Posts by phuzz

Re: Spelling!

Muphry's Law:

"If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written."

(and yes, it's supposed to be spelt like that)

Re: We all know the US doesn't need cyber-security...

If it doesn't make money for Donnie, what's the point?

Re: Vermin media

Every time I get pissed off with Virgin I remember having to deal with BT and they seem slightly better by comparison. Sure, their customer service might be just as terrible, but at least the end product is good once you actually get it working.

Re: Apple Watch works pretty good without a phone

The latest Apple Watch (with built in LTE) can fully work without a phone.

At this point it's not a smartwatch any more, it's a small smartphone, with a wrist strap. Congratulations, Apple got you to buy a second (concurrent) phone from them, I'm sure the ghost of Steve Jobs is very happy.

Time to dig our the old classic explainer:

(not aimed at you AGS221)

Lose: What you just did.

Loose: Your mum.

Loess: An aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt.

Re: Curiously American @AC

Ditto here. a new hire asked for help getting his work email on his private phone. I refused, partly on the grounds that his email might have sensitive information, but mainly because he's only paid to work 38.5 hours a week.

The people I know who get a big salary mostly didn't get it from staying in one job and getting regular pay rises, they did it by leaving and getting a new job with much better pay.

Re: I think I'll..

The kids can keep their answering machine-message length ditties, clearly suited to the short-attention span types.

Average length of a chart single in the 1960's was two minutes, that rose to almost five minutes by the 1980's, these days it's down to around three minutes again.

Three to four minutes has long been the preferred length of a single, although of course many genres are partially defined by songs which go on for (sometimes much) longer than that.

Re: "ISMI is or ISMI ain't fake access?" (with apologies to an ancient TV advert)

In my head I just get "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" as sung by Dinah Washington.

Re: It beats me why some gun-happy Yanks haven't terminated him!

Shooting is a bit over the top. However, I did hear that someone was trying to buy up all the ISP's in his local area, so they could throttle fsck out of his home internet connection. Now that's justice.

Re: False flag attack

Why would anyone want to be such an idiot

Because some people stand up for what they believe in, even if what they believe in is basically fascism-lite? Because they think that lots of other people secretly agree with them? Because some trolls actually have the guts to try to troll people outside of the internet? Because being an idiot in the US can get you elected?

Re: as if we were the only country on earth with such a problem

Both my grandads were anti-facists, one was in this organisation known as the Royal Air Force, the other was in the army...

Re: Of course they're still spending...

I was looking for an alternative to Amazon for ebooks

I use kobo.com, they seem to have 95%+ of all the books I'm after. Amazon still has better sales (ie cheaper) though.

Re: The Solution

When turnout is so low, it turns out people can't even be bothered to rig their vote.

Re: How much do we need?

There's even a somewhat working Linux sync client for OneDrive (for Business) now. It's a slight faff to set up (systemd only) but it does sync ok.

Re: 'Don't route the messenger'

No, it comes from the French "route", and kept the pronunciation.

Err, the French pronounce rue and route in the same way, and clearly both words come from the same root.

(and now I'm wondering if root and route share a derivation)

Re: Text message?

I have a friend who's recently moved house, and doesn't have internet yet, so, she keeps going over her data allowance and has to resort to texts. I have other friends who have old phones that can't run a messaging program, again, texts work just fine.

Texting works in some situations where other messaging programs don't, hence, it still has a place.

Re: A Collaboration Of Liars

I'm always impressed by the "but both sides!" argument coming out of the US comparing Trump to anyone else.

It's like putting an elephant on one end of a see-saw, and human on the other and saying "it must be balanced because there's someone on both ends!".

Re: Good idea.

The problem with putting security above convenience is that people are lazy, and if it's 'too hard' to stay secure, then, well, you won't stay secure.

For example, in this case, if you're relying on changing the root password on multiple servers because someone has left, and then a few weeks later someone else leaves, it's all too easy for that task to be postponed until it's forgotten about.

The easier you make it to be secure, the more likely people are going to stay secure.

Re: speaking as a brit

It's surprising how available 1GB connections are, if you can afford them of course.

Even in the little village my parents live in, now they've finally got a fibre connection (after years of <1MB ADSL) they could pick from a range of speeds. Of course, they're only paying for the cheapest tier, but I saw the price list and it was 'only' about £70 per month for a GB connection.

Still capitalism is great, eh Americans?

Re: Well the Government are now taliking about banning Candidates

Well the Government are now taliking [sic] about banning Candidates

Citation needed