Posts by 's water music

Re: Screw downvotes

One of the legitimate concerns raised seems to be about overspill of the jamming interference beyond the area where jamming is required and may be justified. Surely some sort of variant along the lines of sophon-free rooms from Liu Cixin's Death's End would be a better solution with the risk of electrocution for the careless being simply a serendipitous side benefit?

Re: Use a metaphor

>>"The computer's equivalent of going to the loo is to be turned off."

Brilliant! Thank you! I'm going to use that one.

'Ere mate, I've just restarted a computer in there. You might want to give it a few minutes.

KCL FTW

So that's the question, what would you do to get revenge that would look at worse like a simple mistake?

Time to look again at how happy the sysadmins were?

Re: Goodbye Three

Well If your in a EE shop trying to get a PAC code for a Three mobile its no wonder it took so long :D

Mind you, if you are dealing with a Three sales person in a EE shop they are probably undercover on black-ops so you shouldn't be surprised if they are less than helpful

Re: Said it before, will say it again

What's a "DVD"?

It's a flattened wax cylinder made of mirrors that is played with sparks instead of bamboo needles. It is more advanced than a Mutoscope because it allows the presentation of several hours worth of industry ranting about prates before you get to the bit with the lady in bloomers who shows you her ankles.

If you're prepared to plead guilty, then does it really matter what the offence is?

No one is suggesting you can't have your day in court to plead your innocence

All of that is both reasonable and sensible but this AC seems to sum up the major area of moral hazard.

Re: Top Tips

When texting your kids, append a random string of 3 or 4 letters to the end of your message and they'll waste so much time Googling the meaning...

Perhaps that was that what Sean Spicer was doing?

Re: Choose your enemies

Maybe the security is in case Bruce Willis or Chuck Norris comes after him, because Zuckerberg seems to have a tenuous grasp of reality, he may not realise that (a) Fictional, (b) Getting old.

Hang on, what's the real story here, that Bruce Willis is fictional or that Chuck Norris ages?

Re: Reg headline

The Reg headline invites us to watch something invisible.

Could you not see the fine clothes that our new hydrogel overlords were wearing?

Re: Double agenda?

If it's http, you don't need a "man in the middle" for an attack. Just a man.

When I was little my dad always told me that he needed a man's courage. Nothing else though

Re: Can I just mention in passing.... Alt-facts

...avoidance of doubt...

You've really not grasped the point of 'alternative facts' have you?

Re: Nuclear Internet of Things

RTA. Rejected because it would require physical infrastructure deemed too bulky to be practical. So RF is out due to interference and physical plant is out due to it being too massive. What options do you have left?

RFC 1149 ruled out due to radiation levels?

Re: Never liked him

Facebook must be gutted by people leaving for Instagram.

but why tho?

Re: ALOT

Not a word. Still used, a lot.

Re: Two Ronnies

How do you get a US bot to understand that... [X !⇒ X]

Does it matter if a US meatsack will not reliably understand it? There are universal and cultural aspects to understanding human communications. You train your chatbot to understand what you need it to understand. Just like you would a person.

Re: Plausible

About 1.3 million votes as I recall.

Is your point that 1300000 people would tend to be characterised as a large amount and that therefore the margin for Brexit should also be considered to be large?

Also, in the same way that Brexiteers legitimately point out that not all* Leave voters did because Nativism or lack of understanding, similarly, whilst I imagine there may be some correlation between entusiasm for border control and for Brexit it is simply not possible to infer a majority for one from a majority for the other.

*I'm really not trying to suggest anything about the intersection between racists or halfwits and the sets of leave, remain or abstaining voters. None are the empty set.

dual nationality

I'm struggling to think of a downside to a backup eu nationality. I meet the criteria for Irish citizenshipt.

Cost?

UK security clearance (not sure of impact)?

Anything obvious I am missing?

Re: Broken already (Amazed that this stuff is so difficult)

What I, and the comment you are replying to, are talking about is where the audio gets out of sync with the video by multiple seconds, making the experience indeed akin to watching a badly dubbed film.

Detectability limits for audio sync are +45ms (audio leads) to -125ms (audio trails). Viewer tolerance limits for still being able to enjoy a TV show are much more subjective obviously but are quoted as +90 ms to –185 on average in the ref below

https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bt/R-REC-BT.1359-1-199811-I!!PDF-E.pdf

Re: Very

The very last phrase uttered before the universe ceases to exist will be "What happens if I do this?"

Surely these are the last words spoken in every universe ever

Re: For the 1,000th time

I mean, would you like the same level of security used for launching nuclear missiles to be applied to, say, launching your car...?

Pro tip: Some nuclear powers sell of old ICBMs via military surplus auction sites. I have one for my daily commute (without the warhead obvs). Not sure that it is strictly road legal but it has outrun every cop car so far. I just hope the po-po never get the budget to start using 'yet-to-be built technology' in their pursuit fleet.