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[Raven]

Always assume other road users are retarded. Regardless of your mode of transport.

 

[CorNokZ]

Ban all personal vehicles in the city centre, allow lorries, taxis, public transportation and police, ambulances and fire engines.

Make cycling paths

 

[DaGaffer]

Ban all personal vehicles in the city centre, allow lorries, taxis, public transportation and police, ambulances and fire engines.

Make cycling paths

Works on the assumption that the city centre is reachable by the majority of visitors using public transport. In the case of Dublin this emphatically isn't the case. Public transport currently covers about 1/3 of required transport needs (including Park & Ride). Bikes could, at best, take that to 50%. Full inner city car ban would also be a disaster for retail, although that's a secondary consideration.

Copenhagen is the city Dublin wants to be, but if you compare public transport networks (compare the Copenhagen S-Train network to the DART in Dublin for example) its just fucking embarrassing. Dublin would need to spend billions to make a car ban a practical possibility.

 

[Scouse]

Always assume other road users are retarded. Regardless of your mode of transport.

Yep. This 100%. But with the case of cars vs bikes on the road I understand most deaths are simply caused by cars hitting bikes from behind - so there's fuck all you can do about that.

So with the death stats the way they are @Moriath - no. I won't 'take my chances' on the road. Ever.

 

[Job]

After watching cyclists on busy roads, I do believe some peoole bring it on themselves by not being aware of the danger.
If you cycle 30 mins to work on a fast road and you are causing cars to overtake you, thats probably 1500 half asleep drivers..just one slip and your dead

 

[Tom]

I do believe some peoole bring it on themselves by not being aware of the danger.

Those women in short skirts, they bring rape on themselves. It's their fault.

 

[Gwadien]

Those women in short skirts, they bring rape on themselves. It's their fault.

Yeah, I completely agree man.

If all women wore hijabs we would not have this problem.

Bring Hijabs to the UK.

 

[Lamp]

 

[Job]

Where are they going with this?

Gay rights activists welcome NHS quizzing of patients over sexuality

 

[Gwadien]

Where are they going with this?

Gay rights activists welcome NHS quizzing of patients over sexuality

'Oh you're gay, maybe you have AIDS, or we should test you for AIDS because it's more common amongst gay men.'

What's your point? It's completely logical.

 

[Job]

Jesus christ...are you serious with that reply.

 

[Gwadien]

Jesus christ...are you serious with that reply.

Yes, it's a bit like they don't test men for ovarian cancer.

 

[Job]

Unless he says hes a woman.

 

[Scouse]

Not sure why you don't want doctors to ask about sexuality @Job - you don't have to answer if you don't want to.

If it means the NHS can more effectively treat diseases or take proactive preventative action then why not?

Seriously - can you detail your objection please? Why do you dislike / don't want this to happen?

 

[Gwadien]

Not sure why you don't want doctors to ask about sexuality @Job - you don't have to answer if you don't want to.

If it means the NHS can more effectively treat diseases or take proactive preventative action then why not?

Seriously - can you detail your objection please? Why do you dislike / don't want this to happen?

I think he has an issue with different sexual identities in general.

 

[DaGaffer]

Not sure why you don't want doctors to ask about sexuality @Job - you don't have to answer if you don't want to.

If it means the NHS can more effectively treat diseases or take proactive preventative action then why not?

Seriously - can you detail your objection please? Why do you dislike / don't want this to happen?

I'd be loath to share information with the NHS unless absolutely necessary. They're going to be selling it to insurance companies in the next few years when the Tories sell the whole thing to the Americans.

 

[Moriath]

Yep. This 100%. But with the case of cars vs bikes on the road I understand most deaths are simply caused by cars hitting bikes from behind - so there's fuck all you can do about that.

So with the death stats the way they are @Moriath - no. I won't 'take my chances' on the road. Ever.

Yup just increase the chances of the pedestrians of getting injured because of your choice of travel.

 

[Scouse]

Yup just increase the chances of the pedestrians of getting injured because of your choice of travel.

One death a year. One. Versus hundreds. It's a no brainer. Get over yourself.

 

[Scouse]

I'd be loath to share information with the NHS unless absolutely necessary. They're going to be selling it to insurance companies in the next few years when the Tories sell the whole thing to the Americans.

