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Posts by Lockwood
422 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Jul 2009
Dot-word TLD registration closes tonight, maybe for many years
Apple Oz offers refunds for confused 4G iPad owners
Oz regulator to Apple: Don’t call it 4G if you can’t connect
Tuesday 27th March 2012 15:39 GMT
So, they can advertise that the Siri is a good thing that does stuff it can't do in the UK in the UK and the ASA rolls over and says "Meh. What did you expect? Your expectations were too high."
They do a similar thing in Oz, "Look at this feature we have! You can't use it, but we have it!" and Oz says "Oi! You! NO!"
From this, I can draw the conclusion that the ASA needs to get a backbone.
Size DOES matter: Nokia snubs Apple's royalty-free nano-SIM
London fire brigade outsources 999 control centre to Capita
Monday 26th March 2012 10:01 GMT
I don't understand
This will save money...
They are transferring the staff.
Bob is getting £X/hour from LFB for the job.
Bob is getting moved to Capita, presumably under similar pay (a drastic pay cut would lead to much employment law deabte)
LFB have to pay Capita for the service provided.
Due to this extra tier, LFB would need to pay more, since they are indirectly paying Bob £Y/hour, and Capita are needing to make some markup on this as well.
I can't understand how this saves money.
Testicle-boiling new iPad ignites fanboi fury
Seagate strikes trillion bit HAMR blow
So, what IS the worst film ever made?
Met plod will use 1980s software to police Olympics
Apple to kick start 'iTV' production in Q2
Tuesday 13th March 2012 16:45 GMT 
STOP!!! You're all wrong!
The debate about ITV's name is wrong.
Apple's lawyers can PROVE that they had the name first, therefore Independent Television will have to cease trading under that name immediately.
In a year's time when the next version comes out, there will be no problems with the ITV2, since Independent Television Two will have already been renamed the previous year (this year) to a name which Apple did not prove it already have the rights to.
Lav-less Indians can't get enough of their mobiles
West Yorkshire Gay Police Association in email list leak FAIL
Tuesday 13th March 2012 12:33 GMT
Re: Tip of the Iceberg
Registration Number: Z5353001
Date Registered: 17 April 2001 Registration Expires: 16 April 2012
Data Controller: METROPOLITAN POLICE TRADING SERVICE
Address:
STEPHEN BARRETT HOUSE
134 THURLOW PARK ROAD
WEST DULWICH
LONDON
SE21 8HN
The one shock is you put in "Metropolitan Police Service" and get out "Metropolitan Police Trading Service".
I figured searching for a more accurate represntation of the name would give better reuslts.
New Yorker sues Apple: 'Misleading and deceptive' Siri ads
iPhone tethering app uses HTML5 to defeat Apple's censors
Apple's App Store parades surprise new Catalog model
iPhone con man knifed to death in knock-off mobile brawl
No 10 develops Terminator iPad app 'to fire ministers'
Unlawful tweets could land Twitter in Blighty's dock
Sony to ship passive 3D, OLED TVs in 2013
Weeing Frenchman sues Google over Street View photo
Apple: We never said Siri would actually work in the UK
Stolen NASA laptop had Space Station control codes
Windows 8: Sugar coating on Microsoft's hard-to-swallow tablet
Threatmetrix founder to fight 'muffin apocalypse'
Paper plane world record disputed
Microsoft demos 3D desktop with transparent OLED
Apple snags blockbuster multi-touch patent
Who's adding DRM to HTML5? Microsoft, Google and Netflix
Hey Commentard! - or is that Commenter?
Crap PINs give wallet thieves 1-in-11 jackpot shot
Wednesday 22nd February 2012 11:14 GMT
My Halifax card years back had some paper that said that you could use any PIN except 0000 and 9999.
The downside to removing the top X guessable ones:
0000,1111,....
0123,1234,....
9876,8765,....
is that the number of available numbers diminishes. This gives marginally better odds for guessing.
British Medical Association calls for long, slow rollout of NHS 111
Tuesday 21st February 2012 13:22 GMT
Re: 101 / 111
I was going to ask that.
What'll happen to Vodafone voicemail?
SOMEBODY THINK OF THE VOICEMAIL!!!
Possibly merging 111 and NHS Redirect into one thing would be a good thing?
Then merging the 111 and 101 into 101?
Add an extra menu at the start of 101:
Currently I get: "Thank you for calling 101. For Hampshire Police, please hodl the line. For another service, press 1. For Sussex Police, press 1. For Surrey Police, press 2, etc...."
New menu:
For Police, press 1. -> For Hampshire Police, please hold the line. For Sussex, press 1
For Ambulance, press 2. -> For South Central Ambulance Service, please hold the line. For South East Coast Ambulance Service, press 1
For Fire Services, press 3. -> For Hampshire Fire & Rescue...
You get the idea.
SMS compo firms fined £200k for typosquatting, misleading punters
Valve responds to Half-Life 3 grumbles
Brit student locked up for Facebook source code hack
Satnav blunders blamed for £200m damages
Friday 17th February 2012 10:10 GMT
Re: Re: Re: Turn Right!
My old Satnav (Navsure) had a few great ideas. After the road to the M6 was closed, and trigger signs were set up diverting to the next junction (badly, the square turned to a circle for a short while), Mr Navsure got the idea that just before we crossed the M6, I do a left turn, then I could join the motorway.
Yes, there was a road going that way, but it was through Sandbach MSA!
I will often divert from the M3 to M27 E/B via Rownhams MSA and turn again at J3.
Mr Navsure had a better idea... Turn left just before the petrol station, turn right onto Rownhams Lane, turn right again, then rejoin the motorway. That'd really annoy Roadchef if everyone did that!
Bonkers MS security update flags Google.com as malign
Microsoft probes IE8 dll AWOL hell
Microsoft to send users 4 critical patches on Valentine's Day
Resellers: Microsoft price hike was 'demanded by Euro country bosses'
Life-size Portal gun to shoot onto shelves soon
Thursday 9th February 2012 13:06 GMT
As you pass through the Airpor Unauthorised Item Emancipation Grid, your Apeture Science Handheld Portal Device may be emancipated. Aperture Science would like to apologise for the incovenience this may cuase to your continued testing.
Loss of valuable equipment will result in an unsatisfactory test result.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
