Posts by Richard Taylor 2

Re: byline

You could when I was a student in Manchester....

Re: VB

"There is a LOT of C still used. It's nearly 30 years since I started learning C++. Why are people still writing ordinary C?"

compact, simple (not up to BCPL but that is for a different rant), and with a relatively few stiff learning experiences, reliable.

Re: There's a Shapps in the kitchen . . .

Get the cat in - or failing that a smart terrier

Re: WinPho not doing better than before?

A myth if you consider that better == what people wanted, in the case of VHS, a recording time appropriate to the sport of choice for many adaptors, and greater access to rental videos through some fairly adroit market agreements for releases. OK the second is not technically better, but the first is definitely a feature that sold.

Re: ha hah hah

I never suggested that - just been on the sharp end of users who are forced to relearn random passwords on a regular basis (and not just one). Why don't you go out and learn something.....

Re: Zero credibility in my eys

I think most people suggested the application of a canon

What's that Skippy? There are 150 obsolete laptops stuck down the well?

We get one every six months - and we self report via our providers website - accurately

Re: Just like FaceTime...

Got to confess I don't remember that. But Swift has a number of very nice features - SML for the masses.

Re: Verify is not provided by HMRC

It should not be forgotten - but also not forgiven

Re: Official Title

git - pregnant camel. No mention of marriage, although like many camels they can be utter bastards (see Terry in Pyramids - or shod this be an alternative Godwin?)

Re: Northolt Station Flight and more, the UK is doing this too...

Well makes a difference from a bear in the woods or the Vatican I suppose. Pressures of habitat change I suspect.

Re: Do you really think

But of course a diver found the original - so one can hope.

There was an extremely good BBC4 program that looked at the device an posited (along with simulations) a convincing mechanism.

Re: The one they NEVER mention @BobR

You are Sheldon and I claim my $5

Re: The Problem

Your'e doing it wrong, I get great results using both hands on the phone to steady it

Re: Where is the expert?

I'm sure hell argue that the benefits of a mass market will make up for that?

Re: US management - confusing hours worked for productivity

Who are they?

Re: Commando Comics

The German language allows the construction of some lovely descriptions. All the more reason to be bilingual - you can learn a lot.

Re: Innuendo... Al-Qaeda, what!?

Today the police issued a warrant for a suspected terrorist who goes by the code name of "Samantha". They are also looking for her handler.

well as Humphrey has retired, I suspect Sven

Re: A Red Shirt?

But she does have a second name - safe for the next series then.

Re: Getting a good cup of coffee?

One of the problems I have always had is that roasting beans and ground coffee promise so damn much from the aroma but deliver little. Now a good cup of Yorkshire tea does the opposite.

Re: Would aircraft system designers really do this?

If it was good enough for Darth....

Re: how about no data collection!

And yet,with all that data,stolen or otherwise,our governments have not been able to foil one terrorist plot to stop it in its tracks.

To be fair, we don't know what has necessarily been foiled - and trials held in camera make that difficult to know. But you do make a very good point - a concentration on 'offence' through massive surveillance has a tendency to (a) allow government agencies to carry on claiming money for what may well be largely the case of the 'the emperors new underwear' - ably assisted by technology and quasi governmental companies with a vested interest in getting their noses into the trough, (b) allow them to avoid smarter more targeted intelligence gathering and prevention by pointing to the great efforts being made through mass surveillance and (c) carry on justifying their existence through what looks, certainly in the US like entrapment practices with weak minded stooges.

Yup a little limiting :-)

Re: Generalisation Considered Harmful

You really have not listened to any of the presenters (eg one J Humphries) on the Today program have you?