You're lucky. The first flight in (or out) of LHR at about 05:45 weekdays is estimated to wake up three quarters of a million people during the summer (when people sleep with the windows open).
it's comparable to having street lights outside your bedroom. Although urban lighting has always been with us, we have not (yet?) recognised it as a disruptive influence. Personally I find it easier to sleep in a completely darkened room (no lights or i<*> devices. I also find it easier to sleep in a completely quiet room but we're certainly not prepared as a society to give up all our noisy and bright technology "just" for a better nights sleep.
Every highschool student taking a chemistry course
It seems to be almost impossible to take a pure chem. course these days. What chemistry there is, is taught in such a watered down manner that it's almost an abstract philosophy class - mixed in with "vinegar and baking powder" level experiments, all done behind a safety screen with full protective gear. I doubt there are many children today who could even tell you what H2SO4 smells like.
Comparing the Chemistry O-level I took a few decades ago with the BBC's example Chemistry GCSE (on their website) almost makes you want to cry. These days it contains questions like "what is the most environmentally appropriate use for a limestone quarry, that's been mined out?"
However nowadyas our wonderful law enfarcement officers automitcally assume that chemistry only means either drugs or bombs, it's hardly surprising it's been demonised
I've got a copy of Never Mind the Bollocks which contains a track called "Anarchy in the UK" so I guess I'd better turn myself in as presumably this makes me a terrorist
There is no salesman making unrealistic promises to the customer.
Ya, sure there can be. If someone writes a pice of crap and claims (maybe on the crap.org website) that it will do X and Y and Z, or that it's a replacement for a well-known commercial product (not that I'm thinking of GIMP or OpenOrifice or anything else that claims to be a substiture for a brand-leader here) and it doesn't do those things - or does them badly or only in part then that counts as an unrealistic promise.
From a legal point of view, they may be able to get away with it, but froma moral or professional standpoint it's still inexcusable. The amount of time I've wasted trying to get badly written, buggy, poorly documented, mispeading, out-of-date, incompatible or uncompilable open-source / free software to work is massive. There are several FOSS projects where I have spent more time at my hourly rate trying to get the crap working, than the full-price commercial alternatives have cost. When you charge for your time, no software is free.
Don't be too hard on Myth TV. After all it's only some guys hobby, that's outgrown itself. If they want to keep it in a state where they can play around with the code, rather than entering the world of professional standards and expectations then that's their business. It does however raise one helluva red flag for people who want / need / expect a product that comes with proper support and can be relied on.
Refer to europe, but talk about Japan. Sounds like someone's geography lessons didn't get past the 48 states. Do you work for Apple marketing, by any chance?
Typically UK 3G charges are much lower (and faster) than american carriers' charges. It might be that Apple expects to get something back from the higher data costs - which they wouldn't benefit from so much in Britain.
BTW, The iPad does have to be tested for EU safety certification. This is a costly process as the standards are high (as is the mains voltage!). Maybe Apple are planning to recoup these costs with the higher price.
Of course, most sensible buyers will wait for the price to drop by a $100 or two, as is normal with Apple's marketing.
You could do all of that in 1 episode and still have time left over to make a comedy programme, too.
To go on for 4 series with one trivial theme (IT people == socially inept == funny) shows a lack of originality and laziness in the writing. Surely anyone with an ounce (or 28.5 grams) of discernment would say "Yes, we've got it. Now what else have you got to make me laugh?" after the first few minutes... and would have switched over before the end of the half-hour slot. It's only a single "joke" and that the same small number of people are still laughing at it after 4 years of watching it be recycled every episode makes me thing they'll laugh at anything.
I'd say you were offended by the programme's portrayal
No. You can only be offended by things you consider to be true - or containing some truth. This show doesn't contain any elements I recognise from my life in IT (and it's been a long one). It's closer to portraying people with a disability and mocking them for it. If that's what you consider humour, I would suggest you seek help. Or at least, don't go around advertising that you think it's funny.
