David Pick
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Love a good pun and truly relish a bad one.
SFF Fan who followed a bunch of favourite authors and historians here.
Worked in IT at a UK university since 1971, now IT Security.
Love a good pun and truly relish a bad one.
SFF Fan who followed a bunch of favourite authors and historians here.
Worked in IT at a UK university since 1971, now IT Security.
The significant control is the phrase "after court order".
Of course, some people doubt the unscrupulous or nefarious would respect the requirement to obtain the court order. I suspect we may both harbour that doubt...
Of course, some people doubt the unscrupulous or nefarious would respect the requirement to obtain the court order. I suspect we may both harbour that doubt...
December 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The significant control is the phrase "after court order".
Of course, some people doubt the unscrupulous or nefarious would respect the requirement to obtain the court order. I suspect we may both harbour that doubt...
Of course, some people doubt the unscrupulous or nefarious would respect the requirement to obtain the court order. I suspect we may both harbour that doubt...
It's not an unreasonable ask from the social point-of-view. Unfortunately the technology (maths) doesn't cooperate with finding a balance between the benefits and harms of this capability.
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's not an unreasonable ask from the social point-of-view. Unfortunately the technology (maths) doesn't cooperate with finding a balance between the benefits and harms of this capability.
It's not "just" *all* the various specialisations within the NHS, it's most "public services" in the country: local council staff, universities, utilities (except the bosses in the privatised ones), ang generally the "glue" that holds society together and where many people work as a vocation.
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's not "just" *all* the various specialisations within the NHS, it's most "public services" in the country: local council staff, universities, utilities (except the bosses in the privatised ones), ang generally the "glue" that holds society together and where many people work as a vocation.
...and we wonder why so many adult cats get stuck up trees! They haven't had the necessary training while kittens!
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
...and we wonder why so many adult cats get stuck up trees! They haven't had the necessary training while kittens!
(This might just be what String Theory is all about.)
December 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
(This might just be what String Theory is all about.)
Is there a parallel here? If, as String Theory implies, there are extra spatial dimensions, even if "rolled up", can the other forces be described by geometry changes in these extra dimensions that only affect strings that extend in those dimensions? /
December 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Is there a parallel here? If, as String Theory implies, there are extra spatial dimensions, even if "rolled up", can the other forces be described by geometry changes in these extra dimensions that only affect strings that extend in those dimensions? /
Which James I? England? Scotland?
December 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Which James I? England? Scotland?
Would/should that include any sitting MP who loses an election?
December 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Would/should that include any sitting MP who loses an election?
My 2-penneth worth:
I think it's important a second (revising) chamber thinks long-term rather than short-term. This militates against party affiliations.
If elected, definitely PR. I'm also drawn towards functional constituencies such as sectors of the economy or society at large.
I think it's important a second (revising) chamber thinks long-term rather than short-term. This militates against party affiliations.
If elected, definitely PR. I'm also drawn towards functional constituencies such as sectors of the economy or society at large.
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My 2-penneth worth:
I think it's important a second (revising) chamber thinks long-term rather than short-term. This militates against party affiliations.
If elected, definitely PR. I'm also drawn towards functional constituencies such as sectors of the economy or society at large.
I think it's important a second (revising) chamber thinks long-term rather than short-term. This militates against party affiliations.
If elected, definitely PR. I'm also drawn towards functional constituencies such as sectors of the economy or society at large.
I suspect "they" *really really really* want to stop him telling his story in public...
December 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I suspect "they" *really really really* want to stop him telling his story in public...
Just go sit in the garden and chill. There'll be a shower along soon enough...
December 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Just go sit in the garden and chill. There'll be a shower along soon enough...
Keening for kerning...
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Keening for kerning...
Well, it does rather match what the US is doing. The scale and techniques vary but the strategie's the same...
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Well, it does rather match what the US is doing. The scale and techniques vary but the strategie's the same...
And the *original* Times font was designed to have narrow letters to pack words better in the narrow columns in an old-fashioned broadsheet newspaper, coincidentally called The Times.
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
And the *original* Times font was designed to have narrow letters to pack words better in the narrow columns in an old-fashioned broadsheet newspaper, coincidentally called The Times.
Well, there's less of the White House left to burn now...
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Well, there's less of the White House left to burn now...
I do support the general principle, but apart from that I look at the people visible as part of Reform and have an instinctive "yuck" reaction.
Most "western" countries are described as "liberal democracies". Of these two words I think the first may be more important than the second.
Most "western" countries are described as "liberal democracies". Of these two words I think the first may be more important than the second.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I do support the general principle, but apart from that I look at the people visible as part of Reform and have an instinctive "yuck" reaction.
Most "western" countries are described as "liberal democracies". Of these two words I think the first may be more important than the second.
Most "western" countries are described as "liberal democracies". Of these two words I think the first may be more important than the second.
The last one sounds *very* familiar...
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The last one sounds *very* familiar...
Didn't know anyone had done this with a Master 128.
But the urge for portable computing is a lot older than that. I remember (and occasionally used) a Teletype KSR 33 built into a (custol) Samsonite case with a separate "acoustic coupler" to go interactive with a mainframe in the very early 1970s.
But the urge for portable computing is a lot older than that. I remember (and occasionally used) a Teletype KSR 33 built into a (custol) Samsonite case with a separate "acoustic coupler" to go interactive with a mainframe in the very early 1970s.
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Didn't know anyone had done this with a Master 128.
But the urge for portable computing is a lot older than that. I remember (and occasionally used) a Teletype KSR 33 built into a (custol) Samsonite case with a separate "acoustic coupler" to go interactive with a mainframe in the very early 1970s.
But the urge for portable computing is a lot older than that. I remember (and occasionally used) a Teletype KSR 33 built into a (custol) Samsonite case with a separate "acoustic coupler" to go interactive with a mainframe in the very early 1970s.
Certainly a "teachable" name...
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Certainly a "teachable" name...
How about: Only women are allowed to carry guns? (for their safety)
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
How about: Only women are allowed to carry guns? (for their safety)
Disentangling the US from NATO command structures and facilities will not be easy or quick. Europe and Canada need to start building new, uncontaminated ones *now*. Explain it as following Trump's advice about Europe taking the lead in its own defence.
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Disentangling the US from NATO command structures and facilities will not be easy or quick. Europe and Canada need to start building new, uncontaminated ones *now*. Explain it as following Trump's advice about Europe taking the lead in its own defence.