Posts by Trollslayer

UK contributions

How much has the UK paid to prop up Grexit, bribing Eastern European countries - sorry subsidising - to join the EU?

This from thieves

The Republicans treat the people of the US as a piggy bank.

The Tax Bill reduced corporate tax from 35% to 21% plus directors can 'pass thought' their money from the company at corporate rate so they have halved the tax on that.

Congress + WiFi =

More stupid little ego games.

Does anyone have some Etch-a-Sketches they can have as laptops?

In polite terms

It is extracting the urine.

Six letter words

scare Trump and the cyber czar used words long than eight!

Epson

Inkjet.

Good printer and works just fine with third party cartridges.

Yet another reason

not to move to the US.

The UK isn't perfect but this is typical with regulation.

There are even state unions for all kinds of things such as 'nail technicians' which are basically run by gangsters who get away with massive membership fees.

I used to be ambivalent about leaving the EU

But this petty dictatorship over domains shows the EU at it's worst.

There is an EM drive in orbit

Remember that earlier this year a pair of satellites were launched, one with a conventional motor and one with an EM drive.

Let's see how it works in practice.

COCOM strikes again

Remember the Reagan era?

COCOM was supposed to be about security but it was about denying people important components.

Is anyone surprised when it turned out to include basic logic devices? I ended buying Japanese parts and US equipment manufacturers of many kinds had trouble exporting their products.

The US

For sale to the highest bribe

The usual

Someone makes a decision despite not knowing anything about how it is to be done or if it can be done.

The important thing is to make a decision when you said you were going to make a decision.

Universal Credit

NHSfIT

CrossRail

I have known at least one system for HMP establishments which could never work - I know because I had to redesign it for one site.

Service as normal

As long as you get away with thing it is OK.

Like the lack of prosecutions from Hillsborough.

Let the fines begin!

Up to four percent of turnover.

Word process tax

To subsidise typewriters!

Good idea

I learned a few weeks ago form someone involved in aircraft satellite comms that now in China the comms needs to be routed via their ground stations while in Chinese airspace.

Technology isn't magic

This message still gets ignored.

Unsigned code?

We produce an Android based product at work and production apps must be signed with the production key.

Hate to tell you

but the microwave antennae in an aircraft cannot be aimed into the cabin areas, it would be a liability.

I have seen one as well.

Who needs Zorro?

We have El Reg!

Smart cars

are becoming a dumber idea all the time.

How about

Training the AI to spot paedophile priests?

Antennagate

'nuff said.

This article

is what take El Reg from extremely good to great.

IBM hasn't been IBM for a very long time

I visited the San Jose site a couple of times in 1999 and that was the IBM I know.

This is some corporate parasites.