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Comment A heroic success (Score -1, Flamebait) 19

I can remember when it was launched, and the name Hubble became synonymous for being a bit rubbish. Eveything went wrong. It was launched into the wrong orbit, the lens was scratched (The lens was scratched!), it shuddered when the solar panels expanded and contracted when entering and leaving sunlight. And here with are 35 years later, with all its many, major initial failings forgotten. Its almost the american dream of failing till you make it.

Comment The Empire was built on 'Know Your Place' (Score 2) 137

In Europe in the 1860s, revolutions were taking place everywhere. Karl Marx thought the workers revolution would start in the UK. Turns out it didn't. Britain in the 1800s was pretty much the only country that didn't have a civil war, cos everyone new their place guvnor. The satanic mills of the industrial revolution was run by shovelling widows and orphans into the furnaces. So the wealth rose to the top, and was then converted into overseas expansion and ever more mills.

Comment Re:In the UK we must follow global standards (Score 3, Informative) 167

True. At my factory, we've just had to spend a small fortune now making sure our equipment in UK certified, as well as the old CE certified. The safety standards are exactly the same, but we've got to be certified twice. Utterly stupid. If Europe changes some of its requirements, the UK will have to follow otherwise it will either appear as 1) Insufficiently safe or 2) Overly bureaucratic. At least we changed the colour of our passports :(

Comment Labour landslide..... (Score 1) 283

Labour's vote share is up all of 1.7%; this landslide result is because the Conservatives have fallen 20%. Labour's total votes are 9.6 million, less than the dreaded Corbyn election in 2019 when they were clobbered with 'only' 10.2 million votes. Democracy is a funny old game. The worst form of government, except for all the others.

Comment How big are the 'bots'? (Score 2) 78

The article in the Independent just references itself. I've not been able to find the original research on the internet. What 'bots' are being used? If they are a university level research grid, then thats not normally going to be used by the average script kiddy hacker to break a capcha. If a python script trawls the internet and has to break a capcha, then processing time above 10 seconds is going to make the enterprise unfeasible. If an anti-bot measure does require a research grid to defeat it, then that probably still a success.

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