Posts by The Nazz

Apple boss decries 'data industrial complex' while pocketing, er, billions to hook Google into iOS

Re: He's mostly right

I mostly agree with you and have upvoted accordingly.

From my limited viewing of social media, i find a growing number of people don't bother with anonymity and just flat out use their true name whilst posting downright nasty, offensive and malicious stuff. Possibly because of their selfish need to be heard, overestimating their own importance (if any) to society. eg from todays main BBC News website :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-45978590

Not that the BBC's relentless agenda helps in any way other formenting such discord and malaise.

Should we be surprised? 1997 - Mr "Education, Education, Education" Blair predates the use of smartphones and widespread use of the internet, his sidekick Brown and the Iraq debacle, hardly set a respectable example.

Any surprise that Mental Health issues are said to be at an all time high.

Should a robo-car run over a kid or a grandad? Healthy or ill person? Let's get millions of folks to decide for AI...

Re: So...

In my recent experience, it's the "pouting selfie taking, facebooking, instagramming, snapchatting twerp, nay twunt, who is doing the actual driving.

Sadly, sods law has it that they themselves are not the fatality.

F***=off, Google tells its staff: Any mention of nookie now banned from internal files, URLs

Re: Not just Google

And yet, still available (naturally) on Google's You-Tube :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdUI8PTfMyI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09-Zyk0EIrE

Talking of films ...

I can't recall the details, despite having seen it a few times, but Rita, Sue and Bob Too was funny with a limited screenplay.

More so if you've ever been fortunate (err?) enough to have ever lived in Bradford.

Re: I swore Once

"The point is that swearing CAN be effective when used in moderation."

I still laugh to this day. Many, many years ago, as a recent school leaver, fairly naive, the Director offered me a new role, that of his Sexual Advisor.

"What does that entail" i asked.

"When i want your fucking advice i'll ask for it."

Lesson learned.

Morrisons supermarket: We're taking payroll leak liability fight to UK Supreme Court

What surprises me ...

Is that the request from KPMG for a copy of the entire payroll database wasn't managed at Board level, specifically by the Financial Director ( CFO equivalent) and should have been performed by someone in the Finance and Accounting department, much more senior than Skelton*. Purely for organisational reasons alone. If at all, why on earth KPMG were not made to do their work on the database whilst under complete scrutiny and security at all times baffles me.

*Yesterday's BBC article on this matter described Skelton as a Senior *Internal* Auditor, a different role, and not merely an IT auditor though these days IT functions would make up a large proportion of his work.

From dank memes to Krispy Kremes: British uni eggheads claim viral lol pics make kids fat

Ah i miss the old Polytechnics.*

Doesn't quite explain the *epidemic* of increasing numbers of pre-school kids being obese. Other than their parents, who are more often than not, rolling out the barrel themselves.

On a serious note, i do wish the Gov't, Health Authorities whoever would stop lumping "overweight and obese" together as one category, as in 67% of pre-teens are overweight or obese. There's a huge difference between a BMI of 25.5 and 30+.

I know young kids are generally quite short for their height but something's not right.

*I've made an assumption here.

Facebook names former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg head of global affairs

Good luck to the guy.

I've never liked him, certainly can't trust him, don't agree with how he pushes *HIS* politics**, and not necessarily those of the former Liberal Dems, but good luck to him, i'd have taken the job also. Not that i'm Cambridge educated, multilingual or open to lucrative lobbying ( ok,maybe that last one, short of my soul though).

But what i've learnt and amazes me, according to the BBC, is that he has been paid public money (presumably as all former deputy prime ministers are)

"he responds that he is a private citizen, and that he has written to the Cabinet Office to ask that the stipend he gets for public work, as a former deputy prime minister, should come to a close when his office in the UK shuts."

to actively and publicly campaign for a second referendum and to keep the UK in the EU.

** for clarity, even when he was their "leader".

UK defence secretary ponders £50m hit to terminate Capita recruiting contract

How difficult can recruitment be?

re Jellied eel - my how much has changed with the times.

