Posts by Fatman

Re: I'm so glad we run an all-Linux shop here

Around WROK PALCE, the in-house joke is to put a bio-hazard sticker on a WindblowZE infected hard drive.

Is the build of that service pack 12.04 or 12.10???

Re: they need to remember its not slavery

Then you have not been to those sweatshops where workers are chained to the desk for the entire workday.

</sarcasm>

Re: pneumatic cannon and a cowering lackey

You know, if you could get your hands on a bunch of old iPhones, and make the trip to Redmond Washington, I could suggest a suitable "lackey" to attempt this project with.

He has this reputation for chucking chairs out of buildings.

</snark>

Re: So much for ... super secure Homeland security.

I know, what a joke!!!!

Security theater at the airport's passenger check points; while the cargo goes away unnoticed.

Re: Tech Media .....Ed Bott of ZDNet

Anytime I see one of his "articles" I have to remind myself that it is just paid advertising.

I route its contents to /dev/null.

Re: a pair of large balls made of steel

NO,

a pair of large balls made of brass

a suggestion:

http://www.bulls-balls.com/large/bigbrass.jpg

Re: In the big organisations ... CYAWP the only way to survive

You bet, having a paper trail is the only way to survive a potential ass reaming when the shit hits the fan.

Every subordinate should keep ready for use, aa "Incompetent Manager" file of the varied memos and correspondence that he had with an incompetent mangler. One day, it mayl prove invaluable when it really blows up, and being able to document to executive management the failings of said mangler just might result in their (the mangler) being given a new career trajectory.

We all know manglers keep such a file on us, so why not on them???? Turnabout is fairplay, after all!!!

Really??

No doubt that you will be hearing from their solicitors soon.

Re: Unity

On EVERY new Ubuntu install I am responsible for, that clusterfuck called "Unity" gets ripped out.

On a desktop it is an abomination!!!!

For one group of (l)users, I installed the "XP-theme" fakery, and even got confirmed WindblowZE (l)users not to realize it wasn't WindblowZE!!!

God, did some of those fanboys shit a brick when I revealed that they were using Linux.

Re: Sony - because Caucasians are just too damned tall:

That just gave me another reason to despise those arrogant bastards!

Re: What sort of idiot would use a format that could only be read by a...

Oh, do you mean like those ID10Ts who code web sites (or internal apps) to require IE6?????

Re: ...ad blocking plugins for browsers work.

God, do I love Wladimir Palant for Ad Block Plus for Firefox!!!

I NEVER surf without it.

Re: Err...Downvoted for being tasteless and puerile.

And you sir, DOWNVOTED for being an ID10T.

Now, take THAT!!!

Re: 25 dev salaries to be in the *nix arena seems like a bargain to me.

No, it is NOT!!!

It is an expense that can not be justified, especially when executive bonuse$ are involved.

</sarcasm>

Re: US radio stations don't have to pay record companies/artists....

I am not so sure about that!!

Back about 25 years ago when I was involved with a local radio station, there was a royalty payment required of all stations, including the NON commercial station I was associated with.

At that time, non commercial stations had a fixed payment, while commercial stations had it assessed as a percentage of their ad revenues.

What you may be conflating with royalties is having to buy the actual discs. Now, those were promotional items, and the stations did not pay for them. Many times, they were used for "give-aways" and other listener related inducements.

In fact, I still have some promo CD's in my collection from those days.

RE: I now summarily disregard any comment by an AC.

So, you have problems with "trolls", then use this:

http://policelink.monster.com/nfs/policelink/product_photos/0000/6031/Troll_Spary_max192w.JPG?1202766315

Re: improving staff training and updating its processes.

Will someone call Simon and find out where he gets his electric cattle prods??????

Re: So cancel corporation tax

From memory it's crap like this that the film industry use so when a film makes billions of dollars (i.e. Star Wars) the film company can report the film as a loss so they don't have to pay the stars much money if they have in their contract that they get a % of profits.

I believe that it is called creative accounting.

Perhaps a new idea may have to be instituted - creative taxing.

Re: at what point does the mistake no longer be a mistake

Excellent point!!!!

If this person would have walked into a brick and mortar location, purchased the same items at the same price and walked out to his car; would the store employees have been legally allowed to run out, an forcibly remove those paid for items from his possession?

RE: lets see someone sacked for this.

Good!

But first, hang them by the balls in the town square.

You have to give the taxpayers an opportunity to "vent" first.

I will set up the rotten egg and tomato concession stand.

Re: spend your time ...really useful like... shooting yourself in the head with a .44 magnum.

An excellent solution for removing damagement from any organization.

Re: Peace and quiet through superior firepower.

I had to laugh at that one!!!!! It sounds like the 50's era propaganda.

What I wish was available on the market was "Solicitor Be Gone". Just press this red button and the solicitor at the other end would be nuked. How cool would that be!!!

Re: I had a similar idea...Use cloud storage providers in a way similar to RAID.

You have a file (fragmented all over the place on that "toy" operating system known as WindblowZE) occupying hard drive space. To the O/S, it doesn't matter which sectors contain the file, just that it (the O/S) "knows" where the segments are, and in what sequence they need to be re-assembled in order to provide the complete file.

So, treat cloud storage as an extension of your local hard drive, and take that to a further extreme. Split your 'file' into multiple pieces, and store segments in different cloud locations. Only YOUR "directory" knows which sectors are stored at a specific location, and in the sequence that they need to be retrieved in order to make the file complete.

Now, try to figure out who has what????

Re: Annoying bumf

If you guys on the far side of the pond think that telcos over here in 'merika don't do the same shit, you are mistaken.

A few years back, Verizon decide to FiOS my neighborhood. Ever since, I have been getting junk mail from them informing me of the wonderful features of FiOS.

Like I could give a rats ass about FiOS.

Once you get moved over to FiOS, you landline circuit goes bye-bye. And, although the local telco incumbent (Verizon) is required to allow competitive carriers copper line access; no such requirement exists for FiOS. Once you are trapped into FiOS, you are at Verizon's mercy, so prepare to bend over and take it up the ass. At least with copper, you can get someone else to serve you.

IM(NS)HO - broadband infrastructure should be municipally owned, not unlike how water and sewer service are provided in many locations.