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This is a link post The Phantom S****** Ep3 I made this!
Inspired by paranormal activity here is episode 3 of THE PHANTOM SHITTER.... Enjoy
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This is a link post Vince Spadea.com - Winner of a "webbie"
Appropriately a Webbie is actually a web browser for blind people.
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This is a normal post jeeeze
talk about pro!
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This is a link post Quantitative Easing Like Sunday Morning I made this!
Smug bastard b3ta compilation.
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This is a normal post yeah !!!

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This is a normal post WOO & YAY!
Love it
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This is a normal post Lotta smugness there...

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This is a normal post Beautiful!

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This is a normal post
roarsome :-)
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This is a normal post truly a work of genius.

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This is a normal post Blinding

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This is a link post Request for help
I've been asked to license one of my Flickr photos for use in a trade brochure. Unfortunately I've got absolutely no idea how much to be asking for. Now assuming that some of you may work in the field, what's a reasonable price for this sort of thing?

Link obviously related - its the photo they want to license.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 17:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Loads of factors go into this....
like:
how it's being used (print/online/billboards)
where (how many countries, and which ones)
who for (charity/business)
what for (commercial product/service or internal comms)

Find a similar one on Getty (gettyimages.co.uk), and play about with their pricing. My guess is you should be able to get a grand pretty easily, as it's a distinctive shot that would be tricky to find an alternate for, but you might be able to get more depending on who they are and how they're using it.

(NB, if it's one of our art directors asking, however, the answer is £50)


***EDIT: just noticed you did say trade brochure. If it's from a company direct (rather than agency), they'll probably go mental if you say a grand, as they find it outrageous when agencies explain to them that they can't have it for free. This doesn't mean you shouldn't stick to your guns though.
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This is a normal post ^all of that with knobs on^

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This is a normal post Ta
I rather suspect that a grand might be taking the piss somewhat, but that it should be possible to get somewhere above £50.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 17:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Even if it is
that is for them to tell you and not you, them.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Agreed.
To be honest, if they've got any kind of professional outfit designing a brochure for them, they'll be paying upwards of £10k for that. If your image is on the cover, you should aim for a significant amount relative to that. If it's one of 30 images, and on an inner page, less so.
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This is a normal post *IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL MESSAGE*
Oh yeah, and if you get more from it than feel you would have done otherwise because you consulted the B3tan hive mind, be a good chap and donate a small proportion of the difference to B3ta.
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This is a normal post Rob says
you have some brown on your nose

;D
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Smells... like... twiglets...
but in a similar vein, I'm submitting an invoice to B3ta for all the bonuses and pay rises I've missed out on because of its existence.

It's only fair.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Arf!
You do have a point though..
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:49, Reply)
This is a normal post How small?
Bear in mind I've got beer, rent, beer, food, beer, bills and beer to fork out for...
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:50, Reply)
This is a normal post after all that beer i'd guess about ...
> B=D < about that small.
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This is a normal post Not sure I can live up to that

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This is a normal post $99.99.

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This is a normal post excellent photo and well lit

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:13, Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks
I hereby appoint you chief flatterer, but I feel I should warn you the conditions are shit and I can't afford to pay you.
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This is a normal post Email me
and I will send you the bapla pricing guidelines
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:33, Reply)
This is a normal post Ta
A Flickrmail thingy should be winging its way over...
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:48, Reply)
This is a normal post Emailed over
What i've sent are the pricing guidelines for the British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 19:05, Reply)
This is a normal post And not what I initially thought
which was the British Airline Pilots Association. Dangerously similar acronyms there...
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 19:09, Reply)
This is a normal post It's dependant on a couple of things...
...if it's on the front of the brochure then ask for £200 if it's just one of many images within the brochure, £70.

You will still retain copyright and they are just licensing the image.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:41, Reply)
This is a normal post A quick peek at flickr central
gets me many, many threads on the subject. Highly recommended!
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 20:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Care to enlighten me further?
I had a look at the FlickrCentral group, which is what I think you're referring to but all I see is a bunch of threads complaining about favourites and not being explored this week.
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This is a normal post Haha yeah there's a lot of that too =)
I ran a search there for similar info several months ago so can't say it's fresh.

FC is mainly there so bored grown-ups can vent while pressing f5 to see if their flickr stats changed.
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This is a normal post never mind
I suspect the good info i found back then was from a fellow Swede in one of the other groups...

While I see many threads on the subject in FC, it's cluttered by way too much chat.
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This is a normal post I'm sitting here F5ing like a demon at the moment

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This is a normal post what sort of car is that?