I'll never forget my dad telling me his experience of National Service. He'd just recently got married and was called up for NS and was likely to be sent out to some conflict zone, Aden i think.

On arriving at the range for his field test, he told the RSM "i'm a dreadful shot Sir."

"ne'er mind, have a go with this" and was handed a rifle.

He deliberately aimed high and took out a pigeon.

"Hmmmmm, try again" said the RSM.

This time, he deliberately aimed wide and took out a Fresian cow, hitherto grazing peacefully in the next field.

"I really am a dreadful shot Sir, does that mean i won't be going out to Aden."

"No, it means you won't be coming back again."

As angels, rich dudebros suck: 1 in 5 Y Combinator women tech founders say they were sexually harassed

Re: How long will it be...

I'm guessing (probably incorrectly) that you must not be from the UK. Why? Because only this week :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45839644

Notice the VERY lenient sentence she received? Had there been no CCTV the (wholly) innocent guy may well have been sentenced to eight to twenty years or so.

And that's after "showing no remorse at all". The inference being that had she done so, her sentence would have been shorter.

Penta-gone! Personal records of 30,000 US Dept of Defense workers swiped by miscreants

Theft!

If the data has been stolen, can't they just restore it from a backup?

Yes, i know. Insert the appropriate icon here >>

NASA chief in Moscow: 'We will fly again on a Russian Soyuz rocket'

If only .....

Shame we can't enforce the next crew to consist of May, Hammond, Barnier, Juncker and Tusk (*)

to make the point that "although we hate you politically, at least we can co-operate with each other to actually get things done".

(*) would be remiss of me to suggest using a rocket known to be defective at launch.

Russian rocket goes BOOM again – this time with a crew on it

Hard to believe this was 45 years ago ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iab9YKocUcw

Don't make us pay compensation for employee data breach, Morrisons begs UK court

Re: The perp got 8 years...good...

That was 4 years ago (so the article says). With good behaviour he could be out by now.

Would be amusing (well it is to me) if he were sat in the public area during the trial.

Brit mobe operator O2 asks cut-off customers: Have you tried turning it on and off again?

Ah, that explains it.

Around that time, i thought this is rather odd, there are a number of pedestrians walking normally, head up, at regular speed and a logical sense of direction.

Maybe this "no call" malarkey could be made mandatory between the hours of, oooh i dunno, 10am to 4pm?

Hunt for Planet X finds yet another planetoid, just not the right one

Re: Neandertahls gone extinct.

Well if my SO (on a bad week/day) is to be believed we've not all gone extinct.

Do not adjust your set, er, browser: This is our new page-one design

Ha ha, some of us consider 10's and 20's to be loose change. GBP that is.

Neutron star crash in a galaxy far, far... far away spews 'faster than light' radio signal jets at Earth

Re: Policeman's ball

Last time i was asked, i bought six tickets.

Then i immediately asked when he was having the castration.

Dark Matter aka what the ***k do i know.

Here's my theory :

The missing Dark Matter is the *shell* of the universe holding everything else in place. Elastic of course, like a balloon. And possibly quite thick too if the oft mentioned figures of missing mass are to be believed. Though i haven't yet calculated the outer surface area of this shell, so it may not need to be so thick after all.

tbf, can we, the boffins, eggheads etc, actually see to the very edge yet?

Brit teen pleads guilty to Minecraft-linked bomb and airline hoaxes

Rather than jail ...

Couldn't it be arranged to drop him from 38,000ft with a parachute and a bomb attached. Let him wonder which will "open" first?

Must be the cheaper option.

ps ain't it gonna be a lot of fun when those with double barrelled surnames get hitched, and then breed?

Google skewered in ad sting after Oracle-backed bods turn troll

Re: Richelieu

You know, it never ceases to amaze me how such as Richelieu, Voltaire and many others had such a good command of the english language.

Heart-stopping predictions from AI doctors could save lives

Rather impressive ...

but i hope they didn't include my Grandad in the data set. First home visit he ever had was by the Undertakers.

