UK PM unfit for purpose

Given his recent comments about the whole AV referendum he's either completely ignorant about it, suggesting he's not competent enough to be PM, or he's being blatantly dishonest about it, going so fat as to drag the BNP into it which is enough to make him unsuitable for the position. If the BNP get more votes through the new system, then that woule be a fair reflection on how the public voted and this is what he should have issue with, not the method of counting the votes which reveal this tendency (if indeed one was to be revealed at all).

Google has defended recent changes to its search system that reduced the prominence of some popular websites.

Microsoft whinging again. I'm just glad Google went ahead with this change because I was on the verge of giving up using it due to the amount of crap coming from the likes of Ciao. These kinds of sites should quite rightly be pushed to the background as they offer virtually no useful information about any of the searches that brought them up.

These content farms are the worst kind of sites on the internet. They offer nothing new, no unique content and all they are are holding pens for other advertisers. Good riddance to them!

Meta M357 alarm removal

Well, that's it. I submitted a query to Meta via their web form last week and didn't get a response so I've removed the alarm from the bike. It was a lot easier than I though. Apart from the ignition and ground wires, everything else was just spliced onto existing wires, like the indicators, etc. All I had to do was to snip off everything and tape over the wire end and then rejoin the ground and ignition wires back at the wiring loom beside the battery - No big deal. Seems to me that anyone who was experienced in these matters could have the alarm stripped out of the bike and everything put back to the original state in less than an hour (taking into account the time needed to remove and refit the fairing and other bits.)

Works fine and I doubt I'll be using a Meta for the next alarm I get. Since the alarm obviously wasn't working I decided to take it apart and see how easy it might be to analyse. As it turns out the copper on the base of the circuit board was corroding and the piezo sounder had some bad corrosion on the negative connection. Seems to me like the potting compound they used had too much water content and ended up damaging the alarm. Poor design by the looks of it.