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The terrier has yapped.
Posts by Evan Essence
282 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Dec 2010
ICO clamps down on nuisance calls, slaps £90k fine on Glasgow firm
Comp Sci becomes 'fourth science' in English Baccalaureate
Thursday 31st January 2013 12:46 GMT
Re: Oh Yeah, DUMB IT DOWN !
a university level education is generally considered to be too advanced for a 11 year old
I kind of hoped you'd get that I wasn't suggesting teaching the subject at university level, any more than I'd suggest raising the standard of maths or biology to university level. There, I've spelled it out for you.
Thursday 31st January 2013 10:11 GMT
Baby/bathwater
From the article: Tech companies aside, other employees have pressed for more general digital literacy too, saying that employees needed better computer skills.
Great though it'll be, we hope, to introduce proper academic computer science, let's not forget the above point. For instance, I hope computer/network/information security will be discussed, starting at the level of how it's not a great idea to put sensitive data onto an unencrypted USB stick and then lose it on the train, and moving on to questioning why people think they need USB sticks at all, even encrypted ones. That kind of thing. And, presumably, employers will still need people who know how to drive a word processor or a spreadsheet application (not necessarily or automatically Microsoft products).
WTO ruling emboldens pirates of the Caribbean
Helium: Can it prevent the onset of Shingles?
Monday 28th January 2013 11:25 GMT 
Helium supply
What happens when the helium runs out, thanks to that bastion of the free market, the USA, dumping the world's supply at rock-bottom prices?
Brit mastermind of Anonymous PayPal attack gets 18 months' porridge
Swartz prosecutor: We only pushed for 'six months' in the cooler
Thursday 17th January 2013 17:06 GMT
Re: More information
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/ortiz-heymann-swartz-accountability-abuse
I read that, good article. The savage American "justice" system is politically-driven, in this case by Ortiz's political ambition.
And a good quote from Declan McCullagh, pointing out: "If Swartz had stolen a $100 hard drive with the JSTOR articles, it would have been a misdemeanor offense that would have yielded probation or community service."
Sheffield ISP: You don't need a whole IPv4 address to yourself, right?
US Dept for Homeland Security shafted by trivial web bug
Lights, camera, infection: HACKERS get Bollywood makeover
Ever had to register to buy online - and been PELTED with SPAM?
Wednesday 2nd January 2013 10:43 GMT
Spamgourmet
Others have mentioned throwaway addresses. I've happily used spamgourmet.com for years, and sometimes update the cutoff limit for an address, so it's not really a "throwaway" address: there's that flexibility. It's a bit geeky, but deliberately so to put off Joe Sixpack types: nothing to faze any Reg reader.
Shiny new UK.gov stats website a 'disaster' - MPs
London Blitz bomb web map a hit-and-miss affair
US drops ‘net regulation bombshell, threatens WCIT exit
Sunday 9th December 2012 22:31 GMT 
Interoperability
The proposed regulation says “member states shall have the right to manage all naming, numbering, addressing and identification resources used for international telecommunications”
So we could have 193.1.0.0/16 (IE), 193.1.0.0/16 (FR), 193.1.0.0/16 (IN), 193.1.0.0/16 (MX), etc. Yeah, that'll work.
Stallman: Ubuntu spyware makes it JUST AS BAD as Windows
Home Sec: Let us have Snoop Charter or PEOPLE WILL DIE
Monday 3rd December 2012 14:23 GMT
Re: Creep
Wasn't there a 'power' granted to local councils that allowed them to spy on people who they suspected of terrorist activity, only for them to immediately use it to monitor anyone suspected of anything (not cleaning up after their dog, applying to a school while not living in the catchment area, etc...)
Yup, it's RIPA you're thinking of. See also the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, which the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, used to freeze Icelandic assets during the financial meltdown in 2008.
Monday 3rd December 2012 13:53 GMT
Re: Waste of money
Remember that a key part of conservatism is leaving us alone to get on with our lives
That's only when they're in opposition, I think. Much like Labour who, now they're in opposition, are making much the same noises as the Tories did about Labour's plans for a Ministry of Snooping. Plus ça change...
Why do Smart TV UIs suck?
Wednesday 21st November 2012 14:26 GMT
Re: “Click here for additional assets”
“Click here for additional assets”, whatever that means. I know. You know
I don't, actually. Not that I have a smart TV, or want one, especially after reading the article, thanks! And I didn't know about the Panasonic EPG ads. Sheesh, I just hope I don't need a new TV for many years. My Sony Profeel was still going strong after 25 years before I junked it.
Facebook lets admen have a rummage through your shopping bags
Monday 19th November 2012 21:40 GMT
Re: How does it work..?
If they talk to each other I bet facebook could find out what you buy and the shopping site could find out who you are.
It's not only the IP address they could use. Browsers can be individually identified fairly well in most cases.
Browser Fingerprints Threaten Privacy (Computing Now)
Is Every Browser Unique? Results Fom The Panopticlick Experiment (EFF)
BBC iPlayer downloads BORKED by Adobe Air update
Word wonks insist GIFs are really JIFs
BBC in secret trial to see if you care about thing you plainly don't
Files aren’t property, says US government
It's official: No 10 mandates 'open systems' options for Sir Humphreys
Businessweek: 'It's Global Warming, Stupid'
Snooper's-charter plans are just misunderstood, sniffles tearful May
Sanitary towel firm's 'CEO' sets traumatised man straight
Major Freeview EPG revamp to go ahead after appeals rejected
Friday 5th October 2012 08:35 GMT
Re: It would be nice if the BBC actaully started their programs at the listed times.
I watch BBC programmes only on iPlayer now, for just this reason. No pompous, plummy "oh, we're the BBC, we do all this stuff, aren't you all so grateful, you plebs" ads, no cutting off the end of the programme I've recorded because they started five minutes late (or, just to keep us on our toes, cutting off the beginning because they started two minutes early), no squeezing down the credits so you can't read them (so what's the point of showing them?), no cutting into your train of thought after a good programme with fake, cheery ads (sorry, trailers, sorry, TRAILs) for the next programme you're never going to see because you're watching a recording, or for some rubbishy programme next week you've no intention of watching, no prancing cartoon character jumping up right at the cliffhanger moment of a Doctor Who programme to advertise (sorry, TRAIL) the next programme.
Gah.
Channel 4 do it all *so* much more tastefully. They don't need to squeeze the credits because the credits are narrow anyway. You feel the continuity announcers are real people, and they talk about "filums". You know the programmes won't be exactly at the listed times because they show ads (real, commercial ones), which is forgiveable. Can't think of much else to say, really, they just don't get in the way or up my nose like the BBC.
Worker dumps council staff's private data in supermarket skip
Open source author pulls code after GPL abuse
Amazon UK to offer collection service at corner shops
Surfing far too tedious or terrifying, say Northern Irish women
Lords blast UK.gov's fixation on broadband speed over reach
Tuesday 31st July 2012 09:37 GMT
TV Licence?
If TV is to be delivered only over the Internet, people who want to watch TV will be forced to get an Internet connection. Does this mean the TV licence fee will be scrapped in order for people to pay for their connections? What about people with connections currently, but with low bandwidth limits?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
