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    I'd recommend physically taking the HDD out and just swapping it over (assuming you're not buying a PS3 with a bigger HDD). It's a really easy process (I upgraded my PS3 HDD to 500GB a few months back). If you would prefer to copy everything off the old HDD and transfer it all, then I'd suggest putting the old HDD in your new PS3, running through the back-up process (you'll need an external drive) and then putting the new HDD back in the new PS3 and copying everything from the external drive to the new one. Then you can put your old HDD in the old PS3 and try and get some cash for it.
  3. Actually, the reason it they are identified as Saints fans is because it helps with the police appeal for witnesses. By saying the two people arrested are Saints fans, the police (as it is them who are saying it was SFC supporters) are asking people who were on train if they remember Saints fans on the train doing anything that may be related to the assault. All the information in the story came direct from the police, as part of their investigation. The Echo actually sells more copies when it is full of "nice" stories about Saints and/or SFC fans, so it's not in the interest of the paper to want to print stories that **** people off just for the hell of it (not to mention possible legal implications of throwing in irrelevant information into police appeals, just for the sake of some supposed vendetta).
  4. He emailed me at the address I gave earlier (dan.kerins@dailyecho.co.uk). I plan to leave the office in the next 10 minutes though, so you'll have to be quick else it won't be read until Monday.
  5. The reason they are seldom used in their own right as the basis of a story is that there are other things that need the space in the paper such as a match report, match reaction etc. It's much more efficient to use them as part of a related story rather than an entire story themselves. The polls are also quite obvious online, so it is not necessarily the best use of my time to write an article about something readers can clearly see for themselves, although I'm willing to try it should there be an appetite amongst readers. As for correcting the reading that fans means all fans, that's what why we say exactly who they are. As for the earlier suggestion of just naming them rather than giving them a title, the title places them in context. For example, the inclusion of the word SISA has instantly made many on here know exactly who you are talking about (and also why I assume there has been no comment on the other fan's comment in the paper - he is not a person known in wider circles as I assume he has no affiliation to any groups. Had he been a member of the Trust, SISA, whatever, I imagine his comment would have garnered a lot more attention. All readers have their opinions on these groups - by attaching the titles, we give them the information to form their own judgement on what they make of what is being said - they may not know the names of the individuals, but they recognise the groups. Right I promise to leave this well alone now as I'm still in the office and really have to get home!
  6. I don't know off the top of my head (we have published the numbers in the last year though.). It's irrelevant, really. The Echo website has far more registered users than this forum does. Does that make it a better gauge of fan's opinion? I don't think it does. It's just different.
  7. Kraken, we already do all three of the points you raise. We often, (a few times a week) have columns written by fans. Usually, these tend to be letters from fans that are actually quite lengthy and articulate. As you alluded to, the main article on the same page as the story about SISA in today's edition is one of these pieces (it gets about twice as much space on the page as the article about SISA does) and they always have the "Fan View" logo on them (or the page, if there is more than one). That's before we get on to the regular the columns in The Pink by Daren Wheeler and Neil Gosney, and the normal Saints letters from readers. We also print a large number of comments from our site, especially in The Pink and in Monday's paper. We also have a number of polls on the site (I know, I'm the one who uploads them and sets the questions). Usually these are in the most relevant article and the front page of the Saints' section and change a couple of times during the week (the current one is about what people make of the appointment of Adkins, which I uploaded on Sunday night), or even on the front page of the entire site, if the story is big enough. Then the result is often referred to in any follow-up story, though seldom as a story in its own right. If people contact us contemporaneously with a counter argument (that isn't just a vitriolic rant against the individuals, as these things often are I'm sorry to say) it will get printed, or at the very least considered for publication. That's why we often ask for readers' opinions and comments in the paper, and why we have a comment section on www.dailyecho.co.uk. Comments on the website often tend to be too short or have too many obscenities though, to base an entire article on (and emails to the posters often go unanswered). As for the "fans' chief" comment - they are in charge of organisations (relatively small ones, admittedly) of fans. A headline is often limited to about twenty characters, so to explain the nuances of their position in the big scheme of things is not appropriate - that is what is done in the article, by saying something like "Joe Bloggs, secretary of the Fan club". People often assume that the word "fans" means all fans. I've never understood why. No-one has passed comment on the article by Aidan Mills from North Baddesley on the same page as the SISA article (despite it being twice as big and neither being online), and to my mind is perhaps a bit more controversial than the SISA article. People will remember that we printed something about SISA today, they won't remember Aidan's piece, so the assumption is we only ever print SISA's opinions and no-one else's - when it clearly isn't the case. Engaging works two ways. If more people come to us, the more opinions we will have to publish.
