Posts by Boris Dyne

UK government plays power broker with small modular reactor suitors

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British Rail was sold off lock, stock and barrel by the Thatcher government to a collection of scoundrels and one useless balloonist. They're to blame.

Polishing off a printer with a flourish revealed not to be best practice

Re: Stories from Grandad

In the sixties spinisters I knew often shared an apartment with another spinister. As a child, I considered this very practical, prudent and companioniable. Then, in 1983, a light bulb went on in my head, the other shoe fell and the penny dropped all at once.

University duo thought it would be cool to sneak bad code into Linux as an experiment. Of course, it absolutely backfired

Re: Place your bets...

Indeed. However the Hypocratic oath is a popular misconception. It exists almost entirely in the imagination of Hollywood screenplays, along with throwing with throwing motherboards in the air. Doctors and medical staff are bound by laws that long ago transcended the fanciful notions of the classical Greek scholar.

In Germany you become a doctor (of medicine) when the members of your review board shake your hand and welcome you as a colleague - and the state then issues your license. There is no oath. You are bound by our constitution.I

Yes, I should get out more, but where else can apply my ability to Google stuff?

IT protip: Never try to be too helpful lest someone puts your contact details next to unruly boxen

That'll never go anywhere... wait, I've got an idea.

26 years ago I was standing in the multi-media room of the dept of computing science in a university only a stone's throw from George Square (a very small stone too) one morning and our excited american research asst colleague was demonstrating with a DAT and two Power Macs how he could send a packet of music from one Mac all the way to a server in the US and the back out through the other Mac. We thought this was great and then asked him what use it was. Only remembered it when I saw that episode of the Big Bang Theory.

Munich council finds €49.3m for Windows 10 embrace

Flying the international flag for El Reg because we are legion...

My cousin-in law is head of a particular state department based in Munich (capital of the state no less!) and from previous conversations with him, I am sure he deals with das Rathaus on a fairly regular basis. I shall ask him anon. However I tend to agree that it would be the failure of interoperability with other states and the federal government. From as cultural perspective, in Germany 15 years seems a reasonable wait to properly identify who is the responsible person for 'fixing things'. Politics too, but that would be a very long answer und Ich habe keinen Bock!

'F*** you', exclaims Google Translate app, politely

Oh, the humanity.

Bringschuld will be one of many words in German that will present fascinating translation opportunities.