* Posts by DaveyDaveDave

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Fukushima update: No chance cooling fuel can breach vessels

DaveyDaveDave

Go read what I originally posted (before some idiot called me a commentard)

Wow - that really touched a nerve didn't it? Although I think if you read what I actually wrote, I called myself a commentard too.

Clearly in your vital work as a life-saving-physicist-cum-network-admin you're not used to people disagreeing with you. I'll leave you to it - you're obviously quite right, I just hope you're consulted on all future engineering decisions.

DaveyDaveDave
WTF?

a letter and/or digit

I'm guessing here (and, apparently, the only commentard here to admit that - I can only wonder how the rest of you, clearly employees of TEPCO currently deployed at Fukushima, have time to be commenting here), but presumably having the plant near plenty of water was a direct result of the risk assessment being done "correctly" - to cope with exactly the circumstances that they are currently (successfully) dealing with.

UK boffins to develop 'Solar Squaddie' electro-uniform

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Happy

FTFY

They're creating a "solar powered" uniform in *GLASGOW*?

Chicken Little report: Sat-nav dependency spells DISASTER!

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Joke

"on train tracks and/or in lakes"

Are there many places where train tracks go through lakes? :D

Gmail auto sorts bulk mail, notifications, forum messages

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Title

Obviously they're already doing this sort of analysis, and far more besides, which is how the ad matching works. If that's really too much for you, then yes, you'll have to move your email somewhere else. Only after you've firmly affixed your tin foil hat, of course.

Traffic-light plague sweeps UK: Safety culture strangles Blighty

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Cyclists ignoring cycle lanes

In my (limited) experience, that's because it's very likely that the cycle lane either:

- doesn't go anywhere useful

- goes where you want, but forces you to use 3-sides of a 4-way intersection, rather than just turning right with the traffic

- is so full of potholes/draincovers/rubbish that you're safer on the road

- or - most commonly - is completely ignored by the other road users, who are either parked on it or walking in it

I've cycled to work for various jobs, and almost always got used to ignoring the cycle lane for part of the journey for at least one of the above reasons.

I've also never seen a cyclist 'toddling along in the middle of the road'. What I do see frequently though is drivers who are completely unaware of the width of their cars sticking behind a cyclist who they could easily pass without even troubling their steering wheel.

Photo loss blogger to Flickr: You're f*cking kidding

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Only if...

True enough, but only if you're expecting your PC *and* the cloud service to die at the same time, which seems somewhat unlikely. If it did happen then I'd guess you'd be more worried about finding shelter from the mutated giant cockroaches, than any data you might have lost (unless of course that data included your plans for a giant-cockroach shelter).

So - cloud service acts as a backup to your PC (or whatever primary storage device), and vice versa. If one goes down, you restore it from the other.

DVLA says council snoopers are free to take the WEE

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"horse fouling"

I assume this is letting your horse foul the road, rather than someone 'fouling' a horse... Is it a crime? If so, why do the Police get away with it?

Group Test: smartphone satnav apps

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No he didn't...

"Navdroyd, which as the name suggests is an app for Android, uses the same free community maintained maps as Skobbler but isn't as developed."

Hackers spoof car warning system

DaveyDaveDave

"the threat of putting a temporary false warning on your dash..."

...that makes you pull over to check the tyres yourself, with, "the crims", very close to your car...

Get it yet?

Lonely Planet augments muggers' earnings

DaveyDaveDave

Evidently it does...

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=mugger

DfT denies deliberately misleading on speed cam stats

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What about low-speed daft manoeuvres?

How will a speed camera (or even a fancy-schmancy Swiss super camera) detect a 'daft manoeuvre' made by a parent? In my experience any road, anywhere near a school at the start or end of the day is a complete standstill, so speed cameras would be even more useless than normal.

And I disagree about red light cameras as well - with red light cameras, if there's an ambulance at the back of a queue of cars stopped at a red light, nobody can do anything - if they dare to cross the line, they'll instantly get a ticket, and have no way of arguing the case.

I've never come close to a near miss at a set of traffic lights - not to say that it's not a problem, but, as we all know, green doesn't mean go, it means 'go if the way is clear'.

