The signal from the internal oscillators within the TV demodulator unit propagate back to the aerial and are then transmitted. It's possible to detect this signal and determine if somebody's watching TV.
Actually, I do blame the post office for delivering junk mail - Royal Mail actively encourages it as it brings in a load of cash. They recently attempted to fire a postman who was telling people how to reduce the level of junk mail they received.
You're right that it's wrong to simply blame the lawyers, and the their clients must share in that blame. However, just because your client wants you to do something doesn't mean that you should.
Reminds me of a quote from "Yes, (Prime) Minister":
Jim Hacker: The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country. The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country. The Times is read by people who actually do run the country. The Daily Mirror is read by the wives of the people who run the country. The Financial Times is read by people who own the country. The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country. The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.
Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about people who read the Sun.
Bernard: Sun readers don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big tits.
Let's try and kick Ford whilst it's down shall we? I'm sure they'd welcome the chance to waste money on legal fees rather than attempting to turn around the company.
Should probably have pointed out I'm a UK resident. Here you can purchase copies of the electoral roll (unless the voter opts-out). I'm pretty sure that Equifax would get access to the complete list, however.
This is quite interesting. I had a few problems getting my current job when an Equifax credit check on me failed because my local council had screwed up its electoral role. I had to enclose copies of utility bills and chase up the council before my offer of employment could be confirmed.
The council wasn't that happy with me exercising my legal right to view the electoral roll either!
This wikipedia article says that only the older displays are susceptible to burn-in and that on modern displays it is due to ionisation which can be fixed by watching static for a bit.
Given a couple of people (one a young boy escaped from a care home) have managed to board planes at major UK airports, without boarding passes or passports, in the last couple of days I'd say passport possession has nothing to do with one's ability to blow up a plane.
That said, I agree with a lot of the rest of your post. Particularly the comments about John Reid's speech.
I'm just glad it's optional. I've never been a big fan of graphical installers, they've traditionally been awful and sluggish. And lets be honest, it's not like the current debian installer is hard to use.
Absolutely, as ironic as it may seem given I support decomcracy, I'm a huge fan of the House of Lords. It's an important check on Parliament, particularly given that hereditary peers have essentially been phased out and the only new members of the chamber will be those appointed by government - in fact quite a few experts in their particular fields get appointed. The US has the same idea with the Senate v the House of Representatives (although the Senate is elected), with the Senate being the more "measured" of the two.
Lets hope that Parliament doesn't further castrate the House of Lords with its latest reforms of the lower chamber.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, because we all know that those things have no impact on the way we use the web...
Are you not an open-source supporter then? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this allowed (and even intended).
Heaven forbid you actually learn to spell words correctly! :)
The signal from the internal oscillators within the TV demodulator unit propagate back to the aerial and are then transmitted. It's possible to detect this signal and determine if somebody's watching TV.
I haven't paid for it. Old Yahoo! users got to keep the previously free access for free.
I wonder how many people still use Yahoo! mail's POP3/SMTP servers instead of the web interface (I do).
Yeah, because it's not like credit/debit cards can be cloned and PIN numbers stolen.
Actually, I do blame the post office for delivering junk mail - Royal Mail actively encourages it as it brings in a load of cash. They recently attempted to fire a postman who was telling people how to reduce the level of junk mail they received. You're right that it's wrong to simply blame the lawyers, and the their clients must share in that blame. However, just because your client wants you to do something doesn't mean that you should.
Reminds me of a quote from "Yes, (Prime) Minister":
Jim Hacker: The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country. The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country. The Times is read by people who actually do run the country. The Daily Mirror is read by the wives of the people who run the country. The Financial Times is read by people who own the country. The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country. The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.
Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about people who read the Sun.
Bernard: Sun readers don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big tits.
Let's try and kick Ford whilst it's down shall we? I'm sure they'd welcome the chance to waste money on legal fees rather than attempting to turn around the company.
Should probably have pointed out I'm a UK resident. Here you can purchase copies of the electoral roll (unless the voter opts-out). I'm pretty sure that Equifax would get access to the complete list, however.
This is quite interesting. I had a few problems getting my current job when an Equifax credit check on me failed because my local council had screwed up its electoral role. I had to enclose copies of utility bills and chase up the council before my offer of employment could be confirmed.
The council wasn't that happy with me exercising my legal right to view the electoral roll either!
55 MiB per second, 460.8 Mbps.
And vomit to boot! I'm not actually sure which I'd rather collect.
I get your point, but since when has profit sharing or payment been a pre-requisite for volunteering?
What I'd rather see happen is the NHS get subsidised drugs that are developed as a result of this study.
Do I get a prize for still running coax? :)
This wikipedia article says that only the older displays are susceptible to burn-in and that on modern displays it is due to ionisation which can be fixed by watching static for a bit.
Can anybody else confirm this?
Yeah, I know. I just found it amusing.
Given a couple of people (one a young boy escaped from a care home) have managed to board planes at major UK airports, without boarding passes or passports, in the last couple of days I'd say passport possession has nothing to do with one's ability to blow up a plane.
That said, I agree with a lot of the rest of your post. Particularly the comments about John Reid's speech.
I'm just glad it's optional. I've never been a big fan of graphical installers, they've traditionally been awful and sluggish. And lets be honest, it's not like the current debian installer is hard to use.
Some semi-relevant links for UK residents:
http://www.cfoi.org.uk/
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/
http://www.cyber-rights.org/
http://www.justice.org.uk/
Absolutely, as ironic as it may seem given I support decomcracy, I'm a huge fan of the House of Lords. It's an important check on Parliament, particularly given that hereditary peers have essentially been phased out and the only new members of the chamber will be those appointed by government - in fact quite a few experts in their particular fields get appointed. The US has the same idea with the Senate v the House of Representatives (although the Senate is elected), with the Senate being the more "measured" of the two.
Lets hope that Parliament doesn't further castrate the House of Lords with its latest reforms of the lower chamber.
Yeah, because we all know that cable, component lead and semi-conductor junction reactance allow for perfect square waves.
I'm surprised nothing like this has come up already with ISPs using (transparent) caching HTTP proxies.
I read it more as an attempted troll.