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  1. gate to runway on Why Airlines Make Flights Longer On Purpose (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Last time I did the Newark to LAX flight it took and hour to trundle from the gate (left on time) to the end of the runway for take off.

    The issue isnt padding its airport capacity.

  2. 4.1 signatures != signed by 4.1 million on Brexit: Government Rejects Petition Signed By 4.1 Million Calling For Second EU Referendum (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Alot of those were bots so hardly a representative petition result

  3. Who actually invented public key encryption first, oh yeah a British fella working for gchq one evening in his head cos he couldnt write it down

  4. Malware or adverts on UK Gov't Launches Anti-Adblocking Initiative, Compares It To Piracy (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll take adverts when they stopping serving malware with them
    Oh and when my page load times are under the magic 7 seconds with ad enabled

  5. If they stop serving malware with the adverts I'll listen

  6. DDOS = Cyberattack?!? on BBC Taken Offline By 'Anti-IS' Group (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Oh so just kids mucking about with scripts to get a DDOS going... move along nothing to see here...

  7. Seems odd theres not BC/DR here

  8. UK NHS on DoD Ditches Open Source Medical Records System In $4.3B Contract · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sounds alot like the disasterous Nhs epr systems. After 20 years weve had progress but the number suppliers is down 1 and a major cash sinkhole

  9. Yeah cos the clipper chip was a huge success and export grade crypto from the 80's and 90's hasnt caused any problems ever.

    I'll go back to painting steganography with unicorn poo then.... which is about as workable as the proposals we've heard so far.

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    One of many brits who'll argue against this

  10. Guardian data destruction explained on "BadUSB" Exploit Makes Devices Turn "Evil" · · Score: 1

    Possibly explains why the cesg guys got certain usn related chips destroyed on The Guardian kit that had held Snowdens files - perhaps they'd already done this and wanted the evidence removed

  11. Loss of memorabilia on Bletchley Park's Bitter Dispute Over Its Future · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Oh that explains why all the memorabilia has gone since we visited 5 years ago and last year.

    Very sad that this of the park has gone, it really helps the younger ones to see things in context with the work that went on there, seeing real life artifacts such as toys and the scenes from the time.

    Also explains why we cant buy 1 ticket at the entrance for both the Park and the Computing museum with Colossus etc inside it.

    Again all very sad that they cant get this joined up to work together, moss other places are putting on living history stuff and BP is pulling it all out.

  12. move to offsite troublesome on How One Drunk Driver Sent My Company To the Cloud · · Score: 1

    Seems the main problem here (as already noted by others) was a lack of DR facility not moving to the cloud. But this is the same for many SMB's, requirements for a decent internet connection (not in the costs and quite a bit) and you STILL need a DR solution for alot of the stuff. Googles and others have suffered outages.

    Also they've struggled with the online versions of the accounts and expenses system, just because it's a SaaS solution doesn't mean it any good!

    Also moving from internal BIND to GoDaddy for DNS - seriously.....

  13. Risks on Ask Slashdot: Supporting "Antique" Software? · · Score: 1

    All about risks, not just the fact the device is RS-232 only, but can the manufacturer support the equipment and if it fails whats the cost to the business while the machine is down.

    Sure we can all get 486's with ISA cards if the device needs connectivity to the outside world, but the device of that is a business risk and needs Mgmt to be aware of the issue.
    I've had a parts carousel system go down for weeks while we replace gearboxes, made worse by a switch from AC to DC by the manufacturer. Costs to the business were huge and all production was slowed down. Mgmt were informed of the risks but wouldnt spend any money till if broke.

    Basically you're looking at a CYA situation, make sure mgmt are informed in writing (email etc) of the issues around the machines and what costs there are vs getting in new machines and added benefits of new machines

  14. Re:These laws already exist elsewhere on Should California Have Banned Checking Smartphone Maps While Driving? · · Score: 1

    the UK is the same, it's all about being distracted from driving, using a phone/txting etc is just a specific examples

    https://www.gov.uk/using-mobile-phones-when-driving-the-law

    I've seen people applying makeup, eating, even reading a book (I kid not) never mind reading instructions or a map... they'll still pull you if the officer thinks you're driving distracted.

  15. Re:Engines at Rolls Royce on Boeing 787s To Create Half a Terabyte of Data Per Flight · · Score: 1

    Quite - everything seemed to happen v quickly once the oil pipe broke. And yes the engine should be able to contain a broken blade

    Allows get issues with new engines and the original Trent almost broke RR (its development costs being the major reason fir nationalising it in the 1970s from what I remember

  16. Engines at Rolls Royce on Boeing 787s To Create Half a Terabyte of Data Per Flight · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Have been doing this for years. They constantly stream data to RR HQ and theres a team of highly experienced people watching the data. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPIYBgZNrsg&sns=tw

  17. Led on Ask Slashdot: Where Are the E-Ink Dashboards? · · Score: 2

    Another vote for LED
    You can get v big 60" jobs quite easily and theres no burn-in esp if theres alot of static content as you imply

  18. Re:America's Priorities on Nationwide Google Fiber Deployment Would Cost $140 Billion · · Score: 2

    +1 to that exactly what i was thinking. Same for many countries

  19. Uk going three tier on US Security Classifications Needs Re-Thinking, Says Board · · Score: 3, Informative

    Uk is currently moving from the 7 tier IL 0-6 markers to a three tier system, so doesnt surprise the US are looking to follow this

  20. National Security letters on Senate Committee Approves Stricter Email Privacy · · Score: 2

    So how does this work with the laws allowing those nice national security letter to be issued by the fbi etc?

  21. Current rules in data sovereignty on Amazon and Google Barred From UK Government Cloud · · Score: 1

    All down to current CESG guidance on data soveriegnty. Until the new data classifications are fully launched (replacing the IL based system) this wont change, and event then its down to the accreditor to assess the risk so still doubtfull we'll be seeing any major offshoring

  22. Re:Imagine that... on Amazon and Google Barred From UK Government Cloud · · Score: 1

    Since when was Dublin in the UK??? Not since Irish independance in the early 1920s.

    Eire is a soverign state and given rhe history I can see why CESG wont entertain this level of offshoring

  23. Re:Low price? on Microsoft Wants To Nix Data Center Backup Generators · · Score: 1

    we dont like quakes in the UK so we'll keep the shale gas down there ;-)

  24. Low price? on Microsoft Wants To Nix Data Center Backup Generators · · Score: 1

    Not here in the uk, and of course this price is very volatile anyway , more so then diesel with massive swings year on year.

  25. Re:I wonder ... on UK Authorities Threaten To Storm Ecuadorian Embassy To Arrest Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    none - STORM the embassy isn't what would happen, This would be the normal police who would remove the immunity and remove him under internation law.

    Basically it's just forcing the Equadorians to make a descision, either kick out of the embassy or give him political assylum. They've been waffling about the whole thing for weeks so we just helped them make their minds up.