Comment Re:How to tell (Score 1) 639
I'm using my phone to reply, please excuse the words switched by predictive text.
Comment Re:How to tell (Score 1) 639
I've thought about my political views quite a bit compared to most, but then I class myself as a political activist and campaigner. The most useful thing that test did for me us show me that the main political parties in the UK are as far away from my beliefs as they can get. Even the Liberal Democrats, who I used to be a member of, are the other end of the scale from me economically even though they are three same as me on the other scale.
Comment Re:How to tell (Score 1) 639
Actually the first four questions cover political beliefs of quite a few people. You say they have nothing to do with your political beliefs if you are a reasonable person. Have you considered that some people disagree with you and the test needs to find out who those people are?
Comment Re:How to tell (Score 1) 639
I seem to be a bit more extreme - Economic Left/Right: -7.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77!
Comment How to tell (Score 5, Informative) 639
The Political Compass is a really useful guide to political left-right but works out your position on both an economic scale (left-right) and a social scale. (Authoritarian-libertarian.) It does seem a little biased towards the left-wing but I think much of that is people having different views to the views they think they have.
Comment Re:You've got this all wrong (Score 1) 471
And I should add that H&M and Looklet do have male examples in their virtual dressing room too.
Comment You've got this all wrong (Score 3, Informative) 471
Why does everyone assume that this is all about keeping the costs down by not hiring models? H&M use computer-generated images because they allow customers to mix and match their clothes in a virtual dressing room. Most pictures have a "Try on" link underneath them. All the clothes still have to be photographed, and they still photograph actual models. The images have to be processed and prepared, so it isn't much cheaper than a regular photoshoot. H&M are using Looklet to do all of that, and other shops use them too. H&M never hid these facts or claimed that the photos were all real models either, there's no scandal here.
Comment Re:Argh. (Score 1) 748
Comment Terminology (Score 2) 768
If we eventually use Bitcoin in everyday life, say, in the supermarket, how will we deal with prices in fractions of a Bitcoin? What terminology might we use for something priced at 0.00000005 Bitcoins?
Comment Social networks are fragile (Score 1) 190
I wrote about a similar problem a few days ago. Facebook and Twitter are the only contact I have with some people, yet they are private businesses with no obligation to provide a service, and they can and do close accounts on a whim.
Here's my blog post about it. The fragility of social networks
Comment Re:GPL is the problem (Score 1) 1075
I think you have a good point there. In trying to place extra restrictions and obligations on free software GPL3 will actually reduce the usage of said software. It's the coders choice, of course, but I think GPL3 is a bad choice.
Submission + - Using Tor to help defeat oppressive regimes (latentexistence.me.uk)
lga writes: A common feature of oppressive regimes is control of information. In Egypt recently the government not only blocked television signals from the likes of Al Jazeera, but they actually resorted to almost completely shutting down the internet across the whole country in an effort to prevent protesters from organising. In China, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and many other places, the governments block access to sites that they consider a threat to either the government or to the moral values of the people. This usually includes social networks like Facebook and Twitter and news organisations like the BBC and Al Jazeera.
While a partial connection to the outside world is available, there is a way to get full access – with the Tor project which you can find at www.torproject.org. Tor makes use of a network of volunteers across the world to smuggle information across the borders. Read more about why you should run a Tor relay and the pros and cons.
While a partial connection to the outside world is available, there is a way to get full access – with the Tor project which you can find at www.torproject.org. Tor makes use of a network of volunteers across the world to smuggle information across the borders. Read more about why you should run a Tor relay and the pros and cons.
Comment Re:But I like volatility! (Score 1) 125
Not so; but rebooting would have to include zeroing all of the memory. Starting up and resuming with the contents intact would be more akin to coming out of sleep mode.
Why Eric Schmidt Left As CEO of Google? 378
Edsj writes "According to The New Yorker: 'Schmidt, according to associates, lost some energy and focus after losing the China decision. At the same time, Google was becoming defensive. All of their social-network efforts had faltered. Facebook had replaced them as the hot tech company, the place vital engineers wanted to work. Complaints about Google bureaucracy intensified. Governments around the world were lobbing grenades at Google over privacy, copyright, and size issues. The “don’t be evil” brand was getting tarnished, and the founders were restive. Schmidt started to think of departing. Nudged by a board-member friend and an outside adviser that he had to re-energize himself, he decided after Labor Day that he could reboot. He couldn't.'"
Comment Re:Not surprising in a socialist society (Score 1) 642
I'm afraid your understanding is wrong. You must have a license if you watch or record TV (or internet TV) as it is broadcast. It is not related to owning a TV receiver, although if you purchase a TV your details will be sent to the thugs at TV licensing who will send you menacing letters if you don't have a license.
