Posts by Alan 5 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Mar 2007
"Regardless of the firm's data backup policy, she was still a paranoid, disrespectful cow. I think you're all rather missng the point somewhat."
Presumably they have more evidence than "someone logged in using her username and password" because that sounds like the sort of evidence that any half competent lawyer would demolish in about ten minutes.
I would have thought this disclaimer from the original article
"Clearly, the difference in these two results means that a compromise standard is required. The El Reg Ssx uses the classic Cheviot as its sheep of choice, with a wooldrag of 50. Wm is in this case 0, since everyone knows that Welshmen do not in fact have intimate relations with sheep and any reference to the same is just a cheap attempt to drum up laughs."
was enough to head of any outrage unless some one is, like a closet republican, protesting to much about sheep innuendo.
It's clear neither company cares about the customer in what is almost a monopoly on subscription TV services.
I can't get a Satelite in my building because it's listed so cable was the only way I could receive Sky channels.
Virgin are about to lose my business but BskyB won't be gaining it. Now or in the future.
BitTorrent and Peekvid it is from now on.
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