badgerx16

It's far more serious than that...........

Lol at those who didn't understand the rules. Whether the rules are bollox is another matter.

Did they ? The replays shown on TV as the decision was being reviewed constantly focussed on Arma. At the time I wondered why, as I thought they would be checking Archer, but it makes sense if it was whether Arma was interfering.

And running through the GK's peripheral vision.

Without VAR that is moot. Unfortunately VAR have to look at every aspect, every player possibly involved, and even the notorious 'phases of play bollox. They are not simply asked "I flagged Archer off - was he ?"

Without VAR the 'goal' would not have stood as the lino flagged offside.

Nic, the posts above that mockingly quoted you were laughing at your assertion that Biden had permitted the use of ICBMs by Ukraine. This is blatant misinformation, and I have no idea where you picked it up from. Not even Putin would try to use ICBMs, which by definition are INTERCONTINENTAL, as it would automatically trigger US defence systems, regardless of where they were aimed. What Biden has permitted is the use of long range artillery systems, such as ATACMS, fired from Ukraine at targets in Russia. These systems have a maximum range of, at best, a couple of hundred miles, and are being used against Russian C and C centres, ammunition storage, and airfields This may be seen as escalatory, but Russia has been blitzing Ukraine for nearly 4 years with weapons fired from positions that up to now have been safe from Ukrainian retaliation, meaning Ukraine has been fighting with one hand tied behind it's back. Do you believe that Ukraine has the right to defend itself against blatant aggression and terrorism, or not ? Do you believe that Putin is justified in his attempts to destroy civilian power and heating infrastructure as winter approaches ? Do you think that the concentration camp conditions under which Ukrainian POWs are being held are acceptable ? Or should Ukraine have simply rolled over and let Russia occupy it's territory and oppress it's people ?

’'International students accounted for nearly two-fifths of non-EU immigration .....over the past five years (since 2019).'' https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/reasonforinternationalmigrationinternationalstudentsupdate/may2024

Yet the obsession is with the fraction of the overall inbound numbers carrying out an 'invasion' by crossing the Channel in small boats

At least they are more open about it than the dividing up of the West Bank.

The BBC have now changed the wording of their report to clarify that the mugging did acually take place, and only the additional claim of the phone being stolen was fabrication. It seems her biggest error was not correcting her story when she found the phone.

She plead guilty to making a false report to the Police, inventing a false 'vicious' mugging to cover having lost her work phone, ( which it turns out wasn't lost ). So yes, she did.

An old article, an interview with the true author of The Art of the Deal; https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all

Another broken promise.

Presumably nobody has complained about seeing a cock in the showers.

`Correct, Presumably your email account/s regularly receive notifications telling you of failed deliveries, invites from Russian brides, or the old style Nigerian Prince looking for a safe repository for £10million. Very rarely there will be a specifically crafted message aimed at a particular company or organisation, but this level of sophisticated industrial meddling requires a lot more advanced planning and intelligence gathering to identify the people likely to be vulnerable to exploit. As an aside, one IT Security company was tasked with testing the site security of a major business. They spent days sitting in the local pubs observing the staff on their lunch breaks, which enabled them to formulate a plan; They had a particularly attractive female employee who they had walk up to the main office of the target carrying a number of files. As she reached the main desk she dropped the files and the duty security guard helpfully picked them up for her. She apologised for causing him trouble and for not being able to get her security pass out of her beg as her hands were full, so the guard gallantly opened the security door for her. By using information overheard in the pub, or gleaned by making 'accidental' phone calls to certain staff of the business, this female security tester ended up inside the supposedly secure computer room, from where she called the IT Manager to tell him his site was not as secure as he had imagined.

Nic, if I joined 'X' and my first post was ''Elon Musk is a narcissistic twat'', how long do you think my account would stay active ?

''Yet a 2021 study suggested the opposite. Looking at millions of tweets in seven countries – Britain, America, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and Japan – researchers found that, with the exception of Germany, Twitter algorithms amplified rightwing politicians more than the left. They also found that in America, conservative news sources were boosted more than liberal ones.''

To call you delusional would be an insult to the deluded.

There is a world of difference between a team that is 'favourite' to go down that puts up a fight but ultimately falls short with 32 points, and one that is a disorganised, incompetent, mess that rolls over for even the most mediocre of opponents and struggles to reach double figures.

They take a long time to fix because you need to be thorough and methodical in restoring systems, ensuring you have correctly identified the source of the problem, and that your backup systems and data are not themselves carrying the problem. As to why any specific organisation is affected, generally it is human error that enables the 'attack' to occur; opening an email or browsing a website can seem to be innocent but in fact allow a route into the network, missing or delaying software patches leave vulnerabilities open to exploit, running out of date systems, ( there are still Windows XP systems out there, some in critical services ), or simply people failing to follow procedures and instructions, such as closing off network functions that are insecure or unnecessary. I once went on holiday whilst a new site was being added to our network. A few days after I got back we had a major outbreak that shutdown most of our systems. When we finally got things sorted, ( about 3 weeks ), the post-mortem revealed that there were 3 significant factors; the route into the network was a work laptop used by somebody at the new site being taken home and used on their home wifi where an infected family PC was being used, to save time getting the new site up and running it's network connection bypassed a firewall that the procedures specified must be in place, and to save money the anti-virus software on several new servers had been left off - leaving only Windows Defender to protect them, a decsion that was taken without my knowledge or input As Network and IT Security Manager I was not happy.

Trump will do what Trump wants to do. He could quite easily dump Musk before inauguration day - he is fickle, and doesn't like others stealing his thunder.

Swagman

I like the Mexicans saying that the way to combat fentanyl smuggling is for the USA to do something internally to reduce demand. ( And Musk won't be directly firing any Federal employees, his role is advisory ).

True, so why is it being reported so widely ?