Re: Freedom of movement.
if I could upvote more than once I would AC, but the facts are dismissed as scaremongering aren't they. Shame if we exit on a tissue of misinformation and jingoism. Still my mum was from Dublin so there is an escape route.
Posts by speedbird007
32 publicly visible posts • joined 5 Dec 2013
Tech biz bosses tell El Reg a Brexit will lead to a UK Techxit
Boffins' 5D laser-based storage tech could keep terabytes forever
Free science journal library gains notoriety, lands injunctions
Saturday 13th February 2016 01:59 GMT
Free libraries
Public libraries are financed through your council tax and are now closing at a rate of knots because the government have reduced local authorities grant funding. Some are being handed to volunteers to run which effectively become community book clubs a la Richard & Judy.
Good luck finding any non-fiction there or access to British Library loans because the trained staff have been sacked and volunteers won't have a clue what you're talking about.
400+ libraries have closed despite it being a statutory duty to provide public library services.
German Chancellor fires hydrogen plasma with the push of a button
Donald Trump wants Bill Gates to 'close the Internet', Jeff Bezos to pay tax
Steve Jobs mural highlights plight of Syrian refugees
Day 2: UK research network Janet still being slapped by DDoS attack
Vote for me, Hotspot Hillary – I'm your $250bn broadband builder-in-chief
Reg reader achieves bronze badge, goes directly to jail
UK ministers, not judges, to sign off on Brit spies' surveillance
Beard transplants up 600% for men 'lacking length elsewhere'
Bloodthirsty data parasites hungrily eye up healthcare sector
Thursday 24th September 2015 14:27 GMT
Re: care.data
I believe that care.data has been "paused" yet again. Meanwhile the boss of IT I Kelsey has a new job in Australia with Telstra Healthcare. Would you trust BT with your health data? No I thought not.
Bet he took a few copies of care.data with him - to show off of course in his interviews.
I really really hate what this govt are doing to the NHS, every day a new story puts the boot into the underfunded and understaffed NHS.
Right, opt out everybody! Hated Care.data paused again
Tuesday 8th September 2015 14:16 GMT 
I will not be a product
I didn't realise that my GP practice was in one of the "pathfinder" groups so was too late to object. The practice had forms to download from their website but I stupidly forgot to post them in until after the deadline. I have been sh*****g myself expecting an onslought from insurance companies ever since.
Now they have "paused" again I have a letter ready to go to the practce dissenting from any secondary use of patient identifiable data. Also to take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that my personal information is not uploaded and to record my dissent by whatever means possible.
We need to talk about Jeremy...
Blighty a 'smartphone society' amid rise of 4G middle class
Hated Care.data scheme now 'unachievable', howls UK.gov watchdog
Facebook and Twitter queen Taylor Swift: Facebook and Twitter are RUBBISH
TERROR in ORBIT: Dodgy rocket burp biffs International Space Station off track
Want to find LOVE online? Make sure your name is high up in the alphabet
Monday 16th February 2015 14:17 GMT 
@Truth4u
My heart bleeds for all of you (true) stop trying to impress women, just be yourselves because most of us can sniff out pretense - eventually. I have to admit that I have never used online dating sites but I did "meet" my husband on a web design forum. It was only when the UK members met up in real life that we clicked.
So the cliched advice to do something that interests you seems sound.
Unsurprising report: UK local govt sites remain totally crap
Thursday 12th February 2015 12:42 GMT
Re: Have to mention Birmingham
I found the Birmingham site easy to navigate, but then again I am/was a librarian so I do have an edge over lesser mortals.lol
Found it easy to find libraries that were permantly/temporarily closed and people wonder why levels of literacy are falling...Google is not the answer.
El Reg Redesign - leave your comment here.
Saturday 13th December 2014 04:17 GMT
Accessible websites
In reply to the question about the legal reqirements for a website to be accessible to those using assitive devices, well it is a legal requirement to attempt to do this. The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) Part III of the DDA refers to the provision of goods, facilities and services. The Code of Practice which specifically mentions websites, can be downloaded in its entirety from the Equality and Human Rights Commission website.
Section III of the DDA, which refers to accessible websites, came into force on 1st October 1999 and the Code of Practice for this section of the DDA was published on 27th May 2002. This means that the majority of websites have been in breach of the law for over five years.
http://www.webcredible.com/blog-reports/web-accessibility/uk-website-legal-requirements.shtml
There is more to website design than trying to copy the iPad look.
It's even GRIMMER up North after MEGA SKY BROADBAND OUTAGE
'Utter killjoy Reg hacks have NEVER BEEN LAID', writes a fan
Doctor Who becomes an illogical, unscientific, silly soap opera in Kill The Moon
Rubbish WPS config sees WiFi router keys popped in seconds
Beware WarKitteh, the connected cat that sniffs your Wi-Fi privates
Gov.uk's broadband boast: Superfast fibre piped to 1 million Brits
Friday 8th August 2014 13:50 GMT
Superfast? Infill more accurate
A couple of years ago fibre trundled past the end of my road but didn't connect to my cabinet. Bt replied to an angry message saying that connecting this cab had been deemed "uneconomic".
Yeah right...let's wait to get (even) more lolly from the tax payer by back filling what we didn't - not coudn't - do in the first place.
Makes my blood boil. Off to find a suitable router...
Has Europe cut the UK adrift on data protection?
Friday 1st August 2014 08:11 GMT
Re: Democracy
"It's probably worth noting though that this in part to our attitude towards rules and regulations - i.e. we have clear, specific laws (though that's gone under a bus these past 15 years), but what we have we follow to the letter."
Ahem, cycling on pavements is actually illegal...so that's the one under the bus?
Square-kilometre radio telescope wins millions in UK funding
UK.gov dangles £10m sweetener over bumpkin broadband hopefuls
Thursday 5th December 2013 15:47 GMT
Scottish Referendum
"Osborne added during his speech that the government planned to establish a Higgs Centre at Edinburgh University, named in honour of CERN boffin Peter Higgs, of Higgs boson fame. It will support start ups and academics interested in astronomy and particle physics."
Er, is that the independent Scotland, or just a carrot to influence the Scots to remain in the UK?
Inquiring minds just want to know.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
