Nifty thing

Unfortunately he won't pop out for a while. It's like having Herpes.
It always comes back when you least expect it, hangs around for a
while driving you up the wall and then fucks off. He'll be around for
a while now, whining that people are all against him and he's the
persecuted party, whilst at the same time being rude and abusive.

 

Suppose not. As long as it's good enough to identify number plates and
(ideally) faces, I reckon that's all you need, though. I see the gadget
itself only uses a 1.3MP camera.

<another thought>

How long before somebody comes up with a jammer? ;-)

 

Well, so far we've had the complaint that he was unjustly filmed, and
the everlasting "I'm French" claim, so I wouldn't disagree.

 

Well at least it allows newcomers to see what he's like for
themselves.

 

Oh, I missed that. I saw this bit:

320x240@30fps, 640x480@30fps, 1280x960@5fps

The video looks like decent quality though. I'll carry on looking
then...

 

I think the tricky bit would be synching the iPhone's accelerometer to
the image, though doubtless someone can figure that out.

The iPhone's own image/video playback is plenty good enough, as I'm sure
you know, so that just leaves the camera itself/

 

I always liked AndrewR's pledge, which of course I'm breaking by
reposting.

"Take the pledge, man.

Now listen carefully, because this is the only time I'm ever going to
post this.

I pledge not to killfile Des, or to take any other action to prevent
him posting to ukrm, or to prevent his posts appearing on my screen -
hell, I may even read them if the mood takes me.

I pledge to ignore Des. I will not reply to him, I will not reply to
anybody who quotes him. I will never, in any of my posts, acknowledge
that he exists, reference him, no matter how tangentially, or even use
a meme that originated with or about him. I shall not refer to him by
name or by inference - from my posts it will not be possible for
anybody to know he even exists.

When he posts information that I wish to correct, I pledge to ignore
him.

When he insults me, or friends of mine, or anybody else, I pledge to
ignore him.

Whatever behaviour he displays, be it behaviour that I find favourable
or abhorrent, I pledge to ignore him.

If he posts a link where I can not verify that he will not be able to
determine that I have followed it, I pledge to leave it un-clicked.

I pledge this will be the last time I acknowledge him in any way and I
shall not even refer to this pledge again, in case it gives him some
grain of satisfaction or a morsel of the attention he so desperately
craves.

If you want rid of Des then this is the way to do it."

 

True. But then we both know that no one else's response would have
provoked such a 'ganging up'.

Eh? I recall a video taken out the window of my flat, but no one's face
was visible, but a drive around Montmartre? I don't remember doing that -
especially as I never owned a car in Paris.

In any case, had someone's face been visible, and had they taken exception
to that, I'd have had no choice but to delete it. Hence my original
post...

 

*snort*

Poor dear. You're still hurting from my destruction of your belief that
having a wagepacket makes you a 'feminist'.

Dearie-me, you really are fucking dense.

And it was really effective, eh?

 

A blatant lie.

LOL ... you cretin.

 

*snort*

Tell us about 'the Israeli occupation of Gaza', Colin.

You fucking dolt.

 

Anyway, **** all that, how was your trip and are you now posting from
Jerusalem or somesuch?

 

Didn't you break that pledge when you decided he was a border line
kiddie fiddler

 

You know! I was a bit worried about that as well.

 

<plonk>

 

*vindicated*

 

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:34:18 +0100, The Older Gentleman

[...]

That's why I used "generally" instead of "always". Yes, newspaper
articles
are one of the exceptions. OTOH, commercial use of photos is usually
verboten
without the consent of the photographee.
Eg.
http://photography.about.com/od/copyrightinformation/ss/PhotoRights_3.htm

Of course, IANAL, etc. and regulations vary by country. Here in Poland you
can't use a photo of a random street passerby without model release, in UK
I think you could. In case of doubts, check your internetz. (Who needs
lawyers,
doctors etc.? We've got Google)

Anyway, I was promptly punished for replying to Des by having my
computer's HDD
explode on a Friday evening (so, no warranty repair until Monday), I've
learnt
my lesson, guv, won't do this again, promise. ;-)

 

<G>

Reply to Des; lose your computer....

 

Well, in _my_ defence, I didn't know how long you'd been here. 'Nicknames'
change sometimes, and for all I knew, you were Bullshit Bear, back from
another childish flounce.

Anyway, you've now responded to me, so you'll shortly be receiving (or may
already have received) an e-mail either from TOG or Lozzo, detailing in no
uncertain terms the penalties dispensed by the Clique, for anyone who
answers me.

Disobey at your peril.