While not working in uk.gov, on my desk here I have a client desktop for access to their systems, my work laptop for access to my employers systems, and a netbook I use for personal stuff and network testing. Knowing how many systems and suppliers have been in and out of uk.gov, I'd be surprised if a significant number of staff didn't have 2 or 3 PC's. just to get into diverse systems!
Fasthosts and their various companies are nothing but a bunch of crooks, just do a trawl of various webhosting forums to find this out. Buyer beware :(
This judgement couldn't happen to a nastier company.
Just took a look at my area, which flags as average for everything except Anti-Social behaviour which is flagged high.....with exactly 0 cases reported in the stats they show! How the hell can that be high compared to the rest of North Yorkshire?!?!?!?
I have access to 2 different corporates networks for my current job. Both of them have IE6 as the standard browser and no immediate plans to change this :(
That's probably where a lot of the IE6 traffic is from, legacy setups in corporates :s
and there was me thinking most of them were in places like the House of Commons, or the White House......I can't see how a politician could ever be human!
OMG, a fellow EVE Player! I think part of the decline is the fact a lot of people are subscribing to MMOs like EVE instead on PC. Plus, with some of them you get the upgrades free and major community support :)
'Personally if you havent tried it (and by try I do mean run it on a system that isnt the bare minimum for running it) then before you continue to knock it you should.'
Couldn't agree more with this - I just had to purchase a new laptop and managed to get an employee deal for a HP. They shipped this with Vista Home Premium 64 (as the Laptop has 4gb of ram) and thus far I have been impressed with how stable it is.I was expecting loads of compatibility issues with my games etc but so far everything has worked......
However, I have older hardware that I wouldn't let Vista near with a barge pole as XP SP3 is stable and supports everything I need (mainly for internet broadcasting). It's a case of working out what is 'fit for purpose' for your INDIVIDUAL needs.
Working with kids in general is nowadays. I spent 7 years as an IT manager in a school, during that time 2 Heads of IT got suspended due to allegations by kids, all later proven innocent but lead to them leaving.
Needless to say, I don't intend on going back into education IT in case it happens to me, I took a pay cut and went to work for a telecoms company instead, well away from kids and vulnerable persons - still had to have a disclosure done tho! Madness!
I've still got my old Rocketmail address, same setup as Ben with the username.rm login - pity I stopped using it as Yahoo!s service was pants compared to rocketmails. I check it occasionally and use it as an archive now.
Guess I got me coat when it comes to Yahoo! ages ago.........
you'll find every provider does this! I've been using one of these for a month now and don't have any issues with it - It's a lot better that the old PCMCIA card it replaced :)
But... aren't the BBC *the* production company concerned, or don't they own the rights to their own programs?
No, they also buy in programs internationally which obviously the producers want guarantees will be protected as well as from independents in the UK as previously mentioned.
However, I think that it's a fair point that it should be opened up as much as possible, 2 years for a MAC or Linux client seems extreme......
I work for one of the main mobile providers here in UK as onsite support for a corporate customer. I get less requests for repairs on these than their newer replacements - they just keep going!
After reading this, I'm glad the school I was working for decided to outsource and lay me off - I had enough headaches without them dumping this on me!
Maybe this is the rare occasion where big corporates can learn from Public/Government organisations. I was working for a UK.gov facility about 10 years ago, and they deliberately failed over to their backup generators once a fortnight for approx 20 minutes to ensure everything worked properly.
If the DC has a proper setup, I see no reason why they couldn't failover a small section to UPS/Generator backup once every month or two to check all is in order.........rotate through every section over the course of a day/week maybe
I'd actually move to Virgin if they would cable my road! If I was to move 0.2 of a mile, I could get Virgin's services - It's about time they made some more investment rather than just milking exisiting customers I think. Half the work is already done for them, when the new houses in my area were built in 2000, the relevant ducting & accesses were laid for them - they just need the fibre to be dumped in, and a couple of cabinets of equipment installed! I know that's still not cheap - but to access an extra 100+ customers, possibly paying £30+ a month, must be worthwhile long term surely?
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Phil Cooke
Signed → #
Posted Monday 8th June 2009 14:44 GMT
In Anti-Eurofighter Downing Street e-petition started
Current signatories
Patrick Seurre, the Petition Creator, joined by:
Lewis Page
Looks like it takes as long to update, as the moderatrix takes to approve these......
Phil Cooke
@ Steve Bennett → #
Posted Wednesday 13th May 2009 11:23 GMT
In Gov 'smart meter' plans: Sky box in charge of your house
All the main mobile telecoms companies have been doing work on smartmeters with embedded SIMS, so these are the most likely route for the connection.
Phil Cooke
@AC 21:23 → #
Posted Wednesday 29th April 2009 09:15 GMT
In HTC's second Android phone coming 1 May
It's a googlephone, so it will only sync with google - you don't need all that outlook stuff when you can trust it all to the mighty googleplex!
