Bill Ray
bill4000.bsky.social
Bill Ray
@bill4000.bsky.social
Analyst at Gartner, trying to discern the future of wireless and space.
While I agree with you, I did rely pretty heavily on my hat when I was a journalist.
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
This massively undermines my decades-long "cows are more stupid than sheep" argument - I'm going to need some serious evidence of sheep intelligence before the next round.
January 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Toddlers that will never grow up - this is their peak.
December 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"was my hero"? Snoopy remains my aspiration.
December 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Even if the truth is established later, the mind of the listener has been influenced by the statement, and so the aim is achieved.

Colleagues of mine have written a book on the topic: www.gartner.com/en/publicati....
World Without Truth, A book by Dave Aron, Andrew Frank & Richard Hunter
How business and technology leaders can confront the AI-powered disinformation supply chain.
www.gartner.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
From Google Translate this seems to be Satellites as a service, using modular hardware for sensing and communications. However, that requires that no-one wants to differentiate on orbiting hardware or orbits, which seems unlikely.
October 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
September 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The weird thing is that (in my limited experience) teenagers today aren't glued to their phones, it's their parents who are. Which makes this standard "back in my day" stuff, only with worse graphics.
August 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"soon" is good, but "when" would be better - I've been waiting for this film for a very long time.
August 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
No one ever "leaves" El Reg, we just take a temporary leave of absence - it's like Hotel California in that way.
August 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Welcome home.
August 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM