Actually, the UK implements this directive through the Sales of Goods Act, which gives a consumer redress against the retailer for up to 6 years if goods do not conform with the sales contract, or last a 'reasonable' length of time.
Because vaccination isn't 100% effective, there are some people for whom vaccination won't help (e.g. people with certain diseases and illnesses that leave them with a compromised immune system), and there is such thing as Herd Immunity
And this has been an entirely frivolous and annoying use the act.
The information officer at the council obviously disagrees, he could have denied the request if he had though it was 'lacking any serious purpose or value'. If nothing else it has brought knowledge of citizen's rights under the act to a wider audience
(Yes, yes, we all know that those who are technically knowledgeable enough can get round any ban by using suitable proxies, but only a small subset of people have that required level of knowledge).
Coincidentally, the same small subset that reads Slashdot!
Why not? We already have suicide bombers that are willing to blow themselves to hell for their cause, and it'd probably be a lot easier to get one of them to suddenly hit the gas and drive through the glass into the terminal than it would be to reprogram one of these cars to do it
Yeah, but when you have a human driver you can just get an angry scotsman to drag him out of the vehicle
Have you actually read the Kotaku or Cnet reviews? Cnet calls it 'the most fun you can have with your hands free'. Kotaku, while acknowledging there are a number of flaws, says that it 'can be revolutionary'. I wouldn't exactly say either of these reviews are 'trashing' the Kinect.
Thieves have attempted this approach for as long as this type of cash delivery system has existed, and consequently there are numerous security measures to prevent it. The ceiling space that contains the tubes is usually protected by motion sensors, the cash delivery system usually has some form of intrusion countermeasure that would detect a change in pressure, and the most simple method is a timer system that detects whether the money is received in the strong room N seconds after it's sent by the cashier, triggering an alarm if not.
It seems that for whatever reason this chain of stores hadn't implemented the basic security measures, or they were ineffective, probably due to human error (i.e. forgetting to set the alarm in the roofspace).
That's like taxing tampons or pads because they know that 50% of people need them.
In the UK (and I believe the rest of the EU) they DO tax sanitary products. It took quite a lot of campaigning to get them placed in the 'reduced' rate of tax (5%) rather than the 'luxury' rate (currently 17.5%, soon to be 20%) as well. See here for example.
Because it's still perfectly acceptable to consider a black person as only 3/5 of a person, and it's perfectly acceptable to refer to native Americans as 'savages' (as in the Declaration of Independence).
He will buy BBC? How exactly?
Exactly, it's a ridiculous assertion. I mean, the only way he could have any effect on the BBC is if he were to use his vast media empire to influence an election and support a party hostile to the BBC. Thank God THAT never happened!
Dude - this is BRITAIN! Everyone eats fish & chips and meat pies. Kidney pies on Sundays, I think.
That's completly untrue, I wish people would stop perpetrating myths and stereotypes about British life. On Sunday, it's roast beef, potatoes, carrots, peas, Yorkshire puddings and lots of gravy. Kidney pies are on Saturdays, during the footie.
Remember that sexism, by definition, can only be against women and that it's impossible for women to be sexist against men
Actually, under UK law it can be either way round. Section 2 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 states "Section 1, and the provisions of Parts II and III relating to sex discrimination against women, are to be read as applying equally to the treatment of men, and for that purpose shall have effect with such modifications as are requisite".
Retaining the DNA of innocent people and using stop and search powers without reasonable suspicion are two areas that come to mind, the UK government has been successfully prosecuted in the ECHR but has yet to comply with the rulings
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Actually, the UK implements this directive through the Sales of Goods Act, which gives a consumer redress against the retailer for up to 6 years if goods do not conform with the sales contract, or last a 'reasonable' length of time.
Because vaccination isn't 100% effective, there are some people for whom vaccination won't help (e.g. people with certain diseases and illnesses that leave them with a compromised immune system), and there is such thing as Herd Immunity
He is hilarious!
And this has been an entirely frivolous and annoying use the act.
