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Submission + - Auntie Beeb dramatises Gary McKinnon (hobbyistsoftware.com)

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ConfusedVorlon

on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @11:08AM

ConfusedVorlon writes: "Anutie Beeb has this gem in today's afternoon play.

"The true story of Gary McKinnon, a British citizen who is fighting extradition to the US on suspicion of hacking into government computers."

You can listen again for a week;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/afternoon_play.shtml"

Submission + - UK Mac Ads - have we seen these before?

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ConfusedVorlon

on Monday January 29, 2007 @09:18AM

ConfusedVorlon writes: "Mitchell & Webb are cast as Mac and PC in the reworked mac ads for the UK. Mac looks bored to me..."

Submission + - UK DNA database. Is it good to solve crimes?

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ConfusedVorlon

on Thursday November 02, 2006 @08:27AM

ConfusedVorlon writes: "Storing DNA records of people who are arrested and never charged seems like an infringement of civil liberties.
However I have lived in a country where crime is out of control so I'm sympathetic to an initiative that does solve rapes, murders and other crime.

Franklin's statement that 'Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.' seems too trite for me. How should we weigh the risks versus the benefits of an initiative like this?

The Independant discusses the UK DNA database along with it's Big Brother Britian feature."

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