I'll agree that you're right re: shortsighted - but given that direct share ownership at the time wasn't widespread, and the buzz going round was that you could spend £400 one day and get £500-£600 a week later without any obvious risk, most people would take the money and run...
There's no date on the story I linked to (other than the top of the page) - but it mentions Gordon Brown as being in discussions on the matter, so must be pre-2010.
I know what she did - she sold everything "British" to fund tax cuts, when proper management of the utilities sold off would have fed into the public purse and kept them lower to this day and beyond - how many billions do "British" Gas/Telecom/Petroleum make these days? Do we, the people, see the benefit? No.
ITV reports “Lady Thatcher’s funeral will be ceremonial with full military honours, similar to the Queen Mother, but she will not lie in state, as was her wish.”
Not forgetting the great 80s selloff of British Gas/Petroleum/Telecom under the guise of "greater share ownership for all" - whereas in reality most people bought their allocation, sold at a profit 3 days later and spent the "free" money they got as a result on stuff......result? Most of the shares ended up with Zarquon-knows-who and they've been getting away with making vast profits at our expense ever since... profits that could have saved taxpayers having to pay untold billions extra from their hard-earned wages - all that was needed was to get some decent managers in to run the damn things properly...
It depends I suppose on whether you reckon that 1 known (or easily deducible) database structure is safer than 100 databases where you have no idea how the data is stored.
As I understand it - they tried to obtain a subpoena to gather IP addresses of visitors to FightCopyrightTrolls and DieTrollDie
I care not what the visitors to those sites are complaining about, but surely they have the right to do so? That said I, believe it or not, have the right to read what is said there to make my own mind up whether there's any basis in fact - without being (potentially) threatened for merely reading it.
The US, for all its faults, is a representative democracy with the strongest free-speech protections on the planet (the one area, IMHO, in which the USA is far, far ahead of every other country on earth).
I don't think anybody thinks in terms of billion = million million over here these days (even the Treasury... though if you ask them, the poor sod who answers the phone might have to go and check... just to be sure...)
Fair point re BT fibre - I wasn't aware of that (I've not been a BT customer since they charged me £125 for an "installation" that in reality involved someone pressing a button at a console somewhere...)
My point is still valid though - the choice is still 2x fibre, 1x copper - the ISP hasn't laid the cable (maybe some boxes in the exchange), they just rent some of the capacity, so if BT screw up, they're all screwed...
Hundreds of ISPs - maybe... but in reality your choices number the "bewildering" total of 3.
2x fibre - one BT, the other Virgin - each of which is used by their customers alone... (and they only lay cable where it suits them - not us) 1x copper - from BT - used by all the other ISPs...
BBC3, BBC4, CBBC, Cbeebies are part time channels occupying 2 full time slots
True - though I do wonder how much the wasted bandwidth costs just broadcasting the ident for half the day on all four of these, when they could free up 2 channels by switching from CBeebies to BBC3 (and CBBC to BBC4) at 7pm when the kids channels stop broadcasting...
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I'll agree that you're right re: shortsighted - but given that direct share ownership at the time wasn't widespread, and the buzz going round was that you could spend £400 one day and get £500-£600 a week later without any obvious risk, most people would take the money and run...
Seconded on the Mail definition...
There's no date on the story I linked to (other than the top of the page) - but it mentions Gordon Brown as being in discussions on the matter, so must be pre-2010.
I know what she did - she sold everything "British" to fund tax cuts, when proper management of the utilities sold off would have fed into the public purse and kept them lower to this day and beyond - how many billions do "British" Gas/Telecom/Petroleum make these days? Do we, the people, see the benefit? No.
ITV reports “Lady Thatcher’s funeral will be ceremonial with full military honours, similar to the Queen Mother, but she will not lie in state, as was her wish.”
So not a state funeral - but not far off...
Note to self - check the age of stories before linking...
You might want to try checking your facts before posting. Here's a hint: No she won't
Wrong!!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1034634/Lady-Thatcher-honoured-State-funeral.html
Not forgetting the great 80s selloff of British Gas/Petroleum/Telecom under the guise of "greater share ownership for all" - whereas in reality most people bought their allocation, sold at a profit 3 days later and spent the "free" money they got as a result on stuff... ...result? Most of the shares ended up with Zarquon-knows-who and they've been getting away with making vast profits at our expense ever since... profits that could have saved taxpayers having to pay untold billions extra from their hard-earned wages - all that was needed was to get some decent managers in to run the damn things properly...
Yes... and No.
It depends I suppose on whether you reckon that 1 known (or easily deducible) database structure is safer than 100 databases where you have no idea how the data is stored.
...and easier for the unscrupulous to swipe details as they're easily located...
(apart from the fact it's USB not WiFi - but the basic principle applies...)
http://www.chainfire.eu/projects/48/DSLR_Controller/
As I understand it - they tried to obtain a subpoena to gather IP addresses of visitors to FightCopyrightTrolls and DieTrollDie
I care not what the visitors to those sites are complaining about, but surely they have the right to do so? That said I, believe it or not, have the right to read what is said there to make my own mind up whether there's any basis in fact - without being (potentially) threatened for merely reading it.
(Yeah... I know... ideal world and all that...)
They're trying to use the "law" to prevent free speech aren't they?
The US, for all its faults, is a representative democracy with the strongest free-speech protections on the planet (the one area, IMHO, in which the USA is far, far ahead of every other country on earth).
Did you tell Prenda that?
I don't think anybody thinks in terms of billion = million million over here these days (even the Treasury... though if you ask them, the poor sod who answers the phone might have to go and check... just to be sure...)
Fair point re BT fibre - I wasn't aware of that (I've not been a BT customer since they charged me £125 for an "installation" that in reality involved someone pressing a button at a console somewhere...)
My point is still valid though - the choice is still 2x fibre, 1x copper - the ISP hasn't laid the cable (maybe some boxes in the exchange), they just rent some of the capacity, so if BT screw up, they're all screwed...
Hundreds of ISPs - maybe... but in reality your choices number the "bewildering" total of 3.
2x fibre - one BT, the other Virgin - each of which is used by their customers alone... (and they only lay cable where it suits them - not us)
1x copper - from BT - used by all the other ISPs...
BBC3, BBC4, CBBC, Cbeebies are part time channels occupying 2 full time slots
True - though I do wonder how much the wasted bandwidth costs just broadcasting the ident for half the day on all four of these, when they could free up 2 channels by switching from CBeebies to BBC3 (and CBBC to BBC4) at 7pm when the kids channels stop broadcasting...
Not true!!! Every other show is Top Gear (with the odd Man vs Food once in a while)
Should we just rename all the channels Dave - to avoid confusion...?
As I recall the series never dealt with the effect on Earth - these days of course there'd be a spinoff series that would do just that.
I prefer for corporations to pay their share... so I have to pay less
Unless of course you want to pay my share instead? You obviously have money to spare
Fair enough - I've no problem with your decision processes
That wasn't the impression your original comment gave though
Problem is though that it's the fifth (or sixth? I lost count) in a series that have been doing just that - and it's getting tedious now
It may even be time to get rid of my opera-singing namesake as their main character while they're at it, and come up with a new pitch...
Odd? Do some bleeping research...
VistA = Veterans (Health) Information Systems and Technology Architecture
That's what rule-based systems are for...
I was working with one 20 years back, so they must have come on a fair way since then