This is the kind of discussion that goes on in the USA, not Britain. I don't even want to get into "the officer was intimidated so he shot the suspect" nonsense. It's not up for debate. I want my country back the way it was, and that starts with tasers in the hands of trained firearms officers ONLY.
We don't want cops that pull tasers as a matter of routine. Our entire policing system rests on consent, and I don't consent to having an armed overlord caste roaming amongst us like cheetahs prowling through grazing gazelles.
Yes, of course. Sony made the only MP3 player that didn't play MP3s too. Are you going to tell me I took mine back to the shop because I like bitching about Sony?
No, my friend, I bitch about Sony because they deserve it: they want to bully the world into doing things their way. Well they may have a few gimps who like it, but the rest of us who have a choice in cameras, music players, laptops, PDAs and phones will go with the solution that (and I repeat for emphasis) everyone else uses.
"But what PC card reader doesn't have a MS card reader slot?"
My camera doesn't have an MS card reader. So I can't re-use SD cards there. And my laptop has an SD card reader built in, but won't read MS cards. And I have an SD card with a USB snap out tab on it so I don't need a reader. Never seen an MS card that can do that.
Sony needs to stop attempting to bully customers, even the gimps commenting here who apparently enjoy being dominated.
No. I don't. I already have plenty of SD cards. I bought them over the years to use with all kinds of devices. And why? BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE USES SD CARDS.
"So what you're saying is that it's the EU that is trying to save us from our own government."
No. The European Court of Human Rights, the ultimate court for the European Convention on Human Rights, a treaty signed after WWII and drafted by a British civil servant. So a case of a less-hysterical era trying to save us from an post-Enlightenment era of idiocy.
The poor bastard is going to have RDX residue over all his clothes, and in his flat. Whenever he goes through an airport with a gas chromatogram sniffer (which all will soonish, thanks to Underpants Boy) he's going to get the free prostate exam. I don't know how long residue will continue to trigger the ultra-sensitive tests, but I bet it's years.
Posted Thursday 17th December 2009 00:20 GMT
Kay Tie
Yes, I know about the Finno-Ugric language branch..
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.. being non-Indo-European etc. I was ribbing the Finns. But since all the replies come from people that have vowels in their names, it doesn't seem as if the Finns rose to the bait.
Doesn't work with large books (mine all come O'Reilly Safari). The headings are garbled, then after a couple of page turns the reader hangs and then reboots. Garbage. Mine's going straight back to Amazon. I suggest everyone avoids until they get the software working.
"In 2007 the Royal Mail made about £1.6m from licensing the Postcode Address File (PAF) database."
And how much would the Government have made if the database was freely accessible and companies using it made extra profits and paid a third of that in extra tax. It's such a short-sighted approach (but then, it's government).
.. how can FAST be allowed to do a criminal-level of forensic exam? It's like passing over to CND details of police assaults on demonstrators: hardly going to get an unbiased report back.
"You think we need more non-doms earning £100,000s and fewer seasonal minimum wage fruit pickers?"
The top 1% of earners pay 25% of all income tax. If you make these people go away then the rest of us have to pay more tax to make up the shortfall. Quite frankly, I don't want them to go, so I think you should have to make up the shortfall on your own.
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Posted Thursday 18th November 2010 00:38 GMT
Kay Tie
Goodbye to cellular data traffic management → #
In US may disable all in-car mobile phones
All those telematics projects, snuffed out. Marvellous.
Posted Wednesday 21st July 2010 15:33 GMT
Kay Tie
Re: As a rule ive never seen a cop pull a taser as routine → #
In Cops taser Somerset chap's nether regions
This is the kind of discussion that goes on in the USA, not Britain. I don't even want to get into "the officer was intimidated so he shot the suspect" nonsense. It's not up for debate. I want my country back the way it was, and that starts with tasers in the hands of trained firearms officers ONLY.
