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Comment: Re:Religious Freedom (Score 2) 358

by Shemmie (#38588960) Attached to: Filesharing Now an Official Religion In Sweden
I don't know about Sweden, but I do know in the UK some religions exempt you from the law.

There are two main areas where the Sikhs come into potential conflict with the law of the land; The first is the wearing of a turban, whilst riding a motor cycle. Under the Motor Cycles (Protective Helmets) Regulations 1980 there is a specific exemption for Sikhs wearing turbans, Secondly, is the Kirpan (Dagger). Some police officers may believe Sikhs carry the dagger as an offensive weapon. Under the Criminal Justice Act 1988, which deals with carrying articles with points or blades, there is an exemption, if the person is carrying the item for religious reasons. There is however, no specific exemption under the Prevention of Crimes Act 1953. The person carrying the offensive weapon would have to show that they had a reasonable excuse. The inference being that the carrying of the Kirpan for religious reasons would fall into this category.

http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Kirpan#Legal_Cases

I have no issue whatsoever with Sikh's being allowed to carry the Kirpan, but I am curious as to how a religion can get a legal loophole.

Comment: Re:It won't be an Amiga (Score 2) 258

by Shemmie (#37814850) Attached to: Hyperion Promises An AmigaOS Netbook
Quoting from their site, the official Company Information appears pretty old-skool too.

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As a huge Amiga fan 'back in the day', it's sad seeing its corpse being desecrated with such regularity. It died. We have to accept it.

Comment: Re:Moderation system (Score 1) 763

by Shemmie (#37633722) Attached to: Help Shape the Future of Slashdot
Agreed. My understanding was that moderation was for subtleties - "Insightful", "Informative", "Off Topic" - and that meta moderation was simply a 'good' / 'bad' assessment of the moderation. The current meta moderation is fiddely. Make meta-moderation simplistic again, and get many people to meta-moderate. Then reward those assessed as good moderators with additional mod points.
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Celebrities Flock to Reserve .xxx Domains->

Submitted by hypnosec
hypnosec writes "Celebrities have moved swiftly to block their names from the .xxx domain, which is meant for websites that offer pornographic content. Thousands of celebrities have contacted ICM Registry to put their names on the permanently reserved list so that no one will be able to start offering porn under their name. The domain registration company, ICM Registry, failed to give out the list of domain names it had blocked nor it is willing to tell how long the list is.

On a lighter note, OsamaBinLaden.xxx has been also blocked and we assume the Al Qaeda would have demanded to reserve the domain."

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Comment: Why not use the Facebook download facility? (Score 2) 71

by Shemmie (#36812764) Attached to: Chrome Extension Adds Facebook, Twitter To Google+
I went to Account > Account Settings on Facebook, and went with Download Your Information.

I've now got a zip file that includes a Photos folder, with sub-folders for all my albums, and all my photos.

I'll now use Picasa to upload them to Google+.

Am I missing something in this being tricky?

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