This is doing the rounds this morning...
privacy is for losers
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:36, Share, Reply)
privacy is for losers
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:36, Share, Reply)
I don't get it
I do think there are legit reasons to be worried about Facebook privacy, but if I 'liked' prostitutes on my public profile, I'd kind of assume people would see it. Or am I missing something?
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I do think there are legit reasons to be worried about Facebook privacy, but if I 'liked' prostitutes on my public profile, I'd kind of assume people would see it. Or am I missing something?
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:55, Share, Reply)
also puzzled about that, whats the point of telling anyone except prostitutes that you like prostitutes?
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It's not entirely inconsistent
to like a people's cuisine, but not want lots of them living in your country. I mean they undoubtedly are racist knuckle-dragging shitbags who wouldn't recognise a contradiction if it hit them in the face, but I'm just saying...
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:00, Share, Reply)
to like a people's cuisine, but not want lots of them living in your country. I mean they undoubtedly are racist knuckle-dragging shitbags who wouldn't recognise a contradiction if it hit them in the face, but I'm just saying...
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Oblig. NOTN
... But now that we've got the recipe, do they really have to stay?
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 12:13, Share, Reply)
... But now that we've got the recipe, do they really have to stay?
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I only see it as a privacy problem if you can search things about people that they have marked as non-public
But if people don't choose to keep their page private, I don't see the problem.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:05, Share, Reply)
But if people don't choose to keep their page private, I don't see the problem.
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I'm glad I don't have an account
plus it would probably compromise my security.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:09, Share, Reply)
plus it would probably compromise my security.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:09, Share, Reply)
What's a Facebook?
Seriously though, if anyone is surprised by this it shows what utter morons people who use Facebook are.
Not happy with it? Close your account.
But be aware that your details will stay with them for as long as their servers exist.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:21, Share, Reply)
Seriously though, if anyone is surprised by this it shows what utter morons people who use Facebook are.
Not happy with it? Close your account.
But be aware that your details will stay with them for as long as their servers exist.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:21, Share, Reply)
I left Facebook recently
but had to return to stay in touch with distant relatives. In all the time I've had it I've never posted anything on it I didn't want / care about being public. If stuff is supposed to be private, you shouldn't be posting on the interwebz let alone a public place like farcebook / myspace / twatter. If you do then your as thick as pigshit. I tell them that when they post their little "privacy" statuses. I say "Your as thick as pigshit"
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:37, Share, Reply)
but had to return to stay in touch with distant relatives. In all the time I've had it I've never posted anything on it I didn't want / care about being public. If stuff is supposed to be private, you shouldn't be posting on the interwebz let alone a public place like farcebook / myspace / twatter. If you do then your as thick as pigshit. I tell them that when they post their little "privacy" statuses. I say "Your as thick as pigshit"
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:37, Share, Reply)
I tried to check out NEW MySpace the other day
to see what it will do... two options on page "Sign Up" or "Login".
Nothing else
So, I've got to give them all my details before I can even find out what the site is going to do.
Sod off
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:02, Share, Reply)
to see what it will do... two options on page "Sign Up" or "Login".
Nothing else
So, I've got to give them all my details before I can even find out what the site is going to do.
Sod off
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:02, Share, Reply)
It tells you quite clearly
Rebuilt. Redesigned. Reinvented.
What more do you need to know?!
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:07, Share, Reply)
Rebuilt. Redesigned. Reinvented.
What more do you need to know?!
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:07, Share, Reply)
What does it do?
What is it for?
Why do I need it?
You know, stuff that would convince people to give you all your details
EDIT: I may have missed the subtle humour in your post, If so apologies.
Tweaking really bad;ly after quitting the fags
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:26, Share, Reply)
What is it for?
Why do I need it?
You know, stuff that would convince people to give you all your details
EDIT: I may have missed the subtle humour in your post, If so apologies.
Tweaking really bad;ly after quitting the fags
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:26, Share, Reply)
I went and looked
It offered to let me sign in using my Facebook login.
Oh.
Dear.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:17, Share, Reply)
It offered to let me sign in using my Facebook login.
Oh.
Dear.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:17, Share, Reply)
I've quit Facebook a few times in annoyance over privacy issues etc
but gone back for the same reasons as you - too many people I want to be in touch with use it as their main method of keeping in touch with friends / family.
Last night (for example) I caught up with the B3tan Superpowerless and I wouldn't have known he was in town if he hadn't posted on FB something about it.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:54, Share, Reply)
but gone back for the same reasons as you - too many people I want to be in touch with use it as their main method of keeping in touch with friends / family.
Last night (for example) I caught up with the B3tan Superpowerless and I wouldn't have known he was in town if he hadn't posted on FB something about it.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:54, Share, Reply)
I succesfully sued Facebook over privacy issues about 7 years ago
I was part of the lawsuit that allowed users to finally delete their details, rather than just 'de-activate' their account...which was completely and utterly illegal.
