Posts by JetSetJim

Re: Sticky back

> Difficult for pickpockets to pickpocket it..

Difficult for owners to remove it from pocket...

Re: Well done SpaceX

At this time this sped up video is not on Youtube for some unknown reason - apologies for any trauma caused to ppl visiting FB when they don't have an account. A few folks have posted cuts of the real-time landing, which are about 3 mins long, but I can't find a sped-up variant of this landing, only one of the Falcon-9 first stage landing

> Presumably only a UK phone can generate a CLI number itself? BT should not allow a CLI to be different from its allocated number unless pre-registered.

On the first part, you can configure asterisk servers and the like to do it, I'm told, and with VoIP it's almost trivial.

In the UK, Ofcom publish rules much like you surmise on how to use CLI, but it is possible to work around them by using an out of country service as it then becomes an issue for how trusted is the relationship between the two organisations. But there are legitimate usages of an out of country service spoofing an in country phone number - e.g. off-shored call centres regularly do this.

I'm sure more can be done with this network-to-network authentication of CLI information, and I wouldn't be surprised if standards have been written on the topic - but I'm not in that field...

Re: Hmm...

Not forgetting the potential to include acrophobia, agorophobia and claustrophobia

Re: Cat litter + evidence

> I thought kitty litter absorbs smells?

YMMV, IMHO. Some do, some don't - it may depend on the brand and the cat's diet. Plus the stuff itself may not smell that good to start with (albeit better than cat shit).

Hopefully it goes without saying that the cat litter should be unused to be effective!

Just watched the Top Gear segment from 2009(?) - not the one I remember, but hey ho. At least they did some honest reporting on braking distance, so excluding the "thinking distance" part.

Re: IoT (Internet of Travel)

It would be nice to see a study into the possible points of failure of the system (satellites do occasionally go boom), as I'm sure has been done, plus what failover mechanisms would be mandated/advised.

I wonder if Elon will enter the market, too.

Re: Don't see the point

The cops in the warzone don't much care about finding out what's on your photos ... so will confiscate your camera encrypted or not.

What these journos really need is an invisible camera or one that looks exactly like a camping stove.

Completely agree, the images of Tank Man were smuggled out by hiding the film while handing over a sacrificial film, for example. If an official can't figure out what's on a media card, it'll just get confiscated/destroyed. Punishment to the journo will depend on the civility of the country...

Re: Former palsterer?

For some reason I'd remembered him as a double glazing salesman - perhaps that was merely my brain playing tricks on me because of his glasses, but you're right, he has a building business in Gloucester, according to the Telegraph (I can imagine it being stated as Chelt elsewhere to give it a better image, though). Fascinating chap, though.

Re: And we wonder why no-one in government has a clue...

On the topic of his knowledge, I guess at least he has worked in telecoms (albeit probably not intechnical roles according to a brief bio that notes his degree in History, and work roles of "account manager", "practice consultant" and "practice leader".

I was amused by "a more informed Parliament could allow it to make bolder, more creative decisions about the market" as I could see Jim Hacker saying something like that, much to Sir Humphrey's disgust.

Re: andy265

I'm seeing the same symptoms on my wife's win10 box connected to a gigaclear router. Fixed by clicking the "connect to network" button in network settings, but no idea if it will come back...

Re: Time to bring in the drones

> I would have thought (if practical) some sort of regular boat service to the beach just to fill the arsehat's vista with as many untidy surfers and hippies as is humanly possible. Good surfing might preclude being able to easily get there by boat though...depends upon the terrain.

I'm sure a hovercraft could make it at the right time of day, looking at some photospheres available on Streetview taken down on the beach. Make sure to bring loads of booze & barbecues and loudspeakers and party while you wait for surf to come up.

What's a bit confusing is that going down Martin's Beach Road (streetview pictured in the article about his novel legal strategy), there are about 40-odd houses on the beachfront in that bay. So either that isn't the beach we are looking for, or that vc chap bought all of them too, as surely they'd have access rights along that road.

Re: You can't do that ...

It would be interesting to know the implications of *if* the IRS finally finish their audit during the next presidential term and come to the (unlikely) conclusion that Drumpf was deliberately and convincingly a crook, would it be possible to throw him in jail (although he's much more likely to enter into "negotiations" as to his tax liability under such circumstances).

Would he then publish his returns, too?

RIPA meatiness

> Perhaps we just need to point out that the RIPA contains traces of beef.

perhaps not beefy, but I suspect plenty of pork may be involved when it comes to contracts

Re: Redundancy

Oops - typo:

"all in the same conduits"

Re: Pigeons @Lost All Faith

> I think that 90 MPH is peak transmission speed, not average throughput.

The source I linked to in my post states:

Racing Homing Pigeons have been clocked flying 92.5 mph average speed on a 400 mile race.

Re: Hype

It's additional to LTE, not present in any of the 3gpp specs for it. Ergo it needs shoehorning into the lte specs as the infrastructure for "eTETRA" is lte. These features are requirements of the emergency services that are/were not present in the lte specs. That's all I've been saying, however flippantly

Re: That's a lot of code

I wonder what percentage contain merely curly braces (opening or closing), or if this is supposed to exclude such lines

Re: Not competent?

> The last 10% of a network costs the same as the first 90%, so your villages and remote locations will be more like £400 a month unless some kind of subsidy comes into play, which sees your £40 become £80.

I am in a village, not in a town, and not particularly close to any major town. Population less than 600. And there's no subsidy involved.

Re: The question is...

> Is this modern version of a Mad Max car chase worth £79/year?

On its own, possibly not. I understand Amazon video comes with more than that, though. Still, it's cheaper than a Sky subscription, which seems to bottom out at £20/mo for their crappiest 270 channels