Posts by Velv

Re: What's the problem....

Electrical equipment: "There are regulations in place that attempt to protect consumers..."

Yes, they are European regulations, and the kit carries the CE mark to show the company claims compliance.

And the UK has voted that we don't like all that European interfering, we don't want all that "red tape", and we can set our own regulations. The UK just got that little bit more dangerous, as you can guarantee none of the people advocating dropping the European regulations is doing so because they believe the restrictions aren't strict enough.

Also, RF interference in the wrong place can be annoying, it's not going to kill anyone. No, it's not. The "tinkering" capable on these devices is nowhere near any frequency used by Emergency services etc.

Re: 5mph!

“It should result in criminal conviction for negligence.

Which one assume will follow when the local DA files the case after the Sheriff and/or Police attended the incident and filed the relevant report. The Police did attend this road traffic incident, didn’t they?

“it’s entirely possible that buried in some other service’s terms and conditions it says they’re allowed to pass my data around in this fashion

I know for a fact that one of the email addresses flagged to my domain does not exist and has never existed and I can therefore guarantee consent was never supplied to anyone for it to be stored or transferred.

Unintended consequences from the Merkins.

A bill intended to ban plastic straws in Florida has been amended this week which not only no longer bans plastic straws (its set up a study), but actual bans locally enacted bans on plastic straws.

Way to go Florida!

Re: Tax loss for HMRC

Reclaiming VAT is NOT the whole story.

If the business you are applying VAT to operates mostly in either zero rate goods or VAT exempt items (e.g. financial services) then they cannot reclaim the VAT you have applied. So the £20K of VAT per year my company add to the invoices to the Banking clients goes straight to HMRC,

Re: At his cremation,

Tenner these days

Re: They could do like the airlines

Some events already do this.

If I remember correctly the Ryder Cup requires you to register your photo prior to the ticket sale date, and your picture is printed on the ticket.

Re: What else do we use yeasts for ? ...

“Also for making bread

Poppy seed bread? How to fail your company drugs test even faster

Re: 2000 surveyed!!

Sadly that’s about the number used for almost all face to face based surveys.

Ironically by keeping the number consistent you can keep the margin of error within a known consistency. In theory at least. You’d need to conduct a survey to prove it...

Re: Where did they get the power?

The parking meters are powered - if you can drill a hole to the cash box you could easily drill a hole to the power and tap the wires to power the vacuum.

Guess you just need to figure out a way to power the drill first...

Maybe we should encourage them to rename it Mos Eisley

“Uber sounds like one of those cuddly 10 plus percenters who like to shaft both ends of a deal”

Try 25% in Uber’s case

Re: 6G?

Don’t knock it, the air conditioning and audio volume in Tesla cars goes to 11 as Mrs Nigel Tufnel will testify

https://youtu.be/MUimdzNZWaQ

Re: Does he not have a point?

Read the article!

“Love, who wore his usual tieless black suit with a neatly pressed white smart-casual shirt, argued that his computers contained data of "inestimable sentimental value" to him”

So it is the data he is really after, contradictory to his statement offering not to access it. Something doesn’t run true, as the Judge surmised.

Re: Grade

A B- is more than any Brexiteer has ever achieved.

#ShamelessTroll

Re: Luddie mode on?

Having had a relative recently move into care, I deployed several cameras (and other IoT devices) to the empty property to monitor it. Kit was cheap enough to explore the technology with a legitimate excuse.

Will I move it to my occupied property when the empty property is sold? Not sure yet.

Re: If you fund a product on Indiegogo...

“That's how it works, you get in before the things finished to get a percentage of the value when it's a success. <snip> That's how venture capitalism works.”

Except none of this is an investment or venture capital. You don’t get any share of the profits, and you don’t own part of the business. All you are doing is buying a product now with the expectation it will be delivered in an agreed timeframe. You might get a discount on the expected retail price since it isn’t actually available today, but it is nothing but a simple retail purchase.

Re: Actually, they're behind the times

Not just Amazon and Google (and Apple with Siri), but I believe several of the major UK banks have voice ID systems in place.

Now I'm not suggesting just because the banks are owned by different governments around the world that any of that data may leak to any of the national security services (cough, Qatar).

Re: It's a bit like rugby?

We're familiar with the concept of contact sports and non-contact sports. American football is a collision sport.

“either too ignorant to have researched the issue at any depth, or because you disagree with them?

Or perhaps there are wider options. Our court system is based on a burden of proof. We don’t convict people because we “believe” them to be guilty, we convict on evidence. And yet there remain religions and vigilantes who “convict” based on their belief of guilt without there being proof.

Antagonising? Perhaps. Maybe if people thought for themselves they’d come to the same conclusion that deities don’t exist.

Sheesh, some people have no sense of humour