Assume everything that you ever put on there will be sold, used or exposed to everyone that you don't want it to and use it accordingly.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:08, Share, Reply)
I was part of the lawsuit that allowed users to finally delete their details, rather than just 'de-activate' their account...which was completely and utterly illegal.
Assume everything that you ever put on there will be sold, used or exposed to everyone that you don't want it to and use it accordingly.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:08, Share, Reply)
i think it is common sense really, which many many people lack,
this is pretty much what i have told my kids:'If it’d be awkward if it was put on a screen in Times Square, don’t put it on Facebook. Oh, and check your privacy settings again.' they seem to get it, but many 'adult' friends of mine seem completely clueless. one went so far as to blame facebook's lack of privacy on his divorce, which is really quite laughable as he was interacting with his mistress daily on FB, as if no one would see it.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:36, Share, Reply)
this is pretty much what i have told my kids:'If it’d be awkward if it was put on a screen in Times Square, don’t put it on Facebook. Oh, and check your privacy settings again.' they seem to get it, but many 'adult' friends of mine seem completely clueless. one went so far as to blame facebook's lack of privacy on his divorce, which is really quite laughable as he was interacting with his mistress daily on FB, as if no one would see it.
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I'm thinking what I'd find "awkward, if put on a screen in Times Square"
...seems I'm more of an exhibitionist than I thought.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 12:36, Share, Reply)
...seems I'm more of an exhibitionist than I thought.
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Free as a bird - The Beatles
Fun to play guess the songs/lyrics i guess...
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Fun to play guess the songs/lyrics i guess...
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I could never appreciate this song
The Beatles Love album on the other hand was very well produced i reckon.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:48, Share, Reply)
The Beatles Love album on the other hand was very well produced i reckon.
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opposite opinion
quite liked this track - eerie vocal from beyond grave - nice thick guitar solo. Doesn't sound much like the Beatles mind you - more like a George Harrison 1970s production.
Whereas Love - wasn't sure about hearing the Beatles tunes randomly cut up. Listened to it once with a grumpy look on my face.
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quite liked this track - eerie vocal from beyond grave - nice thick guitar solo. Doesn't sound much like the Beatles mind you - more like a George Harrison 1970s production.
Whereas Love - wasn't sure about hearing the Beatles tunes randomly cut up. Listened to it once with a grumpy look on my face.
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Love was ok...
that's about as good as I can say, I think the one redeeming factor was spotting the songs and feeling smug when you know a drum fill or backing vocal. That lasts for one listen though.
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that's about as good as I can say, I think the one redeeming factor was spotting the songs and feeling smug when you know a drum fill or backing vocal. That lasts for one listen though.
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I few folks i know don't like Love it either
For it being cut up like some jive bunny thing. Different strokes i suppose.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:04, Share, Reply)
For it being cut up like some jive bunny thing. Different strokes i suppose.
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I heard All Things Must Pass recently
and realised when people accuuse Jeff Lynne of wanting to be in the Beatles, they really mean, he wants to be George Harrison.
Love was dreadful
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:23, Share, Reply)
and realised when people accuuse Jeff Lynne of wanting to be in the Beatles, they really mean, he wants to be George Harrison.
Love was dreadful
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:23, Share, Reply)
Love was an album for people who dont like the Beatles.
This on the other hand is a master class in production. Yeah the song itself is a little weak but they found it in a loft for fucks sake. GL should be applauded for his skills on this song.
GL also makes no bones about wanting to be in the Beatles, George Harrison was one of his best friends and I think actually lived next door to him.
Apparently there is another song on the tape that they never got round to doing because Harrison was being a cunt in the studio. McCantsing recently said that now he's dead they should go back and finish it off!
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 12:15, Share, Reply)
This on the other hand is a master class in production. Yeah the song itself is a little weak but they found it in a loft for fucks sake. GL should be applauded for his skills on this song.
GL also makes no bones about wanting to be in the Beatles, George Harrison was one of his best friends and I think actually lived next door to him.
Apparently there is another song on the tape that they never got round to doing because Harrison was being a cunt in the studio. McCantsing recently said that now he's dead they should go back and finish it off!
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 12:15, Share, Reply)
Jeff Lynne is lovely
Mate came back after interviewing saying as such, and having seen the BBC4 documentary on him I can see why. Extremely modest yet brilliant, very quiet and still has an infectious enthusiasm for what he does. Massively underrated.
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Mate came back after interviewing saying as such, and having seen the BBC4 documentary on him I can see why. Extremely modest yet brilliant, very quiet and still has an infectious enthusiasm for what he does. Massively underrated.
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always loved this song
Yes, it is eerie, but think you can hear the emotion from all of them, and Ringo's shit drumming.
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Yes, it is eerie, but think you can hear the emotion from all of them, and Ringo's shit drumming.
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Xilent - Boss Wave
Usual Dubstep computergame cg video, but stick with it for the ending :)
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Usual Dubstep computergame cg video, but stick with it for the ending :)
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David Cameron being a fucking twat (again).
