Posts by The Rock

Kaminsky (finally) reveals gaping hole in internet

@ By TimM

Yes I did TimM.... its a shame noone else did! Muppets. Maybe they need some sunlight?...

Steve Fossett may be alive, investigator claims

Jon B

Indeed. LOL x 6. Ah ha ha ha.

Flirty texting could land Scots in jail for 10 years

Yet another erosion of the crumbling cliff of free society....

... in fact, more like big chunk of the cliff has just fallen off and landed in the sea.

So can I be banged up for making the wanker signal at a mate on a bus? I'm sure that communication could be intercepted by a fellow passenger.

I hate all this legislation based on the 'perspective of the recipient'. I honestly dont see what the big deal is about offending people. Its like offending people (a legitimate activity) is now the new racism (an illigitimate activity).

Whats this trying to stop exactly? And why cant those activities be stopped with existing legislation?

If its in the workplace then that will already be covered by sex discrimination et al. If its outside the work place, then surely harassment laws are in place. If someone sends another person they dont know a one off sexually explicit text message, im quite sure the harm to the recipient doesnt merit a 10 year jail sentence. I mean good god, im sure convicted paedophiles get less time than that.... and the acts they committ are arguably the worst damaging of all, including murder (at least the suffering of the victim ends at death).

Perhaps this is one for David Davis to add to his list?

I once wrote to my MP and asked when it was a worse crime for a person to beat me up based on that fact I was black, gay, or muslim... but not so bad if it was because I was posh, a Liverpool fan, or a goth. All I got back was nonsensical derision of my legitimate points. When did we allow idiots to start making laws based on political correctness (which by definition ISNT what is right, its what is politically least damaging to say), and not sound legal arguments, principles, and ethics? Im out of here!...

Google preps net neut dowser

RE: Understanding is needed to get the best outcome

Yes, but the post office do charge based on size, weight, destination and priority. If I sent a caged elephant to my buddy in Scotland every day, and it cost me the same as your birthday to your granny did... I think you would be a little annoyed (since it would raise the cost to everyone, and elephant distributers could act with impunity). Data packets are not analogous with mail parcels, I would suggest that proportional network usage (or something else, I havent had a smoke and thought about it) is...

I'm 100% for net neutrality, and agree with many of your points, but im also againt bogus analogies.

At the end of the day, it IS selfish of me to download every episode of friends via bittorrent, when that affects your checking of emails. The current system isnt perfect, so lets not pretend it is.