Posts by Will Godfrey

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Will Hay, Hattie Jacques, Alistair Simms, Eric Sykes, Morecambe and Wise, Ronnie Barker... One thing they all had in common was their their humour was gentle. They didn't so much poke at people's idiosyncrasies as give them a bit of a nudge.

Tut Tut

Oh dear. I don't have any shares. I seem to be missing out on all the excitement.

mega fail

And this is one of the companies that our illustrious leaders want to use for identity verification.

I've know for years that they were a dodgy bunch (long story) but not that they were quite this bad.

Interesting

They do seem to be trying out lots of different ideas. I wish them luck.

Fantastic Idea

What could possibly go wrong?

Belt & Braces

I block cookies by default. If a website insists (and I actually find it worth bothering with). I don't follow any links, and close the browser when I've finished with that site.

The Arrogance is strong in this one.

See title.

They would not listen

They're not listening still,

Perhaps they never will.

I think we need a 'C' ark.

Dual providers is all very well, but (in light of recent events) how can you be certain that your two 'independent' providers don't share any resources?

This is not the end

It's not the beginning of the end. In fact, it's not even the end of the beginning.

No matter what the reality, these people simply will not accept 'NO' for an answer. When it comes down to it, they will be quite prepared to compromise our security, if they think it will help them stay in power.

Unbelieveable!

So the lunatics really have taken over the asylum then.

When the shit hits the fan (and it certainly will) I hope these guys charge $10,000/hour to bail the idiots out.

Me me me

I 'have knowledge' of all they ask for. Bugger all capability, but I know the names, yes.

Oh dear.

The only one that surprised me was Lawrence Lessig.

Still, it's sort of comforting to know that stupidity isn't racially prejudiced.

... and nothing of value was lost.

See title.

Bit of Both

I mostly work in the office, but if there's a significant programming job to do the boss is quite happy for me to spend a few days at home. Everyone benefits. I get the chance to really concentrate without interruptions. They get a faster result (and I make a point of not working extra hours) and the other minions are pleased to see me when I get back, not because I'm a fantastic socialiser but because they absolutely hate having to do precision soldering!

I also do have proper lunch breaks - there are some very nice country pubs within easy reach :)

Same Old

So many 'simple' solutions to what is in fact a very complex problem.

For example, so far absolutely nobody has considered the situation where an entire area goes down power-wise. This is something I've seen several times in the last 4-5 years. On each occasion I was still able to use my land-line and notify the electricity company that there was a fault.

Maybe people would have more belief in the takedown process if it was just as easy (and quick) to get an erroneous notice corrected. Maybe also there wouldn't be such blatant abuse of the system by the corporates if even just ONE of them suffered real consequences for such activity.

"If the family grants us written permission to release information, we will be happy to provide additional facts to the media at that time."

Translates to:

"Currently we're busy trying to invent the 'additional facts' to cover our arses".

An obese deceased odiferous rodent.

“processed beyond compatible purposes" means exactly what?

Look on the bright side

Anyone messing with such a thing is taking themselves out of the gene pool.

My fave past time was unpicking disc protection systems. I actually got quite good at it and ended up with a nice collection of lock-free games - I didn't seem to play them much afterwards.

Problem: IoT

Solution: See icon. Problem solved.

This is so unbelievable that it has to be true. Nobody would have the brass neck to invent it!

Good job they didn't have Power point. They'd have all died out from starvation as they wasted hours trying to get it to do anything useful.