Posts by jacobbe

Not Risk Free Fun

Everyone who climbs Everest is well aware of the high risks; over 1 in every 20 climbers can die in any one year.

I have no sympathy for him, only his family.

CUT CUT CUT

Half of the output is utter tripe. They could do a basic TV service of news and current affairs for half the current licence fee, say £50 and let the market provide the entertainment .

How many mind numbing game shows and celebrity challenge shows or chat shows do we need?

Oh dear.

Having looked at some recent photos online, all i can say, is....... i really hope she can loose a few pounds, find a decent plastic surgeon and loose the frumpy granny look.

Dont worry, the idiotic department names live on through the "BBC Academy" , which is actually "BBC Training" and "BBC People" which is HR or the old Personnel department.

Its no coincidence that articles that i read here first then appear in the dead tree press. Congratulations.

After reading this, I doubt that their nuclear bombs work correctly either.

Hopefully there will be a proper full page printed grovelling apology and hefty fine for this woeful lack of double checking sources.

par for the course

Employees are the biggest security hole in systems. ... Taking a copy of a databases from a previous employers, is par for the course, wherever i have worked. This is mostly for personal reference rather than for flogging off to the highest bidder.

Capitalism will be destroyed

Marx was right afterall, Capitalism will destroy itself. Starbucks, Amazon and Google are leading the way. Hats off to them !

Clearly Illegal

Public sector spending can only be justified where the market fails. This is in rural areas where you cannot get BB at speeds of more than 0.5Mbps not in the centre of Birmingham where 99% of people can get 20Mbps or more.

Used the win8 trial for a couple of weeks and I agree with most of what you say. It seems most odd not to allow (at least) the "Pro" version to stay in "Workstation" mode.

They are really scraping the barrel of ideas.

its been working flawlessly for at least a month..!

why do they keep moving the adult / prn channels. I have to reset the child block each time.

Cannot they stop fiddling with the numbers. Have they got nothing better to do?

look ive got Stephen Mottley 's password! but not in clear text : | L\c4x.\02\d9u\c7\e3f\da\bc\c7\fa,\80~4\9c\a0

Sponsored by the big oil companies no doubt. ..... The end of the world is nigh, I tell you. we are all doomed.

captain slow

must be slow to roll this out..... as it still works in the home counties as of wednesday morning.

apollno

it cannot be a moon ; its not even big enough to host a moon base!

perhaps

one very careful owner ; perhaps that explains the price

X-Wing (1993)

Best £30 I ever spent on a set of floppy disks!

Doubt it

Her Majesty may own both an ipad and ipod. But I really doubt she uses them. Palace PR BS! Cant say my granny is the least be interested in anything Tech.

Meaningless Law

What is the purpose of the law if no one is prosecuted? For gawds sake, Its happened 992 times. Clearly the law needs enforcing.

A few prosecutions are need to give the message that this behaviour should not be tolerated.

"internet TV" button

My Sony smart TV has an "internet TV" button on the remote. Thats quite easy to press.

Although i would say navigating content on the BBC iplayer can be a problem!

The other problem is the bandwidth it consumes. At approx 1Gb per hour watching BBC iplayer HD content it is very hungry and can cost if you are not on an unlimted deal

Apple TV >= iTV.

They will simply just buy the name from the folks at iTV. I believe they have a few quid in the bank.

protect yourself

After a bad experience with an employer not honouring a perk offered verbally in an interview situation, i now tape any job interviews. I think that it is prudent to protect yourself from this nonsenese.

Any employer asking for passwords is a very bad sign. It is probably not worth taking the job.

My problem with the BBC is the shear size of the output, which has ballooned in the last few years. It clearly crowds out the private competitors. There are at least 8 TV stations and 7 national radio stations. This is far too much content to be considered "public service" ; it is every bloody service.

Cut the BBC to the core, half the unaffordable licence fee.

disappointed

the dude must have been a tad disappointed to find that the users' passwords were all encrypted.