Fake Blogger’s Becoming Illegal in the UK April 29, 2008
Posted by Neuromancer in Blogs, Security.add a comment
Changes to the law coming in May starting from May 26, when it will become a criminal offense for brands to seed positive messages online without making the origin of the message clear. Looks like this is a EU directive being implemented - wonder if the way its implemented will ave unintended consequences I can see the Sir Humphreys cocking this up or in a worse case having implications for anonymous political comment.
News article at Adage here
Still look on the bright side does this mean those GASTLY GASTLY GASTLY BT ads with the Smug Couple will have to have a warning they they are not real consumers of BT products.
Bring back Bob Hoskins is what I say - Even Buzby is better that Wimp boy and Smug Miss.
Magic The Gathering LOL Cat April 28, 2008
Posted by Neuromancer in Funny, Geek Stuf.2 comments
Best LOLCAT evah!
USB and Measurement April 18, 2008
Posted by Neuromancer in Geek Stuf.add a comment
Back in the day when I was a research assistant at BHRA a lot of test and measurement equipment was difficult hook up to computers and often results had to be measured by hand and transferred to computers for analysis.
nowadays the USB interface seems to be taking over from IEEE-488 standard that some of our reassuringly expensive HP gear used.
I blogged before about some USB temperature measurement devices and just noticed that one of my SEO clients has a sound meter that has a USB interface - back in the day we had custom built interfaces to measure sound in BHRA’s anechoic chamber £3000-40000 pounds per channel i seem to recall(oh an that was only 12 bit resolution )
