/fr/-/2/hi/technology/3697940.stm
BBC Science producer Simon Morton goes clubbing in Barcelona with a
microchip implanted in his arm to pay for drinks.
Imagine having a glass capsule measuring 1.3mm by 1mm, about the size of a
large grain of rice injected under your skin.
Implanting microchips
/fr/-/2/hi/technology/3697940.stm
BBC Science producer Simon Morton goes clubbing in Barcelona with a
microchip implanted in his arm to pay for drinks.
Imagine having a glass capsule measuring 1.3mm by 1mm, about the size of a
large grain of rice injected under your skin.
Implanting microchips
On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 11:34, Jack Lloyd wrote:
Hmmm... that's a thought. Tim May as president. Election slogan: You're *all*
going up the chimneys.
I voted for Cthulhu -- why vote for the lesser of two evils?
http://www.cthulhu.org/
Thus spake sunder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [26/04/04 11:31]:
: What do you expect when the previous choice we've had was between Al I
: Invented the Innnernet Gore, and George Nucular Dubbya?
Actually, Mr. Gore didn't once claim to invent the Internet. Through
various mis-wordings and lax
Jack Lloyd wrote:
Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's ballot in a
democracy is a sin, he told the BBC.' Not too common a view in the US these
days, it seems like.
What do you expect when the previous choice we've had was between Al I
Invented the Innnernet Gore
Damian Gerow wrote:
Actually, Mr. Gore didn't once claim to invent the Internet. Through
various mis-wordings and lax fact-checkings, the Mass Media came to
represent what he said through that phrase.
What he /actually/ claimed (and what he /actually/ did) was recognize its
importance, and then
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:34:39 -0400
On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:18:52AM -0400, sunder wrote:
Jack Lloyd wrote:
Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's
ballot
in a
democracy is a sin, he
On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 12:58, sunder wrote:
Al's prise pig of a wife, Tipper, helped found the PMRC
against lyrics in songs.
And, like all statists, they went widely astray of their goals. Frank
Zappa's _Jazz from Hell_ got a Tipper Sticker, indicating obscene
lyrics. They didn't notice that
Jack Lloyd wrote:
Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's ballot in a
democracy is a sin, he told the BBC.' Not too common a view in the US these
days, it seems like.
What do you expect when the previous choice we've had was between Al I
Invented the Innnernet Gore
On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:18:52AM -0400, sunder wrote:
Jack Lloyd wrote:
Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's ballot
in a
democracy is a sin, he told the BBC.' Not too common a view in the US
these
days, it seems like.
What do you expect when the previous
Thus spake sunder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [26/04/04 11:31]:
: What do you expect when the previous choice we've had was between Al I
: Invented the Innnernet Gore, and George Nucular Dubbya?
Actually, Mr. Gore didn't once claim to invent the Internet. Through
various mis-wordings and lax
Damian Gerow wrote:
Actually, Mr. Gore didn't once claim to invent the Internet. Through
various mis-wordings and lax fact-checkings, the Mass Media came to
represent what he said through that phrase.
What he /actually/ claimed (and what he /actually/ did) was recognize its
importance, and then
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Subject: Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:34:39 -0400
On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:18:52AM -0400, sunder wrote:
Jack Lloyd wrote:
Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's
ballot
in a
democracy is a sin, he
On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 12:58, sunder wrote:
Al's prise pig of a wife, Tipper, helped found the PMRC
against lyrics in songs.
And, like all statists, they went widely astray of their goals. Frank
Zappa's _Jazz from Hell_ got a Tipper Sticker, indicating obscene
lyrics. They didn't notice that
Current report:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3641419.stm
The tech:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3493474.stm
Bit scant on details.. anyone know anything more about how the machine
(/system) is fully tamper-proof?
.g
--
I Me My! Strawberry Eggs
the BBC.' Not too common a view in the US these
days, it seems like.
-Jack
Current report:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3641419.stm
The tech:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3493474.stm
Bit scant on details.. anyone know anything more about how the machine
(/system) is fully tamper-proof?
.g
--
I Me My! Strawberry Eggs
the BBC.' Not too common a view in the US these
days, it seems like.
-Jack
At 06:48 PM 4/11/04 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3611227.stm
By the year 2010, file-sharers could be swapping news rather than
music,
eliminating censorship of any kind.
