Posts by Steve Davies 3 7147 publicly visible posts • joined 24 Jun 2009
of an exodus.
Several contractor friends of mine (I was one once) are heading for the exit and moving abroad.
One finishes his current contract at the end of the month. His house has been sold and is off to Canada.
They won't be the last and there are politicians talking about the skills shortage (sic). Yet the HMRC are being totally intransigent and effectively making it worse for many companies and government departments.
Take footgun and shoot themselves in the foot...
Oh... Wait... you must mean the anticipation of will it bork or not after the upgrade (ok, this happens less frequently but it does happen)
(sort of reminds me of when waiting for an RSX-11M Sysgen build to boot)
and
What they have broken this time.
As for the Indexer... Yet another example of 'do it our way or not at all!'.
I'll pass thanks.
Outside of the USA, any ruling against Google will not apply.
As much as certain people in the US might like to shout, US laws don't apply to every country on the planet.
I'm sure that there are many places that would love to give Oracle the finger should they come demanding license payments.
Ah yes, I remember those days very well.
Being tasked with doing things like upgrading ram on Vaxen from time to time, I took a lesson I'd learned from an ex USAF Avionics fitter with me. In those days, there was a key switch on the front panel.
Once the correct system was located (with site staff confirming that it was indeed the right machine) we'd switch the system off. Then I'd attach an 'Engineer working on system' sign to the front and then I'd tie one end of my 'get the right cabinet device to the key. This was a 10ft long piece of string with one of those rubber quoits tied to the other end. This was tossed over the top of the cabinet so that you would know which was the correct one to work on at the back.
There was hell to pay one day as we went to lunch (and to warm up as those DC's were cold) and came back to find that the 'Engineer' sign had gone as well as my bit of string/quoit tool. My Field Service toolcase was also missing. The system we'd been working on was also powered on.
It turned out that a PHB was unable to play 'Adventure' in his lunchtime so came into the DC to investigate. He unilaterally decided that the job was done and tidied everything away.
He was still pissed off when we returned as he still could not get to the server. Well, as it had zero RAM it couldn't run very well now could it. That didn't cut the mustard with him one little bit.
I got a lot of verbal from him all the time I was trying to finish the job. I found my quoit tool in a skip outside the building.
I refused to go back to that site. The company was taken over a few months later and that PHB was almost the first to be given his pink slip. (this was NYC)
Such was the numbskulls we encounterd on an almost daily basis.
You made my day. This 'hipster' is 66 (almost 67) years old and would not go back to Windows even if you paid off what remains of my Mortgage.
I have a dock at home that uses USB-C that includes Ethernet, SD, USB-A, Display Port (4k Monitor) and Can charge my Macbook. One cable to connect and that's it.
On the move, all I need is ONE SD card adapter and even that hardly gets used as I now plug my cameras into the MacBook.
I can't remember the last time I've plugged in a Display when away from home. WiFi does the Ethernet (usually via my phone's hotspot).
How many places have 10Gb Ethernet anyway? 1Gb is the still the norm around here.
This aging Hippy (and yes, I was alive in '68 and rocking with everyone else) loves being called a Hipster.
Hendrix Lives Ok!
Convenient? Yep - 100% charged every morning. 240miles for under £12.00.
Fast? Yep - 0-60 in under 5 seconds 400bhp and huge torque.
Servicing? 22K miles before first inspection.
Bad in adverse weather? Nope. Fording depth 20 inches. 4WD, adjustable suspension and traction control on all 4 wheels.
That is the sort of EV you can get today and it isn't a Tesla and it carries the badge of a UK based maker.
On both occasions, the harassment and threats centered around nude photos and video clips the women had sent him during their time together.
I hope that this practice (sending nude photos to anyone) stops ASAP.
There is no excuse for his behaviour at all. He deserves 20 years but it would help if people were a little more careful about what they did with a camera and a computer then this sort of thing might stop but somehow I doubt it.
It was Compaq that bought Tandem and then bought DEC.
I was working at DEC at the time.
For a while under Compaq we had to account for our hours as if we were building PC's and not working on long term services projects in four or five countries. When they offered me an exit door after 20 years, I took it. Back then, that meant 20 months pay. Paid off the mortgage the next day.
Those were the days.
Debt. Debt and loads of it.
The problem is that sooner or later the Debt has to be paid back (or the company goes TITSUP). Even if it is paid back, there could be so much of it that the Company still goes TITSUP.
The problem is that far too many MBA's are chasing that gold at the end of the rainbow. As soon as they see that their current expedition will be a dud, they jump ship and try again.
Debt is a real company killer. VC's love to load companies up with it and then do an 'exit stage left' before anyone notices.
That the image used on the front page is an old stock image.
Even holding your phone (if you are the driver) in a vehicle with the engine running can be enough to get you a ticket.
That is one area of law that will need a huge upheaval IF self driving is ever made legal in the uk. After all, the first thing most people will do after engaging their car's FSD system will be to look at their phones and their social media accounts. /s /s /s
It will also mean a huge rise in Social Medai Addiction.
Perhaps we should ban FSD (Full Self Driving)???
either way [see icon] will be watching our every move
Apple are not the only company to have 'private API's'.
I was once bitten by this. We were happily using said private API's with the PHB telling us in almost every meetiing that it was 'fine, I have permission' only to find that the API returns had all changed after one update.