Yep. That's my objection too. But it's voluntary, not mandatory, so meh.

 

[Job]

Orwellian of course, even worse is they write down that you didnt want to say.

We are just doing it to fulfill obligations...etc..etc.
Thats the default prefix now for all data grabs of personal information, who the living fuk would trust the NHS with their sexual preference.
Hopefully every trust will reject this bullshit from day 1.

So when this information is sold/leaked...'didnt want to say' is quite simply...'something to hide'.

 

[Job]

I think he has an issue with different sexual identities in general.

Jesus H, thats the exact kind of thinking that is the concern around the release of such info.

 

[Tom]

They're doing it for exactly the same reason any organisation makes a record of social characteristics. You can't fix a problem you're not aware of.

As for any fears the NHS will sell this information for profit, I think that's laughable. They may divulge anonymized data, but there's absolutely no chance they'll be legally able to sell anything can be linked to an individual.

 

[Gwadien]

They're doing it for exactly the same reason any organisation makes a record of social characteristics. You can't fix a problem you're not aware of.

As for any fears the NHS will sell this information for profit, I think that's laughable. They may divulge anonymized data, but there's absolutely no chance they'll be legally able to sell anything can be linked to an individual.

Yeah, I have absolutely no idea why people are concerned about giving away their sexual identity considering the other information that the NHS has on you.

I'm fairly sure every 'data company' you've been in contact with will know your sexual identity, whereas do they know about your shrivelled penis?

 

[DaGaffer]

They're doing it for exactly the same reason any organisation makes a record of social characteristics. You can't fix a problem you're not aware of.

As for any fears the NHS will sell this information for profit, I think that's laughable. They may divulge anonymized data, but there's absolutely no chance they'll be legally able to sell anything can be linked to an individual.

Says the man who lives in a country about to lose its main source of data privacy protection. You have no fucking idea what the Tories are going to do with your personal data; but if they follow their base instincts (and let's face it, do they have any other kind?), Insurance companies will know more about you than you do within five years. Every good bit of privacy legislation that Britain has has come from the EU over the last 20 years, almost always in the teeth of British opposition.

 

[Scouse]

I agree that it's being done for good reasons but this:

As for any fears the NHS will sell this information for profit, I think that's laughable. They may divulge anonymized data, but there's absolutely no chance they'll be legally able to sell anything can be linked to an individual.

It's laughable that you think that they a) won't sell it, b) don't already sell it and c) that their methods of anonymization are anything other than either i) shite or ii) non-existent.

As per this price list for NHS data, including the cost for access to personally identifiable data, from 2013-14 (previously HSCIC, now NHS digital)...

 

[Tom]

"The HSCIC said that it "only provides identifiable data when there is a lawful basis to do so, eg, with patient consent. The data we provide is normally anonymised. We do charge a fee to cover administrative costs of operating an extract/data linkage request. We are committed to ensuring information about our services are presented in a transparent and accessible way and will continue to develop our website to ensure further clarity in this area."

Dr Katrina Herren, medical director of Bupa Health Funding UK, said: "Bupa uses NHS clinical data to support the NHS with services like population health management, and also for benchmarking purposes.

"The government publishes very clear rules on how we can use the data, and we adhere to the highest standards of information governance when handling confidential information.""

£140 could buy private firms data on NHS patients

I'm not even slightly concerned.

Says the man who lives in a country about to lose its main source of data privacy protection.

What, you mean the Data Protection Act 1998? Why is that going away?

 

[Job]

"The government publishes very clear rules on how we can use the data, and we adhere to the highest standards of information governance when handling confidential information.""

Lol

 

[Job]

It hardly matters tbh..facebook, google, dvla, census, airbnb.
They have you nailed.

 

[Scouse]

@Tom - anonymization of medical data is hard to do, it's already been proven easy to bypass and do you really honestly still believe that the DP act is worth the paper it's written on after the litany of high profile failures - disregarding any potential criminal acts?

Data, in digital format, is inherently insecure.

 

[Lamp]

Just tried this. It works.

Oil on your hands you can't budge no matter how much soap you use? Forget Swarfega.

Get a container. Put a teaspoon of sugar in it (doesn't matter what sugar). Then squirt a glug of washing-up liquid . Mix well. Apply to mucky mitts. I used a scrubbing brush. Clean hands in a couple of minutes.