Re: don't make demands
Not that you need a second driver, due to the range.
Posts by TomChaton
53 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Aug 2012
Musk tells Twitter advertisers: You're welcome back, but don't make demands
IBM Watson GPU cloud cluster Brexits from London to Frankfurt – because GDPR
Queen Elizabeth has a soggy bottom: No, the £3.1bn aircraft carrier, what the hell did you think we meant?
There's a reason why my cat doesn't need two-factor authentication
Hubble 'scope camera breaks down amid US govt shutdown, forcing boffins to fix it for free
It's the wobbly Microsoft service sweepstake! If you have 'Teams', you've won a lifetime Slack sub
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Barnet Council reckons Capita's dropped the ball on outsourced services
In Windows 10 Update land, nobody can hear you scream
Brexit has shafted the UK's space sector, lord warns science minister
Crypto crackdown: Google bans ads for unregulated currencies
Tim Berners-Lee says regulation of the web may be needed
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RIP Bob Taylor: Internet, desktop PC pioneer powers down at 85
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Oracle exec quits over co-CEO Safra Catz's promise to assist Trump
Facebook hires Hillary Clinton to lead assault on fake news*
What a bee-lief! UK's asian hornet outbreak is over ... for now
Adblock Plus blocks Facebook's ad-blocker buster: It's a block party!
Friday 12th August 2016 11:31 GMT 
Meh
It's a free service. They can push ads at me all they like. I've long since developed internal filters for ads.
Of course, I see them peripherally, but that doesn't mean I'm going to walk/click zombie-like into a shop and buy it there and then. I may specifically seek this product out when I'm weighing the pros and cons of a list of alternatives, but it doesn't get preferential treatment
123-Reg goes TITSUP – again
Brexit has left a regulatory black hole for digital, say MPs
Theresa or Teresa May? Twitter confuses nude model and new PM
Oculus backtracks on open software promise
Valley VC Peter Thiel becomes an official Trump delegate
Microsoft releases Windows 10 preview for Raspberry Pi 3
Tuesday 1st March 2016 13:22 GMT
@kventin
"remember that web thing? they missed the boat, caught up, boarded it and then pretty much defined the thing."
The way I remember it was they missed the boat, and then used their massive commercial clout to shoulder barge their way back in, ruining standards left right and centre for over a decade. Then, once they'd "won" the web wars and Netscape was open sourced , they stopped development on I.E.
If you define "the web" as a complete basket case which has only recently recovered from Microsoft's meddling, then yes, I suppose you can say it was their doing.
UK.gov plans to legislate on smut filters after EU net neutrality ruling
Job alert: Is this the toughest sysadmin role on Earth? And are you badass enough to do it?
UK.gov wants to stop teenagers looking at tits online. No, really
What gets the internet REALLY excited? Kittens? No. EXPLODING Kittens
Facebook Oculus VR buyout: IT WANTS your EYEBALLS
Friday 28th March 2014 14:32 GMT
Re: wow
Unless, of course, you're a developer who subsequently spent months developing for the prototype you were sent, only to find that the whole shebang has been sold to an outfit that has - at the last count - no respect for developers, and little interest in gaming.
Under these circumstances, I can see why backers are up in arms.
Prof Stephen Hawking: 'There are NO black holes' – they're GREY!
Army spaffed millions up the wall on flawed Capita online recruiting system - report
Tuesday 14th January 2014 12:52 GMT
Blunders
"...has been hamstrung by a series of blunders after Capita was awarded the contract in 2011".
A series of blunders after the first catastrophic blunder; namely letting Crapita anywhere near it.
Have they *ever* brought a project in on time and on budget?
Answers on the back of a blank taxpayers cheque.
Facebook slurped phone numbers says Norton
NSA accused of new crimes ... against slideware
IT bloke publishes comprehensive maps of CALL CENTRE menu HELL
Friday 17th May 2013 12:58 GMT 
What a hero
I think he's going to need a bigger boat, though. The website is responding very slowly.
My method is to call the sales department, if such a thing exists, then the salesdroid that answers can transfer me internally to the department I need.
Sales numbers are rarely engaged or have queuing systems, and are normally answered by wetware.
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Thousands rally behind teen girl cuffed, expelled in harmless 'explosion'
UK.Gov passes Instagram Act: All your pics belong to everyone now
Monday 29th April 2013 12:05 GMT
Re: Excuse me
The legislation specifically names registries that you have to use.
It seems to me to be that diligence in this case means searching the registries.
If that's prohibitively expensive, then the only recourse would be legal action which is beyond the means of most people / organisations.
Pirates, because they're cool. And this amounts to legalised piracy by the big meedja boys.
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