This is the view of the man who helped kickstart the concept of
peer-to-peer
(P2P)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3611227.stm
File-sharing to bypass censorship
By Tracey Logan
BBC Go Digital presenter
The net could be humming with news, rather pop, swappers
By the year 2010, file-sharers could be swapping news rather than music,
eliminating censorship of any kind
Eugen Leitl pastes:
File-sharing to bypass censorship
By Tracey Logan
BBC Go Digital presenter
If there's material that everyone agrees is wicked, like child pornography,
then it's possible to track it down and close it down
Ross Anderson, Cambridge University
I think the problem here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3611227.stm
File-sharing to bypass censorship
By Tracey Logan
BBC Go Digital presenter
The net could be humming with news, rather pop, swappers
By the year 2010, file-sharers could be swapping news rather than music,
eliminating censorship of any kind
Eugen Leitl pastes:
File-sharing to bypass censorship
By Tracey Logan
BBC Go Digital presenter
If there's material that everyone agrees is wicked, like child pornography,
then it's possible to track it down and close it down
Ross Anderson, Cambridge University
I think the problem here
Harmon Seaver (2004-04-11 20:05Z) wrote:
This is insane -- on what basis, under what Constitutional authority,
does the state get to decide that the christer marriage vows are
sacred and legal, and a pagan or indig taking to wife isn't?
This is one nation under God (the Christian God), or
On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 12:41:03PM -0700, Eric Cordian wrote:
As those who flog the Sex Abuse Agenda are well aware, 90% of successful
propaganda is owning the vocabulary. I am reminded of the changing of the
term statutory rape to child rape a few years ago, which I am sure we
will all
Justin wrote:
This is one nation under God (the Christian God), or haven't you
noticed? If the Christian Right thinks God doesn't like something, it's
not Constitutionally protected.
Even worse, I've once heard a coworker explain to me why Bush doesn't give
a rats ass about the environment:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Harmon Seaver wrote:
Did the IRA bomb the BBC newserver or something? They've been down for two
days now.
There has certainly been no interruption in service in the UK; I look
at it daily.
However, news.bbc.co.uk is not one machine. The BBC has at least two
clusters
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 03:01:01PM +0100, Jim Dixon wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Harmon Seaver wrote:
Did the IRA bomb the BBC newserver or something? They've been down for two
days now.
There has certainly been no interruption in service in the UK; I look
at it daily.
However
Last I knew, TiVo ran a customized Linux base OS, the source of most of which was
publicly available. The recording app is proprietary, though, I think.
modified linux kernel + some other bits for booting. Anything interesting is probably
proprietary. sources available from
.
...and they did this at the request of the BBC who paid them to do it.
yeesh. I don't think anyone came out of this looking good.
UltimateTV surprisingly is less intrusive, it doesn't have to use the
phone at all (except for standard DirecTV PPV calls) and uses the
downstream from the dish to verify
.
...and they did this at the request of the BBC who paid them to do it.
yeesh. I don't think anyone came out of this looking good.
UltimateTV surprisingly is less intrusive, it doesn't have to use the
phone at all (except for standard DirecTV PPV calls) and uses the
downstream from the dish to verify
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 10:39:52AM -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked
appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered
reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
To be honest, the complaints about
At 3:08 pm -0700 1/6/02, jet wrote:
However, the show didn't take up any user space, but was stored in
reserved system space that's kept around for use during software upgrades
and whatnot.
And adult material available to children before the watershed?
And whilst the programme was being
At 10:39 am -0700 1/6/02, Steve Schear wrote:
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked
appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered
reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
There is a commercial Windows package that does the
Steve Schear wrote:
BBC hijacks TiVo recorders
But viewers in the UK were surprised this week to find that the
second episode of the little-known BBC sitcom Dossa and Joe had
been recorded without their knowledge and added to the system's main
menu screen.
Hmmm. My Tivo didn't record
Steve Schear wrote:
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked
appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered
reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
BBC hijacks TiVo recorders
By Andrew Smith
Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22
Steve Schear wrote:
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked
appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered
reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
BBC hijacks TiVo recorders
By Andrew Smith
Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 10:39:52AM -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked
appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered
reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
To be honest, the complaints about
Steve Schear wrote:
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked
appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered
reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
BBC hijacks TiVo recorders
By Andrew Smith
Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22
Steve Schear wrote:
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked
appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered
reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
BBC hijacks TiVo recorders
By Andrew Smith
Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked
appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered
reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
BBC hijacks TiVo recorders
By Andrew Smith
Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22 GMT
Users of the TiVo
They were even more surprised to find that they won't be allowed to
delete the programme for one week, and that more sponsored recordings
are on the way.
...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25436.html
However, the show didn't take up any user space, but was stored in reserved system
On Saturday, June 1, 2002, at 03:08 PM, jet wrote:
They were even more surprised to find that they won't be allowed to
delete the programme for one week, and that more sponsored recordings
are on the way.
...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25436.html
However, the show didn't
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Tim May wrote:
your corporate bosses the Law of Unintended Consequences. I foresee
Everything has unintended consequences, the Law is spin doctor bullshit.
--
When I die, I would
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Tim May wrote:
your corporate bosses the Law of Unintended Consequences. I foresee
Everything has unintended consequences, the Law is spin doctor bullshit.
--
When I die, I would
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked
appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered
reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
BBC hijacks TiVo recorders
By Andrew Smith
Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22 GMT
Users of the TiVo
They were even more surprised to find that they won't be allowed to
delete the programme for one week, and that more sponsored recordings
are on the way.