I watched one episode of this garbage when it first came out. A few weeks later I accidentally watched a small portion of another episode. Never again. The first one was dire and the second was just as bad.
One-dimensional, cliched characters that portray IT people as social inadequates. Tacky sets and embarrasingly bad plots (well from a sample size of 2) and utterly forgettable dialog. No thanks.
You don't expect (and would run away, very fast) if other hospital workers started bringing in their own thermometers, or scalpels or things they told you were medical instruments? Why should a guy with a home computer be any different? Personally I'm glad that your hospital is starting to take a professional attitude towards its IT. Banning all non-hospital supplied (and maintained) IT equipment would be a good next step.
Apart from them wanting to clamp down on the security elements of staff stealing or being negligent with patient records, there is a huge hole here for injecting viruses and malware into the hospital. There's also a disease vector from bringing outsdide stuff in and out of a hospital: MRSA can easily be transmitted on touched surfaces (hence the medical wipes and hand-gels by every doorknob inn many countries).
Hopefully every other hospital will follow the lead from yours.
If you don't want people to see the SSID of your AP, don't broadcast it.
Broadcasting an SSID is a strictly local affair - maybe within a range of 50 metres, tops. Having Google store the SSID and its location makes it a global issue. It makes it practical for the sort of government department we'd ALL prefer to keep away to hold and analyse this data.
However, the biggest problem I have with this sort of collection of data is that I was not asked if I minded having information regarding equipment I own collected by a third party, who then hold it and may pass it on to others without my permission, or even my knowledge.
Given that the world's highest denomination banknote is for €500 the same amount of effort that goes into forging an old $100 piece of paper gives higher returns with higher value notes. All this new tech in ther 100USD will do is make the baddies concentrate more on easier notes, it won't actuallt stop counterfeiting.
and the conversation will magically change direction, though you'll be even deeper in the doghouse
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so that no one can attack you without being recorded.
recording a crime is one thing, still having the recording afterwards is another. Having a sufficiently high quality record of the assailant's voice or image is yet another. This thing might, just be usful as a "black box" in a car, but to have it strapped to your person? Nah!
A few companies have tried to get leavers to reimburse them for any/all training the company has paid for. AFAIR not one has suceeded and the bad press has not exactly helped them recruit replacement staff.
Companies need to recognise that mandating any sort of accreditation makes you more qualified (hence the requirement) not only for their benefit, but for other employers, too. If they don't recognise this, then walk. We all do things on our own time to keep up with technology and stay aware of new trends and directions. Partly for our own self esteem, but also as we tacitly know that it's necessary - if not for the current job, then for the next one in our careers.
Depending (as others have said) on how well your government requires companies to treat their serfs, you may have some protection or you may have to lodge your disapproval with the usual two word response: "I quit". However, bear in mind that the reason for walking out (that your employer was asking you to become better qualified) will get a dim reception from any interviewers. Better to make the effort, get the certification and then start looking for something better. Now that you have another string to your bow.
... it publishes the name and details that you enter in it's registration form.
This sounds to me like a possible double-blackmail, where a person deliberately downloads this trojan, enters the personal details of someone they dislike, or wish to extract money from, or wants to get fired and threatens or actually hits . Off goes the personal info, plus whatever you've seeded that machine's surfing history with.
The obvious third phase is then fro the victim to sue the publishing website for defamation, since you (the blackmailer) never entered that information and have been misrepresented by the false information they've published. Sounds like everybody wins!
But banks don't have any money of their own to pay in compensation. All they have is ours (so long as we can prove we are who we claim to be.) So making "the banks" responsible for losses doesn't work. They'll just take the loss and pass it on to the only people in the loop who have money: their depositors. End result: we pay for their lack of diligence. However, since we also benefit from the profits they make by lending (either from reduced bank charges, or through direct investment in bank shares or indirect investments via pension funds) it's hard to complain.
You can't even boycott one bank in favour of another, since they all pay into the same compensation scheme and effectively underwrite each others' losses there's really only one game in town.
