Posts by Will Godfrey

Confused

It looks like they are saying you can fetch, edit, and commit code without actually being able to test it first. if that's right I don't want to go anywhere near it for a bunch of reasons.

No surprise

Well, the company name does sound rather like Boing!

I can't think of a holiday venue I'd want less.

... and that's not sour grapes. I really can't imagine spending time being waited on hand and foot, while unable to just step out of the door and go for a walk - countryside preferable.

There is no hope

Clearly they don't think the earth is overheating fast enough and want to accelerate the process.

That's a relief

I don't suppose folks could now get off the merry go round, and start thinking of overall performance of complete systems - including power efficiency.

They deserve to be taken out

So in the world of finance they'll probably do very well out of this.

A thing of beauty

Both the week's BOFH... and marmite.

Oh Really?

I think this is just evidence of how arrogant google has become, and why they seriously need to be taken down several pegs.

Not holding my breath though

I'll hold on for as long as poss.

Some of my desktop stuff requires Python 2.7 and is pretty much unmaintained but incredibly 'comfortable'. No doubt I'll have to change at some point but it will feel like disposing of a favourite coat.

Physician, heal thyself

See title :)

The Gas Man Cometh

Flanders and Swan

Nuff Sed?

The thing is...

Once you've lost trust, it takes a long time to restore it.

Veiled threats to Chinese dissidents doesn't exactly help, even if they were ham-fisted mistakes. There are better ways to get compliance, and in that other case Muse were considerably at fault for providing unsecured access to copyright material.

Priceless

Much like the Halon removal.

With the Boss being so 'important' his office obviously need fire protection too. Just goes to show how thoughtful the BOFH is!

Nothing New

If I had a pound for every bodged bit of wiring done by 'professionals' that I've had to put right over the years I'd be a very rich man!

{we won't talk about the bits I did myself in the early years}

Possible reason

If they send a printed letter, to everyone they can't later claim they never wrote what they did - they can't even realistically clam that 50+ million letters were all faked.

P.S. I'm beginning to wonder if being able to think of such ideas means I'm becoming 'contaminated' with governmentium.

No thanks

Back in the 60s and 70s I read dozens of SciFi stories, based on the myriad ways this can go wrong.

I really don't want to see occasional fiction become common fact.

Total opposite

The way to be able to get reasonable assurance of who someone is, involves as many quite separate sources as possible to minimise the possibility of identity theft.

However, examining all that takes effort.

I suggested AudioCity myself, no takers though :(

It seems a daft point, but they really need to pick a name that's not going to sound too geeky to ordinary folk.

Yet another example

... that nothing can ever be made idiot proof.

Meanwhile

The belettered agencies who are (of course) the good guys, would never dream of such shenanigans, would they?

er... Would they?

Great stuff!

Love that sting in the tail - can't have the PFY getting uppety.

Wack-a--Mole

Never been known to succeed yet.

Byline is wrong

The devil is in the government.

Not a windows user^H^H^H^H victim

Thanks for reminding me I made the right decision very many years ago.

Sorry I'm late...

I was worrrrr. . Doing 'stuff'.

So nice to to now unwind to the continuing educational life of BOFH

SystemD...

the gift that keeps on taking