* Posts by chivo243

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Apple warns kit may interfere with implanted medical devices at close proximity

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I won't be hugging

my macpro... or macbook... I saw the list earlier today and thought it would be easier for them to list the few products that don't interfere!

London Greenwich station: A reminder of former glories. Like Windows XP

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Pint

At least I knew which control panel to find stuff! and where to find the control panel!

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Windows going up to 11 just sounds wrong, what do you think Nigel?

Why not skip 12 like they did with 9!

Hmmmmm, how to cool that overheating CPU, if only there was a solution...

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Oh, oh, D'oh

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing!

Researchers find evidence that stress does turn your hair grey, and it can be reversed – you just need a holiday

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Runs in the family

Rumor has it mom was dying her hair in her 20s, I started going grey in my late 30s. Now, well just call me the Silver Fox...

Windows Server 2022: Azure Edition slips into Public Preview

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48TB of RAM, 64 sockets, and 2,048 logical processors I can either buy the hardware or the license?

How much for this license? GDP of a small country?

Facebook CEO puts picture of himself wearing too much sunscreen on new board

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Re: Alex DeLarge on a surfboard ..

I was thinking along the lines of Marcel Zuckerboard.

Dell SupportAssist contained RCE flaw allowing miscreants to remotely reflash your BIOS with code of their creation

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Re: Just Wow! Say it ain't so!

Some places don't have a Penguinista at the ready, OK most places... so you get my point.

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Just Wow! Say it ain't so!

simply to delete the utility, according to Dell. ®

My experience with deleting vendor specific utilities renders the hardware crap if you reinstall windows, it will reinstall, incorrectly and be toilet paper on your shoe, how many times must you bang your head against the wall before you learn? Friends don't let friends drive windows while breathing...

BOFH: Oh for Pete’s sake. Don’t make a spectacle of yourself

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But what about any non-idiot colleagues you have, sorry beg your pardon? Colleagues are workers outside of (y)our department? Right? No gas masks for them!

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Re: Idiot-Sensitive Glasses

oops, fat finger! I also have three of those buggers, one is used as an alarm clock!

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Idiot-Sensitive Glasses

I want these! I want them now! And that treat detecting boot! Might come in handy too!

Who would cross the Bridge of Death? Answer me these questions three! Oh and you'll need two-factor authentication

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Robots and boxes

I remember reading that a bot trying the CAPTCHA always clicks in the exact center of the box, something no human can possibly do...? Perhaps Dabsy got lucky and did hit the exact center?

British minister claims technology makes maritime cannibalism obsolete

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Have we learned nothing?

Ever been to Motel Hell? Meats, meat, man's gotta eat!

Vincent Smith : There's too many people in the world and not enough food. Now this takes care of both problems at the same time.

Hungover Brits declare full English breakfast the solution to all their ills

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easy

Lots of water and 2 ibuprofen, something salty, more water, something sweet, a good cuppa and a short nap!

John McAfee dead: Antivirus tycoon killed himself in prison after court OK'd extradition, says lawyer

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What a tragic saga

But at least it looks like he enjoyed it. I'm wondering which studio will get the rights for the film, there will be a film right?

Tramp as he looks surprisingly like John.

Pub landlords on notice as 'Internet of Beer' firm not only pulls pints, but can also clean the lines

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Re: There is something to be said for dirty lines

I've traveled a bit, and I can handle a warm beer is the custom in some place, but one that turned.... yak!

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Re: There is something to be said for dirty lines

Newcastle Brown, I'm tellin' ya, it can sure smack you down! I love a couple of NBAs Any beer that makes it into a rock song can't be bad!

Facebook granted patent for 'artificial reality' baseball cap. Repeat, an 'artificial reality' baseball cap

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Re: Artifical Reality Hat?

I was just thinking we could call the gizmo an ASS-Hat, who else would wear one?

It's 2021 and a printf format string in a wireless network's name can break iPhone Wi-Fi

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Re: Time to try a fresh honepot

My cousin has that one too!

Hyundai takes 80 per cent stake in terrifying Black Mirror robo-hound firm Boston Dynamics

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ED 209 Demo?

Watch this scene from Robocop, then get back to me!

How hot is it right now? 'Water park catching fire and burning down' hot

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Re: Follow up?

The Mistake on the Lake? Being from Smellinois, the Zion Nuke plant had this moniker....

Roger Waters tells Facebook CEO to Zuck off after 'huge' song rights request

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Re: Welcome to the 'Zuck' Machine

yes...Yes! the heart of the sun, the heart of the sun! Brilliant! I can't think of a better place for the .00001 % hodling all the marbles... My math is purely a guesstamate!

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Re: Did he really say this?

If he didn't, I will go on record as saying it... Zuck is another prick on the wall. That is all.

What job title would YOU want carved on your gravestone? 'Beloved father, Slayer of Dragons, Register of Domains'

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John Belushi?

Samurai Bakery - master baker, Mr. Dantley: Oh, fruit cake! My favorite! Boy, it’s really a beauty. You.. you are a master baker!

Tim Cook: Sideloading is a disaster and proposed App Store reforms would harm user privacy and security

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Re: The day when...

Big Sur on my MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019) is solid, no complaints.

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The day when...