He's only going to go ahead & promise an In/Out referendum (if he's reelected). Assuming they get in next time, the mass of retard voters will do what Murdoch tells them to & 30 + years of progress in big areas of UK life can be rolled back by our pals in the Tory party :-(
Oh, and it will be the first step leading to an eventual vote which may be defeated afterwards, so people vote in the Tories and they still may not get the final Out decision you want.
Politicians being politicians.
Still, the X Factor will still be on telly.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 6:20, Share, Reply)
He's only going to go ahead & promise an In/Out referendum (if he's reelected). Assuming they get in next time, the mass of retard voters will do what Murdoch tells them to & 30 + years of progress in big areas of UK life can be rolled back by our pals in the Tory party :-(
Oh, and it will be the first step leading to an eventual vote which may be defeated afterwards, so people vote in the Tories and they still may not get the final Out decision you want.
Politicians being politicians.
Still, the X Factor will still be on telly.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 6:20, Share, Reply)
Straight from that policy genius Osbourne.
The same genius, who when presented with an open goal at the last general election managed to hit the fucking bar. I just hope that in an era where more people read twitter and facebook than the Murdoch press that that is carried through to an election.
This promise is simply the Tories trying to win back the real nutters in the party from UKIP as the last thing they need is their vote being split at the next General Election, particularly when the traditional splitting of the Labour vote to the Lib Dems is likely to have less of an impact.
Rant over... oh Torys, what a bunch of cunts.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 7:45, Share, Reply)
The same genius, who when presented with an open goal at the last general election managed to hit the fucking bar. I just hope that in an era where more people read twitter and facebook than the Murdoch press that that is carried through to an election.
This promise is simply the Tories trying to win back the real nutters in the party from UKIP as the last thing they need is their vote being split at the next General Election, particularly when the traditional splitting of the Labour vote to the Lib Dems is likely to have less of an impact.
Rant over... oh Torys, what a bunch of cunts.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 7:45, Share, Reply)
Winning back the frayed fringe...
...and also deflecting attention from a perennially stalling economy for which they have no solution. Blaming problems of ones own making on outsiders is the textbook jingoist propaganda model.
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...and also deflecting attention from a perennially stalling economy for which they have no solution. Blaming problems of ones own making on outsiders is the textbook jingoist propaganda model.
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I thought this was a global economic crisis?
Everybody's fucked except the Chinese.
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Everybody's fucked except the Chinese.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:44, Share, Reply)
Yes, but....
www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/04/spending-cuts-tories-recovery
and...
www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/youth-unemployment-minimum
There was another article I used to link to but I can't find it..
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www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/04/spending-cuts-tories-recovery
and...
www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/youth-unemployment-minimum
There was another article I used to link to but I can't find it..
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:55, Share, Reply)
Can't we just have a conversation rather than pamphlet slinging?
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Sorry
But yeah, the global crash happened, what counts is how you deal with it. Everything the Tories have done and the results there of were predicted. The VAT hike for instance was one of the stupidest things possible they could have done, the NI increase would have been a fairer and less damaging approach. Whilst Labour would have, and were borrowing more on the short term, gradually bringing down that borrowing whilst maintaining jobs (through investment such as the Future Jobs fund, and through Public Sector workers which keeps money physically in the economy) and the favorable interest rates we have (and had at the time of the election) we could have maintained the growth we had, and started to deal with the deficit. As it is the borrowing needed to support those the Tories and Lib Dems have thrown on the doll far excedes the borrowing that Labour proposed for its stimulus. Friedenomics got us in to this, the idea that flogging your house off brick by brick, roof tile by roof tile is the best way to deal with negative equity on your mortgage, will get us out of it is bat shit insane in my opinion...
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:28, Share, Reply)
But yeah, the global crash happened, what counts is how you deal with it. Everything the Tories have done and the results there of were predicted. The VAT hike for instance was one of the stupidest things possible they could have done, the NI increase would have been a fairer and less damaging approach. Whilst Labour would have, and were borrowing more on the short term, gradually bringing down that borrowing whilst maintaining jobs (through investment such as the Future Jobs fund, and through Public Sector workers which keeps money physically in the economy) and the favorable interest rates we have (and had at the time of the election) we could have maintained the growth we had, and started to deal with the deficit. As it is the borrowing needed to support those the Tories and Lib Dems have thrown on the doll far excedes the borrowing that Labour proposed for its stimulus. Friedenomics got us in to this, the idea that flogging your house off brick by brick, roof tile by roof tile is the best way to deal with negative equity on your mortgage, will get us out of it is bat shit insane in my opinion...
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:28, Share, Reply)
It will never happen
it's a desperate attempt to get re-elected, and if they do (perish the thought) they'll come up with some bollocks reason not to do it.
Cameron wants to stay in EU. he's never going to allow a referendum that he would lose.
That's why he's not doing it now: he's keeping it as an election promise
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 8:50, Share, Reply)
it's a desperate attempt to get re-elected, and if they do (perish the thought) they'll come up with some bollocks reason not to do it.
Cameron wants to stay in EU. he's never going to allow a referendum that he would lose.
That's why he's not doing it now: he's keeping it as an election promise
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 8:50, Share, Reply)
Was just about to post sometihng similar.
