* Posts by s. pam

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BBC exterminates AI experiments used to promote Doctor Who

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Dr. Who is still on?

It became such abject wokery it was totally unwatchable a few years back and everyone we know couldn't care if it still exists.

Tech trade union confirms cyberattack behind IT, email outage

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Shame it wasn't the RMT

Any little excuse to stop the trains and tube and they're in like flint. Perversely it'd have been fitting justice to have their uniion shutdown!

UK health department republishes £330M Palantir contract with fewer ██████

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My Bullshit detector just broke

Normally with UK.Gov contract disclosures it hovers between 8->10 however in this case it's exploded and laying in pieces on my office floor.

What could possibly be so sensitive it needs to be redacted at all?

PS: El Reg needs to add a new icon to the library, of a bull taking a shit!

Labor watchdog wants SpaceX's gag clauses to disintegrate like its exploding rockets

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What a load of bunk

Look, I've been through redundancy 3 times here in UK in last 15 years, each after our British firms were "acquired (read: FUBAR'd) by American companies".

Each time, my separation led to 2 payoffs, and each one with the secrecy agreement was quite explicit, though I doubt enforcable on;

Not disclose the terms of the severance agreement.

Not disparage company, its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, or agents.

Not to voluntarily assist any litigation against the company and if compelled to do so, to notify company

Hard to fathom if the Muskyboy fanz will take any notice!

One rack. 120kW of compute. Taking a closer look at Nvidia's DGX GB200 NVL72 beast

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Seymor Cray must be spinning like a top

In his grave the compute power in today's racks is insanely intense & high. I can recall in the 80's being amazed with a Cray doing 1 Gflop. Now your mobile can almost do that!

Homeland Security will test out using genAI to train US immigration officers

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Jut another round of more Ain't Intelligent antics from the DHS

Clearly the staff needs to be immediately replaced with AI to make it easier to block legimitate people at their borders! The Dumbass inHuman Secrecy department is stacked with jack boot, jodphur wearing goons more intent on violating any remaining human rights in the world! So a move to deploying LLMs (AI it ain't!) will allow the DHS goon squad to troll through more innocents' data with immunity under the (d)umbrella of Keeping America Safe.

NTT boss takes early retirement to atone for data leak

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Perhaps Fujitsu's leaders will do same

Or practice and perfect the art of Seppuku? After all, on their watch, they've benefited massively whilst innocent subpostmasters topped themselves.

Seems it's the least their leadership could do but I must be sniffing glue, again!

Water worries flood in as chip industry and AI models grow thirstier

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Re: England as well

Possibly, but don't forget the impending Hose Pipe Bans that come every summer due to the utter incompetence of the water boards!

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it's not just water damnit!

Many locales in Gilead (was: USA ) are also blocking new Bitcoin mines, etc due to their electrical grids not having enough capacity to handle the massive power draws.

Legal campaigners challenge UK.gov decision to redact NHS-Palantir contract

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Perhaps, though I might be sniffing glue today...

Wouldn't it be bloody amazing if 2 counties trusts shared data instead? I live in Bucks and when I've been hospitalised in Berks every time upon discharge the Berks hospital prints a tome that I have to take to my GP in Bucks so they can SCAN IT IN and add it to my patient record!! FFS we're in the 2nd decade of the 2000's and this is a fecking joke! How can they not "see" the data is astounding. Looks like we need to issue immediate eye & mental acuity tests to the NHS administators to be able to determine if they are FIT to operate the system.

The Land Before Linux: Let's talk about the Unix desktops

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What a great blast from the past

Wow -- Dell UNIX, I was in the team who ported/developed/suported it for many happy years and the linked article was like a time machine. There were only a dozen of us in engineering working on Dell UNIX, which was kind-of hated by the sales 'roids who couldn't wrap their heads around UNIX.

I kind of recall the article coming out and noticed my/our 2 DNS root servers dell1.dell.com and dell2.dell.com were listed instead of our very early www.dell.com (which was despised even though it had a screenscraping script to take your service tag and look it up in our Tandem mainframes. Perhaps that's why my DNS servers took a hammering!

Post Office boss unable to say when biz knew Horizon could be remotely altered

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As an ex-Sr. Director of a software company...I'm apalled!

I've been hauled in front of execs in customer sites more times than I sadly can count due to bugs (perceived, bad use-cases or real) in software we made. In almost every instance, their purchasing agents were also in the meeting informing us if we didn't fix the defects we would be liable for significant £/$/€ penalties up to/including a total refund.

This is why I am so sickeningly apalled by ICL/Fujitsu -- they knew, they've admitted they knew, and they did nothing to fix problems! Even if the Post Office didn't hold them hostage they knew they had defects and absolutely had the wherewithall to fix them.

