Posts by JaitcH

If it's OK for Microsoft ...

I guess Apple felt that it, too, could plunder other peoples IP rights, just as it did with the Xerox developement work that was adopted by Apple for it's GUI.

E-government a British failure

Communicating with any government department is hard enough; the British government makes it that much harder.

Little wonder people resort to bricks and bombs to wake Whitehall up.

Ahem, Defence Industry, the U.S. government is broke

Why does the U.S. defence industry find it hard to understand that the Pentagon, and the U.S. government, is a little short of cash?

Updating his medical knowledge?

Maybe this doctor was simply keeping up with his medical knowledge by reading high profile cases.

This proves the N.H.S. data records are not secure. I vote to keep mine on paper.

We stopped using Adwords

as Google never paid us.

It's good to know they were gentlemen

I was pleased to read that fould language was banned in their forum. They must be gentlemen, albeit gentlemen thieves - like Members of Parliament.

Dumb lawyers - crippled browsers.

These dummies should have adopted a decent browser to avoid the Chinese and use a decent web host who keeps updated with patches.

We have electronic meter reading

for electricity, hot water and heating/cooling.

Even if the hackers managed to mess up the meter readings it wouldn't make much difference anyway as Provident Energy- Canada charges for the 'hot' water whether it is cold, luke warm or hot. Never had scalding or very hot yet water yet! (Ask any owner in the Accolades)

They hack their own meters I guess.

Internet Explorer?

Do people actually use this piece of junk software?

Bloody lawyers!

The Pirate Bay had the best policy in dealing with the legal freeloaders who write 'threatening' letters.

Ignore them and publish the threatening letters. (Some lawyers even try to copyright court pleadings!)

Pay for codes? Only in Britain.

Canada shows the way! < http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/help/usingfpc.jsf >

By code, by address. F R E E

Oh, we also have a very special one (remembering the format is Letter Number Letter Number Letter Number) H0H 0H0 - its address is the North Pole where a certain guy is very busy at this time of year. (Who aid civil servants don't have a sense of humour?)

Tough - these are international assignments

Th reason that the channels are so widely spaced is to accommodate a wide range of equipment using Amplitude Modulation at VHF.

What are they proposing? FM entertainment radio?

Next they are going demand that each aircraft obtain a UK transmitting licence, eve those from overseas jurisdictions.

And what if the airports gave OFCOM the finger it deserves? Likely they would do nothing as seizing "illegal equipment" would render airports as inoperable as Heathrow with a miserly 2 inches of snow.

Then even the brain-dead Mandy would wake up and realise that this a step too far.

Little wonder the Conservatives are claiming they will disband OFCOM

In North America ...

they had a similar problem with people of African origin - their facial details were hard to determine on TV cameras.

The street lights were the problem so they developed a light that causes dark skin to fluoresce slightly and thereby reveal more of their facial details. These lights are deployed predominantly in neighbourhoods where such people live.

The other potential offered by the discriminating TV is that people of ill intent could blacken their hands and faces and become invisible.

Isn't technology wonderful?

DoD knows about security?

Given that a British guy who is curious about the paranormal and things from afar can poke around in the 'secure' defence computers proves they are incompetent.

The problem with Apple profucts id ...

that jobs thinks he knows what everyone wants or needs. Unfortunately in this he is mistaken.

People should be free to connect or install whatever they want into Apple products, after all the ownership has been transferred from Jobs to the purchaser. I have a non-Apple smartphone product and I have added a keyboard and other goodies.

Another reason id that Apple refuses to honour the terms of its warranty which is serious when you consider that batteries are blowing up and catching fire.

Korean companies honour their warranties to the letter and even beyond.

Canadians can't understand ...

what the wrong type of leaves or the wrong type pf snow has to do with stopping the trains.

We have impressive amounts of leaves that litter the ground every winter and equally we have deep freezes and snow measured in tens of metres in depth. We have 'fluffy' snow, we have sleet, freezing rain yet our trains remain little affected.

Yet our trains plow on without interruption, be they electric or diesel powered.

We have huge snow-blowing machines that clear tracks covered with metres of snow. It is all a matter of being prepared.

How will you manage the Olympics?

Give Plod a Civics Course.

(1) People vote members of parliament;

(2) Biggest winner rules;

(3) Government decides policy and parliament votes its approval;

(4) Government signs international treaties;

(5) Government instructs the police;

(6) Police are supposed to follow the laws of the land and policy.

Since when have the police become the government? This is called police state. When do the police hit squads start killing people they think are guilty but lack sufficient evidence?

Twitters are Twits

Why does everyone want to expose themselves on web sites like this.

Hear about the idiot, whilst robbing a house, logged in on the home owners computer to update his profile?

He was caught, thanks to browser history!

BT was great now an embarassment

In the Second World War (1939-1945 for the youngsters hereabouts) the Post Office Telecomms was leading edge and contributed many technical solutions.

To think that it has degenerated into what BT is today is symptomatic of what ails government endeavors these days - they can't even lay cable on time.

They should subcontract the work to China and let them show BT how to get the job done at a much cheaper price. Perhaps they should also supply the fibre, they undercut most competitors.

As for the Olympics ... the Chinese have already shown how to do it. Money on that the UK fails to better them.

Exploitation equals no morals

That the scum of the computer world should exploit the tragic death of a young woman is to be abhorred.

Little else can be so loathsome.

A new use for protectors/jock straps

After procuring a jock strap and a suitably sized insert (from a sports store) carefully mold some very thin lead around the plastic cup OR, as an alternative several layers of heavy aluminium foil.

This will foil those millimetre skin scanners.

Artistically capable people could use their talents and imagination to 'enhance' the images of their jewels.

I thought pornography was illegal?

Hope Wikileaks servers are secure

Given the Neo-Neo's propensity for violence one has to hope Wikileaks security has been checked, and checked again.

The U.S. Constitution has a lot going for it

The oft mumbled 'freedom of speech' is the one good thing about the U.S. as it allows almost anything to get on-line. That is why the Al Quiadas of the world get hosted there.

Actions like the narrow minded Australian Registrar only drive people to migrate to the .com, etc. domains.

I administer or am webmaster for many domains and I host all my chat-rooms and controversial web site pages in the U.S. where the Authoritarian Wankers can't get their hands on the servers.

BBC programming is failing

BBC sells a lot of programming overseas but sadly the quality if falling as they cater to the lowest common denominator.

And as in common with most network broadcasting everything, except news and sports, seems to be re-runs.

Even Nat Geo and Discovery channels seem to be broadcasting more repeats than original programming.

Now they want to monopolise/dominate the viewer.

Sorry, today's BBC cannot be trusted to act with impartiality. I might be dating myself, but the last BBC Benny Hill series was destroyed when some Twit in Aunties hierarchy found Benny had signed with ITV.

The BBC is too important for it to 'go with the trend' - it should be setting/leading the way and not be everything to everyone. They should also moderate some of the utrageous payscales they use.

Ever heard of cable?

Little wonder that CC details are leaking out over radio links.

The credit card companies, who set security policy, as to blame.

They should insist that all credit card transactions be carried over Ethernet cables aince most frequently all transaction terminals are co-located making wiring a minimum difficulty.

Using WiFi for high security applications is foolhardy.

If you use Fujitsu services ...

maybe you can call them our for every minor glitch, etc. so that Fujitsu will realise treating employees right is important to the company and it's customers.

The U.S. DOD is nuts!

I guess the DoD (Department of Defense) has not learned that the U.S. is broke, as in no money.

This is the way the U.S. government props up Boeing so it can undercut competitors pricing.