Posts by Trigonoceps occipitalis

Re: Reasons to use OpenBSD incremented by one

uBlock Origin - right click and then Block Element.

Simple.

(No connection etc.)

Re: Excellent

"private end to end gun"

It's not the bullet with your name on it that you have to worry about - it's the one that says "To whom it may concern."

Re: "It works with keywords"

"The ones that couldn't detect anything?"

Good at detecting gullible procurement officials apparently.

Re: Failure to prepare etc.

Yes, I agree. But the 100k affects my bonus, the 100m is someone else's problem.

Simple really.

Re: Typical.

There has been a change. It is not simple to many (most) customers. We have an excuse. Make like the seven dwarves:

"Hike Ho, Hike Ho, its off to bonus we go."

Re: I have a logic problem here

The Point: Plausible Deniability

This highly capable and highly paid firm of Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel have said it is OK. I am only a poor, ignorant CEO, what did I know?

Re: I'm in charge of me

Not often that you see a dwarf standing on the shoulders of dwarves.

Re: The End Is Nigh

"foiling 37 terrorist plots"

All three words are open to interpretation. I accept that security considerations mean that there can't be full and frank disclosure. Knowing that I assume that as reports get passed up the system they are massaged to put things in the best light. The final mouth piece just has to accept what they are told and probably believe it anyway.

Re: Abs Bullshit: "ultimately get to a situation where the whole of the country is fibre.”

You've got glass fibre, all we had was that aluminium fibre. Pretty much stuffs any fibre to the cabinet system over the "last mile".

Re: I think Germany knows that a unified Europe doesn't work...

A German unified Europe is so last century.

no calls at all coming through in Cheltenham

So Three have found a way to stuff GCHQ - quick, where do I get my SIM.

Re: False connection

something to do with the right to carry firearms although technically, it's for a well regulated militia.

FTFY

putting stuff in the water

That's easy, as you say "Drink Whisky."

Wot about the contrails? I tried breathing only Nitrous Oxide but the organs of the state arrested my supplier.

Re: Outsourced to India

Its like the engineering trinity: on time - on budget - on spec - pick two out of three.

In this case: resilient, secure, cheap.

Re: Quandry in the making....

"If Donald Trump comes out as pro-encryption (I bet he used it all the time) ... "

Judging by his tweets you are oh so correct.

Re: The fish rots from the head down

The fish rots from the head sideways, Shirley?

Re: There is no excuse for this

When I was young and stupid ...

Pyromania was my bag. Fortunately there was no Internet so any effects were local. Do I now think it was a good idea? However, in hindsight, it taught me a lot about risk management.

Re: "Sounds like a lawsuit"

I'm not on the hotel's side but just shutting down their system would, in all likelihood, stop new bookings by card. No matter how apologetic and determined to compensate the victim, you can't do that if the business is bust.

I think it was a rock and a hard place situation and the PHB agonised for seconds before deciding to let it run for his benefit.

Re: Montenegro

In the remake of the Dam Busters film, Guy Gibson's dog was going to be called "Digger". I hope that was just a publicity ploy.

A fairly minor offence in the "Great New Hollywood History of the World". See (or rather don't go to see) U-571.

Ex is a has-been.

(s)pert is a drip under pressure.

Re: Free NHS. Terrorism. Bombs, have shown health insurance is one less thing to worry about.

I see three NHS admins read this board. (Three down votes as at 0758.)

Re: Typo? Looks strange

"You can't estimate things like that; a probability of 1 in 10,000,000 is almost impossible to estimate."

But it will happen 99.9% of the time.

(Apologies to TP.)

Re: OK Computer

Why didn't Microsoft and Intel consent 2 years ago? Don't they approve of you?

Re: RE: "Keyless" entry

"Oh, and good luck trying to find aftermarket parts."

There are reports of my car's manufacturer refusing to integrate replacement radios legally sourced from scrap yards. (Its on the Internet, it must be true.) This is, of course, to prevent you using possibly stolen goods - nothing to do with outrageous price of a dealer sourced replacement.

Re: Two solar masses (in energy) escaped

"IIRC up to 30% of the mass of a black hole can be stolen by throwing crap at it and missing by just the right amount."

So a bit like the Earth and flying?

Re: Interesting...

Banks are businesses with customers. They have marketing departments. Cue whale song - "Our new account with blockchain support, so much better than ... "

Re: Just for the record ...

It did.

Re: Much like my pension, which I'll likely never get.

I can't believe we have had so many comments and Gordon Brown's pension raid has not been cited. Granted, increased life expectancy and employer contribution holidays have also had an effect.

(Edit: JS19 got in first - must type faster.)

Re: The Deep Ones...

Just as long as the Kraken is not awakened.

Re: Clever Chap, Einstein

Ooh, you had the Henlightenment. All we 'ad was t' Renaissance.

Re: Or just MAYBE some company will get a bit smarter

Never confuse value, cost and price.

Re: Really a power failure?

"The idea was to ensure people couldn't casually plug uncertified equipment into those sockets."

But they would have to unplug my heart-lung machine to find this out.

I took over as project manager for a national radio project. New broom etc I queried the cost of a double 13A socket when we only need one. For the tech's kettle apparently.

Re: More to the point

If the best that Google an do is "somewhere in China" why are firms paying so much for profiles and targeted ads?

Re: I believed Jupiter threw bolts, not balls...

@ Stoneshop

I think the quote is: By Jove, she's got it.

Re: Of course the companies like it

" ... paying your pesky workers what they're worth ... "

Are the staff in PC World paying Dixons Stores Group to work?

Re: Sue?

@ allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

Its my boy who is Sue. You may be thinking of Sylvia?

Re: 'end stage Socialism'

Just like when it's Christianity until Christians do horrible stuff for their religion and then it isn't Christianity.

Works for pretty much all religions and none.

Re: why do I need to login to prove I have a TV license?

"Same reason you still need a TV licence if you have a device capable of receiving OTA TV broadcasts even if you never plug the thing into an aerial/STB-connected-to-aerial-or-TVOIP-feed."

Rubbish

Re: Shiniest?

Isn't the shiniest object in the solar system the sun?

No. I shone my torch at the sun and couldn't get a reflection. My mirror, however, ....

Re: Underground

I think the problem with fail safe is that there are three limits:

Theoretical: Limited by the imagination of the designer/engineer.

Practical: Limited by the budget.

Political: What won't prevent re-election.

"This must then infer ... "

This must then imply ...

Re: Call me crazy

"This is a class of device that does not need a cloud connection, nor worldwide remote access."

Pound to pinch of the proverbial that the class will have cloud and world wide access. This is because:

The manufacturer wants to collect profile information (for service optimization obviously).

The "engineers" just got it wrong.

The PHB curtails development at the first opportunity.

Re: T&C

Of course Vegemite would make a trademark claim - just as soon as the publicity from the naming process died down.