"Specifically, the present invention relates to methods and materials used to isolate and detect a human breast and ovarian cancer predisposing gene (BRCA1), some mutant alleles of which cause susceptibility to cancer, in particular breast and ovarian cancer."
oh, I agree indeedy. But it was still a tad naughty. I wonder why they didn't instead run that bit of code that is available that would turn off and patch a rather large botnet that exists (I forget the details, but the link has been posted in/. a few times in the not too distant past) - would've been a much better result for the internet, and just as shady
They used the botnet to spam two email accounts, one at gmail and one at hotmail. That's against the computer misuse act.
Not if it's their own hotmail and gmail accounts or if they have permission, I can spam myself if I want to, and you could spam me as well if I gave you permission.
Their "justification" doesn't fly; not having criminal intent is not a defence against the law.
Journalists have a high degree of freedom in this respect, there are plenty of cases of journalists smuggling guns past airport or other border security as a demonstration.
But is it legal for you to "break-in" to someone else's computer and use that to spam yourself? I agree that if you use your own resources to spam yourself, you should be in the clear - but Auntie clearly used other folks resources without their consent to do the self-spamming.
As to your journo example for smuggling guns - I suspect they only smuggle look-a-like props, and not the real deal. Carrying offensive weapons like that is surely a no-no.
I do think they've done something constructive in alerting the compromised computers owners that they need to upgrade their OS to be more secure - but I think the BBC has broken the law in doing so, and might get a right spanking for their trouble.
I agree - but neither system is perfect unless you're in a very large open space. DTOA can suffer in multipath environments, too, so the extra cells doing the triangulation help to bound the space that the mobile is in.
He was encouraging the public to make films by staging scenes in front of CCTVs and then do a DPA request to get the footage. Stitch it all together and you have a (silent) feature film.
My car, when it was new, got 38MPG(actual reading on a trip to Ohio) on the highway and generated 155Hp. You'd be VERY hard pressed to find such mileage results today. My car, new this year, gets 177HP (from 2 litres) and averages 51mpg on my 10 mile each way daily commute. Cruising, it'll do around 60mpg. Admittedly it's not a tank like you chaps over that side of the pond like to drive, but BMW are apparently rolling out that engine on their other lines soon.
If I need to get to the airport three hours early, than I am not going to fly anywhere within 600 miles of my home because it would be faster to drive and I wouldn't get the attitude.
While agreeing entirely with your sentiments in the rest of your post, you must drive very quickly:-) Three hours early, plus one hours (ish) flight, plus one hour "commute" at either end leaves you travelling at 100mph between end points.
As long as that mean that us tall folks could still use the seat, then yes. Unfortunately, your solution probably doesn't allow for that. I'm 6'3" and, at best, I am mildly cramped in any economy seat. Even Premium Economy is still a little tight on some airlines.
You're right, it appears I was mistaken. OFWAT has this to say:
Almost all companies install meters in new household properties
I thought I'd read somewhere that it was the law that all new houses had to have one, as OFWAT prefer that everyone is metered, rather than just having a flat rate (which should be representative of usage anyway)
In some areas, a meter can be enforced, but this is in areas where they are decided to be "water scarce". A water company can apply for an area to be designated with this label.
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"Specifically, the present invention relates to methods and materials used to isolate and detect a human breast and ovarian cancer predisposing gene (BRCA1), some mutant alleles of which cause susceptibility to cancer, in particular breast and ovarian cancer."
One that doesn't have The Knowledge - i.e. most minicab drivers in the UK...
oh, I agree indeedy. But it was still a tad naughty. I wonder why they didn't instead run that bit of code that is available that would turn off and patch a rather large botnet that exists (I forget the details, but the link has been posted in /. a few times in the not too distant past) - would've been a much better result for the internet, and just as shady
They used the botnet to spam two email accounts, one at gmail and one at hotmail. That's against the computer misuse act.
Not if it's their own hotmail and gmail accounts or if they have permission, I can spam myself if I want to, and you could spam me as well if I gave you permission.
Their "justification" doesn't fly; not having criminal intent is not a defence against the law.
Journalists have a high degree of freedom in this respect, there are plenty of cases of journalists smuggling guns past airport or other border security as a demonstration.
But is it legal for you to "break-in" to someone else's computer and use that to spam yourself? I agree that if you use your own resources to spam yourself, you should be in the clear - but Auntie clearly used other folks resources without their consent to do the self-spamming.
As to your journo example for smuggling guns - I suspect they only smuggle look-a-like props, and not the real deal. Carrying offensive weapons like that is surely a no-no.
I do think they've done something constructive in alerting the compromised computers owners that they need to upgrade their OS to be more secure - but I think the BBC has broken the law in doing so, and might get a right spanking for their trouble.
I agree - but neither system is perfect unless you're in a very large open space. DTOA can suffer in multipath environments, too, so the extra cells doing the triangulation help to bound the space that the mobile is in.
Basically uses cell site triangulation to assist where GPS signal is poor
Everybody should know that Bluebottle is Eccles' companion
if it's working kit with book value, then you then have to work out the tax implications of this "bonus" :-(
There was me thinking it might be found on the article on the Phoenix Lander
He was encouraging the public to make films by staging scenes in front of CCTVs and then do a DPA request to get the footage. Stitch it all together and you have a (silent) feature film.
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As long as that mean that us tall folks could still use the seat, then yes. Unfortunately, your solution probably doesn't allow for that. I'm 6'3" and, at best, I am mildly cramped in any economy seat. Even Premium Economy is still a little tight on some airlines.
Well, they did try to stick a tax on other digital media - Google on "iPod tax canada" and you'll find plenty of material.
and then get sued by Rupert Murdoch for taking recording equipment to a game :-)
Now, what's this letter from DHS? Something about a DMCA......
The rest of the world have no brains, ergo we /.ers will die out...
Habitat is taken, certainly in the UK
If you don't like Second Life, try this site instead.
Minesweeper under Vista - No
They have cars - they must have gas/petrol/oil. That's probably just cause enough
In some areas, a meter can be enforced, but this is in areas where they are decided to be "water scarce". A water company can apply for an area to be designated with this label.
If I had the choice, I'd rather have your policy :-)