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This is a normal post Jaguar C-X75
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_C-X75
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This is a normal post Indeed
Jay Leno liked it too...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4RhLvQvIGc
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This is a normal post I dont know much about this..
but good luck and I hope you get some cash from them - nice shot and really nice car.
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This is a normal post Don't undervalue your work, whatever you do.
The people who want your image want to make money. Nothing wrong with that, but why shouldn't you also make money? Taking that photograph certainly cost you money, and you have to eat, so charge your costs + whatever profit you want.

If they say no, it's their loss, not yours. Don't be impressed by any of that "but it's an honour for your work to be seen by so many people, you shouldn't need paying", because it's utter bullshit.
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This is a normal post Oh yes
They're not going to get it for a printed credit, that's for sure. However its better for me financially to agree to a moderate fee than for them to walk away from an unreasonable one. I'm not exactly in a position to be turning money down at the moment.
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This is a normal post I fell for that
but as it was my favourite band, I can live with it
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This is a link post Google Doodles you'll never see.
I know it's the Christian Science Monitor but it's still funny.

Edit: In fact it should just be stolen and used as a a Compo.
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This is a normal post The Michael Bay one
I could actually see that happening...
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This is a link post He died too young

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This is a normal post HAHA F34R MY 1337 CH4IR JUMP1N SKILLZZZZ!!!!1!!1!1!!!

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This is a normal post Bet he got laid after that.

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This is a normal post He is da Chairman.

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This is a normal post You know what they say about men who can jump high...
Although I'm gonna call fake. White men can't jump.
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This is a normal post Sounds like Kermit......
Jumps like Kermit.......
Where did Kermit go when MS launched?????
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This is a normal post Ballmer would have just thrown it out of his way
Apparently...
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This is a normal post or eaten it

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This is a link post An Up the Arse Corner Tribute!
Something I'm sure most b3tans remember from the Viz. I won't mark it NSFW, because as you all know, it's not really bum fun, it's just implied :)
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This is a normal post hang on a minute...
Has someone slipped me some acid? I seem to be playing 'snake' with the youtube buffer circle thing..

WTF!
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Were you diddling the arrow keys?

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:19, Reply)
This is a normal post I am diddling my arrow keys now...

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This is a normal post Yeah, if you fuck about with the arrow keys, it activates Snake. :D

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This is a normal post I didn't know this....
how did I miss something on the internet?! Who did this without telling me about it?
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This is a normal post I'd known for a while, but then completely forgotten about it until now.

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This is a normal post It fucking bloody does an' all!

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This is a link post Silver Cock!
Glass Cock?
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This is a normal post Two girls, one <s>silver </s> cock

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This is a link post Make your own "Advisor to Liam Fox" Business Card!!!
You too, could pretend to be important and politically connected 'up to the hilt'...
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This is a normal post good for erect members
of the community
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This is a normal post Are you suggesting...
what lots of people are thinking in that Werrity is up to his hilt in Fox?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:02, Reply)
This is a normal post
There's no evidence to suggest that, is there?
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This is a normal post Oh!
So your reference to "Up to the hilt" was a euphemism then?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:12, Reply)
This is a normal post He likes purple scaffolding...
some Vivian Stanshall reference apparently...
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This is a normal post Not rawlinsons end, might be from bonzo dog doo dah band though.

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 19:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Or the sequel to Rawlinson's End,
whose name escapes me presently...
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This is a normal post haha
brilliant
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This is a link post Washing Machine having an orgasm
SFW. Ronseal.
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This is a normal post Oh so dirty, yet oh so clean.

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This is a normal post hahaha ^_^

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This is a normal post I was expectiing to see
climactic soap suds bubbling out from under the lid.
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This is a link post First full trailer for an animation about a man that lives inside a cat. I made this!
Here's the trailer for the animated short I wrote called All Consuming Love (Man in a Cat).

The man in the cat is voiced by my comedy hero Kevin Eldon, and the film also stars Josie Long and Clever Pie's Isabel Fay. Directed by Louis Hudson. Created, animated, and written by Dice Productions.

It was made for UK Film Council and Screen WM and is doing the festivals round the world at the moment. Should be online sometime next year.
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This is a normal post I approve of this...
click!
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This is a normal post I approve of that...

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This is a normal post I approve of the other

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This is a normal post Damn...

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This is a normal post Approved.

