Posts by Gordon 10 3879 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Jun 2009
Question. How can avoiding regulation count as being un-regulated? All the signs are that on various fronts regulation is going to catch up with them big time.
Its a great argument for regulation - but its not valid to say Uber was unregulated.
EU Working directive aside - thats fine if you are salaried - as your contract usually contains a clause along the lines of "working hours as necessary for the role", but not if you are paid hourly.
More simplistically -
blue collar = hourly = potential overtime.
white collar = salary = no overtime (but potentially more flexibility if you have a decent employer)
How dare you suggest the Emperor has no clothes!
Its almost as if we had a huge piece of tin that we wanted to run lots of different programs on and give them the Option to Time Share. Then maybe we could have lots of copies of storage and call it multiple virtual storage. Then of course we need to control when all this stuff runs and with what priority - almost like we need a job control language.
mutter mutter in my day mutter....
Agree.
Also don't under estimate the value of having literally hundreds of years to understand the gaps and omissions in your data. Something you have to do all over again if you change source or collect method. Now as an data enhancement proposition some of these datasets are interesting but not as core data replacement.
Except the stats on residual values don't back up your statements. Look at the the Model S - 3-4 year old examples still going for 80% of their original cost. (Check autotrader.co.uk). Roadster values are still holding well considering they are a discontinued model.
That's unheard of for whats effectively a 7 series/S class competitor which are mostly over 50-60% depreciation after 3 years....
LAN Content - works fine:
https://support.roku.com/article/208754908-how-to-use-roku-media-player-to-play-your-videos-music-and-photos
DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) is a standard technology that enables sharing of content between devices connected over a network. To play content stored on another device or computer on your Roku device using DLNA, the other device must be running DLNA server software and must be on the same network as your Roku device. Some routers and NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices have a built in DLNA server.
Roku Media Player has been tested to work with the following DLNA servers:
Windows Media Player/Center
Serviio
Plex
Twonky
MiniDLNA/ReadyDLNA/ReadyMedia
PlayOn
For information on setting up a DLNA server, consult the associated online support site.
The Dublliners?
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly. (let the free birds fly)
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry
Until apple came along then they were chokka
I’ll expect those prices will come down in time. They are currently driven by cantimg to reserve all the parts for new retail models not spares and repair.
I also bet there are only 1 or 2 service centres that have the skills and tools to repair them.
Haven’t seen an iFixit tear down yet but I bet it will be even harder to fix than previous models.
Whilst I agree that it’s likely to fail I don’t think it’s a total slam dunk. I think an arguement based on the need to support world Intellectual Property systems whilst would ultimately fail would at least be considered an arguement worth having in court, and nonwilful infringement is unlikely to generate a mega fine.
Look up "extended readiness". This is basically where one or more ships of a class are kept ticking over for commissioning at notice.
One of the Albion class Landing Craft Docks (the uk equivalent of the Ponce) is currently in this state, as will our second Aircraft Carrier be when it's built.
This is basically a boondoggle and means they will be unavailable for anything short of a crash re-armament program for a non-nuclear WW3.
Which prior cases are you suggesting where the UK Govt was challenged to prevent an extradition without being forced into it by the Extraditee?
Its the Govt's job - agreed by shite treaty - to process US extradition requests in as timely manner as possible. The only time it shouldn't is if the US has failed to meet the requirements laid down by that Treaty (note not UK or EU law) unless the defendant can show (usually by multiple appeals) that they won't be treated in accordance with UK/EU law in the US.
You've not actually worked in a Bank have you? They ain't that capable of planning or measuring well enough to do that. In fact they probably haven't got a scooby do where the 900 will come from, and will likely be hiring another 900+ somewhere else in the Org simultaneously.
Never subscribe to greed what can better be explained by incompetence and MBA groupthink.
Or Stross' Laundry series - the hero is deliberately named Bob Oliver Francis Howard.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laundry_Files
Highly recommended if you like comedy horrors which are Spy/sysadmin/Cthulhu mashups.
Charlie occasionallly comments on here and was tweeting yesterday about stories on El Reg.
Really? Assuming he was over there on his own time why on earth would anyone expect their employer to get involved for a problem that crops up when he is on holiday. I can't imagine many companies doing that.
Now if he's accused of doing this stuff in the operation of his day job for the company then its a different story.
I'm all for thinking Oracle are the root of all evil (they are!) but I can't help thinking that the employee inflicted much of the damage himself. Maybe just through naiveity or maybe not.
I know when I moved countries I managed to get a lot of the pre-work done remotely beforehand - such as setting up a bank account, by using my current banks official partner in that country.
Any relocation agency worth their salt should have at least been able to provide advice on the shortest path to getting settled. I wonder what went wrong?
Fusion ain't needed for a worse outcome.
If the Chinese keep producing Solar panels at the same rate of descending cost all the the oil backed currencies are f*cked any way. Especially since HVDC transmission lines are booming.
They will literally be so cheap that they will make sense anywhere south of Edinburgh. Huge brute forcing of the power problem but feasible.
Exactly user takes responsibility for their actions. Caveat Luser. Its not frigging rocket science.
Fully autonomous machines need to hold the manufacturer responsible for clear mechanical failures and to provide a WORM audit log when the Luser does something daft.
Idiots are always going to find a way to auto-darwinate themselves or others. No special laws needed.
Just like that muppet who T-boned the Truck in his Tesla after ignoring 6 autopilot reminders.
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