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ISC Statement on GCHQ’s Alleged Interception of Communications under PRISM

Posted by mainevent on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @06:51AM
from the b1cba9b3-a-5e6631fd-s-sites.googlegroups.com dept.

https://b1cba9b3-a-5e6631fd-s-sites.googlegroups.com/a/independent.gov.uk/isc/files/20130717_ISC_statement_GCHQ.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7cpSNle9_qWS8LHWknM8KcMHerq_SS_pn7h1xxzOIpK7EbyCTqOipmpzXiVTdFeiT-5K_MJsoGVdYsZ8b6FWvyG1neladb7kG3cy1SBoKVHip-nyO2KGVCHHcQs_19lC9fORlG-wUfDzL1dYfqKMytNz21WE26G45YAUC3f7ze_d5J-ZBw9HDMZFEd4xN79Rov0hGDcG0Hk8TGaDnFexg2gDNJPYDQawZ2rZ-1ChqaIyB245AD8%3D&attredirects=0

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Re:Prism Break on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @05:32AM (#6011813)
> If you live in the UK, write to your MP (http://www.writetothem.com/)

Does anyone have a suggested template letter for this?

Re:Politician: Call Snowden to Germany as witness on Friday July 05, 2013 @09:30AM (#5994762)
They also have a very cozy intelligence relationship with the US government and, along with the UK, Canada and Australia, are in fact classed as a "2nd party partner" by the United States. [1]

[1] http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/secret-documents-n...

Ask HN: Best Books On B2B Selling?

Posted by mainevent on Monday May 20, 2013 @12:46PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Looking for recommended reading specifically on B2B selling.Am considering "SPIN Selling" and "Major Account Sales Strategy" by Neil Rackham although I'm wondering whether the advice may be out of date as they're quite datedAlso "The Challenger Sale" by Matthew Dixon & Brent Adamson.Any other recommendations or thoughts on the above books appreciated.

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Re:Did Evernote remove all references to 2fa from forums after they go... on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @05:49AM (#5323859)
Me also but have regularly checked their 2fa threads because it's a feature I'm interested in so was surprised to see them gone so soon after the hack. As you say, could be unrelated.

Haven't posted a question no.

Re:Patented Book Writing System Creates, Sells Hundreds Of Thousands O... on Friday December 14, 2012 @04:28AM (#4920195)
They remind me of the reviews on John W. Trimmer's classic "How to Avoid Huge Ships" [0]

[0]: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avoid-Huge-Ships-John-Trimmer/dp/087...

Re:US Air Force’s 1950s supersonic flying saucer declassified on Monday October 08, 2012 @11:45AM (#4627372)
Some further info on the VZ-9 Avrocar referenced in the article: http://www.zl2al.com/blog/the-avro-flying-saucer
Re:Fog of World on Sunday September 30, 2012 @06:39AM (#4592552)
Love the idea. Just downloaded.

I agree with some of the other comments that using it in some of the places I've travelled would be unrealistic due to battery life.

Would be great if I could import a csv of my Flight Diary data [1]

[1] http://flightdiary.net/willjennings

IOS6 Upgrade Breaks Data Roaming - UK Orange Network

Posted by mainevent on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @05:01AM
from the self-post dept.

Email that's being sent out to customers:---------------------Everything Everywhere Service Management Centre Service Operations BulletinOngoing Incident: Data Roaming becomes disabled after the upgrade to IOS6 on Apple devices.Incident Priority: P2Incident Reference: STK3780926Service Impact: Upgrading to IOS6 software on Apple devices will disable outbound data roaming while customers are...

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Re:We Are Now One Year Away From Global Riots, Complex Systems Theoris... on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @11:52AM (#4506094)
Living in Clapham Junction, an area that was severely affected, during the London riots in 2011 I would say the opposite was true. Whilst many parts of the city were being trashed, the news struggled to keep up. It was much worse and widespread than they were able to depict.

Video I took at the end of my street whilst a local shop was torched: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4n7uCeV5nU&feature=plcp

FWIW, earthquakes are different to riots. I did the same as you in Christchurch, New Zealand recently after the earthquake there and would agree, the majority of the city was untouched with the epicentre being destroyed.

Re:New Zealand: Wish you were here? on Sunday August 19, 2012 @06:48AM (#4403744)
Definitely agree here. There's a violent undercurrent in New Zealand that you'd never see in 10 days. Gangs & drugs are also a big problem.
Re:On Living Below Your Potential on Saturday July 28, 2012 @02:03PM (#4306048)
There's a great quote from Larry Smith's TED talk "Why you will fail to have a great career" that you might like:

"What you want is passion. It is beyond interest. You need 20 interests, then one of them may grab you more than anything else and then you may have found your greatest love in comparison to all of the other things that interest you, and that's what passion is"

http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_smith_why_you_will_fail_to_ha...

Google Maps now has biking directions for Europe & Australia

Posted by mainevent on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @02:27PM
from the maps.google.co.uk dept.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Big+Ben,+London&daddr=Olympic+Park,+London,+Greater+London&hl=en&ll=51.519853,-0.06506&spn=0.132664,0.154324&sll=51.52505,-0.070075&sspn=0.132649,0.154324&geocode=FeXWEQMdIBn-_yEy5wAo6OF9IinZ0YyMwwR2SDEy5wAo6OF9Ig%3BFaBpEgMdgL___yHW8BYOmOeFpinTdx90bR12SDHW8BYOmOeFpg&oq=Big+b&dirflg=b&mra=ls&t=m&z=13&lci=bike

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Re:Hacker Workspaces on Friday June 15, 2012 @07:16PM (#4119206)
Couldn't agree more. Great user experience.
Re:Why you suck at estimating – a lesson in psychology on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @08:49AM (#3852294)
Wondering whether this article should credit Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" as these ideas seem to come fairly directly from that book.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/d...

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