* Posts by Lord Egerton

13 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Oct 2014

Dream job: Sysadmin/F1 pit crew member with Red Bull racing

Lord Egerton
Boffin

Applicant must be a functional insomniac

Sounds like a great job for a fan like me.

Bet the only downside is that you're unlikely to sleep much, if at all, for about a week every 2 weeks for 9 months - but you do get a month off in August.

Reddit showers gold on drugs, hippies and Tor-rorists

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Re: Decimate

Indeed, I hadn't realised it's actual definition until I read World War Z where the Russian army decimate themselves to instil discipline.

Now it bugs me when it's not used in the correct manner.

Free WiFi coming to UK trains ... in two years

Lord Egerton
Big Brother

Meanwhile in Manchester

Metrolink have already started to implement free WiFi on the trams.

Can't comment on how good it is as I've not used it myself as I've generally always had sufficient 3G signal along the routes.

Then again it might be useful for people on the Nothing Nowhere network.

Sonos revamps Wi-Fi speaker app, admits: 'We made things worse'

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FAIL

Security? What security?

I wonder if they've fixed the issue where anyone on the same network can install the app and control the speaker without any authentication- it has been reported to Sonos and they were "looking into it"

Assange's cop chaperones have cost £10 MEEELLION to date

Lord Egerton
Holmes

Is he still there??

It seems like all this is based on the assumption that he's still there and hasn't been sneaked out in a diplomatic package (which the plod wouldn't be able to open - and they can be any size http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_bag)

I'm waiting for the picture of him sunning himself in Ecuador to surface after 10 years of them keeping watch

First look: Ordnance Survey lifts kimono on next-gen map app

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Re: Batteries not included

@Rovindi That's exactly how I use it. Paper first, battery reliant things second as a backup. Being up a mountain in the really cold weather we've been having can kill the battery life of such devices and that's why they shouldn't be relied upon. MemoryMap was a very useful tool for planning and 'seeing' what a route would look like in 3D.

The other good thing about paper is that you have a nice big square to see your route and don't have to worry about zooming out or panning around.

£20 for a laminated map that is still going to be in good condition and relevant over the next 15 years is worth the investment verses potentially £10-20 per annum for the app.

With GPS; my mates and I say "we're never lost, we're just not where we thought we were"

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Batteries not included

Looks good, but until battery life on mobiles last more than a day (at best) I'll stick with my laminated paper versions from the OS when going around The Peak District.

'Tech' City hasn't got proper broadband and it's like BT doesn't CARE

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There are other providers

Why do people always default to BT?

I'm not exactly impressed with them either but recent workplace installations have shown who's eager to please and who's out to rip you off. We needed new dedicated links installing into our new 'datacentre'.

Openreach dug up a section of the motorway sliproad behind us and installed a new line over night - minimal fuss with the exception of the Highways Agency getting in a twiz.

Vodafone - offered to put their link in for free!

Virgin - well they should be wearing a highwayman's mask - £30K for their 'services'

Sounds to me like the Media Darlings were trying to go on the cheap and have a retail install done - guess they've got to save some money for their champagne Fridays.

Japan's death threat hacker collared ... BY A CAT

Lord Egerton
Trollface

Kitty Confess!!

Well I didn't expect a sort of Japanese inquisition.

Fetch me.... the fluff mouse on a string!!!

NASA: Give us JUST 0.5% of the federal budget and we'll take you to MARS and EUROPA

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Paris Hilton

Time for Europe to lead the way?

Out of interest, what's ESA's annual budget in comparison.

If we don't use the expensive SLS and use Falcon/Ariane rockets like @Kharkov suggests then surely ESA should be aiming to overtake NASA and become the defacto space agency.

As much as I admire NASA it does perplex me when they (US Govt) put someone like Ted Cruz in charge of their budget. What ever happened to the 'American Dream'? I think I've been watching too much House of Cards lately though....

Paris because...it's ESA's HQ

Microsoft will give away Windows 10 FREE - for ONE year

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Re: I'm free! No, you're an idiot

>in my organization, Windows 10 is DOA<

>Are you speaking as the CFO? Many organisations are heartily sick of IT needing big lumps of capital for point-in-time "upgrades" which create an asset of dubious value. The predictable, tax-deductible payment for 'Windows as a Service' which can be ramped up or down to match headcount may be preferred.

I completely agree, we've moved to yearly payment via an Enterprise Agreement. It's great for us in IT as we have a constantly shifting workforce, but we have to keep explaining what it is to the Finance Dept. Collective memory like a goldfish comes to mind.

Uber? Worth $40 BEEELLION? Hey, actually, hold on ...

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Re: problem...

@Credas I agree, it does seem to be just one of Uber's products that's causing the lion's share of the problems.

In Manchester we only have UberX and UberXL - for all intents and purpose they are taxi's, not random drivers who just turned on the app and went to pick up some people like with UberPOP/POOL. BUT so far my experience with them has been 100% great! For starters they're much, much cheaper, quicker and nicer than any other minicab company I've dealt with in Manchester. Also the aspect of it being cashless is brilliant!

There definitely seems to be a media war being raged against them - BBC claiming they've been banned in Spain atm but the ruling isn't actually enforced until a fee is paid by the Madrid Taxi Assoc - nee Cartel. Word of mouth testimonies influenced me to give them a try and I don't regret it. I'll keep using them until I have reason not to.

It's even GRIMMER up North after MEGA SKY BROADBAND OUTAGE

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FAIL

Re: Cheedle Hulme

Yup it's Cheadle Hulme - although lazy journos just call it Cheadle, which is a separate village 3 miles down the road and doesn't even have a Waitrose!