A Clegg-esque attempt at an election u-turn.
Desperate UKIP vote snatch.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 13:03, Share, Reply)
A Clegg-esque attempt at an election u-turn.
Desperate UKIP vote snatch.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 13:03, Share, Reply)
Good
About time
And before people go round putting the Tory label on anyone who doesn't want to be in a more federal Europe.
Loads of Tories have a hard on for Europe including Ken Clark who also goes round flogging ciggies to the third world.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 8:52, Share, Reply)
About time
And before people go round putting the Tory label on anyone who doesn't want to be in a more federal Europe.
Loads of Tories have a hard on for Europe including Ken Clark who also goes round flogging ciggies to the third world.
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I must admit
Im always suspicious of the "if u don't Want to be in a boat with cunts" u must be nasty Tory argument
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:12, Share, Reply)
Im always suspicious of the "if u don't Want to be in a boat with cunts" u must be nasty Tory argument
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:12, Share, Reply)
Not really.
That's a false dichotomy that the bog-eyes in UKIP and the Tory right have set up: that you're either pro-federalism, or pro-exit. Cameron is playing to exactly that gallery: those who yearn for a vision of sovereignty that never, ever was, and never could have been, and would be stupefying were it ever to come about.
Clarke's nasty little cigarette habit has nothing to do with this, either.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:54, Share, Reply)
That's a false dichotomy that the bog-eyes in UKIP and the Tory right have set up: that you're either pro-federalism, or pro-exit. Cameron is playing to exactly that gallery: those who yearn for a vision of sovereignty that never, ever was, and never could have been, and would be stupefying were it ever to come about.
Clarke's nasty little cigarette habit has nothing to do with this, either.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:54, Share, Reply)
So you're after a two speed Europe then?
Or shall we hold back all the others that are moving towards federalism?
And Clarks "nasty little habbit" is that he's in the pocket of Cig manufacturers.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:20, Share, Reply)
Or shall we hold back all the others that are moving towards federalism?
And Clarks "nasty little habbit" is that he's in the pocket of Cig manufacturers.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:20, Share, Reply)
I reject the terms of the choice.
But for what it's worth, I incline more towards the federalist. The age of the nation-state is over; if it ever happened, it was an historical aberration. It's certainly not as straightforward as it's presented by the tweed-clad boggle-eyed xenophobes of UKIP, who seem to have formed their idea of foreign policy from a battered copy of The Riddle of the Sands.
Again with the chaff about Clarke. It's not relevant to this debate.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:30, Share, Reply)
But for what it's worth, I incline more towards the federalist. The age of the nation-state is over; if it ever happened, it was an historical aberration. It's certainly not as straightforward as it's presented by the tweed-clad boggle-eyed xenophobes of UKIP, who seem to have formed their idea of foreign policy from a battered copy of The Riddle of the Sands.
Again with the chaff about Clarke. It's not relevant to this debate.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:30, Share, Reply)
Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities is my current reading for a project I'm developing
Worth a read, Nation-State, national identity etc are really just concepts co-opted and promoted by the establishment and Monarchies of Europe as their divine right to rule of disparate peoples came under scrutiny. Austria-Hungry is a good example, very complicated construct. Going back further people only cared about their villages, as Knights raped and plundered their way through Europe, who the King was or even the local Lord wasn't really the top of peoples concerns... Fast forward to Global Corporations doing much the same (nasty business in the developing world) The need for oversight by (at least partially) democratic organisations on a large scale is vital.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:42, Share, Reply)
Worth a read, Nation-State, national identity etc are really just concepts co-opted and promoted by the establishment and Monarchies of Europe as their divine right to rule of disparate peoples came under scrutiny. Austria-Hungry is a good example, very complicated construct. Going back further people only cared about their villages, as Knights raped and plundered their way through Europe, who the King was or even the local Lord wasn't really the top of peoples concerns... Fast forward to Global Corporations doing much the same (nasty business in the developing world) The need for oversight by (at least partially) democratic organisations on a large scale is vital.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:42, Share, Reply)
"formed their idea of foreign policy from a battered copy of The Riddle of the Sands" made me lol out loud
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I suppose so.
Was thinking about this short-term political fix whereby Cameron needs to get some votes back and the long-term consequences of being out of the EU just because a few hundred eurosceptics and four newspaper owners want to relive a 'British Empire' experience.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:02, Share, Reply)
Was thinking about this short-term political fix whereby Cameron needs to get some votes back and the long-term consequences of being out of the EU just because a few hundred eurosceptics and four newspaper owners want to relive a 'British Empire' experience.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:02, Share, Reply)
Yep
The Daily Mail are lapping it up.
I have to say, in fairness to him, having head part of the speech on Radio 4 this morning he did raise some legitimate points about the EU - i.e. that a 'one-size fits all' approach hasn't worked and everyone accepts it won't work in the future. I still think that ultimately, though, it's a desperate ploy to try and save his chances at the next election.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:45, Share, Reply)
The Daily Mail are lapping it up.
