Posts by Will Godfrey

Accessibility

That's the thing that makes me think.

Take Google out of the frame, and if anyone wanted to find out about the guy they'd have to go digging - and make the value judgement as to whether it was worth the effort.

With Google there, you just type in the name and apparently the conviction is the first thing that comes up. No effort needed, and no judgement either.

A difficult decision for that judge - glad it's not me.

Surprised by Jupiter?

A.C. Clark would have been laughing his socks off.

Very unpleasant people

The original abuse is despicable.

Getting the images is sick.

Now that's the straightforward bit.

People hunting for the images to try and help the victims is sort of laudable, but I wouldn't want to be tainted with seeing them.

People doing that purely for financial gain. That's a big NO in my book. They are directly profiting from the victims.

Impressive

A 2 year turnaround is pretty damn good!

Lost out again

We never get a decent break in the UK (in any sense).

Unbelievable

... that anything will be actually done.

They missed a chance there

Should have called it V'Ger - comes back far more powerful that it left.

{for some undefined value of 'powerful'}

Circus

So for all practical purposes it will be exactly as it is now, but presumably there will be another layer of office wonks being paid for out of our domain fees.

Great psychological move

The extreme teetotals will nod wisely feeling vindicated in their obsession.

The alcoholics will drink even more just to stick it to the man.

Everyone else (recognising bullshit when they see it) will happily carry on as before.

So, the country's entire population is happy.

Excellent.

I've got fairly used to the BOFH's tricks, but I didn't see any of that coming.

Impressive... but

At those temperatures just about the only thing that will be working would be the battery.

I just wish they'd leave me alone

I've lost count of how many times over the years I've told them NO. What grounds do they have for thinking the situation has changed?

Nope

I'll stick with my {mmmf} years old feature phone that has all I want.

Voice

Text

Radio

Time

Looks good

And the pop-up camera is a neat idea (the first practical one I've seen).

But again, Can I put a nice clean Linux on there - to match the nice clean hardware.

Oh, and it wasn't clear from the article. Does it have a 3.5mm headphone jack or not?

Surprisingly easy to do.

Even on a big old domestic push button phone.

I managed to do that once when trying to catch a phone I'd sent flying from the hall stand. I'd somehow snagged the cable as I walked past.

Battistelli

The person who achieved something I would have thought impossible - giving megalomaniacs a bad name.

The repercussions of his power obsession seem to be endless.

Lest we forget

The (frequently changing) variable speed limit sings on the M25

Wizard?

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Nice to be part of a community

I'm another oldie who uses a simple (no HTML) newsreader. It makes for a peaceful life!

How would they know?

I can't remember the last time I heard a politician make a truthful statement.

Talk about out of touch with reality. They can't possibly have any concept of how they appear to anyone capable of logical thought. Maybe Facebook et al should have just held up a mirror and said nothing.

Deja Vu

There is a frightening uncanny familiarity to this situation.

No Ta.

I'm another one who linked out just before Microsoft linked in. I also changed my details several times first over a couple of weeks.

I don't seem to get any spam from them at all these days.

Storm in a teacup?

Sorry, but someone had to say it.

What a shame

I'm sure the people at github are really upset that Uber doesn't seem to want to be associated with them any more.

Good Engineering

Oh, and there will be some very unhappy pork barrelers... to my great delight.

Obvious

They're hardly likely to say that all their snooping and dodgy activities has made matters worse, are they?

America

The land of ???

Help me out here. I thought I had some idea once, but now I haven't a clue.

I think you forgot one

The totally circular references that go through umpteen zillion links to take you back to the first one... without any of them telling you anything.

Dog bites man?

Government ignores experts - not news.

Government acts based on expert advice - now that would be news.

Redhat, Google?

Google, Redhat?

I can't make up my mind which has gone faster and further towards the dark side.

Nooooooooooooo

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Scary Stuff

I just hope the actual launch system is a bit more robust

Tried, tested

... and failed.

Good ol' security by obscurity.

The mag for the whole family

Dad would buy it for some unknown reason. Mum would them pick it up to read the stories. Big Bro would use it for {cough} education. I flicked through it somewhat puzzled by the cartoons.