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Comment Re:No it will not. (Score 1) 375

Not that I am a Labour voter but I would point out that while the debt at the beginning of 2008 was higher in real terms, importantly as a percentage of the GDP it was lower than it was in May 1997 when Labour came to power.

It is like getting a new job with a higher salary and using the extra income to take out a larger mortgage and buy a bigger house. Could easily be that while the total debt goes up, as a percentage of your income it has gone down. Is that a bad thing? You might argue that it is, but it is not as clear cut as you would like to make out.

Comment Re:Working from home (Score 1) 161

No problem come live in my house. Some ferrous/magnetic material in the bricks that make the walls means no phone signal in the house unless you are right by a window and we can "fix" that by replacing the sealed units with ones that have "energy saving" glass. I have to use a femtocell for a reliable mobile signal :-)

Comment Re:LOL (Score 1) 521

Except for example Israel is quite keen on solar power give that it is hot and sunny there to the point where they have deserts. Also not relying on hostile neighbours for fossil fuel is seen as being a "good" thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

The suggestion is that Israel could meet all it's power generation using solar in the Negev. Heck the Tesla S almost has the range to drive from any point to any other point in the country. Given the hostile nature of it's neighbours, that they control much of the worlds oil sounds like an excellent place for electric vehicles using solar power for generation.

Comment Re:Good Argument (Score 1) 226

A league match is 90 minutes with 15 minutes for half time, plus any extra time for stoppages. As we are talking about the English Premiership you are not going to get to even two hours unless something rather dramatic happened on pitch which stopped play for an extended period. Something like the Fabrice Muamba indecent and they are exceptionally rare and in this case it was an F.A. Cup match not a Premiership game, and the match was abandoned as a result.

There have been a few compound fracture incidents, in particular the 1996 one with David Busst, took 12 minutes to clear the blood from the pitch and Manchester United keeper Peter Schmeichel vomit on the pitch as a result of the incident.

So basically stop exaggerating.

Comment Re:IANAL (Score 2) 226

Finding legal advice in the U.K. won't cut it either, it specifically has to be in England as there is a different legal system in Scotland and with a devolved assembly in Wales they are also very subtly different. Complicating matters is that some Welsh clubs play in the English Premiership and home matches take place in Wales.

That said I believe that Copyright is a reserved power, aka only the Westminster (aka U.K. wide government) can legislate on it.

Comment Re:Hash Collision gets man shot, news at 10 (Score 1) 353

Before the SWAT team arrives at your door someone will have reviewed the image to confirm that it not a hash collision. If they don't then they are going to be in big trouble and a large compensation payment will be coming your way. In addition any remotely competent judge will not issue a search warrant based on a hash or more specifically Microsoft's PhotoDNA, because if they do and it turns out to be a hash collision then again they are going to be in big trouble.

Comment Re: Driverless cars on public roads... (Score 1) 190

Not true. A single yellow line means there are restrictions which will be on a plate near by; usually 08:00 to 18:00. Double yellow lines are no parking unless you happen to be displaying a disabled parking badge, which allows three hours parking. Then it gets more complicated in London with red lines, with double red lines meaning no stopping or parking period unless you happen to have a disabled parking badge at which point you can drop off or pick up provided you move off immediately.

There are also dashed lines, and some roads have single while lines to mark the edge of the carriageway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Comment Re:TCO (Score 2) 158

Problem is that in the U.K. school I.T. is for the most part appalling. I work in I.T. support in the University sector and I see for first hand the difference between that and school I.T. that my sister has to suffer as a teacher as I supplement the rubbish I.T. support with actually useful support that is not a bunch of lies and half truths.

The difference is that pay rate of the staff involved. The university sector pays significantly more than the school sector for the same skills, easily £10k more. I know I have read job adverts for school I.T. support and would not bother applying for the money they offer.

To put it succinctly "pay peanuts get monkies" and £16k for a I.T. admin is going to get you a monkey that is only capable of doing the bare basic desktop support tasks. If you do get lucky and get someone capable of more they will quickly move on because you get better pay elsewhere.

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