Re: "The potential downside of not getting this right is very serious,"
"If you voted to leave you are a) a moron of massive proportions and/or b) a massive xenophobic racist".
Well from my experience about 50% of them are.
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Another Brexit cliff edge: UK.gov warned over data flows to EU
Nearly three-quarters of convicted TV Licence non-payers are women
IETF moves meeting from USA to Canada to dodge Trump travel ban
Eggheads identify the last animal that will survive on Earth until the Sun dies
May the excessive force be with you: Chap cuffed after Star Trek v Star Wars row turns bloody
Google blows $800k on bots to flood the UK with 30,000 'articles' a month
Friday 7th July 2017 09:36 GMT 
Google of all people
Who have just trashed Google news.
Used to be easy, all the headline stories listed, grouped links to other sites where I can browse. Date search as well.
Now it is terrible and all the usefulness gone.
I do like aggregation services as they expose me to new news sites.
Now it is BBC, then one neutral, one a bit trashy, one left wing, one right wing, rather than a nice list of sites over one story.
While USA is distracted by its President's antics, China is busy breaking another fusion record
Extreme trainspotting on Britain's highest (and windiest) railway
Wednesday 5th July 2017 15:03 GMT
Re: 2 attractions now
Pity no blue 26, 27 or 37 anymore
I should be embarrased as the last time I travelled by train in Scotland it was push pull 47s and I went to Kings Cross behind The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.
Currently planning a trip up there starting from Glasgow going to Inverness but it is around 700 miles.
Boffins' five eyes surprise: Bees correct colour for ambient light
Wednesday 5th July 2017 09:11 GMT
Why?
We also have auto white balance (this is what it is).
We do not see ultraviolet because it would damage our eyes long term (filtered out by the lens).
But some of us (I would suggest the majority of ElReg readers) have one thing other animals do not. A superb brain.
So we have good colour vision for a mammal, average night vision (due to good colour), excellent front limb control, OK hearing, poor smell, OK taste. Average poison resistance (rabbits can eat things which would make us ill, we eat stuff poisonous to dogs.) Then we do have hot weather endurance due to sweating.
Bonkers call to boycott Raspberry Pi Foundation over 'gay agenda'
Male escort says he gave up IT to do something more meaningful
Photobucket says photo-f**k-it, starts off-site image shakedown
HMS Windows XP: Britain's newest warship running Swiss Cheese OS
Concorde without the cacophony: NASA thinks it's cracked quiet supersonic flight
The 'DUP' joins El Reg’s illustrious online standards converter
Despite high-profile hires, Apple's TV plans are doomed
Tuesday 27th June 2017 10:16 GMT
Re: Apple Games
Actually I think they would get stomped on by the current makers.
The current 3 all own major studios, they all have deals with the bigger non owned studios. They all own desired IP.
I could not see EA, Activision, nor Ubisoft going to Apple over one of the big three.
I could not see a PS4 owner getting an Apple box, much more likely to get a XB1 and vise versa.
If they already do, more likely to go Switch or gaming PC.
I think Apple know that.
Monday 26th June 2017 09:00 GMT
A few things need to be right
1 - Good material, this means real quality, sourced from producers who know what they are doing. Both Amazon and Netflix have managed this. Personally for me Man in High Castle was worth a watch but The Grand Tour was the clincher.
2 - Widely available, no matter what you have you can get it, this means streaming boxes, games consoles, mobile telephones. I only watch TV if it is on one of the following, if not, forget it. Freesat, Freeview, one of my consoles. TV on a telephone, no chance, PC forget it, I spend all day at work staring at monitors, I want it on my TV.
3 - Easy to buy, Amazon Prime was easy, wife did it on the PC, I literally logged in on the PS4 and was able to enjoy Clarkson Hammond and May just before midnight. I would suggest for Apple to make it even easier to add in support from the main console payment systems.
Oh and for controlling what I watch, easy I don't watch anything with a channel logo, that cuts out a LOT of crap.
We'll drag Microsoft in front of Supremes over Irish email spat – DoJ
WannaCrypt blamed for speed camera reboot frenzy in Australia
BOFH: Putting the commitment into committee
Friday 23rd June 2017 15:57 GMT
TIGASA
My TIGASA list if different to my wifes. No problem, she worries about colours, I worry about the quality and usabilty.
