Posts by Jason Bloomberg

Re: Heavy handed treatment for possession of dirt

On a lighter note, how did the astronauts get their trophies past officialdom in the first place?

It was presumably a different place back then, when things were more relaxed, less lawyered-up. I imagine if an astronaut asked if they could keep some physical memento of their ventures it was often simply 'sure, why not'.

Only later did they come to see that The Precious had escaped their clutches and, since then, seem to have ruthlessly attempted to take back everything they can.

Re: I'm wondering...

So is Indiegogo a shop?

We will never know until we have a judgement on that and we won't get that unless someone takes them to court.

I am certain Indiegogo will claim they are not liable for non-delivery and non-completion of ventures, have no obligation to refund, but a court could find differently.

I suspect it was not wanting to risk the court finding Indiegogo liable which had them suggesting they would get backer's money back on their behalf as part of the effort of avoiding disgruntled backers taking them to court.

If crowdfunding facilitators can be held liable for failed ventures that will change the entire landscape of crowdfunding. The best which can come out of this sorry affair is that we may get better legal clarity on what responsibilities and liabilities are for all parties.

Re: The gift that keeps on giving

Sky has nothing to do with the delay or games or the lack of them

I am wondering, if Indiegogo have figured out there's little they can actually do, if they aren't simply hoping one of the big boys might be coaxed into kicking RCL into line and shifting the issue off themselves?

This fiasco isn't playing out very well for Indiegogo and there's a lot at stake.

Re: I'm sorry, but incentives have nothing to do with the economy

The iPod was the result of looking at a new form factor of HDD and thinking 'what can we do with this'?

The iPod came about because Apple looked at what others were already doing and figured out the way to do it much better. And they did an astounding job in doing that, really hit the zeitgeist, deserved the accolades.

Apple and their fans may like to think they are an innovator but they never really have been.

Re: Irish abortion referendum.

For the common market, which was a good thing. We should have kept it.

As a remainer it is what I could compromise on. I believe it is what most leavers wanted and voted for; removing ourselves from the political diktats they didn't like or want and going back to the old 'common market' thing.

That's what Farage and others were promising when they said 'wouldn't it be terrible if we were like Norway and others'. It's what Hannon and others were saying when they said 'no one was talking about leaving the single market', 'only an idiot would do that'.

But then, when leavers had voted for that, it was bait and switch, they were told they couldn't have that. Out meant out, and the common market was classified as being in the EU through the back door so it was never an option.

The irony is that it was 'project fear' which kept warning out meant out. Leave campaigns were telling us this was nonsense because they knew that if people actually knew what they were voting for they never would have.

In that respect leavers are being more screwed-over than remainers are.

Re: Does not compute

You could think of what he's saying this way: It is absolutely fine and dandy to have a company which will only deliver a service to white people but only so long as there's another company which will deliver the same services to non-whites.

Re: I'm convinced they'll deliver.

I'll have your garden up to RHS Gold Standard and your driveway resurfaced next Tuesday for just two grand but you'll have to front-up £500.

'Take the money and run scams' have probably been around ever since anyone had anything which could be taken.

We need to take a serious look at what part crowd-funding facilitators play in misleading investors. Too often it seems they take a bold 'you can trust us that things won't go bad" stance with "but, when they do, that's your problem, not ours' only found in the small print.

Re: Out of sync

I'm surprised at the difference in time between the signals: 2-3 seconds usually.

It's the same with digital TV. Thankfully I'm not an ardent football fan or cheers from the pub next door, when it's world cup season and a goal is scored a couple of seconds before I get to see the shot, might take the shine off the experience.

Re: Did you ever notice...

Maybe the real problem is that these rules, laws and taxes are basically not fit for purpose.

And you are probably right. These kind of scams have been going on forever, happen whenever someone spots a loophole or sees something to exploit.

I don't know why you single out the EEC/EU. Though I could make a guess.

Re: Makes me wonder how much of this goes on at police stations

There is temptation and curiosity everywhere; anywhere where records are held and are accessible.

It is up to people to overcome their temptations and put curiosity aside, backed-up by having systems in place which identifies failures and f appropriately punishes those when they occur.

People have to earn the trust others put in them, but we also have to accept that people are only human and naturally curious, that stupid one-off mistakes do happen in the heat of the moment. The punishment has to be fair and reflect the damage done to trust, the intent, and the consequences.

How about an od-hole? :) (Optical Disc)

Perhaps "chod", a variation on paper "chad"?

Re: Trafalgar Square

London International Airport (YXU). About 3,600 miles.

Re: Security researcher clickbait

You really need to introduce some editorial control over reporting this 'researcher' bollocks.

And preferably before Ben-Gurion University comes along with some wank about how to exfiltrate passenger data by speeding up and slowing down the train to generate a bit stream which can be observed using a satellite-borne camera.

Re: A cunning plan

Yay for short term thinking by Trump - but hardly surprising for a guy who can't even think far enough ahead to know how a sentence he begins will end.

Doesn't every sentence he start end with an exclamation mark?

So sad!