Posted Wednesday 21st July 2010 09:29 GMT
Kay Tie
This has got to stop → #
In Cops taser Somerset chap's nether regions
We don't want cops that pull tasers as a matter of routine. Our entire policing system rests on consent, and I don't consent to having an armed overlord caste roaming amongst us like cheetahs prowling through grazing gazelles.
Posted Monday 28th June 2010 10:28 GMT
Kay Tie
#o2fail → #
In Oklahoma granny sues cops over tasering
Taser. Oxygen line. Hmmn.
Posted Friday 21st May 2010 10:52 GMT
Kay Tie
None so pious.. → #
In Oz customs search lappies and mobes for smut
.. as the descendents of criminals.
Posted Friday 29th January 2010 18:29 GMT
Kay Tie
And the power supply? → #
In Bathroom scale plugs into Google Health
WiFi runs on a coin-cell battery. NOT. So where in the bathroom are you going to plug in its power brick?
Posted Monday 25th January 2010 12:31 GMT
Kay Tie
Wow, SD cards supported.. → #
In Sony Alpha A550
.. the grip of Dr. Evil at Sony must be weakening.
Posted Thursday 21st January 2010 00:32 GMT
Kay Tie
Oh wait, it's made by Sony. Of course. → #
In Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1
Yes, of course. Sony made the only MP3 player that didn't play MP3s too. Are you going to tell me I took mine back to the shop because I like bitching about Sony?
No, my friend, I bitch about Sony because they deserve it: they want to bully the world into doing things their way. Well they may have a few gimps who like it, but the rest of us who have a choice in cameras, music players, laptops, PDAs and phones will go with the solution that (and I repeat for emphasis) everyone else uses.
Posted Wednesday 20th January 2010 19:05 GMT
Kay Tie
No SD card, no sale. → #
In Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1
"But what PC card reader doesn't have a MS card reader slot?"
My camera doesn't have an MS card reader. So I can't re-use SD cards there. And my laptop has an SD card reader built in, but won't read MS cards. And I have an SD card with a USB snap out tab on it so I don't need a reader. Never seen an MS card that can do that.
Sony needs to stop attempting to bully customers, even the gimps commenting here who apparently enjoy being dominated.
Posted Wednesday 20th January 2010 14:48 GMT
Kay Tie
Bitching at Sony → #
In Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1
"You need to buy a stick of some sort"
No. I don't. I already have plenty of SD cards. I bought them over the years to use with all kinds of devices. And why? BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE USES SD CARDS.
Posted Wednesday 20th January 2010 13:59 GMT
Kay Tie
No SD card support, no sale. → #
In Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1
Are you listening Sony? ARE YOU LISTENING? No. Apparently not.
Posted Tuesday 19th January 2010 13:54 GMT
Kay Tie
Judge Dread style police → #
In Home Office advises Police to break the law
"...we need Judge Dread style police."
I think I'd prefer Judge Dredd.
Posted Tuesday 19th January 2010 12:42 GMT
Kay Tie
Post-Enlightenment era of idiocy → #
In Home Office advises Police to break the law
"So what you're saying is that it's the EU that is trying to save us from our own government."
No. The European Court of Human Rights, the ultimate court for the European Convention on Human Rights, a treaty signed after WWII and drafted by a British civil servant. So a case of a less-hysterical era trying to save us from an post-Enlightenment era of idiocy.
Posted Tuesday 19th January 2010 12:41 GMT
Kay Tie
Cluebat needed → #
In Home Office advises Police to break the law
"I would think that the net result of this could be the UK's departure from the European Community"
it's called the European Union now.
And anyway, the European Court of Human Rights is nothing to do with the EU (it in fact predates it).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights
But then you knew that already, didn't you?
