automatic in comment and analysis
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: A Christmas wish list
Comment Could we also have automatic filing, cataloguing and indexing for free too? A machine that doesn’t imitate a hot plate and burn my legs would also be a real boon, along with a self healing OS, automatic recovery and back-up of all files, and... [17 Dec 2003]
Devil's Advocate: To trust or not to trust machines?
Comment The lack of automatic systems has also been a cause of accidents. In fact, the automatic systems have to be pretty good. And yet, we like to take comfort from knowing that the crew can override the automatic systems, even though the system may be... [26 Jul 2005]
Criminal IT: Why insecurity is implicit in computing
Comment He produced not only an answer to the Decidability Problem but did so with an imaginative technique that showed us how to build automatic mathematicians - computers which first solved the puzzle of the Enigma cipher machines, turning the tide of... [18 May 2005]
Devil's Advocate: The train makes the connection
Comment In the automatic reply, you could offer an alternative email address for mail that is really important. The automatic reply could further discourage spam by announcing that there is no need to resend financial proposals, offers of penis enlargement... [19 Aug 2003]
Q&A: Chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates
Comment The idea that management can be more automatic and software updating can be more automatic, state-replication more automatic - there are some big things here that can drive the industry forward. Would you buy Windows Vista? [14 Sep 2005]
Skills Survey 2002: Snared by IR35? Here are some options...
Comment The personal service company (PSC) can no longer be the automatic first choice for consultant contractors. Two weeks ago we published a column by the Professional Contractor Group (PCG) about what can be done in the face of IR35. [28 Mar 2002]
The rise and fall of the smartcard
Comment But with automatic debits, people will find no intermediary between them and their money - major debts could easily be incurred before we learn to forge new budgeting habits. The benefits of smartcards to big business - especially banks - are well... [26 Aug 1998]
Opinion: Policing the internet will take more than law
Comment Campaigners against pornographic sites have built up a lot of emotional support so it was no surprise that the automatic response of 289 MPs was to call for regulation and control of the internet. While forming new legislation can help in the fight... [20 Sep 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: GPS changes everything
Comment We have moved on, and the options list now includes automatic transmission, air conditioning, sound system upgrades, spoilers and GPS navigation systems. Written while flying from Heathrow to Istanbul and dispatched to silicon.com from Istanbul... [28 Nov 2005]
CRM: Hosted vs packaged - which to choose?
Comment However, on-premise packaged CRM software still has substantial support right across all company sizes and is the automatic deployment choice for many organisations. It is also a key battleground in the fight between hosted and on-premise software. [02 May 2006]
Opinion: E-government failing taxpayers?
Comment Last year, of the approximately 9.5 million taxpayers who file returns, nearly 10 per cent missed the deadline and received an automatic £100 fine as a result; there's also an interest charge of 7.5 per cent on money owed, with a five per cent... [31 Jan 2005]
The Bloor Perspective: viral marketing switchboard style, OpenView sees further, and the cross-fertilisation of media
Comment The quacking addition to the menu not only made the callers smile, it kicked them out of the automatic trance people go into once they realise they are talking to a computer. No matter who you are, you've probably done time on the maddening... [18 Nov 2000]
Start-up of the Month: A government portal?
Comment Applicants are guided through the process with automatic error checking of forms and extensive help. You find start-ups in the strangest of places these days. Just a few months ago we brought you one huddled alongside the swanky tailors of Savile Row. [31 Jan 2003]
Location location location: Where the mobile industry is pinning its hopes
Comment E911 Phase II Automatic Location Identification (ALI) defines deployment schedules, accuracy and reliability requirements for handset and network-based technologies. Some have even heralded them as central to the future of mobile communications. [11 Oct 2001]
Devil's Advocate: Should Microsoft be paying you to use Windows?
Comment Or maybe each time anyone is dissatisfied with a bank's performance, an automatic payment of thirty pounds could be added to the account? Martin Brampton imagines a world where companies must pay customers when their products cause them grief. [08 Nov 2005]
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