Posts by PhilDin

Re: "Orphans?"

"love it and hug it and call it George", a great analogy!

Re: Someone please explain...

It certainly makes sense to build on an existing language, an ideal scenario would be that you can plug into any script interpreter on the host system but the universe of the script should begin and end with the loaded document. No accessing the filesystem or remote resources, no requesting permissions or granting signed scripts access; the filesystem and network should just not exist for document scripts.

If the script runs in a virtualised environment then this sandboxing wouldn't have to depend on the interpreter, it would depend on the host operating system's ability to constrain a process which should be quite well established.

Re: Huawei distanced itself by sacking the employee ... [etc.]

Here's a potential right action: announce that the employee is suspended with pay pending the outcome of an internal investigation, the results of which will be passed on to law enforcement and that furthermore, they will fully cooperate with any lawful investigation.

Re: Just say "Yes Sir"

I've no reason to disbelieve you, I just can't think what I'm supposed to do with that information. You haven't had a problem, this guy has, therefore it seems, some people, sometimes experience a problem. That problem should be highlighted, discussed, put into context, investigated etc. which is what's happening here. I would hope that having been called on this, the response of the TSA is not simply that "sometimes, some people don't experience a problem".

It can't be done, you can get the basics into a single sentence, for example (roughly based on Irish figures), 0% on the first €18,000, 20% on the next €20,000 and 40% on the remainder. Easy!

Except what if I get a loan from my own company, does that count as income (Revenue: yes it does, let's write that down somewhere). What if I get a car from my company (Revenue: yes it does, better write that down somewhere). What if I get €5,000 in one year and €50,000 the following year, can I average that out (no, better write that down so). Do travel expenses count as income? (Revenue: maybe, it depends, better write that down somewhere).

You get the picture, you end up with a very simple rule for calculating your tax liability (tax is easy) with loads of rules regarding what does and does not qualify as income (law is hard).

Re: It wasn't a cease order, but a downgrade - with a new contract!

@Gene Cash, could you explain that one a bit more? From what you've said, it sounds like there's an option to have a third party legally represent you with your interactions with Virgin Media, have I understood correctly? I'm not contradicting you, I've just never heard of this so if it exists, I'd be interested in learning more about it.

Re: They are Russian

More to the point, as far as I know, the Polish cavalry who charged those tanks were carrying anti tank weapons that could do a lot of damage to the Panzer II tanks being used by the Germans. This wasn't a 19th century army fighting a 20th century army, they caused a lot of damage and delayed the Germans which was the plan.

Re: Kim Philby

Fair enough, no downvote but Obama funding ISIS sounds like a bold claim, anything reputable you can reference on that?

Re: So does that mean that Apple had indeed received preferential treatment ?

Nothing was buried. Apple and the Irish government both disagreed with the position of the commission but since Apple were told to pay, they paid. The money is in escrow so that if Apple successfully appeal, they can get it back. It hasn't been trousered by some bureaucrat in return for dropping the issue.

Re: Reichstag fire

Wouldn't a false flag operation be directed against something that people are sorry to see burned down. It's hard to imagine the Russian population getting behind a troll factory (Je Suis Trolleur:)

Upvote for being the only person on the Internet that knows the difference between cue and queue

Re: LO vs. AOO

In summary, LO split off from OpenOffice a few years ago mostly over concerns around the development process. OpenOffice then became Apache OO but has it moved very slowly since then while LO has had many incremental improvements in terms of usability, stability and performance. RedHat, Suse, Google and a few others are actively contributing to LO and not to AOO. This is exacerbated by the different licenses which mean that if the LO team like the look of something in AOO, they can use it while the reverse in not necessarily possible.

The net effect is that LO is basically AOO with a few years of polish and attention to detail applied to it and less obviously to the end user, with a much more active dev team so that security issues are much less likely to languish.

Scrutiny might be warranted and prudent but assuming that Jihadi John is a British citizen, he should have the same rights as any other British citizen. Defending someone's rights means telling the organs of the state to obey the law and this is good for everyone, including the organs of the state.

If Jihadi John accidentally stabs himself multiple times whilst shaving then I won't feel bad for him but I don't want members of the security services thinking they are entitled to break the law to punish him. If CAGE keeps them honest that's a good thing.

Just to be a bit pious, here's a favourite quote of mine:

"And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned around on you--where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast--man's laws, not God's--and if you cut them down...d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.”

Thomas More

Quite a few people in their right mind use Oracle Java SE. OpenJDK is basically the open source distribution of Oracle Java SE. I'm guessing most of the vulnerabilities relate to browser integration so unless OpenJDK excludes that, it will have the same vulnerabilities as Oracle Java.

Re: Seems to me ...

That certainly wouldn't work in Ireland, the Revenue guys would be all over it. Anything that looks vaguely like a car is considered to be a benefit in kind (BIK) and subject to BIK tax (along with petrol and any other costs). Try sleeping in your office and they'll decide that you've been getting free accommodation, again subject to BIK tax. The only potential tax dodge is if you like having the latest and greatest tech toys then you can have your company buy them while you use them but that's not really a dodge if you're using that tech to carry out your trade (a bit like a carpenter getting the latest woodworking tools)

Re: vexatious litigant, eh?

Yes the criticism of Trump is unfounded because HILARY! EVERYONE LOOK AT HILARY!!!!

Re: Like the Nazis? You'll *love* their allies!... oh no, hang on, you won't.

There's an interesting paralell, I always found the Mao themed restaurants in Dublin (I think originally from London) to be in bad taste likening it to the Chinese having a Hitler or Stalin themed restaurant. Well it turns out they know/care as much about our culture as we do about theirs.

Re: This is what is being taught

@Bassey, do you have any recommendations for reading up on this stuff? It's kind of hard for a lay person to know where to start when you can't trust the advice from health authorities.

Re: "We apologise to Mrs Raybould for any distress caused"

Damn straight. So many people don't get this. If you're not admitting that you caused a problem then you aren't apologising.

Similar to the poster above, I was stuck in Manchester airport because of Aer Lingus and I had a rant about the "any inconvenience" thing. When the announcer came on, she said "the inconvenience", I think she must have been in hearing range of my rant:)

Re: Depression kills.

@fruitoftheloon, glad it worked out, there should be many days in the future between you and your son that you won't trade for the world.

Re: Truth or consequences

I can't bring myself to agree with any of that!

Re: You takes your chances..........

But the purpose of civil litigation is not to blot anybody's anything, it's to put right a wrong that has happened to you specifically. So if the defendant offers to put things right for you then it's job done and continuing with the case is wasting everyone's time. I think we can all agree that the best civil lawsuit is the one that never happens. One way that judges can reduce the amount of litigation is to ask whether a reasonable offer to settle has been made. If it was, then the court's time has been tied up with an issue that has already been solved.

Re: The mystery of the mysterious operatives

I'm also curious about this but also, how do you repair one once it's been cut or more generally, how do you join two pieces of fibre optic cable?

Re: What a prat!

Could you provide a bit more information about this? It sounds interesting and I'd like to read up on it (I've always had a morbid curiosity about how the soviet economy worked:)

Some crimes are so heinous...

that even people who haven't comitted them need to be locked up!