Category Archives: ID cards

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Principles and reasoning

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: OK, before I get stuck in today I *highly* recommend you read John Lettice’s excellent articles in The Register, Everything you never wanted to know about the UK ID card and Glitches … Continue reading

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Where will all our money go?

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: So, if each ID card costs £35 (barring replacements) while we ‘officially’ DON’T all have to have one – unless, e.g. we want to drive a car or go on holiday – … Continue reading

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Jobs for the boys?

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: Will Atos Origin, originally formed in 2000 by the merging of French (Axime + Sligos = Atos) & Dutch (Origin = Royal Philips Electronics subsidiary) IT management and services companies, who later … Continue reading

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Good on the Lib Dems

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: They may not have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning a General Election, but it appears there may be some sensible politicians out there after all. The Liberal Democrats seem to … Continue reading

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10 years for us – 2 years for them!

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: Spyblog makes the point that 10 years in jail for “possession of a false document” seems an unduly harsh punishment, especially as this would be an entirely new offence created by the … Continue reading

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