As I said before, no sane engineer signs off something as good for 30 years if it is likely to fail in 31. It was clearly believed to be safe, even if the concept is a bit odd. Like asbestos and comb… (View Post)

I always turn mine off. In fact, I've a mind to hacking the car to turn it off permanently (apparently it is only a single bit flip). It has a habit of turning the engine off when coasting to a … (View Post)

Putting aside the use of Oracle and having to deal with their licensing department... ...another 'oh, it doesn't quite fit with how our department works' fiasco. Buy it and use it. Or … (View Post)

I think we can be pretty certain that everyone is lying, even if only by omission. (View Post)

It is different to what our civil servant was saying though. He said that the budget was for more and it was cut. It looks more like the budget was for 50 and Rishi kept it at 50. Departments put &qu… (View Post)