Posts by Haku

Re: Fun with statistics

I will have to go through Atos's fitness-for-work exam sometime in the future, I already have trouble sleeping but just the thought of this impending event can make it worse at times.

It's some scary shit realising that some 'unfit-for-their-job' company who employ people without the level of medical knowledge needed to properly assess a vast range of medical conditions is sealing the fate of so many people's ability to live independent lives without having to rely on the good will of family / friends / charities.

Re: Doh! Moment

It looked like the transmitter was pre-2.4ghz era, indicated by the telescopic antenna, so no binding necessary.

Re: Pepper spray is a delicious example!

re: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/man-caught-knife-said-needed-12992281

"He must pay £625 prosecution costs plus £85 victim surcharge and the knife will be forfeited and destroyed."

The whole situation seems quite absurd, but to havve to pay a victim surcharge on top?

What the actual fuck?

Re: In a statement last week, Apple also told The Register

First Brexit, then Trump, now Apple are talking to El Reg.

Are these markers for the beginning of judgement day?

Re: a flatmate leaves a fridge when they move out

"There's something weird in the fridge today

I don't know what it is

Food I can't recognize

My roommate won't throw a thing away

I guess it's probably his

It looks like it's alive...

.

And livin' in the fridge... livin' in the fridge

Livin' in the fridge... livin' in the fridge"

Weird Al Yankovic - Livin' In The Fridge

Re: Easy

http://bugmenot.com/ - find & share logins, real useful for when you find that obscure/obselete driver file for that old bit of kit you have but the website you found it on requires signing up to access said file.

Re: And supposedly Stong A.I. Is just around the corner...

AI learns from humans.

Humans make errors.

If 'judgement day' does come and we get wiped out it'll probably be because it learnt how to be stupid, and stupidity without any sort of conscience is some scary shit.

For god's sake don't let AI watch Jackass, or any 'reality' tv for that matter.

Re: Samsung. Eurgh .....

I bought my Sony 'smart' tv less than 2 years ago with a 6 year warranty from Richer Sounds, I expect it'll be quite obselete by the time the warranty ends, but I very rarely use its 'smart' capability anyway because I use external hardware for the source of the stuff'n'junk I consume.

@William 3, missed opportunity there, you could've told me to shut up about my 'alt fact'.

Re: Yeah, but what are electrolytes?

It's..what they use to make Brawndo.

Re: Please discharge battery before entering the aircraft.

The reccomended storage level of lithium batteries is 40%, the individual cell voltage being about 3.8v. Some hobbyists who fly/drive RC vehicles only at the weekend will put their 40% charged batteries in sealable plastic bags then in the fridge until the next weekend. The plastic bag stops condensation from getting to the battery when you take it out and let it warm up before charging.

Re: Bravo

"Common sense."

That's practically a superpower in this day and age, I expect Marvel are already working on the film "Common-Sense-Man" who has a sidekick called Deductive Reasoning and they face an endless battle against Instant Gratification Man and his millions of lethargic minions known as The Army of Ignorants.

Re: Microsoft time

"I'm curious - what's the longest "X hours remaining" any of you folk have seen Windows display?"

Not strictly Windows, but it was on my Microsoft Xbox 360; for a while GTA Online was telling me that my average session time was over 584 million years...

http://www.haku.co.uk/pics/GTAO-SessionTime.jpg

Since I got into quadcopters at the end of 2015 a few people I'd talked to about the hobby had eagerly told me about the amazing follow-me drone which was waterproof and was perfect for selfie videos whilst doing sports - they'd watched the slick, but fake, Lily drone promotional video and believed everything it showed them, which was actually filmed with GoPros on a DJI drone because the Lily was still in development.

Could Kudrone be the new Lily drone?

Re: TOS beats down TNG

So you're saying Kirk went boldly where no man has gone before.

Re: How did it fare...

Original or bastardised remastered?

Re: Ahh colloquial meanings of words.

Liam Neeson said wanker in a Simpsons episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJp7drI8hWQ

Re: IoT

"drones descend from the sky and pick you up with little hooks"

Drones with sky hooks? Genius!

Re: Sounds like an executive snit

Dark Helmet: Now hear this! Ludicrous speed!

Colonel Sandurz: Sir, hadn't you better buckle up?

Dark Helmet: Aw, buckle this! Ludicrous speed! Go!!

Re: Missing the important question...

You want to create a literal cloud storage facility?