Posts by Uncle Slacky

Re: One step closer

Whatever happened to the "Rise of the Machines" category on El Reg? This story would be a perfect fit.

Re: Take this as a lesson

Come a long way from "Don't be evil", haven't they?

If it's on this list you could install LineageOS instead: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#xiaomi

Re: Laminate everything

So, literally printed on drool-proof paper?

http://cd.textfiles.com/roadsider2/Complete%20Books/The%20Jargon%20File/JARGON_D/DROOLPRF.HTML

Isn't loss of the sense of taste one of the symptoms of Covid?

Re: As expected

"t entertains planet-burning blockchain nonsense."

And homophobia:

https://community.brave.com/t/brave-needs-to-address-brendan-eich/281044

And Covid denial:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html

Re: Old school

Here you go: https://www.atariarchives.org/morebasicgames/showpage.php?page=56

Reminds me of the doors from the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation with Geniune People Personalities(tm):

“All the doors in this spacecraft have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.

The CCCP hasn't existed for over 30 years, they must have been there a loooong time.

I'm surprised you can breathe with Elon's boot so far down your throat.

Re: Philosophical question:

I'm not still on that feckin' island????

"Nobody wants to work any more", no, nobody wants to work for the pittance you're offering.

Haiku OS is another option: https://www.haiku-os.org/

Re: What fresh hell is this?

Apparently Zinc is now known as "Asmi": https://teejeetech.com/tag/zinc/

Re: Manufacturing

> better ban any private property at all

You really think communists are coming for your toothbrush? That's just a meme...

(icon for Comrade Pingu)

> Next-gen 16-bit boxes weren't powerful to emulate their predecessor 8-bit ones

I recall a ZX-81 emulator for the Atari ST, though it may not have run at full speed - it's on this page: https://www.zx81.nl/

Amstrad pretty much did that with their PCW family of CP/M machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_PCW

ITYM "HURD"...

Re: No Justice

Certainly not Adam Crozier, who is curiously absent from this ITV drama, having been CEO of Royal Mail before becoming CEO of ITV:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Crozier#Royal_Mail

Re: Piracy for the rescue

As a wise man once said, "If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing".

Re: USENET IS DEAD!

Has Netcraft confirmed it?

Re: azidoazide azide

Reminds me of the book "Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants" by John D. Clark:

http://www.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf

Re: It wasn't hard once

I run Haiku on mine; works really well despite the resolution being below the minimum requirements.

Here 'tis: http://www.lemis.com/grog/whyadaemon.html