ConfusedVorlon - Slashdot User

Submission + - Correction: uk can't hold people for 42 days! (slashdot.org)

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ConfusedVorlon

on Thursday June 12, 2008 @06:12AM

ConfusedVorlon writes: "re 'UK Can Now Hold People Without Charge For 42 Days'

-this is not true. The house of commons has passed a bill which would allow this, however it would have to be ratified by the lords to become law.

The lords is very unlikely to ratify the bill and the house of commons will not be able to force it past the
lords for a year.

Please post an update. This is a terrible day for UK rights, but the story you post is not true."

Submission + - T-shirt gun wins security theatre all time prize (bbc.co.uk)

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ConfusedVorlon

on Tuesday June 03, 2008 @06:04PM

ConfusedVorlon writes: "A man wearing a T-shirt depicting a cartoon character holding a gun was stopped from boarding a flight by the security at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

'we won't be able to let you through because your T-shirt has got a gun on it'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7431640.stm"

Submission + - Even the president 'steals' music. (tomshardware.com)

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ConfusedVorlon

on Monday April 07, 2008 @03:01PM

ConfusedVorlon writes: "Even the president 'steals' music. We all know these laws are stupid — but it's great to see such a high profile case. Will the RIAA prosecute Bush — or is it our duty as citizens to report him?"

Submission + - Id theft leads to job loss and prosecution (bbc.co.uk)

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ConfusedVorlon

on Thursday April 03, 2008 @09:24AM

ConfusedVorlon writes: "Here is one for the 'Done nothing wrong, nothing to fear' brigade. The BBC reports: Simon Bunce had his credit card details stolen. They were used at a child porn website that was part of Operation Ore which resulted in him being prosecuted in the UK. He has now proven his innocence, but he still lost his job and it took him six months to find another at a quarter of the salary. Pedophiles and terrorists are used to justify many extensions of legal powers. Here, the power to seize all of a man's computers and drives before anything was proven cost him dear."

Submission + - Nuclear Hacking Pranksters Acquitted (hobbyistsoftware.com)

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ConfusedVorlon

on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @06:43AM

ConfusedVorlon writes: "It's good to see the courts in at least one land have a sense of proportion. When the artistic group Ztohoven hacked the tv weather report to show a nuclear explosion in the background they say they were showing how the media can influence perception. Czech TV were not amused and took them to court for 'Spreading false information'. The courts acquitted them yesterday."

Submission + - Bad Microsoft. No Donut. (Please to pay EU $1.4bn) (hobbyistsoftware.com)

Submitted by ConfusedVorlon on Wednesday February 27, 2008 @08:19AM

ConfusedVorlon writes: "Microsoft was the first company in 50 years of EU competition policy that the Commission has had to fine for failure to comply with an antitrust decision," Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said in a statement.
They must now pay $1.4bn
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7266629.stm

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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