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[MetalSlimeHunt]

I remember the Dark Age of Dial-Up. Luckily, we live in better times now.

[Owlbread]

I remember the Dark Age of Dial-Up. Luckily, we live in better times now.

Some don't. People in glens near me still use dial-up. In my particular glen we only have 1 internet service provider, British Telecom, who do not allow us to upgrade our internet connection beyond about... well, my download speed on steam is usually about 60-150 kb/s. Let's put it that way. Friends of mine in the big cities get upwards of 100 mb/s. BT hold the monopoly over us and there is nothing we can do. I think the Scottish government should have a renationalised telecommunications company that gives a certain level of broadband to everyone throughout the country, forcing BT to compete with it.

[penguinofhonor]

So I take it you're waiting for Google Fiber.

[Owlbread]

So I take it you're waiting for Google Fiber.

Yes. I doubt it will come to us though.

[Nilik]

Yeah, but the problem is, it costs 3.50 to buy 1000 Captcha solves at current prices. It's usually real people solving them, too.

I wasn't talking about Captcha protection. Talking about the good old European way.

Ie, overcomplicated bureaucracy.

Yeah, just send in form 491A, and form 491B, and 49Ic (which is totally different from 491C) remembering to include two forms of ID which both include a passport-standard photo of you and your current address, and a police background check form, and we'll have your information in 20-30 working days.

Ahh, that's good bureaucratic!

[MonkeyHead]

Or, even better, submit your own data in order to access other data.

"Want access to someone elses sensetive and personal data? Fine. Hand over your own..."

EDIT: Hugo Chavez dead - wasnt quite sure what topic to post that in to be fair.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

No telling what's going to happen with Venezuela without Chavez.

[Dutchling]

No telling what's going to happen with Venezuela without Chavez.

I doubt any of it will be very good though. Or I'm wrong. I'm probably wrong >.>

[Owlbread]

Don't know what to make of Chavez' death. He's the man who called Carlos the Jackal a freedom fighter, not a terrorist, but his career is basically what would have happened if Tommy Sheridan or George Galloway was a South American politician. There's a huge void left now for a radical left-wing figure to act as a thorn in the side of liberal world governments.

I would much rather he hadn't died.

[penguinofhonor]

Clearly we need to go out and buy some more trendy t-shirts.

[Dutchling]

Clearly we need to go out and buy some more trendy t-shirts.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[Onlyhestands]

Peronally I'd glad to see Chávez gone, although I'm still pessimistic about Venezuela's future. The man was a demagogue, corrupt as all hell, who ruined what used to be one of the richest and best-off South American nations, despite sitting on tons of oil. His replacement will likely be more of the same. Nonetheless, I'm seeing a lot of happy posts on facebook from friends I made while studying abroad in South America.

[alway]

http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/05/17197906-holder-no-drone-strikes-in-us-except-in-extraordinary-circumstance?lite
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/05/holder-drone-strike-against-americans-in-the-u-s-possible/?hpt=hp_t2
Drone strikes in US not ruled out.

And news of worsening conditions at Gitmo:
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/05/17199352-lawyers-for-gitmo-prisoners-decry-alarming-conditions-at-camp?lite

[palsch]

This story is pretty absurd.

It's illegal to fire someone for being pregnant, so the school was careful in saying they fired her for having premarital sex. They then offered the job to the man who got her pregnant. Because that makes sense.

[Dutchling]

so the school was careful in saying they fired her for having premarital sex

What. Why is that not illegal.