Posts by Mongrel

Data-nicking UK car repairman jailed six months instead of copping a fine

"Shall I ship it to you home address sir?"

If you could trust the customers to do that...

The number of times I heard

"Shall I ship it to you home address sir?"

"Yes, please"

"Let me just confirm that, 123 Random Street, Anytown"

"That's not right, I haven't lived there on years!! Why have you got that address?"

or

"That's my Brothers\MiL\Friend who could be in to accept delivery"

or

"I forgot I used a made up\deliberately incorrect address"

*sigh* And then was our fault when replacement item\call-back never happened

I agree, the info shouldn't be as freely available as it is but there needs to be a certain amount of verification, maybe a "Confirm address" option which routes it through software (our 5yr old Garmin does a very good job of pronouncing street addresses) then back to the operative for call close

Now Europe wants a four-million-quid AI-powered lie detector at border checkpoints

Re: I would vote for it if ...

That's terrible training, you need a mix of lies and truth to teach it properly

"lie...lie....lie...lie"

"But you're not even looking at the screen anymore"

"Don't need to"

Facebook, Google sued for 'secretly' slurping people's whereabouts – while Feds lap it up

Re: Most people don't care until

"I've had friends post some kind of creepy experience they've had where they were searching for a mattress store (for instance) on Google Maps on their phone, and then they start seeing ads for mattresses on their PC at work. How's that possible, they ask?"

Saw that when heard about stuff on the radio and went to check it out, that's why I started a seperate Google account for work.

I try to keep my equipment as locked down as practical but don't want some of my... *ahem* greyer searches turning up on my works network potentially breaching the internet usage policy.

Microsoft deletes deleterious file deletion bug from Windows 10 October 2018 Update

Re: Bad user!

Loads of games (and I presume other software) dumps the config files and save games in the My Documents folder. No choices

Health insurer Bupa fined £175k after staffer tried to sell customer data on dark web souk

Re:...if you can see it, it's not encrypted

So, blindfold the data people?

At some point you have to balance being able to actually use the data otherwise it's just more intellectual masturbation.

Facebook sued for exposing content moderators to Facebook

Re: This is like taking a job as a nursing assistant in a retirement home

It's probably more between this and emergency services cleaning up after messy accidents & train suicides.

You may go in understanding that this is what the job entails and assuming that you'll get correct training on how to cope with it, because it's not like many people go out of their way to watch this shit before applying for these jobs, but when your bum hits that seat and you're served up shift after shift of the worst the internet can dredge up..

Yeah, you may not be cut out for this, it may also affect you in ways you didn't contemplate when you signed up for it. If FB didn't have adequate training or proper support during the job then it needs to be looked at

Remember when Apple's FaceTime stopped working years ago? Yeah, that was deliberate

Re: It was a free feature.

Or rather, it was a feature that may well have influenced your purchasing decision

Brits pay £490m extra for mobes they already own – Citizens Advice

Re: Astonishing isn't it

Tesco Mobile also do this, the prices on the website are basically "Pick your phone and how long you want the contract to be then add a data\calls package".

On a side note it's also nice that I've never had the desperate slew of upgrade calls every year from them or attempts to up sell my paltry SIM deal.

Vodafone cops ads rap over Martin Freeman's vanishing spaceship

My other gripe with those commercials was, you're team mate is moaning at you because you've lost connection again... over the voice chat

PPI pushers now need consent to cold-call you

Re: @Vometia Munro

" I picked it up ready to tell them to piss off to find it was about booking a genuine yearly hospital appointment. I gave them several minutes of chastisement regarding the fact that they were withholding their number (something that I did when they phoned up regarding last year's appointment)."

Because berating the front line staff is the key to getting policy changed? Well done.

I'm sure that shouting at the checkout staff at Sainsburys will me a cheaper grocery bill

Voting machine maker claims vote machine hack-fests a 'green light' for foreign hackers

Hackers don't break things

Not forgetting that these are the good guys, for some slightly fuzzy definitions of good, who are willing to show their work. We generally have no idea how far along the bad guys are in defeating the 'security' on these machines.

