Posts by colin cuddehay

Senator: Surveillance state based on secret law 'has no place in America'

Hey Register why not add a little AJAX to your website code to stop reloading the entire page just to vote !

UK parliament presses for pardon for Alan Turing

AJAX

How about adding a little AJAX to the Register web site code so that voting doesn't take forever !

UK discovers Huawei UK staff auditing Huawei kit: Govt orders probe

Go EDWARD SNOWDEN

"report by an influential committee of MPs which warned of a conflict of interest …" They'd be experts in conflict of interest. "Anyway we can't have Chinese companies spying on British citizens" : said a government spokesperson, " that's our job, with help from the yanks " !

Review: Renault Zoe electric car

Real figures !

If you want to know the real National Grid %' , try this link .http://gridwatch.templar.co.uk/index.php, it updates every five minutes.

London's black cabs get wireless payment kit

London black taxi's

As a former licenced London taxi driver perhaps I can make informed comment!

The driver gets nothing from the add on charges made by a third party. If it is "peak hours" what would be gained by not going in the bus lane as there is another fare just around the corner? (It's more profitable to make many short "runs".) Taxis are NOT allowed in all bus lanes!Have you never heard of self employed hairdressers? Fares are fixed by the public carriage office and not by the drivers so complain to them! FINALLY I clearly remember once going right around one whole corner for only "nine quid guv"

UK police can now force you to reveal decryption keys

Colin

Making China seem quite liberal! The thought police can't be far off!

MIT student walks into airport wearing circuit board and wires

Colin

I'm an inconsiderate moron,perhaps MIT will help me. I am white,so I'm hoping "positive"discrimination won't hurt my chances!

Scotland ranked 'worst small country'

Doh!

They can only do better! If you're last,what else?