Sign in / up

* Posts by SimonSplat

8 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Oct 2014

George Bush naked selfie hacker Guccifer gets his day in US court

SimonSplat

So... let me get this right

If I leave my house front door open and something gets stolen then I can claim on my insurance? No, thought not. There is usually a clause such as "must take reasonable measures to secure", which if this dude *guessed* details and passwords then the true custodians of said accounts did not take such measures... I'm sure there is something about if I don't secure my wifi and someone downloads unsavoury content that me, as the wifi network owner, are likely to be cuffed for? Sigh. Shooting the messenger springs to mind.

2 0

Sysadmin's £100,000 revenge after sudden sacking

SimonSplat
Facepalm

It was probably documented. RTFM?

Any company worth their salt (which this one may not be) would have had a plan document/business case/sign off for something that is hugely expensive (ISDN) and detailing that "In x weeks, before the contract lock in, this benevolent company will cancel the expensive option and order the new fangled cheaper option".

They probably didn't read it or the people higher up (seeming that this guy AND his boss were booted out) had no idea what it was saying.

So... RTFM.

7 1

Woman makes app that lets people rate and review you, Yelp-style. Now SHE'S upset people are 'reviewing' her

SimonSplat

Comments

Does she not read the Comments sections of the interwebz? Market research at it's finest.

2 0

Using SQL techniques in NoSQL is OK, right? WRONG

SimonSplat
Reply Icon

Re: Seems obvious.

Well, it does depend on what you're trying to achieve, no? If you are trying to distribute data across distant DCs, or even across servers within the same DC, is not easy with "normal" SQL/RDBMS products, especially if you want the same answer everywhere at (near) the same time. It's certainly not convenient!

If you don't strictly need the transactions (please define protection?), then why have the overhead of them? The right tool for the right job.

1 0
SimonSplat
Reply Icon

Re: This is why

Not knowing the data underneath is a recipe for disaster - no matter the approach or technology! But I hear your pain...

0 0
SimonSplat
Reply Icon

Re: Pick any two: fast, reliable or quick

Ok I choose reliable and fast (isn't fast the same as quick?)

1 0

Airplane HACK PANIC! Hold on, it's surely a STORM in a TEACUP

SimonSplat

@Robin - Cheese

Apparently some cheese can look like plastic explosive when going through those scanners. So, that may be why they got suspicious!?

2 0

OnePlus One cut-price Android phone on sale to all... for 1 HOUR

SimonSplat

A great phone but...

I have the pleasure (and that's not sarcastically) of owning one of these phones after being gifted an invite - screw buying an invite on eBay! I don't like the fact that it will not work on 4G with O2 but seeming that with 3G I am getting ~7Mbps down ~1.5Mbps up this is fine for my day to day use. I rarely tether and when I do only need web and emails otherwise this would irritate me.

The charger really could have done with more thought as Gareth79 highlighted - it's shocking (pun?). The other thing is that due to the battery capacity to have it charge at a decent rate the charging cable is of a high quality but short. You try and use most other MicroUSB cables and it takes an age to charge, all to do with the gauge of the USB cable (https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oneplus-one-charging-cable-alternative.68517/). So am trying, in vain so far, to find a decent cable so I can have one at work, home, car etc...

A great phone, version 2 will be better. Here's hoping that they sort out the issues (4G too) and do a better job of releasing the phone to the general public!

Good luck!

3 0