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The IT police are coming for me......
Posts by Gordon 10
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Supermodel Lily Cole in Impossible partnership with Jimbo Wales, YOU
Chairman grabs CEO's chair at British Airways' IT and comms supplier
You DON'T need a new MacBook! Reg man fiddles with Fusion, pimps out vintage Pro
Angela Merkel's phone was being listened in on by FIVE foreign powers
Four teachers indicted in Steubenville social media rape case
Tuesday 26th November 2013 10:30 GMT
Re: Aha it's the "Mfg, possesion, distribution of CP" that gets them.
In fairness some thought seems to have been given to these laws - well more than in the UK at any rate. The fact that in general (ignoring this case for a sec) a lot of this is treated as juvenile "crime" at least offers a way out without the horrors of permanent attachment to a sex offenders register - suggests that there was a modicome of sanity and common sense present when they were written.
Not to say its perfect, and of course in this case could be abused to get the Jocks off, but at least in general someone had the bravery to say - lets not permanently criminalise kids for sexual exploration.
What's wrong with Britain's computer scientists?
Monday 25th November 2013 15:42 GMT
Re: Not just the young graduates
No offense but my predjudices around a Phd would suggest you are far too academically inclined to deal with the insane vagaries of UK.plc. I'd respect you but I wouldnt employ you.
Now if you were in Germany you would be laughing - most of my colleagues over there are Phd's.
Double standards - probably - but unfortunately true.
Luckily the chances of my doing any interviews in my current job are slim to none, and in the past its been 90% offshore workers.
Monday 25th November 2013 13:52 GMT
Re: Some IT Co.'s based in Ireland.
Good point but you need to be careful with that list. Many of those are small "Emea HQ's" for tax purposes.
For instance afaik the Oracle site in Ireland is smaller that the one in Reading Berks. A quick glance suggests many of them also have UK offices. Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon are all big employers in the Thames Valley, as are Intel are in Swindon and Winnersh. Symantec at Oxford.
And those are just the ones I have driven past.
Gold meddler: Doctor Who is 50 years old TODAY
Lead ONTO your pencil: Bill Gates pours cash into graphene condoms
Doctor Who writers Neil Gaiman and Terrance Dicks talk to The Reg
Hello Warsaw: Greenland ice loss will be OK 'even under extreme scenarios'
Lavabit founder: Feds ORDERED email providers to stay open
The ZOD FILES: Climate documents from 2007 'must stay secret'
Tuesday 19th November 2013 09:24 GMT
Re: Full transparency the only option. @codeusirae
Huh? Thats a very tenous connection. I would say the only reason the climategate hackers should come forward is if it can be shown that they edited or selectively released the docs. Of course to prove that - there would have to be full disclosure from UEA Cru.
If the hackers motives were nothing more than setting data free they have nothing to come forward for. If they were more malign I would wholeheartedly support their detection and prosecution.
But since its the climate researchers work that is being used as a stick to beat the world population and to drive unprecendented levels of change - it should be clear, open and examinable from every angle - especially if the IPCC reports can be shown to be "sexed up" post the initial scientists submissions.
Monday 18th November 2013 18:38 GMT
Full transparency the only option.
If we are to have any faith in the process we must understand it warts and all. I'm sure there will be jackpots in there for the deniers and embarrassments for the warmists a plenty - this should mean very little in the long run - as long as the process is shown to be honest.
Google deletes Maps satellite photos of 14-year-old's unsolved murder
Budget decay kills NASA plutonium drive project
CEO of bloated outsourcing firm Capita quits after 26 years
Schiller: 'Almost everyone' at Apple works on iPhones - not Macs or anything
We've found it – the ULTIMATE man-cave accessory
Bitcoin mining rig firm claims $3m revenue in just FOUR DAYS
Microsoft FAILS to encrypt data centre links despite NSA snooping
Thursday 14th November 2013 13:39 GMT
Re: Yes, but...
Oh dear the application of apathy again. You're effectively shilling for the NSA whether you realise it or not. Its exactly the same as the "we cant change anything - so why bother" arguement that gets trotted out.
Even if they are broken its still worth doing - every decrypt job they run will still consume bandwidth and cpu resources and we collectively have far more resources than even the NSA.
Its not a binary Y/N equation - its an incremental one - we should take every tiny step to make their job as hard as possible.
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Europe, SAVE US! Patriot Act author begs for help to curb NSA spying
Wednesday 13th November 2013 12:40 GMT
Re: I call bullshit
In fairness to Obama (if I must) wasnt this Order issued by Bush? If so I suspect all an incoming president gets is a spreadsheet listing each active executive order with a one line description.
Not saying he should not have done the due diligence but I can understand how it was overlooked. Especially if the summary deliberately obscures the content.
Makerbot vows to plonk a 3D printer in every one of Uncle Sam's schools
Wednesday 13th November 2013 06:46 GMT
Re: "Instead of waiting for someone to create a product for you, you can create your own"
Your point is?I created one of those teethed musical blocks that you scrape a stick over in music lessons and a metal fireplace shovel - neither of which I now possess.
I welcome anything that allows kids to more creative - period. It's not about what you create - its about the opportunities to spark their imagination.
AMD will fling radical 'Kaveri' chips onto streets in January
Wednesday 13th November 2013 06:37 GMT
Re: Good time ahead !