HTC says sorry for Orange Hero Android 2.1 update delay

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Unhappy

Lucky Orange customers...

I'm still waiting for it on my T-Mobile G2.

NatWest sets lawyers on student site

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Joke

It doesn't work

I went to the site, but when I enter my online banking password it doesn't log me in. I don't understand. I just want to check my balance. Why do they have to keep changing things?

Consumer Reports: 'We were wrong about the iPhone 4'

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"It fulfils the Apple promise of 'just working'"

Really? Do you want to think about that for a minute? Surely this entire fault is around the fact that it definitely doesn't *just work*, at least, not for making calls.

El Reg marks Steve Jobs for termination

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WTF?

It's the what now?

"...pathetic grab bag of bitchin..."

Does this mean anything to anyone? My best guess is "picture", but I can't be sure...

Romford coppers try to stopper young snapper

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Anyone know of a good 'photographers' rights cheatsheet'?

I wonder if anyone has seen any kind of a brief document that photographers could carry round and present to these idiots as necessary?

I'm thinking something simple, with single-syllable words, probably in Comic Sans, so they have no trouble reading it, along the lines of: 'The law says I can: photograph buildings / people / police / etc', citing the relevant legal documentation.

I'm sure it's more complex than that, but something along those lines, that a photographer could just produce for them to read in answer to 'what do you think you're doing?' would make it far easier to make the point without giving them any cause to start talking about public disorder.

I'm sure they'd still find something like the tread on your trainers being worn as a reason to nab your camera, but it would surely make it much easier to claim your compensation later...

If there isn't one already out there, how about the Reg create one? Or even better, persuade the Police themselves to put it together, if they're so confident that their front-line troops have the correct information...?

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Similar experience...

Any guesses about what happened when I phoned Cardiff police from my car to say that I was following the guy who I'd just seen smashing my neighbour's window?

Of course - they couldn't possibly speak to me while I was driving.

Result: criminal walks free; helpful member of the public decides not to bother next time.

iPhone 4: Perfect for everyone, except humans

DaveyDaveDave

Well predicted, sir :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8761240.stm

"Steve Jobs responded to a query about the problem from one owner by saying: 'Just avoid holding it in that way.'"

Queen's speech pledges faster deficit cut, 'freedom bill'

DaveyDaveDave

Perhaps quote non-war years?

It seems a little counter-intuitive to quote life expectancy in the middle of a war...

With a very quick look, I haven't managed to find any figures for the UK going back that far (and I notice that you haven't quoted your source), but I'm guessing that the average life expectancy would have dipped somewhat between 1940 and 1945.

Facebook founder called trusting users dumb f*cks

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@Nexox Enigma

I think I'd consider it a lucky escape for a potential employer to pass me over after finding someone with the same name as me on a social networking site.

If someone isn't (a) intelligent enough to recognise that sometimes two different people can have the same name or (b) permissive enough to accept that different people enjoy different things and that a person's hobbies will not necessarily have any reflection on his/her ability to work well, then I really don't want that person as my boss!

DaveyDaveDave
Joke

No - he might be right...

There are definitely potential negative consequences. I read an article saying that there is a high correlation between using the 'French' app and being French.

I don't know about you, but I'm staying well away from it.

Scammers plunder gullible iPad owners' backdoors

DaveyDaveDave

Mmm

I suspect it's because to have bought a Mac, you have to have made some kind of choice, OK, not necessarily the correct choice, but a choice nonetheless. That implies that you are at least vaguely aware of what a computer is/does and therefore somewhat less likely to fall for a ridiculous scam.

As much as the typical Apple customer is missing common sense, I'd still wager that the average 'computer IQ' level, if you will, in Mac users is substantially higher than the average Windows user. Couple that with the fact that market share is still a lot lower than Windows, and I'd guess you're still better off aiming scams at Windows users. The tipping point can't be far away though.

DaveyDaveDave

True, but...

I think you slightly missed the point. The article is saying that, by buying an iPad, a person must be one of those exceptions; they must have plenty of money AND be a moron.

Hawking: Aliens are out there, likely to be Bad News

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No...

You can be third :)

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