Posts by hplasm

"You can tell MS is in dire straits when the Distinguished Engineer can't even afford a shaver."

He's trying to grow a 'neckbeard'- MS types think they let you understand complex softwares, apparently.

Re: better start

The M25 would be a great start - get rid of all of the drivers!

Re: The only constant is change

"...improvements to systemd..."

You mean- it's gone?

Re: Another idea.

You want a rain of shit?

Go faster!

Or just burst into flames!! Go on!!! Oh, sod it...

<jumps off, runs> Lack of ---->

Robophiles?

Cyberpaedos.

Now to get the Trrrrrrsts on board for the set!

Re: Actually, not quite the case

"So if those central servers went down, then it would very quickly become impossible to bring up a new Windows computer."

Karma. Not pretty.

Re: Fucking moron

"She should have been charged for the time and resources of all rescue services involved on a punitive tariff."

She was: £0

Re: Rock? That's not a rock.

"Depends how far it extends underground..."

It's the tip of an underground rockberg!

(rockrock??? hmmm...)

"Turn it off when you're not using it...."

Can't. It's trying to update to Win 10...

Re: This isn't Nan friendly

"Fortunately Windows has a proper ACL model that can deny even the "root" user from being able to delete critical files..."

The ones that override the security and update settings?

Re: "Absolutely no one can make sense of the United States' infatuation with firearms."

". A well-armed populace employs its government instead of fearing it."

So how many guns each do you need to stop fearing your Govt? They seem to be taking the piss no matter how many guns you have.

Re: He's probably right

"...what the MITS Altair was to a Windows PC."

Better?

Re: LOL

He disguised himself as an iPhone and made friends with the TerrPhone.

Re: Now I've come close to reading everything

Oh dear, the post-op hormones are playing up, eh ex-Tank Girl?

Time Computers-

-near Blackburn?

If so you should put their comms room up for El Reg cabling madness (can't remember the exact thread) if you can get any old pictures. More of a deathtrap than a gungy PC, it was Impossible to enter and leave without at least one cable coming loose and tripping up the unwary visitor, and woe betide any attempts at putting the plug back in wherever it came from... only Indiana Jones could traverse the web of tripwires!

Re: Reality Check

Stockholm syndrome kicking in ok?

Re: And on the other side of the world:

"...the garbage that's one English Language Literary prizes."

They can't be that bad- 'Tay' (ugh) didn't even place...

Re: With all the random changes of direction at Redmond-

"Does it run Hitler-loving sex-mad AI's?"

Only the NT version...

Re: Plane goes missing, search robot goes missing…

Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!

Re: Bunkum as a policy

Vaizey said he wants to the UK to become a "gigabit Britain" over the next ten years.

Which means each citizen will have a gigabit of data about them on file. At least.

Re: And the moral is.......?

"That said, it's harder to get much lower than attacking a hospital!"

As a Microsoft reseller? True, true...

Re: Canadians slowly taking over the UK...

William Shatner for PM!

Re: The Cloud...

The Azure Cloud...

Somebody else's computers they have no control over.

Wheatley would make better software than Microsoft

Yes, Dennis Wheatley.

"I care about not being blown to pieces when going about my daily business."

Stay in your home, citizen. Nice and safe.

Or move to the US, land of the brave- you should fit right in.

Re: Oh man

T connectors?

Not token ring- maybe Appletalk, econet or 10Base2 Ethernet...

"... where the finance for the next generation of BT's network is supposed to come from."

Easy. Taxpayer handouts, again.

Don't expect results though.

Re: This is a severe comment (or, maybe, severed?)

"Nah, they are al too busy writing apps in the 'R' language."

Like software Pirates? RRRRR!!