Pacific Quay?
In Glasgow?
Geography lessons needed urgently!
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It was am marketing name, justified (as I understand it) because it was a an area of the dock historically used by boats heading to the Pacific. A bit ambitious as a name, nonetheless - akin to an Atlantic View Hotel in Norwich. Perhaps it should be sponsored by a well-know brand of opticians...
One of my favourite trivia points is that the western end of the Panama canal connects to the Atlantic and the eastern end to the Pacific (the Atlantic to Pacific route is roughly NW->SE).
Then there are whole towns which seem to be confused.
If it weren't for the utter lack of a beach and being one of the points in the UK furthest from the sea in any direction you could be forgiven for thinking Matlock Bath is a typcal touristy seaside town, complete with chip shops, penny arcades, a 'promenade' and gangs of bikers turning up regularly, in the manner of Weston or Skeggy or Barry Island.
Somewhat amuses my children whenever we drive through!
M.
Actually, the area had no links to the Pacific. It used to be Plantation Quay, which as you can guess was linked to the slave trade.
One of my favourite trivia points is that the first two occupants were the BBC and MI5.
[Finley Quaye released one hugely successful album, then moved to London in a blaze of alcohol fuelled violence - genuine Glaswegian!]
Actually, the area had no links to the Pacific.
Thank you! That was my point.
Glasgow made its wealth from tobacco, sugar and cotton - none of which came from the Pacific. Ships to and from the likes of India and the Far East would have gone round Africa and across the Indian Ocean.
As someone has already said, Pacific Quay is just a name dreamt up by some ignorant marketing people, in the 1990s.
Means for 12 days, the Vultures West, Central and Down Under will either be partying (socially distanced/zoom) or sleeping off with both Yuletide and New Year celebrations, and a set of pre-prepared articles have been set to be automatically released at intervals throughout the period to keep the commentards amused and occupied, and not forgetting the all important ad-impressions ticking over
Pacific Quay? In Glasgow? Geography lessons needed urgently!
Yes, you do need these. Pacific Quay is in Glasgow.
Lots of place names lie. There's a Jamaica St in Glasgow - not far away from Pacific Quay as it happens - but it does't fucking go to Jamaica.
London's India Docks have nothing to do with India. Or docks.
>London's India Docks have nothing to do with India. Or docks.
There used to be docks there for ships trading with the Indies.
Difficult as it is to imagine there was a time when passenger liners used to come up the Thames and dock at these docks. I've actually done this; it was a real "Welcom to Lodon" thing. Imagine its June, you sail up the Thames in glorious evening sunlight only to get off the boat next morning with it pissing down.All day. Ahhhh -- England!
"using a Howitzer while hunting grouse"
Since the hardware has to be impregnable to the Glasgow weather as well as vomit infused with Buckfast and deep-fried Mars, it's hardly surprising the vendors over-spec'ed the software just to be on the safe side.
> More to the point, why is it using the consumer version?
> Windows IoT doesn't have that login screen - unless you specifically add it, and only a fool would do that for a kiosk.
Perhaps if our intrepid reporter were to lurk close to this parking meter with a bluetooth keyboard we might discover even more stupidity on the part of the machine's developers?