* Posts by Edwin Greenwood

3 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Jun 2008

Southeast London is card fraud cesspool

Edwin Greenwood

Demographics

The open comment on the "demographic" component is surprisingly refreshing on a moderated forum, given the usual pusillanimousness in such matters.

I live near Thamesmead. The "Pikey" element has largely disappeared since their camping grounds were enclosed and built on. I do rather miss the occasional punch-ups between our travelling friends and the settled community in the Barge Pole and the Harrow Inn; it was an interesting spectator sport. The significant current "demographics" are Nigerian and Vietnamese. The Vietnamese specialize in indoor cannabis cultivation. Since occasion oil export, maritime piracy and 419 fraud seem to be Nigeria's major industries, perhaps there is a connection to be made there.

Far be it from me to make it, of course; I merely lay interesting facts before you.

Fujitsu preps 700 redundancies in NHS IT debacle

Edwin Greenwood

Replacing Fujitsu

Why would BT want to take on any ex-Fujitsu people (except a sprinkling of project managers and programme managers, perhaps)? All get-your-hands-dirty IT work in BT is done in India these days. And it shows.

Firefox 3 downloads hit 7m despite server FAIL

Edwin Greenwood

When does the BBC website ever go down?

Last time I remember this happening was 9/11. Had to go to the boozer at lunchtime and watch the telly to find out what was going on.