The kids will not get a day off school

On Thursday, in article
<[email protected]> [email protected]
"martin" wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:55:06 +0100, King Queen
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:35:06 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> ><[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys.

> >
> >It's scary.
> >
> >Orange do this thing where they will show you a street map of where
> >you are (using WAP) and also give surrounding traffic problems - it is
> >very scary how accurately it identifies where you are.

>
> In Ewesland it must be even more scary :)


That's one of the reasons I won't have one, don't want them buggers
knowing when I'm in a field with someone elses sheep.

--
ô
õçîd
 
On Thursday, in article
<[email protected]> [email protected]
"martin" wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:55:06 +0100, King Queen
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:35:06 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> ><[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys.

> >
> >It's scary.
> >
> >Orange do this thing where they will show you a street map of where
> >you are (using WAP) and also give surrounding traffic problems - it is
> >very scary how accurately it identifies where you are.

>
> In Ewesland it must be even more scary :)


That's one of the reasons I won't have one, don't want them buggers
knowing when I'm in a field with someone elses sheep.

--
ô
õçîd
 
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]> [email protected]
> "martin" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:55:06 +0100, King Queen
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:35:06 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> > ><[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys.
> > >
> > >It's scary.
> > >
> > >Orange do this thing where they will show you a street map of where
> > >you are (using WAP) and also give surrounding traffic problems - it is
> > >very scary how accurately it identifies where you are.

> >
> > In Ewesland it must be even more scary :)

>
> That's one of the reasons I won't have one, don't want them buggers
> knowing when I'm in a field with someone elses sheep.


fred, leave those big wellies at home, won't ya? Don't want the poor things
getting the fright of their lives, do we....? ;-)

Rob
 
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]> [email protected]
> "martin" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:55:06 +0100, King Queen
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:35:06 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> > ><[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys.
> > >
> > >It's scary.
> > >
> > >Orange do this thing where they will show you a street map of where
> > >you are (using WAP) and also give surrounding traffic problems - it is
> > >very scary how accurately it identifies where you are.

> >
> > In Ewesland it must be even more scary :)

>
> That's one of the reasons I won't have one, don't want them buggers
> knowing when I'm in a field with someone elses sheep.


fred, leave those big wellies at home, won't ya? Don't want the poor things
getting the fright of their lives, do we....? ;-)

Rob
 
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]> [email protected]
> "martin" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:55:06 +0100, King Queen
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:35:06 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> > ><[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys.
> > >
> > >It's scary.
> > >
> > >Orange do this thing where they will show you a street map of where
> > >you are (using WAP) and also give surrounding traffic problems - it is
> > >very scary how accurately it identifies where you are.

> >
> > In Ewesland it must be even more scary :)

>
> That's one of the reasons I won't have one, don't want them buggers
> knowing when I'm in a field with someone elses sheep.


fred, leave those big wellies at home, won't ya? Don't want the poor things
getting the fright of their lives, do we....? ;-)

Rob
 
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]> [email protected]
> "martin" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:55:06 +0100, King Queen
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:35:06 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> > ><[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys.
> > >
> > >It's scary.
> > >
> > >Orange do this thing where they will show you a street map of where
> > >you are (using WAP) and also give surrounding traffic problems - it is
> > >very scary how accurately it identifies where you are.

> >
> > In Ewesland it must be even more scary :)

>
> That's one of the reasons I won't have one, don't want them buggers
> knowing when I'm in a field with someone elses sheep.


fred, leave those big wellies at home, won't ya? Don't want the poor things
getting the fright of their lives, do we....? ;-)

Rob
 
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]> [email protected]
> "martin" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:55:06 +0100, King Queen
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:35:06 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> > ><[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys.
> > >
> > >It's scary.
> > >
> > >Orange do this thing where they will show you a street map of where
> > >you are (using WAP) and also give surrounding traffic problems - it is
> > >very scary how accurately it identifies where you are.

> >
> > In Ewesland it must be even more scary :)

>
> That's one of the reasons I won't have one, don't want them buggers
> knowing when I'm in a field with someone elses sheep.


fred, leave those big wellies at home, won't ya? Don't want the poor things
getting the fright of their lives, do we....? ;-)

Rob
 
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]> [email protected]
> "martin" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:55:06 +0100, King Queen
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:35:06 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> > ><[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys.
> > >
> > >It's scary.
> > >
> > >Orange do this thing where they will show you a street map of where
> > >you are (using WAP) and also give surrounding traffic problems - it is
> > >very scary how accurately it identifies where you are.

