Re: Successful failure ...
Moreover it got to Mars in one piece. So was it under engineered. Or was curiosity massively over-engineered ?
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Browsing in a London suburb recently, and 90% of the notes were in non-Latin script. Except for the odd number.
They might be saying "for sale, fridge freezer, needs cleaning"
or, they could be saying
"Drop the goods round the back, and knock twice"
if the spooks get too clever with bypassing encryption then the bad guys -certainly them muslamic terrorists - will revert to faxing each other handwritten pages of Arabic.
In code.
Incidentally, as an aside, do the readers of El Reg think it would be possible to plan something without using electronics ?
Personal Ads in printed magazines.
Handwritten replies to P.O. Boxes.
would be enough to initiate contact. Then have established an offline connection, the bad guys could use it to establish an anonymous online connection - say ads posted on Craigslist in cipher, and replied posted on Gumtree in cipher. All of which can be done openly, under the noses of MIx
Brief chat with MrsJP, and we *think* the last time we "got any cash out" (i.e. cashback !) was a month ago. We still have the remains of it in our wallets. The only thing it gets used for nowdays is the Friday night chippy meal (and I suspect they take switch, if you ask - just nobody does).
Bad news for charity bucket slingers, I'm afraid.
Anyway, back to the story ... I'd be fascinated to know (but not so fascinated I actually Google it) whether cashpoint use in the UK is increasing, declining, or steady. Especially since banks must really hate them when they aren't replacing staff.
Do you know what the first *use* of the telescope was ? (As opposed to the first thing it was used for, which is a subtle difference).
For a select band of merchants, to be able to get a 2 hour preview of the incoming ships in Venice - thus allowing them to rig the prices before the customers knew the availability.
It's certainly a debatable point as to whether this use subsidised the astronomical applications of telescopy, but it's certainly true that this was when magnification and resolution were ramped up immensely.
but needs to be hooked into a national regulator that has the teeth. Primarily in the UK, that being the FCA (formerly FSA). Who have the power of fine, and are certainly not afraid to use it. I really wouldn't want to be working for anyone who suffered a breach in the UK. PCI approved, or not.
If the regulator is useless, then there's no incentive to comply with PCI.
possibly yes ... the pixie dust booking.com (other travel sites are available) brings to the mix is the social - reviews and other information, which over time can be considered fairly trustworthy.
Travelling can be stressful enough. Start adding in another country, flying, different cultures and languages, and you might be happy to pay x% to somewhere like booking.com, if you trust the reviews. You also get the ability to comment on your own experiences.
OK, OK, OK, so this ruling applies to public (free ?) search engines.
Suppose I set up a subscription-only search engine ? Would that be subject to these "rules".
What if my subscription search engine only works on material stored on my own site ?
I am thinking of various news/legal/technical (medical) archives, which charge to professionals. Presumably that subscription would be intended to cover the real truth, not Google-lite truth ?
On a tour of the Glen Moray (shameless plug - you know where to send a crate :) ) distillery, we finished with a taster of the finished product. In actual fact three versions ... an 8 a 12 and a 16 year old dram.
The young - but spectacularly well informed guide - pointed out a little water jug which had some spring water they actually make the whisky from. At this point, one chap, who had been playing the connoisseur commented rather smugly "Glad you have some water for the ladies" (he was an arse). To which the guide, not-quite-as-apologetically-as-he-could-have-been pointed out that professional whisky tasters always put a splash of water into whisky to sample it. Apparently it releases some of the flavouring compounds, thus accenting the nose (smell), and allows the more complex compounds to dissolve, bringing out the more subtle edges of the taste.
So there is a reason.
Sorry - I call bullshit. I would suggest that no company with more than 100[1] employees could manage without at least one PC doing something for them. And that's in the UK. I have no idea how complex Japanese commercial bureaucracy is, but I doubt it is that much different to the UK.
Given the fact that data is going to continue to be generated (whether inside the IT system, or on paper) at a rate that will exceed the ability to input it (unless Sony were spectacularly inefficient in terms of staff usage), I suspect that in years to come, November/December 2014 will never be available in their MI systems - certainly not to any great detail.
[1]In fact 10 employees might be a push.
"genius" is not, and should not be a licence to mouth shite to an ever credulous media. And Hawking should know that, so be circumspect in interviews - it's hardly like he's a 21 year old reality TV star.
