As a Brit living in France I've never had problems being understood by other English speakers from all over the world, including Ozzies, Kiwis, Saffas and Sepos, not to mention people who speak English as a second language such as the Scandis.

Having said that, I don't speak English with a dialect, I speak English the way it's supposed to be spoken

/ducks

Finally, my 'What's my bra size' app can work!

I agree, although red pandas do have bush tails they also have distinct rings on it and markings on their faces which are not shown on this logo which is obviously a fox.

I'm sure Timothy is glad you're still thinking of him but he's probably worried that that word doesn't mean what you think it means...

Damn, why do you never have mod points when you want them! +1 Funny

Sorry, I RTFM and it said to never RTFA on Slashdot.

Of course if you RTFS it does mention the IR capabilities but the summary title and most of the comments here are all about the fact that "UK Police Now Double As CCTV Cameras" which is not news.

The police have had body mounted cameras in the UK for 5 years.

The only news here is that they've started using them in Melton (a medium size town in the Midlands) and presumably the tech has improved.

If you have the USA in the middle of the map then surely Europe is in the East and Asia/China is in the West!?! That would be confusing if you were bought up with the usual "Western Civilisation" ideas.

I always assumed that the UK was in the middle because of GMT but then I'm very Eurocentric myself. So, is Europe in the West or the East then?

Agreed, even just an encrypted home folder will thwart your average laptop thief. If you wear a double thickness tinfoil hat and you're expecting a more determined, technically minded thief then by all means have whole disk encryption.

Amen to that... However, moving to/living in a tourist resort (whether it be a beach town or a ski town), is different from travelling. Every time you move to a new place it will take a while to find a good place to work from, maybe just a few hours, maybe a day, but if you're moving every couple of days it can be quite a hassle to be online every day.

What temperature does water boil at in Fahrenheit?

FWIW, this became a legal requirement in the UK 20+(?) years ago when we joined the EU and we have just about assimilated metric measures of volume and weight when it comes to consumables.

Also noteworthy, the building industry also works in metric these days, although there are many builders who still think in ft/in a lot of the materials are sold in metric sizes, i.e the width of a standard sheet of plaster board (sheet rock) dictates how you space your studs.

However, street signs are still in MPH and most people still measure their body weight in Stones and their height in Feet and Inches.

It takes a while but the ability to trade with neighbouring countries makes it worth it...

Yes, this. Although I'd disagree that Celsius has *one* minor convenience point:

0C == frozen roads and preserved food
100C == boiling water and sterile food

They'll probably outsource it all to the UK like the rest of ECHELON. I mean Google doesn't pay f#ck all tax here so why should the the rest of the USA

Really? That's so racist towards the Irish.