As someone that's just woken up drunk at 2am, switched off the TV and stopped to check the laptop before climbing into bed to resume my sleep, I had no problem understanding his badly typed sentences.
Maybe your sobriety is the issue? Have some vodka and give it another go.
Depends on the model. My current aids cost £2200 for the pair.
They are very expensive for their complexity but as suggested, form is a big factor - mine need the battery changing once every few days and fit discretely inside the ear so it's not obvious that I'm wearing them.
Oh no! The EU only has two nuclear powers in it, how we will survive!
Please, try and throw some realism into the debate. The US is going to declare war on Europe? Hell, Russia and China would pick sides pretty fast, India would be straight on board, it would end up with five nuclear capable nations against two (well done, you got Israel) with Pakistan giggling to themselves as they plan Islamic domination of what's left.
The goal of the pirate community is simple - nobody pays, ever.
Interesting. Is that why the Pirate Party in Sweden specifically doesn't want abolition of copyright. Or why the Pirate Party in the UK also wants to retain a period of copyright, during which content creators can commercially exploit their works?
Is this why people that use P2P networks to share music buy more CDs than people that don't?
The basic facts are pretty clear: the 'pirate community' (such as it is; I've identified two candidates above) firmly believes that people should be fairly rewarded for their work. This involves payment.
So the US wont lose all that tax revenue, they wont need to engage in a trade war, and they wont struggle to fund health care. Hell, every other country manages it.
This is a US issue - in other countries (well, the UK anyway) it's possible to propose amendments to a Bill to remove or add specific line items, and the amendments are voted on individually in addition to the main Bill.
This makes it very easy to vote for something in principle, but also to vote for the line item that takes out the one bad bit of the main Bill.
Just wrote to UKIP directly, setting out the situation, the circumstances, my interpretation of the motion and of ACTA, and my response to their votes against the motion. Ended with
Reducing European bureaucratic interference in the UK is a fine and worth ideal; replacing it with American imperialism is hardly an acceptable substitute.
Why repeat that organisation's activities instead of doing something else, such as giving the disenfranchised population the chance to vote against the mainstream parties?
Your question appears to be based on a flawed premise.
Do not vote on who you want to be the Prime Minister. Vote on who you want to represent your interests in parliament.
Yes, it's useful if that representative doesn't present views with which you agree on broader issues (foreign policy, education, healthcare, taxation being the usual suspects) but in reality a PPUK vote isn't even voting in a candidate; it's voting for a given issue ahead of the others.
If you really care strongly about foreign policy then vote for a candidate that will represent your views. If you care about a range of issues, find a candidate that represents you the best across the range.
If you find that the three main parties are all corrupt and pushing broadly the same policies, the Greens have no sense of reality, the BNP are a bunch of racist fuckwits and none of the independent candidates have knocked on your door to tell you what they're standing for, then why not vote for a single issue party. If you hate Europe vote UKIP, if you want greater transparency and online rights then vote PPUK.
I can definitely negotiate my salary better than a union. It's why I earn as much a union members 20 years senior to me.
What I can't do is negotiate redundancy terms as well as a union. Which is why the person 20 years senior to me will pick up 100k more than me if we're both made redundant.
Then again, if I were in the union he would do too; the union are representing his interests and not my own, and my membership of that union is utterly irrelevant to their position on that matter.
So fuck 'em, and lets stop them funding political parties too.
Here are some of the things already tried: - appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (UK Gov't lost, but has ignored the ruling) - media publicity (UK Gov't criticised heavily) - writing to Members of Parliament (still no new legislation being debated) - writing to the police (interesting mix of responses from the police, but they still lobby the Gov't to retain all DNA)
The only thing that hasn't happened since the DNA database really started to grow is an election, and that'll happen before June. Unfortunately at the election certain issues such as war in Iraq/Afghanistan, the economy, immigration, the economy, Europe, schools, the economy, healthcare, taxes and the economy are going to be factors in who people vote for, in addition to the DNA database.
More insidious, is that although the police wont share their record of you with you, they will share it with a prospective partner that wants to know if you'll harm their children.
This means that ex-partner can make a clearly false accusation of rape, abuse or child abuse against you, the police realise she's full of shit and never pursue it, then a subsequent relationship break up because the police were obliged to reveal an accusation against you, that you weren't even aware of.