  8. You have to be prepared to offer opinions too. More often than not they contact they paper, rather than the other way around, but once you become known as often being available and able to speak your mind, then you'll be in the paper and you'll be considered someone worth calling for opinions when the need arises. Send me your number now along with the dates you're back, to make sure neither of us forgets.
  9. I've always replied whenever anyone has asked me a question like that, provided I have seen it. Apologies if I've missed it, but in future it may be best to contact me directly. As I've said previously, they give their opinions and then they are printed. Simple as. Like I said last time this came up on here, if anyone else wants to give their opinion, PM me your mobile number and I'll pass it on to the sport editor (no-one did last time I made that offer). It really is a case of more the merrier. The paper prints the opinions of individual fans; if they have a title attached to them as part of some organisation, then so be it. It doesn't for a single second mean their opinion is worthy any more than anyone else's (for example, my column in the Pink/Echo site is no more important than what anyone else says - it's just a load of nonsense spouted by yours truly). I'm not aware of the Echo ever referring to SISA as the voice of the fans (or the Trust for that matter). Steve Grant is regularly quoted in the paper too, and I don't see anyone (on here) complaining about that. We also print lots of comments taken from the Echo site. Being in the paper just means your opinion was considered interesting or relevant, or you have done (or are planning) something newsworthy. Simply being published in the paper in no way implies endorsement of any kind. As for the story in today's paper, if it was any other group of Saints fans organising a meeting in the city, then it would be published too (assuming the Echo is informed, which doesn't always happen). It's an event that is happening and that fact is reported. As I know from experience, people often tend to infer things that aren't there in articles (I've often been accused of favouring both sides of a debate in the same article). I hope this sort of (hurriedly) explains the situation. I really, really don't want to get drawn into more debates about the Echo on here (I spend all day getting abuse on the Echo's own site as it is, so don't want to start again on here, in my own time!) so will just say, if anyone doesn't like the people who give their opinions in the paper, then please send me a DM/email (dan.kerins@dailyecho.co.uk) with your real name and a mobile phone number and I'll get you added to the list of fans who are happy to give their own opinions, when I'm back in the office next week.
  10. They don't need to. Most defamation cases in the UK are civil rather than criminal, so it just has to be more than likely that it was you, rather than proven beyond all reasonable doubt. And of course, the website and its owners would also be liable for your comment.
  11. The Crucial website has a "scan my system" option which will tell you what type of memory your system uses. I guess if both come up the same type you can swap them over. http://www.crucial.com/uk/
  12. The FIFA website is a bad example as it is the 'official line' from FIFA. It is the equivalent of Saints' official site - a marketing tool designed to show the organisation in as positive light as possible (understandable and fair enough, I guess). All the other media in the covering the World Cup however mentioned and showed images of the offside Argentinian goal and Lampard's shot - because they were unhindered in doing so. Now, if FIFA controlled all images/footage, would anyone outside those in the stadium have seen either event? The match reports on the FIFA website suggest not. References to North Korea are OTT, but there is certainly a risk of 'censorship' for want of a better word. 'Sanitising' is probably a more appropriate way to describe it.
  13. A US judge has just ruled that it is perfectly legal.
  14. Sorry, you seem to misunderstand me. SaintsFCpics.com has nothing to do with newspapers - it was/is just a vehicle for the club to make a profit on their pictures by selling photos to the general public - something no newspaper is allowed to do with photographs they take inside football grounds. It has no impact/control over what images the press used. Edit: It seems the service still exists: http://www.saintsfcpics.com/
  15. The Football DataCo agreement means newspapers cannot sell any images they take inside football grounds, without the express permission of the home club. Most clubs have their own facility to sell photos, anyway - saintsfcpics.com was Saints' one. Don't know if it still exists or not. I imagine so.
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