold as such, you can remove it from your file without problems.
Cue anonimizing software in 3...2...1..
Everyone is missing the point, this has NOTHING to do with China and everything to do with FUNDING. just like the 'tank gap' (the USSR was supposed to have many thousands more tanks than they actually DID have). and the 'Missile gap' previously. (same reasoning, 'proved' by reconnaissance, except it wasn't)
I'm not saying there is NO truth in it and sensible precautions should be taken, just as China is by hardening its systems. But what this article really says is 'yippee we've got a new enemy, pass the spoon lets all grab as much pie as possible'
There is a joke going the rounds in the UK at the moment, based on some facts coming to light
The US embassy in London is selling of one of its annexes for some reason, various comedians have proposed that they move into their alternative premises, but Gordon Brown says NO as he wants to move in there shortly.
(For non-UK residents, Gordon Brown is the anointed successor to our current 'Glorious Leader' and number 10 incumbent )
Well in the dark ages maps where a state secret, so I guess we're heading that way again, welcome to 300 years of ignorance and suspicion in the west, ( and remember the islamic east was flourishing at that time, talk about doing peoples work for them! )
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It may be my bias but I read his reply as him wanting to get rid of the 'environment' and maybe leave just a little bit. He has a dangerously deranged way of speaking and constructing sentences that makes me fearful of his sanity
I, and the rest of the family use WeChat to call our son in China, works quite well. Of course you have to assume it's being monitored as it's "approved" there. But then again you have to assume that of anything anywhere at the moment. Has one of the largest user bases in the world ( 'cos China)
first point :
Both sexes have 'boobs' Its just that natal females have more developed breast tissue, all oestrogen does is to cause that tissue to develop ( to simplify )
FYI lactation and breastfeeding is even possible in men look (up the Aka tribe)
The second is just an opinion, which I feel free to ignore. although I have to admit to a slight agreement with you on 'fatass's ' but it's my body so I'll do what the f*ck I want with it :-)
I'm in the UK and for what it's worth I'm a transsexual currently growing her own boobs, (not bad, a bit more than a B cup at the moment :-) )
The situation is interesting though, if I'm in male mode and strip my top off from there in a situation where male bare-chestedness is appropriate (say a normal beach) then that is OK as far as the cops are concerned.
But it's not OK if I strip off from a Skirt and Bra.
I actually find this quite an enlightened attitude. In the rare case that I'm presenting as male I'm treated as one
When I'm presenting as female then I'm treated as one
Which is how it should be. I do find this whole thing about nipples (in the USA ) a bit ridiculous, and to be honest a bit childish, it smacks a bit of giggling in the playground
It is however an insidious way of introducing censorship.
In the UK we treat sexuality ( and nipples ) a bit more seriously, strangely thanks to the murdoch press and the Sun (a low brow, very popular newspaper ) girls on page 3
But we fall down considerably on freedom of speech at the moment ( witness the guy being arrested for a burning poppy on his FB page along with calling squaddies c*nts, as if they would care )
Some modems implement this , TR-069 (remote config) protocol. At least some of the clueless should have this active, I'm surprised it's not used more widely by ISP's Of course anyone with half a brain will have it disabled,( do you want your ISP to control your router? ) and if you have it disabled at least you know your modem/router HAS a config page but still, it's for exactly this reason it's there.
You're quite correct I could in certain circumstances become bound under that 'law' if I said the wrong thing, in the wrong place. I wouldn't do that because every person is in my opinion entitled to their own illusions/delusions. i.e. freedom of belief
On the other hand as I am probably a 'criminal' in the eyes of at least one set of laws, why should I bother to obey any law I didn't agree with?
As a UK citizen I am now subject to three or possibly four sets of laws
UK law(and it's variant if I travel to Scotland or do business there, Scots law) EU law and now US law.
UK law is all well and good, I was born and brought up here so I have a pretty good idea of what I can and cannot do. (Scotland has roughly the same criminal law but a different civil law system I think)
EU laws, which generally have something to do with commerce, are not too bad as to have any effect on me they have to be translated into English law, usually with all sorts of unnecessary add-ons and gold plating. Just occasionally the prats in Whitehall will get slapped for some fundamental human rights violation which is OK by me.:-)
Just as an aside, a lawer friend once explained to me that in its simplest form UK law generally says 'What isn't forbidden is allowed'. But that Continental (EU) law says 'Everything is forbidden except for what is allowed'. He followed on from this to say that 2 things stemmed from this, in the UK what is forbidden rises over time, but in Continental (EU) Law what is allowed rises.
and now to US law, which seems fundamentally different from most other jurisdictions and seems to apply, regardless of UK law, whenever I travel, do business, or go online. If I break that I can now be shipped off to the US for trial as a non-person/terrorist/someone whose annoyed a US business.
I like to think that if the last ever applied I'd behave like any true US citizen " You can ship me off to your godforsaken country over Your dead body!'
Good luck on keeping track of what laws you break!
Except that a Vermont judge recently ruled that password(s) contained in one's head are protected under the 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution. just like any other information in your head. It was discussed right here on Slashdot.
As for threatening law enforcement officers: say nothing, know your rights, and keep your cool. The law enforcement officer is NOT your friend and you shouldn't speak to them or answer their questions. You have a right to remain silent and you should use it. BTW every attorney that I have ever heard opine on the subject has said that it is better to say nothing than to answer some of the questions but not others. Don't let them scare you into giving up your rights with their Gestapo crap. Remember, if they are questioning you, especially if they are threatening, then there is NO way that you are NOT going to be held (i.e. arrested) for a while anyway until the matter either goes before a judge or they have to let you go (48 hours max w/out cause before any attorney can force them to let you out), so don't be dumb and tip your hand right at the start. Also, remember that if you ever get your equipment back then you can never use it or those passwords again (who knows what bugs they may have planted before releasing it back to you). You basically have to wipe and start over on new hardware.
