Posts by A Non e-mouse

Re: Hardly a surprise...

David Nutt is who you are thinking about.

Re: Whisky Class

Maybe they just adapted a Whiskey class boat to test the new propulsion system with? If the modifications aren't too big, it would help keep the cost of the prototype down rather than designing a boat from square one.

Re: 3

I used to be on Three as they had by far the best data packages. I ended up leaving 'cause I just couldn't get signal with them.

Re: Rendevous with Rama

I think that's what Big John (above) was referring to...

Re: And of course...

From a safeguarding viewpoint, this sounds like a massive no-no. If you've ever attended a course on child or vulnerable adult safeguarding, you'll know that the general rule is: Don't be alone with them. That means you need two people to look after the one patient.

It's issues such as this (and the EU ruling that Safe Harbour wasn't very safe) that's prompted companies such as Microsoft to start operating services in Europe via arms length companies. E.g. In Germany, the data centres are run by T-Systems. See Ars.

Re: Colonist motivation

What's really needed is an economic reason to go.

Unfortunately, politicians & financiers don't see "Survival of the human race" as a good use of money.

The problem is that these (and many other unsuitable locations) are now getting very crowded when special trains are known to pass. They've stopped announcing the exact timings of Flying Scotsman services because of people putting themselves in danger trying to take photos.

but for the shrewd who are prepared to put a little effort into thinking, there is always a cheap way in.

Yes, it's called a refurbished phone.

Re: That is small

The last I remember reading, was that around 10nm was the limit with Silicon. How are they managing to shrink the transistors now?

@collinsl

We still manage trains up to every 2 minutes on the Victoria Line of the London Underground

Actually, the Victoria line is now hitting 90 seconds between trains during rush hour. See London Reconnections for (another) excellent article.

Re: How many are actually employed?

To be fair to the Comp. Sci. graduates, at least they're getting a qualification that is vaguely applicable to the modern world.

What about those doing "Classics" or "History of Art" (to name but two). There can't be that many openings for people with useless degrees: I mean, the House of Commons only has 650 seats...

There's also the question as to who are actually making these decisions, what their rules are, appeals against incorrect labeling, etc.

Re: Accident reasons

I believe it was because of this meteorological phenomenon called "Rain". It confused the poor "all weather" drone.

Re: Indeed

and presumably the force removed her limbs as well

Ahh, they got clean ripped off as he pulled her body out of the sub.

In the end, he had to sink the sub as there was bloody *everywhere*. It was going to be easier to build a new sub and claim she'd disappeared than face the clean up.

@A/C Re: Timing

We're going back quickly to older times when workers were just cattle.

What do you mean "going back to"? For any moderate to large company, workers are just cattle. Why do you think the department that manages them is called "Human Resources"? Staff are just resources to be exploited for as long as necessary and no longer.

@AMBxx Re: This is how it begins

More likely to be just marketing fluff.

I agree. Cisco & Apple made a big fanfare about their tie-up a while ago. What's come out of it? Bugger all. At one customer event, I heard someone ask a Cisco employee about this, and the Cisco bod, basically, just shrugged their shoulders.

Re: FFS!

Weren't there some drugs gangs who built some subs to smuggle drugs into the USA? Would those count as privately financed....?

Re: "in America at least"

Also, we have unfair contracts protection. Basically, big business can't stack the deck against little consumer*.

* In theory....

@Lee D - Re: Broadband Only Lines

A&A's usage limits are ridiculously low, however.

Sure, they don't offer all you can eat broadband at a ridiculously low price.

But their customer service is fantastic.

Re: You wouldn't keep a secret from a loved one..

And think of the children...