Re: [backstage] Web Service For Terror Alert Level?
did you hear the one about the scotsman who got short-changed on a litre of duty free? On 04/07/07, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It certainly lacks any kind of subtly - imagine if the BBC Six O'Clock news came on Radio 4 and the newsreader said "Today's news is critical" and left it at that. More time for the News Quiz though. I'm personally not that scared by bombers who park them illegally in London (can't they see the signs?) and manage to get the wrong Glasgow Airport - it was Preswick that the USAF use, dumbass! http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Prestwick+Airport,+Prestwick,+South+Ayrshire,+KA9+2RZ&sll=54.162434,-3.647461&sspn=14.67127,41.308594&ie=UTF8&ll=55.499031,-4.578719&spn=0.000864,0.002521&t=k&z=19&om=1 Still, he's going to be the first person proescuted for smoking in a public place ;-) On 04/07/07, Chris Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I looked into this a while back, the problem with it is it changes so infrequently it isn't actually worth building something around it. For instance, prior to it being raised to critical a couple of days ago it had been severe since around August 2006 (I think) - and when it does change the media tend to cover it anyway. My 2p worth anyway. > > Chris > > > > On 04/07/07, Davy Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Thanks Jason (and everyone who replied) looks like a good one. > > > > Yep it may be questionable/politically set but all the more reason to > > monitor it :-) > > > > Davy > > > > On 7/4/07, Jason Cartwright < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The relevant Home Office page is valid XHTML, so it shouldn't be that > > > difficult to parse it out from there... > > > > > > http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/current-threat-level/ > > > > > > J > > > > > > > > > On 4/7/07 08:47, "Davy Mitchell" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Is there an official Web Service for the Terror Alert Level? > > > > > > > > Be nice if the BBC supplied it :-) > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Davy > > > > > > - > > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html . Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > Davy Mitchell > > Blog - http://www.latedecember.co.uk/sites/personal/davy/ > > Twitter - http://twitter.com/daftspaniel > > Skype - daftspaniel > > needgod.com > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html . Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Web Service For Terror Alert Level?
It certainly lacks any kind of subtly - imagine if the BBC Six O'Clock news came on Radio 4 and the newsreader said "Today's news is critical" and left it at that. More time for the News Quiz though. I'm personally not that scared by bombers who park them illegally in London (can't they see the signs?) and manage to get the wrong Glasgow Airport - it was Preswick that the USAF use, dumbass! http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Prestwick+Airport,+Prestwick,+South+Ayrshire,+KA9+2RZ&sll=54.162434,-3.647461&sspn=14.67127,41.308594&ie=UTF8&ll=55.499031,-4.578719&spn=0.000864,0.002521&t=k&z=19&om=1 Still, he's going to be the first person proescuted for smoking in a public place ;-) On 04/07/07, Chris Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I looked into this a while back, the problem with it is it changes so infrequently it isn't actually worth building something around it. For instance, prior to it being raised to critical a couple of days ago it had been severe since around August 2006 (I think) - and when it does change the media tend to cover it anyway. My 2p worth anyway. Chris On 04/07/07, Davy Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Jason (and everyone who replied) looks like a good one. > > Yep it may be questionable/politically set but all the more reason to > monitor it :-) > > Davy > > On 7/4/07, Jason Cartwright < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The relevant Home Office page is valid XHTML, so it shouldn't be that > > difficult to parse it out from there... > > > > http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/current-threat-level/ > > > > J > > > > > > On 4/7/07 08:47, "Davy Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Is there an official Web Service for the Terror Alert Level? > > > > > > Be nice if the BBC supplied it :-) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Davy > > > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html > . Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > > -- > Davy Mitchell > Blog - http://www.latedecember.co.uk/sites/personal/davy/ > Twitter - http://twitter.com/daftspaniel > Skype - daftspaniel > needgod.com > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html > . Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
Re: [backstage] Web Service For Terror Alert Level?