Phil Cooke
@steven → #
Posted Thursday 23rd April 2009 14:36 GMT
In Cabinet Office stuck with creaking PCs for five years
While not working in uk.gov, on my desk here I have a client desktop for access to their systems, my work laptop for access to my employers systems, and a netbook I use for personal stuff and network testing. Knowing how many systems and suppliers have been in and out of uk.gov, I'd be surprised if a significant number of staff didn't have 2 or 3 PC's. just to get into diverse systems!
Phil Cooke
@jack → #
Posted Thursday 16th April 2009 12:28 GMT
In Fasthosts' market leadership claims banned
Fasthosts and their various companies are nothing but a bunch of crooks, just do a trawl of various webhosting forums to find this out. Buyer beware :(
This judgement couldn't happen to a nastier company.
Phil Cooke
@Mycho → #
Posted Thursday 16th April 2009 10:58 GMT
In NASA rejects democracy, names ISS node 'Tranquility'
Knowing Oveur, I suspect they are on pint 20 or 30 by now, that man can drink! Lets hope the node has less downtime then TQ tho :p
Phil Cooke
Website → #
Posted Monday 6th April 2009 12:00 GMT
In MPs battle to save great British pub
www.axethebeertax.com - also failbook groups etc out there if ya interested :)
Phil Cooke
24 connection? → #
Posted Wednesday 11th February 2009 19:37 GMT
In Obama orders 'root and branch' cybersecurity review
Sounds like Obama's been watching the current 24 and is panicing it could happen for real!
Phil Cooke
Another pointless study → #
Posted Monday 26th January 2009 17:29 GMT
In Study slams brain-training games' mental improvement claims
All this proves is that there are benefits from both, as with most things.
Phil Cooke
N. Yorks mapping... → #
Posted Tuesday 6th January 2009 16:08 GMT
In Online crime maps go live
Just took a look at my area, which flags as average for everything except Anti-Social behaviour which is flagged high.....with exactly 0 cases reported in the stats they show! How the hell can that be high compared to the rest of North Yorkshire?!?!?!?
Phil Cooke
Lame → #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 14:27 GMT
In Smut email hubby claims iPhone glitch
ROFL, what a nub!
Phil Cooke
IE6 → #
Posted Saturday 15th November 2008 15:37 GMT
In Reg readers in Firefox 3 lovefest
I have access to 2 different corporates networks for my current job. Both of them have IE6 as the standard browser and no immediate plans to change this :(
That's probably where a lot of the IE6 traffic is from, legacy setups in corporates :s
Phil Cooke
Paperless → #
Posted Friday 14th November 2008 14:19 GMT
In BOFH: The paperless cafeteria
Class! Especially the PFY's 'committment' to paperless at the end :D
Phil Cooke
@ AC 10:16 → #
Posted Wednesday 12th November 2008 11:45 GMT
In Mankind to detect alien life 'by 2025'
and there was me thinking most of them were in places like the House of Commons, or the White House......I can't see how a politician could ever be human!
Phil Cooke
@ AC 13:52 → #
Posted Wednesday 5th November 2008 15:07 GMT
In Demand for consoles, add-ons skyrockets as PC games plunge
OMG, a fellow EVE Player! I think part of the decline is the fact a lot of people are subscribing to MMOs like EVE instead on PC. Plus, with some of them you get the upgrades free and major community support :)
Phil Cooke
@ James → #
Posted Friday 10th October 2008 09:28 GMT
In Ambulance Service not patient enough for Vista
'Personally if you havent tried it (and by try I do mean run it on a system that isnt the bare minimum for running it) then before you continue to knock it you should.'
Couldn't agree more with this - I just had to purchase a new laptop and managed to get an employee deal for a HP. They shipped this with Vista Home Premium 64 (as the Laptop has 4gb of ram) and thus far I have been impressed with how stable it is.I was expecting loads of compatibility issues with my games etc but so far everything has worked......
However, I have older hardware that I wouldn't let Vista near with a barge pole as XP SP3 is stable and supports everything I need (mainly for internet broadcasting). It's a case of working out what is 'fit for purpose' for your INDIVIDUAL needs.
Phil Cooke
@breakfast → #
Posted Thursday 25th September 2008 15:40 GMT
In Airline industry refuses to be ID card guinea pig
Ya barred!
Seriously tho, the sooner they kill these off the better! Especially with lab.gov's record on data security.........
Phil Cooke
RE: Helping the scouts is suicide → #
Posted Monday 18th August 2008 09:37 GMT
In Malicious gossip could cost you your job
Working with kids in general is nowadays. I spent 7 years as an IT manager in a school, during that time 2 Heads of IT got suspended due to allegations by kids, all later proven innocent but lead to them leaving.
