Posts by Stork

Elon Musk makes another cut – to his time at DOGE

Re: Doesn't matter

I bought a Kia e-Niro, but more as a means of transport than a status symbol. Have looked at Tesla, didn't care much.

As for status symbol, in these parts they are popular among Uber/Bolt drivers.

America's National Science Foundation tells DEI, misinfo studies: You're fired

Re: The UK court accepts the existence of women now ?

No trans-fats either - or Transit vans?

Trump's tariff threats could bump PC prices by almost half

Re: Eh?

Voting for (some of) them?

Put your usernames and passwords in your will, advises Japan's government

Re: Gonna be expensive.

Burglarized - of all Americanisms, I think this is the one that grates my ears most. Burglars burgle as far as I am concerned

Re: public wills

As we have bank and broker accounts as well as pensions in half a dozen European countries I have made a document listing them with account name and contact details if appliccable; not passwords. This is printed and left in a sealed envelope which at least three persons know where to look for.

The thinking is that with a (translated) death certificate, an executor should be able to get to the assets.

I went through it in Denmark last year as my mother died, that part was fairly painless as everything is hung up on the social security number and most entities subscribe to updates from there. Even Ryanair played ball and refunded a ticked when presented with death certificate.

Subscriptions? Banks here will freeze accounts and cancel cards, so that sorts itself.

Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line

Re: Progress is...

You can also argue the applying it equally is still work in progress.

EU's renewable hydrogen plan needs a 'reality check'

Re: Simpler tech wins

You also have to remember that current small scale nuclear tends to be used where cost is not a major concern.

'One Less Car' Uber bets a grand you'll ditch your wheels

Re: No.

Not only do they have similar operating costs for the vehicles, some even have to pay their drivers I have heard.

Parliamentarians urge next UK govt to consider ban on smartphones for under-16s

13 year olds not understanding what they consent to online?

I bet most 43-year olds don't. Or the average government minister, shadow or not.

IOW, that's not a reason.

Work for you? Again? After you lied about the job and stole my stuff? No thanks

Master of Bugger All

The 'nothing-happened' Y2K bug – how the IT industry worked overtime to save world's computers

Re: Yeah but…

Very much the last sentence.

I was involved in a large logistics company's integration testing (so, after systems had been tested individually) and four errors were found that would have stopped suff moving. ATOH, the system pricing insurance damages to cars did not work the first days of 2000, it had reasonably enough not been tested.

HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten

I wouldn’t be surprised if EVs were delivered close to fully charged, at least if you ask for it. Price of a charge isn’t going to kill the profit.

After injecting cancer hospital with ransomware, crims threaten to swat patients

Re: Brutality

I believe if you compare murder rates in medieval vs contemporary Europe, they used to be higher.

New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 – it's the law

Re: Hmmm..

I am considering getting a second hand EV. You can get the condition of the battery (they tend to last longer than predicted a few years ago).

Buying a car with 25000km on the clock and four or five years manufacturer’s warranty left, I don’t think that’s terribly risky.

CEO arranged his own cybersecurity, with predictable results

Re: Shameful confession time:

I once used my monitor model as pw - right there in front of me, fitted the criteria.

Programmable or 'purpose-bound' money is coming, probably as a feature in central bank digital currencies

Re: Permanent status quo

Ah, you mean citizens of nowhere?

Internet's deep-level architects slam US, UK, Europe for pushing device-side scanning

Re: Not my main issue

You have curtains! Very suspicious.

NASA engineers scratch heads as Voyager 1 starts spouting cosmic gibberish

Re: Excelent design - aliens must be proud

Are you sure the lawyer-speak can be omitted? What would the interstellar legal desk say?

Tesla says California's Autopilot action violates its free speech rights

Re: According to Musk, fraud is protected under the 1st Amendment

I had the impression that IF TRUCK => NOT MUCH APPLIES

Re: According to Musk, fraud is protected under the 1st Amendment

At least it’s reassuring it will be classified as an HGV in Europe, with the restrictions that gives.

British railway system is getting another excuse for delays – solar storms

Re: The British 'Train' System

Doesn’t station refer to stationary, not moving? As in work station?

Re: So, let's review

Trains didn’t get more timely under Mussolini. Newspapers were stopped writing about delays.

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

Re: Who is being reasonable in the conflict?

4 million Sweseta, that’s about €400000, not really a lot of money. That Tesla bothers

Belgian man charged with smuggling sanctioned military tech to Russia and China

Re: Lock him up!

Belgian fries!

World's largest nuclear fusion reactor comes online in Japan

Re: I worry the "clean" nature may be being overstated here

In Denmark, which has a climate comparable to Scottish lowlands, the eastern bit, many are air source.

Houses are (better) insulated and heating systems use lower temperatures, making it easier to switch. But the statement that heat pumps don’t work at moderate frost is wrong.

