* Posts by chivo243

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BOFH: But we think the UK tax authorities would be VERY interested in how we used COVID support packages

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Coffee/keyboard

Well, If I'd have known

The cleaner sat on them. He.. um.. farted." I would have a new chair too!

Whoop! Robot/human high-fives all round! Oh, my fingers have disintegrated

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Paris Hilton

Nice one, love a good pun

I’ll steer clear, thank you. Now about that sex club?

The server is down, money is not being made, and you want me to fix what?

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I have an Open Ticket!

Just as I read this, display says no signal, user, Saint somebody can't be bothered, except to fire off a Flare, another new computer issue to be sure!

Boeing fined $17m after fitting uncertified sensors to 737 Max and NG airliners for 4 years

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Re: Photo with Article

I read that the dark green in the photos is representative of unpainted planes, in my continued reading after posting.

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Photo with Article

I can't be sure, but those look like Aer Lingus planes, they don't fly Boeing...

https://www.aerlingus.com/experience-aer-lingus/our-aircraft/

Japan to send ‘transforming robot’ to the Moon in 2022

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Re: WALL-E

3-D printer = Robot? I've seen a bit of press for 3-D printed houses. Just one example.

https://www.dezeen.com/2021/05/06/3d-printed-home-project-milestone-eindhoven/#:~:text=A%20boulder%2Dshaped%20concrete%20house,the%20key%20on%20April%2030.&text=The%20home%20was%20designed%20by,the%20shape%20of%20a%20boulder.

It doesn't seem a big leap that one of these rovers on Mars could have a 3-D printing arm. Water for your slurry becomes the issue.

Apple's iPad Pro on a stick, um, we mean M1 iMac scores 2 out of 10 for repairability

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What if...

this iMac is the last computer I buy? What if it checks all the boxes for me? What if it is fast enough for my needs?

Just playing the devil's advocate here... I would never invest personal cash in Apple directly, I have bought some second hand and even more donations, all machines that can be upgraded to some extent, 2gb of ram to 3! whoo hoo!

VMware reveals critical vCenter hole it says ‘needs to be considered at once’

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Re: Hey now

+1

I miss the stand alone client. I won't miss the Flashy client... HTML client needs more work under the hood me thinks.

Snowden was right, rules human rights court as it declares UK spy laws broke ECHR

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Big Brother

Re: So basically

"All seems to be making a point but without any actual useful outcome."

Correct you are! But this whole exercise surely paid lots of people lots of money, and looks good on their CV. If you call that useful outcome...

Remember Gordon 10 in your report!

Big Brother icon because he's probably here in the dungeons of El Reg Forums and Comments taking notes.

Just what is the poop capacity of an unladen sparrow? We ask because one got into the office and left quite a mess

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Re: Birds...

They are also immune to the effects of chilli - no receptors for capsaicin.

I beg to er differ?, a friend once had many tropical birds, and hot dried chilies were a treat, they loved them! Maybe they don't get the ring of fire? But still enjoy them like we do!

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Re: Just what is the poop capacity of an unladen sparrow?

I knew it would be a comment, as soon as I read the headline! Now how long until someone makes the High Anxiety reference! Mel Brooks anyone?

Big red buttons and very bad language: A primer for life in the IT world

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Childcatcher

Red Buttons, children

I saw a whole different story unfolding... Little Jimmy saying what's this red one do? Little Johnny not to be left out, says watch this! And proceeds to push one of the red ones with smug confidence. The button depresses and pops to the out position and silence in that area. All that can be heard is the pitter patter of little feet scramming into the distance!

This week, Apple CEO Tim Cook faced surprisingly tough questioning from judge

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liar, cheat and a skinflint

He could never spend all of his money, and yet is lying to keep it coming, maybe he's a miser?

In the end he's using the Vinnie Barbarino defense... Whuh? Where? who?

American insurance giant CNA reportedly pays $40m to ransomware crooks

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WTF?

so, let me understand

If the crims can encrypt the data, does that mean they can also have a peek? Would be very nice to find the folder containing which companies have Malware insurance, and which don't, and which companies are more or less secure, as I know these questions are asked before insuring any company...

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Re: $40m to the extortionists

Excellent reasoning! Give that commentard a cheroot!

Help wanted, work from anywhere ... except if you're located in Colorado

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Unhappy

cross that location off my list

Colorado was one of my points of interest should I have to move back to the USSA... I have many friends there, and a few relatives, shame really. My family loves vacationing and visiting relatives there and camping in the mountains. Looks like the south of France has moved up a notch on the list...

