Hell, Google will do a damn good job of that. Hundreds of USENET posts and forum posts and website things, you can find most of my life out there on big ol' web.....
As a Capita user in UK Government, i can categorically deny that they produce poor software. They may have poor track record in keeping stuff up to date, which is why we've used DOS modules for the past few years, but this is to ensure that stuff actually *works* when we do upgrade, which we recently have, and it's an amazing suite of apps.
ffs, most IT projects go over budget and over time scale. The reason you hear about these is because it's fun to slag the government and fun to slag microsoft. apparently, i appear to have missed that one....
yeah, because they never break, and would enable the entire UK Pensions department to function more easily, because their wouldn't be any training required for the thousands of people that use the system, and aren't experts, and shouldn't need to be....
I found it on the register, it's one of the linked articles - and before anyone claims i didn't RTFA, this has been updated since I read it this morning. The Reg still gives two possible explanations from unknown source, and while i'm not trying to move blame away from anyone, it would be nice if the slashbots didn't just start to feverishly type about how the admin should be sacked for not sandboxing etc. because they habe no idea of what went on nor the procedures in place. No one critisises their cockups, because they aren't as public, but for god sake, people make mistakes, and these things happen with computers.
I've been reading about this all day, and not once have I found a concrete description of what was actually being upgraded. Where exactly does it say that it was an XP upgrade, or are/. just jumping on the M$ bashing wagon....
If this was a Linux/Oracle/$flavourOfTheMonth upgrade, would you be just as scathing?
But seriously, is there prior art? (i'm not old enough to know:P)
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nope. I even pointed out that it's one of two things that have C-2 clearance (the other being a very tweaked NT4 with SP3). Linux is allowed in test enviroments, but if sweeper teams find unix, you're in for it.
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True. They told me when I went for an interview the other day....
Well, long skirts are banned because kids stand on them and fall down the stairs. Short skirts are banned because if a male teacher gets caught copping a look, he gets fired.....
You send your child to school. Nay, you drop you child at the school gates. You see them walk through the doors.
Four hours later, the police knock on your door, saying they were called to the mall where your child was caught shoplifting on CCTV.
Are you going to blame the school for not ensuring that your child was under their supervision? I can probably guarentee that you'll say you won't, but the vast majority of parents will.
i just don't understand why people are convinced that because RFID tags are acccepted in some areas, means that they'll be forced upon them as citizens. It really is over reaching.... they're great for warehouse stock tracking, and this is another useful application. I will, however, accept an "i told you so" in ten years;)
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i work in a school. 'Permanent' means gets shredded after 7 years.
see! exactly... it's what i get for being lazy and not using a different ID...
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they're fine, incidentally....
Hell, Google will do a damn good job of that. Hundreds of USENET posts and forum posts and website things, you can find most of my life out there on big ol' web.....
another link for the jihad then: http://anti-slash.org/injustices/michael/
Is this like what they did in Goldeneye?
i take it, of course, that you *use* the apps in question?
i love Boris on "have i got news for you". he's great.... floppy haired twit....
Dude, Borris just got sacked from the cabinet. I'm sure they're going to give a damn what he thinks....
yeah, i saw that, but they're the only people that reference it, and it's still not quite was /. reported either was it?
a sudden switch to macs/linux/whatever is going to cost a hell of damn lot more in the long wrong, and will break more in the interim. guarenteed.
ffs, most IT projects go over budget and over time scale. The reason you hear about these is because it's fun to slag the government and fun to slag microsoft. apparently, i appear to have missed that one....
yeah, because they never break, and would enable the entire UK Pensions department to function more easily, because their wouldn't be any training required for the thousands of people that use the system, and aren't experts, and shouldn't need to be....
I found it on the register, it's one of the linked articles - and before anyone claims i didn't RTFA, this has been updated since I read it this morning. The Reg still gives two possible explanations from unknown source, and while i'm not trying to move blame away from anyone, it would be nice if the slashbots didn't just start to feverishly type about how the admin should be sacked for not sandboxing etc. because they habe no idea of what went on nor the procedures in place. No one critisises their cockups, because they aren't as public, but for god sake, people make mistakes, and these things happen with computers.
what gets me is "another source says". el reg is the only place that has mentioned this fact so far.
If this was a Linux/Oracle/$flavourOfTheMonth upgrade, would you be just as scathing?
But seriously, is there prior art? (i'm not old enough to know :P)
nope. I even pointed out that it's one of two things that have C-2 clearance (the other being a very tweaked NT4 with SP3). Linux is allowed in test enviroments, but if sweeper teams find unix, you're in for it.
True. They told me when I went for an interview the other day....
erm, kids don't have rights. thats why we don't let them vote....
you didn't, i was just giving a summary of uniform policy. Health and safety reasons are also applied to foot wear.
Well, long skirts are banned because kids stand on them and fall down the stairs. Short skirts are banned because if a male teacher gets caught copping a look, he gets fired.....
sorry, i'm missing why ID to travel on an airplane is bad? or are you referring to interstate?
Four hours later, the police knock on your door, saying they were called to the mall where your child was caught shoplifting on CCTV.
Are you going to blame the school for not ensuring that your child was under their supervision? I can probably guarentee that you'll say you won't, but the vast majority of parents will.
i just don't understand why people are convinced that because RFID tags are acccepted in some areas, means that they'll be forced upon them as citizens. It really is over reaching.... they're great for warehouse stock tracking, and this is another useful application. I will, however, accept an "i told you so" in ten years ;)