Posts by Phil Kingston

Could ask Pixar about the bandwidth speed of a station wagon full of backup tapes

Re: Chinese hypervisors?

Wait till you hear what else is Chinese

It's almost like the Republican party is some kind of cult whose leader can do no wrong

Re: Circular reasoning

I believe new employers can register their interest on a person's Clearance with agsva so that changing employers isn't as much as a complete ball-ache as getting Clearance in the first place.

Also, if ever speaking with agsva you'll quickly find what a lack of humour sounds like. Those folks are absolutely no fun whatsoever

Re: WTF ?

My accountant tells me it's not worth me getting out of bed for less than $435,360 so I feel his pain.

Re: Deserves it

If anyone every uses that in a meeting, I'll leave.

Re: Index cards

But when Oracle come knocking with snake-oil it's hard for them to ignore

Re: I don't get it

>That project never made much sense for a company like Apple. Now, if they wanted to build the software stack for self-driving cars

Like it says in the article?

Re: Scan the data for corruption

https://www.reddit.com/r/usdefaultism/new

Re: try the linutop

Lost me at "French"

Re: Wrong software

The genius was the App Store. Until then Windows Mobile (and SmartPhone before it) were ahead, having the ability to install apps. The App Store, when it arrived, gave iPhone users the ability to easily install their own choice of apps to turn their device into entertainment or whatever. Coupled with basically outsourcing app development to millions of developers and taking 30% of their price the whole setup was brilliant.

Re: Content Credentials Cloud

and who's paying for it

Re: "These men were true explorers "

I did read that they'd undergone some "training" so were "mission specialists" rather than "tourists". Yeah, right.

Would such a thing even be insured by any sensible underwriter?

Re: Where’s Dirk Pitt when you need him?

I've asked a few people whether suffocation or pancaking would be their preferred ending. The sheer terror of being locked inside a (possibly pitch-black) tube with other people in the same almost certain-death situation would push me to think implosion would be my preference. But a surprising number seem to want to succumb to the lack of oxygen/build-up of CO2.

Very much hoping they've rapidly ascended and are floating around, intact, right-way up and a man with a spanner will be with them shortly.

Re: timesheet

I feel this pain. Many times ours have to be made-up to fit in advance of the bizarre deadlines set by people 5 timezones ahead of us with different public holidays. And at the same time sending us snot-a-grams about how they're "financial documents" and must be fully accurate and on-time.

It was significant because it, for a lot of people, was the tipping point where Google became a company you couldn't rely on. Now they kill products with such ease and regularity that it's impossible for any consumer to commit to a Google service/product with any assurance it will still be there next month. Google lost a lot more than the user data of Reader users that day.

Re: Infinitely worth every penny. Division by zero error!!!

Music industry wasn't paying for shit loads of bandwidth that was being used to share their content though.

Re: Fools

On prem works real well until the prem is bombed. Or until you realise the intern you've let loose doing firewall changes isn't as qualified or security-conscious as hundreds of specialist experts