All that Lego has a purpose: Researchers find that spatial memory improves kids' mathematical powers

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Lego and Minecraft

My kid is big into both. I think they go hand in hand!

Here's how we got persistent shell access on a Boeing 747 – Pen Test Partners

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Re: Are there any passenger 747s still flying?

Not in the first two worlds, but I believe that some 3rd world countries may...

However, a quick google informs me that in late 2020:

there are 492 Boeing 747s in service, stored, or on order with airlines worldwide. 157 of these are passenger aircraft. 35 are in use, while 122 are in storage. Of these 35, 21 are passenger versions of the Boeing 747-400. Lufthansa is one of the only airlines operating a significant number of 747 aircraft for passenger flights.

https://simpleflying.com/only-35-passenger-boeing-747s-remain-in-service/#:~:text=According%20to%20Cirium's%20analysis%2C%20there,of%20the%20Boeing%20747%2D400.

I stand corrected!

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz? Detroit waits for my order, you'd better make amends

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It's always DNS, I mean power

Most of my recent call outs have been for power issues... some users could have fixed, some our facilities team had to fix.

Azure services fall over in Europe, Microsoft works on fix

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Re: A 'transient issue'

I thought a transient issue was when you had vagrants hopping your fence to avoid capture?

Right behind them!

That Salesforce outage: Global DNS downfall started by one engineer trying a quick fix

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Re: "We have taken action with that particular employee"

"We have taken action with that particular ex-employee"

I doubt a cock-up of that magnitude will result in keeping your job...

Waymo self-driving robotaxi goes rogue with passenger inside, escapes support staff

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Open the pod bay doors, please, Hal?

I'm glad there are other Darwin candidates testing these things.

This week in AI: Man arrested after cops say he rode in backseat of Autopilot Tesla

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Darwin Candidates

Why do so many Darwin candidates have enough money to buy one of these Auto-Pile-up mobiles? Where's the 1969 Impala with a surplus rocket engine mounted on the roof?

Tramp kinda looks like Darwin...

Protip: If Joe Public reports that your kit is broken, maybe check that it is actually broken

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Holmes

Re: too many times

You don't work in Eduamacation do you... Try telling a teacher they are doing it wrong! Then try telling a physically challenged teacher that. Is this really the time to change jobs?

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too many times

I've spotted the issue the minute I walk into the room. Latest one was just a power cable not seated properly. The user had received a second monitor and loved to pivot it to show examples... Can I get a D'oh?!

Your private data has been nabbed: Please update your life as soon as possible while we deflect responsibility

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Re: Boilermaker?

True Boilermaker is shot of whisky and a beer, the braver souls would drop the shot glass in the glass, and hammer it back in one go... Others would sip both. I learned this at my dad's knee, the guy I'm slowly becoming! And I have the greatest respect for both the old man, and his old man, they are both missed daily.

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Re: Bellowing Boss!

That's the term! I remember seeing a picture of the seagulls at the top of a mast, and employees below!

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Bellowing Boss!

The kind that show up and bark a few ill thought out orders and storm off, only to return a few days with newer, better, ill thought out plan! Only to show up next week and call a meeting to come up with a better plan!! That was a year in hell... two times with two different bosses.

Spawn of satan as he has the biggest mouth of the icons available!

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Every year, I understand him better.

It's hell becoming your dad, I watched my dad turn into my grandpa.... I recognize it happening to me as well!

Now get off my lawn!

Water's wet, the Pope's Catholic, and iOS is designed to stop folk switching to Android, Epic trial judge told

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Trollface

got that backwards

Android is designed to drive users to the iPhone...

Google Docs users, you are on notice: Code rewrite may break browser extensions

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Re: Time to split the "browser"

IMHO the modern browser is too powerful. Found this interesting read...

Attacking the internal network from the public Internet using a browser as a proxy.

https://www.forcepoint.com/sites/default/files/resources/files/report-attacking-internal-network-en_0.pdf

We have shown a chain of attacks that can all be made from the public Internet, even in face of a

firewall: via a victim browser you can look for hosts and open ports on the internal network, fingerprint

the open ports and finally exploit them. The only security issue needed for this attack chain to work is

that the service to exploit is vulnerable to CSRF. Other than that, every step of the attack relies on things

working as intended.

Apple's Find My network can be abused to leak secrets to the outside world via passing devices

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Nothing new here

I know students were using the iTunes library name to share info... You can(could?) name your shared library anything you want and share it over the LAN.

WhatsApp: Share your data with Facebook, or we'll make our own app useless to you

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Please do!

Wreck this app, so my boss will find something else besides What's App... Where I'm at What's app is used for too much, some neighborhoods even have signs up about What's app neighborhood watch groups!

