Posts by JohnMurray

UK space sector 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn

Well,

could have shortened the title to "UK 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn" and explained the entire country..

UK government says digital ID won't be compulsory – honest

Or..

..just two phones. One with the definitely not mandatory ID on, which you leave at home, the other that you have with you [and pay for with cash]

Like..

..the mobile phone that most people carry..

UK to roll out mandatory digital ID for right to work by 2029

Well..

1,871,441 signatures ... so all the 'illegal' 'workers' have signed it?

UK Lords take aim at Ofcom's 'child-protection' upgrades to Online Safety Act

Well...

Maybe the lords should just ask themselves [while not sleeping at £350/day] whether the entire point of the 'online safety' act, from day one, is to enable and empower mission-creep as its primary purpose.

Govts just love free speech and freedoms [not]

UK datacenter developers turn to gas rather than wait for grid power for builds

Frack Off

Whilst acknowledging the huge potential of UK shale gas to provide a bridge to a zero carbon future, I’ve also always been clear that shale gas exploration must be carried out safely. In the UK, we have been led by the best available scientific evidence, and closely regulated by the Oil and Gas Authority, one of the best regulators in the world.

After reviewing the OGA’s report into recent seismic activity at Preston New Road, it is clear that we cannot rule out future unacceptable impacts on the local community.

For this reason, I have concluded that we should put a moratorium on fracking in England with immediate effect.

Business and Energy Secretary Andrea Leadsom.

Britain's 5G experience 'among the worst in Europe' says MedUX

Well...

Approximately 7% of the UK landmass has no 4G coverage from any operator. Additionally, 29% of the UK landmass has 4G coverage from only some operators, meaning 71% has 4G coverage from all operators! https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn07069/

Financial 'stretch' for UK to join Europe's Starlink rival, says minister

Re: Long Brexit.

They're 'racist' because they believe the 'free' 'press' about ravening hordes of coloured rapists running around....the truth being that the vast majority of those are true Brits, white and proud [of being Brits]

Airbus okays use of ‘Taxibot’ to tow planes to the runway

fantastic - unless

You have problems with high CO2 levels in the cabin of 2000ppm to 4000ppm +

There's no international protocol on what to do if an asteroid strikes Earth

I suspect..

The international protocol will be to let the poor die, while the rich survive in their bunkers [with a choice of young beautiful females].

Pretty much what the international protocol is for pandemics....

UK dumps £2.5 billion into fusion pipe dream that's already cost millions

2100AD

"We will have fusion reactors in just 10 years, I promise"

Tesla's Optimus can't roll without rare earth magnets, and Beijing ain't budging yet

Well..

Knowing musk, they'll all be female robots with attitude [and guns]

White House confirms 245% tariff on some Chinese imports not a typo

Re: The Point?

is, it is the largest insider-trading scam that the world has yet seen [as far as I know!]

Some persons are getting ridiculously wealthy overnight, or adding to their already ridiculous wealth!

Re: Point?

You may have noticed that China also said that if any other countries that they sell rare-earths to, re-sell them to USA, they would then ban sales to those re-selling countries.

!

Pentagon needs China's rare earths, Beijing just put them behind a permit wall. Oops

clear memory of what actually occured

Seek help - you have bad memory problems.

The UK vaccinated only those who were expected to be most affected, who were also those who would benefit less from vaccination [they still are] by dint of reduced immune response from either age or illness.

It also sent infected old people out from hospital into care homes housing uninfected old people, with totally predictable results.

If the UK govt had tried to maximise deaths, in groups regarded as socially expensive to maintain, they could have not done much better than they did!!

The software UK techies need to protect themselves now Apple's ADP won’t

Re: Security Theatre at best

RIPA allows for that

Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study

Simple

he's a sociopath. Like Musk/Thiel/Trump

UK government insiders say AI datacenters may be a pricey white elephant

Well...

How freeports undermine local [and national] democracy [intentionally] https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-technopopulist-rendezvous-how-freeports-undermine-local-democracy/

UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order

Oh good

sp govts whatapp messages will also be readable, hopefully historically

except

that law was introduced by the conservatives....

Now Trump's import tariffs could raise the cost of a laptop for Americans by 68%

Hmmm,,,,,

At a White House dinner in February of 2011, President Obama asked former Apple CEO Steven P. Jobs what it would take to build iPhones in the United States.

The answer was not what Obama wanted to hear. “Those jobs aren’t coming back,” Jobs said.

https://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/news/articles/bringing-macs-back-to-the-u.s

UK government's bank data sharing plan slammed as 'financial snoopers' charter'

Re: Stupid proposal

This proposal is just another govt scare tactic to stop people claiming benefits.

