The apparent lack of security is a red herring - the attack took place in a publicly-accessible area, BEFORE any security checks to get in to the arena.
Indeed, most of the security is aimed at finding drinks and snacks (protecting the venues revenue), cameras (protecting the artists IP), and knives/handguns, in that order, and they use profiling techniques for all these.
The thing is, even the most high-tech security checks are prone to failure - just look at the number of times investigators in the US have smuggled illicit objects through TSA scanners and onto aircraft.
The Boeing 747 was still on the drawing board when the Hawker Siddelly HS121 Trident was routinely doing Autoland inns on BEA's European network.
When the Trident was replaced with the Boeing 757 in the 80's, Boeing couldn't understand British Airways insistence on Autoland capability, as there were only 3 runways in the US capable of it - compare this with the 12 runways on BEA's domestic network, and the 30+ on their European routes.
So how come someone from the UK isn't allowed to access that page?
FTA:
We're sorry but this site is not accessible from the UK as it is part of our international service and is not funded by the licence fee. It is run commercially by BBC Worldwide, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BBC, the profits made from it go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund great new BBC programmes.
I can sort-of understand non-UK readers being prevented from seeing things paid for by the License Fee, but UK residents being prevented from reading something NOT paid for in that way?
**facepalm**
I worked with a band here in the UK a few years ago who shared a name with the biggest album from a group who were big in the 80's (thats not where they got the name from, it was just a massive coincidence.)
They were making next to nothing, but trying to raise their profile, and the cheapest way of doing this was by distributing music over t'interwebnets - and as hosting on this side of the pond was expensive, they took the cheapest route and went for an American host.
Can anyone see where this is leading?
Suffice to say, they bit the bullet, canned their American host, and got one here in the UK.
Copyrighting functions would be like copyrighting individual words or small phrases - you can copyright a whole book, but not the phrase "What time is it?" within the context of that book, for instance.
Manufacturers never include coupons like this out of the goodness of their hearts (not that many of them have hearts!) - its entirely likely that these coupons have been paid for by OnLive as a promotional thing (They pay the game maker, who make money without doing anything, people redeem the vouchers, and a percentage carry on paying for the service - everyone profits.)
In this case - wouldn't GameStop be defrauding OnLive of potential revenue they have paid for?
Would this just be on video, or would just about every pop act out there be locked up and have the key thrown away for "singing" (ie, miming, or lip syncing) to a backing track at a "live" show?
...years ago, when starting pre-production on the Star Wars prequels?
I swear there was a story floating around that he was trying to buy up the rights to most of Alec Guiness's old films, especially the ealing comedies, in order to have him "play" the young Obi-Wan.
Your second sentence is somewhat disingenuous - you may as well blame all the national rivalries in Europe on the Romans invading everyone else and stealing their lands.
Ireland (as a whole) has been under British rule for hundreds of years, dating right back to the Norman invasion in the Twelfth Century - remember, these are the same Normans who invaded England.
Incidentally, the Normans were invited over to help one of the ousted Irish kings regain his kingdom, and he gradually handed more and more power over to the Normans.
If anything, the British GAVE AWAY land, allowing the creation of the Irish Free State which occupied 5/6ths of the landmass - the Protestant dominated North-East of the country remained part of the UK.
All the terrorism was aimed at bringing that last small piece into an independent Ireland, and was mostly bankrolled by the Irish government and various American political groups who claimed an Irish background - even if that background was Protestant rather than Catholic.
More people were killed by Irish terrorists than died in the Twin Towers, yet not once did the British government try bringing in any measures approaching anywhere near this level of paranoia and stupidity.
Thank God we don't have any smart terrorists... the kind who would, say, cause a security alert at an airport in order to have it evacuated and then set off the car-bomb parked outside (away from all the security, checks, police officers with guns, etc.), in the open-air, right where 10,000 people just got evacuated to.
There was a terrorist attack in Manchester several years ago by one version of the IRA - several small bombs were placed on shops in the Arndale Centre (later to be all but demolished by another bomb).
When these bombs went off, the entire building was evacuated - it was later found that explosives had been laid by one of the main emergency exit routes.