Blessed are the cryptographers, labelling them criminal enablers is just foolish

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Re: [serious and organised crime]?

Yes, they run in packs... and usually run a waste disposal entity. Dipping your beaks in places not welcome by Organized Crime is a way to end up as death statistic. You gots to be part of the system, or an opponent.

There is plenty of room for small time Johnnies, but usually that operation will be "absorbed" by the group already controlling the area. It really is a corporate structure, not so may laws.

Disclaimer, I grew up near Chicago and lived there for 3 years while in Uni, while working the food service business. It was all loosely connected, with a few names at the top. Some had the same last names as politicians, coincidence to be sure...

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Re: [serious and organised crime]?

Who would have thunk it, my mom and my brother I am part of SOC? When she finds out, she will want her cut of the proceeds!

My coat with Occam's razor in the pocket, you know for that SOC stuff.... jeesh

App Tracking: Apps plead for users to press allow, but 85% of Apple iOS consumers are not opting in

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Re: May not be directly related...

I find myself doing another easy task while companies piss their money down the advertising sewer, I come back when I can click skip add>> I know it can be attention jarring to switch gears, but welcome to IT, where if you're not changing gears once a minute, you're doing it wrong!

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adverts are lost on me, somebody will actually save money!

No matter how good the advert is, I rarely, rarely! I say! buy anything offered up by google or any other mechanism. I buy when I'm in need, then I shop around. In the long run, somebody will actually save money! And not even know it... Sad isn't it?

Snake oil for all my friends at the bar!

Train operator phlunks phishing test by teasing employees with non-existent COVID bonus

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Re: But isn't this what (real) criminals would do?

Yes, they would. I'm torn on this one... shitty trick to play, but well played in the theater of security. I'm sure the Lads from Lagos are taking notes...

Facebook: Nice iOS app of ours you have there, would be a shame if you had to pay for it

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Headmaster

Re: Well it wasn’t free before

I have iOS games that say get free crystals, but you have to watch a video...! Free upgrade to your ship, but you have to watch a video... aaargh!

Pedant for people unclear on the meaning of a word...

Gone in 60 electrons: Digital art swaggers down the cul-de-sac of obsolescence

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Re: And you'll never find a Blue Ray of the Star Wars that you used to know.

There are only 4 or 5 storm troopers, and Han shot first!

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Re: Music industry all over again

Actually it's a 2gb smallish form factor. My commute might reach 20 minutes on a bad day. Plus the "player" in my car only plays mp3 files... converting other formats became tiresome.

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Music industry all over again

I had it on LP\45s for the house, I had it on 8-Track for the car, before I had it on Cassette for the car, before I had CDs in both places, thankfully these days, I am using a thumb drive with more music than I can listen to in 10 car trips to work.

Don't believe the hype!

Nasdaq's 32-bit code can't handle Berkshire Hathaway's monster share price

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Coffee/keyboard

+1 for the Headline and all to funny tag line!

Glad I wasn't drinking tea... Buffet overflow!

Perl changes dev's permaban for 'unacceptable' behaviour to a year-long lockout after community response

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Life time bans....

Not what is says on the tin...

https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2021/05/05/facebook_oversight_board_upholds_decision_trump_ban/#c_4251249

Facebook Oversight Board upholds decision to ban Trump, asks FB to look at own 'potential contribution' to 'narrative of electoral fraud'

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Terminator

Re: But hes

Ah, forget the blackjack! Atlantic City is so over.

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nothing is forever?

Yes, it's the new Facebook Product, the lifetime ban, that isn't!! Sure you will get a lifetime ban, and it will hurt, but only for a little while. Just wait until favorable people get to make the decision... Profit!

As pandemic buying continues, Chromebook shipments soared 275% in Q1, says analyst

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Ahhh, the chips!

That could have gone into the HP gear we were 'hoping' to receive this summer. It could be an interesting year. And as far as chromebooks, the old saying applies, if you can't say anything nice, keep your thoughts to yourself.

East London council blurts thousands of residents' email addresses in To field blunder

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That's a paddlin'

I'm not sure if this falls under a data breach, but a blunder like this would surely get an hour in front of our Data Protection Officer's hair dryer (yes, it's a real position, thanks GDPR!)

NYPD puts down $94k robot canine contract after outcry

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Re: "I'll be back"

I was thinking along the same lines... Where is marketing on this one? Why did they make it look like Doginator after an acid bath? Surely a Muffet look-a-like would have done better. Ruff-ruff, whizz-whizz, ruff. Even a Teddy Ruxpin clone would have gone down better.