I absolutely want to see their Directors in jail, and the company handed a massive fine that will be paid DIRECTLY to the subpostmasters! And more of the same for the Post Office officials, for whom ICL/Fujitsu should have email archives of whom was notified and buried their heads should be jailed AND fined as well.

Drivers: We'll take that plain dumb car over a flashy data-spilling internet one, thanks

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This is why I drive a 1973 car

I drive a TR 6 and don't have electronics, bluetooth, etc.., and couldn't be hapier! I have a choke, real accelerator, clutch, removable hood plus heat!

I also don't pay any road tax or ULEZ :):):)

Office gossips beware – chitchat could choke your career chances

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Is there any coincidence??

That both schools acronyms end in BS?

I thought not, I'll get me coat!

X's 2024 plans include peer-to-peer payments in app push

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What's this "X"???

Is that ectasy or extra-toppings or extra-cash sir wants?

Need to plug in an EV? BT Group kicks off cabinet update pilot

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WTF?

First it was the car parks being taken over...

And now, all corners in England where's there is a BT Green Box will be chockerblocked with e-cars charging. Will be intrigued to see if money-hungry councils instuct parking WARdens to ticket cars blocking the roads!

Fujitsu wins flood contract extension despite starring in TV drama about its failures

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Opening the floodgates to hell

One can but imagine when massive flooding comes after a Fujitsu BSOD style incident they'll be blaming everyone else in the supply chain!

Xerox prints pink slips for 15% of workforce

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Copiers for the pink slips

Obviously they've no worries making duplicate copies to save more money!

NHS England published heavily redacted Palantir contract as festivities began

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Bloody liars them lot are then!

"NHS England has said the FDP competition is fair, open and transparent procurement"

Sure, the cheque is in the post!

Is it time for 6G already? Traffic analysis says yep

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Can we just have 4G please -- working as advertised?

We live in a small area in So. Bucks and we're sick and tired of "Oh, get a 5G chip and you'll be all right" nonsense! 4G here is a joke, as are the broadband providers insane bills so we would love to get to 4/5G and dump them, but the telcos only focus on the big towns to the detriment of smaller locales.

Musk floats idea of boat mod for Cybertruck

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Musky Boy's boat anchor

Firstly it is likely deadly to pedestrians with its wedge-like front end, and secondly undersea it'll be a great boat anchor due to the incredible weight of the beast.

Is it 2000 or 2023? Get ready for AI-anchored news. Again

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This may explain NewsGB once and for all

I knew it was filled with oiks wibbling away about nothing anyone cares about, but thanks for the validation El Reg! Definitely clear that the time has already come for Skynet's total take over!

Solar wind gave Mars a breather and its magnetosphere inflated

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Perfect time to drop Muskyboy

And two residents of Montecito Ca. onto the red planet for a one-way trip!

Ofcom proposes ban on UK telcos making 'inflation-linked' price hikes mid-contract

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Utter Boll Lox

You can bet your bottom that if this goes through, all the providers will raise their fees max amount 1min before new regulations take effect!

China's SpaceX wannabe recycles a rocket after just 38 days

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No Western technology was stole^misappropriated

In the making of our rocket whatsoever said Chinese sources.

British railway system is getting another excuse for delays – solar storms

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Union storms cause far more damange

The hell with 'lectrical storms, the unions are causing utter chaos on a scale never before seen in mankind by their greedy Marxist behaviours. Regardless of the trains being 'lectric or not, they have destroyed the trains by deliberately ruining millions of hours of human time.

Tesla says California's Autopilot action violates its free speech rights

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You have the right to die Muskyboy

I'm 1,000% certain that the suffering families of those who believe the undisputable facts over the misrepresentation will look to him like a Bond villain and support more censoring of them, not less!

Musk takes SEC 'Twitter sitter' consent decree appeal to US Supreme Court

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Something smells a bit, ah, Musky

The stench of despair surrounding Muskyboy never ceases to end. On one hand he demands the right to free speech to abuse, troll and inflame millions is his god-given birthright. On the other hand having inflicted billions of losses to investors he mistakenly asserts he should have the same rights without checks even though he willingly agreed to said checks.

I smell a Wumpus - turn, move or shoot?

UK government denies China/Russia nuke plant hack claim

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My USB did it, again

No doubt, in time it will surface that some contractor plugged in a USB stick and the compromises started from there. How many more times do we have to say to plug the damn holes with hot glue?

That's why when I purchase a new one, it is always wiped, inspected, A/V'd and reformatted with multiple different filesystem formats.

Not a 100% cure, but certainly has worked for me.

Microsoft issues deadline for end of Windows 10 support – it's pay to play for security

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It doesn't answer the question home users have

Our family save my brother uses Apple or *Nix systems in our homes. He's on Windows 10 and obvisously unaware of the impending cliff edge.

