Posts by trafalgar

Best thing Comp Sci gives you is the ability to optimise your code and software, which Maths, Physics, IT or a BA won't give you.

Generally though, you should do a degree that gets you a job, especially if you are not sure what you want to do. That's why degrees such as Medicine, Dentistry, Radiography, Nursing, Midwifery, are good bets and most have no tuition fees to pay. Some even have a grant on top. Downside with health care is that although money may be good, see Midwife or Doctor starting on £30K+ after graduating, the effort per £ is much higher than Comp Sci jobs. Typically 12 hours shifts dealing with the nasty public.

Generic subjects and arts degrees, which are not from the top Unis, are pointless. Avoid.

LoveFilm vs Netflix

Why does LoveFilm become choppy during streaming? Lovefilm and Netflix both use Silverlight, yet Netflix is fine.

There was a film I wanted to watch on LoveFilm but it was so choppy I had to seek alternatives means...some of these free streaming websites.

Multi monitor support

As they are becoming more PC based, I would like to see multi-monitor support from one console box.

Great for driving games, hooking up 3+ screens or FPS with friends, a screen each!

We've killed the site... Won't load for me...

FFS It's not the birth rate, which has been going down globally over the last 50s years. Its the over 40s not dying off like they used to.

The IT dept within a company is not to provide a service (that's what an external company does), it is to support and facilitate the business objectives. This is usually to maximise profits. So you look at ways to increase income and reduce costs. Eg - this can mean outsourcing (reducing costs) so staff doing 3 people's jobs at 1/3 of the quality can focus on doing their original job at 100% (increasing income).

Just skimmed the article

but Google Apps for education does not data mine or show adverts?

http://www.google.co.uk/apps/intl/en/edu/privacy.html

I'm shocked they are still around!

Poor quality machines and service. We finally ditched them ~3 years ago.

Back then I asked why we ordered from them. I was told, "oh if there's a problem, they'll send someone the next day". They did send someone next day, 2 to 3 times a month! How about not having any problems to begin with? By the end we had towers where their cables fell out when they were on their side , no next day service (yet promised over the phone), parts missing, repair man not turning up, etc. etc.

Wonder why your public sector organisation is crap? Not only because they are using Stone computers, but the leadership and management that tolerate such crapness.

Ha - Ha (Nelson style)

Natwest charged my dad £1000s in overdraft fees.

This was from being £15 overdrawn.

DIE Natwest DIE.

MS Word outofdate?

You need Word to write letters, and other hard copy stuff. Anything with a touchscreen will most likely use web/online forms email and IM. Does Word need a "touch version"?

sandwich

Will the cheese-and-pickle sarnie taste better if you look at it or will it taste better if you close your eyes and don't look at it? Quantum taste effects?

sh!t need to be online

I moved home 2 years ago and changed GP surgery at that time. Went to A&E recently and they had my old surgery details. B1tch at reception looked at me like it was my fault. Am I supposed to update all the Hospitals with my info myself?

A card system would be good. I had to limp my way round A&E reception, stand and give all my details when it would have been so much better and quicker if I could just scan a card. In fact you could get rid of reception stage completely and be put through to triage.

Expensive or not?

Just wondering if this is expensive for this type of car (vs an Astra)? Should it be cheaper?

Is it because of the batteries that this this is relatively expensive?

(For £28K+ BMW 3 series ED saloon)

Fine should be taken

The fines should be taken out of the council staff salary pool. Or should mean staff involved are sacked.

Otherwise where is the incentive/pressure not to f**k up?

FFS!!!!!!!

Nintendo, release a smartphone with a decent slide out control pad FFS!

With games playable by DS cards and Nintendo market downloads!

Cloud advantages

1GB general server storage is around £2/ year in our own datacentre. This includes hardware, power, 24/7 support. A cloud provider quoted us £0.16/year for 1GB of mail storage (cheaper if we took out more).

It's not for everyone, data protection issues etc. However I imagine agreements to geofence the data, eg stays in EU/UK data centres etc.

Outsourcing is good

if you are benefiting from economies of scale.

Fanboi becomes rentboi.

What happens when a plane hits the water like this, does it break apart? Does it stay in one piece and sink with people trapped alive inside?

I would like to see this info, anonymised and rented out/licenced on a eg yearly basis and earning money for us - NOT sold off like public land for £1 to private developers.

You're not 12, and you know what this is.

Tube and TFL staff are over paid. Fare prices need to come down. Cheapest single fair is around 20p in Hong King, price of a Hong Kong can of Cola!

Driverless trains yes as well as centralising upper management. In addition to residential and commercial development and use rental income to reduce fares. Not sure if TFL is the landlord of the Westfield Stratford shopping centre. If not, it's a missed opportunity!

More advertising income, why not have "TFL Radio" on buses/carriages? More LCD screens running adverts etc.?

University over bedroom

Benefits of university over bedroom:

1. Experience of meeting deadlines and work under pressure.

2. Working in a team.

3. Exposure to ideas and avoiding reinventing the wheel. (Bedroom coders have access to the web, but who filters out all the crap?)

4. Experience of working to protcols and procedures.

Fees are too much, and not worth it at some unis. EU unis will benefit.

4 years is a bit much

Think of the tax payers! What is it, £1000/day per prisoner?