Comments on: British Computer Society struggles to use computers http://blog.garethj.com/2008/05/british-computer-society-struggles-to-use-computers/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:34:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Matt LG http://blog.garethj.com/2008/05/british-computer-society-struggles-to-use-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Matt LG Wed, 14 May 2008 17:43:34 +0000 http://blog.garethj.com/?p=44#comment-200 LOL. The BCS is an embarrassment to IT. I cancel my membership years ago. In 2001 I notified them that their website was not W3C compliant. When I left IBM in 2006, it still wasn't compliant. How poor is that. LOL. The BCS is an embarrassment to IT. I cancel my membership years ago. In 2001 I notified them that their website was not W3C compliant. When I left IBM in 2006, it still wasn't compliant. How poor is that.

]]> By: Matt LG http://blog.garethj.com/2008/05/british-computer-society-struggles-to-use-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Matt LG Wed, 14 May 2008 16:43:34 +0000 http://blog.garethj.com/?p=44#comment-179 LOL. The BCS is an embarrassment to IT. I cancel my membership years ago. In 2001 I notified them that their website was not W3C compliant. When I left IBM in 2006, it still wasn't compliant. How poor is that. LOL. The BCS is an embarrassment to IT. I cancel my membership years ago. In 2001 I notified them that their website was not W3C compliant. When I left IBM in 2006, it still wasn't compliant. How poor is that.

]]> By: garethj http://blog.garethj.com/2008/05/british-computer-society-struggles-to-use-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-178 garethj Wed, 14 May 2008 15:13:59 +0000 http://blog.garethj.com/?p=44#comment-178 Yesterday I sent a message to the BCS informing them of the problem. Today I had the following reply:<br><br>"Dear Mr Jones, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are presently investigating this error with our mailing house. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Best Regards..." Yesterday I sent a message to the BCS informing them of the problem. Today I had the following reply:

“Dear Mr Jones, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are presently investigating this error with our mailing house. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Best Regards…”

]]> By: Matt LG http://blog.garethj.com/2008/05/british-computer-society-struggles-to-use-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Matt LG Wed, 14 May 2008 12:43:34 +0000 http://blog.garethj.com/?p=44#comment-79 LOL. The BCS is an embarrassment to IT. I cancel my membership years ago. In 2001 I notified them that their website was not W3C compliant. When I left IBM in 2006, it still wasn't compliant. How poor is that. LOL. The BCS is an embarrassment to IT. I cancel my membership years ago. In 2001 I notified them that their website was not W3C compliant. When I left IBM in 2006, it still wasn't compliant. How poor is that.

]]> By: garethj http://blog.garethj.com/2008/05/british-computer-society-struggles-to-use-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-78 garethj Wed, 14 May 2008 11:13:59 +0000 http://blog.garethj.com/?p=44#comment-78 Yesterday I sent a message to the BCS informing them of the problem. Today I had the following reply:<br><br>"Dear Mr Jones, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are presently investigating this error with our mailing house. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Best Regards..." Yesterday I sent a message to the BCS informing them of the problem. Today I had the following reply:

“Dear Mr Jones, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are presently investigating this error with our mailing house. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Best Regards…”

]]> By: garethj http://blog.garethj.com/2008/05/british-computer-society-struggles-to-use-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-177 garethj Tue, 13 May 2008 15:41:04 +0000 http://blog.garethj.com/?p=44#comment-177 Now that must be it Rob - I'm just not clever enough! I have a feeling it might be because I entered my number with the international dialing prefix (+441962) rather than 01962... Now that must be it Rob – I'm just not clever enough! I have a feeling it might be because I entered my number with the international dialing prefix (+441962) rather than 01962…

]]> By: Andy S-C http://blog.garethj.com/2008/05/british-computer-society-struggles-to-use-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Andy S-C Tue, 13 May 2008 15:38:10 +0000 http://blog.garethj.com/?p=44#comment-176 probably a FORTRAN program with a dubious print format statement (not that I know any FORTRAN, I hasten to add!)... probably a FORTRAN program with a dubious print format statement (not that I know any FORTRAN, I hasten to add!)…

]]> By: Rob Smart http://blog.garethj.com/2008/05/british-computer-society-struggles-to-use-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Rob Smart Tue, 13 May 2008 14:19:53 +0000 http://blog.garethj.com/?p=44#comment-175 You're missing the point Gareth, they are sooo clever that they only like to read numbers in Scientific notation and if you can't read them you can't join their club ;) You're missing the point Gareth, they are sooo clever that they only like to read numbers in Scientific notation and if you can't read them you can't join their club ;)

]]> By: andyp http://blog.garethj.com/2008/05/british-computer-society-struggles-to-use-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-174 andyp Tue, 13 May 2008 13:35:27 +0000 http://blog.garethj.com/?p=44#comment-174 LOL - scary.... LOL – scary….

]]> By: garethj http://blog.garethj.com/2008/05/british-computer-society-struggles-to-use-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-77 garethj Tue, 13 May 2008 11:41:04 +0000 http://blog.garethj.com/?p=44#comment-77 Now that must be it Rob - I'm just not clever enough! I have a feeling it might be because I entered my number with the international dialing prefix (+441962) rather than 01962... Now that must be it Rob – I'm just not clever enough! I have a feeling it might be because I entered my number with the international dialing prefix (+441962) rather than 01962…

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