* Posts by Peter Fairbrother

3 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Apr 2007

Fatal explosion hits Virgin space programme

Peter Fairbrother

Nitrous Oxide ...

... _can_ in fact explosively decompose, into nitrogen and oxygen, with no fuel present.

The activation energy is very high, so nitrous is normally reasonably safe to handle, but it's quite an energetic reaction when it goes. Think of nitrous as a very hard to detonate explosive.

Galileo is military, EC admits

Peter Fairbrother

Get Real - it's for military use only if the US agrees

The EU wimped out of any technical possibility of Galileo being used for military purposes without US agreement a long time ago.

It would have to be completely redesigned, from the ground up (no pun), to enable any military use without US Governmant approval.

Lloyds TSB certificate glitch sparks concerns

Peter Fairbrother

Cookies and ... security?

I just accessed my Lloydstsb account after cleaning all cookies. I got cookies from:

clickshift.com

doubleclick.net

lloydstsb.com

mi.lloydstsb.com

server.lon.liveperson.net

statse.webtrendslive.com

WTF??? Lloydstsb securty or privacy policy has gone straight into the shi**er. What are the morons playing at?

BTW I then did the same for El Reg, and got cookies from::

nir.regaccount.com

medialex.com

imrworldwide.com

hmmm...