Posts by Roj Blake

Unreasonable Expectations

The real problem with porn is that it leaves children who watch it with unreasonable expectations.

I watched some porn as a youngster and I was horrified last week when I called a plumber and it took him more than thirty seconds to appear.

Fast Forward to 2018...

I'm predicting that at some point in the near future the GDS will announce a new infrastructure thing called NPS (Network for Public Sector) that they claim will be the solution to all of their security problems.

Any coincidence to the PSN will be purely conicidental.

Is Pompeo Cardassian?

"He should be brought back from Russia and given due process, and I think the proper outcome would be that he would be given a death sentence" reminds me of this exchange...

Gul Dukat: In Cardassia, the verdict is always known before the trial begins; and it's always the same.

Commander Sisko: In that case, why bother with a trial at all?

Gul Dukat: Because the people demand it. They enjoy watching justice triumph over evil, every time. They find it comforting.

Commander Sisko: Isn't there ever a chance you might try an innocent man by mistake?

Gul Dukat: Cardassians don't make mistakes.

Commander Sisko: I'll have to remember that.

Sweden

So if the reason Assange fought his extradition to Sweden was that they would then send him to the US, and if Assange is now happy to go to the US, then it follows that he will no longer fight extradition to Sweden.

So if Assange now doesn't hand himself over to the Swedes, we can safely assume that the threat of ending up in the US wasn't actually the reason he was hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy.

The USP...

"So based on the limited information gleaned by Bloomberg, it's hard to see what Essential Inc. can bring to market."

How about a phone ecosystem that doesn't involve Google or Apple?

A lot of people would sign up for that.

£350M

Still, at least we have that extra £350M a week to look forward to, eh Boris?

Obligated

Is there any more heinous "word" in the English language?

It's obliged FFS.

Not Just Brexit

There's also upward pressure on memory and SSD prices due to a demand/supply imbalances for flash and DRAM.

They can take my porn...

...from my cold, dead hands.

But it's not just porn that this will affect - it will also cover all sorts of other stuff.

Still, I'm alright, I have a VPN.

Great Bloke

I've met Tim a couple of times when at least one of us was drunk and on both occasions I came away with the impression that he's a great bloke.

I'm sorry to see him leave Dell.

History is a Bugger

Assuming that the voting machines were hacked, and assuming that Russia was behind it, it could be argued that it's fair payback for all of the times the US has previously intervened in the electoral process in countries throughout the Middle East, Asia, and South America.

CRTs

Since the emission of photons of a specific frequency from a material that's been struck by an electron is a quantum effect, surely old-school cathode ray tubes were quantum TVs?

Dead Dove

At first I read the byline as "any rabbits in Hammond's hat, or just a dead Gove?"

Imagine my disappointment...

IPB

And these are the people who will soon have access to your browsing history.

Excellent Company

I like Northamber, our account manager there is one of the most helpful people in the industry.

Compo

So where do I go to apply for my compensation?