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by mortov 13y ago
The condition it lists in your example is "Rape trauma syndrome" - that would be an acceptable medical diagnosis as it is the trauma associated with being raped (and medical support and intervention could be necessary to deal with
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by mortov 13y ago
Are you saying you know this for a fact or are you speculating a benign explanation without any genuine knowledge of this particular case (by referring to the keep calm t-shirts which are unrelated and irrelevant to this situation) ? edit
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by mortov 13y ago
The Register tends to use a distinctly UK style of criticism - much like Private Eye at times. It tends not to translate particularly well to no-UK readers who think it is just being frivilous or outrageously sensationalist. However, there
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UK "Porn filter" to block proxies, anonymizers etc.(theregister.co.uk)
10 points by mortov 13y ago|13 comments
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by mortov 13y ago
Am I the only one that read the article article as having a distinct Astroturfing feel about it ?
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by mortov 13y ago
By not reading the label when they take multiple cold and flu remedies all containing paracetamol to speed up their recovery. Or reading articles which say you need 500 for there to be any risk.
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by mortov 13y ago
Indeed, paracetamol (as most of the world calls it) is highly toxic to many species - while people have a small tolerance to it, there are many documented cases of people suffering fatal liver damage through doses only just above the maximu
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by mortov 13y ago
You mean privately controlled, like this ? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/18/cctv_shoplifters/ Hey, they just need to suspect you and you're all over their web site. No need for any actual
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by mortov 13y ago
Despite being individual countries with different characteristics, they are all equally docile. Coming originally from Scotland, I can tell you the primary interest is in events affecting Rangers or Celtic football [soccer to North America
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by mortov 13y ago
Try discussing that with the family of the murder victim Sally Geeson. She wrongly believed an emergency 999 (911 to North Americans) cost money so she did not call when she knew her life was in imminent danger as she had no credit left on
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by mortov 13y ago
Sure about that ? The Milgram Experiment would suggest otherwise ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment ).
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by mortov 13y ago
I don't think you've ever tried dealing with the OFT. Glacial would imply an excess of speed and action on their part. Scam companies regularly set up, flout the legislation and the OFT 'guidelines' (which is what they a
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by mortov 13y ago
Alas you do not get the option to refuse to pay. They keep your credit card details and charge every month. You're then stuck arguing with your card issuer. In the UK for example, you're shit out of luck unless the transaction i
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by mortov 13y ago
The US may not but some jurisdictions do but still have not prosecuted anyone. The UK is an example where company directors can be prosecuted for corporate mismanagement (failing in fiduciary duties http://legal.practitioner.com&
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by mortov 13y ago
I guess you need to make sure your devices are wiped or left at home. A backup just means you have your own copy of what just got taken off you at the border for no good lawful reason. Having my own copy would not reassure me of much.
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by mortov 13y ago
However Police long ago started to switch to rigid handcuffs to stop people being able to move their hands and manipulate their way out : http://www.police-supplies.co.uk/handcuffs-keys-pouches/hand... Since the indieg
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UK Prisoner Home Tagging "Unreliable, shambolic"(theregister.co.uk)
2 points by mortov 13y ago|0 comments
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'Stealing' free(networksystemssolutions.net)
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by mortov 13y ago
I worked with a UK company which decided to 'professionalise' their HR function which, of course, meant adding psychometric testing. I was doing fleet management software at the time which meant I was also bundled with actually ha
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by mortov 13y ago
Sure, look at http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/20/groklaw-sh... States explicitly "Groklaw relied in some cases on email tips from readers and other anonymous sources". Following
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by mortov 13y ago
Groklaw started with some serious in-depth background knowledge of the whole SCO - Linux stuff (there's too much to describe it as anything else). That sort of information comes from having serious inside, in-depth background informati
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Police Send Abusive Tweet In Debate About Abusive Tweets (feedsfloor.com)
1 points by mortov 13y ago|0 comments
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by mortov 13y ago
I don't think this indicates a Google problem. They're lucky Google even deliver them to any tab - based on their own figures it's almost a 90% chance of their email being binned by end users (OK, not opened but that's p
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by mortov 13y ago
Such as in The Peoples Front Of Judea and The Judean Peoples Front
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by mortov 13y ago
FTR carrying [some] pocket knifes is legal in England and Wales. It is a criminal offence in Scotland. The UK consists of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 3 different legal systems (though England and Wales and Northern Irel
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by mortov 13y ago
Do I understand you correctly ? You're saying that you would be happy to join 74 other non-terrorists (i.e. law abiding citizens) plus 25 actual terrorists and be taken off to Guantanamo Bay indefinitely ? You're really sure abo
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by mortov 13y ago
Your neighbor is fed up with you leeching their internet connection. http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html Get your own connection.
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by mortov 13y ago
You're totally right, that was the wrong link, and the example I found is actually 3 weeks which is so much more reasonable for a serious crime like sending your child to the local school. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1&#x2F
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by mortov 13y ago
Frankly the Israeli situation sounds more proportionate and reasonable than many - plus groups are challenging it in court which is always a Good Thing(tm). If you want to see the REAL masters, look no further than the UK Regulation Of In
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by mortov 13y ago
All UK ISPs have compulsory blocks already - courtesy of the unaccountable CEOPS under the guise of Thinking Of The Children/Child Porn. All sorts of URLs/IPs are blocked (many of which should be blocked because they ARE CP but some are

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