You were bound to say that - it's a cunning disguise.

That video reminds me of this

Did I also shrink several inches and grow huge hands as a disguise?

Well? Did you?

No.

Next report from the ground:

 

Went to a gig in New Cross tonight. Had no trouble there - except finding the venue - but there was a disturbance down the road in Eltham. It was an EDL rally type thing that apparently was dispersed without much effect.

 

Got a lift back and travelling through central London we saw a few Devon & Cornwall Police vans but no trouble. Oh, and we got bagels in Brick Lane. Wouldn't know if it was quieter than normal because we usually go there later.

Any Peter sightings?

wow, I didn't know we had more than one!

You're not being very helpful Peter.

 

But then you wouldn't would you, if you're TRYING TO DISGUISE YOURSELF AND GO AROUND KNOCKING DUSTBINS OVER. :-@

I think it's one van for Devon, one for Cornwall, and one reserve in case Farmer Moorlock's Land Rover brakes down while on a day trip and needs towing.

 

And there were no Peter sightings. I don't go looking for men's todgers...oh wait, not /those/ sort of Peter sightings. No,didn't see him either.

"We're far superior to those filthy barbarous Greeks."

And although Clegg did 'predict' the riots, it wasn't necessarily for the right reason, which goes far deeper than the economic issues of recent years.

I ... don't even know what to say :|

"If the Tories win there'll be riots. So, fuck it, I'll help them win :Y "

(fail)

The caption with this photograph is British police officers arrest a man as rioters gathered in Croydon on August 8, 2011:



Doesn't look like an arrest to me. :S Looks more like the fat bald cop is either is trying to strangle him, or about to lunge in for a snog, whilst the other bald one is disappointed he has to wait.

Also curious that the police appear to use Nikon SLRs... would have expected a cheaper and far less bulky compact camera to be sufficient.

I'd post a picture of Donovan McNabb but you wouldn't get it anyway.

I don't see the problem. The poor man has clearly just dislodged his contact lens, and since our policemen are so nice, seven of them have gone to help. One even has a portable emergency basin with him.

I thought they were giving him an emergency dental examination.

Pete: which SLRs? If it's the pro ones then I can understand: they're more likely to survive a riot than a flimsy compact, and will be able to shoot in worse conditions than the tougher compacts. Even if they're using the consumer-level SLRs I guess it could just be for the low light ability.

The police photographers can get very arty about the whole thing.

It's so they can shoot RAW and have a better argument against "wusnae me. You just photoshopped me in that pic, innit"

 

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/opinion/2028936/crime-scene-investigation-metadata-catch-criminals?WT.rss_f=All+the+latest+articles+from+BJP&WT.rss_a=Crime+Scene+Investigation%3A+Using+the+right+metadata+to+catch+criminals

Ah yeah, that makes sense and now that you mention it I remember reading a few years ago how Nikon (and presumably Canon) make special versions of their cameras for law enforcement that have additional security and integrity stuff.

 

also:
That article comes of as slightly preachy, and is also mistaken when it says raw files are a read-only format. While for most purposes that's true, there's nothing inherent in the format that makes it unmodifiable – if you can read the data and translate it into an image, you can do the reverse.