Said PHB had to admit to his PHB's that he was full of Sh1t.
Three monthe of coding, testing and faffing around with release engineering we got an updated program out the door and all our customers could update their systems.
You take a risk when using private API's of any sort. If you are happy with the rug being pulled from under your feet then fine. Otherwise, they should be labelled
"Here Be Dragons!"
Try putting 400V @ 200A into your Galaxy and see what happens.
Better stand well back. Better still do in on the 5th November. It would be interesting and make a great video on youTube.
Totally different technologies in Phones and Cars. There are a very large number of cells in a car. The wiring and electronics in a car can take this sort of power.
We are seeing cars that can take over 150kW when charging. (Audi E-Tron etc)
Doing that is 100% guaranteed to derail any career you might once have had as numberous Actors, Politicians and Sportsmen can testify even if it was 20+ years ago.
Facial recog or no facial recog you have to recognise Political Correctness when you see it.
Now if everyone did it it might be enough to make the various TLA's think again but somehow the facial recognition genie is out of the bottle and won't be going back despire various places outlawing it.
This
If a bank is allowing external suppliers to build up enough institutional clout that they cannot be swapped out then this constitutes a risk that should be eliminated by replacing the function with one managed in-house.
Should be
If a bank is allowing external suppliers to build up enough institutional clout that they cannot be swapped out then this constitutes a risk that should be eliminated by replacing the function with one managed IN INDIA
there fixed it for you...
Their AI will just fill your screen with more non relevant adverts because those companies have paid Google loadsamoney to boost their SEO rankings even higher.
I wonder if there will be a new class of SEO subscription... Click here for an extra 10% AI boost !...
As has been said, can we have the google from 5 or even 10 years ago back. They were far less focussed on ad slinging then.
Don't use Google so this AI stuff is rather moot. I'd question if it is truly AI or just some glorified DSS. Probably the latter.
At the moment that is the case fo us in the UK. but for how long eh? I'm sure the Mobile Operators will be chomping at the bit to hike their roaming charges back to pre EU levels if not higher the day after we finally decide to leave the EU.
Just remember the cause of those mega bills that will arrive when you come back from your hols next summer.
The 'IT' issue with Vodafone last week were just trial runs. This time they got caught. Next time????
is nigh on impossible for Aircraft that are already out there flying.
Some Airlines prefer to stick with on engine supplier so the maker has to soak up the cost of putting that engine onto their airframe and modifying all the associated control systems. That's why 'launch engine' is such a kudos point for an engine maker. They'll work closely with the airframe maker to get it right but sometimes... things go a bit wrong.
The R-R Trent engines on the Quantas A-380 is a good example. Only after the aircraft had seen a good number of operational hours did problems develop. A lot of midnight oil was burned in Derby fixing that problem.
Then there is the whole other elephant in the room and that is spare parts. It is so, so easy to buy spares that are later found to be fakes. These can and do cause crashes. Authenticity of supply is a real problem in the Commercial Aviation world where Airlines are always looking to save a few £££/$$$ etc.
There will be beancounters all over the world shaking in horror at this appearing. Cost controls may well go flying out the window.
When companies are counting how many paperclips and stubby pencils have been issued MS thinks that this is a good idea?
I'm sure that this will result in a continual battle between MS and SysAdmins as they block it and MS finds a way around it. After all... they can't have anything interrupt their revenue stream now can they (sic)
Then that will stop that stupid waste of money that is being spent on 'Smart Meters' dead in its tracks.
Another case of two Government Offices right next door to each other denying each others existence.
Normal Service in Westminster then.
Anyway, once we leave the EU with a crap deal we won't have any money for food let alone luxuries like phones.
it has been going on for so long...
And there are a number of US States actively banning facial recognition...
Shows how out of touch everyone in Westminster is. (nothing new there then...)
Next they will be wanting to add an hour so that the clock will really strike 13.
Down ere in rural west hampshire, it has been fine all day. Reading this site is the first I've heard about it. There again, in this backwater, we are never anywhere near the first to hear about anything. The POTS network is a bit of wet string and two tin cans on days like this (aka chucking it down)
us? I mean us Grumpy's.
If any of the events that I organise (not using meetup I hasten to add) started to get adverts for other things then many of my fellow grumpies would get even grumpier and simply stop going.
There is a cause and effect (Thanks Issac) to everything. Far to many people only think about the former and ignore the latter.
I hate ALL adverts. Anything that gets repeatedly advertiesed to me gets put on my 'Do Not Buy' list. That list gets longer almost every day. now where's the 'up yours icon?'
In its absence, all advertisers and ad companies can 'eat this'
You rank right up there alongside politicians, lawyers, lobbyists and Car Salesmen for the chop come the revolution.
not according to the speech delivered by the Queen today is isn't.
As reported on the BBC the bill will say...
The speech referenced a planned Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill that aims to "accelerate the delivery of fast, reliable and secure broadband networks to millions of homes".
That seems to me to fall short of promising 100% coverage. Not surprising really.
Sadly, it has zero chance of happening.
OpenRetch in its current form could not get anywhere near this target even by 2030.
I'm sure their bean counters are working to that sort of timescale because of the really huge increase in their costs once the FTTP is installed.
The Fibre Network attracts a very hefty rateable value over a POTS installation.
That is a cost that isn't going to go away and will only ever increase.
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