I, and many like me, modded their xboxes solely to run XBMC as well as using it as your normal, everyday console.

Sky, in this context, are an ISP who were ordered by the courts to provide data to ACS law.
They provided the data in an encrypted format, it was ACS who failed to retain that encryption.

The coin-operated toilet, like the idea of removing co-pilots, is simply a crazy press release and is an easy way for Ryanair to grab some free press space and promote their latest sale.

Apart, of course, from the departments that are. Like the Home Office, and other departments running a Fujitsu contract.

Bzzt! We do not, and never have had, a formal written constitution. If you have citations to refute this, I'd love to see them.

You have to account for the money you spend anyway. From your point of view as a buyer, nothing will change.

What will happen is the way the accounts get reported up will change, and this won't affect you in the slightest.

Yes you can- that was one of the points of the ID cards. Indeed, you've still got ~100 days to enjoy passport-less travel from the UK to EU destinations.

But it is part of the EU, which means national identity cards are accepted as an alternative to passports, where border crossings still check them.

The concern is that if he's tried over here, he'll get sent down for five years, be out in three, and end up with job at a security consultancy.

Two and a half. Less time served on remand, which includes curfew/home detention orders.

Or how about that doctor who was convicted of slamming on his brakes to "scare" cyclists? Two of them couldn't stop in time, and they smashed into his back window.

Then they're travelling too close. Or, to quote my riding instructor - 'only a cunt hits the car in front'.

Home Office as in 'Office of Home Affairs'. A bit like 'Homeland Security'...

It was sarcasm.
HTH

Statutory Instruments (also known as regulation) are only usable when the act they are amending allows it- such as the one Mandy's been pirat^H^H^H piloting which allows a vast swathe to be amended without debate.
With new acts, you could get round things by simply not commencing various orders, but alas it's not to be in this case.

Broadly, speaking, those are the options. And they've not much time to push legislative changes through the house, either. Exempting U18's is the easiest way, and probably the easiest to justify in that the government recently committed to exempting U18's from certain safeguarding provisions.
The only other work-around is for ACPO to say they won't charge UKBA individuals for the offence, provided its only committed with the scanners whilst at work, but that's not entirely satisfactory for obvious reasons.

Or you could buy one designed to bolt right in!