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Haphazard
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Chaps are happy too, I assume.
However, I am not currently clean, as I feel as though a hedgehog was trying to climb out my mouth, slipped, and fell into my stomach ass first.
Improved? Well of course, because it doesn't have Achewood!
I keed
Bwahahahaha oh my god stop I can't breathe.
sometimes I hate you.
watched some Cool Hand Luke but sadly I'm falling asleep. not the movies fault.
calling it a night. later chatters.
Here's to hoping I get into one!
Not very often, though.
LUXURY
this is true.
well, one page done, another 16 to go.
apparently.
The civil rights people are, understandably, calling it intrusive and pointless. But the government never listens to them.
Apparently "The Home Office insists the data, which does not include e-mails' content, is vital for crime and terror inquiries."
It's implementing new EU laws...we just tend to do them first and then sit about as the other EU countries ignore them.
D:
I hope they come under a barrage of international suits.
"Reports have suggested the government has even bigger plans for data retention called the Interception Modernisation Programme.
It could involve one central database, gathering details on every text sent, e-mail sent, phone call made and website visited.
Consultation on the plans is due to begin later this year. "
D: D: D: D: D:
Goddamn fascists can consult my arse.
Also, I think it's time someone took the British government's computer privileges away. It has become painfully clear they don't know how to use them.
plus they'll be too busy trying to put age certifications on websites...and ignoring people when they say it is a stupid idea.
:sigh:
What's New Zealand like this time of year?
Do they have to save the spam as well? Does the IPs get to get the storage costs refunded back to them. After a while, that shit adds up.
pics when I return!
later [chat].
Coffee has so much caffeine.
Cesca's post makes it seem like her hair is infected.
mmm infected coffee.
If faith is just a silent tribute, mine is just a desperate act.
So feed2imap has stopped doing what it's name suggests for RSS for no god damn reason whatsoever.
Virgin Mobile are still being obstructionist fuckers about why my iPhone 3G is not working, 50% of which is because there happens to be a girl's name so when a guy calls they don't believe it if you just tell them you're her.
And all of this is because my parents insist on charging these things to there accounts as some type of tax thing.
I actually don't mind the DNA thing too much. Most of the objections seemed to centre around making scary faces and saying 'Big Brother scenario!' in a spooky voice.
Also, yes, they have lost a ridiculous amount of data recently, but I'm guessing that everyone else is losing the same amount and just keeping quiet about it. Unless of course we really are employing the Keystone Cops as our most trusted civil servants.
like 3 cars totaled on one side and 5 on the other...
Man, I'm pretty level headed about privacy, but the UK 'standards' on DNA testing are total bullshit. Your police are sampling everyone they arrest regardless of whether they get charged or not, and they're keeping the entire samples for as long as possible, rather than just the derived analyses (PCR results etc). They're doing the same thing to anyone who volunteers a sample to prove innocence. That's really not ok at all.
if i could ban one liquor it would be gin.
And this never ever works! All you get is one gargantuan blob of data and no way whatsoever to get useful information out of it!
Oh sure, there are problems and iffy practices and the whole thing needs some serious modification, but mostly people's objections I've seen when the issue comes up for public debate consist of vague fear and lots of shoutiness.
Also GIN
I liked one of their songs a lot, but now I can't remember which one.
Here's a song that I've been rocking out to recently:
Edit: holy shit it embeds! Get off my lawn!
Don't take away my awesome Echelon system fantasies.
Gin is great.
If faith is just a silent tribute, mine is just a desperate act.
Which would be super helpful if there was an open dialogue and this issue was more than tangentially related to terrorism.