Posts by Sir Runcible Spoon

Re: estimated net "benefit" of £5.7bn by 2020

Having a meter that provides a reading remotely is one thing; someone else having remote control over my supply via a 'Smart' meter is not.

Remember folks - they aren't compulsory!

Re: Intel is not evidence

Let's just say, for arguments sake, that GCHQ were interested in taking someone down without showing their working etc.

They call up their friends in Langley, who hack the target, plant some CP or wotnot. Then the police get a tip-off from GCHQ about the target having CP.

Police raid the target and he gets to be tried as a peadophile. Is there anything in this chain of events that the defence could question? Or is the guilty verdict a foregone conclusion at this point?

Re: Partial article

Doesn't 'Verified by Visa' just ask you for random characters from you pass-phrase?

Mind you, just recently it's been telling me that 'This transaction did not need to be verified' - even when I pay for something on a new site!

Re: Don't Worry

"How do you think the big fella feels about that?"

I often find that Christians haven't really thought about their religion at all. For instance, when I ask them what religion they think Jesus of Nazareth was they look a bit stunned. The knock-out blow is when I say 'well, he certainly wasn't a Christian was he?'.

He was a Gnostic* - as was Muhammad.

*Obviously he was born Jewish though.

"history is full of precedents that show how this sort of thing can be used to undermine civil rights and individual freedoms."

Which is obviously where they got their ideas from. Those who learn from history are free to do the same thing to others who don't.

This law will probably allow them to legally off-shore all the databases. Won't that be fun.

Re: Watch out for the spam

Oddly enough I recently got an email from them notifying me my account would be closed in 3 years time as I hadn't logged in for over two years!

Re: When you've done the penalty, that should be it.

"Its called "Catch-22". If you disclose you don't get the job. If you don't disclose then you get nailed for failing to disclose."

Disclosing a (spent) criminal conviction should not bar you from a job unless the conviction was related to the job somehow (e.g. child molester working at a school, or an armed robber working for g4s...oh wait).

The problem is that it often does stop people getting jobs, which means they have better option by going back to being a criminal.

Re: Amazing there's still things to surprise us

"You might find the following of interest:"

That's truly amazing! I have only had time to read about 1/2 way through that page so far, but I can already see how important that research could be - I wonder how long it will be before we start seeing the Triffid farms ;)

Re: surely

"I'm sorry your honour, I cannot provide the password to those encrypted files that were found on my computer. Have you consider that they were put there by the FBI as part of a general round-up of people they didn't like this week?"

"No. See you in 2 years when I will ask you again."

Re: With cloud computing, hackers have so many more points of entry

""Shared" (even locked cage) is co-lo."

Yes, that's technically true, but it does mean random passers by cannot just get physical access to the kit, it also means no-one else is using that kit either.

How many banks are you aware of that actually *own* their own data centers? I'll give you a clue - none.

Why don't you look up who the customers are at the L3 DC on Leman street.

Re: Oops...

"How was it put together, give details."

Well, to start with it was mostly done in 6 months, that should tell you plenty.

Re: Cause and effect?

Doesn't this mean that UK goods are now more attractive to overseas buyers? That should be good news for the few things that are still manufactured here, but it should mean that more manufacturing gets done here (for things where the materials can be sourced locally anyway).

Re: VR is DEAD in da Egg

VR is very real and completely immersing. There are times when you might not want that, so there will always be options - but if you do then there is quite literally nothing like it.

On the PSVR subreddit there are people with serious illness who haven't left their houses/bedrooms for years who are getting to experience new things.

Games are great and all that - but there is a real need for people to 'unhook' from modern life without the need for drugs - I think VR could provide this - it has amazing therapeutic potential that we could all benefit from.

Someone had the idea for a 'Caribbean Chill-out' which got my vote - bring it on :D Although I'm also looking forward to the Apollo 11 experience too.

Re: While the data might be limited to Pharma

It might be bolting the door after the data has bolted, but make sure you set you cookies to clear every time you shut your browser down, and actually shut the browser down occasionally ;)

Re: Smartphone 1998

I think some people are missing the main point of the article - and that is that Apple increased the *quantity* of rapid turnover of device development, which has led to massive economies of scale, which has led us to the point where we can get a decent VR headset into our homes for £350/$399.

Although I do agree the sunshine blowing was a bit OTT.