Posts by Chris G

Re: New all time favourite

Absolutely! Pure 'Carry on ' gold.

Re: Why don't they join the ends?

@Muscleguy

Your cooker/range supply has had to be seperate supply and fuse/breaker and at least 25amps for years now, in fact it might even be higher by now ( I have been out of the UK for the last twenty years).

I have a cooker socket in my Spanish house that is on the same circuit and breaker, as several sockets and a couple of lights, a Brit sparks would have a fit looking at that.

Re: And it's all based on ALLEGATIONS!

https://www.tulsi2020.com/issues/reports-chemical-attacks-syria

Re: You win some, you lose some.

All investment, whether it's differentials, shares or stashing gold and money under the mattress, is all gambling and gamblers always blame luck, the weather, the gods or even the woman who read the chicken entrails that day but they never blame themselves.

That is why successful professional gamblers are few and far between.

@JohnMurray

"training all staff annually in data and security protection

monitoring our platform to keep your personal information secure

following good practice guidance provided by the National Technical Authority

always using legally binding agreements with all organisations we use

having security and confidentiality policies in place across the organisation, to which staff must agree before they’re given access to personal information

restricting access to personal information to only those staff who need access to perform their role"

And not one of those bullet points constitutes any kind of anonymised, encrypted security.

That list is the weedling equivalent of' Oh we really really promise to be very careful with your data, honest, cross our weasel hearts!'

I checked because I could not remember the details; Tacitus wrote about Anglesey in the 1st century AD shortly after Suetonius the general who finally defeated Boudicca had gone to Angelsey to finally rid Britain of the Druids. Roman soldiers, a superstitious lot were scared of the Druids and tales of them making human sacrifices and practicing necromancy.

The Druids had their main religious centre on Angelsey and were pretty much killed to the last man so Druidism went way before Christianity hit Britain's shores.

What was interesting was one of their rites was to sacrifice kings, people chosen to be a king and prepared solely for sacrifice, some of the bodies found have broken bones holes in the skull and other horrific injuries that appear to have been inflicted while the victim was alive.

We have quite a few leaders today who could be sacrificed to gain favours from the dogs.

Re: Other ways the world would be safer....

Perhaps it is time to build the Matrix for real, it can power google who in turn can give you a full and safe virtual life.

Re: So...

His words " "The good news is that, if life is long enough, you can learn... "

To see a way to make a profit from something you saw as an enemy.

Re: Interesting but .....

Dielectrics for rack cooling currently come in two main types

; single phase and two phase, the single-phase that I have read about is non toxic, has a high flash point and is comparatively long lived, because it is single-phase and doesn't boil off it ca be used in the form of a coolant and consequently open to easier maintenance than a system using sealed containers.

Still a bit more effort than a fully open rack though.

Re: What's the right answer ...

I have maybe a dozen icons on my desktop and if I am feeling particularly frivolous, I might have ten or so tabs on one monitor and a couple on the other.

I do like chrome, lots of it, on a '57 Chevy.

"In all honesty, governments need to decide if targeted advertising is legal or not"

In all honesty, governments can have access to the data, if they decide they need it, so governments have a source of tracking info that costs them nothing and is managed for them by somebody else who likely does a better job of it than most governments will.

Don't expect laws against it any time soon by a government near you.

Re: we obviously also cannot trust what it might spit out when asked for "tea."

" hot milk"

If the temperature was over 60C I will be amazed, nowadays I even ask for 'cafe caliente' (hot coffee) because it is so often luke warm.

"Time for "Operation Enduring Saturnian Freedom"?"

So, how exactly do you bring democracy to a hive of giant bees ruled by an Apigarch?

Re: Huh?

If the car didn't already have one, I have always purchased a locking fuel cap and keep the key for it with the ignition key. Left the cap off? No ignition key to start the car and drive away.

That became a habit after buying three replacement fuel caps for the same car in the '70s.

Re: Local wildlife

In the UK, it would be a challenge to chavs in hoodies to find a way to nick Spot, tracking them down via their Faecbook video posts wouldn't be too hard though.

Possibly fitting Spot with an energised exterior as an anti molestation strategy could be amusing.

Edited to suggest mounting a BRRZZZTT! cattle prod for self defence would also be amusing.

Re: It'd be fascinating

Presumably, no publicity is bad publicity.

People hear ' Everyone's using Zoom!' and the flock follows.

Re: Wanamaker was an optimist

I usefd to negotiate my own deals and provide the artwork and copy with my two local papers.

It's surprising how far you could push them from an initial offer.

Re: You will obey!

Updates that break things?

You must be talking about WinD'ohs

Re: Russia and China...

If Elwood thinks Russia is ever likely to become subservient to China, he us too dumb to be even an MP.

Re: X Æ A-12

That reminds me of an earlier thought, if it's a boy Sue and if it's a girl Ghengis; they'll develop character as they grow.

I get the impression that Scientology is only dangerous to your bank account and sanity if you are a cult member.

There's a lot of other silly cults that are more dangerous to the world in general.

Maybe Cruise wants to make a Space opera about Xenu.

Re: Space (depending on which definition you're using)

Jeremy could go with them to present the show, I still haven't really thought it through so the return part is yet to be decided on.