So no change there, then! Even so, when it comes to, er, the UK's new 5G network-thingie, I am in a stygian blackout of total ignorance. You may judge that from the fact that my first question was what happened to the 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G networks? However, I do realise that this is all something to do with computerised 'jiggery-pokery' somewhat similar to the sort of thing 'SoD' drones on about and therefor far above and beyond my ken.
Nevertheless, even a stone age dinosaur like me dimly realises that in this 'brave new world', these things are critically important. Not just to allow me to bore for Britain on this blog but for a zillion other connections and networks which actually keep our world ticking over. Any breakdown and chaos looms!
So, I wonder, who was the brain-dead moron who agreed to hand over a chunk of this new 5G-thingie - to the Chinese? Well, of course, it was Theresa May - who else? I do realise that any attempt to inject a miniscule of common-sense into that silly woman's noodle is certain to fail but is it truly impossible for her to grasp the 'yuuuuuuuuuge', and growing 'yuuuuuuuuuger' by the day, fact that China is our enemy?! They hate us and they wish us nothing but harm. To be honest, given our history, I am not sure I can blame them but it is critical that our so-called leaders understand that the Chinese government will do anything, at the appropriate time, to wreck our country. Not today, possibly not tomorrow and maybe not next year - but certainly at some time that suits their game plan, they will pull away the props they control and bring the roof crashing down on Britain.
In the same way that our ruling class failed to understand that the EU hierarchy are our deadly enemies, so they blithely hand over power to the Chinese murder machine!
Politics aside, Chinese engineers are generally very good. Their 5G system has a major advantage: It requires less hardware and is therefor lower in cost and easier to build. However, considering their history of hiding nasty surprises in embedded (ask SoD) and other software, it would be wise for y'all to exhaustively reverse-engineer before using it.
Posted by: Bob | Thursday, 25 April 2019 at 15:59
"stygian blackout of total ignorance:
Don't fret! We are in the hands of Mrs May and her band of technical experts.
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Thursday, 25 April 2019 at 17:52
I've no idea how good the kit is, but given that Theresa has OK'd it, I can safely say that adopting it is a bad decision for the UK.
Posted by: Whyaxye | Thursday, 25 April 2019 at 18:01
"Chinese engineers are generally very good"
Who says so? What major inventions are Chinese? They are a bunch of plagiarists. Better to buy American or British.
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Friday, 26 April 2019 at 09:13
Well BOE there was gunpowder.
But then again Chinee gunpowder is kinda smoky.
Posted by: JK | Friday, 26 April 2019 at 16:04