To much hassle...
...just have a friendly chat with Hartnett over lunch, like Vodafone did.
Posts by Ted Treen
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MPs blast HMRC for using anti-terrorism laws against whistleblower
Bono bests Bezos in Fortune's 'World's 50 Greatest Leaders' list
Cops bang up 'drunk, naked' Virginian
BOFH: On the PFY's Scottish estate, no one can hear you scream...
'Arrogant' Snowden putting lives at risk, says NSA's deputy spyboss
Say CHEESE: Samsung files patent for transparent camera
Oxfam, you're full of FAIL. Leave economics to sensible bods
Thursday 20th March 2014 12:19 GMT
Re: Erm... really?
Not only that, but why do so many charities need a CEO on upwards of £150k p.a.?
Add to that a chief fundraiser on @£95k, and various 'strategists' on anything between £65k and £75k per annum, and I am beginning to have just the teeniest suspicion that our old friend "Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy" is sneaking in here...
Iron Law of Bureaucracy
In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control and those dedicated to the goals the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely.
China's annual TV smear segment drags Nikon's name through the mud
Report: Apple flushes 12.9-inch MaxiPad plan down the drain
Top UK e-commerce sites fail to protect 'password' password-havers from selves
Sony can't wait to flash you its enormous disc ... a 1TB Blu-ray spinner
Samsung narrows counter-claim against Apple in US
Foxconn preps for Peak Apple with FIFTEEN THOUSAND new hires
Ballmer: 'Microsoft would have a stronger position if I could redo the last TEN YEARS'
China bans TXTing and Tweeting in Parliament
Can you smell bacon? Yes! And it's coming from your iPhone!
Botnet masters using Tor to hide control tools for ZOMBIE SLAVES
Apple to grieving sons: NO, you cannot have access to your dead mum's iPad
Thursday 6th March 2014 14:28 GMT 
Sloppy research??
"Cupertino locks its tablets to a specific Apple ID "
Not at all. I've reset several whose hapless owners (or more likely, their offspring) have reset the passcode and promptly forgot it. All you need to do is set up the iPad as a new device and it's fully usable, but whatever was on before, is lost.
What you are - or rather should be referring to is accessing the mother's Apple ID/iTunes account without the password. That's a totally different thing and Jasper should know it.
But hey! Why let reality & facts get in the way of a good anti-Apple snark?
A little bit of FUD & sophistry always appeals to the anti-Apple adolescents...
Europe floats DIRTY ORE plan, rights groups scoff: It's VOLUNTARY?
Thursday 6th March 2014 12:39 GMT 
Do as I say, not as I do...
"The aim of the plan is to restrict the flow of "conflict minerals" gathered from resource-rich but war-torn regions of the world – such as the Congo, where armed groups* often force local residents to work in mining and harvesting operations."
And this is coming from governments who make a fortune selling (at least some of) the arms* in question.
Nice.
Roll up, roll up for the Reg Readers' Ball
Delhi police forget passwords to corruption portal, ignore 600 crimes
Blimey! ANOTHER Bitcoin bleed brouhaha
Thursday 6th March 2014 09:55 GMT
@Ben Rosenthal
"...are you saying banks have never lost money due to incompetence or been robbed?.."
Nope, but when a bank is robbed it's generally not the customer's/depositor's loss - or it has rarely been - up until now.
I know the banking bar stewards are in the process of changing the rules, so depositors are deemed to have 'loaned' their deposits to the bank, thus, in the event of any untoward occurrence, being given the highly desirable status of "unsecured creditor" which will mean that banks can say to their depositors "Screw you:- Tough luck:- Take a hike" even more than they do now.
Notwithstanding government guarantee schemes, our revered leaders are so in thrall to the banks that the banks can pretty much do as they like, and show two fingers to the rest of us.
Steve Ballmer: Thanks to me, Microsoft screwed up a decade in phones
CIA snoops snooped on Senate to spy spy torture report – report
Wednesday 5th March 2014 13:53 GMT
Well, not really...
Although it's been depicted in many movies, the fact that the CIA has operated autonomously as a law unto itself certainly in the 1950's, 60's & 70's has been pretty well documented in several serious & respected publications/whistleblowings.
The only difference between now and then is that they're a little less blatant about it.
After all, they're keeping the world safe for Democracy, Mom's Apple Pie, and the American Way...
Icahn and I will: Carl's war on eBay goes NUCLEAR over Skype
Anti-snoop Blackphone hits shelves in June: NOW we'll see how much you value privacy
Tuesday 4th March 2014 12:38 GMT
It doesn't have to be the handset...
If various forms of spookery switch (or reinforce) their attention to examining things at the telco end, then wouldn't Blackphone users be living in a fool's paradise?
Sure it might not be easy, but never underestimate the twisted genius of the spook community
Ethernet boffins get ready to kick off 400G development
Bill Gates is BACK... as CHIEF RICH human of PLANET EARTH
Monday 3rd March 2014 21:51 GMT
Hmmm...
"...maybe such charity donations are the only way his life has any meaning for him..."
Possibly so, but I still consider his reasons or motivations are irrelevant. His foundation will, inevitably give life a lot more meaning (and, hopefully some ease) to some poor sods somewhere.
That is what really counts.
I'm no Microsoft fan (MacPro, iPhone & iPad mini) but I give Bill a thumbs-up here, and doff my metaphorical hat to him.
Labour calls for BIG OVERHAUL of UK super-snoop powers in 'new digital world'
UK.gov back-office battle may see British Justice offshored
Fanbois sent into FITS of RAGE by fake Steve Jobs statue competition
Who earns '$7k a month' but can't even legally drink? A tech intern!
PayPal row heats up as eBay chair calls Icahn claims 'false and misleading'
Insecure hipsters with BEARD ENVY spur facial hair transplant craze
Climate change will 'cause huge increase in murder, robbery and rape'
Samsung and Apple BEWARE: Huawei is coming to eat your lunch
BOFH: He... made... you... HE made YOU a DOMAIN ADMIN?
Another U.S. state set to repeal rubber duck ban
European Space Agency: PLATO will seek out 'ADVANCED LIFE forms'... 'SLIME'
Thursday 20th February 2014 15:24 GMT 
No need...
...to go that far.
"...survey of nearby planets for indications from advanced life forms (as well as slime)..."
A survey of this planet would show some pretty advanced life forms, and if they checked in local and national government offices all around the planet, they'd find the semi-intelligent slime.
Help! Apple has snaffled the WHOLE WORLD'S supply of sapphire glass
Thursday 20th February 2014 15:17 GMT
Clear objective unbiased reporting...
"...hampered by Cupertino's greed..."
Nothing to do with a company ensuring it has the supplies/raw materials it anticipates needing over the next three years. Do companies apologise for a shortage of product saying "We could have got the materials we needed, but we thought it fairer to order insufficient for our needs so every one of our competitors could also have some"?
It appears that that's the way to go if:-
a) It's Jasper writing
and
b) It's Apple he's writing about.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