I have to say, in fairness to him, having head part of the speech on Radio 4 this morning he did raise some legitimate points about the EU - i.e. that a 'one-size fits all' approach hasn't worked and everyone accepts it won't work in the future. I still think that ultimately, though, it's a desperate ploy to try and save his chances at the next election.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:45, Share, Reply)
I don't understand why people don't seem to get incredibly angry when they talk about getting rid of the working time directive
Since the unions have been defanged we kind of rely on the EU for shit like that...
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:49, Share, Reply)
Since the unions have been defanged we kind of rely on the EU for shit like that...
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:49, Share, Reply)
Well, as long as Bill Cash and that odious Farange buffoon are influential at the heart of central government then UK workers are surely in safe hands.
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I'm thinking that we just need a government that helps it's friends in Europe, even when they don't like us so much because of some silly-billy's saying stupid things.
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Did you hear the opening bit?
fields in Europe
Waterloo
Darkest hour
It was pure, unadulterated, flag waving toss without actually commiting to anything.
He is just trying to head off a leadership challenge and the threat from UKIP.
Wanker
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:52, Share, Reply)
fields in Europe
Waterloo
Darkest hour
It was pure, unadulterated, flag waving toss without actually commiting to anything.
He is just trying to head off a leadership challenge and the threat from UKIP.
Wanker
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:52, Share, Reply)
I do know how to spell 'hear'
But can't edit the title.
Sorry
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:57, Share, Reply)
But can't edit the title.
Sorry
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:57, Share, Reply)
I assume they won't do it
as if they really wanted out of Europe they'd just do it. It's not like the public were asked for our opinion on flogging the NHS.
Stalling tactic. But a nasty one that'll mean loads of toxic headlines to pump up the public into hating Europe more. Poles coming over here taking our jobs. Fuck off Frogs etc.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:58, Share, Reply)
as if they really wanted out of Europe they'd just do it. It's not like the public were asked for our opinion on flogging the NHS.
Stalling tactic. But a nasty one that'll mean loads of toxic headlines to pump up the public into hating Europe more. Poles coming over here taking our jobs. Fuck off Frogs etc.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:58, Share, Reply)
Perhaps I'm showing a little ignorance here
but aren't referendums a good thing? If they just went ahead and pulled out (or indeed, stayed in) the EU regardless of the public opinion, wouldn't that cause massive uproar?
I hate Cameron, and I'm definitely not a Tory, but I can't quite grasp why asking the public what they want in this matter is a bad thing.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:11, Share, Reply)
but aren't referendums a good thing? If they just went ahead and pulled out (or indeed, stayed in) the EU regardless of the public opinion, wouldn't that cause massive uproar?
I hate Cameron, and I'm definitely not a Tory, but I can't quite grasp why asking the public what they want in this matter is a bad thing.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:11, Share, Reply)
Because democracy is only wanted when people vote the right way.
And can't be trusted with the important matters.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:23, Share, Reply)
And can't be trusted with the important matters.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:23, Share, Reply)
^ Exactly this
The biggest issue with democracy is that there are far more idiots in the world than geniuses.
Genghis Khan had the right idea.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:46, Share, Reply)
The biggest issue with democracy is that there are far more idiots in the world than geniuses.
Genghis Khan had the right idea.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:46, Share, Reply)
No, for a couple of reasons.
First, they're unnecessary: the constitution of the UK has it that it's the job of Parliament to represent the people. A referendum undermines that. (As several people on Twitter have said, it's odd that the very people who bang on about the EU's threat to Parliamentary sovereignty are those who're proposing a referendum that amounts to the same.)
Second, how often should there be a referendum, if you think that one is a good idea? If it's a good idea today, then why not next week as well? Every day, maybe, because people's minds may have changed.
Third - and similarly - why not on every subject? If it's a good idea in relation to x, why not y?
Fourth - and this relates back to the first - is it really certain that an appeal to the bare majority of the electorate is the best way to decide things? It's not at all a given that most people have the expertese to make a wise decision - something like an EU treaty is enormously complicated, and is well beyond just about everyone as an individual, so it's not clear that we'd get a particularly good result. Again, that's why there're armies of civil servants paid to write treaties and implement them, and to inform policy. It's massively complicated.
Oh, one last thing: pulling out of the EU would make things more difficult for UK businesses, simply because they'd still be bound by EU law if they wanted to sell in the Union - it's just that they'd not get a seat at the table.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:26, Share, Reply)
First, they're unnecessary: the constitution of the UK has it that it's the job of Parliament to represent the people. A referendum undermines that. (As several people on Twitter have said, it's odd that the very people who bang on about the EU's threat to Parliamentary sovereignty are those who're proposing a referendum that amounts to the same.)
Second, how often should there be a referendum, if you think that one is a good idea? If it's a good idea today, then why not next week as well? Every day, maybe, because people's minds may have changed.
Third - and similarly - why not on every subject? If it's a good idea in relation to x, why not y?
