Recent content by VaughanJB

Got the "this call is from VISA security" today. Easily dismissed.

Yes. Yes. That is IF, I needed to. My current lifestyle is far more compatible with an older person. Preferably deaf. :D

More vibes,

Big Brother: "Winston thought for a moment, then pulled the speakwrite towards him and began dictating in Big Brother’s familiar style: a style at once military and pedantic, and, because of a trick of asking questions and then promptly answering them…easy to imitate."

Okay, so let me add an different flavor. For me, it depends on the secret. If a secret threatened people, then I'd struggle to keep it. In fact, would likely strategize how to reveal it so save lives. I was once in a situation where I knew an entire team of employees were about to be...

I get that. But I'm far more worried about this in the political space. If someone "influences" another to buy a particular face cream, well that's a relatively small step from what companies have been doing with advertising forever. The relative loss to broken promises is minimal. But when...

Given that not every crime can be heard in front of a jury, and that "jury trials are typically reserved for more serious offenses heard in the Crown Court, while less serious "summary offenses" are tried by magistrates alone.. The right to a jury trial is not absolute." Then I think this could...

That's legit, and I get it. I don't live in a high crime area, but I also don't live in a crime FREE area. And yes, if you have footage it can help with investigations, and finding the culprit. Sadly, we used to rely on the authorities (the police) to make us feel safe, but now they seem to...

It's all part of the modern day madness. The more extreme a point of view, the more attention they gain. Which is why we get crazed political commentators being spoken of as though they somehow more knowledgeable than anyone else. They're even considered to be celebrities. Still, it's a very...

I have two responses to that. Firstly, it is part of the job of a judge to be impartial. They take an oath, and if bias is found it can cause a mistrial. On the other hand, any instance where you have humans involved there is a possibility of some kind of bias. Sometimes a bias is based...

Ads are the engine that keeps the internet rolling, but I've yet to meet anyone who actually likes them. I mean, the likes of Youtube is unusable if ads are enabled (IMO). There are ways to have ads that make them less intrusive, but somehow companies have never learned the lesson and up up...

Sometimes tech can be a solution looking for a problem. And sometimes the best marketing is to inject some paranoia into the air. People can always make up some reason why they want something, which is why there are so many bread maker machines stored, unused, under so many sinks. We also...

I think this is actually a very interesting aside to this. Personally, I think people ARE getting both paranoid and obsessed with such things. As I noted earlier, we all grew up in an era where today's options weren't a thing, and was it really that terrible? The question for me is, are...

It's currently 50F, wet, and grey. All shades of grey. My wife hates the English grey. :D I had to walk the dog in light rain this morning. However, I just read that they're warning of flooding in South Wales and a potential across western areas today. They are even using the dreaded...

Doing good. Had a morning with two cups of tea and a dose of internet reading. Boring stuff, User Agreements, legal requirements etc. I then tried to perform an action on a finance site, something I thought was going to be a couple clicks, and found it impossible to navigate due to hidden...