It's only temporary until you learn to make it say to give you a pay increase...

This sounds very similar to the cattle passport system that was setup in the UK after the BSE outbreak, if taken a stage further. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Cattle_Movement_Service/

Joel has a interesting article on this.

PowerShell is nice but it's a single purpose tool. Arguably this is a good thing but as you can do the same things with Python (including working with WMI etc.) I prefer to use that instead.

Since Rob Grant ceased to be involved with the writing (after series 6) the quality of the episodes has been generally poor. As it's now been over 10 years since the series was on (Dave specials excluded) they would likely have to assume viewers weren't familiar with the characters and do a lot of work setting up their personas which might bore fans of the existing episodes. The writers may also struggle to come up with anything new to write about after 8 series as they can't cover "relationship humour" without adding a woman and breaking the "blokes in spaaaaaaaace" thing.

I also think they'd need a new Cat, unfortunately Danny John-Jules is getting a bit too old now to be convincing in the "Cool" role.

I feel the opposite, I don't think flying justifies people being interrogated. It might also not be that effective, there are many reasons for taking a trip that people would be reluctant to discuss with a stranger and it would be hard to distinguish between these secrets and those which did relate to airline security.

Another likely problem would be damage to the roads caused by the root systems of all these trees planted nearby.

I think you may be confusing The Telegraph with the Daily Mail :)

Anyway, the story has also been covered on The Register

Or the work could have been altered in some way, whether changing scientific data or inserting expletives into the middle of a thesis.

uDIG seems the best of the free ones, if a bit slow at times.

As an aside I'm curious to know if anyone has used Manifold, the website does seem to claim it does everything you might possibly want for one low-low price :)

There usually isn't a budget code for "common courtesy" though, and even if the members of staff involved feel they should contribute they might be wary of being asked to justify having spent their budget on something they could have got for free. Projects that want to get money need to offer additional formal services in return for it, whether it be support or membership of a board to help shape future development.

(This is a UK-viewpoint, also I just know about this from the Local Government IT side - I'm not a Traffic Engineer)

What we do is offer to issue these to community groups who some basic safety training and are told to be clear if asked that they are not issuing penalties. The "concerned members of the public" then sit out with the device and it keeps a log of the speeds recorded. They then return this to us and the log is used as evidence alongside their submission to decide if a more formal study is carried out possibly leading to traffic calming measures. Showing people they're exceeding the speed limit often helps in itself and one of the possible things done to help is a static version of this device that still doesn't issue penalties. The devices also have the ability to be set with a limit to how fast they show on the screen to prevent people using them to show off.

I wouldn't suggest trying to build a device yourself, there are often cases reported where the suspect has been acquitted due to the device being incorrectly calibrated and I imagine everyone would try this angle when they found it was something done by amateurs. That said some people seem to do fine with just a hair dryer...

Anywhere where someone doesn't have a Hot Plug. I'm also curious what the behaviour is if someone leaves the power on but plugs the sata into a different computer.