Posts by Nissemus

Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy

Bill withdrawn

It's being reported today that the Danish government has withdrawn the bill, mainly because it was so badly written.

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/regeringen-dropper-dele-af-lovforslag-om-vpn-forbindelser

Word to the wise: Don't tell your IT manager they're not in Excel

Re: Labor Hire Company?

Indeed. Who in the UK calls a temp agency a labor hire company?

Nearly a million non-profit donors' details left exposed in unsecured database

Data protection

Is there no legal requirement in the US for the company to report this to the relevant authorities, and to alert the people whose data was exposed?

Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and Danish unions join in

Re: Closed shop

"One possibility you seem to have missed is the closed shop - no choice other than to join."

You appear to be unaware that the closed shop was banned in Europe by the European Court of Human Rights in the late 70s or early 80s.

As UK breaks away from Europe, Facebook tells Brits: You'll all be Californians soon

Re: It's a fait accompli situation.

The Alternative Vote isn't proportional representation at all, and in some cases produces an even more unfair overall result than FPTP.

'I'm telling you, I haven't got an iPad!' – Sent from my iPad

Re: The most important tech angle?

I wondered this as well. Auto-replies are supposed to have a null sender, so the iPads must have been either ignoring the presence of the other's null sender or giving their sender a non-null value.

Terrified robots will take middle class jobs? Look in a mirror

Re: It's not about jobs, it's about income...

Who is TW?

Microsoft encrypts explanation of borked Windows 10 encryption

You can tell the statement is written by a marketing buiffoon because it includes the word "impact".

On a related note, I've had to do a system restore today because this week's Windows 10 update screwed up my PC..

Doctor Who's tangerine dream and Clara's death wish in Last Christmas

"And was a handy knack for having your Santa and eating him".

I don't think "knack" means what you think it means.

Pirate Party wins seats in Icelandic election

Eh?

"Both wish to stop Iceland's entry to the European Union, which could excite the Pirate Party's support given its policies emphasise personal liberty."

I don't know what this means.

Pirate Bay docks in Iceland

Negative overload

It's hard not to imagine lawyers aren't looking for reasons? So you think they're NOT looking for reasons?

Earth bombarded by interplanetary SLIME MONSTERS

Already debunked?

See here:

http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/03/fossil-claims-from-the-fringe-life-in-a-meteorite-not-likely/

Nuisance calls DOUBLE, Ofcom vows to hunt down offenders

Re: Lets fight back

I've been trying for years to get BT to explain why they won't show international numbers on caller display. I've never been able to get a straight answer.

MYSTERY as six people SURVIVE deadly VAMPIRE BAT BITES

What does "I think we all know what's happening here" mean?

'Cos I don't.