Posts by Illsay

Democracy is such a pain when it's only you only knowing what is best for the country, Victor Orban will understand and agree. Such a pity that the opposing Members of Parliament seem to forget the weekly savings that will benefit the NHS?!

Britannia rules the airwaves!

Soon the UK will be able to deal with this, without all the objections mentioned in the article, for which of course the EU was to blame.

Rolling in mud is ok

Rolling in a muddy puddle while hysterically laughing must be a concern too for some parents. Not to those that own a dry cleaner's obviously.

MS: "Apple always highly regarded"

I expect certain applications to be banned from smart phones in the near future. (Quality Assurance, see...)

Calling all social anthropologists...

with a keen interest in that special US-UK relationship, study the article but above all the comments!

Si si!

Somewhat off-topic, but I suspect it's a Spanish magazine. Although in all fairness climate, lifestyle and driving habits are quite similar.

(Icon choice is pure by association)

Ahem, it's Scorpions...

What commenters here do not seem to get, is that censorship sometimes works pretty darn good. If the result is that anything related to the Scorpions is kept out of sight, than that decision simply cannot be up for debate.

Two words: German Rockband!

What actually happened

Let me provide some needed insight that a few commenters are missing and shine a light on the human drama, without plugging encryption tools.

Just before this manager left work for his well deserved holiday there were some pretty important reports to be finished that no one else could be bothered with at the time. Looking back volunteering for this task was a bit stupid, but the silence at the meeting was a bit awkward and embarrassing at the same time. "Yep. I'll have a look at those" was out before he realized it and he forgot about the upcoming holiday. His wife however, was not so forgetful and was p-ed off by the appearance of the laptop when they packed the car. It took miles before that subject finally died, leaving the manager exhausted trying not to look like the sucker, without playing the NHS budget card.

When they finally arrived at their holiday destination, the laptop was one of the first items the manager wanted to secure, if the dog had not escaped to freedom.The oncoming traffic barely missed the dog. The screeching of tires was deafening and the horror on the kids' faces spoke books. Seeing our manager clumsily with the laptop in his hands whilst the dog nearly getting killed was a picture that infuriated the misses. This was not a good start. Quickly the laptop was tossed in the back of the car and the dog's leash picked up from the road.

Later that day, on a terrace with a half-downed pint in his hands, the manager's mind wonders off to another meeting earlier this year when encryption was discussed. "Policies is what we can afford, no techie tools or fancy consultants and their software". This was the official guide line and there was no support for spending budget on eventualities.

Now the kids and the dog come running back from the parking lot looking all excited, bless them.

UK and common sense

Ofcourse mum could have opted to use a more recent picture and take one on the street, but then would risk being arrested for plotting terrorist acts. I would not be surprised if next week we read the follow-up on this story, where Asda declares it decided to press charges against mum, for insisting on child-pornography being processed by Asda staff, who needless to say, suffer greatly from the whole experience.

(Paris, since she's not bothered with stars on any cake)

What makes you nerds...

think the PR guys were unaware? Huh? The classification is spot on, so they must know what they're doing.

Next time you want to break up, call a friend to discuss and just "by accident" conference your partner in.

Barclays catchin up fast...

Why do these solutions take so long to implement in the UK, with it's long banking tradition? Like someone said before, this is being used for years now in other countries. Whether you like the solution or not is a different topic. As far as travelling goes, it fits in your laptopbag among the iPod, mobile, SatNav and your laptop ofcourse.

Doh!

I expect to see this scene in a new episode of the Simpsons soon.

It's Homer ofcourse and it's going to be the bottle of Wodka that he exchanged last minute for the perfume he bought earlier for Marge. Downing it he realizes it was a selfish though smart move after all.

El Reg must have touched a nerve here...

Links to the El Reg article (unreliable by nature, as it seems on wiki) are rapidly removed, but a Wikipedia official sees the need to react on this forum?

Well, at least now I have a more realisitic idea on book reviews on Amazon, thanks to mr. Weiss (not so blank if you ask me, dankeschön).