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[Jerick]

You might remeber me some time ago foaming at the mouth with rage over at a vaugly defined Statutory Instrument
Well he signed it into law
This thing skipped past democratic process and all attempts that we made to constuctive engage with the minster over this where ignored and brushed aside.
This is the full extent of the law purposed:

Spoiler: SI as purposed (click to show/hide)

    3. The Act of 2000 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5) of section 40:

        (5A)(a) without prejudice to subsections (3) and (4), the owner of the copyright in the work concerned may apply to the High Court for an injunction against a person who provides facilities referred to in subsection (3) where those facilities are being used by one or more third parties to infringe the copyright in that work.

        (b) In considering an application for an injunction under this subsection, the court shall have due regard to the rights of any third party likely to be affected and the court shall make such directions (including, where appropriate, a direction requiring a third party to be put on notice of the application) as the court may deem necessary or appropriate in all the circumstances.

This in effect is basicaly telling the Irish courts to determine Irish copyright law and lets copyright holders bring expensive court cases against any site that can be described as infringing in anyway.
To make things better here's an alternative SI that was purposed.
Now Sean Sherlock said that the alternative SI achieved the same aims as he was trying for.
But it had large popular support while his had a storm of angry emails, petitions and protests.
Without even giving a reason as to why he rejected the alternative SI and signed his own.
And here's why.
You see despite the sevre blows to the Irish economy and the deep fianacial trouble the Irish government find themselves in EMI and other record have decided to sue the Irish state.
Even if they lose this will cost us a lot of money we don't have and if they do win the damages awarded could well be crippling to the entire state.
So instead of fighting this on the grounds of say there not being any evidence proving that piracy even decreases revenue or that allowing injuctions would decrease piracy they decide to rush through a vauge law in the hopes that the friendly, massive, international record companies will be nice and leave them alone.

Errrgh
Sorry about I just had to vent.

[nenjin]

Wait, there are 15 people in your gaming group? How does that even work?

Only about 5 people at a time play in any one session. The group does have about 15 people to draw on though.

Occasionally we do large adventures, but those rarely work well, even if it's a group you really like.

[Johuotar]

My joystick I ordered over three and half months ago is terribly late. The site it was ordered from said they have no idea where it is. Apparently it didnt even arrive to the place they were supposed to send it from.

[penguinofhonor]

Penguin's Sunburn Saga, episode 3:

There is a tremendous amount of dead skin on my nose.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Peel it off and eat it. Reclaim those nutrients.

[nenjin]

The salty flavor...is you!

[Angel Of Death]

Soylent green?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Sunburn green is people.

[Loud Whispers]

Peel it off and eat it. Reclaim those nutrients.

I support this endeavour. Apply directly to the forehead.

[Vorthon]

Peel it off and eat it. Reclaim those nutrients.

I support this endeavour. Apply directly to the forehead.

But be sure to do it in private. People have a weird tendency to be disgusted by auto-cannibalism.

[Akura]

$1.50 here would pay for the cost of 2-way city bus fare. And that's all.

One-way here, and they just decided to raise it to $2 come May. Supposedly, someone from a local advocate group(rides the same bus I do regularly) said they got them to "improve service" along with the increase, including extending the bus runtimes, but I'm not holding my breath that they'll do it. My county's bus service is a pile of crap compared to the next county over's service, not to mention NYC's service.

Also, I've come to the realization that while I can tolerate or even like individual persons, I hate people in general with a seething passion. Bay12 is the only large community I can have any degree of positive feelings towards at this point.

I've been that way for quite some time now.

Penguin's Sunburn Saga, episode 3:

There is a tremendous amount of dead skin on my nose.

That's nothing. One time, during a beach visit during the summer between I think 3rd and 4th grade, I took my shirt off and jumped in the ocean(stupid me, considering I nearly drowned in the beach pool shortly before that ) without sunscreen, and over the next week had severe blistering on my back and chest.

[darklord92]

*alt tabs to DF, sets a few veins for digging* > *alt tabs to do some programming* > *alt tabs back, all miners have drowned and the aquifer has filled the fort* > *abandons fort*

[nenjin]

One-way here, and they just decided to raise it to $2 come May. Supposedly, someone from a local advocate group(rides the same bus I do regularly) said they got them to "improve service" along with the increase, including extending the bus runtimes, but I'm not holding my breath that they'll do it. My county's bus service is a pile of crap compared to the next county over's service, not to mention NYC's service.

My town pulled the same crap. They said they wanted to "improve services" at the same time they slashed several lines or consolidated them. Big service improvement, there. I was lucky in that they only renamed my route and re-directed it, but it still picked up in the same place. Many others weren't nearly so lucky.

[Greiger]

Fixed somebody's computer yesterday.  It was in the shop longer than expected but sometimes that just happens.  I eventually re-estimated that it would be ready before noon yesterday.  Called her at 10:30 AM to inform her that her computer was ready and to ask for a good time to deliver it.  Busy Signal.  Call again at 11:00.  Busy Signal.  Again at Noon, Busy Signal.  And so on so fourth calling every hour.  Always Buzy.

At 6:15.  After closing hours (I was in the shop putting the finishing touches on another computer rebuild) she calls me.  Complaining that we haven't called her all day.  I confirm the number with her and inform her that we got a buzy signal all day and informed her of the extremely well documented times we called.  She wanted me to deliver the computer that night (again well after hours and in a direction opposite of my way home and do an hour long setup when I have other personal things planned) and I suggested any other time tomorrow during our regular business hours.  She accepted and we scheduled a time.

Today before going over there I called again.  Buzy Signal.  But this time the call was only a courtesy, the time was already scheduled for a visit.  So I went over anyway.  I get there and she complains about me not calling before coming unannounced, but allows me in anyway because she wasted her whole day waiting for me yesterday.  I go in to set up her computer (and see the phone oh so obviously off the hook), and she complains about our poor service the whole time, talking about how the boys at [other computer repair shop] would have had it set up by now, and telling me to stop bothering her dog.  (Her dog came up to me because I had to crawl under her desk to connect some wires, the dog probably thought I was on the ground to play.)

When I finally got everything together, I showed her the invoice for the (heavily discounted with free in house setup for elderly) work and refused to pay claiming that it was an extravagant amount.  I mentioned that the payment was agreed upon before we began the work, and that is was heavily discounted (Try to find somebody who will replace a hard drive, back up data and reinstall an operating system for $65.  Once they stop laughing see how much they charge) and still refused to pay until the husband suggested they just pay it to get me out of the house and to dispute the charge later.  She paid by check.

Some people's kids parents...

[Aklyon]

Hey, if you don't like your rather impressive discount, why not ask what it would've cost without it? That seems to make people recognize perspective much better.