He should know that anything he says will be afforded far greater import than if Joe Bloggs said it.
What other issues is "genius" allowed to pronounce on ? Biology ? Political ethics ?
What we've getting is Hawkings *opinions*. And well all know about opinions ....
Every time the government (of any stripe) has wanted more data, and people protest, I have pointed out that my stance is the opposite. Give it to them. Give them EVERYTHING. And then watch them learn about "signal to noise ratio".
They may have already reached the point where they simply cannot process the data they *do* have. Let alone more.
As things stand, it's a fair suggestion that simply by dint of the volume of data they are slurping, they are missing more than if they actually did some legwork.
Maybe animal rights activism ? Nothing *illegal* (but it might be)
How about campaigning against TTiP ? Again, not *illegal*. But people who protest are probably more likely to be terrorists ?
Pro life ?
Pro choice ?
Stop the War ? Almost definitely.
The problem - and fears - about having these powers is not having them now. It's (still) having them in 10 years time. When voting Green, or UKIP is a "terrorist" offence.
There is no recorded instance in history of the state giving itself more and more powers over it's people that hasn't ended - eventually - with the guillotine working overtime, or the bodies swinging from the lamp-posts.
Since a broad definition of diary doesn't actually mandate the medium, it's a good use IMHO.
Diarist : one who keeps a diary (whether public or private)
Diary : a recorded collection of a persons opinions and experiences, usually segmented by days.
Given the penetration of the internet, the latter phrase would be assumed to include online diaries too.
I know this wasn't a definitive list, but "Retroactive" is a decent film.
is the league table of open cams - assuming the ration of open/secured cams is fairly location independent then:
US: 4591
France (?): 2058
Netherlands: 1756
Japan: 870
Italy:679
UK:584
Curious as to why France - with a vaguely similar population to the UK has 4x as many unsecured cams, for a start. And the Netherlands, with a quarter the UKs population, but 3x as many cams ?
I really need to get out more.
Not only have the hotel backtracked (so much for principles and integrity) but also left the fate of the initial £100 fine in doubt ... I can't tell from reading this article.
A hotel that "fined" a couple £100 for leaving critical comments on a travel review website will stop making the charge, trading standards officers say.
Tony and Jan Jenkinson posted the negative comment on Trip Advisor after being unimpressed with the one night they spent at the Broadway Hotel in Blackpool.
The couple, from Whitehaven, later had £100 charged to their credit card.
The hotel manager has not been available for comment.
Blackpool Trading Standards, which has been investigating, said it has now spoken to the hotel's management, who have agreed not to levy these fines in the future.
If anyone is *relying* on the STARTTLS to provide encryption, then they are (a) thick, or (b) so young as to not know the history of email systems and how a lot of features are optionally-supported extensions to the RFCs.
For myself, if I didn't encrypt it, then it's not encrypted, and would have been treated as such in terms of content.
827 people have died during or following police contact since 2004. Families have struggled hard for justice, encountering multiple failures and police collusion from the IPCC. Why is police accountability failing in this most serious of issues?
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and less than 100 in terrorist attacks.
I know who I'm more afraid of.
Actually, research by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war showed that if you identify - and isolate - the small number of "leaders", the remaining prisoners are incredibly easy to control - requiring much less [skilled] manpower which can then be sent to the front.
IIRC it was roundabout 5% or 1 in 20. And they were quite easy to spot ....
but there's very little available for "free" on Prime. Considering it's costing me something, I don't like paying more.
There is a massive gap in the market for a business which takes a *single* payment, and then allows access to NetFlix, Prime, BlinkBox, Sky and all the other Johnny-come-lately "exclusive content" providers. Which I would pay.
Otherwise torrent are thataway ---->
Of course, once they are out of earth orbit - and away from the cyclic gravitational pull of the moon, we have no idea how - or if - menstruation would work.
So in that sense, there's valuable science to be learned here.
My bet is that scientists will discover there's a weird backup system in place.
I would downvote you for casual stereotypical misogyny, but then your post did cause a scientific question, so I guess it's evens.
for a domestic router which effectively runs off a whitelist to prevent dodgy apps phoning home.
At the end of the day, I'd guess 80% of netizens probably access <1% of the net. Facebook, email, news, banking, shopping, Amazon, eBay, Twitter and a handful of other sites.
Much safer to risk some inconvenience, than allow unfettered access to the web.
Almost a reverse net version of a Truecall box .....