VISTA

Just had to buy a new PC as a result of a major crash. Fortunately almost all my data was backed up and I lost only a few bits and pieces. Naturally the new one came with Vista. My God! — is it slow!! The old one under XP was much faster even though the new one has twice the RAM (about 2GB).

HEALTH AND SAFETY TALIBAN

The boss of West Yorkshire Police has raised a few hackles by references to the Health and Safety Taliban. He believes that H and S concerns can make it easier for police to do nothing in a crisis. Talking about the recent Menezes case when the Metropolitan force were prosecuted for H and S offences he described the trial as "a triumph for health and safety, a lucrative new territory for lawyers, and a disaster for common sense". He suggests that the armchair H and S Taliban are creating doubt in situation where there was once certainty.
Lisa Fowlie, one of the Taliban leaders (actually President of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health), claims they are making the country a safer place.
The rest of us can only be thankful that West Yorkshire have a man of sense at the helm.