Posts by JimmyPage

I think Galileo researched this 400 years ago ...

it's how pendulums work ....

So people who pay for content should be spared ads ?

How does that square with Sky and other subscription *TV* services ?

Maybe look to nature ?

There was a pretty good (by current BBC standards*) documentary about quantum effects and how nature may have jumped the shark on this one ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v85cj

The way that plants extract energy from sunlight in a quantum fashion is intriguing to say the least.

*I was watching "Horizon" in the 1970s about quarks and the like, without the science-lite approach the modern age demands.

The Smoking Gun

Really ?

Website no-one uses to be acquired by newspaper everyone hates

credit to NewsThump

http://newsthump.com/2016/04/11/website-no-one-uses-to-be-acquired-by-newspaper-everyone-hates/

And another thing ...

presumably an increase of 1,900 skilled workers needs a proportionate increase in the number of cusodiet custodes ? (Or is that custodiem custodias ?|)

Oh, hang on, no mention of

The philosophy (in the UK at least) that private car ownership is BAD. Hence the *deliberately* mistimed light, excessively lengthy pedestrian phases, and "bypasses" (Northfield and Selly Oak on the A38) which take longer than driving through the town (proven many times by myself).

I actually collared a project manager when the A38 bypass was being built, and commented how a simple phase change would let more cars through. He agreed and said the same point had been made to the management committee.However there was a general presumption that nothing should be done to encourage private motoring.

So, next time you find yourself in a queue where you think "if they rephased the lights, more cars would get through", you're right. But they won't.

(The fact this massively increases the pollution footprint of junctions is another tiny pinprick in the AGW hysteria. Once again, if it *really* mattered .....)

Walk *before* you try to run ...

I would suggest the cast majority of GPs (mine excepted) could start with a decent booking system.

AFAIK, ours is the only one locally which has online booking (a godsend). Seems all others insist you have to ring on the day to discover there are no appointments.

I wonder how Silicon Roundabout would have gone about cracking Lorenz ?

Logo ? Mission statement ? Branding hothousing and market analysis ?

Wanaka Airport

Anyone else have to read that twice ?

iSIS

O'reilly ?

The way I read that article is that there is massive trouble for Apple ahead

I heard that on the *BBC* back in October. Although if *I* could manage to sell this "news" as exclusive research, I admit I would.

Fucking moron

putting volunteer rescue workers lives in danger

The US has a doctrine "the fruit of the poison tree"

"Are law enforcement officers permitted to commit other felonies whilst in pursuit of a larger crime?"

The final arbiter here, is the courts. If they allow evidence which has been illegally obtained to be presented, then the assumption is, it's "allowed". If they do not allow illegally obtained evidence, then it's not allowed.

The US has a doctrine "the fruit of the poison tree" which is a principle that illegally obtained evidence - and subsequent discoveries - are not permitted. It's a frequent plot device in shows like "Law & Order", and quite fascinating to a UKain, as there's quite a body of precedent and law around it (for example a cop is permitted to search an arrested suspect, but *only* to ensure his own safety (i.e. no hidden weapons).

Here in the UK, 99% of courts (i.e judges) have repeated made it clear they couldn't give a toss what laws may have been broken to bring a case to court. The (somewhat specious) reasoning being that to punish the state for breaking the rules would deny the individual victim in the case justice. Or, in other words (but not ones they'd like, no matter how accurate) "the end justifies the means". Personally, I subscribe to an old-fashioned notion that the law applies to all. But I know that's not really the vogue now.

UK cases where a judge has thrown out dodgy evidence are far and few between, and therefore newsworthy, The last one I can remember (so showing my age, and how shit the system is) is when the judge in the Colin Stagg trial went ballistic at the prosecutions use of tabloid-style psychobabble, and tore the CPS and Met Police a new one - very publicly.

You have the laws you can afford ...

that's it basically.

Closing courts makes sense when you reduce the criminal code, not expand it.

By the way, wasn't there a pledge sometime ago about "a new law in means an old one out" ?

Bottom line

What do I *Need* Windows 10 for ?

Crack in the dam ....

I suspect there are some folk who would pay (I won't over-egg the claim by saying "willingly") to receive ad-free content.

Let's take El Reg, as an example. How much would we pay for an ad-free Vulture ? £12/year ? £24 ?

Either way, if it turns out that the number (and more importantly *worth*) of people who would pay to dodge ads exceeds what sites like El Reg make from advertisers, then the chill wind will blow through the world of advertising.

I return to my hobby-horse of the moment that I can't believe there are people who *pay* Sky, and STILL GET ADVERTS !!!!!! Surely if you pay for Sky, the very minimum level would be fewer, if not no, ads ?

*English and Welsh* justice

occasionally do throw up well constructed cases which are eminently sensible and practical.

Must have been as mistake.

How unAmerican ...

Of course, if the people who *build* the iPhones tried to band together to express solidarity, they'd be labelled commie bastards, and sacked.

If there's one thing worse than no principles, it's selective ones.

Where do you get the Roman gladius these days?

I have a vague memory that Roman soldiers had to buy their own kit.

Patients *and* employees ?

Is it just me, or does this suggest a system not fit for purpose in the first place ?

Let's hope some of the employees exposed were the CEO and board of directors ...

Who on earth is running this asylum anyway ?

I do price-check. Every so often, the differential between my tariff, and the cheapest makes it worth switching.

However, since 2012, when I did this, and within 2 weeks, the tariff I moved to became the most expensive, I am far less likely to switch when the difference between top-slot and my present tariff is c. £50-60 per annum.

It simply isn't worth my time.

Once again, I read "peeple"

but think "menshn"