Posts by FredBloggs61

Mainframe staffing dilemma bedevils CIO dependents

Might have to dig out my old MVS and JCL documentation.

Any money in the contract market?

Israeli firm gets legal on Indian techie over ISP ad injection spat

It's admitting that they own the JavaScript code and that they have been doing what Thejesh GN has been alleging.

FTFY

Mobiles at school could be MAKING YOUR KID MORE DUMBER

And the award for the most obvious result from research goes to...

...

Next in the research headlights is "Is a lack of authority in the classroom to blame for declining educational standards?"

Rare monkeys stolen from French zoo – now even rarer

Re: "I can't at all see what the thieves can do with them."

Methinks typewriters may be involved...

Is Grant Shapps being naughty on Wikipedia – or did a Lib Dem stitch him up?

Re: Hang on a minute

They eat babies? I knew it.

BBC clamps down on illicit iPlayer watchers

Re: illicit viewers?

"Indeed. I can't really see the BBC being able to argue in court that the licence to view the materials online extends only to BBC-approved clients."

Apple get away with it?

ONE MILLION people already running Windows 10

Pedantic point!

Of those crash test dummies, Redmond says 36 per cent are running the OS in a virtual machine. That leaves about 650,000 people running Windows 10 on bare metal.

1m - 36% = 640,000

FTFY

Special iPhone trousers will ease Apple into the fashion world

Speak for yourself!

Galaxy Note 4 latest: Samsung rushes iPhone 6 Plus rival to China as Apple flails in dark

I still can't decide whether the Notes/6+ are just that little too big for a phone.

I am still using an old galaxy S3 as I haven't found anything interesting or innovative enough that is worth another two year contract commitment.

I know that things have improved since the S3, the speed could be better, display could be brighter.

But are the newer options really worth committing into a contract that means I wouldn't be able to upgrade again for a long time?

Snowden shouldn't be extradited to US if he testifies about NSA spying, says Swiss gov

Re: Would the US risk a diplomatic incident?

"The US is not anywhere near stupid enough"

I stopped reading there.

Gimme a high S5: Samsung Galaxy S5 puts substance over style

Stick to the S3

Having just about reached the end of a 2 year contract on an S3, I cannot see anything except a bit of speed and resolution that would make me sign away another 24 months.

3 New batteries plus a battery wall charger with USB port for £7, delivered from China will get me through for a while until something really exciting comes along.

Morrisons supermarket hit by MASSIVE staff payroll data robbery

A little more concern over "More of what matters" maybe?