Posts by Marcus Aurelius

Plan

Mass killing of the unemployed.

I thought that was often the whole point of 19th century armies; put your surplus odds and sods in the army/ navy and send them off to fight a foreign war, and reward the (very) few who came back, preferably using your newly conquered territory as the reward.

Hmm, sounds like a plan; if we could get all the unemployed youth and over 60s into the Territorial Army and send them to Afghanistan maybe we would be on to something here...

@matt

We're in agreement that the charge should be based on the damage done, but the US seems to want to replace the clapped out old banger that was damaged with a brand new Ferrari.

That wouldn't work in any claim for damages and it shouldn't work here either

I have 6"

Everyone accuses me of taking half measures

Am I the only one with some sympathy?

Yes, but for example, he would have needed a warrant to search News International and get all their emails etc., and at the time I doubt he had enough evidence to show reasonable cause to search and disrupt such a large politically charged target.

Quite honestly, I suspect he had better things to do than have half the Met wading through emails. Like keeping policemen on the street reducing violent crime maybe

One thing this case will do

Is that the Assange case will be a test of how far the EAW can go, and the level of evidence that is required to extradite someone.

There will probably be debate after the case is heard as to whether we are comfortable with the result.

Why crazy??

All CEOs get caught saying some strange things, but I would suspect that Page and Brin are less versed where politics and business merge. That was one of the reasons why Schmidt was appointed in the first place; its a given that, despite his Novell/ Apple history, he is less versed in the technology and probably is not a visionary like Page and Brin, but I'm sure his real world experience is invaluable.

@Antione: You are doing it wrong.

You've indirectly stated the problem with human rights issues. It's how 100% of the population get treated that matters. The 1% who legitimately protest are the people who need protecting.

In any event if 99% of the people are happy with a government, then it should have no problems facing a challenge in free and fair elections, should it?

That's not to say the so called 'Free and Democratic' west does not have its issues.

Actually China has made giant strides and certainly has improved its treatment of individuals on the back of its material gains, and I agree that is not recognised enough, but that is not to say that the world outside should not continually push for more improvement.

I looked and my eyes hurt

Their website seems to have emerged from an anomaly wormhole to 20 years ago.

@Dave Murray: agoraphobia jokes

For my next act I will promise to read the existing jokes before posting it again

-1 Disagree

As someone with a face only a mother could love, I can only say my success with women went from zero to hero on buying a Lotus Esprit Turbo SE in my mid-late 20s

Unfortunately so did the points on my license....

Re: Rally annoyed

Would be rallycross!

It is Friday, nearly 12:30

....and definitely beer o'clock

Arrgh you robbed my post

..by about a minute

..and if Nintendo wanted to be really brave

Why don't they abandon disks altogether and release all their games on some form of SD-ROM card?

They would control the market, and have no mechanical parts to go wrong (apart from the card contacts)

Cat tax?!?!?!

Damn, I didn't realise you needed to pay cat tax - I'm not licensed to run my Moggy minor!!

Agreed

Ddos is crude, unsophisticated and an indication they can't do better.

Legitimate protesting like breaking into Senate systems is fair game IMO

@Bilgepipe: Want more nuclear plants?

I hear the Germans and Italians will be holding a fire-sale of theirs soon....

Pity they don't relocate ...

@Mike Richards: Why 7

7 clean animals went into the Ark, only 2 came out because the remaining 5 were delicious and tasty

The unclean ones that went in knew they were safe.c

Reg Prices and real prices

...are often unrelated, even the Reg often admits the "value on the street" is lower than the RRP they normally quote, sometimes to the tune of a few hundred quid (or one Helen Wood session in alternate Reg units)

You can't keep your home if bankrupt in the UK

speaking from (unfortunately) personal experience, where I managed to avoid this fate only by finding a UK Supreme Court decision that specifically covered my situation. I was able to point that getting round the case I referred to would cost far more in legal fees than they might recover, and that they therefore should accept the settlement offer I put forward.

You may be able to keep your home by sorting out some form of repayment agreement or other maneuver, but only if the creditors believe they'll recover more money this way.

Getting out of dodge fail

EF2K and F16 are surprisingly similar in the speed stakes, and getting out of the exchange is easier said than done, as doing it wrong presents your hot exhaust as a prime target for a IR missile in the ass. If you don't want to play the best time to get out would probably be on initial flypast when both aircraft are heading at high speed in opposite directions.

Remember to add salt to hash

The number of sites which forget this little point are Legion.

@Sgt_V3n0m: wot no Dazzle?

The Force is not strong in this one...

As a massive WWII buff, you haven't been looking very hard; many ships were covered in dazzle camoflage, from a few simple stripes to break up the Bismarck and Tirpitz (which may have been painted in and out depending on service conditions) to complex patterns on US and other vessels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage