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marktheando
Nov 4, 2006

Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:

I'm aware, how does it fit on a scale of Horse to NDS?

With Horse meaning 'thing that gets widely reported on' and NDS meaning 'thing that gets largely ignored' I'm assuming?

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Wiggly Wayne DDS
Sep 11, 2010



The scale should make sense to a long-time reader, yes.

Gambrinus
Mar 1, 2005

marktheando posted:

With Horse meaning 'thing that gets widely reported on' and NDS meaning 'thing that gets largely ignored' I'm assuming?

Someone remind me what NDS is please.

goddamnedtwisto
Dec 31, 2004

If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you
Fun Shoe

Gambrinus posted:

Someone remind me what NDS is please.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NDS_Group#BBC_Panorama

Gambrinus
Mar 1, 2005

Oh aye. The technical details were discussed on this thread and went over my head a bit!

Gambrinus fucked around with this message at 01:00 on Jan 19, 2014

Wolfsbane
Jul 29, 2009

What time is it, Eccles?

Basically, the allegation was that Sky hired hackers to break the encryption on their competitors' set top boxes. I guess the idea was to make it easy to pirate cable from OnDigital, and drive them out of business that way. It sounds like a dumb idea to me, but what do I know?

Brown Moses
Feb 22, 2002

Here's the story

quote:

‘Too hot’ report on police leaks to media was buried as Leveson Inquiry ignored Met’s bombshell intelligence report

The Leveson Inquiry dismissed a police intelligence report that detailed an apparently corrupt relationship between a very senior former officer and the News of the World.

The classified document, dated April 2006, alleged that the officer was obtaining highly confidential information on decisions taken by Lord Blair when he was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, and passing it on to the now defunct Sunday tabloid.

Robert Jay, the lead counsel to the Leveson Inquiry, who is now a judge, had stated that Scotland Yard did not provide him with a copy of the intelligence report until April 2012 – six weeks after it could have been raised publicly with Lord Blair in the hearings. Mr Jay did say, though, that he had been aware of the report’s existence earlier.

However, an investigation by The Independent on Sunday revealed that Mr Jay had been “informed of the existence of the document, its nature and the details of the intelligence” two months earlier, and weeks before Lord Blair, who is understood to have been keen to discuss the report’s implications with the then QC, took the stand.

Automatic Slim
Jul 1, 2007

To my perception, the Levenson Inquiry was very thorough, professional, and had a refreshing lack of political bias. It seems that any absence of evidence is due to time and administrative constraints, not fear of controversy. Any reason this assessment could be wrong?

thehustler
Apr 17, 2004

I am very curious about this little crescendo

Automatic Slim posted:

To my perception, the Levenson Inquiry was very thorough, professional, and had a refreshing lack of political bias. It seems that any absence of evidence is due to time and administrative constraints, not fear of controversy. Any reason this assessment could be wrong?

The establishment.

Brown Moses
Feb 22, 2002

BREAKING

quote:

Charlie Brooks brown bag contained porn DVDs: Instant lesbians, Lanna, Tera and Briana Stars entre elle, Bride of Sun, 10 Petites Salope m/f
Other DVD titles including Lesbian Psychodrama and Bride of Sin

LemonDrizzle
Mar 28, 2012

neoliberal shithead

So while Rebekah was allegedly off with Coulson, Charlie was sat at home by himself getting all hot and bothered over a copy of "10 Petites Salopes" ?

Nice.

e:

quote:

Also in Charlie Brooks bag was a pig society newsletter, British Kunekune Pig society Newsletter May 2011

I don't even want to know how that fits in with the lesbian porn.

Plavski
Feb 1, 2006

I could be a revolutionary
"Man in 'Paying for Porn' Shocker"

Automatic Slim
Jul 1, 2007

I don't know which looks worse for Charlie Brooks, that he paid for porn or that paid for really lovely porn?

stickyfngrdboy
Oct 21, 2010
He's going to be loving gutted when he finds out about 'incognito' mode in browsers.

Brown Moses
Feb 22, 2002

Find the porn DVDs in with the laptop is like finding an abacus in with a scientific calculator.

Brown Moses
Feb 22, 2002

Here's the full contents of his bags


HortonNash
Oct 10, 2012
Haha, homeopathic medicine..he has lovely taste in porn, he believes in woo and he married Rebecca Wade...how much more evidence does the court need to find him guilty of being a gullible moron?

Gambrinus
Mar 1, 2005
For some reason, that "One conker" made tea come out of my nose.

Plavski
Feb 1, 2006

I could be a revolutionary
How long till that conker gets its own parody twitter account?

Grundulum
Feb 28, 2006
Does it bother anyone that people are excited about the prurient contents of the dumped bag rather than the stuff that actually relates to the guilt or innocence of the Brooks?

awesmoe
Nov 30, 2005

Pillbug

Grundulum posted:

Does it bother anyone that people are excited about the prurient contents of the dumped bag rather than the stuff that actually relates to the guilt or innocence of the Brooks?

Yeah, if there's nothing incriminating in the notebooks then this whole giggling like schoolgirls thing turns a little bitter.

Plavski
Feb 1, 2006

I could be a revolutionary

Grundulum posted:

Does it bother anyone that people are excited about the prurient contents of the dumped bag rather than the stuff that actually relates to the guilt or innocence of the Brooks?

Can't we do both?

EmptyVessel
Oct 30, 2012
What with all 3 of his leads being White Power leads he may be even further to the right than we thought.

ufarn
May 30, 2009
On the first day of Christmas, Brown Moses gave to me ...

Lazarus Long
Dec 13, 2002

ufarn posted:

On the first day of Christmas, Brown Moses gave to me ...

...An Instant Lesbian DVD ???

Plavski
Feb 1, 2006

I could be a revolutionary
He takes Neoclarityn... So what's he allergic to, THE TRUTH?

Loonytoad Quack
Aug 24, 2004

High on Shatner's Bassoon

Gambrinus posted:

For some reason, that "One conker" made tea come out of my nose.

Me too, I've been chuckling away to myself for a few minutes now, it's just so random. "Charlie Brooks' Conker" would make a great forum name.

woke wedding drone
Jun 1, 2003

by exmarx
Fun Shoe
Is it just me, or does "bagman for right-wing media scum" seem to be shaping up to be rather a fun job?

Mr Cuddles
Jan 29, 2010

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
The enthusiasm over these minor details feels like the sort of thing you would criticize the tabloids for in the first place. It feels like everybody watching this case is probably doing so because we despise the UK press for this sort of thing yet is still indulging in it when it suits us.

So I'm trying not to find it funny. Except it is.

goddamnedtwisto
Dec 31, 2004

If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you
Fun Shoe

SedanChair posted:

Is it just me, or does "bagman for right-wing media scum" seem to be shaping up to be rather a fun job?

I've worried from the very beginning that - if you take morality out of the equation - working for one of these blagging firms sounds like massive, massive fun. I've worked on the other side of that fight for many years and it's dull as gently caress.

(I actually turned down a job offer from Southern Investigations in 2000. I knew very little about them at the time, but they were offering such a ridiculous amount of money for what seemed like pretty cursory skills that I knew something was up. Turns out just for once I backed the right horse)

marktheando
Nov 4, 2006

Having the public giggle at their embarrassing personal effects is probably the closest thing the Brooks' will get to punishment for their crimes, we have to take what we can get.

Automatic Slim
Jul 1, 2007

Mr Cuddles posted:

The enthusiasm over these minor details feels like the sort of thing you would criticize the tabloids for in the first place. It feels like everybody watching this case is probably doing so because we despise the UK press for this sort of thing yet is still indulging in it when it suits us.

So I'm trying not to find it funny. Except it is.

marktheando posted:

Having the public giggle at their embarrassing personal effects is probably the closest thing the Brooks' will get to punishment for their crimes, we have to take what we can get.


Sauce for the goose. Schadenfreude. Karma. Justice. Call it what you will. After dispensing the same kind of
humiliations great and small, completely truthful and possibly less so, these minor humiliations dropped at Rebekah Brooks' feet are righteous and good.

VanSandman
Feb 16, 2011
SWAP.AVI EXCHANGER
I can't get over 'Lesbian Psychodramas' 2 and 3. There's no way what it actually is is better than what I imagine it to be.

namesake
Jun 19, 2006

"When I was a girl, around 12 or 13, I had a fantasy that I'd grow up to marry Captain Scarlet, but he'd be busy fighting the Mysterons so I'd cuckold him with the sexiest people I could think of - Nigel Mansell, Pat Sharp and Mr. Blobby."

They must have successfully disposed of the bag with Part 1 in it.

Also yeah, this is funny and all but it's a feature of a serious crime investigation; why aren't we hearing about the criminal evidence!

i am harry
Oct 14, 2003

Ah, my lucky conker, I'm glad I have you.

Strawman
Feb 9, 2008

Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.


i am harry posted:

Ah, my lucky conker, I'm glad I have you.

Rumours that the conker tested positive for trace amounts of vinegar are unconfirmed.

Plavski
Feb 1, 2006

I could be a revolutionary
I told you there'd be a stupid parody twitter account.

https://twitter.com/CharliesConker

Brown Moses
Feb 22, 2002

From Hackgate devotee MrsTrevithick

Byolante
Mar 23, 2008

by Cyrano4747

Brown Moses posted:

From Hackgate devotee MrsTrevithick



Could use a pair of scissors

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Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer
People keep saying "lovely taste in porn". Can someone explain to me what good taste in porn entails?

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