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90 days ago
Wow.. just been reading the news - I should learn to stop doing that because it just gets my blood boiling.. Petrol Up Again It's going up 2.3p (inc VAT @ 15%) from tonight. That means the average price for fuel will be around the £1.07 per litre mark... It wasn't so long ago that lorry and car drivers blockaded all the refineries and ports because petrol went over the £1 mark! What's happening now I hear you ask? Sod All! This country just takes and takes whatever the NuLabour party dishes out. No grumbles, no annoyance... nothing. We should be like the French. When the Goverment in France do something unpopular the have riots on their hands. They have the people saying 'Non!' What do we have in this country? People just going 'ok... suppose that's just the way it is'... It's catastrophic so it is! We shouldn't put up with all of the new stupid laws (over 8000 amendments and new laws have come into force since NuLab got in) The majority of those decisions have ...
117 days ago
I was reading this morning again in the press about all of the support for Gary McKinnon from actresses, politicians, musicians, models and just about every other corner of society except for..... wait for it!.... other computer geeks! I was reading about the Marillion keyboard player Mark Kelly putting a petition up on the bands' website and how it angered lots of U.S of A(rse) fans... Why should they get angered? Did Gary fly the planes into the World Trade Centre buildings? Did Gary blow up the London tube stations? Did Gary start the illegal war in Iraq? Did Gary terrorize you little children? - Answer? NO. The great American public have no right getting bent out of shape because as far as extradition laws go, the U.K and it's citizens get shafted everytime. The Americans need 'probable cause' for extradition of one of their citizens but in return only need 'reasonable suspicion' for extradition of a U.K citizen. Where's the fairness there? There isn't any. I think that ...
118 days ago
So... I was reading about Gary's latest rejection from the court system in the UK of extradition to the good ole U S of A... I must admit to not understanding a few things: Why is it that the US can force a British Citizen to be extradited to the U.S for offences that he/she committed on U.K soil? Why is it that we don't have the same power of extradition with the U.S when one of it's citizens does the same? Gary has Aspbergers (sp?) - He's not mentally fit enough to serve time in a U.K prison let alone a U.S prison. $700,000 worth of damage? Can you send an itemised bill please Mr Obama? If the U.S computer security was tighter, Gary wouldn't have gotten in using weak passwords like 'password' and 'testpassword' WHY DOES THE U.S THINK THAT IT CAN JACKBOOT AROUND THE WORLD BENDING EVERYONE TO IT'S WILL? Why can't the U.S just offer Gary a consultancy job if they think he's such an amazing hacker? I just don't get the U.S at all. They preach freedom and democracy but start ...
550 days ago
Damn insurance companies!! I managed to spill some diet coke onto my ageing MacBook the other day and it went BANG! I phoned the home insurance people the next day and put in a claim to have it repaired/replaced under my contents insurance and a right posh bird phoned me back called 'michelle' (name NOT changed to protect the innocent!!) She then: Asked me to describe what had happened from the moment I "poured the coke on the laptop" to which I replied "no, not poured, spilt by accident.." till the time I called the insurance company. I went through it all for her - being asked what was on my desk, what part of my arm knocked the glass (was it a book that you knocked the glass with? - no I replied, my arm, but I already told you that!!) When I had finshed going through it all and answering her questions multiple times, she asked me to go through it again from the beginning so that she could take notes.. my reply? "Why didn't you take ...557 days ago
It's been a while since I updated my blog, so what's been happening.... Not a lot, started a web design comany and am making a decent amount of money out of it but it's long hours (since I have a full time job as an IT Manager).. I need to get out more.. I've finally gotten used to being single, but now I'm beginning to think I should find that 'special someone' again... HoHum... I bought another new car.. A new Mazda 2.5 V6 SL.. I fancied something with a bit of luxury so I bought the top end model with bluetooth, leather, etc.. and while it's not as insane to drive as the RX-8 or the Mazda 6/3 MPS's that I've had it still kicks you in the ass when you put the foot to the floor.. Hehe! Just waiting for that new RX-8 that's supposed to be coming along with 2x1.5l chambers (a 3 litre RX-8!! hehe!) - apparently the stock car has 450 BHP!!! Now that I want!!!! and ONLY £30k!! Going out for a night out on friday and I'm going to have a facefull.. just in the ...