Needless to say, I don't intend on going back into education IT in case it happens to me, I took a pay cut and went to work for a telecoms company instead, well away from kids and vulnerable persons - still had to have a disclosure done tho! Madness!
Phil Cooke
RE: What is Best buy? → #
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 13:44 GMT
In Best Buy helps Apple put an iPhone under every tree
It's the US version of Currys, but with a slightly wider range of overpriced tat!
Phil Cooke
Re: Miss Bee → #
Posted Thursday 7th August 2008 14:05 GMT
In Craigslist supervillain seeks henchmen
I thought it might be :)
Phil Cooke
Miss Bee → #
Posted Thursday 7th August 2008 12:11 GMT
In Craigslist supervillain seeks henchmen
Now Miss Bee,
Let's be honest - you aren't applying because you're over qualified!
Phil Cooke
@ Tow Walsh → #
Posted Wednesday 30th July 2008 13:46 GMT
In It's official: The Home Office is listening
2. If you must think, for Heaven's sake think illogically. That should be fairly safe.
With the present Gov, thinking logically would be the safest bet surely......leave the illogical, screwed up ideas to them, especially Mr Brown!
Phil Cooke
Win 3.1 and the interwebz → #
Posted Friday 11th July 2008 14:01 GMT
In MS takes Windows 3.11 out of embed to put to bed
I remember using it as a student with Compuserve and running a copy of Dr Solomons Anti virus, back when it used to check for a whole 6000 viruses!
Also remember Win 3.0 on the schools RM network, which had OS/2 on the server and a couple of old 186? PC's running Windows 1!
Those were the days...
Phil Cooke
Rocketmail → #
Posted Thursday 19th June 2008 13:52 GMT
In Yahoo! email! fans! get! more! domains!
I've still got my old Rocketmail address, same setup as Ben with the username.rm login - pity I stopped using it as Yahoo!s service was pants compared to rocketmails. I check it occasionally and use it as an archive now.
Guess I got me coat when it comes to Yahoo! ages ago.........
Phil Cooke
RE: DO NOT BUY → #
Posted Wednesday 16th January 2008 14:45 GMT
In Vodafone USB Modem 7.2
you'll find every provider does this! I've been using one of these for a month now and don't have any issues with it - It's a lot better that the old PCMCIA card it replaced :)
PH angle, it's curvy............
Phil Cooke
RE: Production Company → #
Posted Monday 14th January 2008 16:32 GMT
In MP accuses BBC chief of illegally championing Microsoft
But... aren't the BBC *the* production company concerned, or don't they own the rights to their own programs?
No, they also buy in programs internationally which obviously the producers want guarantees will be protected as well as from independents in the UK as previously mentioned.
However, I think that it's a fair point that it should be opened up as much as possible, 2 years for a MAC or Linux client seems extreme......
Phil Cooke
to Paul Talbot → #
Posted Friday 21st December 2007 09:39 GMT
In Kaspersky false alarm quarantines Windows Explorer
EVe-Online is the MMORPG you mean - it deleted the boot.ini file. Lets hope XP SP3 adds at least a little protection for key system files!
Anyone found the paris hilton angle yet?
Phil Cooke
Repairs → #
Posted Thursday 20th December 2007 16:53 GMT
In Nokia wins hearts, minds with breakthrough mobile
I work for one of the main mobile providers here in UK as onsite support for a corporate customer. I get less requests for repairs on these than their newer replacements - they just keep going!
Phil Cooke
meh → #
Posted Friday 21st September 2007 18:06 GMT
In Balls: Schools should police the net
After reading this, I'm glad the school I was working for decided to outsource and lay me off - I had enough headaches without them dumping this on me!
Phil Cooke
Generator testing → #
Posted Wednesday 25th July 2007 17:22 GMT
In Power outage knocks out major websites
Maybe this is the rare occasion where big corporates can learn from Public/Government organisations. I was working for a UK.gov facility about 10 years ago, and they deliberately failed over to their backup generators once a fortnight for approx 20 minutes to ensure everything worked properly.
If the DC has a proper setup, I see no reason why they couldn't failover a small section to UPS/Generator backup once every month or two to check all is in order.........rotate through every section over the course of a day/week maybe
Phil Cooke
Virgin availability → #
Posted Wednesday 9th May 2007 14:06 GMT
In Virgin faces customer exodus over Sky battle
I'd actually move to Virgin if they would cable my road! If I was to move 0.2 of a mile, I could get Virgin's services - It's about time they made some more investment rather than just milking exisiting customers I think. Half the work is already done for them, when the new houses in my area were built in 2000, the relevant ducting & accesses were laid for them - they just need the fibre to be dumped in, and a couple of cabinets of equipment installed! I know that's still not cheap - but to access an extra 100+ customers, possibly paying £30+ a month, must be worthwhile long term surely?