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  • #1,361
  • Nov 30, 2016 3:39am Nov 30, 2016 3:39am
Quoting Exodus
Blackout warning.... Four of the eight electricity supply cables between France and the UK are broken. Whether that means a potential reduction in supply, or whether the cables can be safely 'overloaded' I don't know. Apparently the flow goes both ways so I'm not sure which country is more likely to be adversely affected, but I will be surprised if it is France.
France has more power than they know what to do with, with all their nuclear reactors. They sell to the UK.
  • #1,362
  • Nov 30, 2016 8:56am Nov 30, 2016 8:56am
Quoting jen101
{quote} France has more power than they know what to do with, with all their nuclear reactors. They sell to the UK.
Yes I know. It was a surprise to me that the flow of power is bidirectional, that is just what was said on the wireless ... as much as you can trust that.
Carbon-Dioxide: the gas of life! https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo
  • #1,363
  • Nov 30, 2016 9:18am Nov 30, 2016 9:18am
It can't be that painful getting kicked in the nuts....
https://youtu.be/r3vyFIf2jSE
  • #1,364
  • Nov 30, 2016 9:20am Nov 30, 2016 9:20am
What do you guys make of this spying bill.

Basically 4 branches of government blew have access to all our metadata regarding our internet usuage.

This seems wrong to me.
  • #1,365
  • Dec 1, 2016 1:14am Dec 1, 2016 1:14am
Quoting verv
What do you guys make of this spying bill. Basically 4 branches of government blew have access to all our metadata regarding our internet usuage. This seems wrong to me.
Maybe, but it doesn't bother me too much. At least the wierdos, paedos and terrorists might get flagged up.
  • #1,366
  • Dec 1, 2016 1:19am Dec 1, 2016 1:19am
Proposal to reduce speed limit to 50mph.... haha, 50 would be good. I'm sure they got one too many zeros in that. Get rid of the lorries, they're a menace. In France it's 110kph in the wet and 130kph dry - that's 80mph and their lanes are narrower than ours. They have it right. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3988204/Crackdown-motorist-Health-watchdog-bids-cut-pollution-50mph-motorway-limits-speed-traps-new-congestion-zones.html
  • #1,367
  • Dec 1, 2016 1:38am Dec 1, 2016 1:38am
Quoting jen101
Proposal to reduce speed limit to 50mph.... haha, 50 would be good. I'm sure they got one too many zeros in that. Get rid of the lorries, they're a menace. In France it's 110kph in the wet and 130kph dry - that's 80mph and their lanes are narrower than ours. They have it right. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3988204/Crackdown-motorist-Health-watchdog-bids-cut-pollution-50mph-motorway-limits-speed-traps-new-congestion-zones.html
More bo||ox from the Daily Mail. This 'pollution causes 25,000 deaths' figure was reported on the BBC as being 'contributory' to 25,000 deaths.

Yet another example of creeping UK strictures, although NICE have called for the removal of speed bumps ... a move which I fully support because I believe they are not useful to anybody except the motor trade.
Carbon-Dioxide: the gas of life! https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo
  • #1,368
  • Dec 1, 2016 2:17am Dec 1, 2016 2:17am
Quoting jen101
{quote} Maybe, but it doesn't bother me too much. At least the wierdos, paedos and terrorists might get flagged up.
'The road to hell is paved with good intentions' goes the saying. I worry that bills like this though well intended has the potential to severely restrict individual freedom and is an affront to personal privacy. Here we have structures were government can monitor the activity and importantly the thoughts of private citizens, in the wrong hands that could be a very bad thing.

We have for example some members of parliament, some members of business, and some private citizens which are seeking to work through the courts to overturn the people's democratic wishes on the EU referendum. There is an authoritarian streak in some, though they would deny it exists, who simply believe that they know better and are willing to subvert democracy as a result.

I just worry what happens when a person with an authoritarian streak gets in power, and the structures of oppression (though not designed with that in mind) are already available to them and enforceable by law.

