Posts by Chris G

I would hake to think El Reg would kipper secret from us.

Re: Inconsistent with Boeing values

Ooh! 2 down votes, does someone at Boing read El Reg?

And yes the typo is deliberate.

Re: 'You brought nothing to the party but a six pack of regret?'

"Meg Whitman liked a little country"

I assume that would be somewhere like Lichtenstein or some other tax haven she would like to buy.

Re: "Lightsaber"

Spelt is one of the earliest varieties of wheat, dating back to around 5000BC.

Re: No release date...

That's older than that, I received a Round Tuit birthday card in the '60s.

Anyway with this idea it's a case of Phone a Round...

Re: We're still catching up to the NASA of the 1960s in many ways

"The main problem nowadays is the LACK of "almost unlimited budgets"."

That would all change if the Moon or Mars was covered in disgusting bugs, particularly if they had oil.or an equivalently useful resource, the military would take over and the budget would extend as needed.

@ Marketing Hack

I would also recommend using your newly acquired clandestine spying abilities to find out as much dodgy info about your bosses and the establishment and to find a very secure place to keep it. Also keep it in such a way that it all becomes public if anything untoward happens to you.

Re: Having to switch due to the number of participants.

Of course we can trust our elected representatives.

We can trust them to have been nowhere near the integrity line when it was being handed out.

Re: Hum

The app supposedly can provide all of my banking needs online, fortunately, I live in the boonies and my nearest branch is a Rural (has farming services) branch so is mostly empty but even if customers are in there I rarely nee to wait more then 10 minutes or so before I can talk to a human if need be.

The ATMs are still on Win7 as far as I can tell, they drop in and out of service on a whim and at times whatever link they are on slows down to about 1byte/s so I have little confidence in the likelihood of the app being any better, in addition to which, I feel the continuing move to online banking everywhere just means less and less service and the total removal of humans in the loop .

@Andy 73

"Given HMRC's antagonism towards contractors over the last few years"

'The last few years' dates back to the '60s (at least) and the Construction Industry 714 exemption certificates. the Inland revenue as it was has always wanted everyone to be either a full on registered business or a PAYE employee, they have no interest in, nor understanding of, why contractors may be useful to commerce in general, they just seem to think contractors are getting away with something even if they don't know exactly what it is.

Re: Personal tech?

More of a Bootee note.

And don't call call me Shirley!

I get the feeling that, with the right kind of 'lobbying' Pai would invest in, and extoll the virtue of Clacks towers across the US.

Re: Tech Exec Clink.

@Kibble 2 The gulags have pretty much all gone.

There are still prisons though.

A friend of mine lives close to where one of the old gulags were in Siberia, everything was demolished and ploughed in during the '90s.

Re: Streisand Effect

I would go for that too, stuff paying the USG before they pay for all the illegal slurping they have done.

Re: It's the most (energy) wasteful time of the year

Probably too late for this Crimbo but AliExpress et al do loads of controllers for lighting a mate of mine had a set up for a complicated art installation that controlled a huge array of LEDs and actuators the controllers cost him a bit under 100 euros, they are probably cheaper now.

Amazon do them and there are loads of Toobs instructional videos.

Re: I notice that...

I notice that this psychotherapist has written a book based on a small 20 person sample in which each was interviewed for 90 minutes, so not enough time for even the best of psychotherapists to determine anything positive about anything at all aside from how many people she interviewed and for how long.

Aside from the fact that it has generated some great comments she was hardly noteworthy. As a psychotherapy paper, it isn't noteworthy, as something to get her noticed and consulted by people who don't know any better, she has probably done herself a great service with a marketing piece.

Re: Those kids would starve without work

"And 'western' nations are happy to do business with them because hey, if not them it would be China, right?"

Western nations are happy to do business with them as things are because if things became fully fledged industries with adult workers with living wages and rights, those goods would either eat into profit margins or make the end goods too expensive and so reduce the market.

Fighting poverty in Africa means us western consumers paying the just price of ethically produced materials, think how expensive your 5G Ithings and EVs would be if your consumerism was supporting a standard of living in China, Indonesia and Africa etc that was equal to that of us Westerners.

Re: And this is why...

For the average Eurolock, just push any key that will slide in to a point about two thirds in, apply torque to the key and give it a tap in with a hammery type object. The tumblers will bounce to neutral and the lock will open, takes a little practice but once you have the knack.....

Courtesy of Da Toobs!

That's why I spend a little more on my home security!

Re: Amazon is Evil

I have stopped buying from Amazon, I find their prices higher than alternative sources, can find much of what I want direct from Ali Express (since so many products are made in China) at a cheaper price and free shipping, the only downside being a longer wait. But even the shipping is getting faster now they are stocking warehouses in Europe and other places.

I must say though, I don't know what Ali pays like.

Re: Reward for each Killer Electron caught and jailed. -------->

'Killer electrons'

Maybe I'm just a miserable old sod but physicists using a phrase like that, are they so desperate for tabloid coverage?

Highly energetic would do.

On second thoughts, are there wanted posters with descriptions out for these Killer Electrons and how much is the reward?

Re: Judge is correct.

Investors and VCs have proved countless times that, in the face of an investing furor they have no sense of or abilty with maths.

Re: Taking Umbrage ...... is a Serial Mortal Sin ...... and Voracious Viral Vice..

I am sure this position does not come without some serious positive vetting, including someone with an arm length rubber glove.