What about simulating pot-holes, sleeping policemen, traffic lights, etc. You set it to Hard Core Bike Courier mode and have buses pull out or car doors swing open in front of you and if you don't swerve or stop the bike ejects you forward like Buck-a-Roo.

After all, there's so much more sun there than in Wiltshire.

I'd pay $2 to skip all commercials, forever.

(I do think it amusing that the pollies have basically come out and said: "we're delaying the implementation of this policy, because the public response has been too positive" ;-)

Of course. And if they'd received a high negative response, they'd shelve it for that reason. And if they received little response, they'd decide that the public didn't care that much and therefore shelve the policy for that reason. The public participation is a farce, because whatever the public does, they can come up with a justification based on that response to do what they want anyway.

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Who are the persons? Unelected conspirators govern the EPO? Bilderberg group?

I don't think the staff union of the European Patent Office or the FFII wanted to suggest any kind of conspiracy theory. In my report on the FFII's criticsm of the proposed reform, that thinking is explained under the following subhead:

The theory of a "captive" court system

(contains a reference to what a justice of the SCOTUS said about the patent-specialized CAFC)

Sorry, there is no other explanation! Did you look at the date recently?

I pointed out that liberalization, which is what the EU is now mostly known for, was not the original number one priority.

I generally like the idea of a large European market and it's good if the EU opens up markets that its Member States are sometimes hesitant to liberalize/deregulate.

I think Fox news getting a ruling saying that they are allowed to lie about whatever they want is kinda shitty. I wouldn't force them to give both sides or anything like that. But if you can demonstrate that a person lied factually on something being able to shut them down would be helpful. Or force a public apology for the error.

I was going to make the same complaint about the dynamic typing bit they were criticizing. I personally loved that feature on ICQ and would like to know when the hell every other chat client is going to wise up and reinstate it.

Yeah, it's like saying some ancient tribe washes their hands because a magic goat told them to.
And then hundreds of years later it turns out washing your hands is good for your health.
Then praising their magic goat.

I mean, really. He predicted wireless messages, like AM radio;which makes sense and it's technically true.
He did not predicts Blackberry,s computers, of much of anything digital. His other version was to send messages vie lighting bolts.
Again, not the same thing.

Forget the Gibson, the computer at the school controlled the sprinkler system!