Guess who inventions

[leratty]

We had a friend who was/is a diplomat to a small European country, we met him in Japan when he was their ambassador there, then he went to Aus & ironically wound up being our neighbour. Anyway his next posting was to Washington, he asked me to please not to say anything controversial in my e-mails as they were monitored by US via key words thus not every e-mail only those with selected key words. So I being the rectal passage I am would always say 'Hi... how goes it in the land of the Gt Satan' never knew if they were read & never during his time there when in the US was I stopped or to my knowledge monitored-followed etc.
The UK as I understand it is the most monitored country in the world with London being the highest location for same I still do not understand how those reporters were able to hack into mobile phones & their message banks.

[robpage]

I believe we have more CCTV than anywhere else , but like the debate over identity. Cards , I have nothing to fear , so take it as big brother working to make our streets safer

[happy daze john in oz]

I believe we have more CCTV than anywhere else , but like the debate over identity. Cards , I have nothing to fear , so take it as big brother working to make our streets safer

I read that there is one camera in UK for every 20 people, bit scary. 1984 is alive and well it would appear.,

[robpage]

In 2011 it was 1 camera for every 32 people , and towns like Corby in Northamptonshire has more CCTV cameras than San Francisco , the number of Police Officers is down , but so is Crime in general , It seems to work , and as I said before what does an honest man have to fear . In the last factory I worked in we covered the area with 64 cameras , and despite all the cameras being Overt , several people were caught clocking in or out their friends , some stealing , several hygiene offences , not good in a food factory , some smoke , enabling at least one fire to be prevented . And on one occasion a man accused of theft proved it was not him after the CCTV was reviewed .

[leratty]

Rob, I/we have now't to fear either & have had identity cards for years in fact find them very useful in numerous ways. Our HK (with thumb print recognition) one serves us so well as does our China & US one which is a 'iris' recognition. Thanks to that like HK you whiz through immigration due to it too. On saying that have to say I do find the cameras everywhere a little creepy, hotels in France a smothered in them. We must be oblivious of the cameras in London as we do not notice them though again hotels are well covered even lifts. Understand as London has had a fearful problem with terrorist so they have had them caught quick smart.

[Rocky]

For you guys in the north west take a look in "the two tubs" pub in bury town center was there a few weeks ago there is a monitor you can see that shows all the cameras run by the pub and if they don't agree to the cameras they are refused a licence (need to go in the front room with the bar to see ) food is well worth the money but they do tent to cram as much as they can on the plate be warned go in hungry



I try to get to bury as often as i can on market days to pick up some of the best black puds money can buy and usually get a hot one with real English mustard as a snack on way to the tubs for the best beer in town been calling in that pub about 30 years even when i lived in bury for a few years i would walk past about a dozen pubs to go there


Oh and before i forget its a listed building so they cant do much with the place the wood beams are real wood a good old English pub (invented by the Americans)

[happy daze john in oz]

Passports now here in Oz are all electronic. No more queuing just flash the passport at the scanner and you are through imigration in a flash.

[John Arton]

John in Oz
Flashing at an Immigration point?
Would have thought that would have got you arrested rather than being allowed into the country
rgds
JA

[Don Rafferty]

Bush At The Pearly Gates

Albert Einstein dies and goes to heaven.

At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter tells him, "You look like Einstein, but
you have no idea the lengths some people will go to sneak into Heaven.
Can you prove you're Albert Einstein?"

Einstein ponders for a few seconds and then asks,
"Can I have a blackboard and some chalk?"

Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly
appear. Einstein proceeds to describe, in arcane mathematics and
symbols, his theory of relativity.

Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really ARE Einstein!" he says.
"Welcome to heaven!"

The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for
credentials.

Picasso asks, "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?"

Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."

Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning mural
with just a few strokes of chalk.

Saint Peter claps. "You are definitely the great artist you claim to
be!" he says. "Come on in!"

Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush.

Saint Peter scratches his head and says, "Einstein and Picasso both
managed to prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"

Dubya looks bewildered and says, "Who are Einstein and Picasso?"

Saint Peter sighs and says, "Come on in, George."