Posts by Will Godfrey

Hmmm

I thought the idea was to remove wastewater, not provide it!

OKOK I'm going. No need to shove.

Just once

... and only once (in mmmfty mmmf years) I had a really good response to an insurance claim.

Every other time it's been a rip-off.

Optimistic?

Not me.

Everyone in the industry with more than two communicating neurons could see this coming, but the people determining the finance are most certainly not in the industry.

Hmmm

I can't think of an organisation I'd be less keen to fondle the crown jewels. I'm nowhere near smart enough to be able to definitively ascertain whether they've hidden any 'interesting' bits in there.

Sorry I'm late

However, it seems that once again the boss finds he is in a maze of twisty turny passages.

Sneaky

So now the BOFH has got the head beancounter in his pocket. Fun times ahead!

Many moons ago I got the sack for refusing...

Manger wanted me to interrupt a quite complex bit of fault finding to post a letter, even after I informed him I was going that way for lunch later, and the morning post had already gone. Was told to get out, so I did, and contacted head office. The guy there said while he agreed it was over the top, it was not company policy to reverse a mangers decisions (or something like that). Off the record I was then given the contact details of a similar company with vacancies - dramatically better environment and pay.

I found a good way to test a program

Write a school timetabling suite and hand it over to the teachers. Make sure it has an accurate detailed user guide, as well as in-program help.

They'll still find a way to screw up - the most common one, finding multiple unique spellings for the same pupil's name!

Still

In spite of absolutely clear evidence, and yes dead bodies, the government continues to prevaricate and protect the guilty, all at our expense.

A govenrment er... initiative

What could possibly go wrong?

On my list

but for later in the year. I'll let the rush die down a bit first, and for the err... bugs to get sorted.

Buggeration

I use Audacity a lot. It's my go-to for cleanups and tweaks on existing audio, as well as recording new material.

At the moment I can't think of anything that does the job as well, and with such a small footprint.

I guess I'll have to start a wider search.

Remind me please

All the benefits we're supposed to get from cloud services.

Croatian Castle sounds great

Funny how these things can trigger ancient memories.

Unfortunately this bit reminded me of when I was a kid and the family were on a camping holiday in Scotland. On the second day mum had an accident and ended up with a foot in plaster and arm in a sling.

While still in the hospital, when we were visiting her an unexpected visitor turned up. This was in the mid 1950s. You know when some is pretty important when the arrive in full highland regalia and the staff are all giving discrete little bows and curtsies. The gentleman expressed sadness at the events and offered us time in his home as recompense. Dad declined. After the guy left, the staff told us who he was - a very big noise indeed, and his home was of course a castle. Us boys were devastated, and I think this is the only time I heard mum criticise dad in front of us, and boy did she let rip!

Safety?

Are they going to gloop the toys in with the safety critical control? Personally, if I had the choice (I don't of course) I'd want the two systems to be completely separate, with the only common point at the battery terminals.

Sometimes it backfires on the Unions

A print firm my old employer did some work for had a very heavy union presence. Most of the machinery was really ancient, and required an extremely high workforce to run. It was only kept running and not replaced with modern kit because of the union action to protect the members jobs.

We made several attempts to suggest quite small modifications, that would improve the quality of the output as well as taking some of the strain off the machines. All were of course blocked by the union. In a sense we benefited directly from this, as our company did all their machine repairs (including dealing with the sabotage, when some guy fancied a lazy night shift).

It will come as no surprise that the printers eventually went bust as the quality of their work fell further behind current standards, along with turnaround times - so not many jobs protected there.

Coming to the 'net soon

A whole new tranche of conspiracy theories.

Seriously: Fantastic work Guys,

Food for thought

I've no quibble with this action, but am concerned it could be the thin edge of a very nasty wedge. What's the prospect of necessary slowly morphing into desirable and hence to total surveillance?

Hmmm. Possibilites

I wonder if the process could be modified for clearing out 30+ years of junk from my cellar

Idiots

I think the previous commentards have covered this pretty well, but the thing that occurs to me is that not only have these numpties trashed their own credibility, but have also potentially damaged the prospects of all the other students at the Uni - as well as those that have left recently and just entered the job market.

I can just see an HR dept, looking through resumes, "Hmmm studied at... Oh." {shuffle} Hey this guy in Canada looks good.