I smell...
an El Reg exclusive this Friday...
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Free speech, or democratic process. It is some ideot that didn't think a poll is a death threat. I doubt the secret service will do much, but they have to check if it is some ideot having fun, or some loon who might just act on it claiming "its what the people want".
Oh, and Steve 26, c) All of the above?
The big problem for Linux is there are to many business critial apps that run on Windows. Companys don't want an OS, they want a computor that will run everything they use, and if you think that Office, outlook and IE are the only things that people want then you have never worked for a big company, or have never looked at how people are using there PCs.
AutoCAD is a case in point. It will not run on Linux. Companys won't change to something "like AutoCAD". They want AutoCAD. Its what everyone uses and it is a very complex program, so companys are NOT going to change.
Its eBay they don't like. You can get these goods at other places online (well most of them), but companys won't sell to people selling through eBay. They may say its about cheepening the brand, but what its realy about is not trusting companys with expensive stock that have no infrastructure.
Oh, and I suspect that people like LaeMi Qian have never been to buy something truly luxury, like expensive jewelery or a Rolex. I found they do know there stock and they will do anything to help you. There main customers are not just going to go down the road, but could easerly fly to Hong Kong or New York to find another shop.
But as long as it is new and novel then it is up to IBM to waste money, not the PO to dicide what is a stupid idea. I imagin the three people who are named on this being in an office somewhere happy in the knolage that long in to old age they will be able to tell there grand children the story about "How I once managed to get one of the lages tech companys in the world to patant a phone that makes silly noises".
Hate people who brake the law, or ride/drive with no care for others, like the cyclist who pulled out on me when overtaking without looking to see I was overtaking him, or the car that was 2" behind me going up a steep hill because my little 125 won't go over 55 up that hill, or the bike that overtook me in to oncomeing traffic who must have been doing over 90 (I was doing 60 and it was like I was stood still).
Oh, and ideots like James Martin. Not so much for his comments, but because he is creepy. He was on "The Big Food Fight" the other day, and he was just slimy and horrible.
All this negativeity over it. What should have been done? Should the government have ignored it? Refused to appologise? I need to know what you people think, but im not sure I want to. Im guessing this is just bile from people who will lash out about anything.
Im glad its come, not sure about the knight hood because it seems a little pointless, and would rather see the time spent trying to get more funding.
I love it when people say stupid things like "chances of this comment actually being put up by the reg mods?" and then get posted.
Also, War is a nessasary evil. Some people cannot be talked too, and war happens when all else has failed. You seem to think we go to war for fun and people fight for the love of killing. That is a worrying view of others.
You realy have no idea do you... If you realy think they UK is that bad I sugest you take your next holiday in Southern Africa. Almost any city will do. Go for a walk out of the "nice" areas. Just don't take any cash with you, or your phone, or camara, or come to think of it, shoes or good clothes. Any of these could cause you to end up dead in a ditch (I'm not joking about this). If you servive don't bother with the police. It will cost your more in bribes than it is worth to get a crime report from them.
It sounds like the council have realised that they currently hold two databases, one for library cards, one for the sports center, and have realised that can combine the two and pass on the savings in terms of cheap parking and busses. I don't get what is wrong with this. They are taking no more infomation and cutting costs. Or are you people going to walk in to your local library and start screaming when they want to know where you live?
I have seen 3 major reasos they say you could use an ID card
1) Crossing a border. Woop. Thats what a passport is for. Yes they want to stick biometrics in these, but if it was just in these people woul dhave less of a problem, but they still don't work. Personaly I refuse to fly now. Id rather overland unless I realy cant avoid flying.
2) Proving your ID for work. Again a pasport works well for this, and how is biometrics going to help with this? Are they giving every company in the country a card reader? I realy can't see how this will make any diffrence. Illigal workers will stil get the same work they do now.
3) So you dont have to carry several forms of ID with you. The only time I know of when you have to do this is for credit agrements, which require (Under the consumer credit act) 2 forms of ID, and somthing to prove your address (3 is best practice). One should be photo ID (Passport or driving licence is normal) and the other should be somthing that proves your address I.E. a bill. An ID card dose not prove this, just as a driving licence dose not, as they may not be up to date, but you can be sure someone is not paying for gas at a property they do not live at.
Please tell me what use they are.
But I think they will have alot more luck building sports bikes (Much more open to new ideas) and comuter bikes if they up the range to 70-100 miles. I do 50 miles per day, and bet alot of other people do around that, and never use my bike for going any distance much further than that, so this would be ideal.
Genraly they use a teatherd bolt gun on cattle, and for the few times a knife is used (I.E. Halal) it is not just hacking the head off, they cut the blood vesals with one fast cut. A chainsaw is not the same. Think of the diffrence beween cutting your finger with a bread knife and a sharp kitchen knife (and then some as a chainsaw is very blunt, and butchers knifes much shar).
Oh, and animal slaughter normaly requires a licence, for good reason. Its not an easy job to do well.
Hell thats about the yearly buget of most cave/mountain rescue groups, who are in the same group of volenteer rescue groups.
Cave rescue, Mountain rescue and the RNLI should get this for free, and alot more thanks from the government. People call the emergancy services heros. They are just doing a job. These guys do what they do for free (and genraly put money in them selfs) they are heros, especaly as they spend most of there time rescuing numptys who go out in the north sea on a lilo or walking in the peaks in jeans and trainers with nothing more than a phone GPS to guide them.