Currently only available in certain areas, but being rolled out across the country. And I fucking hate it.
I believe it's been the law in the UK for many years (long before the current anti-terror legislation) that you must identify yourself when requested by the police.
Of course, that's all you have to do. You certainly don't have to provide documentary evidence of your identity (except, as you say, in relation to driving).
Fair point - I was thinking of strategy or FPS type games. Some games are indeed better with console controllers. Driving and sports games I greatly prefer on the console..
Do I play a game that expects me to manage a mini-joystick and a four-way pad then requires me to learn several multi-button combinations to do basic activities, or
Do I play a game that lets me use a mouse to look around, use the mouse buttons for the key activities, then lets me use one key from my splendiful keyboard for the other activities?
It's not just whether the game works with a controller (or the fact that I don't own such a controller and have no desire to buy one) it's the fact that PC games are frankly just more fun to play.
Make the game challenging, don't make the control mechanism challenging. We should have migrated past that by now. I'm not 14 any more.
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As someone that's just woken up drunk at 2am, switched off the TV and stopped to check the laptop before climbing into bed to resume my sleep, I had no problem understanding his badly typed sentences.
Maybe your sobriety is the issue? Have some vodka and give it another go.
Depends on the model. My current aids cost £2200 for the pair.
They are very expensive for their complexity but as suggested, form is a big factor - mine need the battery changing once every few days and fit discretely inside the ear so it's not obvious that I'm wearing them.
Heh, first thing I did - before even reading all the comments.
(I did read down far enough to get the link to the vote breakdown, so I could double-check my actual MEPs)
Oh no! The EU only has two nuclear powers in it, how we will survive!
Please, try and throw some realism into the debate. The US is going to declare war on Europe? Hell, Russia and China would pick sides pretty fast, India would be straight on board, it would end up with five nuclear capable nations against two (well done, you got Israel) with Pakistan giggling to themselves as they plan Islamic domination of what's left.
Meanwhile, back in the real world..
The goal of the pirate community is simple - nobody pays, ever.
Interesting. Is that why the Pirate Party in Sweden specifically doesn't want abolition of copyright. Or why the Pirate Party in the UK also wants to retain a period of copyright, during which content creators can commercially exploit their works?
Is this why people that use P2P networks to share music buy more CDs than people that don't?
The basic facts are pretty clear: the 'pirate community' (such as it is; I've identified two candidates above) firmly believes that people should be fairly rewarded for their work. This involves payment.
So the US wont lose all that tax revenue, they wont need to engage in a trade war, and they wont struggle to fund health care. Hell, every other country manages it.
To be fair, the motion also mentioned limits on what could be in ACTA, including compliance with existing EU copyright terms.
This is a US issue - in other countries (well, the UK anyway) it's possible to propose amendments to a Bill to remove or add specific line items, and the amendments are voted on individually in addition to the main Bill.
This makes it very easy to vote for something in principle, but also to vote for the line item that takes out the one bad bit of the main Bill.
Just wrote to UKIP directly, setting out the situation, the circumstances, my interpretation of the motion and of ACTA, and my response to their votes against the motion. Ended with
Reducing European bureaucratic interference in the UK is a fine and worth ideal;
replacing it with American imperialism is hardly an acceptable substitute.
Can't believe they've been such fuckwits.
Just checked my local MEPs, four of them voted for the motion, one didn't vote.
So I wrote to the four thanking them (and didn't write to the fifth - no idea why he didn't vote, but could be illness, family emergency, laziness...)
That pressure group already exists, has done for a couple of years now, and does some excellent work.
http://openrightsgroup.org/
Why repeat that organisation's activities instead of doing something else, such as giving the disenfranchised population the chance to vote against the mainstream parties?
Particularly when a hung parliament is a serious consideration.
Those swing seats are prime single-issue playgrounds right now.
Your question appears to be based on a flawed premise.
Do not vote on who you want to be the Prime Minister. Vote on who you want to represent your interests in parliament.
Yes, it's useful if that representative doesn't present views with which you agree on broader issues (foreign policy, education, healthcare, taxation being the usual suspects) but in reality a PPUK vote isn't even voting in a candidate; it's voting for a given issue ahead of the others.
