Just to say...
The picture at the start of this article is incomplete:- the red line also needs to be drawn between Ireland and mainland UK.
Which is a bit of an embarrassment for the scumvernment
Posts by dervheid
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Barmy ban on businesses, Brits based in Blighty bearing or buying .eu domains is back: Cut-off date is Jan 1, 2021
Surprise! That £339 world's first 'anti-5G' protection device is just a £5 USB drive with a nice sticker on it
Friday 29th May 2020 09:52 GMT
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Singapore releases the robot hounds to enforce social distancing in parks
What do you call megabucks Microsoft? No really, it's not a joke. El Reg needs you
Not call, dude: UK govt says guaranteed surcharge-free EU roaming will end after Brexit transition period. Brits left at the mercy of networks
The $4.3bn trial of the century is over! Now we wait for judgment
Friday 17th January 2020 08:31 GMT
Can't believe
that this is even a thing.
This may be over simplistic, but
Company 'A' buys Company 'B'
Company 'A' discovers Company 'B' not worth what it thought.
Company 'A' blames former *owners* of Company 'B', not Company 'C' who were employed by Company 'A' to check value of Company 'B'
IMO & IANAL, I cannot see how the former *owners* of Company 'B' are to blame, even if they *did* make Company 'B' appear to be worth more.
Surely that blame falls to either Company 'C' or is a case of Company 'A' failing to observe the old adage "Caveat Emptor"
We read the Brexit copyright notices so you don't have to… No more IP freely, ta very much
First they came for 'face' and I did not speak out because I... have no face? Then they came for 'book'
We regret to inform you the massive asteroid NASA's all excited about probably won't hit Earth
Mystery of the Chinese woman who allegedly tried to sneak into Trump's Mar-a-Lago with a USB stick of malware
Cops use bread and riot shields in desperate bid to contain crazed swan running amok in streets
New Zealand cops cuff alleged jackasses who shared mosque murder video, messages online
Dear humans, We thought it was time we looked through YOUR source code. We found a mystery ancestor. Signed, the computers
Outlook Mobile heads to the White House, passes infosec clearance for federal sector
UK 'meltdown' bank TSB's owner: Our IT migration was a 'success'
Wednesday 25th April 2018 11:01 GMT
Crock of shit
The new web interface *may look OK on a PC, but it's a complete POS on a mobile device.
In Portrait orientation it's basically using a narrow central column, with around 40% (in my estimation) of the screen width unused white space. If you want to see transaction details in full, you're forced to use landscape orientation, as the rows don't resize fully (if only it weren't for all that wasted space either side...). Frankly, it's not much better in landscape, as there's still those wide, unused borders either side, leaving you with a whole load of scrolling.
Your coders need there arses soundly kicking TSB.
* not logged in on a PC yet.
Amazon and eBay agree to expose potential VAT evaders for UK tax man
Fermi famously asked: 'Where is everybody?' Probably dead, says renewed Drake equation
Thursday 15th March 2018 10:56 GMT
Hiding
If they've any sense at all. We naively assume that 'advanced' civilisations will automatically be benevolent.
Does humanity come across as visibly benevolent?
If there are any 'predatory' advanced civilisations out there, we've been cheerfully broadcasting our existence and location for over a century, the clock is already ticking...
On yer bike! Boffins teach AI drone to fly itself using cams on bicycles, self-driving car
Plans to force ISPs to filter content branded 'disproportionate'
Anti-TV Licensing petition gets May date for Parliament debate
I was authorized to trash my employer's network, sysadmin tells court
Nuclear power station sensors are literally shouting their readings at each other
Tuesday 24th January 2017 13:40 GMT
Monitoring, not Control
Anything providing critically important information to (or critically important signals from) the control & protection systems on a nuclear reactor tend to be duplex, and hard-wired using shielded & armoured cables. Most instrumentation still tends to be straightforward analogue devices.
Trump inauguration DDoS protest is 'illegal', warn securobods
IBM filed another 8,000 patents in 2016
Smart meter benefits even crappier than originally thought
UK warships to have less firepower than 19th century equivalents as missiles withdrawn
'Pavement power' - The bad idea that never seems to die
HMRC to create new compliance team focused on 'gig economy' workers
Surveillance by consent: Commissioner launches CCTV strategy for England and Wales
Basic income after automation? That’s not how capitalism works
Apple seeks patent for paper bag - you read that right, a paper bag
IT consultant gets 4 years' porridge for tax fraud
Microsoft cancels Remain speech after death of Labour MP
In obesity fight, UK’s heavy-handed soda tax beats US' watered-down warning
Microsoft sells 1,500 patents to Chinese mega-phone biz Xiaomi
Android Pay debuts in UK
Wednesday 18th May 2016 13:48 GMT 
Another step down the road...
First they debased the coinage.
Then they invented paper 'money'.
They did away with (almost completely now, does anyone still get one?) the pay packet in favour of electronic bank transfer.
They're slowly eroding 'cash'.
Remind me again, what's the interest rate at, and for how long now?
When you only have access to your credits electronically, how easy is it to be made instantly destitute?
'Knucklehead' Kansas bloke shoots self in foot
Germans stick traffic lights in pavements for addicts who can't take their eyes off phones
Amazon to bad cable slingers: USB-C yourself out
Apple fires legal salvo at FBI for using All Writs law in iPhone brouhaha
Friday 26th February 2016 11:43 GMT
Police, Judiciary & Law Enforcement
Therein lies your problem: once you allow the Police ,FBI etc. to take on the role of Law Enforcement, which belongs with the judiciary, rather than the law of deterrence, detection and apprehension of criminals, then the 'Judge Dredd' syndrome will take over, as can be seen.
The system whereby senior law officials are elected is deeply flawed and open to politicisation and corruption, with areas of criminality becoming 'pet projects' for DA's/Judges in the run-up to election time.
I am also continually amazed by the apparent reluctance of large sections of the US populace resistant to change in the 'Holy of Holies', the Constitution, given the regular reference to the various Amendments...
Before you ask, no, I don't have an answer to your problems, apart from suggest that you rein your police forces back in, de-militarise them, and remind them who's who in the 'Protect & Serve' relationship.
BT, Sky, EE, TalkTalk and Virgin to appeal website blocking ruling
Google to snatch control of Android updates from mobe makers – analyst
Thursday 18th February 2016 11:02 GMT
Re: Another analyst living in cloud-cuckoo land
Google will simply draw a line on the calendar, and mandate hardware compliance of all handsets beyond that. No reason that they can't stratify those hardware requirements to create budget, mid-range & premium baseline specs.
The big bunfight will be getting your components on the 'approved' list.
Silent Nork satellite tumbling in orbit
Drunk? Need a slash? Avoid walls in Hackney
'Powerful blast' at Glasgow City Council data centre prompts IT meltdown
Google proffers plugs in Android MMS pwnfest
Tuesday 8th December 2015 16:13 GMT
Re: Be more impressed...
Yup, Nexus forums awash with this one, looks like just about every car manufacturer affected.
Had some direct exchange with google, proffering the usual 'solutions', including Factory Reset (which doesn't reset the device to KitKat, so not a lot of use...) concluding in a distinct washing their hands of it.
Really pissed at having spent a shitload of cash on their 'flagship' device to have them piss all over one of the major functions (for me anyway).
certainly not inclined to spend my hard-earned with them next time round, but unless someone comes up with a better alternative that isn't apple or microsoft...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