IIRC, these explosives didnt go off, but the loss of life among those trying to get away from a smaller event could have been staggering.
Then again, this was something the IRA was adept at - after all, what better way to cause terror than by making it obvious you might be killed even if you get away from a terrorist incident.
It's just that every time the Met comes up here, they bungle the case big time and those arrested have to be released, even in the midst of over-whelming evidence against them.
Either that, or they blatantly get the wrong person but release all sorts of emotive "facts" about what they were arrested for which tries to convince everyone (or maybe just themselves) theyve got the right person.
GMP are trained at least as well as anyone else in the country, and a lot better than some - they know exactly how to do this sort of thing and don't need anyone holding their hands.
why the Met had to get involved.
surely, every time the Police in London want to arrest someone in Manchester (usually terror related!) they should be the ones doing the support.
Or is it another case of our Southern masters not trusting anyone north of the Watford Gap?
"Copyright Restoration" - I have certain rights when I purchase a game, which the games companies try to artificially restrict using DRM and other technologies - circumventing those restrictions restore those rights.
A single installer would be great - but going off the 6th screen-shot, adding additional features later would invoke the download of extra packages that you didnt explicitly ask for.
With my Linux user hat on, I'm thinking "Ok, go ahead" - but with my 'Doze admin hat on, my first instinct is "ok, so whats going on here then?"
On thing that concerns me - Linux-style package management is something that anyone who has been using Linux for any length of time will know and understand - but for a general 'Doze user to suddenly be told "you want to install packages A, B, +C, which require packages X, Y, +Z", this is going to set off all sorts of alarms.
A lot of Windows users are (finally) getting used to the idea that some software will try and install all manner of nasties, they are going to see this list of additional software that needs installing, and freak out, meaning theyre not going to install it.
Pity, as this looks as if it could potentially be a viable alternative to MS Orifice or OpenOffice.
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The apparent lack of security is a red herring - the attack took place in a publicly-accessible area, BEFORE any security checks to get in to the arena. Indeed, most of the security is aimed at finding drinks and snacks (protecting the venues revenue), cameras (protecting the artists IP), and knives/handguns, in that order, and they use profiling techniques for all these. The thing is, even the most high-tech security checks are prone to failure - just look at the number of times investigators in the US have smuggled illicit objects through TSA scanners and onto aircraft.
Pfft. How should Loughborough be pronounced? Chances are, you're wrong. Try Lufbra...
The Boeing 747 was still on the drawing board when the Hawker Siddelly HS121 Trident was routinely doing Autoland inns on BEA's European network. When the Trident was replaced with the Boeing 757 in the 80's, Boeing couldn't understand British Airways insistence on Autoland capability, as there were only 3 runways in the US capable of it - compare this with the 12 runways on BEA's domestic network, and the 30+ on their European routes.
I've even seen people refer to it as a Nexus 4!
I would be more impressed if they were juggling 3.14 balls...
Okay, that's weird - /. just screwed up my formatting...
So how come someone from the UK isn't allowed to access that page? FTA: We're sorry but this site is not accessible from the UK as it is part of our international service and is not funded by the licence fee. It is run commercially by BBC Worldwide, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BBC, the profits made from it go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund great new BBC programmes. I can sort-of understand non-UK readers being prevented from seeing things paid for by the License Fee, but UK residents being prevented from reading something NOT paid for in that way? **facepalm**
I worked with a band here in the UK a few years ago who shared a name with the biggest album from a group who were big in the 80's (thats not where they got the name from, it was just a massive coincidence.) They were making next to nothing, but trying to raise their profile, and the cheapest way of doing this was by distributing music over t'interwebnets - and as hosting on this side of the pond was expensive, they took the cheapest route and went for an American host. Can anyone see where this is leading? Suffice to say, they bit the bullet, canned their American host, and got one here in the UK.
Copyrighting functions would be like copyrighting individual words or small phrases - you can copyright a whole book, but not the phrase "What time is it?" within the context of that book, for instance.
Manufacturers never include coupons like this out of the goodness of their hearts (not that many of them have hearts!) - its entirely likely that these coupons have been paid for by OnLive as a promotional thing (They pay the game maker, who make money without doing anything, people redeem the vouchers, and a percentage carry on paying for the service - everyone profits.) In this case - wouldn't GameStop be defrauding OnLive of potential revenue they have paid for?
