Posts by Doctor Syntax 42273 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Jun 2014
Politicians across the EU have for a generation found it expedient to blame "Brussels" for anything unpopular even though they have more than likely voted for in the European Council.
The fact that they're choosing to deprive themselves of that expediency cays a good deal about their capability of forethought.
"Notice that the emphasis for Brexit is all about trade - all of them are deliberately ignoring the destruction of the countless rights, agreements, treaties, subscriptions, memberships etc which we enjoy under EU membership."
Which, essentially, are about trade to a greater or lesser extent. Even things like food quality, worker protection etc. have a trade element in them to prevent one country within the group gaining trading advantage by adopting lower standards. If the things you list are things you care about, you care about trade.
"It seems a little unfair to blame MPs when May and her devious government have not allowed parliament much say at all on how brexit will be."
Has it not occurred to you that how Brexit will be is what can be negotiated? Short of sending the whole of Parliament over to negotiate is about the only way they'd all be able to get a say. I can imagine how well that would go.
"Many of us knew that the poorest areas gained most of the benefit."
And the realisation of that was demonstrated PDQ. The morning after the vote some Welsh politician who'd campaigned for Leave was demanding the the govt. replace all the EU funding his constituency had been receiving.
"also want a seamless border with NI/RoI"
I doubt many of those who voted leave have given the NI/RoI border a moment's thought, either before or after. If roaming charges come into operation it will make using mobiles near that border interesting. Cell edges don't respect borders.
I think the ruler is the bee itself. The workers are pretty well standard in size. Regular hexagons are optimal for packing units into an area so if bees are making bee-sized cells as close together as possible regular hexagons are what are produced.
The really interesting geometry is projecting a scaled map of a the horizontal route to a food source onto the vertical surface of the comb.
First requirement should be to place a substantial amount of money in escrow up-front from which to compensate the collateral damage on a no-quibble, no-delay basis. Keep that topped up or the trial stops.
Bypass the insurance companies altogether. The trialists can put their money where their mouths are. It's the least they can do. After all the rest of us don't get to choose our risks from this.
I still have fond memories of the consternation caused by a group apparently smuggling 2nd-hand VCRs across the border hidden in a load of bricks in a pickup with no chassis number. It turned out that it was the bricks that were stolen. They'd have got away with it if they hadn't been overheard by an off-duty customs officer boasting about the red-diesel scam in a pub which got them stopped and searched next morning. Sometimes life exceeds all your expectations.
"Also, when are ASA going to grow a pair and actually punish retailers for misleading consumers?"
They're essentially a trade body. AFAICS they have no statutory powers. Unless the industry itself agrees to fine itself (the money presumably to go on trade junkets) they can't issue fines.
The real question is then is a govt going to grow a pair and replace the ASA with a statutory body that does have such powers?
will actively attempt to have those reporting such vulnerabilities portrayed and/or prosecuted as "hackers".
Years ago, when open FTP was still a thing (don't tell me it still is) I went onto a download site - a Norwegian Universtiy IIRC - and realised that I'd just cd ..ed past my original access directory. And then realised I could keep going. Maybe to / if I'd tried.
Maybe I should let them know. Maybe not. I decided "not" would be easier.
"the company would put all the cold storage cryptocurrency in one wallet"
The article puts wallets in the plural. But it still makes no sense to have a sole password holder. If there are multiple wallets then the passwords can be shared out between multiple trusted employees. A business such as this does have multiple trusted employees doesn't it? For extra security the passwords themselves could be split and handed to different employees.
"the remainer PM"
I never believed that. She's a brain washed Home Sec who'd like to get out from under the ECHR let alone the ECJ.
"the remainer civil service"
That'll be the folks who actually have to try to advise governments on what's practical in the real world. I wonder why they'd be remainers (except for the HO thinking about those pesky European courts).
"Who needs data transfer and fancy IT?"
Data transfer and fancy IT are two different things. I hope you're not running a business on the assumption they're not. Your data can exist in any form including hand-written. Your data transfer can be anything from handing someone that hand written not upwards. Your data processing can be shuffling through that pile of paper on your desk.
"However having fully implemented GDPR then the European Commission could very quickly agree adequacy of data protection whether there is a deal or not"
How quick is quickly? And your argument suggests that GDPR is implemented. The current DPA contains various weasel clauses to allow HMG a good bit of wrggle room. If the examiners don't like them then a new DPA is needed.
"I don't think anyone stopped using US servers when it was found that Safe Harbour was not adequate"
They went to relying on contractual clauses which are again under attack in the courts. In the case of HMG's data there probably isn't a contract in place. How do they get round that?
"He is not a politician but a civil servant and as such is obliged to explain his actions to Congress."
I can't help thinking that a useful weapon to have in dealing with refractory public servants would be the ability to put them under a degree of financial micromanagement if their relevant oversight committee becomes displeased with them. Each month they are required to report back to the committee on what they've done in regard to their key objectives and their monthly pay is only signed off if the committee is satisfied with what they're reported. Obvious precautions could be taken to verify the reports from time to time.
"can we cull the people who write a Word document and email it as an attachment when plain text would have been entirely adequate"
Yup, just as soon as we've finished culling all those who write emails in HTML without embedded links to graphics (we cull those after we've culled those who include links).
"But as always they blame goes back onto the staff for using this method"
And as always the blame would go back onto staff for not using the now withdrawn method when an alternative was unavailable for any reason.
I'd like to think that front-line NHS staff had a strong preference for any working method that came to hand rather than the recommendations of a Whitehall committee.
