Posts by Scott 7

Virgin Media 'overwhelmed' by broadband customers fleeing BT

I'm happy with VM too

BT used to try and probe my systems every time I logged in. I used to block them and complain. They never did anything about it. As far as I can tell NTL and then VM have never tried hacking into my systems. Of they did, they did it better than BT because I never noticed.

The only hardware failure was the original modem after many years of use and they must have put that in the post as soon as I logged the call. When it arrived I just had to plug it in and read them the MAC address over the phone and it worked.

It's reliable here. I have never come up against download limits - pretty good for having 2 teenagers in the house!

I don't want to ever use Sky. The Murdochs seem to be nasty right wing monopolists with a hatred of competition. At least Branson tries to promote a decent image rather than Rupes Bond villain one!

FSF launches Windows 7 anti-upgrade letter campaign

Microsoft did this once

Those of us who have been in IT longer may remember how Microsoft got to be the dominant force in corporate IT.

They were not able to convince a majority of IT that their offerings were the best - remember NT3.5? So they concentrated their efforts, not on those whose job was to implement or understand IT but on those whose entire jobs revolved around meetings, flip charts and wearing suits. Once MS had got those guys on their side the rest of us had to learn how to pick up the pieces.

Maybe things could be changed round by a similar campaign?

BlackBerry Curve 8520

2mp Camera

Someone recently told me that pathetic camera resolution is a requirement of US carriers.

Can someone in the USA confirm or deny this please?

Amish farmers lose court battle against RFID

The Number of the Beast

According to Robert Heinlein, the number is ((6 to the power of 6)to the power of 6).

This is 10,314,424,798,490,535,546,171,949,056

This why they need the chip. A number that size would never fit on an ear tag!

US State Dept. workers beg Clinton for Firefox

"Nothing is free"

Nothing is free if you wear a suit.

I have noticed a mixture of ignorance, incomprehension and terror at the thought of not having to pay for software. At least, that is the case with the entrenched Microsoft enthusiasts and with those who believe everything that FAST and other criminals tell them.