Posts by Velv

Re: Whaaattt? Turning it off and on again is not allowed???

"88.6% of all statistics are made up on the spot" (Vic Reeves)

Re: Hmm 'permanently'...

rather than require it to listen for the "wake word" before listening

Fixed it for you!

Re: ICO huh?

Perhaps the ICO could randomly contact a load of people and find out if they’ve been approached about accident claims?

Re: I'm not.

Fnarr. Being port probed is “wear and tear on my equipment”

Re: Give it 10 years

Judging by the commentary in the article and elsewhere, "boxed" is a loose term

Re: ROFL

Openreach are installing fibre up the walls of the tenements in my street as we speak, so I’m alright

Re: speaking theologically of course...

“This just shows why religion is a load of old wank.”

You forgot to update the title...

Re: Cash is King

You try buying a Mars bar with a £50 note

Re: What about switching the pump off?

Pumps in the UK have physical locks to secure the handle into the holder, or at the very least holes for padlocks.

Call me cynical, but when they track down the 10 "customers" who got free gas I'm predicting they all know the station attendant in some capacity.

Re: That is not what should be regulated

@Pascal Monett there will be a bit of a mess

Do you actually understand the fundamental connectedness of everything?

More than half of the payroll in the UK starts or ends in an RBS group account. Yeah, just let them fail. Doesn’t matter that half the country doesn’t get paid this month, they don’t need to pay for food, energy, shelter, they can take their government refunded money elsewhere when it’s all fixed six months later

Northern Rock was considered “too big to fail” due to the direct impact to the day to day operations of society in the UK, and they had less than 5% of the market.

Re: Simply fit all computers with sundials.

You're not familiar with British weather, are you...

However as the company is currently not in administration/liquidation (i.e. legally solvent) any CCJ issued has the highest chance of being enforced before any other claim against the company (not saying its great, its just greater than unCCJ'd claims). There's a good chance an £800 can be covered by some kind of asset if the High Court Enforcement officers are appointed (e.g. computers, cars, office furniture), although it's probably nearer £1,200 once the fees are added.

Once the business enters administration the claim then joins the other creditors seeking a return.

Yeah, tough.

In the UK all cars go through an annual safety inspection (MOT, Ministry Of Transport test). If they don’t meet basic safety standards they’re not legally allowed on the road. You can still drive them (off the public road), you make your own risk assessment over how that may impact your life versus how much it will cost to fix.

Re: Donate

It’s all Hitlers fault. (so many negative comments, we had to get here some point, Godwin’s Law)

But seriously. Saying “Women Who Code” is segregation is like saying “Alcoholics Anonymous” is segregation. Have they got bouncers on the door keeping teetotallers out? While WHC promote the industry to females they don’t exclude males specifically from their efforts. Some men just have a chip on their shoulder these days.

Re: What do they expect?

What a closed attitude.

Crowdfunding absolutely has its place, small investments in small businesses has existed for centuries, with the Internet opening new opportunities to contact potential investors. And investors is what they are - you risk a small amount of money up front for something later. And therein lies the rub - is it made clear enough what level of calculated gamble the investor is making?

Vapourware? Let’s not forget RCL had previously successfully released the Vega, and had videos of the Vega+, so it was not a wild gamble on Vapourware, it was a relatively comfortable punt.

Shops? I’m pretty sure we’ve all bought something from a shop and been disappointed. Belkin comes to mind for me, won’t buy their stuff again, fairly sure others could name their disappointments. There’s plenty crap everywhere, so a punt on something not quite there could still be a good punt.

Re: Dictionary anyone?

@LucasNorth

RULE BRITANNIA, BRITANNIA RULE THE WAVES

Except we don’t now know exactly where the waves are

Re: Black and white or various shades of grey?

Reading the Judge’s response, it would be difficult to prove the defendant accessed the records illegally, There appears to have been no guidance or policy on the records judges could access, and there were no access controls in place to prevent unauthorised access. A good lawyer, (and she should know a few) has clearly argued that case.

Not saying it’s right, just stating the facts, and as said in the article, the chances of a Jury convicting were practically zero.

From the EE blurb this appears to be different as it is an extension of the wifi calling and uses your existing EE mobile number. There is no additional cost to either the subscriber or the person phoning them, outbound calls coming out of your allowance or at your standard rate.

Apple has provided a similar hand-off between devices on the same wifi for a while. It annoyed the hell out of me when the iPad rang for phone calls so it got turned off sharpish.

(I have no connection to EE)