Just how sad do you have to be to be a CPU fanboi? Whilst Im all for a resurgent AMD posting fud and wishful thinking isn't going to make it so.
I can't help feel that AMD is still focusing too much on matching Intels speeds and performance when the bulk of the market now needs performance per watt - something AMD are still massively lagging at.
Ultimate electric driving machine? Yes, it’s the BMW i3 e-car
Three Men in a Tardis
Ten top stories from New Who
Tuesday 12th November 2013 12:35 GMT
Family of Blood FTW
As the article says forget the MacGuffin - it shows the Doctor at his most human and most alien.
The ending is my all time favourite - cant find the orginal monologue text but as Wiki states
"Narrating this conclusion, the son realises that the Doctor was capable of defeating them from the start, but chose to hide instead out of mercy."
The fact that the Doctor would rather run and hide to protect himself and his adversaries from his full terrible power is a massive highlight for me.
As a general rule the best New Who stories have been those that show glimpses of what the 10th Doctor called the Timelord Victorious- a terrifying being capable of almost anything if not restrained by a conscience. Donna Noble alludes to the same thing in the Christmas special around the same period where she says he needs a companion to keep him human.
Boffins agree: Yes we have had an atmospheric warming pause
Tuesday 12th November 2013 09:01 GMT
The language of the authors gives their bias away.
Unless the following is taken out of context it suggests the authors of the paper have forgotten the difference between correlation and causation themselves.
"Paradoxically, the recent decrease in warming, presented by global warming sceptics as proof that humankind cannot affect the climate system, is shown to have a direct human origin"
Since when have statistics on their own shown shown any direct linkage to anything? The only way to do that is in a controlled experiment where you can isolate the key variables then analyse stastistically how they change during the experiment, something that's impossible in the real world.
Colour me dubious - do their methods support their conclusions? Or do their conclusions stray wildly past what they can show stastically?
Amazon CIA cloud row: US judge slaps down IBM as 'manipulative', inferior
Snowden: Hey fellow NSA worker, mind if I copy your PASSWORD?
Snowden leaks latest: BT, Vodafone, Verizon jack GCHQ into undersea fiber
Snowden: Oh, PLEASE let me come to Germany and help Merkel with her phone
Friday 1st November 2013 12:56 GMT
Re: He'd be a fool to go and Germany would be a fool to ask
Maybe/Maybe not. Depends on how its handled.
If the germans have parliamentary enquirys or Grand Juries or something similar its quite possible for Snowdon to agree to testify in return for immunity from Prosecution/Extradition.
That would be a poke in the eye for the Leftpondians.
Apple: SCREW YOU, BRITS ... no unlocked iPhones for you
Friday 1st November 2013 12:49 GMT
Really? Thats why Apple sell zero iphones through their physical and internet Apple Stores.
Now consider every shop and website that is an Apple reseller and potentially can own their little corner of the world market in unlocked iphones.
If the resellers didnt think they could make money for it they wouldnt be clamouring for it.
'Tablet' no longer means 'iPad': Apple share PLUMMETS below 30%
Nokia wins UK patent spat: Quick, let's boot HTC One out of Blighty
Thursday 31st October 2013 12:37 GMT
Conflicted here
On the one hand Im happy to see HTC get a shoeing for their previous behaviour towards both Sendo and Imate.
On the other hand cheering on a part of the Microsoft borg collective makes me feel dirty.
Quick someone tell me if the patent owners are proper Nokia or MS-Nokia before I have to flaggelate myself.
Alien planet is just like EARTH - except for ONE tiny detail
Thursday 31st October 2013 12:32 GMT
Im surprised
That after only observing it for an eyeblink in solar timescales they feel confident enough to make the statements they have. Surely its entirely possible that its on the track to fit the models but that they just dont have enough of a interval of watching it to establish the start and end points accurately.
New Bitcoin exchange launches in the UK
Thursday 31st October 2013 10:45 GMT
Re: Just watch
Your cynism and grabbing for cheap upvotes aside you would realise that banks are already slammed with so much regulation that its effectively a closed market.
For examples- to my knowledge every major UK mobile Telco has looked at getting a Bancking license only to be put off by the capital and regulatory demands - excepting Telefonica who went ahead and even then they have split the risk by partnering with Barclays.
Whether that regulation is effective is another matter - but I can assure you its massive.
Microsoft investors advised: Sack the guy searching for Ballmer replacement
Like iPads? Like stuff called AIR? Here's our REVIEW ROUNDUP-squared
Email-sniffing Linkedin Intro NOT security threat, insists biz network
Tuesday 29th October 2013 12:33 GMT
Re: Yeah, but no.
Far be it from me to defend linkedin but would you like to explain what "Confidental Business" emails are doing in your iphone email app in the first place? Where I work thats a disciplinary offence in itself.
I doubt this app impacts Good or any other segregated BYOD email app.
The linkedin app itself isnt the most useful in itself and I wouldnt touch it with a bargepole but I can see recruiters using it until they realise no-one else is.
Only a merciful BULLET can really save a RHINO, say Texas hunters
Monday 28th October 2013 12:39 GMT
Re: Strange Logic
You kind of miss the point that there are plenty of Rich B*****ds that are simply not going to contribute otherwise. If you are going to be more than an armchair critic - try understanding the world flaws and all - then try to change it. If you dont fully understand why something is the way it is you aint gonna get very far.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