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This is a normal post I approve of the other
Click
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This is a normal post I approve of mindpiss

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This is a normal post That looks fantastic
and reminds me of Ubu Bubu which is similar, but a devil that lives inside a normal cat
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This is a normal post I like this, well done.

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This is a normal post
Hahaha, this looks ace. Love traditional animation. And the quirky!
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This is a normal post Oooh! Making a b3ta account just so you can flaunt your dirty wares!
Brilliant wares though, sir :p
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This is a normal post Yep, sorry.
Been meaning to join for a while. I'll post other stuff, cross my heart.
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This is a normal post That looks reet good!

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This is a normal post FUCK YES

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This is a normal post that looks fun :)
...you mean The Actor Kevin Eldon.
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This is a link post Kern Type Game
It gets no more exciting than this....
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This is a normal post Good lord!
That is surprisingly compelling. 74%
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This is a normal post 76% here

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This is a normal post 79! BOOYAH!

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This is a normal post 80!

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This is a normal post Managed a 100/100
It resulted from me thinking, "Fuck it, that'll do"
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This is a normal post 95. Got 100 on quite a few.
Although I do spacing stuff for work every now and again.
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This is a normal post I wish I knew what I was supposed to be doing

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This is a link post Bye bye NHS...
Sorry for posting actual 'news', but the health reform bill has passed through the Lords.

So long free healthcare for all, hello spiralling inequalities!
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This is a normal post More of the same then...
sigh.....
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Um...
Don't want to be contentious, but this isn't a case of going from having something that's super awesome and fair and equitable to something that's evil, unfair and heinous.

It's a slight shift, which means that healthcare provision which already favours the wealthier* might possibly do so a smidgeon more, but that's not really been proved - it's just possible.

*This isn't criticising the current system unduly. You can't really stop rich people buying themselves advantages in health, education etc etc. It's sort of what people want to spend money on if they have it.
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This is a normal post It's that opening of the door for private sector providers though...
Experience and hard evidence tells us that this has never resulted in improvements or efficiencies, merely increased amounts of tax revenues going to shareholders rather than public agencies and service users.

It's not that the wealthy will receive a better standard of care, but the standard for those who cannot afford it will go through the floor :o(
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This is a normal post It's opening the door to a growth in the privatised provision of healthcare services.
It also means a vast multiplication of admin, which in turn means a gross increase in waste, which in turn means that the taxpayer loses, which in turn means that the

It's the thin tip of a corporate cock that's about to rip through our collective rectums like wet tissue-paper.

My quality of life is maintained by an expensive medication, so I'm extremely worried about all this. We're only a couple of steps away from having to have health-insurance like the yanks. Insurance that won't cover me (like millions of Americans) due to my "pre-existing condition".

We're turning into a mini-America, so if you've got some decent in-demand qualifications then you'd do well to go somewhere else. I don't, so unless I win the lottery then I'm stuck.
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This is a normal post *despairs
From a purely practical point of view, the NHS is going from being run by 150 bodies (PCTs, SHAs etc.) to over 600 - each of which will need to have contracts and SLAs in place every bit of healthcare provided. McKinsey's and their ilk are already well into the GP commissioning groups offering to 'help' with this.

Throw in GPs deciding which services are no longer covered by the NHS whilst setting up private companies to offer those very same services and primary care is going the way of dentistry. It appears there's feck all anyone can do about it.

Best advice I can think of is "don't be ill"
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This is a normal post
I'm glad I followed through on leaving the country when a tory government was elected.
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This is a normal post In all fairness though they weren't that elected.
Where did you go?
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This is a normal post
In power is enough for me to leave. I'm in Iceland now, best thing I ever did.
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This is a normal post i was there last week realy nice place clean friendly and
they even carried my bags to the car
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This is a normal post I followed through
that's why I need the NHS!
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This is a normal post We've not had a proper public healthcare system for a very long time.
Ever since Bupa and the like got set-up the NHS has gone down hill.
When you've only had one choice for healthcare the rich and powerful made sure it was in a fit state for them to use too.

That and people expecting to live longer, be able to sue when things go wrong and use all the latest drugs and techniques but not pay for them through higher taxes has bleed the NHS of funds.
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This is a normal post Out of curiousity,
when does someone become "rich"? What's the threshold for example from just "well off" to "rich" to "elite/powerful/lizard" ?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Well rich relative to others isn't it? In some countries i'ld be considered rich because I own a house.
In others I would be considered just average because of it's size.

And powerful is just that. Someone with power to exert over others.

Lizard? You're in david ike territory there.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:50, Reply)
This is a normal post LiZards are REEL and dont deniy it!

