* Posts by Mark Cavanagh

3 publicly visible posts • joined 19 Oct 2007

7-year-old faces M&S Inquisition

Mark Cavanagh

Stupid, but needed

Unfortunately, many people only see the, granted in some cases stupid, security checks from their point of view. i.e they are the account holder, and thus why ask me the questions.

However, companies use the strict policies so that you don't end up calling on a regular basis to report misuse of the account. Add to that the number of 'research' companies that call to try and obtain details.

Bad hair day for alternative browser users

Mark Cavanagh

@ ChriZ

As a developer, you recommend IE?

Seriously?

BOFH: The bastard wants to know

Mark Cavanagh

bastard user from hell?

The other day I was searching for older episodes of BOFH, and came across this:

http://bofh.rivera.za.net/16

Any thoughts? Personally, after 2 or 3, I gave up on it, as it just seems... a rip off, and a very nasty one at that.

More proof that you can't beat a good bofh!