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It's worse than that - in UK law you cannot question the evidence produced by a computer unless you can prove the computer is not operating correctly - it's an inversion of the nor…

In colloquial UK usage it means 'paedophile', and is generally considered offensive.

Isn't that problem self-solving? Who wants to dress like a celebrity dressed last season- you want what they're wearing this season. Keep it up to date, with what's "in" now. Discl…

That's not the case - I flew with them a few weeks ago. Turns out in order to print the return journey boarding pass more than a week in advance you need to pre-book a seat (for a …

Nar, he means a land-value tax, which is raised from time to time in the UK.

Grab a copy of "java concurrency in practice", it's my go-to book for when I've got a tricky concurrency problem to solve.

An ejection seat is actually only slightly safer than crashing the plane; the strain it puts on the vertebrae in particular is enough to force the pilot to retire after a few eject…

Assuming you get boarded by pirates, what happens next? Why would you need a bridge that could command the ship? Even if you did, turn it off unless you can remotely switch it on a…

Errr, short-circuiting to ground will cause a RCD to trip immediately - that's what they're there for. You will generally have one RCD on the entire fuse board, and then individual…

A not unattractive price point, I find. When are you planning to start charging for it?

This looks interesting, but the lack of any pricing information makes me nervous - am I missing it?