Scottish Elections

[Fridge]

2 minutes ago, Parklife said:

Why? High speed Internet is an essential service. It should be treated like water or electricity and provided to every home in the country. 

Yes but you don’t get you free electricity and gas, hence why I said it should be means tested.

[manboobs109]

17 hours ago, Parklife said:

Why? High speed Internet is an essential service. It should be treated like water or electricity and provided to every home in the country. 

It's not essential for everyone Parky.

[caledonia]

Another cut and paste just to annoy the bedwetters sitting in front of their computers in their union jack boxers.

Guide to second vote by region.

 

 

[manboobs109]

It's just a version of Labour's stupid free broadband gimmick. No harm in giving a device to kids in receipt of free school meals but doling them out to every kid is just wasteful.

[Parklife]

3 minutes ago, manboobs109 said:

It's just a version of Labour's stupid free broadband gimmick. M

Why do you think it was stupid and a gimmick? 

[Redforever86]

I agree with free basic broadband up to say 5Mbs. As for devices, if it’s a £50 tablet locked for educational apps only then aye. Anything that has a greater resell value and can easily be hacked then as others have said they will be sold by some. 

[Redforever86]

We should have decent libraries and community spaces where kids who don’t have these things at home can access them. But that’s another thing all together...

[manboobs109]

1 minute ago, Parklife said:

Why do you think it was stupid and a gimmick? 

It was unworkable and announced without any consultation with the industry.

They planned to set up a nationalised company which would've had to buy an entire broadband network and then put several companies out of business while expecting them to continue running the network during the transition period. 

Broadband is cheap enough. They could've offered discounted or free broadband for people on UC or something but free broadband for everyone would be an extraordinary waste of money in the main.

[For Fecks Sake]

14 minutes ago, caledonia said:

Another cut and paste just to annoy the bedwetters sitting in front of their computers in their union jack boxers.

Guide to second vote by region.

 

 

Hey I found a similar Map but it uses different colours!

 

[Henry]

13 minutes ago, Redforever86 said:

As for devices, if it’s a £50 tablet locked for educational apps only then aye.

That's almost exactly what it'll be.

Not that it'll placate the doom-mongers predicting an epidemic of 8 year olds selling their Chromebook to buy crack cocaine. 

[Parklife]

6 minutes ago, For Fecks Sake said:

Hey I found a similar Map but it uses different colours!

 

A pretty embarrassing graphic. 

[Clydeside_Sheep]

20 hours ago, Lencarl said:

Swinney will say: “We put tens of ­thousands of new laptops and ­Chromebooks in the hands of children learning at home during lockdown.

More bragging about inputs instead of outputs (ie results).

He essentially saying "we bought electronic goods using someone else's money" and expecting that to impress people.

 

 

[Redforever86]

22 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

My kids never had a decent library nor a "community space" at home. Neither did I come to think of it. 

You fucking pished mate?

[manboobs109]

17 minutes ago, Henry said:

That's almost exactly what it'll be.

Not that it'll placate the doom-mongers predicting an epidemic of 8 year olds selling their Chromebook to buy crack cocaine. 

Just don't see the point in it since 90% of kids will already have one. Bang them out to the 10% no bother but it does seem a bit wasteful.

[Joe pike]

How come Kenny McAskill can stand for Holyrood when he has still got his nose in the Westminster trough?

[caledonia]

28 minutes ago, For Fecks Sake said:

Hey I found a similar Map but it uses different colours!

 

So 2014

[Redforever86]

1 minute ago, manboobs109 said:

Just don't see the point in it since 90% of kids will already have one. Bang them out to the 10% no bother but it does seem a bit wasteful.

I don't disagree with you but there could be advantages to all kids having the same tablet etc. 

Same operating system to run the same apps, some kids could have iPads that don't run specific software etc. Not all apps are web based. Likewise this could streamline teachers for marking etc using one system. 

Also would I fuck let my kid(if I had any)  take their £300 Ipad into school to get smashed or stolen. 

[Redforever86]

3 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

Ah I misread your post. Apologies.

No problemo. 

