* Posts by mark

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Junkie sues pusher over heart attack

mark

Gary F - well said

I have to say i agree with everything you said,

The comment about supermarkets is correct, I have purchased 3/4 packs at once (to stockup the cupboard) and noone says anything, I believe there is a limit though, perhaps 4 packs is the max - but even so, as pointed out - 4 packs is more than enough to cause some serious problems.

The pusher is quite clearly a scumbag, the old trick, give a bit for free and then 'offer', when he knows they are addicted, to sell them some more.

As for the victim, 13 taking meth? then she's clean but CHOSES...keyword choses to take some again, already knowing what will more than likely happen , she choses to take it again? I don't feel sorry for her as such, I do feel sorry for what it shows.

It shows how some people are quite clearly lacking some basic common sense, i mean, at 13, taking meth? No age is it ok, but 13?! However, it would not suprise me if we saw this kind of situation arise in the UK , unfortunately these days, it seems you don't have to take responsibility for any actions. It's always the bank/credit card/seller/friend/ schools or someone elses fault-never the actual person who commits the offence.

Schools minister touts 'one interweb per child' pork barrel

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mark

@AndyS, spot on sir

as Anonymous Coward said at the top, this will cost billions over the planned budget, the machines will be overpriced crap RM machines filled with overpriced software which is not 'essential'

As said, yes, computers are affordable, you can pickup a base unit for maybe 200 quid? a laptop for 400? as for a monitor, i'm sure you can get a CRT free easily-

Now we have to remember, fair enough we may not want CRTs, due to space requirements, but we are paying for our machines, so it's not the issue. As this scheme is to bring computers to those who apparently cannot afford it, CRTs would do fine.

The internet is also not essential as stated, it will just breed millions more facebook/myspace/other horrific social networking site users. I pay 30/month for 16mbit ADSL, now how is that not dirt cheap?

I am sure we all remember being on dialup and paying for a subscription and on a minute by minute basis?

Net and broadband are both cheap-we should not be even entertaining this, it will as usual, cost the taxpayer, benefit government officials and the companies involved. No doubt the contractors will conveniantly be a close friend of some government official, and both will do very well out of it

Secondly, if these people are really so poor as to not be able to afford a computer, perhaps , it's tough? We all had to pay-we can't have a system whereby the poor have the same as the average uk working taxpayer! Most of the people who this applies to-will I would assume be on some form of benefits-? If they are (not all..but the ones who are) perhaps the government should have a look at things, and see how these benefit survivors, do infact manage to buy a pack of cigs a day and drink cheap nasty vodka...stop that and spend it on PCs, or go without