* Posts by boozy

6 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Sep 2014

RAF pilot sent jet into 4,000ft plummet by playing with camera, court martial hears

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Re: Flying While Blonde

i'm rather impressed with the co-pilot's actions. Considering he managed to help save the plane from the cockpit ceiling while being injured with a fractured back and a prolapsed disc.

Flame Canada, flame Canada ... Botched govt payroll computers spew smoke ahead of probe

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payroll systems seem to be IBM's specialty

or at least, broken payroll systems seem to be.

Car hacker secrets revealed: Clutching up a tank engine in a classic motor

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this has been done before

using a rolls royce/merlin V12 shoehorned into a 55 chev.

The shoe horner in question is Rod Hadfield in Australia, who was able to engineer it well enough to have the vehicle road registered, albeit with some special dispensations. (I seem to remember hearing that one of the conditions was that after the year registration, Rod had to sell the vehicle to an overseas buyer).

A youtube of the car appearing on an american show is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84

I tip my hat to anyone who takes on such an engineering venture.

Whistleblower behind PM's daughter scholarship leak must wait for fate

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doubtful hero

i wouldn't have had a problem if she'd used her own login. instead she was quite happy to drop someone else in the sticky stuff by stealing their credentials. for this alone she deserve all she gets.

Apple's warrant canary riddle: Cock-up, conspiracy, or anti-Google point-scoring

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Bulk Data

"Apple has not received any orders for bulk data"

We have, however, received a large number of orders for specific data

Australian whistleblower laws weaker than China's, report finds

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pubic whistle blower coverage

"While the report charted Australia in verdant green due to its comprehensive pubic sector whistle blower coverage"

I'm curious to know what constitutes comprehensive pubic sector whistle blower coverage? one pubic whistle blower per 10 workers? 50 workers?

I must say this is one of the better typos I've seen.