I looked into this a while back, the problem with it is it changes so infrequently it isn't actually worth building something around it. For instance, prior to it being raised to critical a couple of days ago it had been severe since around August 2006 (I think) - and when it does change the media tend to cover it anyway. My 2p worth anyway. Chris On 04/07/07, Davy Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Jason (and everyone who replied) looks like a good one. Yep it may be questionable/politically set but all the more reason to monitor it :-) Davy On 7/4/07, Jason Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The relevant Home Office page is valid XHTML, so it shouldn't be that > difficult to parse it out from there... > > http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/current-threat-level/ > > J > > > On 4/7/07 08:47, "Davy Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there an official Web Service for the Terror Alert Level? > > > > Be nice if the BBC supplied it :-) > > > > Thanks, > > Davy > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Davy Mitchell Blog - http://www.latedecember.co.uk/sites/personal/davy/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/daftspaniel Skype - daftspaniel needgod.com - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Web Service For Terror Alert Level?
Thanks Jason (and everyone who replied) looks like a good one. Yep it may be questionable/politically set but all the more reason to monitor it :-) Davy On 7/4/07, Jason Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The relevant Home Office page is valid XHTML, so it shouldn't be that difficult to parse it out from there... http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/current-threat-level/ J On 4/7/07 08:47, "Davy Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there an official Web Service for the Terror Alert Level? > > Be nice if the BBC supplied it :-) > > Thanks, > Davy - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Davy Mitchell Blog - http://www.latedecember.co.uk/sites/personal/davy/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/daftspaniel Skype - daftspaniel needgod.com - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Web Service For Terror Alert Level?
Well: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3396 Or, by far and away my favourite: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1501 If you really care... http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/britain_adopts.html "A terror alert that instills a vague feeling of dread or panic echoes the very tactics of the terrorists. There are essentially two ways to terrorize people. The first is to do something spectacularly horrible, like flying airplanes into skyscrapers and killing thousands of people. The second is to keep people living in fear with the threat of doing something horrible. Decades ago, that was one of the IRA's major aims. Inadvertently, the [Home Office] is achieving the same thing." So "way to go" government and media - . David - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Web Service For Terror Alert Level?
I don't see you need a web service - you should be able to just use a constant: string terrorAlertLevel = "Hyped out of all reasonable proportion in order to further erode what few civil liberties we have left" Cheers, RIch. On 7/4/07, Davy Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there an official Web Service for the Terror Alert Level? Be nice if the BBC supplied it :-) Thanks, Davy -- Davy Mitchell Blog - http://www.latedecember.co.uk/sites/personal/davy/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/daftspaniel Skype - daftspaniel needgod.com - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- SilverDisc Ltd is registered in England no. 2798073 Registered address: 4 Swallow Court, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6XX - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
RE: [backstage] Web Service For Terror Alert Level?
Funny you ask that... http://www.terror-alert.co.uk/ has been around for a while now. www.intelligence.gov.uk/threat_levels.aspx > -Original Message- > From: Davy Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 July 2007 08:48 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: [backstage] Web Service For Terror Alert Level? > > Is there an official Web Service for the Terror Alert Level? > > Be nice if the BBC supplied it :-) > > Thanks, > Davy > > -- > Davy Mitchell > Blog - http://www.latedecember.co.uk/sites/personal/davy/ > Twitter - http://twitter.com/daftspaniel Skype - daftspaniel > needgod.com > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Web Service For Terror Alert Level?
The relevant Home Office page is valid XHTML, so it shouldn't be that difficult to parse it out from there... http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/current-threat-level/ J On 4/7/07 08:47, "Davy Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there an official Web Service for the Terror Alert Level? > > Be nice if the BBC supplied it :-) > > Thanks, > Davy - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
[backstage] Web Service For Terror Alert Level?
Is there an official Web Service for the Terror Alert Level? Be nice if the BBC supplied it :-) Thanks, Davy -- Davy Mitchell Blog - http://www.latedecember.co.uk/sites/personal/davy/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/daftspaniel Skype - daftspaniel needgod.com - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