If you really care strongly about foreign policy then vote for a candidate that will represent your views. If you care about a range of issues, find a candidate that represents you the best across the range.
If you find that the three main parties are all corrupt and pushing broadly the same policies, the Greens have no sense of reality, the BNP are a bunch of racist fuckwits and none of the independent candidates have knocked on your door to tell you what they're standing for, then why not vote for a single issue party. If you hate Europe vote UKIP, if you want greater transparency and online rights then vote PPUK.
UKIP are not a far right or far left party. They are (as you highlight) a single issue party.
I'll happily vote UKIP, and I'll happily take up arms against the BNP. Putting them both in the same category is naive and/or disingenuous.
"You lost your updates to the file? How? What do you mean the network stopped responding? Hmm - better check the router"
"it happened again? This isn't good - I'll virus check my Mac" *cough*
"No, we can't find the cause. Yeah, it's bugging the hell out of me too"
Sure, boss' son isn't happy, but nobody is to blame except the technology. Maybe another approach would prove more durable...
I counter with Leon.
Stansfield: You don't like Beethoven. You don't know what you're missing. Overtures like that get my... juices flowing.
I can definitely negotiate my salary better than a union. It's why I earn as much a union members 20 years senior to me.
What I can't do is negotiate redundancy terms as well as a union. Which is why the person 20 years senior to me will pick up 100k more than me if we're both made redundant.
Then again, if I were in the union he would do too; the union are representing his interests and not my own, and my membership of that union is utterly irrelevant to their position on that matter.
So fuck 'em, and lets stop them funding political parties too.
1. False positives.
2. Unnecessary intrusion into privacy.
3. You can't trust them.
4. Presumption of innocence
Sorry, I've only thought of four compelling reasons in the first 30 seconds.
Just don't give them a sample without a court order, ever.
No court order needed. They just need to arrest you.
Yeah, I think that's fucked up too.
I'm curious, what would you propose we do?
Keep it legal.
Here are some of the things already tried:
- appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (UK Gov't lost, but has ignored the ruling)
- media publicity (UK Gov't criticised heavily)
- writing to Members of Parliament (still no new legislation being debated)
- writing to the police (interesting mix of responses from the police, but they still lobby the Gov't to retain all DNA)
The only thing that hasn't happened since the DNA database really started to grow is an election, and that'll happen before June. Unfortunately at the election certain issues such as war in Iraq/Afghanistan, the economy, immigration, the economy, Europe, schools, the economy, healthcare, taxes and the economy are going to be factors in who people vote for, in addition to the DNA database.
More insidious, is that although the police wont share their record of you with you, they will share it with a prospective partner that wants to know if you'll harm their children.
This means that ex-partner can make a clearly false accusation of rape, abuse or child abuse against you, the police realise she's full of shit and never pursue it, then a subsequent relationship break up because the police were obliged to reveal an accusation against you, that you weren't even aware of.
Currently only available in certain areas, but being rolled out across the country. And I fucking hate it.
"We'd like to eliminate you from our enquiries. Please provide a DNA sample."
"I'm sorry, I'd prefer not to provide a sample."
"I am arresting you on suspicion..."
Suddenly they get their DNA sample, they get to mess up your life and they set you free afterwards anyway with no recourse for false arrest etc.
They've done it before.
I believe it's been the law in the UK for many years (long before the current anti-terror legislation) that you must identify yourself when requested by the police.
Of course, that's all you have to do. You certainly don't have to provide documentary evidence of your identity (except, as you say, in relation to driving).
they can also tell you that you may face consequences at trial if you remain silent.
Actually it's nice of them to do that, because they're right.
Whether that's a good thing is the point to argue, rather than them telling you about it.
Fair point - I was thinking of strategy or FPS type games. Some games are indeed better with console controllers. Driving and sports games I greatly prefer on the console..
Do I play a game that expects me to manage a mini-joystick and a four-way pad then requires me to learn several multi-button combinations to do basic activities, or
Do I play a game that lets me use a mouse to look around, use the mouse buttons for the key activities, then lets me use one key from my splendiful keyboard for the other activities?
It's not just whether the game works with a controller (or the fact that I don't own such a controller and have no desire to buy one) it's the fact that PC games are frankly just more fun to play.
Make the game challenging, don't make the control mechanism challenging. We should have migrated past that by now. I'm not 14 any more.