It works for me!! ;)
Would this just be on video, or would just about every pop act out there be locked up and have the key thrown away for "singing" (ie, miming, or lip syncing) to a backing track at a "live" show?
...years ago, when starting pre-production on the Star Wars prequels? I swear there was a story floating around that he was trying to buy up the rights to most of Alec Guiness's old films, especially the ealing comedies, in order to have him "play" the young Obi-Wan.
Your second sentence is somewhat disingenuous - you may as well blame all the national rivalries in Europe on the Romans invading everyone else and stealing their lands. Ireland (as a whole) has been under British rule for hundreds of years, dating right back to the Norman invasion in the Twelfth Century - remember, these are the same Normans who invaded England. Incidentally, the Normans were invited over to help one of the ousted Irish kings regain his kingdom, and he gradually handed more and more power over to the Normans. If anything, the British GAVE AWAY land, allowing the creation of the Irish Free State which occupied 5/6ths of the landmass - the Protestant dominated North-East of the country remained part of the UK. All the terrorism was aimed at bringing that last small piece into an independent Ireland, and was mostly bankrolled by the Irish government and various American political groups who claimed an Irish background - even if that background was Protestant rather than Catholic. More people were killed by Irish terrorists than died in the Twin Towers, yet not once did the British government try bringing in any measures approaching anywhere near this level of paranoia and stupidity.
Thank God we don't have any smart terrorists... the kind who would, say, cause a security alert at an airport in order to have it evacuated and then set off the car-bomb parked outside (away from all the security, checks, police officers with guns, etc.), in the open-air, right where 10,000 people just got evacuated to.
There was a terrorist attack in Manchester several years ago by one version of the IRA - several small bombs were placed on shops in the Arndale Centre (later to be all but demolished by another bomb). When these bombs went off, the entire building was evacuated - it was later found that explosives had been laid by one of the main emergency exit routes. IIRC, these explosives didnt go off, but the loss of life among those trying to get away from a smaller event could have been staggering. Then again, this was something the IRA was adept at - after all, what better way to cause terror than by making it obvious you might be killed even if you get away from a terrorist incident.
It's just that every time the Met comes up here, they bungle the case big time and those arrested have to be released, even in the midst of over-whelming evidence against them. Either that, or they blatantly get the wrong person but release all sorts of emotive "facts" about what they were arrested for which tries to convince everyone (or maybe just themselves) theyve got the right person. GMP are trained at least as well as anyone else in the country, and a lot better than some - they know exactly how to do this sort of thing and don't need anyone holding their hands.
why the Met had to get involved. surely, every time the Police in London want to arrest someone in Manchester (usually terror related!) they should be the ones doing the support. Or is it another case of our Southern masters not trusting anyone north of the Watford Gap?
I think he will suddenly have a lot of spare cash to spend on beer and hookers...
Please tell me I'm not the only one amused by the whole "best built on Debian or Ubuntu, 'cos thats what we use" part of the README...
"Copyright Restoration" - I have certain rights when I purchase a game, which the games companies try to artificially restrict using DRM and other technologies - circumventing those restrictions restore those rights.
So what would happen if, say, a Christian were to convert to Islam - would the death penalty apply there?
A single installer would be great - but going off the 6th screen-shot, adding additional features later would invoke the download of extra packages that you didnt explicitly ask for. With my Linux user hat on, I'm thinking "Ok, go ahead" - but with my 'Doze admin hat on, my first instinct is "ok, so whats going on here then?"
On thing that concerns me - Linux-style package management is something that anyone who has been using Linux for any length of time will know and understand - but for a general 'Doze user to suddenly be told "you want to install packages A, B, +C, which require packages X, Y, +Z", this is going to set off all sorts of alarms. A lot of Windows users are (finally) getting used to the idea that some software will try and install all manner of nasties, they are going to see this list of additional software that needs installing, and freak out, meaning theyre not going to install it. Pity, as this looks as if it could potentially be a viable alternative to MS Orifice or OpenOffice.