The only way to force a solution is by outside intervention
The bank lends some money to Joe. Joe denies ever having seen it, says it must've been David using Joe's assumed name. When the bank challenges Joe and says "but here's the proof that your identity was used", Joe replies "dam' clever these identity theft people, you really should tighten up your procedures".
Same standoff, different people benefit and get blamed.
Now I'm not saying the banks are blameless - they obviously rely to heavily on shoddy checks to ensure the applicant is who they say they are. However, once you make them take the hit, all that will happen is they pass on the costs to the customers by increasing their charges. Which is what they'll do in every situation, anyway.
The only workable solution is to have some way of absolutely and uniquely guaranteeing that the person who claims to be "X" can only be "X" and cannot be anyone else. Even DNA checks are not good enough for this (as cases involving identical twins have shown), so the actual solution is very, very hard.
Of course the simpler solution is for the banks to not lend anything to anyone.
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You're lucky. The first flight in (or out) of LHR at about 05:45 weekdays is estimated to wake up three quarters of a million people during the summer (when people sleep with the windows open).
it's comparable to having street lights outside your bedroom. Although urban lighting has always been with us, we have not (yet?) recognised it as a disruptive influence. Personally I find it easier to sleep in a completely darkened room (no lights or i<*> devices. I also find it easier to sleep in a completely quiet room but we're certainly not prepared as a society to give up all our noisy and bright technology "just" for a better nights sleep.
Every highschool student taking a chemistry course
It seems to be almost impossible to take a pure chem. course these days. What chemistry there is, is taught in such a watered down manner that it's almost an abstract philosophy class - mixed in with "vinegar and baking powder" level experiments, all done behind a safety screen with full protective gear. I doubt there are many children today who could even tell you what H2SO4 smells like.
Comparing the Chemistry O-level I took a few decades ago with the BBC's example Chemistry GCSE (on their website) almost makes you want to cry. These days it contains questions like "what is the most environmentally appropriate use for a limestone quarry, that's been mined out?"
However nowadyas our wonderful law enfarcement officers automitcally assume that chemistry only means either drugs or bombs, it's hardly surprising it's been demonised
I've got a copy of Never Mind the Bollocks which contains a track called "Anarchy in the UK" so I guess I'd better turn myself in as presumably this makes me a terrorist
There is no salesman making unrealistic promises to the customer.
Ya, sure there can be. If someone writes a pice of crap and claims (maybe on the crap.org website) that it will do X and Y and Z, or that it's a replacement for a well-known commercial product (not that I'm thinking of GIMP or OpenOrifice or anything else that claims to be a substiture for a brand-leader here) and it doesn't do those things - or does them badly or only in part then that counts as an unrealistic promise.
From a legal point of view, they may be able to get away with it, but froma moral or professional standpoint it's still inexcusable. The amount of time I've wasted trying to get badly written, buggy, poorly documented, mispeading, out-of-date, incompatible or uncompilable open-source / free software to work is massive. There are several FOSS projects where I have spent more time at my hourly rate trying to get the crap working, than the full-price commercial alternatives have cost. When you charge for your time, no software is free.
Don't be too hard on Myth TV. After all it's only some guys hobby, that's outgrown itself. If they want to keep it in a state where they can play around with the code, rather than entering the world of professional standards and expectations then that's their business. It does however raise one helluva red flag for people who want / need / expect a product that comes with proper support and can be relied on.
take a look at the apple store Japan.
Refer to europe, but talk about Japan. Sounds like someone's geography lessons didn't get past the 48 states. Do you work for Apple marketing, by any chance?
BTW, The iPad does have to be tested for EU safety certification. This is a costly process as the standards are high (as is the mains voltage!). Maybe Apple are planning to recoup these costs with the higher price.
Of course, most sensible buyers will wait for the price to drop by a $100 or two, as is normal with Apple's marketing.
Calling an EMH a "mundane collection of data"
did someone forget to read the OR separating those two phrases?
However, if DRM really gets a grip, this could become fact not fiction.