[caledonia]

2 minutes ago, Joe pike said:

How come Kenny McAskill can stand for Holyrood when he has still got his nose in the Westminster trough?

Why did you not mention Douglas Ross

[Clydeside_Sheep]

With Tommy Sheridan joining Alba, it put the spotlight on how the foremost figures of each of the pro-Indy parties are all obnoxious cunts.

Perverts, liars, power-junkies and schemers.

I know politicians generally set a low bar for conduct, but my God the Indy movement takes the biscuit.

[manboobs109]

4 minutes ago, Redforever86 said:

I don't disagree with you but there could be advantages to all kids having the same tablet etc. 

Same operating system to run the same apps, some kids could have iPads that don't run specific software etc. Not all apps are web based. Likewise this could streamline teachers for marking etc using one system. 

Also would I fuck let my kid(if I had any)  take their £300 Ipad into school to get smashed or stolen. 

Yeah fair points actually. There could be merit in it after all.

[Joe pike]

Just now, caledonia said:

Why did you not mention Douglas Ross

Same goes for him then.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

This latest buying votes by dishing out tablets wheeze is a bad idea.

When Mason Koa Boyne of Ibrox Primary breaks his third tablet by chewing it, who is going to say he cant have yet another?

OK it was a long time ago, but when I was little we had these things called text-books and jotters and we took them home and used them there, just like in the classroom.  We didn't need to see a teacher on camera in order to do this.

I wager that system would work just as well today as it did then and at significantly lower cost than dishing out electronic goods. Learning by correspondence is a well established practice in remote places.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

1 minute ago, rocket_scientist said:

The cabinet on the other hand, good honest Brits acting in all our best interests. 

Don't change the subject, we are talking about the obnoxious rotters who are the figure heads of the indy movement.

The fact that they cant work together and are constantly back-biting shows what snide egotists they all are.

 

[Redforever86]

2 minutes ago, Clydeside_Sheep said:

This latest buying votes by dishing out tablets wheeze is a bad idea.

When Mason Koa Boyne of Ibrox Primary breaks his third tablet by chewing it, who is going to say he cant have yet another?

OK it was a long time ago, but when I was little we had these things called text-books and jotters and we took them home and used them there, just like in the classroom.  We didn't need to see a teacher on camera in order to do this.

I wager that system would work just as well today as it did then and at significantly lower cost than dishing out electronic goods. Learning by correspondence is a well established practice in remote places.

Text books become out dated and need replaced rapidly too. At one point in ancient history they even stated that god created earth. Add up one for every subject and the additional benefits of a tablet could out weigh the limited extra cost. 

Plus save the trees. 

[Henry]

9 minutes ago, Clydeside_Sheep said:

 

With Tommy Sheridan joining Alba, it put the spotlight on how the foremost figures of each of the pro-Indy parties are all obnoxious cunts.

Perverts, liars, power-junkies and schemers.

 

Would be a great Christmas night out at the Alba party though, Salmond and Sheridan in charge of the kitty. 

[Redforever86]

1 minute ago, Clydeside_Sheep said:

figure heads of the indy movement.

 

Where are the great Cameron, Osbourne, Murphy, etc etc that were promising us the earth? 

[Clydeside_Sheep]

2 minutes ago, Redforever86 said:

Text books become out dated and need replaced rapidly too. At one point in ancient history they even stated that god created earth. Add up one for every subject and the additional benefits of a tablet could out weigh the limited extra cost. 

Plus save the trees. 

Pish.  Even if a book did need replaced, you could buy a whole class worth for the price of 1 tablet.

Btw you can grow new trees, its called sustainable paper.

And books dont add to the electricity bill either.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

3 minutes ago, Redforever86 said:

Where are the great Cameron, Osbourne, Murphy, etc etc that were promising us the earth? 

I never liked any of them, but I do like several of the current UK cabinet, especially Priti Patel  (right wing and sexy, not unlike my fine self).

[Clydeside_Sheep]

6 minutes ago, Henry said:

Would be a great Christmas night out at the Alba party though, Salmond and Sheridan in charge of the kitty. 

It would soon be frittered away between court cases and sunbeds.