Posts by Guy Heatley

Re: An independent DNA database authority

I agree very few things are inevitable.

2 points:

1) DNA is undeniably a powerful tool for crime detection, proving innocence as well as guilt.

2) Like most biometric data (e.g. fingerprints) DNA can be easily collected - it isn't secret data.

If some organisation was determined and well-funded enough they could obtain a sample of your DNA, and therefore a profile.

I personally think that a database of DNA information on convicted criminals would be a good thing, provided access to the information was strictly controlled and the "raw" DNA profile was always kept secret.

Whether this government is capable of implementing a sensible and fair scheme, seems unlikely, with the clowns we see in charge...

National Anthem

Maybe Sarky and his demented mates should have a read of the lyrics to their own national anthem, La Marseillaise:

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa071400ma.htm

J.R. "Bob" Dobbs

Praise Bob! Praise His sweet name!

You must all be saved even if it kills you.

Accept the paradox of Bob:

The Church of the Subgenius is the one true religion as its the only one that admits that its COMPLETELY FULL OF SHIT, and is therefore THE ONLY ONE THAT ISN'T!

(Praise Bob)

@Mike Banks

Surely this is just like complaining that the invention of the internal combustion engine is putting all the horse-shoe manufacturers out of business!

It is the business model that is wrong: The media corps are trying to continue to trade using a business model that grew up in the 20thC, before ones and zeros. This business model *doesn't apply any more*, and trying to force it to apply will (in my opinion) ultimately prove futile.

While they still have the money and power they will:- pay off politicians to pass idiotic laws, - try to inflict draconian punishments on the handful of people they catch to scare others, - come up with obviously unworkable DRM schemes etc etc.

This is protectionism of their market, and of course they will try anything to prolong the gravy train. What do you expect? They are not easily going to accept the fact that they are no longer needed

Sounds like a weekend in most large Iraqi cities

"unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone in an overall game context which constantly encourages visceral killing with exceptionally little alleviation or distancing"

Which computer games were the organisers of medieval pitched battles playing, back in the 15th C?

Lets have more ads

Lets have more ads! Why would anyone in their right mind want to block them? They're absolutely fooking brilliant!

Its the rest of the content that spoils my enjoyment of the internet

Untapped reserve of sarcasm discovered

Linux users! Pah! They're all commies and terrorists anyhow. And they don't wash or get their hair cut. What right have they got to watch the TV programmes they've contributed towards?

And anyway its been scientifically proved by Stephen Hawking that only 7 people worldwide actually use Linux on their home PC. Thats less than the number of people who used a Sinclair ZX81 to browse the ebay site and buy a squirrel, last year.

Linux doesn't even exist anyway. Its just an excuse for nerbs to whisper in darkened corners about their terrorist activies.

etc, etc

M$ = Monopolistic criminals

M$ have been convicted of criminal monopolistic trading practice is virtually every trading zone on Earth.

Who went to prison for these crimes?

Entertainment vs science

No sane person that considers themselves any part of the science of computing will approve of the US entertainment industry trying to tell them what they can and can't do with a particular sequence of 1's and 0's.

Give me the choice not to contribute anything to M$ owned BBC

If the BBC intend to apply M$ controlled DRM to content and not provide libre software viewers for my OS of choice, thats great, go for it.

I say encrypt all of their content and give me the choice not to contribute to any of it. i.e Abolish the licence fee. They are providing no "public service" to me.

Their generation

Maybe this is the reason R.D. was hoping he died before he got old?

I can't imagine Cliff or Roger struggling to pay their gas bill this winter. Stuff 'em.

Record companies answer to their shareholders, not "new talent" or the artists who wrote the songs whose copyright they own. Stuff them and all.