2nd December, 2018.
Yep, it’s a wet Sunday morning: and frankly?
I’m at a loss for something to do …
Well …
I’ll possibly need to empty my bins at some point.
As well as do half a ton of stuff around the flat.
And … well … hang around … !
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Saying that … ?
I have this bad habit of floating around the BBC’s news pages.
And couldn’t help but notice a couple of items.
First up … ?
It seems NHK, the national broadcaster of Japan, has announced its new 8K TV channel.
In other words, its new EXTREMELY high definition TV channel.
Not that everyone in Japan has the kit to watch it: for one thing, the sets need four HDMI cables to carry the signal.
But those who do will be able to watch a broadcast of 2001: A Space Odyssey in seriously stunning definition.
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The other thing I noticed?
Apparently, a schoolboy in Burnham-on-Crouch managed to log onto a teacher’s laptop, copy a lot of confidential pupil data and share it with his friends.
Apparently, the school concerned has taken action to recover the data, and warn affected pupils and parents.
Now, I know I’m as guilty as anyone: of not locking my screen when I’m at home, or when I was at work.
Not that I get that many visitors … but most wouldn’t go anywhere near my desktop if I wasn’t in the room.
Not that anyone I worked with, in my last job, would look at whatever computer I was working with.
But I’m very aware that screen locking — switching on a screen saver, and making sure it can’t be turned off without a password — is good, basic practise.
So I’m not wondering how this has happened.
I’m convinced the teacher has been away from his desk, left his screen unlocked …
And, somewhere in the class room?
Kids have been kids …
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