People are very bad at accepting the implications of exponential changes. In this case, the exponential increase in computing power / £ was going to turn available radio bandwidth & video compres… (View Post)

Jesus F.ing Christ. A police officer can arrest you whenever they like & you’d be resisting arrest if you refused. The flimsiest justification is sufficient to keep them on the right side of the … (View Post)

Sir is most kind, etc. As an aside, I’ve been struck by the outpouring of posts on Twitter from people detailing their own personal disturbing experiences with the police. It’s clear that the utterly… (View Post)

I thing the point Morris_Dancer is that cat-calling is part and parcel of a sub-culture within the UK population that tolerates the mistreatment of women & treats them as objects to be interacted… (View Post)

Oh wait, this is the Sun making controversy out of nothing again isn’t it? quote: “Letters have been sent out to a million people including ambulance drivers”. i.e. everyone with an HGV licence has r… (View Post)