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This is a normal post
It's true! They're responsible for Global Warming, as it enables them to freely move around the planet without the need for shell warm suits, so they can take over the planet more easily.
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This is a normal post I know this one...
Earn over £26k, and you're in the richer half.

Or it's £33k if you look at those of employment age only.
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This is a normal post Yay! I'm not rich. I was worried for a minute there.

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This is a normal post GET OUT!

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This is a normal post Quit your job and wait...
If you're in trouble within a year then you weren't rich.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 20:55, Reply)
This is a normal post We have a proper
public health care system, and the fact that we have one makes it amazing.. Not for an awful lot longer.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Well the managers took over, did a crap job and golden handshakes to leave.
The pharmaceutical companies bribed G.Ps with free gifts if they prescribed their products.
Cleaning was passed over from unionised workers to private companies who then sub- contracted.

Matrons with taken off the ward leaving nurses and doctors to try and manage wards themselves.

Catering budgets were slashed meaning people are actually leaving hospital malnourished.

For me the NHS died a long time ago, this is just a shell and people do it no favours pretending that the NHS now is some beacon for healthcare.

The Tories started the rot last time they were in power and Labour finished it off.
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This is a normal post Yes
it's much better to pay for private health care. I'm looking forward to the future as a self-employed person finding out how much my private insurance will be. Fuck the shoddy service we get now from the rubbish NHS, let's close it down and give people what they actually want.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:17, Reply)
This is a normal post How's the view from up there?
Why is it when someone doesn't side with one side of an argument they assume that you automatically are pro the other side?

You seem to be under the impression I approve and want an end to to social care.
I don't, but i'm not going to pretend what we've had for the past 20-30 years was a proper social health care system.

Give me the power to change things and i'ld tax the private hospitals to the hilt, not allow G.P's to work for the private sector until they've served a certain amount of years and paid back to the state what the state paid to train them. Make sure private hospitals take care of the patient from start to finish and not do what they do now and skimp on the recuperative care and fob that off on the NHS.

I would also put out of business with punitive fines any company that takes on a NHS contract job and fails in it's care of duty. I would also prosecute with corporate man slaughter any CEO's who's company has caused deaths in this manner.

People who think what we've had is proper social healthcare probably also think the last labour government was a proper labour one and if a few years of having to pay for healthcare is what it takes for people to wake up and demand social healthcare then so be it.
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This is a normal post Bollocks
I've had to rely heavily on the NHS since the early 80's and I can assure you that it was awful, and I mean really awful under the tory party and improved immeasurably under Labour by comparison. I think people forget just how bad it used to be. No problem though as in a couple of years time they should get it back to how it was.
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This is a normal post Both my parents have had heart surgery under the NHS and the quality of their care was awesome.
Really nice folks working for the NHS under (I imagine) often difficult circumstances and bureaucracy.
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This is a normal post Makes me glad I live in Scotland.
Where we get free prescriptions! I'd have no money if that wasn't the case.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Moved to Scotland about a year ago.
I've found the NHS in Scotland generally better than back in England, lots more focus on preventative medicine and the like. In general I approve.
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This is a link post BBC2

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This is a normal post No
I was watching Channel 4. Now stop fiddling with the remote.
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This is a link post Is your blackberry still broken?
Click here for a very handy update site!
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This is a normal post I still can't work out why this is news
yet the presenter on Radio 5 earlier was referring to it as a crisis.

A flotilla of gunboats rampaging up the Thames would be a crisis. Not being able to get your email on the train most certainly isn't.
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This is a normal post Wait - it's not possible to get emails on trains now???
FUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:38, Reply)
This is a normal post I agree
but I think part of the reason it's getting so much attention is that it is such a remarkable fuck up for a big company. It sounds like they basically directed the whole of their business for Europe through one set of servers in Slough, which they then updated all at the same time, without a backup, and without checking if the operation was going to work first.

Some exec from RIM has been in news today basically saying 'We don't know what's wrong, but we're sorry, and we'll fix it as soon as we can'. Pretty shoddy.

DISCLAIMER: I do not really understand IT and base the above on stuff I read on the Guardian website.
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This is a normal post Sounds like you do understand IT!
Snowy, youre absolutely right with everything you said above. Was that a copy and paste from Guardian site?
Youre right, you cant put all your eggs in one basket, and in the case of such a large userbase such as blackberry, you should put your eggs in about as many baskets are you can afford!
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This is a normal post Woohoo!
I understand IT! YEAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
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This is a normal post It is indeed ridiculous
even medium companies that are nowhere near the size of RIM have some contingency plan/disaster recovery in place.
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This is a normal post To Be Fa
Generally if anythings free you'll get exactly what you pay for.
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This is a normal post Thing is that distribution massively adds complexity
and even companies like Google and Hotmail get that wrong sometimes.
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This is a normal post you said 'rim' hahaha

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This is a normal post My gunboat has quit working.

