Posts by Doctor Tarr

Re: Photo ID in UK

Said like a gaslighting Tory fan boy.

There’s been a £322bn underspend on NHS funding since 2009/2010 according to the BMA. Hardly a left wing bunch.

https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/nhs-delivery-and-workforce/funding/health-funding-data-analysis

Or just ask one of the 7m on a waiting list.

Re: V'Ger

Chased by ghosts?

Re: "Yes, I could buy an ad-free version, but why should I?"

You know that *car you bought new 2 years ago? Well, we’ve decided to launch a new model in three months time you’ll need to buy the new one. And, before you ask sir, the old one will be decommissioned as it’s no longer supported by our service network.

*exchange for house, TV, washing machine,etc.

Re: The cost of a jail-out card

Which raises the question…..

What’s more valuable to society? A long jail term or a $10bn fine? Assuming that the fine is paid and you can’t have both.

Re: This is what happens when you have unmanned DataCenters

I get your point but the DCs should have correct monitoring for those possibilities. Also inert gas fire suppression isn't compatible with meatsacks.

I once got a bollocking for being in the DC of a catalogue based high street retailer. They didn't know we were working in there. They also didnt think to question how their security had let us in tho.

Re: perspective

That is truly depressing.

As is the refurb of the Houses of Parliament costing £8bn best case and £22bn worst case. These are estimates so will quadruple given the shower of UK infrastructure programs.

Re: Wouldn't you need to be pretty accurately lined up?

I would hope that for a production system there is some kind of beacon / gps / alignment paint which directs the car to the right position.

Re: This is why I'm missing out on a lot of stuff

I’m OK with subscriptions provided I know up front what I’m getting into. What concerns me is when I also have to fund an expensive upfront cost for a device which can only be used with a specific provider - I’ve avoided this so far.

In this article it’s disgraceful that they introduce the subscription after the purchase. I’d refuse to pay even if I was cutting my nose to spite my face.

Re: Rent seeking

Unfortunately I see more manufacturers insisting on the device phoning home every day. It's for your safety obviously as there may be someone nefarious trying to grab your data, ie the manufacturer.

Re: Dry Run

@David H. Exactly the same for me. I'd recently received a letter openreach IIRC saying that there were issues at my end of the road so no fibre for me.

I called sky as the landline had died and then had the same experience as you.

I went from a patchy 12mb to a solid 350mb+

Re: 4 murdered with their murdered

I understand your sentiment but they all signed disclaimers stating that this was as experimental sub and, as we’ve seen in these comments, an easy bit of research would have highlighted significant issues and risks in the design.

If i were an experienced explorer or billionaire then I’d be doing my due diligence before any high risk activity.

All the same, it’s tragic for those left behind.

Re: I'm with Beanie

It could have all been running on carbon neutral peanuts if someone hadn't pushed Rudolf Diesel off the side of a ship.

(I have no idea whether the conspiracy is true but it's very interesting)

Re: Reminds me of the convenience store down the block

That utopia is the UK, although it's not often I'd ever consider it that way ;) It was originally an EU regulation.

The fees you're paying a extortionate though. AFAIK there isn't a PSR equivalent in the US and it's not a role the any of the Fed banks fill. At least not to the same extent.

Re: We need a Reg unit of altitude

Or 378.0874 Burj Khalifas (with spire) if you need greater granularity.

Re: Remember folks.

In a previous job the CEO (also founder and chairman) was asked how he stayed motivated. His answer was "as soon as i wake up the first thing I think of is how to increase share holder value".

He then went on to tell us why we should use increasing shareholder value as our motivation.

What a twat.

Re: Deterrence effect

Those stats are horrific but you are choosing to be somewhat economical with the truth. 16 of the released killers were in prison for manslaughter not murder so would not have faced the death penalty.

From DPIC, although the stats are readily available.....

"The death penalty carries the inherent risk of executing an innocent person. Since 1973, at least 190 people who had been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in the U.S. have been exonerated." https://deathpenaltyinfo.org

That's exonerated cases and does not include cases where the defendant was innocent (or would have had the punishment downgraded) but no one has made a case for them. And how many more would have had a long / life sentence rather than death if they were a different colour or from a different social background.

Deterrence only works on people who are unlikely to commit a crime in the first place.

Re: Not practical

The fact it's not practical is largely influenced by there being no requirement to make it practical. If there was a requirement to ensure devices were repairable for a defined period (you could argue the time period required depends on the device or machine it's being applied to) then the designers would consider the points you raise. As it stands there's no need so no solution.

@TonyJ. To add to your comment, the cost of Microsoft products is a well understood business cost and easily baked into budgets and forecasts. The unknowns in migrating away are a massive turn off for finance and the rest of the org. Also, as an IT Director / CTO in a large org you've got a lot more to focus on.

Re: KeePass

@steve button. I agree. Use all the precautions available but don't be afraid of the cloud. The online services we use are all hitting someone else's computers whether cloud based or internal DC. All our passwords are already out there on these servers anyway - hopefully encrypted.

Running servers to manage a password DB is totally impracticable for 99.99%+ of people, even for those like me who know how. And if you're running home infrastructure are you sure you're doing a better job on the security than teams who are 100% dedicated to it. I doubt it but it's unlikely that the ones doing it will be honest with themselves.

It’s astonishing that they ever get anything done with the oversight, meddling and short-termism NASA have to deal with.

Our gummint can't even build a railway track between Birmingham and London without major issues.