I was, for the third time in my life, getting really down about a stupid law being passed (other two being the Local Government Act 1988 and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994) when this cheered me up a little:
http://www.which.co.uk/news/2010/04/law-firm-to-quit-chasing-file-sharing-pirates-210736 On 9 April 2010 12:37, Christopher Woods <chris...@infinitus.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> That wasn't the first time the poor old dears got "IP" and >> "IP" mixed >> >> up, I heard it on @R4Today some days ago. Shows a lot about where >> >> their minds are. >> > Yes, but what happens when they debate other technical issues? >> > Medical, military, etc. None of us are experts in all fields.... >> >> None of us are setting government policy, influencing public >> opintion or writing laws in the fields we're inexpert in, >> though. I hope. > > > Whilst watching the DEB proceedings, I felt the urge to have some kind of > big red button on my table connected to a massive klaxon and a laser display > board just above the Speaker's Chair. So much waffle and > intervention/counter-intervention not much was actually said that was > sensible, relevant and concise. Oh well, democracy in action... I only wish > I could vote 'out of constituency' as such so I could place my local > government vote for one of the clueful MPs. I'm stuck with Gisela Stuart and > Clare Short :( > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
