And when those files are downloaded from the internet, they are done so in bits

Missing the point again, no wonder this thread is the length it is. People looking at it must think it so interesting, only to open it up to ill throughout posts.

The point was that I never mentioned legislation, and that no guidelines (attention) can be enforced without legislation. Not so, not in the free market - which is exactly where ISPs reside, even BT.

I thought I'd craft something eloquent in that previous post to you, don't know why I bothered.

Blimey, so many angles in this thread my frontal lobes have melted. All I can think of is Meg and Mog!

In reply to a post by tide:

With such tight profit margins and topical debate being as red hot as it can be with regard to misleading the public out of money companies are given guidelines so as to free them from extra red tape (your legislation) while also providing room for manoeuvre in order to compete.

In short the guidelines are there for all, if grossly overdressed then public scorn could lead to nothing but a dip in profits.

Welcome to the world of right wing society, where rules need only be drafted into guidelines so business and customers don't suffer.

The style is further confirmed

I'll stop now... checking the reaction to gentle poking with a stick has provided ample evidence.

If the guidelines are broken the competition will enforce them on those offending them. Its the market place rules, less red tape - especially on the rapidly evolving technology sector.

Who fixes it when it goes wrong?

I'm the one with a full belly right now, of my own (skilled) labour.

Increasingly dictated by normal people through iOS incase you hadn't noticed, and with greater success. Like I said you will remain, but you don't design things as much as you used to - notice how UIs are more natural, more beautiful now, its no accident.

In reply to a post by nredwood:

Who fixes it when it goes wrong?

Oh, things never go wrong in the la-la world that some people inhabit. And have inhabited for years.

Those who know how, its not like they're to disappear. But those who make them fit for the pubic are not the same anymore, this isn't the 1970s darling!