Posts by Crisp

Re: If its wrong most of the time...

I don't understand how they can get it wrong.

They know where you are, they know where the exchange is and they know what the transport medium will be. Shouldn't it just be simple maths?

Re: Napoleon and his metric system conquered Europe,

There's something wrong with my hand. I can only count up to 31 on it.

Re: What guarantees do we have...

Absolutely none.

As soon as the police process your DNA and fingerprints, it's on their database forever. Regardless of whether you've committed a crime or not.

I can see this technology becoming an essential part of any police officers fishing kit.

Re: As far as "ologies" go I think that I'll pass on this one.

You get an ology, you're a scientist!

Re: DoS?

"That looks like spoofing and sending bogus data, not exactly overspamming DoS."

Sounds like it falls under the 1990 Computer Misuse Act. "Unauthorised acts with intent to impair, or with recklessness as to impairing, operation of computer, etc."

Re: There should be a cynic in the house of Lords

"I would consider it like jury service: Just pick a load of citizens, preferably from different backgrounds and areas of expertise, and have them oversee govt descisions for a few months at a time."

That's pretty much how I imagine it too. A kind of civic duty sanity check.

I'd also introduce a method of firing MP's as well. That way, if you don't like what some bone headed MP has done, then you could arrange a a vote in their constituency to decide if they should lose their seat.

Re: There should be a cynic in the house of Lords

I'd go one further and take a leaf out of the the Greeks book and have 12 people in compulsory employment to oversee government decisions. 3 months employment at a time, with people randomly selected from a list of registered voters that have an above college education.

I think that politicians would be a lot more careful about their decision making if the public were literally looking over their shoulder.

Re: On a brighter note

They'd need to teach them how to type first.

The amount of people that claim to know how to use a computer that I see finger pecking away at the keyboard both irritates and angers me.