All they need now is ..
An IBM 1419 MICR - no practical use of course, but it's such a beast of a machine and is really cool when it's running. It's also really loud!
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The real problem here is that, yes, China make some very good quality products (many of which I use on a daily basis), but then they spoil it by manufacturing vast piles of junk products. As you say, many of these are self-destroying, and this is having a calamitous effect on the planet's resources, both in raw materials and in waste disposal.
If we are at all serious about even the short-term future of this planet, something needs to be done to stem the flow of instant landfill, and China needs to understand that they can't keep giving so-called developing countries aid paying despots a backhander then robbing them of mineral wealth just to make new trading posts from which to produce more junk that no-one wants.
Speaking from personal experience and actually being old enough to know better I bought a discounted alloy-with-skateboard-wheels scooter when they were just falling (!) out of fashion. I lived in a coastal town at the time and while the pedestrianised town-centre areas were fun, they were too crowded, so off to the promenade I went. Sadly, the Council hadn't kept up with the pavement (UK definition) repairs, and my speedy glides became a nightmare obstacle avoidance test. I lost. My front wheel got diverted by a large crack and I ended up sprawled AOT. Not fun. Not clever.
Absolute B*LL*CKS - the "respect" part at least.
They "appreciate" the invitation because presumably that'll stop us complaining when they do their next accidental data slurp: "but you agreed to it .. in the T & Cs".
I'm not forward to Google getting their slimey mitts on my NestCam feed!
https://www.a2hosting.com/blog/security-breach-plan/.. and
"here at A2 Hosting we provide free Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates, regular site backups"
Mind you, "regular" could mean once every 6 months, I suppose.
It was going so well.. I watched (most of) the cheesy video, was inspired by the possibilities of it all and took the plunge and registered. I even read the T & Cs!
Then I had to confirm my email address: they sent me a link and it could "only be opened in the browser that I used to register". So I had another go, disabling Ublock and Privacy Badger in my Linux-based Firefox-ESR - still no luck, and after 4 turns round the loop I gave up. I sent feedback - I even signed it with my GPG key to prove how L33t I am .. I wonder what'll happen next!?
Hmmm.. I'd say the first paragraph negates that statement. And bearing mind that I'm a self-acknowledged tin-foil wearer along with the fact that we're still on course to move our emergency services onto mobile networks (correct me if I'm wrong) I'd say that a secure network is of paramount importance!
"Proper" mobile phones? You mean the ones you could carry from the table to er, somewhere not too far away due to the short cable to the junction box?
Corbyn would certainly remember, and appreciate those!
Wow, the [insert rogue nation state here] Governments would just love this idea. Just take a large vessel. find the location device signal and recover all that lovely radioactive material. I'm sure some of those states are cavalier enough to do that!
It's good news that these B******* are getting fined etc,but what the ICO really needs to do is find out where they got their information from.
I had 6 months of these calls and eventually contacted everyone involved in the vehicle repair chain (including my insurer) to find out who'd leaked
my data. They all denied it strenuously of course, but I'm sure that a visit/chat with the ICO would be well worthwhile. I doubt the ICO have the resources though!