But then at work we all have different TIGASA lists over cars. No 2 owns a kit car I struggle to get in.
Person 1 : is it economical
Person 2 : is it different
Person 3 : is it fast
Person 4 : is it big engined, automatic, and comfy
Person 5 : can they fit all their kids and their friends
Person 6 : is it insurable
So Person 1 gets a cold sweat at the thought of Person 4 getting < 30mpg. Yet Person 4 cannot understand buying a car with a 1 at the front of capacity and only 4 cylinders.
I do tend to upset him a bit by quoting poor consumption and buying fuel because the garage is near rather than cheap.
Cheeky IT rival parks 'we're hiring' van outside 'vote Tory' firm Storm Technologies
Friday 23rd June 2017 15:43 GMT
Re: "VOTE CONSERVATIVE if you believe in free enterprise and progression"
Oh another Merkin confusing UK and US politics.
Democrats occupy a similar place to the UK main three parties.
Republicans make UKIP seem reasonable.
Main difference between our parties is over economic policies and size of government.
Friday 23rd June 2017 09:02 GMT
Think before you vote
Too many do not do this and vote for the rosette.
There is also a lot of friction between Remainers and Brexiteers, one lot very annoyed and the others gloating.
That referendum last year split the country more than anything before.
I have noticed a huge change in voting intentions, the Conservatives has lost a lot of their natural support, but gained some ex Ukipper support.
Labour have picked up a lot of floating and first timers.
Lib Dems, Greens again picked up some floaters.
But the people voting for party X are often different to the previous election.
Queen's speech announces laws to protect personal data
Thursday 22nd June 2017 10:51 GMT
Re: The good news is that she didn't mention Trump is visiting...
I only want him to come.
So he can make a grab for a Royal crotch and get dealt with.
If he survives a kicking from Phil/Charles/William, how about a new residence in the Tower of London?
Or will it be his stupid handshake getting him headshot by the SAS?
F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen on IoT: If it uses electricity, it will go online
Wednesday 21st June 2017 13:46 GMT
Does this mean Talkie Toaster?
I really hope not
"Would you like some toast? Some nice hot crisp brown buttered toast. No? How about a muffin then? Nothing? You know the last time you had toast. 18 days ago, 11.36, Tuesday 3rd, two rounds. I mean, what's the point in buying a toaster with artificial intelligence if you don't like toast. I mean, this is my job. This is cruel, just cruel."
Microsoft admits to disabling third-party antivirus code if Win 10 doesn't like it
Wednesday 21st June 2017 08:11 GMT
Re: '34 years of development - Windows 10 is the result'
As a programmer in a small software house. It comes down often to economics.
We happily went along with MSDOS for years, but customers want Windows.
So get staff skilled in it, rewrite the system, finally got there.
We do not have the staff to rewrite again, but I feel like MS are trying to force us off Windows.
Our software on the Windows OSes which matter (XP and 7) is rock stable, but often crashes on 10.
What have MS changed to cause this?
Up times in months down to uptimes in hours.
WTF MS!
Jaguar Land Rover ropes in Gorillaz to help it lure 5,000 'electronic wizards'
Elon Musk reveals Mars colony rocket capable of bringing pizza joints to the red planet
Software dev bombshell: Programmers who use spaces earn MORE than those who use tabs
Friday 16th June 2017 09:13 GMT
What about the important things?
Vertical lining up
Code MUST under threats of death to the minion have the following.
Assignments over multiple rows.
The := must be in the same column, they MUST line up, if the language/IDE (ancient version of VB I had to look at once) tries to stop it, create all variables with the same number of characters so they line up.
Variable declarations, again columnar and MUST LINE UP UNDER PAIN OF DEATH.
I hope I am not too extreme but I cannot stand wiggly code.
Uber sued after digging up medical records of woman raped by driver
Fighter pilot shot down laptops with a flick of his copper-plated wrist
Hyperloop One teases idea of 50-minute London-Edinburgh ride
Tuesday 13th June 2017 09:34 GMT
Re: History repeats???
It does help when you do run trains at 3 figure speeds.
England and France hold all four absolute records between them.
Steam 4468 Mallard
Diesel 43102 & 43159
Gas Turbine TGV 001
Electric TGV 4402
The US needs a system like the French TGV network. And the British have been running Diesels every day at 125mph for 40 years.
Cabinet Office minister Gummer loses seat as Tory gamble backfires
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