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• Nov 22, 2012 @ 10:45am

  Let's off youths stealing bus

  on SurfTheChannel Founder Gets Extra Jail Time For Revealing Documents That Raised Questions About His Conviction

  He has no problem giving potential killers community orders.
  http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2007/11/06/no-jail-for-drunken-bus-theft-gang-trio-61634-20066086
  
  There's a transcript of his decision here;
  http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/anton-vickerman-sentencing-remarks-14082012.pdf

• Jan 14, 2011 @ 05:03am

  Red Cross - It's not theirs

  on Red Cross Says Theater Nurse Costume Violates The Geneva Conventions

  Look's like a stylised Saint George's Cross to me
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_George's_Cross

• Jul 30, 2010 @ 02:41pm

  Re: Re: Re: WiFi Trolls

  on UK Gov't Review Says Google WiFi Sniffing Didn't Sniff Anything Significant

  DECT phones use encryption, not a very strong one, but enough to deter casual eavesdropping.

• Dec 12, 2009 @ 05:07am

  In UK

  on Let's Get Ready To Ruuuuuuuuumble… About The Difference Between A Copyright And A Trademark

  Isn't it a song by Ant and Dec?

• Aug 05, 2009 @ 12:34am

  McDonald's WiFi

  on The Death Of Paid WiFi

  WiFi is totally free in UK McDonalds, I regularly sit in the car in the parking lot, eaing my homemade box salad, surfing and emailing.
  It just requires a name and email address to use, and those don't have to be real!