* Posts by OurAl

11 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Aug 2016

Fire Brigades Union warns of wonky IT causing dangerous delays in 999 control rooms

OurAl

Re: Maybe the FBU shouldn't have sabotaged FiReControl then

In the 1980's a fire service control room was part of my responsibilities.

There was never an occasion when a phone just rang and rang, B.T. 999 operators have ordered lists of alternative control centres and redirect the call if there is a problem.

You would be surprised how many callers simply don't know where they are and it is only local knowledge that asks the right questions to identify the right address. Rural locations just add another layer of complexity.

Curse of Boeing continues: Now a telly satellite it built may explode, will be pushed up to 500km from geo orbit

OurAl
Facepalm

Re: Where will the bits go?

I think you mean £sd - denarius was the Roman bit

50 years ago, someone decided it would be OK to fire Apollo 12 through a rain cloud. Awks, or just 'SCE to Aux'?

OurAl

Plan A

The first line of Plan A should always read "Plan B is kept in the top drawer"

Operation Desert Sh!tstorm: Routine test shoots down military's top-secret internets

OurAl

The sign on my office wall... " I never said it was your fault, I said I was blaming you "

Take the bus... to get some new cables: Raspberry Pi 4s are a bit picky about USB-Cs

OurAl

Re: "the Pi is not a toy but increasing used for serious jobs"

The Apollo mission to the moon used components from the lowest bidder.

It is either in spec or it is not.

Fire chief says Verizon throttled department's data in the middle of massive Cali wildfires

OurAl

Re: All Verizon need now is a fire...

UK fire services cannot charge for statutory inspections, or for provide advice on safety matters.

Abolish the Telly Tax? Fat chance, say MPs at non-binding debate

OurAl

Re: Threatogram received from Crapita today

I don't have to pay £145 annually to ASDA, so that I can eat food supplied from Tesco.

I don't have to pay the road tax to Ford, so that I can buy a Vauxhall

If the BBC is so popular, why is it not funded through subscribing, just like Sky.

HSBC biz banking crypto: The case of the vanishing green padlock and... what domain are we on again?

OurAl

and yet with First Direct such online transactions are seamless, I wonder why one company has two such different computer systems

Ordinary punters will get squat from smart meters, reckons report

OurAl

The purpose of smart meters is to manage future power cuts on a much more accurate basis.

No more large area cut-offs and brown-outs, important and special users can continue uninterupted, whilst to proles shoulder the cuts.

It were ever thus.

Silicon Valley VCs: We're gonna make California great again – on its own

OurAl

Re: @Don The Elder, re California splitting.

It is hard for a nett contributor to lose money when splitting away.

£11bn later: Smart meters project delayed again for Crapita tests

OurAl

It only has one purpose

Once the brownouts begin it will allow them disconnect just the proles, so as to keep everything working for the elite.