Posts by RichardPH

Dunno if you're in the UK, but here you can pretty much drive with uncorrected eyesight with impunity.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10558737/Short-sighted-motorist-who-mowed-down-and-killed-dog-walker-given-140-hours-community-serviceohammed-Rashid.html

Re: Good that it was privatised.

But at least when it's in-house there aren't teams on each side monitoring KPIS and legal teams employed to argue the transgressions. The supposed cost savings in outsourcing invariably get eroded with management and enforcement of the interface.

Re: Missed an opportunity

My thoughts exactly. Some 10 metre high teak veneered copies of Gresley carriages. With the servers in the guards van.

Re: Actually there *is* a use for this register.

My distrust of the police, both as dodgy individuals and as an incompetent organisation, makes me think giving them details of where every legal firearm in the UK is is asking for trouble. I see in the news only yesterday a house near me in Essex was burgled and its gun safe stolen. The less people who know you have guns in the house, the better.

The same goes for owning certain valuables, eg gold.

Re: Clocks Outage for All banks

Err, no. All the other banks' cashpoints connect to your bank's computer. If your bank's computer is AWOL it won't make any difference whose terminal you try to access from.

I'm amazed so few people here have no redundancy in their banking arrangements. I bet you'd all advocate some redundancy in the banks' computer systems!

Have several current accounts, circulate £1k around each month, keep a float in each to cater for these emergencies. If one happens to have a good offer on, shift more money there. For instance, Santander 123 at the moment, 3% interest up to £20k - better than any savings account.