Posts by Caledonian

Free Wi-Fi for the NHS, promises health secretary Jeremy Hunt

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this appears to be for NHS England only?

I'm sure the devolved Governments of the UK will be really happy to hear that their block grants are getting slashed, but their taxes are being 'gifted' by Westminster for a vanity project which only benefits one part of the country.

That's only a small part of this issue, the £1bn would be better spent on raising the salaries of hard working Paramedics/Nurses who are paid a pittence yet have increasingly demanding jobs.

'Powerful blast' at Glasgow City Council data centre prompts IT meltdown

Why hasn't Nicola Sturgeon retrained as an IT Engineer overnight and personally fixed it? The SNP's blatent disregard for Scotland is apparent. First the Forth Bridge, now this.

* This post is best read in the voice of Kezia Dugdale *

Free WiFi coming to UK trains ... in two years

Re: Already exists on Scotrail

The vast majority of ScotRail trains (the ones that run through Edinburgh anyway) don't have Wifi. Hopefully the new Dutch operator will sort this out.

I've used ScotRail's free Wifi service between Glasgow and Edinburgh (via Carstairs), and because there is basically nothing but fields and sheep between the two cities on that line, the Wifi is useless. Presumably because there is no GPRS never mind 3G/4G signal.

You have to laugh at them using the new Wifi enabled trains on this route.

I QUIT: Mozilla's anti-gay-marriage Brendan Eich leaps out of door

Re: Animals

It's free speech until it's used to persecute someone, then it becomes hate speech.

The American understanding of what constitutes free speech is seriously flawed. Would you defend terrorists rights to preach hatred towards America as free speech? No...didn't think so.