* Posts by Stork

1499 publicly visible posts • joined 14 Dec 2013

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

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Master of Bugger All

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Re: Permanent status quo

Ah, you mean citizens of nowhere?

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

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Re: Not my main issue

You have curtains! Very suspicious.

NASA engineers scratch heads as Voyager 1 starts spouting cosmic gibberish

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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

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

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

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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

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Re: The British 'Train' System

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

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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

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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

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Re: Lock him up!

Belgian fries!

World's largest nuclear fusion reactor comes online in Japan

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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.

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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

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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

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Re: 1985

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

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

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Re: @hoola

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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Re: I don't understand...

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

I’m for mayo.

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Re: food abomination

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

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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

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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”.

Airbus takes its long, thin, plane on a ten-day test campaign

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Re: MAX anyone?

Thinking about it, I guess I prefer my flying boring.

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Re: MAX anyone?

To be fair, the A320 is a more recent design than the original 737 which has got more facelifts than the average Hollywood star

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For me pitch is much higher up the list than number of aisles. And I am only 1.89 or so, my poor son is 1.95 and possibly still growing.

UK civil servants – hopefully including those spending billions on tech – to skill up in STEM

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Mrs T did have a chemistry degree, and used it, but as I remember it she then passed the bar exam (stupid she wasn’t) and went into politics.

Fun fact: she needed her husband’s permission to stand for parliament.

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Re: How about the ministers go next?

What should that be good for? Everything is well with the PPEs and classics graduates in charge, right? /s

It’s not just in the UK though. Here in Portugal law graduates seem to dominate politics, in Denmark it is a mix of graduates of law, political science and economics (but they only do one of them, and then usually a masters).

I am afraid numerate and scientifically literate people find something more rewarding to do.

Power grids tremble as electric vehicle growth set to accelerate 19% next year

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Re: For many of us, hybrids make more sense than BEVs

A bit sad you have to rely on government incompetence to feel safe

BMW deems drivers worthy of warmth, ends heated car seat subscription

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I have the feeling they also needed quite a bit of fixing compared to more modern cars.

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Who buys sedans? Very few here in Europe, US may be different.

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Re: connected services as a strategic imperative and a driver of future revenue

Even here in Portugal, on mornings with 3-4 degrees I appreciate my heated seat. Probably more as they are leather -> higher thermal density than fabric.