Re: 16M quid?
Yup, expensive business apparently... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31159594
Posts by ZiggyZiggy
20 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Jul 2010
Julian Assange jailed for 50 weeks over Ecuador embassy bail-jumping
Congrats from 123-Reg! You can now pay us an extra £6 or £12 a year for basically nothing
Don't buy Microsoft Surface gear: 25% will break after 2 years, says Consumer Reports
Friday 11th August 2017 00:44 GMT
Yes Yes Yes Yes!!!!
I have a Surface Pro 4.... I'm on the seventh warranty replacement device.
First one was new (obvs), the next five - refurbs - and then after a (written) letter of complaint to MS, I got a new one which was brand new.
The latest is okay... although build quality is poor at best compared to some I've had before - so I dread to think what it's like internally.
But it's not crashing, vibrating, or with any screen defects - so it's a good start.
All seven have made strange noises which I've not heard in any other device - squealing and clicking noises which appear to come from where the power is managed, and also the CPU (not from any moving parts!).
It's a potentially nice bit of kit... but I wouldn't buy another one.
EE unveils sky domination plans with drones, balloons
KCL out(r)age continues: Two weeks TITSUP, two weeks to go
Monday 31st October 2016 22:30 GMT
Re: Ah... so...
No chance - it's higher education - mention the R or S word and you'll have the unions in full action!
(On a positive, the best days I had working in HE IT was when the unions went on strike... a very quiet and peaceful day in the office with a selection of my finest colleagues - good days!)
Corbyn lied, Virgin Trains lied, Harambe died
Wednesday 24th August 2016 12:53 GMT
Based on my experiences as a daily Virgin trains rush hour user, if the train is "ram-packed" you can't walk from one end to the other... whilst I'm not sure I trust Virgin trains to not spin things too, I actually don't have any issue with them sharing the CCTV in this case - I'd say it's in the public interest to expose a lieing scheming politician - oh wait... that's just a standard politician. My mistake.
Airbus to build plane that's even uglier than the A380
Chinese cops bust culinary Apple trademark thieves
Microsoft explains bland new Windows logo
HP teases next Ultrabook launch
Met to push rape warnings over Wi-Fi to Xmas partygoers
Plods to get dot-uk takedown powers - without court order
Monday 5th September 2011 08:27 GMT 
Uh oh
The Police just don't have the knowledge and experience to make decisions like this. Decisions should be made by a court which can ensure proper consultation - it need not be a lengthy process - there are many other decisions which require court approval and procedures are in place to run them through quickly, even out of hours - why can't this be done here?
Anything like this must be transparent and accountable - something that's seen by the authorities as unimportant nowadays.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
