Posts by aaaashy

no place for local variation when it come to software

i believe in a decentralised govt for the UK, council, being able to determine solutions for local problems EXCEPT when it comes to software, which should surely be bought by govt for use around the country ... and this should be backed up by a group of highly able software folks who know what they are doing, and can see the present and future requirements of that software ... and this one solution is then given to local councils, without charge, so that the continual upkeep of arcane solutions doesn’t bankrupt the councils ...

solutions that do not become uncontrollably expensive the moment you rely on them is the only affordable way forward

why is there not a single countrywide system for councils, that has been vetted by experts?

i have always wondered why it its left up to each council/NHS Trust/publicly-funded business to commission their own software solution? Why is there not a top level group whose job is to vet systems for their suitability and organise how they work within the relevant system. It has always seemed destined for eventual disaster, when each small segment of the country tries to do this, with, it seems, predictable failure, over-spending, and chaos caused. Surely every council/etc has the same, or similar, requirements ... so why the hell is this practice repeated ad naseum. Have no lessons been learnt? The amount wasted on trying to get unique systems to work is colossal.

what an utterly repugnant company! what is it about coders who only want to use their talents to drain money away from others?

sign the petition to help get this moving AGAIN!

http://chng.it/vbncZL6KzJ

this all sounds very familiar

IT and Govt never seems to work properly, and i can only assume it is because no one who is in charge actually understands just how it should be used, and the information it receives i not the correct information for the task at hand.

Why does this story sound so bloody familiar?

And why does it never end well?

Removing ads from websites

While the likes of Netflix are reducing quality howsabout the numerous ads, especially the video ones, should be removed from websites too. They are unwanted, they use a ridiculous percentage of energy and seem to be a way of reducing server impact AND would be generally a good thing

no one should be allowed to copyright a COLOUR!!!! pathetic!!!

bezos is an utter shit

ffs!!!

uber are the unacceptable face of app-led capitalism and should have been slapped down YEARS ago

now this possible turnabout

ffs!! ... as i was saying

so does that explain what is happening to my computer right now?

i have Java installed on my MacPro, and recently after updating to 10.11 from 10.9.5 i have been repeatedly getting a window appearing that says: "To use the "java" command-line tool you need to install a JDK. Click 'More Info' to visit the Java Developer Kit download website."

i click on 'More Info' and it takes me to http://www.java.com/en/download/mac_download.jsp which does not offer me anything other than the latest update to java ... in other words useless ...

i am unsure where to go to next apart from totally uninstalling Java, which will prevent me from using a number of websites that seem to rely on my having Java installed

maybe i should try totally uninstalling, but am getting seriously tempted to just leave it out ... a damn nuisance tho

we have been here before with Kickstarter projects ....

my gf purchased a 2nd tier (date when sponsoring the article) FREEDMAN CHAIR about 3 -4 YEARS ago

we have heard nothing since the rumours started then there had been a couple of accidents from people sitting on their chair which then collapsed, seemingly due to being assembled wrongly (but it also appears that it is very easy to assemble it wrongly due to the poor instructions and possibly poor construction)

i received this reply from a journo who had written about his experiences with Kickstarterr on the Freedman chair fiasco:- " .....this entire Freedman Chair project has become a massive failure. My chair sits against a wall holding a coat as a reminder of the $600+ I wasted on it.

I have learned the company that makes the chair (The Miracle Chair Company) is "In Administration" - insolvent and close to failure perhaps?

<https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08086051/insolvency>

Kickstarter has some important legal language about providing refunds if a project is not fulfilled, but it's not clear if they will invoke some sort of proceeding. I have contacted them for comments and haven't heard back.

For those of us that have already gotten the chair - we're probably screwed.

So, lots of silence about all this right now from the company, but I continue to dig for more details and updating my blog about it."

and i bet there are plenty more horror stories about Kickstarter pledged non-starters/non-finishers

anyone care to investigate a bit further???

i am still annoyed that they "archive" equipment that is 5 years old and refuse to have anything to do it or supply parts for it ... and they call themselves GREEN???

if you think NatWest is bad try Virgin Media

if you think NatWest is and at sending (or, rather NOT sending) out paper or electronic bills you should try Virgin Media, they deny ever making a mistake and follow that up by cancelling all notification of aha you owe them and even screw up the website calculator, saying that as you have only just joined them there is no bill to see (when, in reality i have had an account for many, many years)

this conversation is beginning to show light on just why and how this could have happened