> >
> > In Ewesland it must be even more scary :)

>
> That's one of the reasons I won't have one, don't want them buggers
> knowing when I'm in a field with someone elses sheep.


fred, leave those big wellies at home, won't ya? Don't want the poor things
getting the fright of their lives, do we....? ;-)

Rob
 
In message <[email protected]>, Dave Fawthrop
<[email protected]> writes
>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys. In the Soham case they got
>position down to a few yards. As the phone transferes from one base station
>to another the system records this.
>
>Did you not do simple maths at school?
>A sieries of points produced as above creates a curve.
>

Surely that is only the case if bearings are taken? My understanding was
that positioning was estimated using signal strength.
--
Mike Clayton <Take out the plug to email me>
"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted;
the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the
voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to
triumph."-Haile Selassie
 
In message <[email protected]>, Dave Fawthrop
<[email protected]> writes
>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys. In the Soham case they got
>position down to a few yards. As the phone transferes from one base station
>to another the system records this.
>
>Did you not do simple maths at school?
>A sieries of points produced as above creates a curve.
>

Surely that is only the case if bearings are taken? My understanding was
that positioning was estimated using signal strength.
--
Mike Clayton <Take out the plug to email me>
"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted;
the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the
voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to
triumph."-Haile Selassie
 
In message <[email protected]>, Dave Fawthrop
<[email protected]> writes
>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys. In the Soham case they got
>position down to a few yards. As the phone transferes from one base station
>to another the system records this.
>
>Did you not do simple maths at school?
>A sieries of points produced as above creates a curve.
>

Surely that is only the case if bearings are taken? My understanding was
that positioning was estimated using signal strength.
--
Mike Clayton <Take out the plug to email me>
"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted;
the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the
voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to
triumph."-Haile Selassie
 
In message <[email protected]>, Dave Fawthrop
<[email protected]> writes
>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys. In the Soham case they got
>position down to a few yards. As the phone transferes from one base station
>to another the system records this.
>
>Did you not do simple maths at school?
>A sieries of points produced as above creates a curve.
>

Surely that is only the case if bearings are taken? My understanding was
that positioning was estimated using signal strength.
--
Mike Clayton <Take out the plug to email me>
"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted;
the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the
voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to
triumph."-Haile Selassie
 
In message <[email protected]>, Dave Fawthrop
<[email protected]> writes
>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys. In the Soham case they got
>position down to a few yards. As the phone transferes from one base station
>to another the system records this.
>
>Did you not do simple maths at school?
>A sieries of points produced as above creates a curve.
>

Surely that is only the case if bearings are taken? My understanding was
that positioning was estimated using signal strength.
--
Mike Clayton <Take out the plug to email me>
"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted;
the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the
voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to
triumph."-Haile Selassie
 
In message <[email protected]>, Dave Fawthrop
<[email protected]> writes
>Mobile cells are now down to 500m in citys. In the Soham case they got
>position down to a few yards. As the phone transferes from one base station
>to another the system records this.
>
>Did you not do simple maths at school?
>A sieries of points produced as above creates a curve.
>

Surely that is only the case if bearings are taken? My understanding was
that positioning was estimated using signal strength.
--
Mike Clayton <Take out the plug to email me>
"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted;
the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the
voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to
triumph."-Haile Selassie
 
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 12:35:05 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >Let us hope that the experimental postal voting increases the numbers
> >voting.

>
> That depends on who they are.
>

Democracy in action I see!!
Voting's a good thing provided the voters vote the way you want them?
 
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 12:35:05 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >Let us hope that the experimental postal voting increases the numbers
> >voting.

>
> That depends on who they are.
>

Democracy in action I see!!
Voting's a good thing provided the voters vote the way you want them?
 
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 12:35:05 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >Let us hope that the experimental postal voting increases the numbers
> >voting.

>
> That depends on who they are.
>

Democracy in action I see!!
Voting's a good thing provided the voters vote the way you want them?
 
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 12:35:05 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >Let us hope that the experimental postal voting increases the numbers
> >voting.

>
> That depends on who they are.
>

Democracy in action I see!!
Voting's a good thing provided the voters vote the way you want them?
 
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 12:35:05 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >Let us hope that the experimental postal voting increases the numbers
> >voting.

>
> That depends on who they are.
>

Democracy in action I see!!
Voting's a good thing provided the voters vote the way you want them?
 
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 12:35:05 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >Let us hope that the experimental postal voting increases the numbers
> >voting.

>
> That depends on who they are.
>

Democracy in action I see!!
Voting's a good thing provided the voters vote the way you want them?
 
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