Space, the final Trump-tier: America to beam up $8bn for Space Force

Re: Which is worse ...

Although the bottom right one reminds me of No Mans Sky, whose launch was a massive wave of failure due to over-hyping and broken promises....

Here's why AI can't make a catchier tune than the worst pop song in the charts right now

"We expect tunes to sustain a structure over a matter of minutes, whereas computers end up flitting about between styles every few seconds."

So, that's where Dubstep came from...

Want to know what an organisation is really like? Visit the restroom

Re: We need some ...

It's not about the temperature with Legionnaires Disease, it prefers stagnant water. Just the act of running the taps is enough to stop it happening in that part of the plumbing

Fear the Reaper: Man hospitalised after eating red hot chilli pepper

Re: The Carolina reaper...

"and washed the Marigolds I was wearing three times before the bursting bubbles of the soap lather stopped hurting my eyes"

Rinse your hands\utensils with dilute bleach solution first as it breaks down the capsaicin to make it more water soluble and much easier to clean up.

UK.gov cooks up code of conduct to enforce a smidge of security on Internet of S**t kit

When you don't understand the tech everything is possible and with just the wave of the magic wand as well

Cryptocurrency miners go nuclear, RSA blunder, Winner back in court, and plenty more

Re: Tuesdays Winner is George Soros.

"Meanwhile George Soros owned and controlled 85% of all the voting machines used in the election."

Got a cite for that ?

Politifact disagreed in 2016

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/oct/31/sean-duffy/wisconsin-congressman-fuels-soros-voting-machine-r/

MPs: Lack of technical skills for Brexit could create 'damaging, unmanageable muddle'

Re: Sorry Mr Davis. No "Impact assessment" done .NE. no impact.*

"On the upside it's never been a better time to get into pig farming."

Assuming there's room at the trough

Ignore that FBI. We're the real FBI, says the FBI that's totally the FBI

Re: Nigerian scanner

It'd be Scunthorpe all over again

Govt 'comprehensively ignored' advice over NHS data-sharing deal

Re: Free

<q>You do not want someone suffering from Bird Flu Version 2, SARS Version 2, or Ebola to avoid seeking medical help because they believe their name and address will be passed on to the immigration authorities. That way lies uncontrollable epidemics. It's bad enough already with treatment-resistant TB and STDs.</q>

Not forgetting management of many chronic illnesses. A regular appointment with the nurse and a repeat prescription for an inhaler for asthma has to go a long way before it costs close to a single 999 call and an ambulance to the A&E.

Ex-staffer sues UK's DWP, claims superior blabbed confidential medical info

Re: RE: There's no shame in having piles

"Oh please, do come off that high horse before you do yourself an injury, not had to deal with hen parties or groups of factory women have you ?"

Yes, but I never got forced to sign an NDA or told to wear my sexy underwear for an event

RE: There's no shame in having piles

Says the person posting as AC....

1) Different people have differing levels of embarrassing

2) Even if he had no issues with disclosing any medical information that's his decision not the manager s and whoever they copied in.

3) Washing the dirty linen in private is how you get institutionalised scuminess like the Presidents Club

Sysadmin crashed computer recording data from active space probe

...identical looking bottles ...

Did they have no sense of smell?

Apple iPhone X: Two weeks in the life of an anxious user

Re: "Like I say, there’s no user guide to tell you what all the icons means."

You shouldn't have to search for a manual or operating instructions.

I understand not having one in the box but it wouldn't kill them to mention the website during setup or a card in the box pointing you there.

Cortana. Whatever happened to world domination?

Wait...you shit literature?