The information officer at the council obviously disagrees, he could have denied the request if he had though it was 'lacking any serious purpose or value'. If nothing else it has brought knowledge of citizen's rights under the act to a wider audience
Plus, in the English countryside everyone and their mum has a gun. Like farmers... and farmer's mums
(Yes, yes, we all know that those who are technically knowledgeable enough can get round any ban by using suitable proxies, but only a small subset of people have that required level of knowledge).
Coincidentally, the same small subset that reads Slashdot!
Why not? We already have suicide bombers that are willing to blow themselves to hell for their cause, and it'd probably be a lot easier to get one of them to suddenly hit the gas and drive through the glass into the terminal than it would be to reprogram one of these cars to do it
Yeah, but when you have a human driver you can just get an angry scotsman to drag him out of the vehicle
That article is bullshit. El Salvador doesn't have capital punishment for anything but exceptional crimes, and hasn't since 1983
Have you actually read the Kotaku or Cnet reviews? Cnet calls it 'the most fun you can have with your hands free'. Kotaku, while acknowledging there are a number of flaws, says that it 'can be revolutionary'. I wouldn't exactly say either of these reviews are 'trashing' the Kinect.
Thieves have attempted this approach for as long as this type of cash delivery system has existed, and consequently there are numerous security measures to prevent it. The ceiling space that contains the tubes is usually protected by motion sensors, the cash delivery system usually has some form of intrusion countermeasure that would detect a change in pressure, and the most simple method is a timer system that detects whether the money is received in the strong room N seconds after it's sent by the cashier, triggering an alarm if not.
It seems that for whatever reason this chain of stores hadn't implemented the basic security measures, or they were ineffective, probably due to human error (i.e. forgetting to set the alarm in the roofspace).
Clearly, no one can survive making that little profit, they need every last penny, dammit!
I think The Sun is definitely part of the problem in England.
That's like taxing tampons or pads because they know that 50% of people need them.
In the UK (and I believe the rest of the EU) they DO tax sanitary products. It took quite a lot of campaigning to get them placed in the 'reduced' rate of tax (5%) rather than the 'luxury' rate (currently 17.5%, soon to be 20%) as well. See here for example.
Because it's still perfectly acceptable to consider a black person as only 3/5 of a person, and it's perfectly acceptable to refer to native Americans as 'savages' (as in the Declaration of Independence).
Great work guys. You just invented moths.
He will buy BBC? How exactly?
Exactly, it's a ridiculous assertion. I mean, the only way he could have any effect on the BBC is if he were to use his vast media empire to influence an election and support a party hostile to the BBC. Thank God THAT never happened!
I get the website of 10 Downing Street. Clearly, David Cameron is going to destroy the universe.
Can anyone tell me why someone wouldn't want the .xxx domain to happen? What possible downside is there to it?
RFC 3675 covers it pretty well
Dude - this is BRITAIN! Everyone eats fish & chips and meat pies. Kidney pies on Sundays, I think.
That's completly untrue, I wish people would stop perpetrating myths and stereotypes about British life. On Sunday, it's roast beef, potatoes, carrots, peas, Yorkshire puddings and lots of gravy. Kidney pies are on Saturdays, during the footie.
Bill Gates invests in a company. He's not personally building a reactor like some kind of comic book super villain.
You can always use the three seashells instead
Why would you want to do a think like that though? Those announcements are the main reason I choose Avast!
Remember that sexism, by definition, can only be against women and that it's impossible for women to be sexist against men
Actually, under UK law it can be either way round. Section 2 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 states "Section 1, and the provisions of Parts II and III relating to sex discrimination against women, are to be read as applying equally to the treatment of men, and for that purpose shall have effect with such modifications as are requisite".
FlightGear planes don't really burn or break up after a crash
According to the Wikipedia article, starting fires when planes crash is a new feature of 2.0.0
Retaining the DNA of innocent people and using stop and search powers without reasonable suspicion are two areas that come to mind, the UK government has been successfully prosecuted in the ECHR but has yet to comply with the rulings