And yet more to come...??

Would now be about the right time for Godzilla and associated friends to show up?

Seriously though , my heart go out to the Japanese in these trying times.

Send some to us......

Wouldn't mind some global warming up here ; coldest December for a looong time.

Even if us human are responsible for a significant portion of climate change (something up for debate), being able to adapt probably makes the most sense. Pollution, however, we definitely should be addressing.

CO2 hardly qualifies as pollution (ask neighborhood crop of trees).

Mine is the frozen car under the show drift........

Another installment, Yippee !!

Great Series,

More installments Please?

(note to Ed. how about some foreign computers , like vintage Soviet ones?)

Re: Re: I'm fed up with ugly women complaining.

Sarah,

Why not put this to a vote with your loyal El Reg readers?

I vote yes

Paris, for obvious reasons...........

Penis! Pill! Pushers! Punted! Painfully!

so there..................

"Nul points" for the submarine - comment

Actually, this has already been done by the US Navy in the 70's.

A specially designed submarine (USS Halibut) attached a tapping device on Russian military seabed telephone cables under Operation "Ivy Bells".

Operated for months on stretch, recording military signals traffic for later analysis by the NSA.

Make the Spooks plot somewhat more plausible.

Booooringgggg

Lester, you really have wayyyy to much time on your hands, er hand..........

No discernible IT angle

Minimal Paris angle

non-existent meat angle

Please stay with the "Serbian Shepherder discovers Bliss from divining the universe through hearing Paris Hilton monologues" and you'll stay safe for stories worthy of El Reg.

vomit bags discretely placed in pocket under monitor stand..........................

Cosmic Rays & Global Warming

It is interesting to note that there are some studies that link cloud formation to cosmic ray activity.

This effect is apparently impossible to predict/ model with any degree of certainty.

Wherever you are on the anthropogenic climate factors, this issue of external effects swamping man-made effects cannot help but give pause to those who would contend that man is the primary and dominating factor.

I personally think that those who assert discernible man-made influences on climate are arrogant in their belief about man's importance.

Finally.................

Someone who state the "obvious".

Tattoos on a beauty queen is an oxymoron.

Why any lass, who spends endless hours on trying to keep attractive, would deliberately disfigure herself is beyond my comprehension.

Or maybe it's just that I'm an old fart and can't stand the darn things (tattos that is).

Only if you really, really. really want the job

This is a standard ploy for IT (well, not only IT) firms who don't want the specific contact but still want to get future pork, er, contracts from an existing customer.

You give a ridiculously high figure to undertake the project to effectively tell the customer that it's an expen$ive favour .

If you get the contract, well, you're in the money (unless you are totally incompetent). If you don't get the contract, then you at least "showed interest".

Is there a Meat angle in any of this?

So far, El Reg has cheerfully regaled us with the follies (or is it foibles) of a select group of humans.

I say it is high time to deport them all to safe zone, say Pluto. Oops, can't be Pluto as it's no longer a planet.

Any better suggestions from your noble readers?

Paris, since she would gleeeeeeeefuly advise a fellow blond................

Room for ,er, eclectic videos

At last,

I can store all of my Paris movies in their full glory on one drive

Now, about those of her friends..............

Where do I sign up for the "scientific investigation"

along with how many other volunteers.

Also,

Does Oz have a commercial source of these?

Where and how much for quantity procurements?

And is there a Meat angle ?

Paris, for obvious reasons........

Not only in the UK

If one looks at the history of major health-care IT projects world-wide, there is a depressing pattern that emerges:

1 - announcement & high hopes by the participants

2 - awarding of contract(s) to big-name IT firms

3 - delay , delays and more delays

4 - sacking of prominent figures

5 - delay , delays and more delays

6 - reorganisation and/or new blood (contractors)

7 - delay , delays and more delays

8 - disillusionment by participants on the same scale as the original announcement's hopes

9 - out comes the knives

Healthcare IT is a black hole for any aspiring senior IT manager.

Mostly what happens is that the government ends up in a series of perpetual battles with the regional health bodies and hospitals over the vision vs practical aspects of implementation. Add to the mix that the irrepressible urge to play IT professional by physicians (who should know better) and you are left in a no-win scenario.

Happens in Canada

Happens in Germany

Happens in FInland

Don't get me started on the Yanks......

Why should you folks be left out of the fun? (just kidding)

Heaven forbid if a competent and capable manager be brought on and left to do his job without egregious interference.

that's my take anyways...................................

Happy birthday from one of the colonies...

er, that be Canada.

CHeers!

is that ?... Go Lester Go ?? :)

RE: MyMedicalRecords.com

- Lack of 24 hr /7 day direct contact customer service implies a bunch of amatures

- Lack of guarantee to follow HIPPA regulations implies a bunch of amatures

- "attorney that specializes in HIPAA" = ready to litigate anytime (this being the U S of A)

- "proprietary patent pending technologies" = snake oil

- "504 Errors" implies a lack of technical expertise

- lack of Canadian logo means they already know their site doesn't meet Canadian healthcare standards (pitiful as those may already be)

there you have it..........

Paris, because she doesn't need an IT angle and these folks seem to lack a decent one...

Where's the meat angle ?

AS stated above, although I must say that the shocking lack of manners on th e content-Nazi's should be an affront to El Reg.

Also, where's the follow-up article (promised ) on Bulgarian Airbags and the El Reg Soviet standards thereof?

I didn't miss out on two world wars and traverse 4 'klicks in knee deep snow to log on and fiund out that there is a paucity of NSFW articles.......

Go Lester Go......

RIP

Truly a person who served as an inspiration for all of us.

Arthur, thank-you for your works.

May he rest in peace...

Not all Vegans are kooky but..........................

I briefly dated a "knock-out" Vegan [hard to believe that she was a consequence of nuts and tufo and not an ounce (er, gram) of silicon anywhere......] who tried to convert me.

Relationship went down when HER parents served us {horrors} meat for dinner on a weekend. Although we were a number, I couldn't stand the thought of not biting into a nicely BBQ'd Alberta Beef steak for the rest of my life.

Although many vegetarians have a point about some of the stuff we consume as "food" , fanatical evangelising hardly endears them to the rest of us.

Paris, because she's probably easier on the appetite than Ms. Astill-Dunseith ;)

BTW Go Lester go

Query about environmental conditions

How many "Hiltons" was the server room at when the offending (sic) items were found?

Clearly the size of the "item" in nanoWales could provide a clue....

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[much too much nog for breakfast today.....................I need to clear my mind]

No wimpy programming allowed here !!!

Cut my teeth on an early PET 2001; Graduated to a C64 with a floppy drive!!!

Toughest assignment: design a game that the player CANNOT LOSE without it being overly obvious. Done for an electronic shop intent on giving away "freebie" merchandise for promotional purposes.

Went with a "find the buried treasure" approach.

Didn't want to board the ship? You were plied into service in the best of Her Majesty's traditions by the "gang".............

Didn't want to navigate towards the Island? A hurricane "miraculously" appeared to whisk you on the way...

Couldn't walk to the treasure? A local earthquake can help you with that....

Etc etc.

Jolly good fun (if you pardon the pun) and all done on a base model C64, full graphics, joystick and on a large tv for all to see.

Now I'm in management with my memories... sigh.......