I have to admit, I tried watching a film, last night.
The 2024 folk horror, Lord of Misrule: with Tuppence Middleton and Ralph Ineson.
I have to admit, I gave up on the thing after about half an hour.
Despite — or possibly because of — its similarity to The Wicker Man, despite the beautiful setting, it’s something that couldn’t hold my attention.
Granted, having two teenagers bang on my door, at the twenty minute mark — they got the wrong address — didn’t help.
Even given that?
Lord of Misrule didn’t grab me!
That’s a shame: it’s beautifully shot!
~≈🃏≈~
I was rather interested in the technology news, at one point.
Mildly obsessed and evangelical, to be honest.
But still … interested …
So … ?
Recent obscure news — that Denmark’s Ministry for Digital Affairs is planning to use forms of Linux and LibreOffice instead of Windows and Microsoft Office — caught my attention.
I’m assuming that a lot of that planned shift?
Is going to be based on cost.
The price of the computer you’ve just bought will include a certain amount for a copy of Windows*.
That amount will be far less for most forms of Linux.
MS Office will cost: even if you’re only paying a cheap subscription for the online version, it’ll cost.
Cost too much: especially compared to things like LibreOffice or OpenOffice, which are free.
But the ministry has also made another point: that they’re making the shift as a way to improve digital sovereignty.
Promoting Danish technology solutions to meet Danish technology needs, and reduce the control handed to foreign companies.
I can only hope that whatever UK government bodies — local and national — make the same sort of decisions, at some point.
It’s about time British governments, of whatever stripe, promoted British technology makers!
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Let’s move on.
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum†, Olga‡ and Debbi§ putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum on four.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s question set, shall we?
Q1)19th June is the Anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s commencement of work in the Workers’ Party Central Committee. In which country: North Korea or South Korea?
Q2)The first cricket player to score a century, and take eight wickets in the same innings, did so on 19th June, 1978. Who was that cricketer: Sachin Tendulkar, Ian Botham or Viv Richards?
Q3)19th June is the feast day of Saint Juliana Falconieri. Her main shrine is where: Florence, Venice or Rome?
Q4)The Re-insurance Treaty was signed on 18th June, 1887. The treaty’s signatories were the German Empire, and which other empire: Russia’s, Japan’s or the UK’s?
* From what I’ve understood? Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10, the current version of Windows, in October of this year: and are encouraging PC users to upgrade to Windows 11. However, there’s an issue. Windows 11 can only be installed on a newer PC: one with a specific type of security chip. If your Windows 10 machine doesn’t have this chip, Windows 11 can’t be used with it: without a lot of jumping about that’s beyond most of us.
It’s far easier, in other words, to buy a new computer: and migrate everything over. Spending money on new machines when you don’t have to, is something most people don’t like. I suspect that specific expense is another reason the Danish ministry is looking at open source software.
† Hello, Mum!
‡ It went well, Olga: I’ve got another one, next Wednesday, as well. (Oh, was your laptop a Windows 10 or Windows 11 one? There’s issues: if it needs to upgrade to Windows 11, and doesn’t have the chip it needs.)
My computer has Windows 11 installed already. I installed it when it became available. I had to change my computer a few years back (the other one's wifi hadn't been working properly for a while, and eventually everything started going wrong). I think I already told you about the Mental Health Trust I worked for in Sheffield deciding to stop using Microsoft altogether years back. It created big problems, because some people had bought computers through them and were left with no support, and the trust computers couldn't communicate with any others, not with GPs or the hospitals either. And although there were computer technicians working for the trust, I think it was a bit too much for their department to deal with everything. You need to have a good plan in place and people who know what they are doing. I remember the NHS plans to create an IT system across all the health services. They spent billions and nothing came out of it. Methinks that the good minds able to do that kind of work (designing complex systems, rather than symply working with individual computers) are snatched by big companies offering big money and better facilities and work conditions. But perhaps the Danish government has anything in hand. (You yourself have experienced the problems of trying to deal with something as simple as forms, and so have I here... When something can go wrong...)
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1 North Korea
ReplyDelete2 Ian Botham
3 Florence
4 American Sign Language
5 Chemist
Q1) North Korea
ReplyDeleteQ2) Ian Botham
Q3) Florence
Q4) American Sign Language
Q5) mathematician
My computer has Windows 11 installed already. I installed it when it became available. I had to change my computer a few years back (the other one's wifi hadn't been working properly for a while, and eventually everything started going wrong).
ReplyDeleteI think I already told you about the Mental Health Trust I worked for in Sheffield deciding to stop using Microsoft altogether years back. It created big problems, because some people had bought computers through them and were left with no support, and the trust computers couldn't communicate with any others, not with GPs or the hospitals either. And although there were computer technicians working for the trust, I think it was a bit too much for their department to deal with everything. You need to have a good plan in place and people who know what they are doing. I remember the NHS plans to create an IT system across all the health services. They spent billions and nothing came out of it. Methinks that the good minds able to do that kind of work (designing complex systems, rather than symply working with individual computers) are snatched by big companies offering big money and better facilities and work conditions. But perhaps the Danish government has anything in hand. (You yourself have experienced the problems of trying to deal with something as simple as forms, and so have I here... When something can go wrong...)
Both, I think.
ReplyDelete1. North Korea
2. Ian Botham
3. Florence
4. American Sign Language
5. mathematician