Are you looking far enough here? I personally believe you prepare for the worst case scenario.
  • #1,369
  • Dec 1, 2016 3:40am Dec 1, 2016 3:40am
Quoting verv
{quote} 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions' goes the saying. I worry that bills like this though well intended has the potential to severely restrict individual freedom and is an affront to personal privacy. Here we have structures were government can monitor the activity and importantly the thoughts of private citizens, in the wrong hands that could be a very bad thing. We have for example some members of parliament, some members of business, and some private citizens which are seeking to work through the courts to overturn the people's...
I know. It's like CCTV, though isn't it? Personally, I feel safer with CCTV and I'm glad it's there. My priority are my kids and if it means a safer world for them then I'll go with it. I think the risk of us potentially coming to harm because of unsavoury characters is higher than a megalomaniac getting into power and controlling our lives, and even so, I'd rather have that than someone hurt us.
  • #1,370
  • Dec 2, 2016 12:27am Dec 2, 2016 12:27am
Last night I watched a re-run of 'have I got a bit more news for you', in which the short clip was played where Jeremy Paxman asks Silvio Berlusconi if it was true that he called Angela Merkel "an unfuckable lard-arse (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jeremy-paxman-asks-silvio-berlusconi-is-it-true-you-called-angela-merkel-an-unfckable-lard-arse-9401897.html)". I nearly fell off my chair......
Carbon-Dioxide: the gas of life! https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo
  • #1,371
  • Dec 2, 2016 12:30am Dec 2, 2016 12:30am
Quoting jen101
{quote} France has more power than they know what to do with, with all their nuclear reactors. They sell to the UK.
Pardon me but I know all that, the (implied) question is "what is going to happen now that they can supply only half of what they used to supply".
Carbon-Dioxide: the gas of life! https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo
  • #1,372
  • Dec 2, 2016 5:15am Dec 2, 2016 5:15am
Quoting Exodus
{quote} Pardon me but I know all that, the (implied) question is "what is going to happen now that they can supply only half of what they used to supply".
They double the price?
  • #1,373
  • Dec 2, 2016 6:03am Dec 2, 2016 6:03am
Nico Rosberg retires from F1 ! ??
Carbon-Dioxide: the gas of life! https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo
  • #1,374
  • Dec 2, 2016 6:10am Dec 2, 2016 6:10am
Is it me or is the world getting dumber?
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  • #1,375
  • Dec 2, 2016 6:21am Dec 2, 2016 6:21am
Quoting Exodus
Nico Rosberg retires from F1 ! ??
He e didn't win F1, Hamilton lost it through reliability. Rosberg was never a proper racer and has probably realised it. He was never going to win anything again, so he got out. He can never be beaten again.
  • #1,376
  • Dec 2, 2016 6:23am Dec 2, 2016 6:23am
Quoting jen101
Is it me or is the world getting dumber? {image}
I see it all the time. The supermarkets treat the punters for the dumb ass's that they are. Customers just don't check. Only have themselves to blame
  • #1,377
  • Dec 2, 2016 2:07pm Dec 2, 2016 2:07pm
https://youtu.be/7CfOAZcrz4k
  • #1,378
  • Dec 2, 2016 2:25pm Dec 2, 2016 2:25pm
Quoting jen101
Is it me or is the world getting dumber? {image}
Lmao - I must admit I'd probably not even check the prices and just 2 for three and think it was a great deal
  • #1,379
  • Edited 3:02pm Dec 2, 2016 2:26pm | Edited 3:02pm
Quoting Exodus
Nico Rosberg retires from F1 ! ??
I couldn't believe it either lol. I was rooting for Rosberg this year, a Brit rooting for a German driver - I can't believe it either.

Alonso please for his replacement
  • #1,380
  • Dec 2, 2016 4:23pm Dec 2, 2016 4:23pm
Why does Tim Farron look like he just shit himself in 90% of pictures.
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