{sigh}
That's all
Posts by Will Godfrey
1025 posts • joined Saturday 8th September 2007 11:08 GMT
Posted in Barclays Online Offline again
Re: Hook, line and...
I forwarded a similar scam to them a couple of years ago, taking care to preserve the full header - They didn't even bother to acknowledge the email :(
Yet another reason to avoid London at all costs, and seriously think of emigrating to somewhere nice like, oh I don't know... Syria maybe.
I foresee a rash of house fires caused by people making amateurish attempts to bypass the meters when they switch off.
Re: Barclays new site is pretty awful
Thinking of moving to the coop myself.
When I complained (in writing) to Barclays about their site they promised a reply by the middle of this month. Well, they were true to their word, I got another letter promising a reply by the middle of next month.
'king muppets!
Posted in 75,000 Raspberry Pi baked before August
Re: “Pi sales have overtaken Arduino in an instant”
Good one - see icon!
Absolutely spot on. I still am an engineer (for a few more years!) and also use whatever measuring standard best fits the particular task. Metric, Imperial, Ruler-widths, and will quite happily mix something like 6' 5mm. All the other engineers over 50 do the same. You should see the faces of the kids when asking a size get the reply 3metres & 10p
Warning: Rant!
What we've lost is the ability to think, to use whatever is available. People today are too inflexible. If things are not exactly as they expect they go into a hissy fit instead of trying to actually SOLVE problems.
Re: Also, does it matter ...
Water is approximately 10lb per gal. Nice and easy to remember, and useful size measurements.
Re: Mix and Match
Seeing as you are being a pendant <- see what I did there?
Actually no. That's like saying PIN number. Furlong is the contraction of furrow long
Re: Not preally
Where I live there are still a lot of the original cast iron finger posts. Lovely to see 3/4mile on a sign post!
Posted in BOFH: Siri, why do users lie?
Oh come on now guys. A PIN number is simply the number of PINs you have, so if you have 6 bank cards your PIN number would be 6. For Joe public, it would of course be 1. Indeed, there is probably a direct PIN number ratio to a persons TSQ (tech savvy quotent), which would of course be the PINTSQR
Personally, I'm rather uncomfortable with the idea that in a time of recession with people really feeling the squeeze from all directions and where small businesses are falling over like dominoes, someone thinks it's a good idea to build the ultimate sim-city game... without the sims.
Posted in Story withdrawn
Deeply Suspicious
Looks just like a combined hardware/software lock-in mechanism to me.
Re: Superb
Very much enjoyed the article.
I might be wrong, but I think the VCC issue was originally flagged up because the test unit would occasionally crash for no apparent reason, so they started to monitor just about everything, and discovered the apparent lack of current. They then backwards reasoned that it was getting power via its inputs and that the crash happened when all inputs (data & address) were zero.
Re: There should be a cynic in the house of Lords
All of these suggestions would probably work to some degree - which is why they will never be implemented. Also, those of you suggesting them are now probably on some new and special watch list.
Re: Grade Inflation (Jason 7)
Hmmm, if it's that bad maybe I should have just stuck with my 6 1965 O levels, and not bothered with the pain of all the later studies (was advised to skip A levels and go into industry on an apprenticeship).
Oh and everything was separate in those days none of this 'general science' muck.
Re: Whats the point?
Don't be silly. This is classic (and necessary) empire building for any ambitious civil servant.
Re: When meeting MS people...
Treble bonus points if you're also running a windows only program under WINE
Re: Yeeee Haw!
No!
The system works perfectly... for lawyers.
Bah! Humbug! to the lot of them. Worse than kids fighting over the last sweet.
What's more important is when this damn rain is going to stop so I can clear my head with a walk in fresh air.
Presumably, in their free time, the Martians were found to take delight in mars bars.
Hmm
I know a woman who is extremely proud of being a geek - she also loves playing with all the latest toys and is THE computer person in her family.
With all this rain, I could do with a new Mac
dooby dooby doo
Interesting concept. The people I work for send us out to go and fix things (quite big things actually). I can't quite see how we'll be able to do that over the 'net.
Re: What's with the shunting around? HR made you do it?
A bit inevitable once someone decided that people were a 'resource'
Re: Face to face
This!
Absolutely hammer right on the nail.
