* Posts by Anon

4 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Nov 2007

More IBM contractors get rates cut

Anon

@AC

I don't think you can complain about morals when you're dealing with contractors. I know some very good contractors, but a large proportion of those than I come across are jokers, not particularly well skilled and claim to have done every single technology that they've read about. Contractors need to understand that they can't have their cake and eat it - i.e. you get paid well in the good times so that they can ride out storms like this - and a cut like this ain't the end of the world.

Also, FYI, the cuts are only on certain projects (the less critical ones).

Google mounts Chewbacca defense in EU privacy debate

Anon

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca...."

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=2032664380

Accenture and BAE pull out of ID card project

Anon

@ Anon Coward

Couple of points, IBM pulled out of the NHS deal because it was obviously a hiding to nothing. Quite amusingly, during recent dealings with BT for another government contract they seem to think their work at NHS has been a great success story...

Re: Id cards, at recent ID card fact finding meetings, Accenture sent graduates fresh out of uni who asked a number of off the wall questions, such as whether IPS thought the cards should be available in different designs to make them appeal to young people!

EU unveils air passenger 'risk profiling' plan

Anon
Unhappy

ill-informed comments

What annoys me about stories on the reg is the ill-informed comments people make. "I know, lets take everything at face value and make cynical comments"

This isnt just about stopping terrorism, there are other types of crime you know. So yeah, you can't stop people planting bombs in the tube, but you can stop known criminals getting in/out of the country. The person who said it costs $52k per person (£26k) - if that crime meant you didnt lose a loved one would you not consider that a fair amount to pay?

And re: the John Smith comment, the people who design these systems aren't daft enough to base things on just name. Lets think what other data people supply, DOB, passport, address, contact details... yeah? they're not stoopid.

Rant over.

Lets think about this stuff people.