Case proven m'lord.

AI image recognition systems can be tricked by copying and pasting random objects

Re: Pretty obvious really

re Lee D and his banana's.

Googles latest effort at recognition : Gorilla eating banana.

Is that a Gorilla that feeds on bananas generally, a Gorilla currently eating a banana or something else.

Don't let Google dox me on Lumen Database, nameless man begs

If only ......

"Orders of the court are not matters that you are free to decide when and if you will comply with them. When a court orders - makes an order like this, you comply with it," said Mr Justice Nicklin.

If only Mr Justice Nicklin would only transfer to the Family Division.

There must be thousands, tens of thousands, of court orders made there and totally ignored by obstructive parents, by far the majority being mothers, with total impunity.

Lawyers sued for impersonating rival firm online to steal clients

Makes a change from ...

lawyers stealing from their own clients.

Not that that ever happens, no sirreeee, never.

As porn site pounds hard on piracy laws, Cox pulls out prematurely

Re: Copyright Issues

"Porn certainly would not meet the definition of 'useful arts'."

Seriously, the lefty liberal elite and "what's good for you" policy makers should be absolutely delighted with the wide availability of free* porn. Orgasmically so.

Going by the young population around here, certain trends in porn have done much more, much much more to influence that population than Blue Mink ever did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3_MfDYVKlg

*Whilst there is widespread availability of free porn ( notwithstanding the cost of monopolised BT line, or smartphones, and ISP costs) it's arguably even better value to the individual when the Govt. social security tab is picking up the ongoing cost. Causation and all that jizz.

Quit that job and earn $185k... cleaning up San Francisco's notoriously crappy sidewalks

Re: $185K vs. $71K

'kin 'ell.

It's oft said that US healthcare is expensive, but what the 'eck. I'd love to see the breakdown of the $114k additional benefits into the constituent parts.

Just how rigged is America's broadband world? A deep dive into one US city reveals all

what's the use of faster porn streaming?

Doesn't it just make things a blur?

Not that some of the vintage/retro stuff* is already blurry. So my mate tells me.

*fair do's though, often taken from well used VHS and Beta tapes. But hey, can't complain, it's available and they even have a story line.

Re: Choice

re chivo243

Anyone notice how Paul Simon still owes us the remaining 44 options?

I'll tender

Get the Fuck, Buck.

Connected car data handover headache: There's no quick fix... and it's NOT just Land Rovers

"possibly 30 foot"

looks to me like its connected to the lamppost several cars away, lets say more like 80 foot.

Bear in mind that Slaithwaite (pronounced slough it ) is one of the posher parts of Kirklees. Possibly lol.

When all cars are electric ....

it'll pretty much be pitch black. You won't be able to connect to the internet, switch the heating on at home, nor make a cup of tea/coffee.

Years back we had a power cut, log burner, plenty of fuel and for a few hours the kids had a great time. Home made entertainment.

Re: NOT TO BE SOLD SEPARATELY

Educated guess : You don't shop much around West Yorkshire, do you?

Microsoft: We busted Russian Fancy Bear disinfo websites

Re: Hard to fight the feeling this is just ...

"What can happen ....."

Rather what is, and has been happening to UK "society" from within since, oh , at least 1997**

Add your own preferred date ** here.

Current odds include :

1979 Evens

1974 1/2 On (Metropolitan Councils)

Re: How things have changed

It's at times like this i realise how much i miss amanfrommars' posts.

Techie's test lab lands him in hot water with top tech news site

Re: @Zippy - enlightenment ahead of it's time

Rodger Roger

re sports journalists

IMO, that is no worse, probably better, than say the BBC's practice of "employing" a multitude, let's call it a magnitude, of ex-pro sports people who endlessly babble on about mundane matters or the blatantly obvious, or their relentless agenda. At exhorbitant rates too.

The less sport they show, the more they chat about it.

