Posts by PeterM42

Ah! - that'll be "Global Warming"....

..Oh, wait.....

It very much sounds like the sort of error.....

.....that might make someone believe in "global warming" (or is that cooling?)

Could be either, Call it "climate change" and invent a scam called "carbon trading".

2 helpful responses...

1) Pretend to be an old dodderer and lead them on (thus wasting their time and running up their phone bill) and just before they get to the bit where they have your information, tell them to bugger off.

(My last ones were on for 20 mins and 15 mins respectively). Great fun!

2) Have a VERY LOUD whistle handy near the phone.

BOTH methods can be used consecutively for maximum enjoyment.

Is this anything to do with....

.....why Firefox keeps CRASHING?!?!?!?!?!?

I wonder......

....how many bugs there will be in this month's release?!?!

Microsoft FAILS again.

AKA - "You store your data WHERE?!?!?!?!"

Has anyone noticed......

......that Microsoft testing is getting worse and worse?

It's the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team.....

...that I feel sorry for.

Post-Bill Gates Microsoft & quality control?

NOT in the same sentence, PLEASE!!

It seems Ballmer did irreparable damage to M$.

A different experience

When my daughter's Galaxy Note developed a fault under warranty, O2 who it was bought from, refused to accept it was a fault and tried to charge for repair. Samsung themselves sent a prepaid bag and repaired it under warranty and totally free of charge.

I managed to screw compensation out of O2 for all the hassle they gave us (long story!).

O2 permanently LOST 2 customers. As far as I was concerned, Samsung improved their already excellent reputation.

Today, smart phones and tablets........

.......tomorrow desktops and laptops???????

Don't forget.......

.......however much you spend......clouds are subject to wind and pressure and can blow away.

ie: if your internet connection fails (and they do) your cloud is just expensive, empty sky.

And, if you outsource, not only will you not get any sympathy, it will cost extra. (Where else do you think that $3.3bn coming from? - YOUR pocket!!!!)

Outsource to Siemens????

Well - THAT was never going to achieve anything!

"Seconds out.....Round 3"

And the winner is:.......... the lawyers!! (again)

SAP - Oh dear!

SAP is the CRAP that runs nPower's new billing system which has taken nPower to the top of the list for complaints to the energy regulator.

'nuff said.

Java.....

.......is a 4-letter word.

It is more buggy than an ant's nest - DISABLE, UNINSTALL, DELETE.

SpAd

They are "all in it together" - milking the taxpayers.

There is no doubt it will become INCREDIBLY popular....

.....just like 3D.

Oh wait............

That is the trouble with CLOUDS...

...they can blow away at a moment's notice.

I have said it before and will say it again - outsource your computing, insource the resulting problems.

47 years in computing teaches you a few basics.

I'm surprised....

...that no-one checked he was wearing suitable protection.

Whiffy cows......

.......commentards could go on MILKING this one for ages!

(Sorry - it just had to be said)

The Climate Changes

GET USED TO IT, Noah had to. The Dinosaurs failed to.

Nick Hancock confirms there really is f*ck all on the Rockall

...er, we KNEW that.

It's a good job.........

...... they didn't go for SAP! Like nPower did - what a MEGA FOUL-UP that is. But of course nPower customers will have to pay for that.

The best way of updating Windoze 8.0...........

......is to install Win 7.

Microsoft are getting exponentially worse, but hopefully Android for PCs will soon takeoff big time and we can all relax and laugh at MS for throwing away their future.

YE-AWN!

It'll be expensive, whatever it is and, yes, we probably can live without it.

Novell paid $1.4bn for WordDEFECT?????

I would not have paid 1.4 PENCE for it.

Having worked with WordDEFECT for DOS, then Word for Windows, WordDEFECT for Windows was, frankly, APPALLING. I worked at a firm of solicitors who were trying to implement it - DEE-AAAS-TER!

The only Windows 8 update worth looking at........

........would be Windows 9 (IF they can get that right).

OR

Windows 7 (which is at least USABLE)

Why should Java "have issues"?

It is so full of security holes, that one more problem should not make much difference.

Things will improve for Intel......

.......Just as soon as Microsoft stop trying to force TIFKAM (Win 8.x) on enterprise users and give them something which does not cost megabucks in user retraining.

Oh Dear!

"Computer Misuse Act is badly written."

GOOD HEAVENS! - surely not?! Don't our wonderful lawmakers take great pains to ensure our laws are right and proper?!?!?!??!?!? (Or are they a bunch of morons who could not organise.......etc.)