Posts by Fred Flintstone

Allow me to jump in here (hi all).

I came across an issue with flagging posts - IMHO it would be good if you could provide a one-liner with the reason why you flagged a post for review, as it may not always be immediately evident. That also allows for a feedback loop which should (hopefully) result in a degree of tuning between moderators and those who take the time to flag a message as moderators can offer feedback too (I'm assuming a message facility here, but you have the email address of the user so you could just ping an email).

C'est tout :)

I'm too nosy to deny myself the ability to see what they're saying

You're not the only one :).

Re: What to use when facebook dies ?

I love the mobile FB app - it shows just how well my ad blocker works..

whilst not actually bringing out a finished product

.. you mean, doing a Microsoft? Now *that* would be funny.

Re: I wonder...

Except when he goes to the loo and finds it only opens the girl's bogs.

You say that as if that's a bad thing :). Personally, I think you've stumbled upon the most certain argument that swapsies will take place, unless teenagers have stopped being teenagers.

Never ascribe to malice..

FFS, it's Microsoft. That is BOTH malice AND incompetence - no need to exclude one or the other.

Re: Idiots. @AC 12:30

I upvoted you because you (and someone else before you) make the only valid point in this saga: this seems to stem from a time where that band was empty and usable. You can't blame people for not knowing the future.

I fear their only solution will be either switching frequency or protocol, the former the better solution but also probably the costliest..

Re: Advantage of IR remotes

Solved all that with a Logitech Harmony and the add-on for the PS/3..

A bit fiddly to set up (I have a serious hate for user "friendly" software, the Logitech config software confirms this to the deepest possible level) but once it works it just does the job..

Re: Soldiers are geeky?

I'm a bit puzzled by that one too. SEALs and SAS personnel are crypto USERS, not crypto developers, so I cannot see how this contributes in any way to the security.

Maybe it's different in the US?

Re: innovate or acquire?

fraud that even KPMG and Deliotte did not catch

Surely you jest? Let's just say I don't hold such a high opinion of the above..

Personally, I think HP bought a massive lemon and is now seeking to clear out the books. Conveniently, the people responsible have retired with nice packages and I'm sure they have been briefed already. There will be some blustering and some frantic scurrying to shove stuff under a probably already fairly bulging carpet, the auditors who flat out missed this will get another opportunity to earn fees (no such thing as money back), the press will be kept busy for a while, but in the end it will probably end up with zero after effects other than that HP has now written off a lemon, and the mention of fraud has kept the shareholders from running away.

I really don't expect much in the way of jail time here, sorry. Just a bunch of people being sacked to balance the books after this - nice justification and a faceless scapegoat of the past to blame it on.

Re: And I thought the UK was bad?

Thanks for that - I keep mentioning this too.

At the root of this lies a VERY simple, basic principle: rights tend to come with obligations. I notice with interest that the obligations side tends to be casually overlooked when people go on about their rights..

Re: Should you really be suprised?

could you try mounting a usb drive with two partitions

OK, I don't use my Win XP VM more than once every 2..3 weeks or so, but that one surprises me - I have never experienced that as a problem. Not even on Win 7 machines.

I look at the bright side: Microsoft actually delivered. The user experience is now identical across all hardware platforms Win 8 works on..

/me donning flame proof underwear..

I only fix Windows machines once

So do I. It involves gravity.

Re: Skype's getting too annoying

I would be very interested in downgrading too - preferably to a version that does not include Skype Home or the support for the marketing crap you now see showing up occasionally. Time to research using SIP instead..

Re: Windows 8

As the Zen people say, we need 'beginner's mind'.

Ah, NOW I get it. Win 8 is for people using a computer whilst either blind drunk or stoned out of their heads.

Makes sense, that also explains why a normal human cannot make head or tail of it.

Re: A one-legged man goes to the doctor ...

You're starting with the wrong word, which highlights the root cause of what you may have seen.

In my opinion, you do not MANAGE people, you LEAD them. This implies two critical things:

- a working spine: leadership requires some strength and courage. That doesn't mean you have to be Conan, but you must be able to direct a team. If you're charisma and knowledge-challenged, avoid leading people.

- a goal. Kinda hard to lead people if you're only going around in circles. This can sometimes be a challenge as leadership skills may lack higher up the tree. I that case you'll have to define a goal and get it ratified (politics matter).

Just my opinion..

Re: Personal emails

How do they know they are personal unless they read them ?

It depends on the contract in play. The burden falls on the stronger party to prove privacy was signed away and the account should be used for business exclusively (that never really happens, but it gives a company the only handle they have against a privacy claim). Absent a valid contractual statement, private use is assumed, and thus privacy protection applies.

Re: On fire?

I would buy a Nexus 7 that was currently on fire before any sort of Surface.

Upvoted for sheer humour value - irrespective of products

Re: The pain

Thanks, I thought I was the only one..

Re: Just say no

Yes, that includes the pretty ones. In fact, especially the pretty ones!

I know of situations where they especially sent the decorative ones to get their way..

Re: Cous Cous

Do tell..

Re: Why...

Why, oh why, does no one put a stop to this?

They're still figuring out a way to patent it.