Most staffers expect bosses to snoop on them, say unions

Sorry about this but ....

wait until Faecal Recognition systems are in place.

"You know that guy on the production line who we think is a cokehead, well the FRS says that the least of our problems."

"The cause of the contant blocked drain problems? Oh that's Bertha in the office, she only goes every three days, saves em up and bakes em*. Tears were frequently detected too."

* based on a true story of a now not so SO.

Samsung Galaxy Note 9: A steep price to pay

Re: The one thing I wholeheartedly agree with Jobs on ...

Maybe i shouldn't share this with you all, but i once put a frog on my head and she was delighted. Delightful too.

Oh my Tosh, it's only a 100TB small form-factor SSD, SK?

Re: Now put 40 of these in a rack and we have 217.6PB

Not to mention the olympic sized swimming pool of ji...

I said not to mention it, you moron.

Re: No-one will ever... need more than 64TB on a 2.5inch SSD

re Grace Hopper

wasn't he the old blind man in that Kung Fu type series with David Carradine in it?

Or maybe i'm not old enough to remember it accurately.

Boffins blame meteorites for creating Earth's oldest rocks

OK, come on folks ...

who's nicked Lake Superior?

There's a clue in it's name.

Eye eye! DeepMind teams up with doctors to ogle eyeballs for illness

Love the diversity of the sample size.

If my arithmetic is correct, the sampling trainees included 359 less able people with only one eye (Ray Sawyer amongst them?).

Or 358 such people and one cyclops.

Biometrics : with the increasing use of biometric data, it's gonna be a bit of a devil's choice between keeping your identity intact or getting your diseased eye(s) fixed.

US voting systems: Full of holes, loaded with pop music, and 'hacked' by an 11-year-old

Of the 100 election officials .......

98, allegedly, have decided to become candidates now that they realise they don't need to bother with that costly canvassing. Still seeking donations mind.

Ex-VMware veep loses attempt to throw out his own $1.5m legal win

Look on the bright side ...

At least he wasn't ripped off by his own lawyer(s) to the tune of $300k+.

Any impact on costs of losing his later application?

Brain brainiacs figure out what turns folks into El Reg journos, readers

Upvote for the use of the fabulous Keyword :

"noggins".

Nowt wrong with using your noggin.

As in, i'd rather have a puff in the eye at the Opticians than one at the lively pub/bar at the edge of town.

Oh, fore putt's sake: Golf org PGA bunkered up by ransomware attack just days before tournament

Re: I could ......

Just a little mashie then, oops.

What a bunch of ...

Divots.

Was reading a BBC article yesterday (can't be arsed to provide a link) , re some amateurish research pointing out that a moderate and active lifestyle leads to good mental health. With the caution that those who exercise over 150 minutes a week may be damaging their mental health.

And a round of golf lasts how long? 4 to 6 hrs*.

Nutters.

*far too long,it should be 2 hrs maximum.

Emma's Diary fined £140k for flogging data on over a million new mums to Labour Party

A complication of teenage new mums?

To pinch a Lee Hazlewood song title "It's an actuality" that some of these new mums are under the age of 18, certainly prevalent around here, is there any special consideration given to Experian collecting their data from what are, effectively in modern terminology, still "children" themselves?

Re: UK's 11 main political parties

Given the typical labour held seat up here in the grim north, i'm not sure a pig, blind or not, would be that popular.

Here's why AI can't make a catchier tune than the worst pop song in the charts right now

Re: Well mixing should not occur

As an aside re the Kanizsa Triangle :

FTA "For example, in the Kanizsa Triangle Illusion we readily perceive three black circles and two triangles, even though there are technically no circles or triangles in the image."

I can see ( no pun intended ) what they're getting at but, if one can easily perceive two triangles then i'm equally certain i can perceive at least six more ( there may be others).

If it was truly A! and not some Deep Mind "programmed" carry on, just let the thing listen to the Radio for 24 hours and then compose it's own tunes.

If it really was intelligent it would simply just turn Radio 1 off, perhaps even petition for it's closure.