* Posts by LaeMing

2410 publicly visible posts • joined 23 Dec 2009

KDE 'annoys the hell of' Linus Torvalds

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KDE annoys the hell out of me too.

But every time I try some alternative, I end up coming back, despite the bazaar number of things you /can't/ customise (namely many of the things I actually care about, like colours and ranges for network throughput graphs on the panel). Been with KDE since 2.early. Some things improve, some get worse :-/

(I also use MacOS and WinXP and Win7 at work and don't much care for them either - Win7 surprisingly has the best UI for my usage out of that lot!)

Lindsay Lohan storm over Hitler, Hurricane tweets: 'It was hackers'

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Happy

Thanx :-)

I will wind a 2m Cat6 drop cable several times in a loop and wear it on my head with pride!

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The answer is here:

http://images.4chan.org/b/src/1351798245269.jpg

(This image is worksafe, but the site I dumped it to is definitely not, so only wander away from the image link with this in mind.)

Nobody knows what to call Microsoft's ex-Metro UI

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Go

As a former prominant Australian once (almost) said.

"the interface we had to have"

...

then again, he also said (in parliament) "Dibblebblebblebblebble". So make of that what you will.

Japanese toilet can save penalty kicks

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Alert

Re: What

In this case, sitting on the toilet might cause that!

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Trollface

I can see this technology being very useful

in some men's bathrooms!

Chrome extension blocks political speech on Facebook

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Re: But what happens

Either that, or a cat gets elected president.

China's largest rare earth supplier halts production

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Meh

Possibly...

...the world consumer-base is a bit TV-ed and MoFo-ed out for the moment. What with manufacturers having largely failed to convince us that 3D et.al are worth the upgrade.

Mysterious galactic glow caused by Hitchhikers' Krikkit style stars

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Go

That isn't my problem.

It is somebody else's.

Fujitsu assigns team of women to design PC for women

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WTF?

More to the point:

What exactly COULD one engineer outside a color scheme, and wallpaper?

A computer is a computer is a computer. From a use-aspect, it certainly doesn't care whether the user's genitals are innie or outie.

Mice options in S-M-L-XL is all I can think of (and you can already get those), unless they are going to start making them with LCDs and webcams that support R-G-B1-B2 for the small portion of the (exclusively) female population that are quad-chromatic.

Raspberry Pi SoC drivers now fully open source

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FAIL

Well, um, yes.

They always are. You just usually don't get a choice to not pay for them if you don't want them (codec equivalent to the much-despised 'Microsoft Tax').

How Bodyform's farting 'CEO' became a viral sensation

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Happy

Re: Here's the bit I don't get

Because Lister mis-informed Kryten about the nature of Krissie's metabolism.

Apple's skinny new iMac line: Farewell, optical drives

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Joke

Needed?

They were slot-load anyway - not like you could even use them as a cup holder!

Man rummaging for lost laptop in skip gets tipped into garbage truck

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Happy

Re: What sort of ninny goes dumpster diving for their laptop when the bin men are coming?

A desperate-to-retrieve-ones-laptop-before-the-bin-men-come one, I imagine.

US accused of hypocrisy over cyber warfare

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Unhappy

Yup.

Humans are all the same colour when riddled with holes.

Curiosity scoops up SHINY BITS from the RED SANDS of MARS!

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Go

Re: Nah...

Them silicon-based lifeforms just poop wherever they feel like.

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Go

You are assuming the average politician is capable of understanding that!

Huawei, ZTE probe showed no evidence of spying

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Go

Sauce for the gander

If we are going to start not using tech because it is ""riddled with holes," many of which could potentially be exploited by hackers" then I see a noticeable part of the US consumer/business-OS/software industry going a bit dry all of a sudden!

Study finds file sharers buy more music

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Joke

Which is probably the best argument in favor of such laws. Anything that reduces the funding of the Robber-Barrons, I say! :-P

MYSTERIOUS GREEN GLOW seen on iPhone 5s

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Happy

It's the ghost of Steve.

TRYING TO GET OUT! TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE ETERNAL HELL OF BEING TRAPPED IN AN iDEVICE FOR ALL HIS SINS.

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Happy

Re: OMG, my TV and monitors must be broken too then

Oh I loved that BOING sound. One of the few things I miss from the CRT days.

I probably should build myself a 'degause simulator' for my LCD!

Russian Christians boosted by Pussy Riot law spank 'sinful' Apple logo

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Re: Just adapt to people whose values are different from your own.

Hmmm. FSM forbid that they have to adapt to anyone else, no: it is always the majority that has to adapt to the obnoxiously loud minority.

Campaigners roll out political-correctness Voight-Kampff CAPTCHAs

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This won't go wrong!

Please enter your name, address, daytime phone, email and answer this very personal question for our records.

