Posts by ElectricPics

Re: Diplomacy

A Type 45 is probably capable of shooting down 40 plane loads of incoming air launched missiles, but the point is that they’d have shot the aircraft down long before they came over the horizon in an attack posture. Aster missiles have an 80km range. I’d also be very surprised if the Russians could manage to get 40 serviceable aircraft in the air at once anyway, given the terrible state of their armed forces.

A vocational placement can be ok, but if there’s any element of an employee/employer relationship it really isn’t, and I’d say this Training Agreement counts as exactly that.

Re: What bugs me is...

They have little choice. UK government departments must use the Government Digital Services Marketplace, and public sector IT must adhere to the Cloud First policy.

Re: Ticket master

The arrangements are labyrinthine. I got pre release tickets for Idles for next May (fingers crossed) but even though I got a deal and the best seats in the house, I still had to go through Ticketmaster instead of direct from the venue who made the tickets available for me. Mad!

Re: I don't know

Councillors don’t sign contracts. They might approve the general form of the outsourcing, but this is driven from unelected officials, starting with the council CEO.

Re: Might be on purpose.

That’s what the ‘government’ have come out and said now. Anyone eligible for the 500 quid has to be told to self isolate by NHS Test and Trace, so they have to log on to the website after receiving a text and/or email, and follow up call where they get the code.

Re: FCS is not new.

All modern fighter aircraft are inherently unstable and have been since the F16 and Tornado era. The reason, as you say, is enhanced maneuverability. Flying one without infinitely self adjusting control surfaces isn’t impossible but they turn into a flying brick.

Re: Stelios & EGM

He's probably right. After all, he'll have been on the receiving end of the odd bung so he should know.

Re: Manufacturer???

It was Ferrograph. Based just six miles from the station (and three from me) and still a major supplier to Network Rail.

Re: A Good Step

Your naivety is quite touching but you're right, the ultimate owners of any corporate Should be identifiable, but many aren't, especially those based in US and UK tax havens.

Re: Yay ! Justice is served !

Another reason companies settle even if they're guaranteed to win a court case is reputational risk, although in IBMs case I doubt that's ever going to be a worry.

Re: Double ejection

The pins only restrict the firing handle so even if it was left in it should have fired.

Re: OFCOM really have screwed DAB in the UK

Another major issue is that most BBC multiplex transmitters radiate far more wattage than their independent equivalents leading to more signal drop for commercial broadcasters unless you have clear LOS.

Re: (e)to donate blood;

O neg here too. They'll waive the 8/16 week donation frequency rule when blood stocks drop nationally so why can't they make an assessment of individual donors at a time like this?

Re: “We are expediting the addition of significant new capacity"

If every worker was at home in isolation we'd be in a true apocalypse. Who do you think is maintaining the infrastructure that allowed you to post such drivel?

Re: Zloirock

Thanks for the belly laugh!

Royal Mail Legal Services, the successor to previous incarnations of Post Office Investigations, is recognised by the MoJ as a private prosecutor. They're probably more clued up than the CPS and certainly present cases with evidence gained under the same rules as the police, which is where most of their investigators come from anyway.

But again, nothing will happen to them. Companies House are notorious for non enforcement

Re: Seems insane

What shareholders? The shipping line is owned by A.P. Moller-Maersk which is itself owned by the Maersk family via the A.P. Moller Foundation.

Re: Williams and Glynn - Old news

My NaffWest small business account was a remote office somewhere daan saaaaf with no contacts so when they decided to get rid of our pesky accounts instead of hiving off Williams & Glyn, they did a deal with a handful of banks to take on those accounts, including Starling, whose £1000 no-strings bribe won my affection.

The point here isn't the reliance on a single sensor which is bad enough, but the complete omission of MCAS from the pilot manual, simulators, or the fairly simple but also undocumented method for regaining manual trim control.

Where else do Boeing have safety critical systems that are unknown and undocumented for the operator?

Re: "Brexit means we are at last freed to obey whatever the Americans instruct us to do"

Two down votes? Really?!

Re: Playing devils advocate...

The list of get-out conditions for Halo would embarrass an insurance company.

I thought everyone who was in the know, knew that harvesting our data to provide targeted advertising at a price was everything Google was about? In return we get a fantastic search engine that feeds the harvester, Maps that are great but record our every move, email that scans our words, calendars that track our days. All free. Not.

The Pi 4 is already way ahead of the ICL2966 of my yoof!

Re: Most people don't care one way or another.

Likewise. In fact I might even buy the new domain now and redirect from the .org as we don't have any printed stationery with the URL on it.

Re: Demons in app?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moc.exorcism&hl=en_GB