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Wouldnt be able to do this in the UK, interception of any radio signals are illegal. The UK makes China, North Korea, Russia and [Insert most hated country her

Wouldnt be able to do this in the UK, interception of any radio signals are illegal. The UK makes China, North Korea, Russia and [Insert most hated country here] look positively amateur. I wonder where George Orwell got his inspiration for 1984 from?

FFP999 3y ago
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union under Stalin. And apparently was inspired by the superpowers divvying up the world at the Teheran Conference. HTH.
- darkclouds 3y ago
  > apparently was inspired by the superpowers divvying up the world at the Teheran Conference. And the UK was part of that divvying up. Now knowing authors like to be nuanced and multi dimensioned, he couldn't exactly speak the truth about govt's including his own could he? "The Tehran Conference was a meeting between U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehran, Iran, between November 28 and December 1, 1943." https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/tehran-conf https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/tehran-conf
HWR_14 3y ago
> I wonder where George Orwell got his inspiration for 1984 from? Stalin's USSR and Nazi Germany.
- sitkack 3y ago
  True, but it was his exposure to the Soviet Communists while he was a Marxist in the Spanish Civil War. Everyone should read, "Homage to Catalonia" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_to_Catalonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_to_Catalonia
davepints 3y ago
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ZeroZeroOneZero 3y ago
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- ralferoo 3y ago
  > Pro tip here: Put your batteries and power cables in a checked bag. Only take your cell and laptop as a carry-ons to prevent them from "disappearing". Works most of the time, especially with full flights and/or busy days. Really, DO NOT do this! There's a reason batteries need to be in carry on luggage - because they can spontaneously catch fire mid flight, and while it might be unpleasant, if it does happen in the cabin it will be spotted and dealt with rather than having an uncontrolled fire in the luggage hold which is also generally rammed full of other flammable things like clothes. And in any case, all carriers and governments require batteries to be in carry-on luggage AFAIK, so even if you disagree that there's a fire risk, you're still breaking the law. But then as the rest of your points seem to be mostly concerned with the possibility of being caught for breaking the law, I guess you don't care about that.
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FFP999 3y ago

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union under Stalin. And apparently was inspired by the superpowers divvying up the world at the Teheran Conference. HTH.

darkclouds 3y ago
> apparently was inspired by the superpowers divvying up the world at the Teheran Conference. And the UK was part of that divvying up. Now knowing authors like to be nuanced and multi dimensioned, he couldn't exactly speak the truth about govt's including his own could he? "The Tehran Conference was a meeting between U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehran, Iran, between November 28 and December 1, 1943." https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/tehran-conf https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/tehran-conf

HWR_14 3y ago

> I wonder where George Orwell got his inspiration for 1984 from? Stalin's USSR and Nazi Germany.

sitkack 3y ago
True, but it was his exposure to the Soviet Communists while he was a Marxist in the Spanish Civil War. Everyone should read, "Homage to Catalonia" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_to_Catalonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_to_Catalonia

davepints 3y ago

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ZeroZeroOneZero 3y ago

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ralferoo 3y ago
> Pro tip here: Put your batteries and power cables in a checked bag. Only take your cell and laptop as a carry-ons to prevent them from "disappearing". Works most of the time, especially with full flights and/or busy days. Really, DO NOT do this! There's a reason batteries need to be in carry on luggage - because they can spontaneously catch fire mid flight, and while it might be unpleasant, if it does happen in the cabin it will be spotted and dealt with rather than having an uncontrolled fire in the luggage hold which is also generally rammed full of other flammable things like clothes. And in any case, all carriers and governments require batteries to be in carry-on luggage AFAIK, so even if you disagree that there's a fire risk, you're still breaking the law. But then as the rest of your points seem to be mostly concerned with the possibility of being caught for breaking the law, I guess you don't care about that.
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