Posts by Ray Gratis
28 publicly visible posts • joined 25 Sep 2007
Apple: Samsung ripped off our phone patent! USPTO: What patent?
ICO fines anti nuisance call company for making nuisance calls
Swordfish fatally stabs man after man stabs, fatally, swordfish
Internet Society of Australia changes name to Internet Australia
Naked cyclists take a hard line on 'aroused' protest participant
Lies, damn lies and election polls: Why GE2015 pundits fluffed the numbers so badly
Smart meters are a ‘costly mistake’ that'll add BILLIONS to bills
Linksys's über-hackable WRT wireless router REBORN with 802.11ac
Total cost of THAT axed NHS IT fiasco to taxpayers: £10.1bn
Serious Farce Office: 32K secret BAE probe files spaffed to WRONG bod

DEAR ESTEEMED SIRS OR LADY,
I AM THE SON OF THE LATE HONORABLE MR LUMBAGO ESQ, HEAD OF INTERSEPS AT THE NIGERIAN EMBASSY HERE IN YOUR SPLENDID LONDON TOWN.
SHORTLY BEFOR MY FATHERS MYSTERIOUS DEATH, HE RECEIVED APPROX 32,000 (THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND) ITEMS OF SENSITIVE EVIDENCE.
I NEED YOUR HELP TO DISPOSE OF THIS STUFF. PLEASE REPLY IN CONFIDENCE TO RASU@THEREGISTER.CO.UK
YOUR OBEEDIANT SERVAN,
RASU
Brit horologist hammers out ‘first’ ATOMIC-POWERED watch
Disney shutters Star Wars game unit with 200 layoffs
The truth on the Navy carrier debacle? Industry got away with murder
Trust the cloud with my PRECIOUS? You gotta be joking

Re: Backup chaps, backup.
I was involved in large-scale DR exercises for years...
You might want to add to that wise "Any media stored in only one location is potentially no media at all" this one:
"Any backup that hasn't been recovery tested is potentially no backup at all".
You would / wouldn't be surprised (depending on your personal experience) at how many backups don't recover successfully when they are needed.
Vote now for the ultimate bacon sandwich
New I-hate-my-neighbour stickers to protect Brits' packages
NZ bloke gets eel stuck up jacksie
Bitcoin exchange shuts after heist
Troll blockers take Microsoft SGI patents
Ballmer's Yahoo! bullishness hides Bing brand play
Rogue Atlantis knob removed by hand

A Truth Table for the programmers here
........................|.....Left-hand drive........|...............Right-hand drive............|
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Automatic........................1..................................................2
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Manual............................3..................................................4
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1: (Americans) Right hand free to masturbate
2: (Smart British) Left hand free to grope passenger
3: (Rest of world) Something for right hand to do (see 1)
4: (Dumb British) Working-class chip-on-shoulder