Posts by MrReynolds2U

Re: Copied the CD to HDD

Yep. Format and copy i386? Then run setup.exe

Installed in less than 20 minutes.

Re: Keyboard layout

ISTR that in telecoms we used to refer to the hash as "gate". So you had star and gate keys on your telephone keypad. Not sure if that was a common name or more of a colloquial thing.

Re: When managers get involved in technical stuff - beware!

Tell me it wasn't called Proclaim. I get shudders when that gets mentioned.

Re: AI research or Thunderbird?

Indeed. The marketing term AI is, like all marketing-led initiatives in software, vapourware.

Re: Doesn't scale

The article didn't mention the time required for the beam to have an effect. Was it instantaneous?

If not, space objects have a habit of rotating which might dissipate the effect.

(I can't remember if it's effect or affect above).

Re: Prevent kindergarteners

Often the opening windows were accompanied by cast iron radiators that were either off or burned your skin on contact.

Same here

I used to go into the pub next door to my school occasionally when I had a gap in the day. We'd play pool and have a pint.

The unwritten rule was that you had to take your school tie off first. That way you were just someone wearing a shirt and trousers.

It made the Maths lesson on return to school a lot more fun.

Re: Be Brave

I recently switched from Opera to Brave on my personal devices and I'm very happy with it. Linked bookmarks and passwords work well.

However, lusers in work insist upon using Chrome. I'm considering switching them all to Brave and using a Chrome icon because they probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Well if you use something like Asterisk (VoIP), it's entirely up to you how to set it up. There are no presumptions.

When I set up phone systems however I usually combine my own tests with that of the network provider.

So, one would be that I will do test calls to (9)999 and (9)112 (both with and without the prefix). Plus I'll direct (9)911 to the real local emergency number.

The providers I use insist that you have run these tests before signing off on completion of the system.

Re: Heck; I can't even trust my Volvo

From my experience and those who have been hurt, active lane assist is the most dangerous thing on modern cars.

It needs to be eradicated, not made mandatory and defaulted to on.

Re: Here in the UK

I bought a spare laptop charger for my Lenovo from the souk. It looked almost identical to the OEM adaptor but when plugged in I could feel a slight charge on the lid of the laptop. Ceased using but didn't get around to sending back.

Amazon used to be a good place to find cheaper OEM stuff but now it's all character soup named Chinese companies. I used to think that they were probably made in the same factory and just badged differently. Then I realised if that was the case, they were probably items that failed QA. Either way, l avoid like the plague now.

It's always DNS <\sarc>

Re: Microsoft board member requests FTC chair being removed - pays money to upcoming president

Since the money was donated to a PAC, that's not directly a donation to her but to a theoretically separate group. Direct donations to politicians are limited in value IIRC.

I don't think adverts by PACs and super PACs carry an endorsement from the candidate and therefore aren't a binding policy announcement. Often they are attack ads.

Obviously as a right-pondian I may be wrong and am happy to be corrected.

I seem to remember the figure of $2B being banded about in regards to Barak's first run and I don't know if that included PACs or direct donations.

Re: On the other hand ...

Could it be that the wiring connector is missing the permanent live and instead using the ignition live, so resetting every time.

As a test, can you turn the radio on when the ignition is off / keys out (don't know if you have physical keys).

Sounds familiar

Back in the early days of my career I worked at a Computer Repair outfit in South Wales (capitalisation intended). Apparently when the boss came in one morning a customer machine was waiting to be rebuilt and he took it upon himself to replace the RAM and get it ready to go out.

When my colleagues came in he reported that the machine had a faulty motherboard and RAM. They checked and saw that he had forced the RAM in the wrong way around. I didn't know it was possible to do that but apparently with enough force you can get a DIMM in that way but it has a catastrophic effect. He denied this had happened but stopped helping out in the repair shop afterwards.

He wasn't incapable, in fact he'd started the business doing all roles but somewhere along the way he'd lost the attention to detail required to do it properly.

Re: "Block extract text"

Yep, I've dropped an email to corrections@

The once I did try new Outlook it failed to transfer my email accounts across and I went straight back. They might have fixed that now but they really shouldn't be releasing it to "try" if such basic functionality isn't working. I suppose I'll give it another look on a VM so I don't screw up my system again.

Re: Good

The Vauxhall Frontera was notorious for being top heavy and there was opinion that some of the LandRover family had the same tendencies but I found them quite planted.

Re: WTF?

For one thing: death in service benefits or life insurance etc based upon average earnings. Although the insurance side would likely be calculated at time of diagnosis.

I have a feeling that the treatment costs have been making a large dent in the family savings and, like any loving parent/spouse, you want to make sure your family are in a decent position to take care of themselves when the inevitable happens.

Plus there's the professional aspect: if your mind is still working, you want to use that and not fade away.

Re: TMobile is correct, but...

the problem with stupid is they would say "look how bad it's making us feel and it's not even turned on yet!"

I regularly go out with a tool kit that could be used to build an extension, but there's always one tool I've left in the shed that I find myself needing. Which is probably why I have multiples of some tools.

Re: Technical Terminology

I like the term "police master key" for MoE kit.

I prefer gummy bears myself. They often get handed out at running events too. Good to give your glucose a boost through a race.

Re: Long-lived contracts

Could you honestly say that _any_ legal documents are actually written in plain text?

Re: Pride

That, my friend is why spoiled votes are counted.

And then there's our old friends The Monster Raving Looney Party, which have been somewhat usurped by the main political parties fielding questionable candidates lately.

Re: Original Intent

I remember talking to industry people in the late 90s and they were certain that information was the next big commodity. The idea probably goes back further. I'm my experience websites were set up to either provide a service, make money, provide (dis) information or a combination.

Some dating sites probably were originally set up to provide a service to wannabe daters. Somewhere along the way they switched to providing a service to those interested in their customer's data.

Re: So much battery and charging bullshit

Lightening connector (outside the EU)

Doc Brown version, not Apple

Re: Great show.

There's a few more than 2 wars going on right now:

Wiki Link

Although you'd be forgiven for thinking that, given how the media rarely reports on other conflicts.

Re: Finding a working charger

thanks for the info