Tried it
Didn't like it
Went back to dead tree version (DRM free)
Re: Nonsense claims unsupported by *any* facts
Wow! There sure are some savagely, almost hysterical, jealous people on here today.
Re: Make it Illegal
I have a better idea. Make it illegal for any *parent* to have any internet service if they have children under 18.
I wouldn't trust a PR 'professional' as far as I could throw him/her/it. Their idea of facts never seems to match anyone else's
In the 1960s I went to one of the (new) big comprehensive schools. What I, and my peers gained more than anything else was that we actually had a taste of a wide range of languages, arts and engineering. Within one term we all pretty much knew what our interests were and were streamed accordingly.
This is where I would like to see programming fit in, not as a must-do separate entity, which will be slow enough to frustrate those with natural talent and esoteric enough to bore the rest out of their skulls.
Re: It's an admirable project to be sure...
Python is in fact a very flexible language and easy to learn. It can be used straight from the command line or as a program and in a procedural or OO style or a combination of both.
Add pygame to the mix and you're off and flying - and not just for games. Based on SDL it's pretty neat for HMI stuff.
Re: Ah yes. The insanity defense.
I agree - it's bad enough that he does it, but to then publicly announce the fact.
{shakes head in bewilderment}
Posted in Laptop computers are crap
Re: External monitor
Turn 16x9 screen through 90deg
set xrandr for 90deg the other way
perfect screen for documents!
Posted in Life on Mars found – in 1976
Never mind life on Mars, it still hasn't been established whether there is intelligent life on Earth.
Re: Meanwhile -Capn Hook
'sOK a few more of us have vote3d it back up
We seem to have a mini-rash of these OMG non-stories lately. If I was the paranoid kind...
Posted in Vintage alien tech crash-lands in field
Some people have entirely too much free time on their hands...
To my great delight!
Re: Why a titanium rod?
If you have the engineering facilities it might also be worth putting a slight taper on both the rod and the sleeve(s) that LOHAN hangs on with. That way, as soon as it starts to move friction will rapidly fall away to virtually nothing.
Re: Will be with us for a while @Dave126
About 3 years ago I was repairing such a machine :)
Not only was the program stored on 'high speed' cassette, but you then had to remove it and load another cassette with the job data.
The machine had a 'program' mode where you manually moved the cutting heads, dialed in the speed etc... rinse and repeat, then saved the lot to a new data tape. I don't know how many steps it had - quite a lot I think.
The company was mooting the idea of a tape recorder emulator, but thanks to our wonderful economy and unbelievable support for small business, they went out of business and all the machinery was broken up for scrap.
Posted in Rabid skunks attack US
Erm..
Guys, guys. This is a British English forum. We have plenty of our own low-life to compare. We don't need the west ponders too.
Posted in MPAA boss: 'SOPA isn’t dead yet'
See. I told you. It's not dead until it's lying in the gutter with a stake through its heart.
Posted in HTC sues fans for premature unboxing
Wearing my cynical hat, this could simply be HTCs way of getting mass advertising of a new product for free.
Hark, Hark!
Is that the flapping wings of a flying pig I hear.
I prefer something along the xkcd lines, with an element of the ridiculous to make it even easier to remember and harder for anyone to guess. For quite along time I used the phrase:
"Do not squeeze the elephants"
Not bad. Not bad at all, although I always treat everything on April 1 with extreme caution.
... and to the commentards that got all serious.
You must have an incredibly unhappy life!
If I was being made redundant and told to train my outsourced replacement I'd refuse, in writing, stating that I wasn't prepared to risk being accused of sabotage when the inevitable screw up occurred due to comprehension/language 'errors'.
Finally I'd advise them that if they didn't find this acceptable I would be quite happy for the matter to be referred to an industrial tribunal.
Popular Whitepapers
- The BI Inflexion Point
Information is a right, not a privilege - VPN security - if you want it, come and get it
Attention WiFi hotspotters: You want it - The Register Guide to iSCSI
A primer on Internet SCSI, a protocol to transport SCSI commands over IP - Secure Mobile Working
Beyond the Technology - The Impact of IT Security Attitudes
Putting the pieces in place for effective security delivery - The Register guide to unified communications
A primer on the implications of unified communications for enterprise IT
