Posts by phuzz

Or to put it another way, to do this someone would need access to your internet connection somewhere between, your device, and Netflix, which realistically is going to be at your ISP.

So (hypothetically) someone has access to your connection via your ISP, and people are worried about their netflix choices being spied on?

Plenty of people under 25, just none of them are under 25 now.

Probably no-one born after about '95 has ever used it.

Re: Dealing with the tracking

Do senators and that count as government employees?

Either way, I wouldn't exactly proclaim my identity from the rooftops, and not actually being in the US makes life easier in many ways, not least because the US government is a long way away and can be safely told to do one.

These people are all politicians, and so it's only the court of public opinion you need to sway.

Re: they last pretty much forever

We had a bit of equipment (I think it was a Netapp), that had four different sets of mounting bolts and nuts. Two were imperial, and two metric, and none of them were interoperable. (To make it clear, this was a good thing because we had a choice of what type to use).

Of course, all our other stuff is screwed in using hardware from the big bag of mounting stuff. You have to paw through it until you find enough matching hardware to attach whatever you have in hand, so some devices have imperial on one side and metric on the other.

Re: Loudest engine test rig in history?

According to the BBC's story, it will be multiple jet engines using reheat (that's afterburners for non-Brits).

Re: spoofed numbers

Nah, I didn't get anyone who was interested in anything except how I got their number ("well your number is 123, and just now I rang 122, and next I'll ring 124").

I seem to remember that we were only supposed to tick the "never call again" box if they asked in a specific, legalese, way, but I just ticked it for everyone who sounded annoyed in the slightest.

The real cheat code though was to tell them you lived in a rented property, they know that tenants are of no use to sell to, so they'd never bother ringing that number again.

Re: Windows 10 is a Bathroom

I think I stopped using the Start Menu as a list somewhere around the time Vista came out.

Instead, just hit the start button, type the first few letters of the program name, and then hit enter. Job done.

Re: Adobe Flash

I'm pretty sure that Flash not requiring an update would be newsworthy, not the other way around.

Re: Schneider Electric

Ah, so they'll be 10-15% more expensive than the competition and they'll charge extras for such luxuries as a network card.

Re: re MSRT

Mint 19.1 is out now.

Re: Attack?

You think a kangaroo has legs like a raptor? Have you seen a bloody emu's feet?

Re: It's not an Open Organistation

But would they want to join an organisation that would have them as a member?

Re: We don't need more regulation

have their licence to act as a credit-reference agency revoked

As far as I can tell, they don't have any kind of a license, because there is no requirement for such a thing. They do have to comply with something called the "Fair Credit Reporting Act", none of which has anything to say about them allowing private information to be stolen (it's mainly concerned with making sure an individual can access their own credit report).

Perhaps you do need more regulation? Like, I dunno, maybe licenses?

Re: Remind me

8) in the process of managing the exchange, someone lost significant funds

You're saying they were incompetent? I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!

Well, a bit shocked.

Actually, really not that shocked at all. In fact, it should have been my first assumption.

Re: Exactly!

"Microsoft will not support the [...] drivers"

That's nothing new, try running XP on the latest hardware and you'll probably find it unable to detect any storage. Or for that matter, try running an equally out of date version of Linux on modern hardware, you'll probably be stuck with a CLI only screen, again, assuming it can even detect modern storage. Given the incredible range of hardware both support, it's pretty impressive that (for example) XP could work with SATA drives.

Re: Estonia

I thought part of the point of Universal Credit was that it withheld payments? Thus the government has to shell out less, and claimants are 'encouraged' to find an alternate source of income for such luxuries as food and rent.

After all, the government has repeatedly said that the system is on track and they're hoping to roll it out country-wide, despite it being responsible for people dying. Why do that if it's not working as intended?

Re: Reproducibility

I guess it would be fair to say, they got similar results, but as a result of different conditions (eg bluring the faces) which lead them to utterly different conclusions.

Re: Sorry, but...

When we added a new electronic lock to our server room door, the first thing we did was test it by kicking the door.

Re: They called him Ernie, Ernieeeeeeeeeee

That song was going round my head the entire way through the article.

Re: Age check = ID

"There is no anonymous way to prove your age."

Sure there is, cut them in half and count the rings.

"Peddling drugs isn't profitable"

In that case you're doing it wrong. Remember, buy _low, sell ^high(s).

Re: And this my friends

I wasn't sure which way he meant that, but your idea was right, check the posting history.

And yup, he's clearly an arsehole, nuff said.

Re: Nasa gets water from a stone

NASA are my deity of choice.