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This is a normal post
Have you tried turning it off and back on again?
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This is a normal post
Is it plugged in?
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This is a normal post Yes but
how would you be able to tell anyone you'd seen a flotilla of gunboats rampaging up the Thames if your phone isn't working?
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This is a normal post Personally
I'd just open the window. I'm sure I'd hear it from here.
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This is a normal post Got a minesweeper out back at the moment.
And it's playing havoc with satellite TV.
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This is a normal post see also
www.whitewhine.com
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This is a link post Wasn't Pingu ace?
I have no idea what's going on here.
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This is a normal post Exactly as I remember it!

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This is a normal post That explains alot!

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This is a normal post heheh
This one was a classic..pingu goes fishing..starring sammy seal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTWv63RyLP8
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Brilliant! loved that episode.
I used to have it on VHS!
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:06, Reply)
This is a normal post The most utterly bonkers programme ever.
I loved it.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:46, Reply)
This is a link post The Only Way is Dalston
Some comedy gold here... post-casting interviews for East London based 'reality' TV show.

"What is your band called?
Joshua: Haiku.

Do you only sing and write in haikus?
Chris: Not really, it’s just a nice sounding name. I’m a writer too, so the name just made sense."
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Joshua, 24, fine artist/ hip-hop artist/ hairdresser, and (right) Chris, 19, student/ unemployed writer.
Joshua 24, Hairdresser

Chris 19, Unemployed.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Ah, Vice Magazine
Written for cunts, by cunts.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:17, Reply)
This is a normal post you subscribe?

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:22, Reply)
This is a normal post I avoid like the plague
but they occasionally contact me at work about advertising space. I have actually suggested that slogan to them...
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:25, Reply)
This is a normal post Perfect
"Are you a hipster?
No. I’m not a hipster because I’m really into the 90s style."
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 19:09, Reply)
This is a link post Bull fight protest. NSFW
Awful event awful people. Its insane. A lot of violence hence the NSFW
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:43, Reply)
This is a normal post
This video shows me Catalans are no good at having a proper fight.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:48, Reply)
This is a normal post Yep
mate of mine lived in Barcelona for a while. He said the first time he witnessed a Spanish bar fight, everyone in the bar reacted while he sat calmly with his drink - it looked to him like two pissed blokes having a hug...
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Whats spanish for police?

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:50, Reply)
This is a normal post policia?

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Not really looking for an answer but thanks anyway :)

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:03, Reply)
This is a normal post
But their motto is: nos damos por vencidos
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:21, Reply)
This is a normal post Apparently
The plan was tie ourselves together. They will call the police.

They didn't call the police. Utter bullshit.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:56, Reply)
This is a normal post Can some one do it to the bullseye music please.

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Call that a fight?!

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Most my favourite fights have happened when the other party is chained to another 20 people.

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Were they surprised people were pissed off at them? Imagine what a bunch of Mancurians would do if they interrupted their football team.

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:58, Reply)
This is a normal post I didn't think
football was that big in North-Eastern China?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Hahaha
That place is full of candidates.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:29, Reply)
This is a normal post It would be a lovely
cultural exchange, if they sent a load of Mancunians to Manchuria, and vice versa.

*Phones up Channel 4 Commissioning Director to pitch 'A Tale of Two Mancs'*
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:33, Reply)
This is a normal post surely
Mancs for the Memories...

what with TV program makers relying on puns so much these days
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:58, Reply)
This is a normal post You win

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Seeing as the crowd went there to see death and destruction
I think they got off quite lightly

To cheer everyone up, here's a bull the other day, goring a matador under the chin and up through the eyeball. Hurray!

The bull however/obviously suffered a drawn out and excruciating death. Boooo!
articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/10/news/la-heb-bullfighting-injury-risky-behavior-20111010
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:04, Reply)
This is a normal post This
Also, the localized ads for that article showed one for a mechanical bull. Hubba hubba!
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:07, Reply)
This is a normal post
A lot of cowardly people there. HINT. They are not the protesters.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:07, Reply)
This is a normal post 4.35 bottom of screen
Old boy stripping a woman protester. Sign of a pure class act that.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:36, Reply)
This is a normal post Great. Now there's going to be a flood from /talk looking for boobage.