Posted Wednesday 6th January 2010 16:01 GMT
Kay Tie
What about the residue? → #
In Slovakian flies to Dublin with 90 grams of explosive
The poor bastard is going to have RDX residue over all his clothes, and in his flat. Whenever he goes through an airport with a gas chromatogram sniffer (which all will soonish, thanks to Underpants Boy) he's going to get the free prostate exam. I don't know how long residue will continue to trigger the ultra-sensitive tests, but I bet it's years.
Posted Thursday 17th December 2009 00:20 GMT
Kay Tie
Yes, I know about the Finno-Ugric language branch.. → #
In Intel staff 'fired' in ring piece stunt
.. being non-Indo-European etc. I was ribbing the Finns. But since all the replies come from people that have vowels in their names, it doesn't seem as if the Finns rose to the bait.
Posted Wednesday 16th December 2009 17:07 GMT
Kay Tie
Something of the CGI about that → #
In Intel staff 'fired' in ring piece stunt
I'm not sure which is more suspicious: the not-quite-real trajectories or the mumbo jumbo countdown words.
Posted Thursday 3rd December 2009 22:03 GMT
Kay Tie
Riddled with bugs → #
In iRiver Story
Doesn't work with large books (mine all come O'Reilly Safari). The headings are garbled, then after a couple of page turns the reader hangs and then reboots. Garbage. Mine's going straight back to Amazon. I suggest everyone avoids until they get the software working.
Posted Tuesday 6th October 2009 09:39 GMT
Kay Tie
Loses money, not makes it → #
In Royal Mail lawyers demand closure of postcode lookup site
"In 2007 the Royal Mail made about £1.6m from licensing the Postcode Address File (PAF) database."
And how much would the Government have made if the database was freely accessible and companies using it made extra profits and paid a third of that in extra tax. It's such a short-sighted approach (but then, it's government).
Posted Thursday 1st October 2009 19:33 GMT
Kay Tie
Network operator? → #
In Amazon Kindle to burn into to UK next week?
"But one question remains: which UK network operator will Amazon sign to provide access to Whispernet, Kindle’s e-book download service."
Please be O2, please be O2, please be O2... (I'm an anarchist).
Posted Friday 7th August 2009 10:47 GMT
Kay Tie
Ugh → #
In Microsoft assaults our senses with 'viral' Bing video
Christ on a bike!
Posted Thursday 6th August 2009 00:18 GMT
Kay Tie
Err.. → #
In Copyright cops raid Filesoup admin
.. how can FAST be allowed to do a criminal-level of forensic exam? It's like passing over to CND details of police assaults on demonstrators: hardly going to get an unbiased report back.
Posted Monday 27th July 2009 14:38 GMT
Kay Tie
Pfft → #
In Spotify: iPhone sideloads for £120 a year, unlimited
"is no-strings-attached MP3 format a deal-breaker for you?"
Yes.
Posted Friday 17th July 2009 10:54 GMT
Kay Tie
Tax rises all round → #
In Cost of seconding workers to the UK could soar
"You think we need more non-doms earning £100,000s and fewer seasonal minimum wage fruit pickers?"
The top 1% of earners pay 25% of all income tax. If you make these people go away then the rest of us have to pay more tax to make up the shortfall. Quite frankly, I don't want them to go, so I think you should have to make up the shortfall on your own.
Posted Monday 22nd June 2009 18:05 GMT
Kay Tie
I've had horse.. → #
In Please don't eat your horse, EU asks owners
.. only I thought I was eating beef: I read in the local paper that the butcher was fined for selling horse meat as beef.
Posted Tuesday 16th June 2009 15:43 GMT
Kay Tie
USA → #
In Law lord lashes out at ID cards
"there was no attempt to introduce identity passes in the US."
Apart from the REAL ID Act, of course..
Posted Wednesday 10th June 2009 10:48 GMT
Kay Tie
Time Machine → #
In Snow Leopard kisses ZFS bye-bye
"Mac desktops and notebooks don't need it at all"
If you saw Time Machine's attempt at taking a snapshot of the disk then you wouldn't say that.