tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post7691008674342299099..comments2024-01-17T07:03:57.842+00:00Comments on The Mad Ranter: Rubbish collections.FlipChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-69566536572430499432010-01-19T14:23:57.861+00:002010-01-19T14:23:57.861+00:00In theory they could pass a law that forces every ...In theory they could pass a law that forces every UK host to make their clients use the existing rating tags, except it'd have to be self-assessed and won't apply to anything outside the UK. Just like any other measure they try to pass.<br /><br />As for councils no, no really. I'm trying to remember if it was myself or Tav who wondered why they couldn't video record every council meeting and make it public. Storage is a non-issue today and a decent web-camera with a omni-directional mike ain't costly. I mean it's not as if we need Hollywood standards, just the ability to see who said what and how the meeting was conducted.<br /><br />Sure the figures will most likely be lower than that for BBC Parliament, but the point is it's there if you want to watch it.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-67254597212951259842010-01-19T13:03:58.913+00:002010-01-19T13:03:58.913+00:00…ah, so you've delt with Sky before then? :-D
...…ah, so you've delt with Sky before then? :-D<br /><br />I read some while back about a politician talking about bringing in a law where every website will be rated for content, to protect children online. Because of course, this is a completely feasible proposition, right?<br /><br />In other words, politicians don't understand the Internet. (Or they do, but they're hoping the voters don't. I can't decide which.) I wonder if councils understand the Internet any better?Orphihttp://blog.orphi.me.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-4418943663442616472010-01-18T12:02:33.003+00:002010-01-18T12:02:33.003+00:00I think it's one of those expected things now ...I think it's one of those expected things now that every council has a website, whether they bother to update it readily or not is a whole other matter.<br /><br />I expect they'll be round Wednesday, but I don't know that so out goes the bin every morning and stays there all day, which is what the councils keep telling you not to do or they'll talk about bringing in fines.<br /><br />As I said things happen, but we should be told. How would anyone feel if they'd be sat around all day waiting for, say, the Sky engineer to turn up only to be told at the end of the day they'd cancelled and rescheduled for 'some other time this week or possibly next week'?FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-90962228966761547872010-01-18T11:44:05.611+00:002010-01-18T11:44:05.611+00:00MK has the exact same thing. The street spent abou...MK has the exact same thing. The street spent about a week lined with refuse. They sent round a leaflet telling us when the collections would be over the holiday period, but apparently they weren't expecting snow, so the collection did not happen on the appointed date. Then another date was appointed (I'm not sure how my mum knows this), and nothing happened on that day either. Still, the <em>next</em> day the problem was fixed, so… yay?<br /><br />On the other hand, I didn't try the council website. (Nah, I don't even know if they <em>have</em> one. I've never looked.)Orphihttp://blog.orphi.me.uk/noreply@blogger.com