Here there be rants. There will be Freeman stuff, Lawful Rebellion stuff and Random stuff. I am rebelling because I want my country back. My lawful obligations are as follows: “together with the community of the whole realm, distrain and distress us in all possible ways, namely, by seizing our castles, lands, possessions, and in any other way they can, until redress has been obtained as they see fit…”
Article 61 Magna Carta 1215
I like the "a formatting fault on an electronic spreadsheet" line. Cos spreadsheets just have formatting and technical faults on them by default, don't they? ;-)
Nothing whatsoever to do with the people putting the data in, nothing at all...
Actually, given the colossal incompetence and utter uselessness of anything involved with any government IT programme, that may actually be the case.
"The subscriber data acquired had no connection or relevance to any investigation or operation being undertaken by the Security Service". Oh, well that's alright then. Don't worry about it.
"This data was not obtained fully in accordance with the law" but it doesn't matter! It was still justified by some spurious undefined reasoning!
I just cannot believe it - these people can't even set the type correctly in a spreadsheet column? Theytreated telephone numbers as maths? You would thing they might have twigged that all the numbers they were bugging ended in "000" Sheesh
Bad workmen always blame their tools. In this case the 'bad' must surely be deliberate. They take us for idiots, and unfortunately when you look around, there are more than a few.
I like the "a formatting fault on an electronic spreadsheet" line. Cos spreadsheets just have formatting and technical faults on them by default, don't they? ;-)
ReplyDeleteNothing whatsoever to do with the people putting the data in, nothing at all...
Actually, given the colossal incompetence and utter uselessness of anything involved with any government IT programme, that may actually be the case.
"The subscriber data acquired had no connection or relevance to any investigation or operation being undertaken by the Security Service". Oh, well that's alright then. Don't worry about it.
"This data was not obtained fully in accordance with the law" but it doesn't matter! It was still justified by some spurious undefined reasoning!
Keep calm and carry on!
Assclowns.
Regards
TSL
I just cannot believe it - these people can't even set the type correctly in a spreadsheet column? Theytreated telephone numbers as maths? You would thing they might have twigged that all the numbers they were bugging ended in "000"
ReplyDeleteSheesh
Hi Cap'n,
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in no article from you about the Charlie Veitch sell out situation.
Had I been blogging I'd definitely have covered it.
Harbinger
"A formatting fault"
ReplyDeleteBad workmen always blame their tools. In this case the 'bad' must surely be deliberate. They take us for idiots, and unfortunately when you look around, there are more than a few.
H,
ReplyDeleteInvestigating now. I'll blog on it when I know more.
CR.
CR,
ReplyDeleteThe colossal thread on DIF may (or may not!) be of assistance:
http://forum.davidicke.com/showthread.php?t=174498
48 pages and counting though...but does have lots of video links in it.
The upcoming Beeboid hitpiece is going to be hugely interesting (and undoubtedly infuriating).
Regards
TSL