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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: WMCoolmon on September 17, 2006, 01:11:57 pm

Title: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: WMCoolmon on September 17, 2006, 01:11:57 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=405477&in_page_id=1770

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/5353538.stm

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: Mars on September 17, 2006, 01:16:20 pm

Big Brother has a lot of time on his hands

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: achtung on September 17, 2006, 01:19:58 pm

That's funny and sad at the same time.

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: Unknown Target on September 17, 2006, 01:33:10 pm

Wow. The UK has gone bat**** crazy.

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: Flipside on September 17, 2006, 01:33:31 pm

'Please report to the Diary Room....'

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: vyper on September 17, 2006, 01:54:21 pm

I want a ****ing revolution.

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: Flipside on September 17, 2006, 02:31:11 pm

Heh, they do realise the first time it tries to mediate between two arguing men, it's going to be attacked by both of them, they may hate each other, but they sure as hell aren't going to put up with a sodding camera telling them what to do.

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: achtung on September 17, 2006, 02:31:39 pm

I dunno, I might like being one of the people that sit there and operate those little buggers.


I'd mess with people every chance I got.

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: WMCoolmon on September 17, 2006, 02:55:53 pm

Interesting posts on slashdot:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=196801&cid=16125272
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=196801&cid=16125328

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: Kosh on September 17, 2006, 04:52:24 pm

Quote from: vyper on September 17, 2006, 01:54:21 pm

I want a ****ing revolution.

Not loving talking camera's is counter-revolutionary    :p

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: Flipside on September 17, 2006, 05:58:33 pm

I remember the Mark Thomas episode, he walked around a town centre with 8 men dressed as clowns and then wrote to the Council requesting his footage under the DPA.

They responded that they could not find the footage.

He replied that if they could not even find 8 clowns on their CCTV what ****ing use would they be at catching criminals?

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: Blue Lion on September 17, 2006, 07:59:30 pm

If they can't put cops, put cameras.

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: Charismatic on September 17, 2006, 10:26:32 pm

Quote from: Flipside on September 17, 2006, 05:58:33 pm

He replied that if they could not even find 8 clowns on their CCTV what ****ing use would they be at catching criminals?

Thats why its more fun to spy on peoples private lives then try to catch criminals.

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: Mars on September 17, 2006, 10:46:32 pm

Wonder how long before they start mounting M-249s on the cameras  :doubt:

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: Rictor on September 18, 2006, 07:08:56 am

I think that at this point, it's exceedingly likely that a clerical error somewhere in Britain's central archives mixed up a copy of the constitition with 1984. Oh wait, that's right, you don't have a constitution. Er...good luck with that.

Title: Re: On the topic of public surveillance
Post by: Janos on September 18, 2006, 09:22:33 am

Quote from: Rictor on September 18, 2006, 07:08:56 am

I think that at this point, it's exceedingly likely that a clerical error somewhere in Britain's central archives mixed up a copy of the constitition with 1984. Oh wait, that's right, you don't have a constitution. Er...good luck with that.

Oh Rictor, my love, you should've known better. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom)