erm... sorry did I load the wrong page? I thought this was Slashdot, where we always quote wiki articles that anyone can write and claim knowledge of stuff that God himself (or Q or alternate deity / deities) doesn't know
Without disagreeing with anyone else - they are right it's the pandemic that is the problem, but yes currently about 12,000 people die each year in the UK from NORMAL flu so the 60 is nothing - IF it stays that way.
I could look up the BBC link but hey this is Slashdot - I'll just quote statistics
But then all you have to do is use your ESP to talk to your brother and get him to smash them for you allowing you to take a picture of them, only to have someone else film and them to find out and chase you down and... OK I'm gonna stop now as I know WAY too much about the Thunderbirds
F.A.B.
Haven't you heard? Rover went bust...
(for our friends across the pond, it's a UK car manufacturer that finally went bust after buyouts after buyout and rescue packages)
Well where I used to work, they had a rule on emails that went something along the lines of:
1. Do not except any privacy in any email that you send.
2. Excessive personal use can get you fired.
3. Breaking any rule we have or will have can get you fired.
I'm paraphrasing, but that was basically what it said, they would read any email they wanted. They had a couple of anally retentive guys at work who used to actually check these things. A mate emailed his home email a copy of the gorrila.bas program that you used to get with windows (don't ask me why he did that) and it was blocked because the gorilla that is throwing is refered to as the 'tosser' in the code, and THAT blew out the rude word checker.
The guy asked my mate why he was emailing 'corporate secrets' externally, my mate replied that it was a game on EVERY computer, then this guy then wanted it removed from all the computers at work as you can't have games on there!
So with those types of people you can understand how such stupid email rules came about!
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erm... sorry did I load the wrong page? I thought this was Slashdot, where we always quote wiki articles that anyone can write and claim knowledge of stuff that God himself (or Q or alternate deity / deities) doesn't know
Well it has happened once and the police chiefs stated the policy will stay. If they think you might be a suicide bomber you WILL be shot.
But I will say no more about this before I start a rant
And in Soviet Britain if they even THINK you might be a terrorist they can shoot you 8 times in the head just in case.
Yes I'm from the UK before anyone asks!
Without disagreeing with anyone else - they are right it's the pandemic that is the problem, but yes currently about 12,000 people die each year in the UK from NORMAL flu so the 60 is nothing - IF it stays that way.
I could look up the BBC link but hey this is Slashdot - I'll just quote statistics
And it was 50 million worldwide that died from the Spanish Flu pandemic
Actually I think the phrase is 'avoided like the plague' ;)
They did a film? Really? I must have missed that one.
I just remember the supermarionation show I watched as a kid, along with Captain Scarlet and the others
But then all you have to do is use your ESP to talk to your brother and get him to smash them for you allowing you to take a picture of them, only to have someone else film and them to find out and chase you down and... OK I'm gonna stop now as I know WAY too much about the Thunderbirds F.A.B.
Haven't you heard? Rover went bust... (for our friends across the pond, it's a UK car manufacturer that finally went bust after buyouts after buyout and rescue packages)
Well where I used to work, they had a rule on emails that went something along the lines of:
1. Do not except any privacy in any email that you send.
2. Excessive personal use can get you fired.
3. Breaking any rule we have or will have can get you fired.
I'm paraphrasing, but that was basically what it said, they would read any email they wanted. They had a couple of anally retentive guys at work who used to actually check these things. A mate emailed his home email a copy of the gorrila.bas program that you used to get with windows (don't ask me why he did that) and it was blocked because the gorilla that is throwing is refered to as the 'tosser' in the code, and THAT blew out the rude word checker.
The guy asked my mate why he was emailing 'corporate secrets' externally, my mate replied that it was a game on EVERY computer, then this guy then wanted it removed from all the computers at work as you can't have games on there!
So with those types of people you can understand how such stupid email rules came about!