Posts by David Lewis 2

So what we have here is a politician saying "Trust me" ...

Nothing he says is in any way binding on what HMRC decides to do unless of course he is going to put it in written legislation.

No, I thought not.

tl;dr

Summary: The software was not fit for purpose and should never have been in use on the public roads.

It looks like they are using the modern trend of "testing in production". The problem is when one of these "we didn't think of that" scenarios happens, someone could die.

And please can we stop using AI (Artificial Intelligence) when we really mean ML (Machine Learning). Intelligent it wasn't.

Lazy Editing!

"Up to 5,500kg (12,000 pounds or 5.4 imperial tons) of payload will be lugged to orbit by the spacecraft, which measures just over 9 metres (30ft) in length, 4.5 metres (15ft) wide and just under 2 metres high (6ft)."

Can we have that in El-Reg approved units please?

I just barfed!

"The government must re-address its approach to digitisation quickly if it wants to retain public trust and its envied position on the world stage."

That boat sailed a long time ago.

Only a politician could utter such a statement with a straight face and possibly believe it.

Modern Business Definitions:

Short Term Planning: This Quarter.

Strategic Planning: Next Quarter.

"Government has lacked clear and sustained strategic leadership on data“

FTFY

Looks like they need to be reminded of GIGO.

If the underlying data is crap then all AI & robotics will do is make bad decisions much, much faster!

What could possibly go wrong.

Hi. It looks like you are writing an app ... Here are some <del>useful</del> totally inappropriate code snippets I have found. Would you like me to insert them?

"He socialized with people of dubious repute,"

Well he is a politician! It goes with the territory.

They're in good company!

Neither the Army nor Capita tested the changes...

Well if it works for Microsoft & Windows 10. Oh wait ...

Pot, meet kettle!

"..."measly apologies and hollow words" aren't good enough..."

Why not? It's standard practice for politicians!

----> But is it?

How to land humans on the Moon again ...

Let me guess:

1 It will take 10 times longer than Apollo.

2. It will cost 1000 times more.

RAID?

Random Association of Insecure Devices?

Cruel & Unusual Punishment?

You WILL watch Daytime TV!

Seems perfectly clear to me.

Translation ...

It will cost significantly more than estimated.

It will take significantly longer than estimated.

It will deliver significantly less than promised.

It was ever thus.

And in other news ...

"You can't find tech staff – wah, wah, wah. Start with your ridiculous job spec"

ACCURACY IS NOT GREAT

You are mistaken.

In the modern policing environment there is no such thing as a "false positive".

Whoever you are, you ARE guilty of something*!

* We'll make something up later.

Irony?

I don't know about irony, but I submit this is incontrovertible proof that Karma is real.

Err ... What?

“This highlights why it’s so important for businesses to make sure that employees can’t use the same password for their personal and professional accounts."

And just how is a Business to do that?

Do I have to tell them the password for my personal e-mail account so they can check?

Bury them in cr*p.

All we need is some enterprising soul to develop a simple browser plug-in or separate client that randomly generates terms for a Google search then randomly follows some of the links returned.

Leave it running all the time you are on-line, and swamp them with a massive ICR list of garbage.

The even more enterprising of us could even run such a robot on something like a RasberryPi, and have it run 27*7. Let's see just how good their "Big Data" credentials are.