Posts by Chris G 6754 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Oct 2007
I often wonder if the 'accidental' misbilling by certain phone companies is a ruse to get interest free loans from unsuspecting customers.
It happens often enough and to sufficiently large numbers that it probably adds up to millions a year.
I have had mistakenly high bills on and off from every company I have ever dealt with, oddly, I have never had a mistakenly low bill.
As far as political statements are concerned, virtually everybody I speak to, Spanish, English or otherwise doubt the veracity of what they are being told.
It doesn't seem to matter about the source either, previously reliable or unquestioned newspapers or TV channels are all looked upon with doubt equal to that applied to well known propaganda outlets.
Now, I wonder who we should blame for that?
Between more tariffs being handed out willy nilly, GM joining the junk bond club, Fannie and Freddie Mae likely to be sold off to the same players that kicked off the last crisis, the Fed spiralling interest rates down past hells gate while the rest of America is borroing itself to a standstill, you may get your wish for a crisis but I don't think it will stimulate PC sales.
Personally I have started growing potatoes and stockpiling tinned food.
Adding to the potential for increasing bias or lack of flexibility, is the fact that, at street level, particularly with younger speakers who then take the idioms of youth with them as they mature. Language evolves and frequently what may have been rude before becomes an acceptable part of every day speech.
The regular language and even subject matter on TV such as the Graham Norton show for example, would have caused all kinds of trouble back when I lived in the UK.
How does an AI stay updated to the constant evolution of language.
Aside from it not really being intelligent.
ID cards are fine in places like France or Spain where I live but in the UK they would rapidly become an abused millstone around the necks of the British people.
Also when I tried to get my name taken off the deeds to the house I lived in twenty years ago in the UK, it was a nightmare. The courts had failed to log my passing the house over to.my ex at the time of the divorce, in the following twenty years they had also mamnaged to lose one or two other bits and pieces.
Cue thirteen months of paper based hoop jumping because in Spain everyone has got their act together on bills and identity but nothing any kind of official in the UK would recognise, even I was doubting my identity after a while.
I have had a couple of clients who didn't understand the concept of the recycling bin, perhaps the bin image doesn't quite register with them.
I had another who kept everything in one folder in My Docs because he then knew where everything was!
In his defence, he was over 70 and struggling to run a small business.
Most of the issue about Huawei is about fair trading, it's not fair that they hold a large number of 5G patents, can undercut American companies and have an unfairly large hold on the industry world wide. So the US is doing what it always does with foreign competitors who are a threat to its hold on world markets, that is, everything they can to bring it down as they can't control it. Of course the security issue is also important, the monopoly on that should also be US based with a little help from sidekicks with 'Special Relationships'.
We just got carried away.
Twitter's attitude and that of all the other businesses that have played fast and loose with people's private information always reminds me of the wedding massacre in the Holy Grail.
Potential profit and advantage outweighs injury by a long stretch.
"Let's not argue about who killed who, this is a happy occasion and Lancelot is an honoured and very influential guest.........."
It seems (a little late to the party) that for politicians, IoT and 5G have just become the next big thing.
Even Boris' speech to thr UN was largely a about concerns over society, privacy and their relationships with new tech.
I hate to admit it but his speech was actually quite vood and well informed.
It seems as though all the politicians have suddenly woken up and realised the IoT is a thing that can impact their careers and election chances, still don't trust a single one of them to actually produce anything of genuine value to the nation though.
Anyone know what Rees- Mogg's Nanny thinks of the Internet of Things?
They is commonly used in the singular, e.g. ' I don't t know who left this wallet here but they are going to be unhappy when they find it missing'.
I don't subscribe to other people's codes of conduct, I have my own.
Regardless of gender, self identified or otherwise, or race, religion etc I treat everyone with reasonable respect unless they demonstrate it is undeserved.
I don't care if a 250lb body builder has a huge beard and wears a tutu, I do care if he/she/it is rude to me or sits on my lap.
My wife would be furious.
If I let it. As it is, I have it connected to a Hotbird dish and nothing else since that provides more than enough TV for me, I probably average less than 1 hour a week looking at the goggle box.
I do get untargetted ads if I watch a youtube vid on my phone but otherwise I have little idea of what's for sale in the world without going to a shop,or looking for a specific item.
I agree with most of what you say but the UK will not be rejoining Europe, in a few years it will have become a satellite economy of the US, the NHS will be dismantled, the the welfare state will be allowed to fall into disrepair and there will no longer be any singularly British businesses of a y consequence.
The US must be loving brexit because it leaves Europe weaker as a competitor and Britain as hanging fruit ripe for the picking and with no real economic strength to resist.
brexiteers are going to reap the whirlwind.
" The chances of a recession everywhere are increasing"
Brexit is a side issue and a distraction as far as a wider recession is concerned, really Brexit is just another stick being thrown on to what could become a not so merry blaze.
With certain people peeling bananas with their feet while signing trade and other war executive orders with their hands willy nilly and also printing money as fast as it is possible to do, we just need one or two little things to push everything over the edge.
Then UK woes with Europe will be insignificant as the world will go into overdrive rescuing too large to fail corporations while everyone else stuggles to survive.
Interviews are a two way street.
Not only for an employer to decide if they wish to hire an individual but also for the individual to decide if they want to work there.
I have declined a few jobs due to them not meeting my requirements.
As for Unilever or anyone else using this tech, they are limiting themselves to a narrow selection of corporate clones and I hope they reap from what they are sowing.
They sound like the kind of company that will send you a cardboard box via the janitor and an email telling you to clear out your desk because you are smiling too much/not smiling enough in company time.
"Two thirds of 5G related patents"
And there you have it, the main reason why they are trying to throttle Huawei to death.
Similar reasons apply to the trade warwith China, the US can't remain competitive or innovate as fast as China is, so they are trying to smother the competition.
IP54 is not particularly weatherproof, my phone is IP68 and will take pics under water, this dog is not going to do well in a thunderstorm, is slow and underpowered.
What happened to the one with a two stroke engine? More power and much scarier.
At least this dog doesn't stop to pee on everything, and probably doesn't sniff crotches.
Apparently it can be leased for less than the price of a car, whatever that means.
Anyone leased a Bugatti Veyron lately?
It's not only digital receipts but also totally digital money. There are strong lobbies at the fed and the Euro bank to digitise all money, then you won't need a receipt, your entire existence will be visible to almost anyone who has an interest what you bought, when you bought it and probably some marketeer will come up with an algorithm that will give an idea of why you bought it based on allbthe other info they have stored.
With my drawer full of receipts, I can access them at any time simply by opening the drawer, there is no boot up time then accessing the relevant program. If I need to go back to a retailer for any aspect of customer service I can put the receipt in my pocket and show it immediately, plus in the event of needing it in a SHTF and it's dark situation, all I need is a candle.
A further thought before leaving a shop after a purchase, if I had no choice but digital, I wouldn't leave the counter to until I had received the digiceipt.
Hmm! How many actions by previous prime ministers have been unlawful and can we pursue them retroactively to obtain justice?
Tony, I'm looking at you (among others).
This particular ruling just illustrates how much of a chancer Bojjer is, maybe we should give the Slender Man a chance, what could go wrong?
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