Disclaimer: IANAL so if you find yourself in a situation like the one above find yourself one that you can trust and let them do the talking, but remember that the police are NOT your friends.
yeah right but its not 48hours in the uk anymore.....you try keeping quiet for 42DAYS
Yes but the point is that the petty jackass'es are usually the one's with authority, real or at least real in their own eyes. this is especially true in the UK at the moment. We must have the highest number of perverts per head of population in the world. My reasoning goes like this: We have the highest number of CCTV's and we therefore need the highest number of CCTV Operators. Most people strive to be happy in their occupation, one description of a person who is happy to snoop on others all day is a voyuer, another description is pervert. QED the UK must have the highest number pf perverts per head of population
Yes you can!
My old engineering tutor once described to me (in the late 1970's ) different countries general strengths in design/engineering:
The British build things that are over engineered, often look awful, are hard to produce and difficult to use well by unskilled users, but are hard to break (permanently), easy to fix and excel in the hands of skilled users. (Think formula 1 racing cars)
The Italians build things which are beautiful to look at,both on the surface and underneath, work well, but are often fragile and hard to fix,and excel in the hands of skilled users( think Italian Supercars )
The Americans build things which are nice to look at on the surface, work well, last well,relatively easy to produce and fix, and excel in the hands of unskilled users, but underneath the engineering is often not pretty. ( I own an American speedboat, possibly the nicest thing I've ever owned. but the aerial for the cd/radio is a car aerial zipped under one of the side panels, works and works well, cheap,easy, but not very elegant! )
He went on about other countries, Germany, Switzerland etc but those where the ones that stuck in my mind.
My point is all these (very general) attitudes have positive and negative points and no one attitude is correct for everything and every situation
don't confuse facts or morality with international politics, its easy to understand if you think of the world as a giant kindergarten with no morals and people(countries) constantly ganging up on others. trying to join with the bullies(guess who's the biggest bully at the moment) to prevent being picked on, picking the wrong side (Soviet Russia, couple of decades ago, look at the pain her allies went through)and generally behaving like little monsters. You even get the occasional totally insane kid everyone avoids (Pol Pot - Cambodia springs to mind). Depressing but it seems a meme to explain a lot that goes on
I did mention it was in a chinese, wouldn't be surprised if different breeds taste differently tho' the local paper said it was usually alsations that had been used, and the cats where just reported as feral, just asked couple of old mates and they said it was late 1970's or early 1980's so further back than I thought
p.s you note I didn't post AC
It's probably happened to others ..but It DID happen to me it is not an urban myth or any such bullsh*t it was in wallasey in merseyside and the chinese was in the local paper, we used to go in afterwards and order alsation curry and chips used to annoy the new owners no end
just in the interests of Science I can inform you that having eaten both dog and cat, dog tastes like beef and cat tastes like chicken, at least in sweet and sour form ( about 10 yrs ago my local Chinese take away was done by environmental health for serving it)
seems a stupid idea, after 30 seconds thinking about this..... if i set up a system whereby I sent an email once a week to friends saying my data is safe then, if I was not able to because I was being held incommunicado would it still be my fault if all my friends now assumed my data was compromised? would they then be in trouble if they told others or posted a warning on /. ? seems to me another law to catch the stupid criminal, whilst clever criminals get to rule countries (or at least control those that do )
Do you agree with us .......BzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzT NO!
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SEZ a lot about the good OLE USA
and I fail to see anything wrong with this. It's only a mirror of what the bluray camp are doing after all
According to BBC radio4 this evening, it will be used to fight terrorism and any other crime . I tend to think R4 is more accurate than the BBC generally. Its listenership makes the grammar NAZI's on here look tame and the slightest inaccuracy is generally picked up and commented on
quote from their latest driver
This release of Catalyst(TM) introduces the second generation ATI Theater(TM) 650. This product will provide support for the new MCE 2006 requirements such as DRM support. Further, it will include features to support ATI All-In-Wonder products. It will also provide improved TV quality and Broadcast Flag support which enables full US terrestrial DTV support.
this is written as if its a good thing!
YES it may have your name there but if its DRM free, and sold as such, you can remove it from your file without problems.
Cue anonimizing software in 3...2...1..
Everyone is missing the point, this has NOTHING to do with China and everything to do with FUNDING. just like the 'tank gap' (the USSR was supposed to have many thousands more tanks than they actually DID have). and the 'Missile gap' previously. (same reasoning, 'proved' by reconnaissance, except it wasn't)
I'm not saying there is NO truth in it and sensible precautions should be taken, just as China is by hardening its systems. But what this article really says is 'yippee we've got a new enemy, pass the spoon lets all grab as much pie as possible'
I see from your post some of the keys on your board don't work, is this a feisty problem or an operator one? :)
There is a joke going the rounds in the UK at the moment, based on some facts coming to light
The US embassy in London is selling of one of its annexes for some reason, various comedians have proposed that they move into their alternative premises, but Gordon Brown says NO as he wants to move in there shortly.
(For non-UK residents, Gordon Brown is the anointed successor to our current 'Glorious Leader' and number 10 incumbent )
Well in the dark ages maps where a state secret, so I guess we're heading that way again, welcome to 300 years of ignorance and suspicion in the west, ( and remember the islamic east was flourishing at that time, talk about doing peoples work for them! )