Posts by Triggerfish

I know what you mean its just who is better? Choosing any of the parties is basically like choosing whether you want the pliers applied to your right knacker or your left.

I think I would have preferred it if last time we had a hung parliament.

Re: Backup verification matters

Acronis (I think not my job may have been other software) reported that all back ups were fine and dandy in the place I work for, for the past year it actually had backed up naff all.

Re: Why is this still an issue?

Our servers, if someone was suspected cheating it meant more than one admin would have to review (that way no accusations of favouritism for our clan, or regulars on the server). But we did have a couple of pro player who liked to drop in because we had well run and decent CS servers, with low tard tolerance from admins. Watching them guys play its easy to see how they get hack accusations, they could join one side take the team to a victoy and then switch side a couple of points from said victory and bring the other team up, and it wasn't like we were bad players ourselves.

Well that's even more for the rest of us.

A big hand for the dieters, Jews and muslim everyone.

Re: Its miy butt not thine

"How about Scat and water games then?"

Well I'd probably be upset if they were trying them in a restaurant too.

Re: It's never black or white.

"However, if you can only lose that case, then gay couples can walk to any photographer and demand pictures being taken for one dollar (or at cost), and if you refuse, they'll sue you to bankruptcy. And don't even think about turning up at their wedding and taking lousy pictures. They'll sue you for that, too."

I would have thought you could refuse because they are not paying the price asked for.

Re: True poverty still exists in the UK

Whilst that may be true, having a few friends who teach in some poor areas and just going on their anecdotes it does seem some of those kids going hungry aren't exactly being properly looked after by their parents as well.

I'm not saying all of them but there's definitely other issues in deprived areas that are contributing factors for some kids.

Altruism dead? It must be after all Amazon keep charging me for stuff I want.

Re: In a world

Yes the point where the Mail or the Express actually report any science correctly will probably be a sign of the end times.

Re: "four to six million recorded telephone calls a day"???

I have had someone spin the TPI doesn't count line years ago, in fact they then told me that BT had given them the numbers.

I told BT this, must say BT's legal dept wasn't amused and works far faster than the rest of the company.

Colour of Magic introduced me to Fritz Leiber when I saw learnt what characters he was referencing, I'll always have to thank him for that.

Redundancy insurance

Paid for me and missus to go travelling after we both was made redundant a few years ago, they actually paid more on the credit card and mortgage monthly payments than we would have, (I realise this is probably rare).

Re: Ha @codejunky

You may not like Trident, nuclear power, police, NHS or many other public services which are actually public services and serve an actual purpose.

Some will argue Trident is not necessary. What is democratic about that then that everyone has to pay?

Re: Turtles all the way down

i quite enjoyed his science of the Discworld book, and I remember him turning up on a game show in a red dwarf t shirt. He was more than sufficiently geeky enough to be liked by Tech types his humour certainly seemed to work, know plenty of engineers and science types who have all of his books. Mine are the ones with Josh Kirby on the cover.

Re: The voters hate Google

Is it free? I'm paying taxes so they can have a nice police service guarding their buildings, and there is a nice infrastructure with clean electric supplies etc.

After all in the same way they don't have to pay taxes because that's the way the law is, they don't charge me a connection fee why should I volunteer any to them?

Anyway I don't hate Google, I dislike the bad tax laws we have though.

Re: Dare I ask which part of the poor beast they made the pen case out of?

"ideal for a couple of golfball sized objects"

Do we dare ask what part of the Roo that came from?

Re: Dare.

You're right, maybe we should also keep them in doors, they could wear a big long cloak and some sort of veil thing when they are escorted out to stop them from tempting the rest of us.

Well for some reason W Yorks its £5.

I get the feeling he regards it as such a pittance it doesn't count as money, which most of them seem to.

Lovely coming from MPs who say £55 a week is perfectly easy to live on.

Re: Lock Apple and MS in a room......

Anyone developing things like this, interfaces etc, should be made to sit next to the people who have to use it for a month or so and explain their changes.

"See that annoyed person using win 8 there, good I've just told them you ok'd the new interface. I'm going to lock the door now, try and ignore the baseball bat they have."

Re: Car stereo @tomban

ha you beat me to it, I was just about to ask if he would like some toast.

Re: Tommy Flowers

Totally agree, especially considering when his idea was disregarded he funded it himself and then couldn't get a patent or loan to make another one, after the war because he couldn't reveal he had already built one.

Re: Also

American science shows, if they did one showing Jenny McCarthy doing a program on vaccination and medical biology, it wouldn't be a surprise.

Re: Emote-words Bingo

How terrible when someone attacks sites that actually are useful for vulnerable people, that the first poster has to try and make some political issue out of it.

Re: Hurr!!

I have to say I suspect its a mix of both. People who don't get security, mixed by people who get the value of selling data.

I start to wonder if the white goods are not being sold on a console type model (cheap consoles loss leaders, make money on the games). Except the cheap console is your smart device and the revenue is really generated by selling your information.

Re: "The scale of the opportunity is huge," he said.

Yes it would be more honest would be if their PR flack came out and went.

"Fuck me the trough is massive, oink".

Re: I'm Impressed

They don't do much to dispel the cliche of them likely all sitting around doing coke and talking bollocks.

Re: Oversold it, major fail!

Breville sandwich makers, teaching everyone the thermal capacity of cheese since the 70s.

Re: Malware Solution

Does it cause you to act like a smug twat, or is that more natural?

Re: Looks tasty

The timing of what you add definitely makes a difference to a Massaman curry.