Well, it seems to work for Dan Brown

1980s sci-fi movies: The thrill of being not quite terrified on mum's floral sofa

Re: Jabba the Hutt in 1983’s Return of the Jedi

Here you go

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Trilogy-discs-Limited/dp/B000K9KVYQ/ref=sr_1_11?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1515576351&sr=1-11&keywords=star+wars+trilogy+dvd

Re: Jabba the Hutt in 1983’s Return of the Jedi

It's pricey but look for the "Star Wars Trilogy 6 discs Limited Edition Tin Box Set [DVD]" on Amazon, it has the fiddled with version AND the original cinematic release.

Dump ur mobile provider via txt by 2019: LMFAO cu l8r

Alternatively...

"Currently, users have to call service providers to cancel their contract outright, or request their PAC code if they want to keep their number."

I'd happily settle for banning of retentions departments, because half an hour of "No, no, the new provider has a better deal, no, I don't use the minutes I get already why would another 5000 persuade me, no, no, just give me my PAC code, No, ..." etc gets really tiring

Florida Man… pockets Uber cash to keep quiet about data breach

In my eyes the onus is on them to them to prove they've changed not on me to assume that the new guy is telling the truth "this time".

I reckon if they can go 12-18 months without any new scandals (including covering up old scandals) or "WTF have they done now" reporting then we can start saying that they've turned over a new leaf

Quentin Tarantino in talks to make Star Trek movie

Re: Well Discovery has the occasional swearing

Well that and the magic mushroom drive, that's when I turned of with a hearty "Screw you and the giant Moss Pig you rode in on"

WikiLeaks is wiki-leaked. And it's still not even a proper wiki anyway

Re: Shower of shites!

"Isn't it getting a bit old trying to change the subject. Every time more evidence is found about Russian collusion all we hear from Big John is "what about the democrats?" "

From Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

Whataboutism (also known as whataboutery) is a variant of the tu quoque logical fallacy that attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging them with hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving their argument,[1][2][3] which is particularly associated with Soviet and Russian propaganda

Apple’s facial recognition: Well, it is more secure for the, er, sleeping user

Or just a reference to the awesome show "Better Off Ted". Well worth seeking out if you haven't seen it.

"Veridian Dynamics. Diversity: just the thought of it makes these white people smile"

Auto-makers told their autopilots need better safeguards

"But, to be honest, I've seen drivers not pay attention to the road from the same lengths of time when they are driving a non-automated vehicle. "

Welcome to the M25

Bad data and new IT system bugs help knock 66% off Provident Financial share price

When you have a Crook at the top how can it not go wrong?

Nosey ex-NHS staffer slapped with fine for illegally peeking at medical records

Re: £1,745?

Well, at least she wasn't going for a bulk discount.

The online, Pharmacy2U service got fined £130K for selling info of 21,500 patients to 3rd parties.

"... Including a lottery company that “deliberately targeted elderly and vulnerable individuals”"

So just over £6 a head, bargain!

(More information at the Chemist+Druggist, https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/online-pharmacy-hit-%C2%A3130k-fine-sale-patient-info behind a registration wall)

Blighty’s beloved Big Ben bell ends, may break Brexit bargain

Re: A point in fact.

I work in Chertsey, it's Junction 11.

Junction 12 is the M3 crossover

RentBoy.com boss faces six months of hard time

Re: Dedicated customer service team

but at least you'd get an OpenReacharound as part of the package

UK regulator set to ban ads depicting bumbling manchildren

Re: The only stereotypes left

And the treatment (for external bits anyway) probably starts with the same generic cream, it's just the marketing drones prefer to segment the market. Look at 'specialist' painkillers; back pain, period pain, headaches, joint pain, Max Strength all with different prices - it's inevitably Ibuprofen 400mg.

Man nicked trying to 'save' beer from burning building

"clutching two cans of Bud Ice Premium, all while emergency services treated other local residents.

A police mouthpiece said Casteel had demonstrated “poor judgement”"

His poor judgement started before the fire...

Hacker's Mac pwning expedition: 'Help, I've got too many shells!'

Re: The root of his problems

Cynically...

"It would have been a damn short documentary if I hadn't clicked on the link"