Posts by jake

What a heel ...

The author, that is. Platforms are not stilettos ... Ms Bee, kindly educate the perp ;-)

That's not trolling.

That's being an asshole.

There is a major difference.

During the meanwhile ...

Why, exactly, is CO2 seen as a major issue, yet nobody complains about Nitrous Oxide or water vapor as greenhouse gasses? The scientific ignorance being displayed is astonishing ... But then the political haymakers like it that way, don't they?

Call me when they are growing decent wine grapes around Hadrian's Wall ... or they are forecasting a Frost Faire on the Thames.

Until then, I'll continue pointing & giggling whenever I notice a so-called "green" person tossing a mercury laden CFL into the trash ...

Gawd/ess. The misinformation is appalling ...

First of all, I have personally caught a "Great White"[1], just off the coast from Bude (actually, just off Northcott Mouth). This was in 1978 or 1979. I have Polaroids, and a scar between the thumb and forefinger of my left hand as mementos. I released him/her. He/she didn't thank me. That's where I got the nick ...

Second, I have run across sharks of many stripes whilst surfing and boating here in Northern California, including Great Whites. Not a single one of them showed any interest in making me into a snack, much less a main course. But then I grok what "food chain" means ... and how it works ...

Try not to look like a wounded seal ... you'll live longer, in any walk of life.

[1] For small values of Great White ... only 3.5 feet, or thereabouts.

What a palaver ...

Hire competent IT staff, and roll FOSS out in-house. How hard is it?

It works for microsoft^W, yahoo, google & IBM, right?

Hi! We're from the government!

We're here to help you!

(Never mind the word "cyber", which automatically indicates complete and total ignorance of all things computer and network related ... but a billion quid? In THIS economy????!?? You have GOT to be kidding me ... It'll all end in tears ... no government agency, anywhere on this damp rock, has any clue how computers work.)

The title "Boffin" considered to be negative?

As a guy who has had the title "Boffin at Large" on his business cards (they wouldn't let me use my preferred "Chief Cook & Bottle Washer" at Bigger Blue), I kinda suspect that anyone who dislikes the term can and should be summarily ignored.

Games?

People still play computer games? How 1980s ... Next you'll be telling me that people still see advertising on their personal(sic) computers ...

Damn ...

First the Bulgarians bag a German pair, and now this ... I was hoping it was Friday! Stop your malicious teasing, ElReg!

Dismantled it for transportation?

Surely it'd be easier to move it under it's own power? Moving a stripped tank hull isn't exactly something to be taken lightly ...

Get back to me when ...

GBTMW ... either there are decent vineyards up around Hadrian's Wall, or there is a Frost Fair on the Thames ... until then, we are still within historical norms, climate-wise. All else is ignorant hand-wringing, and/or political hay making.

::heh::

This should be a pretty funny slap-fest ... The "anonymous" skiddies should take notes on how NOT to break into stuff ;-)

::puts on pot of coffee & makes toast::[1]

[1] Hey, it's quarter to two in the morning ... far too early for popcorn & beer!

What else is new?

"It seems more like industry taking the MoD for a long and lucrative ride."

Sounds to me more like the industry, the MoD, and the politicians are taking the taxpayer for a long and lucrative ride. So what else is new?

Social networking ...

... is neither.

Remember back when ...

... it was a decade (or more) before good films were legally available for home viewing? Oh, wait, I said "good films". Never mind.

Idiots who can't drive ...

... can't drive.

I mean, how hard is it? "Gee, look, the road is going into a lake[1] ... maybe I better stop and rethink my route a trifle." The Darwin Awards are going to be full of Nintendo Generation graduates for years to come, methinks.

[1] Up a footpath & over a cliff in the wilds of Yorkshire, or wherever.

Or maybe ...

It's smoke and mirrors, trying to misdirect from the real problem.

That problem being that the total fucking numpties in charge have not only approved of using Microsoft software for SCADA, but have ALSO approved of attaching said systems to TheInternetAtLarge[1].

The cluelessness being displayed at national levels is absolutely breathtaking.

[1]Whatever that is.

The WHAT? US National Electronic Injury Surveillance System???!?

"US National Electronic Injury Surveillance System"

Never heard of it. And I suspect I'll never hear of it again.

"Americans sustained 696 "video game-related injuries" during the period 2004 to 2009."

Wow. All of 116 non-defined "injuries" a year, USA-wide. How many were injured by bicycles, skateboards and ice skates in the same time frame? I could ask the same of alcohol, tobacco, salt, sugar, fat, and the good old bathtub ...

As much as I personally think that video games are a waste of time, minds and resources, methinks there are better places to spend research dollars.

Serious question.

Why do people get all up in arms about this kind of thing? I mean, seriously, when you think about it somebody, somewhere, is being assaulted as you read this. This is a fact, whether you like it or not. The likes of google trying to gloss over this reality doesn't change anything ... There was a body in that street, when the goocar drove through. Accept it. Learn from it.

And maybe try to avoid something similar happening closer to home ...

Larry, Larry, Larry ...

Think calm thoughts. It'll do your blood-pressure good.

All together now ... "Ommmmmmm ..."

So, basically, these "anonymous" twats ...

... seem to think that they can promote internet freedom by censoring what they don't want to see on the internet?

Isn't this roughly the same as fucking to promote virginity?

Teenagers. Go figure. Don't give 'em any more press, they aren't worth the column inches.

Ubuntu sysadmin scripts?

Now THERE's a phrase I never thought I'd hear/read in supposedly serious conversation ... google is clearly being run by management & marketing, not engineering.

"Ubuntu sysadmin scripts" ... The very idea makes me giggle :-)

Bottom line?

Meg's an idiot. A rich one, perhaps, but an idiot nonetheless. She always has been, and always will be. If the fine folks in California vote her into office, we're pulling up stakes & moving our HQ to our (already existing) facility in Oregon.

Keep on spinning, Meg. In several senses of the term. Some of us don't buy into it, but at least it gives us something to talk about at the water cooler ...

Oh noes!

You mean fads that have no actual purpose DIE?????

AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!! There goes my business model!

The real question is ...

Would these things have actually caught the totally-pants bomber in the first place? Methinks the security staff are looking for anything other than inflammable knickers ...

One rule.

I pay for my end of the link, you pay for your end of the link. It's been that way since before TCP/IP was even a concept. The marketing forces of the world need to get used to the idea.

Somewhere ...

Bill & Dave are spinning ...

You have got to be kidding ...

"Coates believes the malefactor has been recording evil messages onto cassette tapes which are then unspooled to enclose and hence curse their target areas."

And people actually pay attention to this nutter? I think we've finally found proof that the human race is ultimately doomed to extinction ...