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![]() Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21567 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 ![]() ![]() |
No surprise for kicking the can (do?) down the road: Schools in England face years of chaos as government stalls on RAAC concrete repairs wrote: Latest figures show more than 230 schools affected by crumbling concrete, but many have yet to be told when rebuilding will begin What sort of example does that set?... Enjoy your education yet stay safe? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Meanwhile, suffering imprisonment without charge to be bored unto death: ‘Nobody has told us anything’: Bibby Stockholm residents prepare for ‘boring’ Christmas wrote: Asylum seekers living on the vessel moored in Portland, Dorset say they expect another ‘boring’ day on the ‘floating prison’... So... That gives a very nice tidy profit for minimum 'slum' care... Is that Suella Braverman's modern day Oubliette? To be left abandoned forever cast adrift?... Al in a small patch of UK politics, and people be damned... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Japanese vehicle manufacturer gets caught out after 3 decades, Daihatsu, Toyota's small car subsidiary, shuts down factories due to falsified safety tests. Daihatsu, a subsidiary of Japanese car maker Toyota, has shut down production lines at all four of its factories as the Japanese government investigates reports the company faked safety test results on some car models for more than 30 years. |
rob smith ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22667 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 ![]() ![]() |
And Boeing are at it again on the 737 Max..... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67838424 Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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What car do you drive?... Toyota-owned Automaker Halts Japan Production After Admitting It Tampered With Safety Tests for 30 Years wrote: ... found evidence of tampering with safety tests on as many as 64 vehicle models, including those sold under the Toyota brand... All for deadly greedy profits? Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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You're 2 days late with that 1 Martin. :-D Cheers. |
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Hey! I'm out in the wasteland of the wet windswept desert bereft of good food and culture... Even the mobile coverage is patchy... The rest of the world will have to wait my inspection! :-p See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
rob smith ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22667 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 ![]() ![]() |
This could well be triggered by a culture that does its best to deny failure. This cultural trait is not unknown in a number of south east Asian countries. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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... for fear of career ending or even life ending retribution... Instead: Enjoy Democracy! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
rob smith ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22667 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 ![]() ![]() |
Even worse - social rejection of one's entire family by their peers. No trial required (kangaroo or otherwise). Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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And all it took was an un-Australian greedy foreign import to royally screw an iconic Australian brand before doing a runner. Qantas was once dubbed the “spirit of Australians”, but two years worth of scandals has seen the airline go from an icon to a pariah. In a few short years, Qantas has gone from one of the country’s most beloved brands to one of the most distrusted.Are you still hiding under a big rock back in Dublin Alan? |
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... And yet still this decades long running scandal continues... Post Office scandal TV drama 'like a dream' say victims People have been killed, other people have died. Yet none of the perpetrators have been jailed... Indeed, the perpetrators still enjoy their profits... All in our deadly greedy world... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24922 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 ![]() |
While the scandal has been public knowledge for some time, an ITV drama which aired last week has thrust the issue back into the spotlight.Sometimes the media can be brutally... So far, nobody at the Post Office or Fujitsu has been held accountable, although the High Court judge said he would refer Fujitsu to the Director of Public Prosecutions for possible further action because he had "grave concerns" about the evidence of the company's employees....effective |
Sirius B ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24922 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 ![]() |
Interesting Jason Coyne, who worked for Preston-based Best Practice Plc at the time, was instructed to examine the computer system called Horizon in 2003. |
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... Hopefully, after many years, many news articles, and finally a film, those responsible in the Post Office and Fujitsu will at last be pursued for fraud, perverting justice, and whatever else... And people have died. One to watch the politics... All in our deadly greedy world... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24922 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 ![]() |
Now this report I believe 100% as had personal experience in the past while a postman. Racism+Horizon=trouble The main problems stem all the way from Junior to Senior level management. That seems to have got worse since privatisation. |
Sirius B ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24922 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 ![]() |
The Daily Telegraph reports that the architect of Horizon, the faulty software that caused the scandal, has demanded immunity before agreeing to appear at the public inquiry. The paper says Gareth Jenkins's testimony has been delayed twice, and that his request for immunity has been refused twice. It also claims Mr Jenkins told forensic accountants as long ago as 2012 that the IT system could be accessed remotely by developers Fujitsu, despite one of the prosecution's key arguments being that it was tamper-proof. When approached by the Telegraph, Mr Jenkins said: "I don't have anything to say to you".Clear cut case of profits 1st. The peasants don't matter & they don't mind. What I find annoying is that this scandal has been ongoing for over 2 decades which the government were well aware of, yet they continue to award contracts to Fujitsu. Edit. Scary Since 2013, the UK government has awarded Fujitsu 191 contracts worth more than £6.5bn, according to the procurement analysts Tussell, including: |
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This says it all too aptly: Rishi Sunak finally reacts to the Post Office scandal And that has killed some of the victims... All in our deadly greedy world... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24922 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 ![]() |
Reading some of the comments, there sure are a lot of ignorant people out there. Blaming the Tories & stating that Davis Cameron was aware & had been since he was PM throughout most of it. Sheesh. He didn't get into power until 2010. It was Tony B liar & Gordon Brown in No 10 from 1997 to 2010. While this on BBC. Post Office went ballistic in 2015 over Panorama Edit: Live reporting on the inquiry by the BBC just restarted after the lunch break by the inquiry. We are now hearing Jason Beer KC reading from a part of Jackson's witness statement. Sheesh. |
Richard Haselgrove ![]() Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14687 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 ![]() ![]() |
Note that a pilot scheme was rolled out in 1995 and 1996 - and development and planning must have started even earlier than that. It's been described as the biggest UK IT project outside the military: something like that is very difficult to stop once it's been started. As HS2 and Boeing 737 Max have amply demonstrated. Post Office suspected of more injustices over Horizon pilot scheme |
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