Posts by Glen 1 960 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Jun 2009
"20c a kwh for home use amounts"
Aproximate electricity prices in the UK
Spoiler: 12-14p per Kwh (16-18c)
So comparable then.
I think the main one is outlook/exchange (and by implication office365)
If anyone knows of a Linux equivalent that requires the same or less amount of admin, I'm listening.
I would also include active directory, as paying someone to learn about LDAP is not exactly a high priority for most windows shops.
I would make a distinction between a government dossier being "sexed up" for political ends and a foreign power killing on British soil with apparent impunity (although international sanctions have upped the ante a little)
"The Government" is a many headed hydra. It's not so much "The Government" I believe, but the news reporting on the government - and I mean actual journalists holding politicians to account, not tweet bots, not disposable domains running click bait headlines over facebook. That would seem to make me (and many others here) different from the huddled masses.
I mean, I only have the news' word that Vladimir Putin actually exists. I've never met the man - or met anyone who has - but between the video footage, and eyewitness accounts (all coming from the news), I'm prepared to believe that he exists.
There is *slightly* less evidence about the above attacks. Between the death of Dawn Sturgess and interviews with Yulia Skripal, Charlie Rowley etc there is certainly more than a single primary source. The thoroughly unconvincing interview on Russian media with the suspects only adds fuel to the fire. Not to mention the Russian agents getting caught outside the swiss lab that was testing the Novichok samples.
However, I view those sources through the filter of the news just like everyone else.
There are the small matters of the recent Novichok (sp) attack, and the slightly longer ago assassination of Alexander Litvinenko. The bloke who (allegedly) did the latter is now a Russian MP.
It is *well* within the UK's ability to respond in kind (perhaps not the polonium), but I put it to you that while escalating things would be a bad idea, doing NOTHING lets the bully get away with it.
My parents were unsure (context: this was in the early eighties), came down on what they thought was the side of caution. Didn't vaccinate me.
...
I got measles when I was 5, was one of the 1 in 20 who also got pneumonia. I nearly died. Spent time on the isolation ward (thank you NHS).
If/when I ever have kids you can be damn sure that they will be vaccinated.
Only the Older Millennials (like me) will probably remember Damon Hill as a driver, as he retired in 1999 (20 years ago)
For Historical context:
Phill Hill retired in 1967 - over 50 years ago, and a few years before Apollo 11
I'm all for the standard 'Kids today' grumblings, but when you use 'Millenials' to mean 'young people' when the eldest of us are pushing 40...
It's like listening to people complain about that new fangled 'Internet' or that rock music is far too modern.
I mean, it's amusing, but I dont think it's always the effect you're going for.
OHP?
This is an OHP:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_projector
I'd be very surprised if *anyone's* laptop was compatible.
"EU decide they don't want Google traffic for the businesses in the EU that's up to them, "
If Google's search results only gave foreign results (as in no european results- only american versions of it), id have to use a different search engine, because Google will not longer be able to find what I'm looking for.
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