Re: licence to act
do they need one?
Good point. Maybe some regulation to require licensing of credit reference agencies would be good... :)
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What we need is for actual real consequences for companies who are shown to be negligent.
Equifax has shown such an appalling lack of basic security that they should be closed down, and have their licence to act as a credit-reference agency revoked.
They hold information which impacts on everybody's lives, and other companies make decisions based on the data Equifax hold which can literally have life-changing consequences.
I think it should be Gary Numan's Cars as played by Bill Bailey on car horns...
From what I read elsewhere, the woman was wheeling her bicycle into the path of the car on a dark night. I don't know if she even had lights on.
What you read elsewhere is incorrect. She didn't wheel the bicycle into the path of the car, she was crossing a three-lane carriageway, and had almost got to the far side before the car hit her.
Contrary to the impression given by the released video, the road was well lit, and she would have been in plain sight of the driver, if the driver had been looking.
A human driver could have avoided the accident by just backing off the throttle when she was in view, giving her time to complete the crossing, the driver wouldn't have even had to move out of their lane to avoid her.
*then* tells the 'safety driver' 'Hey mate, you need to mash the brakes'
Not even that. From the article:
the car's systems weren't set up to alert the driver of the need for intervention
So the computer identified it needed to brake, logged it, then carried on.
Just trying to figure out how you know the majority of Windows users consciously choose Google instead of using whatever the working default is.
Because most new Windows machines don't come with Chrome installed, and with their default browsers set to Bing. If, therefore, they are using Google search, then that has to have been a conscious choice on their part.
I was responding to Doug S who said only a few of us technies use DDG, the majority use Google for everything
Also, I would love to see an actual stat on how many people who buy a new car say to themselves: "O.k., diesel or gasoline...hmmm?" I'd then like to see a stat that represented how many people know the pros and cons of such to make a choice. This has me interested now.
Here in the UK, this is definitely a big factor in the choice of car, and I would hazard a guess the same is true in Europe, as our respective governments are trying to clamp down on emissions. For years we were pushed to choose a diesel over a petrol (gas) engine, and they even subsidised the cost of diesel fuel to make that choice more attractive, but then suddenly it's all changed, and they are trying to push diesel cars off the roads now.
the majority use Google for everything
Bear in mind though that for the vast majority of PC users, the use of Google search is a choice that they have made.
All Microsoft Windows machines come with the search engine set to Bing; whether the browser is Internet Explorer or Edge, so if a user is using Chrome - or actively changes their search engine to Google - that is a conscious choice they have made.
Obviously, in the case of phones and tablets, any Android device will be set to use Google by default, so there is an argument to be made that Google has little competition in that market.
Update:
"The head of Toyota's European operations said a negative outcome could put future investment at its UK factory near Derby at risk.
Johan van Zyl told the BBC that if the Brexit "hurdles" are too high it would undermine Toyota's competitiveness."
More to the point, I can't see that asking for a delay will achieve anything other than a delayed no deal.
Despite Theresa May shuttling back and forth across the channel, there has been no substantive change to the agreed conditions of exit for the last two months, and I don't see that there ever will be, the EU has stated its case, and that's that.
It is past time for May to admit that she will not be able to re-negotiate the terms, and that we are stuck with what we've got.
Seems to be a perfectly clear sentence to me, I don't see what is ambiguous about it?
If we break it up, the main sentence is: "Duke-Cohan is expected to be released from prison in May 2020."
The comment within the sentence is: "Duke-Cohan bizarrely claimed to a forensic psychiatrist that he had a history of harming small animals."
The squeaking of the creature and associated theme tune is usually enough to kick off an involuntary twitch in a parent’s eyelid
So true, so true.
I wonder if as an adult one can claim PTSD from having to watch children's programmes on a seemingly endless loop...
The Tweenies, Teletubbies and Fimbles should be classed as Weapons of Mass Destruction...
Ah, the Haynes Manual, always so optimistic:
Haynes: Difficult to reach ...
Translation: Assembled at the factory and never meant to be touched.
Haynes: This is a snug fit.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.
Haynes: This is a tight fit.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with a bigger hammer.
Haynes: Lightly slacken...
Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead are throbbing then clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.
Haynes: Prise off...
Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into...
Haynes: Undo...
Translation: Shear off.
Haynes: As described in Chapter 7...
Translation: That'll teach you not to read right through before you start. Now you are looking at scary photos of the inside of a gearbox.
I find it very irritating and after spending most of the day gutting, scaling and pin boning three large Salmon,only to find the fish kettle was in the shed being a mortuary for four young mice, I felt I had to vent......
Would it be fair to say...
First-world problems?
:)