...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25436.html
However, the show didn't take up any user space, but was stored in reserved system
On Saturday, June 1, 2002, at 03:08 PM, jet wrote:
They were even more surprised to find that they won't be allowed to
delete the programme for one week, and that more sponsored recordings
are on the way.
...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25436.html
However, the show didn't
I'll put 'em up against my Wolf hybrids but Wolves kill Coyote.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1977000/1977094.stm
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The law is applied philosophy and a philosphical system is
only
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1964000/1964765.stm
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The law is applied philosophy and a philosphical system is
only as valid as its first principles.
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:47:25 -0500
From: James Choate [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: BBC News | SCI/TECH | PC networks inspired by gossip
Can you say 'Small World Networks'?...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1931000/1931103.stm
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The law is applied philosophy and a philosphical system is
only as valid as its first principles.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1932000/1932750.stm
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The law is applied philosophy and a philosphical system is
only as valid as its first principles.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Major Variola ret) writes:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/audiovideo/programmes/newsnight/archive/newsid_1873000/1873368.stm
A Newsnight investigation raised the possibility that there was a
secret CIA project to investigate methods of sending anthrax through
the mail
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/audiovideo/programmes/newsnight/archive/newsid_1873000/1873368.stm
A Newsnight investigation
raised the possibility that
there was a secret CIA
project to investigate
methods of sending anthrax
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1844000/1844326.stm
BBC News | ENGLAND | Students debate Israel 'apartheid'
Wednesday, 27 February, 2002, 14:11 GMT
Students debate Israel 'apartheid'
A student at Manchester University proposed the motion
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anonymous User) writes:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1844000/1844326.stm
BBC News | ENGLAND | Students debate Israel 'apartheid'
Wednesday, 27 February, 2002, 14:11 GMT
Students debate Israel 'apartheid'
A student at Manchester University
note that it didn't eliminate the economies of scale of network operation
there is still massive investment required in things like fiber. some
amount of the current pricing could possibly be an overbuilt
over-invested infrastructure ... some number of operations going bankrupt
... and then
On Sunday, February 24, 2002, at 09:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
also, much of this is disruptive technology ... either because of
technology itself and/or the second order effects of infrastructure cost
reduction ... which would tend to have a distabelizing effects on
operations that
An attempt to ease congestion, using GPS.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1838000/1838185.stm
...The Commission, which provides independent transport advice to the
government, said Global Positioning System satellites would track
vehicles via electronic black boxes fixed to the
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
At 11:58 AM + on 2/24/02, Graham Lally wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1838000/1838185.stm
For those on the left side of the pond, road pricing has been big
issue in Britain, started by libertarian conservatives in the dawn of
the Lady
Considering the current state of life extension and bio-technology, the odds
are that when these ships are first set to sail the life span of the average
techological(!) human will be about 150 to 200 years. In that time the
potential for further extension is possible. This also will create a
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1789000/1789157.stm
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*literally* doesn't *see* them).
I've wondered greatly at how useful these cameras can be on major arteries
where average speeds are in the 50-75mph range, but I guess the answer lies
in their proliferation.
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Jim Choate wrote:
Subject: CDR: BBC News | SCI/TECH | Watching your
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Over here in the midwest USA these cameras have been springing up on the
highways (mounted on the overhanging sodium lamps) like crazy. What's really
amazing is that there is so little public *notice* of them (I realize the
public may not bitch
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 04:00:50 -0500
Subject: BBC Talking Point (tonight)
Sunday, 3 February, 2002, 15:19 GMT
Globalisation: Capitalist evil or a way out of poverty?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/progs/talkingpoint/latest.ram
Excellent high
We must keep those pics in mind when we catch those gimps Faustine and Aimee.
Subject: White Stripes
I Think I Smell A Rat
Oh I think I smell a rat
I think I smell a rat
all you little kids
seem to think you know
just where it's at
I think I smell a rat
walking down the street
carrying a baseball
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1771000/1771687.stm
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Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind.
Bumper Sticker
The
url for that was:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1559000/1559245.stm
Subject: BBC story w/more details on UK mandatory ID, biometrics
proposals
The home secretary indicated on BBC One's On the Record
programme that his personal view was that a voluntary scheme
The home secretary indicated on BBC One's On the Record programme that
his personal view was that a voluntary scheme would be pointless.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.xeni.net | YIM: xeni_jardin
Monday, 24 September, 2001, 04:55 GMT 05
http://slashdot.org/articles/01/09/16/162237.shtml
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Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
George Santyana
The Armadillo Group
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_155000/155236.stm
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natsugusa ya...tsuwamonodomo ga...yume no ato
summer grass...those mighty warriors'...dream-tracks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_874000/874419.stm
Video postcards can be sent with 3rd-Generation phones
By BBC News Online internet reporter Mark Ward
The next generation of mobile phones will make it much easier for the police to carry
out covert surveillance of citizens
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