Posts by Chris Griffiths 24 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Dec 2007
From my (admittedly limited) exposure, the entire US model is basically "we expect commitment".
Cant do this last-minute shift-change on Friday? Don't bother coming in Monday!
Say what you like about the UK, at least our employment law does something to protect employees (as in, you cant be fired on the spot and find yourself instantly out of a job)
Same here. Looking at my PC now, it's exactly the same as when I build it in 2007. I've only swapped the case, motherboard (twice), CPU (three times), memory (same), HDDs (three swaps and an addition), monitors (on my 4th) and soundcard (removed). But at least I kept the same DVD-RW all the way through!
Just today I treated myself to a new PSU to help with my rebooting issue*
*vanity project to tidy up my cabling and stop my case bulging
That the Lads were so up on their geek culture! A reference to PTerry ("Wuffles") AND to Dawn of War ("METAL BOXES!")
I believe the last shyster that disappointed Vetinari in a banking role walked through a door and down a VERY deep hole. We could learn a thing or two from that.... :)
It's pretty obvious that before this issue went to court, no-one on the prosecution side really did any research into into what a torrent is or what TPB actually does; they were just mesmerised by the big sack o cash the Industry was waving around.
Now they actually have (because of the defence using technical terms like "internet", "file-sharing" and - possibly - "computer"), they realised there wasn't really any *actual* infringement of copyright performed by TPB themselves.
Damn them for changing the charges. I was looking forward to a fortnight of comedy watching the smug prosecution lawyer systematically get torn a new one. Oh well...
"Oh how we fell about laughing at half-time at Deepdale when they told us what was going on up the road at the Dingles!
Paris, because even she know's not to go to Burnley!"
Hey - I'm from the "Dingles" and I ref....no, actually, I dont. It's Burnley's a hole, with only a few nice places (The westbound M65 is kinda OK).
But dont get too smug there - Preston's not much better (city my eye - where's the cathedral? And dont get me started on Preston Polytechnic!)
I moved from one to the other, so I feel free to critizise both...
A civilian? In MY server room? Not a chance!
I don't even like the idea of letting my own (off site) boss - the BOFH to my PFY if you will - into the server room, but he has a higher-calibre cattle prod than I do.
There's no way I'm letting in a soap-dodging student with a clipboard who didn't want to get a proper job!
<Insert obligatory rant about users causing 99% of their problems via their own ignorance>
...quite surpised myself by liking Donna. I was expecting her to be either just like she was in the previous Xmas special (i.e. infuriatingly shouty and annoying), or that we'd get a series of "Do I look bovvered?". But she actually turned out to be one of the best companions by a) NOT being all gooey about the Doc, and b) challenging him all the time to re-think his position on things.
As for the Doc's regeneration, there's going to be some wonderful Deus Ex Machina that RTD has thought up. My money is either on the hand, or Rose opening the heart of the TARDIS - she opened it once, and it's linked to psychically or somthing (insert usual complicated reason here) - and most of the Doc's regernation energy is sucked in, leaving just enough to heal him but not change his appearance.
However, the "Time Beatle" theory is out. The frizzy-haired one definitely said "There WAS something on your back", not "There IS something on your back".
Mine's the one inside the blue police box with "Bad Wolf" written on the door...
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