It doesn't say if he will have an option to continue with 10, or be forced to go to Win 11/a new peecee.

US nuke reactor lab hit by 'gay furry hackers' demanding cat-human mutants

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It's time for Spud...

Old SNL skit about "It's time for Spud" beer comes to mind. Clearly all the crackers wanted was a place to microwave their potatoes!

Palantir bags £330M NHS data bonanza despite privacy fears

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WTF is this needed?

3 of the 5 biggest NHS trusts already use Alfresco's Content product which if they've upgraded they can add Elasticsearch or OpenSearch, hence there's no need to throw ££'s to the 'Mericans!

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Re: Follow the money

But wait, where's the mountains of cash for Crapita to screw up the system admin of said system???

No more staff budget for UK civil service, but worry not – here's an incubator for AI

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will the AI tell the gov't??

That it Ain't Intelligent to give money to Crapita, or our private medical data to Palantir?

Of course they'll never listen to any intelligent discussion!

Microsoft's Swiss army knife app hopes to cut through cloud clutter

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A tool so we can do all our snooping

Yet Another MSFT epic fail, nothing more nothing to buy or see here...

Microsoft pushes Azure Government Cloud as homefront defender

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Where to aim the missles???

As long as each ARKUS submarine has one missle aimed at each MSFT Azure data centre all will of course receive the ultimate in protection!

NASA's Psyche spacecraft beams back a 'Hello' from 10 million miles away

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Fabulous, but…

When the hell will the U.K. mobile operators be able to provide a reliable stable signal between Maidenhead and Reading? If we can 10M miles why the @#£&*( can’t we do 5 miles?

UK govt finds £225M for Isambard-AI supercomputer powered by Nvidia

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More ££s wasted instead of…

Hiring more doctors and nurses, or giving them pay rises, or….

X says it's only worth $19B after year of Muskmanagement

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Revaluation =

I’d suggest that $19 is more accurate on a good day, less on a bad day is a more accurate valuation

Yeah, that oughta do the trick, Joe... Biden hopes to tackle AI safety with exec order

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Joe mama..

I’m certain the industry is pooing themselves in fear of the order… NOT

Where do people feel most at risk of being pwned? The pub

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Re: Leading questions or a fair and balanced enquiry?

Never EVER give a real email address if you’re so desperate you use a free service! I use (pick a name)@spamhaus.org which might grab more bad networks onto the Blacklist

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Stupid is as stupid does..

Gosh golly gee whiz, there was a time of no WiFi anywhere and society worked perfectly well. You’d sit and have an actual conversation in a pub or restaurant unlikely to be penetrated by mobile signals and if something urgent in your life was happening you’d pop outside for a moment.

I actually avoid free WiFi and enjoy those I’m with and their company finding it sad when I see a family or group come into aforementioned venues all sitting staring at their devices!

#sadinnit

King Charles III signs off on UK Online Safety Act, with unenforceable spying clause

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HRH needs a clue bag, and now!

I'm sorry I suspect he was well intended but this will not work, will not be enforcable and Parliament will shred it into meaningless nothing before it is done.

And our kids will still NOT be protected one iota and parents will continue to NOT educate their spawn

Infosys co-founder calls for youth to work 70-hour weeks

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Back to forced labour?

India has always been such a world leader in terms of workers rights where no one would ever be overworked or...

Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle

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Applicants should seek counsel

Any organisation that : "I'm no expert on HR software, but I do know that manually copying and pasting from seven different Excel sheets, all laid out in different ways, is bound to go wrong one day."

They could possibly win a settlement in a tribunal which would serve the bumpkins right for such heinous crimes in Excel!

Amazon unveils new drone design, plans liftoff of aerial delivery in UK, Italy

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It’ll beat DPD At the game of

Throwing your parcels randomly all over the place!

'Recession-resilient' Tesla misses Q3 expectations, slows Mexico expansion

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Musky Boy must be all a twitter on this news

Hell no doubt be blaming some boll locks never heard of Dark Web group bringing his company into disrepute.

Pot. Mirror. Kettle!

Half a billion pound NHS data platform award still stuck in the pipes

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Damn glad we opted out

Of the Great Data Swindle from the NHS. We specifically provided written letters declaring we did not agree when asked.

Sadly many probably didn’t so what could possibly go wrong!?!

First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe

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Please do it Muskyboy, we dare you

I’m sure there’s millions in U.K. and Europe whose lives will be far better if you do pull it.

Now this is more likely another of your “pull my finger gee your dumb” utterances

Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll

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Great even more jobseekers to compete against

I reverently pray their leadership gets the CHOP as well but in reality they’ll still get their fat salaries and full bonuses

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