IT Crowd pokes fun at the stereotypes
You could do all of that in 1 episode and still have time left over to make a comedy programme, too.
To go on for 4 series with one trivial theme (IT people == socially inept == funny) shows a lack of originality and laziness in the writing. Surely anyone with an ounce (or 28.5 grams) of discernment would say "Yes, we've got it. Now what else have you got to make me laugh?" after the first few minutes ... and would have switched over before the end of the half-hour slot. It's only a single "joke" and that the same small number of people are still laughing at it after 4 years of watching it be recycled every episode makes me thing they'll laugh at anything.
I'd say you were offended by the programme's portrayal
No. You can only be offended by things you consider to be true - or containing some truth. This show doesn't contain any elements I recognise from my life in IT (and it's been a long one). It's closer to portraying people with a disability and mocking them for it. If that's what you consider humour, I would suggest you seek help. Or at least, don't go around advertising that you think it's funny.
One-dimensional, cliched characters that portray IT people as social inadequates. Tacky sets and embarrasingly bad plots (well from a sample size of 2) and utterly forgettable dialog. No thanks.
Apart from them wanting to clamp down on the security elements of staff stealing or being negligent with patient records, there is a huge hole here for injecting viruses and malware into the hospital. There's also a disease vector from bringing outsdide stuff in and out of a hospital: MRSA can easily be transmitted on touched surfaces (hence the medical wipes and hand-gels by every doorknob inn many countries).
Hopefully every other hospital will follow the lead from yours.
as you won't recognise them afterwards to get it back.
If you don't want people to see the SSID of your AP, don't broadcast it.
Broadcasting an SSID is a strictly local affair - maybe within a range of 50 metres, tops. Having Google store the SSID and its location makes it a global issue. It makes it practical for the sort of government department we'd ALL prefer to keep away to hold and analyse this data.
However, the biggest problem I have with this sort of collection of data is that I was not asked if I minded having information regarding equipment I own collected by a third party, who then hold it and may pass it on to others without my permission, or even my knowledge.
Given that the world's highest denomination banknote is for €500 the same amount of effort that goes into forging an old $100 piece of paper gives higher returns with higher value notes. All this new tech in ther 100USD will do is make the baddies concentrate more on easier notes, it won't actuallt stop counterfeiting.
and the conversation will magically change direction, though you'll be even deeper in the doghouse
so that no one can attack you without being recorded.
recording a crime is one thing, still having the recording afterwards is another. Having a sufficiently high quality record of the assailant's voice or image is yet another. This thing might, just be usful as a "black box" in a car, but to have it strapped to your person? Nah!
Bad idea. Very bad. Possibly the worst one ever.
Depending (as others have said) on how well your government requires companies to treat their serfs, you may have some protection or you may have to lodge your disapproval with the usual two word response: "I quit". However, bear in mind that the reason for walking out (that your employer was asking you to become better qualified) will get a dim reception from any interviewers. Better to make the effort, get the certification and then start looking for something better. Now that you have another string to your bow.
This sounds to me like a possible double-blackmail, where a person deliberately downloads this trojan, enters the personal details of someone they dislike, or wish to extract money from, or wants to get fired and threatens or actually hits . Off goes the personal info, plus whatever you've seeded that machine's surfing history with.
The obvious third phase is then fro the victim to sue the publishing website for defamation, since you (the blackmailer) never entered that information and have been misrepresented by the false information they've published. Sounds like everybody wins!
Maybe the threats were from the teachers who felt it was THEM who should've been bribed to teach better
You can't even boycott one bank in favour of another, since they all pay into the same compensation scheme and effectively underwrite each others' losses there's really only one game in town.
The only way to force a solution is by outside intervention
The only workable solution is to have some way of absolutely and uniquely guaranteeing that the person who claims to be "X" can only be "X" and cannot be anyone else. Even DNA checks are not good enough for this (as cases involving identical twins have shown), so the actual solution is very, very hard.
Of course the simpler solution is for the banks to not lend anything to anyone.