Since most of the 'honorable' members are rich and dodging tax anyway.....

Most people are unaware that the state pension is regarded by the govt as a benefit.

So that is another £125 billion to add.

Given the sharing of data between govt depts, every dept will have access.

Key aspects of Palantir's Federated Data Platform lack legal basis, lawyers tell NHS England

ooopppssss

https://x.com/Resist_05/status/1831834796676542861

Rocket Factory Augsburg engine test ends in explosion at SaxaVord spaceport

Didn't light the blue paper right

NASA mulls using SpaceX in 2025 to rescue Starliner pilots stuck on space station

Re: Boeing should provide Test Pilots

Like the CEO and his stand-in

Re: Yay ... I won the Internet !!! :)

Every other house around - like normally

On one Prime Day, Amazon warehouse workers endured '45% injury rate'

Re: How?

https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/help_committee_amazon_interim_report.pdf

Row erupts over data sharing function in UK doctor software

Not so simple -

More like a GDPR problem -

Have a listen

https://x.com/vanmellaerts/status/1807033327997591917

Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down

Does it cover the UK or not?

Probably not.

Even if it does, meta will ignore it until they are dragged sc reaming to court, and even then they'll ignore it [out govt/s are pussies]

Lawsuit accuses Grindr of illegally sharing users' HIV status

Why..

..does anyone trust any commercial organisation with extremely sensitive data?

Apple redecorates its iPhone prison to appease Europe

Well..

...it probably won't apply here in the Non-EU-UK

Apple sets new 16,000-foot iPhone drop test after 737 fuselage fail

Yet..

..I drop mine 1 metre and break the screen..

NHS England published heavily redacted Palantir contract as festivities began

Re: Corruption

I personally see a lot of behaviour in *NHSEngland* that smells of corruption.

NHSE is a political organisation.

We're getting that fry-day feeling... US Army gets hold of drone-cooking microwave rig

Hmmmm..

Inverse square law.... ?

Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off

Faraday cage

around the meter !

BT confirms it's switching off 3G in UK from Jan next year

Re: Just switch it off .... no one will notice .... :)

And customer services is crap anyway

Re: Drat - I will need a new 'phone

Same in Norfolk....lots of trees = not lots of 4G

Apple's iPhone 12 woes spread as Belgium, Germany, Netherlands weigh in

Re: "The timing is also unfortunate for the company ..."

13.6 per million cases of thrombosis in vaccinated persons compared to 35.3 per million cases of thrombosis in persons infected with sars-cov-1 virus

Twitter's giant throbbing X erected 'without a permit'

Another..

EreXtile dysfunction from the musky one

Always on the Horizon, UK must wait for megabucks EU science deal

Re: becoming a global science superpower

Wanting to become a global science superpower and then leaving the European Union is a bit like wanting to become a global military superpower and then abolishing the Navy and the Air Force. It's not the most helpful of steps"

But fully in keeping with having a bunch of untalented morons in charge of the country [whichever party, ditto]

Re: No measurable outcomes, no delivery plan, a short-termist outlook and frequent policy changes

Department of indecision, nonscience and time-wasters

Re: Good old Brexit

He can't decide whether to please the remainers or piss-off the brexiters.

He's really hopeless at making difficult decisions, good job he's only running a country and not a business.

'There has never been a realistic plan' for UK's £11B Emergency Services Network

Re: Hey Mickey

The UK govt are, allegedly, paid by foreign spies

Well....

Have they thought of taking-out a group contract with, say, BT, and just using mobile handsets.....after all, most emergency workers do anyway...

Funnily enough, AI models must follow privacy law – including right to be forgotten

Re: 7 Data Protection Principles

Maybe, just maybe, that 'hard-to-forget' is a design feature......after all, nothing I have seen makes me optimistic that big-tech really wants to comply with data protection - voluntarily.

Barts NHS hack leaves folks on tenterhooks over extortion

Re: How would I go about having my confidential records removed from NHS computers?

You can't.

And 'they' don't care anyway.

Now Apple takes a bite out of encryption-bypassing 'spy clause' in UK internet law

Re: Simple.

Parliament is a breeding ground for cunts

Re: Proof of the UKs diminishing political structure ...

Politicians are towering intellects, compared to technologists surely?

At least, in the politicians minds.

As someone who has actually talked to one for a while [Dorries], I quickly realised it was a case of "the doors open but nobody is home"

Re: So, we're back to square one again

They're all mentally low-age politicians backed by mentally low-age police/security.

"if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, again"