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Are /talk
and /twopumpsandasquirt the same thing then? Explains a lot.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus that was grim viewing, lot of nasty old spanish bullies.

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:19, Reply)
This is a normal post Hmmm...
...I would have just 'accidentally' released the bull. That would shown those darn hippies what for!

Luckily i'm against bull fighting...and not a psychopath...and not in Spain...or the owner of a bull fighting ring...or a bull...
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:25, Reply)
This is a normal post Since Franco went they've all gone soft...

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:40, Reply)
This is a normal post people in favour of brutally killing animals in acting like violent thugs shock
fucking scum
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:31, Reply)
This is a link post Daily Mail Cocks NSFW
Me and two friends have spent the past month slaving over this. Please take a minute to take a look and provide some feedback.

We are looking for funding if anyone is interested in investing.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:42, Reply)
This is a normal post what's the Daily Mail connection
(other than them being cocks)
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:43, Reply)
This is a normal post we have a rule
that all the pictures must come from the Daily Mail.

It's like an extra challenge that we give ourselves.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:47, Reply)
This is a normal post you're pictures are labelled Associated Press
www.ap.org/
they aren't the Daily Mail
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:05, Reply)
This is a normal post True
We're supposed to erase that. Not everyone in the team is very competent.

Which picture you find the best HT?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:08, Reply)
This is a normal post the ghosts are the clear winners

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Nice
The guys on /talk love this kind of stuff as much as we do.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:44, Reply)
This is a normal post You are a bad bad man.

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:44, Reply)
This is a normal post I just can't help myself.
It's like an addiction.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:45, Reply)
This is a normal post it's a really
boring joke that was hardly funny in the first place
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:48, Reply)
This is a normal post
b3ta.com/links/691842

/obviousblog
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:49, Reply)
This is a normal post I'd beg to differ.

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:51, Reply)
This is a normal post ^this

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Me too!

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Me three.

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:19, Reply)
This is a normal post and me!

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:27, Reply)
This is a normal post o/

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:50, Reply)
This is a normal post me seventh!

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:46, Reply)
This is a normal post oooOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHhhhhhhh *handbags*

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:00, Reply)
This is a normal post I don't understand any of it
Think I'll leave you all to it.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:07, Reply)
This is a normal post
We're trying to get you to post on to /talk as well as here. As they would love to see it, and like getting requests for money.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:10, Reply)
This is a normal post
Well it amused me *blows raspberry*
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:09, Reply)
This is a normal post who is raspberry, and how much did he pay you?
*boom tish*
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:14, Reply)
This is a normal post
Well it wasn't Stubbo. I don't think she's talking to me on twitter any more. And I quite liked her :-(
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:17, Reply)
This is a normal post she isn't ignoring you...
she has her mouth full at the moment :)
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:22, Reply)
This is a normal post
From what I've heard, it's like cheesy dental floss.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:25, Reply)
This is a normal post seamless
I'm interested in funding, how's about a curly wurly and a dairylea triangle for 90% of your company?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:45, Reply)
This is a normal post deal!
Send me the curly wurly.

And I'll draw up the paperwork
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:48, Reply)
This is a normal post psssst...
you're supposed to nag him to make up financial projections for at least three or four minutes before crushing his dreams.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:48, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm out

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:04, Reply)
This is a normal post dmcocks has been a member for...
...one day. And then posted a link which is also his username.

dmcocks does not understand how to make friends on the links board, and we fear for his safety.


(Incidentally real response: not my sort of thing, but however you get your jollies, fair enough. If you actually want an "investor", you'd need to explain how they would financially benefit. You may mean "donor")
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:45, Reply)
This is a normal post You're absolutely right
This is blatent self promotion.
You can have my curly wurly for spotting it
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:49, Reply)
This is a normal post What do I get for...
...spotting that you can't spell blatant?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:02, Reply)
This is a normal post a warm feeling inside
to make up for all the cold?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Oooooooooh thanks.
And I have run out of Lemsip too.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:07, Reply)
This is a normal post oi!
we haven't signed the paperwork yet, I have to do due diligence on you and everything. Until then, the curly wurly is MINE, bwah ha ha ha
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:03, Reply)
This is a normal post I too am looking for funding.
That is all.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:51, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm looking for funding.
Give me your wallet our i'll duff yer up, init.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:00, Reply)
This is a normal post all new pics
just added
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Didn't know they had him captive.

(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:42, Reply)

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