Posts by SuperGeek

Re: First bus?

As an apprentice First Manchester technician many moons ago my running joke was, "First stop, the garage!". So many vehicles failed their first daily walk rounds, with either visible physical defects or warning lights!

Re: Wait until Facewatch is hacked

"The combination of supermarket paranoia, sloppy procedures & misuse of facial recognition promises a dystopian future."

But hey, let's not blame the REAL root cause. Bad parenting. If humans were raised by decent humans and not riff raff this "paranoia" wouldn't exist, would it? Temporary compulsory sterilisation. James Stannage was on to a winner!

You can't blame Linux for that. Try getting an Intel I219-V Ethernet controller to work under Server 2025. Yep, you have to edit the driver! Even Intel's own Server 2025 driver doesn't work as the V series isn't listed in the INF!

And the I219-V is a server controller :(

Re: Amazing, really...

"I have never paid for Windows, not even as included in a PC purchase."

The cost of the license is part of the computer price. LoL!

Re: If it worked I'd pay!

It isn't the word "Supergirl" that causes it as I can use it in a quick prompt and it works fine, it's GPT's elongated description somehow.

Re: Very nearly coffee > Keyboard time there!!

OH&S = Overblown Health & Safety?

Heh, they are soft these days ;P

Re: Surprised?

Looking forward to the SMOOREZ YouTube review on that one! WELCOME have released some TERRIBLE clones, but the videos are funny. Not a sponsor, by the way!

Re: Disks

2 metres tall for 50MB? Wow! And here I am with a newish Creative MP3 player that has a 4GB HDD that is smaller than a CompactFlash card! It is adorable!

Progress, huh? ;)

Re: What about a new job?

The book, "5 types of people that can ruin your life" is a really good read. I read it after dating a narcissistic Borderline. I just wish I'd read it beforehand hehe!

Re: "reshapes GNOME in the image of Windows 11"

I wonder if that's why Microsoft haven't gone after the Wubuntu project? I noticed just now they've rebranded it to Winux, or is it me?

Re: TODO

I'm a millennial, I use Linux since early 2000's. I can write scripts (not BIND, mind) and I'm not scared of CLI.I will give stuff a big go on my own if I get stuck rather than ask for help first.

I pulled my stereo system apart at age 6 and started soldering at 8. Love tech to bits, and I'm an introvert :)

Re: Used

I remember when keyboards were just a plastic trim, two screws and a ribbon cable. Now the entire palmrest needs replacing along with a strip down and rebuild grrr

Re: I was called in ...

I learned about ground loops back in the Xbox 360 days. I used to mod the DVD drive firmware through the SATA of a Shuttle PC. When you did this you had to ground the 360's metal chassis to the PC case (in my case using a metal coathanger) as the Xbox used a floating ground inside its PSU, there was no ground pin on the kettle lead to the mains socket. The DVD drives had to be powered from the console as they used a proprietary connector for power. One day I hadn't realised the coat hanger had slipped out. The SATA ports on the Shuttle I used for modding stopped working permanently, only the IDE worked from then on!

The Shuttle soldiered on for a good 6 years after that, even without working SATA!

Heh

Sterling work there me old chap! :)

Re: the army of millions of human beings screwing in little screws is going to come to America

They can use AI for that! It'll be a parody of the old, "There's an app for that!", now it's, "There's an AI for that!"

Re: Yvette loves to do things behind closed doors...

"So the british government doesnt give free healthcare and other social programs ?

THe British gov "gives" far more to its people than the American gov."

It isn't "free". It's paid for by TAXES, lol. There's no such thing as a free lunch, it is paid for by someone down the line!

Re: On anthropomorphization

"So you are one of those rare wonderful humans who have not cursed and yelled at their computer. Or their car."

If YOU don't START, I'm going to give you a DAMN good THRASHING!!!!

No, me neither! Oh, maybe a bit ;)

Hostages? How about sausages? Mind you then Two Tier Kier Starmer the Farner Harmer would sue!

Re: Alternatives

How does Bob Marley make internet calls?

Wi' Jami! ;)

Re: Irate customers

Is that the hole truth, the Polo truth and nothing but the truth?

Re: “listen, learn, and improve”

(Don't) Listen, Learn (but) Leech?

Re: Wit For A Limited Audience??

"who would challenge the suggestion that there is ANYTHING AT ALL wrong with phrases like "military intelligence" or "Microsoft Works"."

Or how about Norton Systemworks? No it bloody doesn't!!

Re: Dos Versions that were significant or useful

Those were the days! Now most switches are all software controlled!

WordSquish?

Re: Do they even know what users do or how

There's a little thing that sits between Windows and your screens called a display driver. They store profiles and settings too, so maybe blame your graphics manufacturer?

Re: Ten years ago

Linux Mint is also SO LIGHT on resources that my ASUS TUF FA507UV's fans never come on in balanced power mode, unless I start using CPU threads running several torrents or video editing in OpenShot. In Windows the fans seem to never stop, or the SSD activity light stop blinking at idle!

Linux is awesome. Been using Mint since v2.2 (Bianca) as a second OS. Now at v22 it's going to be my daily driver come next year!

Re: "he was turned down for every single one of the more than 100 jobs he applied for"

Hehe, Biden, is that you? He got his dates waaaay out!