Re: Ah, Git ...
They gave us Easter.
Ah, thank you,That made my day.
Have a beer
Posts by the Jim bloke
1083 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Apr 2007
Are you getting it? Yes, armageddon it: Mass hysteria takes hold as the Windows 7 axe falls
Y2K quick-fix crick? 1920s come roaring back after mystery blip at UK's vehicle licensing agency
Love T-shirts, but can't be bothered to wash them? We've seen just the thing!
BOFH: You brought nothing to the party but a six-pack of regret
Friday 10th January 2020 21:49 GMT 
Had the department rotating morning tea roster thing at one of my previous jobs
.. one department brought in cakes and things, the admin/reception chickies brought carrot and celery sticks and dip..
When It came to my turn, it was a quick trip into town and a big bucket of KFC.
I know its evil, but it was also pretty popular.
Google scolded for depriving the poor of privacy as Chinese malware bundled on phones for hard-up Americans
Why is a 22GB database containing 56 million US folks' personal details sitting on the open internet using a Chinese IP address? Seriously, why?
Microsoft engineer caught up in sudden spate of entirely coincidental grilling of Iranian-Americans at US borders
Under construction: CAT lobs bargain-basement rugged mobile that will take a kicking and keep on clicking
Thursday 9th January 2020 02:44 GMT
dropping 1.8 m onto a plate of steel
is not a problem
dropping 0.6 m onto a piece of gravel - display down - will do horrible things to that IP68 rating.
One of the major uses I have for my work phone - actually work related, rather than carrying my music collection, is taking pictures of things, Things that need to be fixed before we can start work, things that need to be fixed because we have worked on them, things that have been fixed and are now no longer our problem.. and things which are too complicated to describe or remember correctly. Using the phone to talk to people is way down on its list of uses.
In a desperate bid to stay relevant in 2020's geopolitical upheaval, N. Korea upgrades its Apple Jeus macOS malware
We’ve had enough of your beach-blocking shenanigans, California tells stubborn Sun co-founder: Kiss our lawsuit
5G signals won't make men infertile, sighs UK ad watchdog as it bans bonkers scary poster
Thursday 9th January 2020 01:27 GMT
Re: effects on lab test animals and not on humans,
I would imagine the loss of his productivity from not getting to work has not greatly impacted his employer.
Any 'positive' gains from this personal hardship/sacrifice will be completely eclipsed by the resources burnt during the strident virtue-signalling.
Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if pilots land on specific runways
A sprinkling of Star Wars and a dash of Jedi equals a slightly underbaked Rise Of Skywalker
Facebook to ban deepfake videos in posts and ads, sort of: Vids must be believable, made by AI, and not be parody
Tuesday 7th January 2020 23:27 GMT
I missed seeing the second comma here
"Facebook’s Monika Bickert, veep of global policy management, on Monday night."
.. and as thinking -either they have a trump-level of management turnover, or are supporting veeps for every fraction of every day of the week - which would be an acceptable use of facebooks profits from managements point of view, rather than spending it addressing privacy and security concerns.
From the non-affiliated veep of sarcastic comments on wednesday mornings..
From Soviet to science fiction icon, the weird life of Isaac Asimov 100 years on
Tuesday 7th January 2020 07:41 GMT
Re: EE 'Doc' Smith
Yes.
Every book had a more ultimate ultimate weapon.
Pretty much what hollywood does with sequels these days.
Also the Skylark series
Not sure what the intended target audience was, but I was reading them as a teenager - or 'young adult' these days, which is a market well populated with ego-boosts and appeals to the unjustly persecuted and misunderstood
Long-term Linux Mint: 19.3 release unchains the Gimp, adds HiDPI, is kind to your older, less-beefy kit
Tuesday 7th January 2020 04:27 GMT 
Introduction to Linux for Windows refugees
When I couldnt put up with the behaviour of Microsoft any longer, Cinnamon was suggested as the most 'windows like' environment available.
As such it acts as an intro to Linux environments for windows expats, a reasonably familiar and comforting front end, over the linux experience of trying to get stuff to actually work.
Once I was happy enough with Cinnamon I tried some other Linux distros, but it is still useful as a near-windows machine.