Fourth - and this relates back to the first - is it really certain that an appeal to the bare majority of the electorate is the best way to decide things? It's not at all a given that most people have the expertese to make a wise decision - something like an EU treaty is enormously complicated, and is well beyond just about everyone as an individual, so it's not clear that we'd get a particularly good result. Again, that's why there're armies of civil servants paid to write treaties and implement them, and to inform policy. It's massively complicated.
Oh, one last thing: pulling out of the EU would make things more difficult for UK businesses, simply because they'd still be bound by EU law if they wanted to sell in the Union - it's just that they'd not get a seat at the table.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:26, Share, Reply)
We would have to renegotiate a shit load of trade agreements too, which will cost money
And thats going to be some interesting negotiations. It would be like some one unilaterally pulling their investment out of a business, butting it at risk, then expecting to still be able to use the office space and the company perks...
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:33, Share, Reply)
And thats going to be some interesting negotiations. It would be like some one unilaterally pulling their investment out of a business, butting it at risk, then expecting to still be able to use the office space and the company perks...
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:33, Share, Reply)
And here I was expected a "wanker" or "prick" response.
That was well written and clearly explained what I didn't understand about it.
Thanks for that.
Can we be friends?
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:40, Share, Reply)
That was well written and clearly explained what I didn't understand about it.
Thanks for that.
Can we be friends?
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:40, Share, Reply)
Completely logical and pragmatic points made there.
This referendum issue is so complicated and as are the implications of an 'out' vote that I'm not confident that all of us who haven't read and understood all of these EU treaties, and those of us who are not knowledgeable in economics, should really vote in matters of such far reaching importance.
I just don't trust the sweet words of Bill Cash or or the simplistic answers that Nigel Farange offers.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:43, Share, Reply)
This referendum issue is so complicated and as are the implications of an 'out' vote that I'm not confident that all of us who haven't read and understood all of these EU treaties, and those of us who are not knowledgeable in economics, should really vote in matters of such far reaching importance.
I just don't trust the sweet words of Bill Cash or or the simplistic answers that Nigel Farange offers.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:43, Share, Reply)
So what rights should a citizen have towards self determination?
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:55, Share, Reply)
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:55, Share, Reply)
The rights we have at the moment seem to have worked well for a long time.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:15, Share, Reply)
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:15, Share, Reply)
I read most of the Lisbon Treaty
I'm guessing they left the interesting, controversial stuff to the end. I couldn't see anything in it that fundamentally changed our Sovereignty... You'll be happy to hear I've got a bit of a life since then.. ;)
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:57, Share, Reply)
I'm guessing they left the interesting, controversial stuff to the end. I couldn't see anything in it that fundamentally changed our Sovereignty... You'll be happy to hear I've got a bit of a life since then.. ;)
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:57, Share, Reply)
And the biggest risk being that if people aren't 100% happy with the status quo
they will assume the grass is greener on the other side
(although have you seen French grass? It's well shit)
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 13:05, Share, Reply)
they will assume the grass is greener on the other side
(although have you seen French grass? It's well shit)
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 13:05, Share, Reply)
Fuck that
I barely trust the general public to vote for an MP let alone something that is actually important. Too many idiots that wouldn't understand in/out let alone the reasons for asking.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 17:52, Share, Reply)
I barely trust the general public to vote for an MP let alone something that is actually important. Too many idiots that wouldn't understand in/out let alone the reasons for asking.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 17:52, Share, Reply)
Ha!
On a related note, Firefox will no longer play embedded media for me, any ideas people?
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:03, Share, Reply)
On a related note, Firefox will no longer play embedded media for me, any ideas people?
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 9:03, Share, Reply)
It is great!
Always loved that track by The Pogues and the video perfectly nails the dark comedy of it.
Also, two links on the popular page at once... I've never known such acceptance :)
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 15:17, Share, Reply)
Always loved that track by The Pogues and the video perfectly nails the dark comedy of it.
Also, two links on the popular page at once... I've never known such acceptance :)
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 15:17, Share, Reply)
A Lolokaust Guide to Muhamm'umad? in MS Paint
NSFW
I made this!
Done for laughs, done with friends and done for you. Would like very much to know what you think as it's been a while since I've been on here. Good health comrades.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:12, Share, Reply)
Done for laughs, done with friends and done for you. Would like very much to know what you think as it's been a while since I've been on here. Good health comrades.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:12, Share, Reply)
Miss! How very rude of you to our guest.
But yeah; do fuck off.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:41, Share, Reply)
But yeah; do fuck off.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:41, Share, Reply)
I see you copyrighted this
Who would that be with? Who will represent you in court if I nick the pictures?
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:50, Share, Reply)
Who would that be with? Who will represent you in court if I nick the pictures?
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:50, Share, Reply)
You don't need to register copyright. If you create it, you have copyright.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:55, Share, Reply)
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:55, Share, Reply)
Not always so.