Re: I worry the "clean" nature may be being overstated here

The comment about heat pumps not working in-5C is plain wrong. At least they do in Scandinavia.

No more staff budget for UK civil service, but worry not – here's an incubator for AI

Re: Ooh ... so could we have an AI in the cabinet ?

Any sort of intelligence, artificial or otherwise, would be a welcome change.

UK signals legal changes to self-driving vehicle liabilities

Re: 1985

To push through such a grand plan requires more capability than most governments have shown in recent times.

With all the cars on lease or other finance, plenty of drivers are there already.

Re: @hoola

Public transport can work, try to visit Switzerland. The Swiss recognise it, they approve the subsidy in referendums (referenda?).

Re: only the driver – be it the vehicle or person – is accountable

Even something relatively modest like a Kia e-Niro is 1800kg

India's lunar landing made a mess on the Moon

Re: Why does anybody want to go there?

Lunonaut? Should it not be lunatics?

Tenfold electric vehicles on 2030 roads could be a shock to the system

Re: Not Just Charging Issues, Transport Infrastructure Too

The wear on roads is virtually all by HGVs, I remember reading that wear is a proportional with axle pressure ^4

Web Summit CEO's comments on Israeli conflict 'war crimes' sparks boycott

Re: While Cosgrave is, of course, formally 'right'...

For once, I completely agree with the esteemed Mr Eel

Boris Johnson's mad hydrogen for homes bubble bursts

Re: Capacity

Then you have bought some crap ones. We had a total of 18 or thereabouts in our old property (including rental cottages), and noisy outdoor units was not an issue

Re: Capacity

Is the insulation why heat pumps seem to have been fairly troublefree in Denmark?

Perhaps Insulate Britain had a point?

Excel Hell II: If the sickness can't be fixed, it must be contained

Re: Deja vu?

Unsupported procedures: Maersk Line did not do credit. In South America you don’t get business if you don’t give credit. Somehow the local reps managed to balance that, I can imagine it involved personal relationships and very local Excel sheets

Re: I don't why she swallowed a fly

This is why Maersk Line had (at least last century) the best software in shipping.

They made an it subsidiary in 1975 and always had people coming from the shipping training and then learning the it part.

One door opens, another one closes, and this one kills a mainframe

Re: Tech support call

To perfect it, use Coke (original). Other sugary beverages available.

$17k solid gold Apple Watch goes from Beyoncé's wrist to the obsolete list

Does the average consumer (not the average ElReg reader) realistically have a way of knowing what is repairable?

As an aside, I am trying to replace a cable on a MagSafe2 charger which sustained rabbit damage. I have done it before with success on an older MagSafe2, had bought a replacement cable, but Apple has changed the solder to something that doesn’t melt. Can’t get the old cable stump out, grrr

Scandium-based nuclear clocks promise punctuality for next 300 billion years

We have power cuts often enough for me to remember how to set the clock on the oven.

Why can't datacenter operators stop thinking about atomic power?

Sure, but not in this electoral cycle.

The iPhone 15 has a Goldilocks issue: Too big or too small. Maybe a case will make it just right

Re: Phones are lovely but they'd be much better without cameras

That sounds great. Why did it take them so long is then the question, all the tech was available when my camera came out.

Re: Phones are lovely but they'd be much better without cameras

I have a DSLR (Nikon d5300) with both GPS and WiFi. Never tried the latter, GPS far too slow and battery sucking for practical use.

Why not have an app and say Bluetooth that gives location to the camera and let you send photos (perhaps just jpeg)?

Thom Hogan has complained about this for ages, and even suggested it to the Japanese companies. But they are still HW people.

Re: Phones are lovely but they'd be much better without cameras

I know it is a joke but yes - or at least SW integration with your phone.

Re: Phones are lovely but they'd be much better without cameras

What Camera makers have missed here is making it easier to get the photos off the effing camera - in far too many cased it involves shuffling around with cards or cables like 15 years ago; the SW integration is more often than not atrocious.

Data breach reveals distressing info: People who order pineapple on pizza

Re: I don't understand...

Only if they are the soggy British copy of the Belgian/French original:-p

I’m for mayo.

Re: food abomination

I remember seeing it in the frozen counter in UK supermarkets in the nineties.

Re: I don't understand...

In Denmark you can get roast beef and sauce bearnaise on yours if you fancy.

No, I didn’t.

Techie labelled 'disgusting filth merchant' by disgusting hypocrite

Similar story from print times

My aunt was working at the Royal Danish Mail, responsible for correspondence in English with other postal services.

In the seventies there was a lot of publications of graphical nature posted from Denmark, and in one case a shipment was returned from the US with the comment that they could not let that sort of stuff into the country. My aunt took a quick look and wrote back: “yes you can, it says printed in the USA”.