Named surrey-i?
You mean surreyi.gov.uk
238 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Nov 2010
This is typical of their mindset. They want to do anything and everything that is possible to intrude and micromanage out lives. The only reason they want to do this is because they can do it. They would love to record every thought in our minds; after all if we were innocent we would have not thoughts to hide.
No, you need not go on. Why not look at what it can do rather than what it cannot. A lot of information is generated which will allow an insurer to assess the risk of covering a driver. So far that is all that it claims to do.
The sad thing is that it will probably be wildly successful, eventually do all things in your list and then be sold to parents, police, employers and we will all have a "spy in the cab" reporting on everything that we do and teams of faceless bureaucrats handing out fines.
My elderly MBP is on its third battery in 4.5 years. The only one I have had trouble with is the replacement under guarantee of the original that catches fire, it started to expand and the back split. Twice I have bought cheap chinese replacements and have had no trouble.
I don't think I would put one in a newish machine or in a MB Air where it takes too long to remove a battery. In fact I would not buy a MB Air for that reason.
I live in Brazil and get my only english language TV via iPlayer and a SOCKS proxy in London. The internet connection is pretty good and enough to stream video. Strangely, this means that in practice I watch very little TV.
When living in Europe I would turn on the TV and tune into the Beeb or Sky or whatever took my fancy. I would often spend ten minutes zapping through the channels before giving up and leaving it on a news channel. Now I have to find a list of programmes, scroll though them, select a programme etc. Usually I don't bother.
I have marked a few programmes as favourites and when I am in the mood choose one and watch the latest episode. If there is nothing there I browse through the documentaries or music sections to see if there is anything interesting.
There seem to be two factors:
The first is laziness, if it is not there instantly my boredom factor cuts in.
The second is that there is no urgency, if I do not watch it now I can watch it later. Broadcast TV is different. The program starts at 8pm whether I am tuned in or not. maybe I can catch a repeat.
If I am typical (and I am no youngster) this is not good news for the content providers.