It is WAY more complicated than that. I know because I've been trying to do some new greetings cards for my shop.
edit: I run an Art Gallery (you wouldn't know it from my scribblings). I own a picture. i personally take a photo of the picture I own. The artist has been dead over the 70 years. I still don't have copyright.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:59, Share, Reply)
It is WAY more complicated than that. I know because I've been trying to do some new greetings cards for my shop.
edit: I run an Art Gallery (you wouldn't know it from my scribblings). I own a picture. i personally take a photo of the picture I own. The artist has been dead over the 70 years. I still don't have copyright.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:59, Share, Reply)
That completely disagrees with my understanding of copyright law.
Copyright is an automatic right, no registration is required. See the IPO www.ipo.gov.uk/types/design/d-applying/d-before/d-needreg.htm.
Copyright is only one of multiple forms of protection for Intellectual Property.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:06, Share, Reply)
Copyright is an automatic right, no registration is required. See the IPO www.ipo.gov.uk/types/design/d-applying/d-before/d-needreg.htm.
Copyright is only one of multiple forms of protection for Intellectual Property.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:06, Share, Reply)
That's where my knowledge of copyright falls down.
I'd assume that there's now no copyright on the artwork, but there would be on your photograph. So people couldn't use your photo, but could use their own photos of the artwork.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:19, Share, Reply)
I'd assume that there's now no copyright on the artwork, but there would be on your photograph. So people couldn't use your photo, but could use their own photos of the artwork.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:19, Share, Reply)
See below. Now Dinosaur.
Edit: OK no Dino. At least one of us is VERY drunk and it might be me. I might pop off to bed.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:23, Share, Reply)
Edit: OK no Dino. At least one of us is VERY drunk and it might be me. I might pop off to bed.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:23, Share, Reply)
Copyright
Is simply a way to make a lawyer smile. But you are Mu. I demand a rainbow dinosaur. I have nothing more to say.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:16, Share, Reply)
Is simply a way to make a lawyer smile. But you are Mu. I demand a rainbow dinosaur. I have nothing more to say.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:16, Share, Reply)
Wow. Take that, Islam
from your bedroom in middle England somewhere
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:51, Share, Reply)
from your bedroom in middle England somewhere
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 0:51, Share, Reply)
I laughed so much I neary...
er, oh, no that was another site.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:29, Share, Reply)
er, oh, no that was another site.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:29, Share, Reply)
Are you what used to be this?
d2k5.com/pages/electricretard/
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:44, Share, Reply)
d2k5.com/pages/electricretard/
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 1:44, Share, Reply)
I think that was some of the dumbest crap I've ever seen.
And I'm merkin so I see a lot of really dumb shit all the time.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 6:20, Share, Reply)
And I'm merkin so I see a lot of really dumb shit all the time.
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 6:20, Share, Reply)
Thanks guys. This went down like a sack of shit. Always like coming on here.
( , Tue 29 Jan 2013, 23:05, Share, Reply)
Future of the left being their usual sensible selves
NSFW
NSFW contains a swear.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:48, Share, Reply)
NSFW contains a swear.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:48, Share, Reply)
Glassclock?
Sorry,
Just watched Ruby Sparks and saw this name in the credits.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:46, Share, Reply)
Sorry,
Just watched Ruby Sparks and saw this name in the credits.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:46, Share, Reply)
I hate that all imdb links are url shortened or whatever
and contain no useful information to save you a click
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 8:45, Share, Reply)
and contain no useful information to save you a click
( , Wed 23 Jan 2013, 8:45, Share, Reply)
The Sundance Screening room
The short film selection for this years Sundance Festival.
Some controversial selections, but all worth a watch if you like this short (short hahahahha) of thing. Includes the catnip one from the popular page. :D
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:16, Share, Reply)
The short film selection for this years Sundance Festival.
Some controversial selections, but all worth a watch if you like this short (short hahahahha) of thing. Includes the catnip one from the popular page. :D
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:16, Share, Reply)
The Jesus and Mary chain are a bunch of puffs
The most contoversial band in history. 80's LOL.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:16, Share, Reply)
The most contoversial band in history. 80's LOL.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:16, Share, Reply)
I wasn't expecting another one of these...
Are they in the news or something???
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:17, Share, Reply)
Are they in the news or something???
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:17, Share, Reply)
Well...
some interview vid was posted earlier but it seems to have been deleted now...
EDIT: I think it was a newbie, can't recall.
EDIT EDIT: Nah, it appears he's put me on ignore. Wow that was fast. I only called him mingebreath. Here you go http://www.b3ta.com/links/Arrogant_Tossers
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:28, Share, Reply)
some interview vid was posted earlier but it seems to have been deleted now...
EDIT: I think it was a newbie, can't recall.
EDIT EDIT: Nah, it appears he's put me on ignore. Wow that was fast. I only called him mingebreath. Here you go http://www.b3ta.com/links/Arrogant_Tossers
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:28, Share, Reply)
ah
my post is a reply to that one. A much better film without any Bobby Gillespie.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:39, Share, Reply)
my post is a reply to that one. A much better film without any Bobby Gillespie.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:39, Share, Reply)
Sit on my face
and I'll guess your weight
Edit:It isn't the sort of thing I would want my daughter to hear
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:39, Share, Reply)
and I'll guess your weight
Edit:It isn't the sort of thing I would want my daughter to hear
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:39, Share, Reply)
A snow man
How come this gets this high?