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Go

Re: Let's test Siri

If you can invent a system to keep lawyers and politicians of the internet, you win the whole world's thanks.

Astroboffins to search for mega-massive alien power plants

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Happy

Howard Taylor on Dyson Spheres

From: http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-07-02 :

The f'sherl-ganni have built several of these spheres, which they call 'buuthandi.' That word is the shortened form of an ancient f'sherl-ganni phrase... Literally: "This was expensive to build."

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Happy

Re: when it starts going wrong

May be that is what we should be listening for - the sounds of faulty dyson-spheres.

Could the WOW signal have been a support call going out?

Deep-sea worm recalls Star Wars favourite

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Happy

Re: Yoda?

Offended the Acorn Worm, you have.

WoW cities wiped out by 'exploit'

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Mushroom

A Wizard did it

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AWizardDidIt

Experts troll 'biggest security mag in the world' with DICKish submission

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Go

Re: My favourite quote:

It's little things like that that give the article the gloss of credibility.

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Go

Re: I didn't read it fully, but...

A small portion of the population claim they prefer to use the Asyncronus Networked Underground Systems. Not my own preferred interface method, but ... whatever works for them.

Facebook's CHAIR sat on by 1 billion people ... bitch

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Re: Anyone can sit in a chair?

Not a teacher of typing skills, certainly :-P

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Anyone can sit in a chair?

As a formar schoolteacher now working at a university, I beg to differ!

Boffins prescribe SNAKE VENOM as future pain killer

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Happy

Three finger peptides.

Able to Ctrl.Alt.Del the pain away.

(See your sysadmin if Windows persists.)

Global action takes down tech support scam

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Happy

As they say...

Telemarketers [or in this case scammers]:

The prank call that calls you.

Top admen beg Microsoft to switch off 'Do Not Track' in IE 10

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Re: Turning it around

I do this too, but base the decision off how annoying vs informative the advertising was, rather than a blanket-ban approach.

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Re: If we could go back to simpler times...

Technically they could to a certain degree - with so-called 'loyalty card' systems (Fly-buys being the big one in Aus.).

But those systems were/are very much opt-in-by-default, so the precedent is long-ago set anyway.

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Re: analytics? @OP

Chris, you don't need to set a cookie (or have Google set one for you) or do any other kinds of tracking to find any of the mentioned information about visitors to your site. It is all in the browser comms headers. As said above, use the server logs, or get a program that will analyse them for you direct instead of doing google's dirty work for them for free.

Rapper rips up Microsoft's Atlanta store during performance

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Re: Incomprehensible

No, just Commercial RAP (C-RAP).

Give me GMF and 'The Jungle' over these industry-sponsored talentless twats any day.

McFlurry McMisdemeanour costs Welsh lass McJob

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Re: McThief.

Yes, about 20 years ago my sister's friends got closing-time extras. Usually they would get a double of anything they bought that had spares going to be wasted.

325 Dicks sell for AUD$20m

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Re: They got ripped off

Yes, I have had an experience like that at a DSE too. Advised me how to get more out of my existing equipment than buy a new gadget. I guess you can get good sales people some times.

Vandals break into congressman's office, install Linux on PCs

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Go

Can't be Steve B.

The windows were broken by rocks and concrete blocks, not flying chairs.

Scientists: 'Castration is the key to a longer life'

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Coat

Whelp.

Looks like the ex. is all set.

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Thumb Up

Re: Quantity vs quality

Sounds like he has both.

Fans revolt over Amazon 'adware' in Ubuntu desktop search results

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Unhappy

Re: @eulampios

Never had a Ubuntu upgrade work for me. And my hardware is pretty stock/desktop. If I use the U, I always upgrade via install-from-scratch these days.

LaeMing

Re: Charging for Air

More like charging for bottled water.

A very lucrative market, apparently (I mostly drink boiled then refrigerated tap water, but then, I mostly use Debian too).

ABC sends lawyers after iView freeware

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Black Helicopters

Re: ABC are Apple Fanbois

Maybe it was the only way to get Apple to let them access their patent on the letter 'i'.

OLYMPIC SECRETS to stay locked up for 15 YEARS

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Trollface

A modest proposal

Rather than wait 15 years for all those involved to retire or die. Why not sack or execute them all now, then the data can be released immediately.

Raspberry Pi patch adds warranty-safe overclocking

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Happy

Re: Us older geeks want to know..

I still have a few of those cheesy LED displays in my junk box here under the sofa!

Mobile phones still failing to kill people – Nordic scientists

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Go

Don't worry!

I heard that a warm ear just means people are laughing at you behind your back.

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Meh

Re: Mobile phones don't cause cancer?

Yes, a former bosse's repeated warnings about the dangers of carrying my mobile in a belt-pack (near my ovaries) really didn't carry much weight agianst her chain-smoking habit.