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Comment on A mother’s milk by Paula Prowting-Brown

Paula Prowting-Brown — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:44:56 +0000

Bravo Ethan for posting this… not just in support to Gill (who we all love dearly) but it was very well put, and some very good points raised, not least the one that stood out for me is that 1/4 million people are on that group….. that's a lot to sway any vote, voice an opinion because (and I've done marketing and advertising as part of my Business courses so can back this up) word of mouth is THE most powerful way to get anything advertised… good OR bad!… lets face it… want to know what the latest flick at the pictures is like… ask your mates… a cross section of say 10 people will tell you if it's worth watching!

Best of luck to Gill and well done Ethan for this unbiased support! (well unbiased in the info even if you supoort Gill to the hilt!)

Paula x

Comment on Email to Paul Dacre et al by Gill Joseph

Gill Joseph — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:19:49 +0000

EEP – wrong link! It's this one!

http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com

Comment on Email to Paul Dacre et al by Gill Joseph

Gill Joseph — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:17:44 +0000

I too wrote to the Daily Hate regarding their preposterous and prejudiced article – I was disgusted with Moir and her supporters for it. For what it's worth, Dacre is such a reprehensible individual that I'd be surprised if he read past the sentence where you say you don't read the paper. He probably threw it out at that point, as you're not one of the many idiots paying his overinflated salary. How this man got to be chair of the PCC, I'll never know, and he should be removed immediately.

On a different but connected note, do you read Tabloid Watch? I find it a very interesting blog.

http://tabloidwatch.blogspot.com

Comment on A mother’s milk by Gill Joseph

Gill Joseph — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:07:33 +0000

Thanks for posting this, Ethan – it was good to read it. For the record, I also believe in the rights of mothers to decide on their own parenting choices, but the important words you said here are "informed choice". In a world where we've been societally conditioned to trust in unethical advertisers and not our own instincts and bodies, true informed choice is a pretty rare thing now.

I think part of the problem is that Facebook et al are still the "Wild Wild West" in terms of law and monitoring. The information revolution, as it were, happened so quickly that the law, civil and personal rights, and ethics all have still to catch up. Do we count the internet as a worldwide community apart from the world and its laws, or should sites like Facebook be considered like a virtual cafe or meeting room, bound by the normal rules and regulations thereof? Should we expect Facebook to conform to the laws of the state in which it's incorported (in this case Florida, which incidentally protects the rights of babies to be breastfed whenever and wherever required), or as a law unto itself?

At the moment, all evidence points to the fact that it considers itself to be just that.

These are the teething pains of the new age, in a very real sense. The way people take these crises will define the rights and responsibilities we all have in decades to come, as citizens of the internet.

One thing's for sure though – FB have acted deplorably in their treatment of this group and its admins. As you quite rightly noted, the group is a huge source of support for many, many parents and activists, and their false "justification" for removing it is all bluster, misrepresentation and lies.

On a personal note…love you.

Comment on I’ve crossed to the red side by efan78

efan78 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:27:48 +0000

Hi everyone, thanks for the heads up, I had a feeling that the promises the sales team were making were too good to be true, hence my "We'll wait and see"

Unfortunately, the best I can look forward to at the moment is about 5Mbps, and after phoning BT they've told me I'll not be in a BT fibre optic area until mid-2011.

But after reading most of the reviews I've seen about Virgin customer service I have a feeling I'm going straight back as soon as I can!

Comment on I’ve crossed to the red side by Dan

Dan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:22:01 +0000

Don't think Virgin have scrapped the fair use policy, the 50mb service doesn't have one but the 10mb and 20mb still do.

Comment on I’ve crossed to the red side by giggsey

giggsey — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:13:01 +0000

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/tra...

Comment on I’ve crossed to the red side by @paulbeebe

@paulbeebe — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:02:42 +0000

They don't run a fair usage policy but they do have traffic management http://www.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-managemen...

Also its not Fibre optic to your house, but it is to your street. However you will get nearly all the speed of your 20mb as advertised, unlike ADSL.

Enjoy

Comment on I’ve crossed to the red side by Know How

Know How — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:36:25 +0000

Virgin are traffic shaping, they may say you'll get 18-20 Meg straight, but I can assure you with 99% certainty you will be capped seriously…if it's not too late, I would give a few last shots with Be and trying to sort out the connection. I don't know what is the speed you are getting there, but as you said – with them, it is straight-forward and you will not be lied to – what you are told is what it is.

Comment on My Android top ten by efan78

efan78 — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:09:51 +0000

Hi Jerry, Lifehacker did a great piece on rooting earlier this year: http://lifehacker.com/5342237/five-great-reasons-... – I promise it's worth it!