But when I put up my 1:1 Enterprise model from the end of star trek 3 I get 99p?
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:07, Share, Reply)
How come this gets this high?
But when I put up my 1:1 Enterprise model from the end of star trek 3 I get 99p?
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:07, Share, Reply)
I know!
I put a picture of my cock and balls on there and all I got was banned...
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:13, Share, Reply)
I put a picture of my cock and balls on there and all I got was banned...
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:13, Share, Reply)
I remember that....
You never did refund me that postage and packing you over charged on.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:16, Share, Reply)
You never did refund me that postage and packing you over charged on.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:16, Share, Reply)
they should loop this scene,
it would be hilarious and worthy of posting on /links
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:01, Share, Reply)
it would be hilarious and worthy of posting on /links
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:01, Share, Reply)
and then post it on /board
I heard they love that sort of stuff
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:07, Share, Reply)
I heard they love that sort of stuff
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:07, Share, Reply)
This alternative Bane audio track from the last Batman movie is not what I expected
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:29, Share, Reply)
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:29, Share, Reply)
I spent the whole film
completely unable to concentrate because it looks like he's got my grans egg slicer stuck to his face
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:33, Share, Reply)
completely unable to concentrate because it looks like he's got my grans egg slicer stuck to his face
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:33, Share, Reply)
"..a Daniel Day Lewis approach to the agency client relationship."
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:19, Share, Reply)
hahaha
good job they didn't say Ben Affleck
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xy5C-0P0zs
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:20, Share, Reply)
good job they didn't say Ben Affleck
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xy5C-0P0zs
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:20, Share, Reply)
I went for a job interview at a place like that once,
I was glad to get out of there, the only job I've been turned down for where I actually felt more relieved than disappointed.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:46, Share, Reply)
I was glad to get out of there, the only job I've been turned down for where I actually felt more relieved than disappointed.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:46, Share, Reply)
heh heh
made me think of this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2giBAfDOGw
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:53, Share, Reply)
made me think of this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2giBAfDOGw
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:53, Share, Reply)
Nuke them form orbit
It's the only way to be sure.
Let's see if we can eradicate the Hoxton fin - for ever!
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:54, Share, Reply)
It's the only way to be sure.
Let's see if we can eradicate the Hoxton fin - for ever!
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:54, Share, Reply)
Fuck I am filled with the need for a murderous frenzy
Not enough names were given for me to commit Ethic Cleansing
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:01, Share, Reply)
Not enough names were given for me to commit Ethic Cleansing
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:01, Share, Reply)
God
So. Much. Hate.
No wonder our economy is shrinking with so many people aspiring to provide such effervescent services.
I write 'copy' ya.
I hate how all these 'digital agencies' have such inane trendy names too. We are 'Bear', 'Origin', 'Atomic', 'Khemistry'... urgh.... please, future advertising people reading this, once you've got your degree in Geography and use daddy's money to set up an agency, do us all a favour and just call it 'CUNT'. Ironically if you like, and fuck off.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:12, Share, Reply)
So. Much. Hate.
No wonder our economy is shrinking with so many people aspiring to provide such effervescent services.
I write 'copy' ya.
I hate how all these 'digital agencies' have such inane trendy names too. We are 'Bear', 'Origin', 'Atomic', 'Khemistry'... urgh.... please, future advertising people reading this, once you've got your degree in Geography and use daddy's money to set up an agency, do us all a favour and just call it 'CUNT'. Ironically if you like, and fuck off.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:12, Share, Reply)
Hang on...
These people actually get clients?
Such impressive, real-world skills.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:13, Share, Reply)
These people actually get clients?
Such impressive, real-world skills.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:13, Share, Reply)
You'd be surprised how much of London is filled with superfluous employment
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:15, Share, Reply)
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:15, Share, Reply)
No, I think I've got a pretty good idea.
One of the reasons why I was happy to leave the place.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:19, Share, Reply)
One of the reasons why I was happy to leave the place.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 23:19, Share, Reply)
happiest penguin ever
yay it's snowing
never done this posting a link thing before so i might have fucked up. Oh well
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:05, Share, Reply)
yay it's snowing
never done this posting a link thing before so i might have fucked up. Oh well
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:05, Share, Reply)
cheers FB
Wanted to embed it but i think i had to log in to youtube which i haven't done since Nam
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:08, Share, Reply)
Wanted to embed it but i think i had to log in to youtube which i haven't done since Nam
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:08, Share, Reply)
I suggest you don't google for fists
without carefully turning safe search up to maximum
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:31, Share, Reply)
without carefully turning safe search up to maximum
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:31, Share, Reply)
thats not happiness, i think the music has driven it to insanity.
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:11, Share, Reply)
Works very well with the Benny Hillifier:
bennyhillifier.com/?id=rGEqWzw8A9g
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:23, Share, Reply)
bennyhillifier.com/?id=rGEqWzw8A9g
( , Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:23, Share, Reply)
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