We live so fast I can't even finish this sent...
EA boots Linux gamers out of multiplayer Battlefield V, Penguinistas respond by demanding crippling boycott
Monday 6th January 2020 22:06 GMT
Re: It's the age old problems about gaming if you go Linux
For a while there you could get a linux launcher for EVE.
Used to play Saga of Ryzom even after transitioning to linux, although it wouldnt qualify as "main stream"
I can not vouch for the current situation, as time and circumstances have compelled me to drop out of MMOs
Samsung leads 5G early birds after shipping 6.7m phones to snatch over half of the market
SanDisk's iXpand Wireless Charger is the unholy lovechild of a Qi mat and a flash drive
Saturday 4th January 2020 07:43 GMT
Does the wireless charging work through a protective phone case?
Back when I was using Samsungs, I noticed the wireless charging would not work (despite some initial flickers on the LEDs..) while the phone was in its case.
Since the case was prolonging the life of a substantial investment, and the charger was a novelty gimmick, the charger found a new home in the bottom of a drawer.
These days, I dont buy flagship phones, dont have to worry about wireless charging, but still make sure my phone has a case.
Stop us if you've heard it before but... Africa's internet management body mired again by corruption allegations
Alphabet, Apple, Dell, Tesla, Microsoft exploit child labor to mine cobalt for batteries, human-rights warriors claim
Wednesday 18th December 2019 08:41 GMT
Re: One-eyed selectivity
open pit gold mines are economical at grades down to maybe 2 parts per million (2 g/tonne) - possibly lower depending on your waste/ore ratio, chemistry and other costs..
There was a profitable operation at one of West Australias gold mining towns that was re-treating tailings from the gold rush era - when their metallurgy wasnt as good, so lower recovery/more loss - and I think they were working at around 0.3 or 0.2 g/tonne. Basically all the hard work had been done so they were just hosing the sludge into a treatment tank.
And now for this evening's space weather report. We've got a hotspot of satellite-wrecking 'killer electrons' in the outer Van Allen belt...
Monday 16th December 2019 00:03 GMT
Re: Reward for each Killer Electron caught and jailed. -------->
Whatever happened to 'presumed innocent until proven guilty'?
Unless there is a victim and an action against them there is no case. The wronged party here, appears to be the maligned electrons, going about their business and being subjected to slander or libel.
Thought crime does not carry jail time, otherwise I would be having my meals and accommodation provided from every time I open excel in windows 10...
Any wrongdoing on the part of the particles, until such time as it actually occurs, exists only as potential.
Attention! Very important science: Tapping a can of fizzy beer does... absolutely nothing
Saturday 14th December 2019 05:02 GMT
Re: This theory always puzzles me
Studies someplace or other have shown that bubbles will rise through blood, even against normal circulatory flow, so to avoid gas bubbles ending up in the head - which is bad - the simplest solution (or whatever the term is for things coming out of solution) is to ascend from your dive feet first, and stay that way through the decompression period.
Challenging, but wont somebody think of the children, or whatever..
icon - actually a thumbs up, inverted
OK. We're off. Water ice found just below the surface of Mars. Good enough for us. Let's go. Impulse power, Mr Sulu
Saturday 14th December 2019 01:08 GMT
Re: Can human civilization thrive on Mars?
based on previous examples of human civilisations on Earth...
no.
Humans seem incapable of maintaining civilisation, as soon as things are improving, the self-interested and opportunists will be undermining, and exploiting any weaknesses for personal gain
That's Microsoft price: Now you can enjoy a BSOD from the comfort of your driving seat
Why can't passport biometrics see through my cunning disguise?
RuneScape bloke was wrongly sacked after reading veep's salary details on office printer
Brian Eno's latest composition: A giant Christmas card with Julian Assange on it
Thursday 28th November 2019 22:24 GMT 
I am very disappointed El Reg failed to mention Enos greatest achievement..
..the microsoft sound.wav
from wikipedia The thing from the agency said, "We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah-blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional," this whole list of adjectives, and then at the bottom it said "and it must be 3 1⁄4 seconds long.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
