shawn.grinter • User • The Register Forums

Once more a classic case of those in power getting away with it, they sit around with their ill gotten gains and gongs whilst the little people are in the ground.

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Taxing times: UK missed out on £1.75B because of digitization delays

Monday 27th November 2023 13:09 GMT shawn.grinter

New definition of "Digital"

For VAT I used to be able to type values from my Accounting Software** into boxes on HMRC site, confirm and submit. HMRC confirmed successful submission there and then Thus all in my view "digital"

*NOW* I have to take the values from my Accounting Software, type it into an *EXCEL* spreadsheet (macOS Numbers not supported for my gateway), save it, send it to my Accountants portal, upload it, confirm OK, hit the "send" button, confirm with the gateway it was OK then asynchronously wait for HMRC to say OK.

Oh, and HMRC Basic Tools no longer works on current version of macOS

**Doesn't support direct submission.

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Data breach reveals distressing info: People who order pineapple on pizza

Thursday 21st September 2023 12:45 GMT shawn.grinter

Re: Having grown up in Hawaii

As a child of the 70'2 - Gammon and Pineapple was " a thing", so Ham and Pineapple is too by extension.

So if you are going to put Ham on a Pizza, expect me to add Pineapple :-)

Of course "real" pizza should only have tomato, mozzarella and basil....

<ducks>

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Resilience is overrated when it's not advertised

Sunday 20th August 2023 05:54 GMT shawn.grinter

Re: Fallback fault-tolerant

When I worked for a certain oil company our pair of IBM mainframes were called Zen and Orac

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IBM gives z/OS an AI infusion in major upgrade aimed in part at easing admin chores

Wednesday 9th August 2023 13:07 GMT shawn.grinter

AI Error message

HAL9000E - I'M SORRY DAVE I'M AFRAID I CAN'T DO THAT

Explanation:

The system has detected the removal of memory modules

System Actions

Recovery action has been initiated

Operator Action

Put on Space Suit and report incident to IBM.

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Aspiration to deploy new UK nuclear reactor every year a 'wish', not a plan

Tuesday 1st August 2023 10:02 GMT shawn.grinter

Thorium-R-Us...

I wish the UK would look at the Thorium cycle!

So many potential benefits and you can use them to "eat" radioactive waste.

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Nadine Dorries promotes 'Brexit rewards' of proposed UK data protection law

Monday 5th September 2022 12:34 GMT shawn.grinter

Small companies

Are “small” companies even trading with the EU now, I thought most of them have given it up as a bad job.

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Oh the humanity: McDonald's out of milkshakes across Great Britain

Wednesday 25th August 2021 11:53 GMT shawn.grinter

Finally - A Brexit Benefit

Well, one at last - a healthier population no longer able to stuff their face with the sugar, cream, corn syrup, and a handful of contained therein!

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Richard Branson uses two planes to make 170km round trip

Monday 12th July 2021 08:19 GMT shawn.grinter

Awaiting FlatTards....

I can wait to see what the Flat Earthers make of this one.... even the pictures out the window show the curvature...

Still Reality was never their strong point (or Science for that matter)

Having said that Branson is so obviously one of the Lizard People that they will find it easy to debunk.

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UK's data watchdog probes use of private email to discuss government business at the Department of Health

Wednesday 7th July 2021 14:55 GMT shawn.grinter

Best Option

Given HMG's record on IT projects I'd say gmail was the most secure method of communication....

Either that or tying a scrap of paper to a brick and chucking it through the ministries window,,,,

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Gov.UK vows to chop red tape in the digital sector. What could possibly go wrong?

Wednesday 7th July 2021 10:21 GMT shawn.grinter

UK Gov have done such a good job thus far on Red Tape

Yes, we "took back control" of:

1) Our borders - now we can't sent undocumented migrants back as we are no longer part of the Dublin Protocol (Well done France - sell them a boat and they are no longer your problem)

2) Our trade - we are just waving through imports and exports are (partially) nadgered (Anyone want some more Bi-Valve mollusks with their Chips?)

3) Our Laws - I think NI might have a word or two to say about that.

And we've sooooo reduced Red tape - ever seen a lorry manifest post Brexit - it's gone from 4 sheets to an inch thick wad!

Still, on the plus side, Truckers, Meat Packers, Brickies, Plumbers et al can now get decent rates so it's not all bad.... Oh, and we chuck out some Bankers too - Bonus.

You can trust Worzel Gummage to follow through on promises...

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IBM email fiasco complicates sales deals, is worse than biz is letting on – sources

Monday 5th July 2021 08:36 GMT shawn.grinter

Re: "a variety of alternative communications tools"

Ah the 1052 - those were the days, the best 134 baud money could buy....

(And yes I actually used one)

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What job title would YOU want carved on your gravestone? 'Beloved father, Slayer of Dragons, Register of Domains'

Sunday 20th June 2021 08:12 GMT shawn.grinter

Mine...

I'd want:

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Water's wet, the Pope's Catholic, and iOS is designed to stop folk switching to Android, Epic trial judge told

Thursday 13th May 2021 08:49 GMT shawn.grinter

Actually the Pope isn't Catholic.....

QI answer - the man in the white robes in the Vatican has many titles (Bishop of Rome etc) but Pope *isn't* one of them... IIRC it's the Egyptian Orthodox Pontiff is the only one actually with the title of Pope...

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