I can't download a .dmg for macos, I'm done with macos as a personal computer. I know that day is fast approaching, all macos apps will come from the store, I'm guessing Apple is licking their lips on that prospect, 30% of all Adobe installs, LogicX etc... that's a spicy tamale! Somday you will just have a docking station for your iPhone or iPad that has a full sized display maybe some extra storage?

I'm still looking for a linux distro that can pick up where Apple let the cart off the road.

Linux gods at last turn their gaze to Pi 400: Computer-in-a-keyboard receives mainline kernel support with v5.14

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A cloud rentable Raspberry Pi? Curious. ?

I'm hoping you mean cumulus!

Gotta go!

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Surely...

This is Pi in the Sky thinking?

If HAL did digital signage. I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that...

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Re: I'm sorry...

are you the man with the unbearable smell? Cotton wants to know!

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Re: I'm sorry...

I'm sorry Dave, Fdisk isn't available now.

Mensa data spillage was due to 'unauthorised internal download'

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Just another exclusive society with a secret handshake

See title...

yes, my coat to protect me from the deluge of downvotes!

Want to keep working in shorts and flipflops way after this is all over? It could be time to rethink your career moves

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I'm done

I'm done with WFH, it was nice while it lasted. I'm ready to be back in the office full-time too many details were missed while WFH. My boss has seen the light, if we need a day at home to concentrate on bigger projects, I'm pretty sure it will be totally on board it.

Do you come from a land Down Under? Where diesel's low and techies blunder

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My first gig

20+ years ago, I was managing a computer lab for high school students... this was before we had a content filter! Not enough mind bleach... not enough!

Amazon exec's husband jailed for two years for insider trading. Yes, with Amazon stock

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Re: Got too greedy yet.....

Like every Million or Billionaire, they most likely didn't get the money through being a philanthropist and or activist. And if they did, that was their angle all along.

Whatever you've been doing during lockdown, you better stop it right now

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Re: Danger, Robinson! Danger!

A willy joke with out the obligatory Dr. Smith reference? Oh, my boy...

BOFH: Despite the extremely hazardous staircase, our IT insurance agreement is at an all-time low. Can't think why

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Strong arm!

No negotiations, just do it my way or else! I love it... too bad that rarely works in the real world.

Student Loans Company splashes out on 20,000 cybersecurity training courses – for just 3,300 employees

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Let me say!

I am happy to take 6 or 7 cyber courses, we're talking about sex courses right??

Or is my math off of the mark? Having read after a few pints... as long as one person takes each class?

Ransomware-skewered meat producer JBS confesses to paying $11m for its freedom

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Re: Whoa there

Indeed, good questions!

Indian Finance Minister throws Infosys under the bus as new e-tax portal fails on first day

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Re: But...

The food or the person?

FBI paid renegade developer $180k for backdoored AN0M chat app that brought down drug underworld

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Huh?

Not one member of any group using this device vetted it?

Door-opening insect mega-swarm emerges in Eastern US, descends on Washington DC

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Yep, I was 6

I remember going to Brookfield Zoo out side of Chicago 51 years ago, and the place was crawling with cicadas, and they were quite large! There are always a few cicadas buzzing during the summer in Illinois.

Apple's macOS 12 adds improved virtualization though no sign of anything like Boot Camp on M1 silicon

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Re: No one needs Bootcamp anymore

I'm glad bootcamp has finally gone, fun while it lasted, who dual boots on a mac anymore? Please nudge them for me... the coffee is brewing.

Just when everyone thought things might be looking up, Dido Harding admits interest in top job at NHS England

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Re: Not to self

Thanks for the advice!

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Not to self

Do NOT get sick while visiting the UK if she gets the job!

Can a 21.5-inch iMac beat the latest-and-greatest M1 model in performance? Kinda

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Re: Leopards...

There was a 10.6.7 PPC beta or dev build that didn't see the light of day...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/snow-leopard-on-unsupported-ppc-machines.2232031/

Military infosec SNAFUs: What WhatsApp and bears in the woods can teach us

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No Sh1t

It’s true you can’t spell shit without IT... Especially when your Org's name ends in "Sh" like mine!! In all the years of writing our Office name, nobody has caught it...!

Thanks, boss. The accidental creation of a lights-out data centre – what a fun surprise

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Hands in Pockets!

Anytime I visit a place like this as a visitor.... keep my hands in my pockets! No touchy nothing, nada!

My coat has pockets!

Now that Trump is useless to Zuckerberg, ex-president is exiled from Facebook for two years, possibly indefinitely

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Re: Not holding my breath

I've been asking myself the same question for quite some time... How can this man NOT have a stroke??

I wish that were the case, but he'll probably be the one in his 90's getting interviewed and asked what he believes his longevity comes from... All those preservatives in all the McFood he ate!

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Re: On the other hand ...

Too many beers in the sun? BUT I had the awful feeling it will be Trump and MTG in 2024, bye bye Mr. Pence. Pence says he 'probably won't ever see eye to eye with Trump on Jan 06" Trump says "Can't confirm 2024 run will have Pence as running mate" Gotta follow the current model, Mixed sex ticket, I don't think that any other line up will win the presidency in the near future.

Getting my coat, it looks like rain.