* Posts by chivo243

6091 publicly visible posts • joined 10 May 2010

Motorbike ride-share app CEO taken to pieces in grisly New York dismemberment

chivo243 Silver badge
Unhappy

Did he have BCs?

If he had some digital currency, could be a motive. Wouldn't be the first victim tortured to get their coins.

Mozilla unveils $4.99/month subscription-based VPN, says it won't hang onto user logs

chivo243 Silver badge

Re: Advertised VPNs?

History is being written now. I use Firefox daily, and has Mozilla done anything really bad in the past? Nothing I can remember. However, I feel VPNs have been glamorized and therefore profitable, and for the meager price of 4.99 Quatloos, there must be a catch.

I was in sales when steak knives were where the money was... I smell a flaming shit bag at the front door.

chivo243 Silver badge

Advertised VPNs?

Are you serious? Naw, no, we don't share no data, no way, no how.

Months later, Ah, well um, I guess our marketing department promised something, something... shared something, contractually bound... it is all quite legal, we have it on paper!

The Devil's in the details: Church of Satan forced to clarify that no unholy rituals taking place in SoCal forest

chivo243 Silver badge
Happy

Chanting your invocation of choice

Gabba-Gabba-Hey - Coo-coo-kachoo - goo goo goo joob

Oh what a cute little animation... OH MY GOD. (Not acceptable, even in the '80s)

chivo243 Silver badge
Pint

Re: Regrets cut both ways

Love it!

+1

chivo243 Silver badge
Pint

Re: Regrets cut both ways

Gotta love when even one person gets the obscure reference!

+1 Sir

chivo243 Silver badge
Angel

Regrets cut both ways

The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.

- Helen Rowland

-or-

"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."

- Sidney J. Harris

-or-

'The funny thing about regret is....It's better to regret something you have done, as to regret something you haven't done...'(You must be 18 to view the end of this sig.)~ Mgmt.

-Gibby Haynes

You've think you've heard it all about automation in technology? Get a load of this robot that plugs in cables

chivo243 Silver badge
Meh

I'll wait

When this guy can mount APs and patch said gear, I want one! Until then...

Apple: Don't close MacBooks with a webcam cover on, you might damage the display

chivo243 Silver badge
Facepalm

Re: Vinyl overlays.

I forgot all hand moisture, hand moisturizer, and other junk caught under them. Bad for keyboard\top cases.

chivo243 Silver badge

Re: Vinyl overlays.

You are correct! Give that man a cigar! I see knock on issues with these keyboard condoms... That eats up the tolerance, and keeps the lid from closing properly, and the computer doesn't sleep, then the battery tends to go next...

My ankle hurts when I walk, but if I limp slightly, then my ankle doesn't hurt so much, but then my knee hurts etc...

chivo243 Silver badge
Thumb Up

I have a colleague who is also in a band, he re-uses his gaffer tape when possible!

An email banning our staff from using TikTok? Haha, funny story about that, we didn't mean it – Amazon

chivo243 Silver badge

Another non-event distracting us

Talk about mis-direction. Aren't there more important things to worry about besides how people are sharing cat vids and questionable selfies?

TomTom bill bomb: Why am I being charged for infotainment? I sold my car last year, rages Reg reader

chivo243 Silver badge
Happy

Names and Official positions!

PR director Graeme Fudge... you can't make that up! PR guy fudging the facts!

Cereal Killer Cafe enters hipster heaven, heads online: Coronavirus blamed for shutters being pulled down

chivo243 Silver badge
Coat

I'm guessing business has been a bit soggy of late!

There used to be a box of Frankenberry in there somewhere?

Trump's bright idea of kicking out foreign students unless unis resume in-person classes stuns tech, science world

chivo243 Silver badge
Unhappy

Re: magaaaa - maaagaaaa!

Voting in a two party system... hmm, do I want a hot poker up by back exit? Or do I want a really hot poker up there?

Nice choice.

chivo243 Silver badge
Unhappy

Re: magaaaa - maaagaaaa!

There's the other one killing America ~ DeVos How afraid are these people to make such ridiculous decisions?

chivo243 Silver badge
Thumb Up

Re: No.

He must be answering those voices too... he sure ain't talkin to anyone I know.

chivo243 Silver badge

Re: "The last thing America needs right now is a brain drain"

" it's only gotten worse these past 20 or so years." Just when I got out... Regan started the whole decline...

Mind the airgap: Why nothing focuses the mind like a bit of tech antiquing

chivo243 Silver badge

Re: At a loss

I used a gadget called an Inteliwriter while in Uni in the late 80's. Don't ask the specs, I wasn't into tech at the time... I think this was it... https://typewriterdatabase.com/1988-sharp-pa3100-ii.10280.typewriter

chivo243 Silver badge
Thumb Up

I have a few of these babies!

I have lots of old Apple gear, (all free of cost!) My fav is the PowerBook 12". I have G3s, G4s and G5s... Call me Mr. Peabody!

You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. Fujitsu tells 80,000 of its Japan employees: From now on, you work remotely

chivo243 Silver badge
Thumb Up

Smart Management

This works on so many levels, saving cash on office space, preparing for the next big pandemic, and making the employees happier, all the benefits of fewer people commuting.

E-scooter fanboy so hyped for Teesside to host UK's first trial

chivo243 Silver badge
Pint

Re: Toys for the scallies

what's that now? Organs for free? something,@something? Profit!

Where's the eski icon?

chivo243 Silver badge
Pint

Re: Scamp, not scooter!

Two wheels and poor weight distribution, small wheels that can be impeded by any object. Don't laugh, I once hit a cat on my 26" bike (it shot out of some shrubs as I rode by), it was like hitting a sandbag lying in the road.

Three wheels, slow and steady gets us to the pub!

chivo243 Silver badge
Pint

Scamp, not scooter!

I would never get on one of these maiming machines. I'm just a too old for that crap! Give me 3 wheels and a chair! And a cup holder! For this----->

Detroit cops employed facial recognition algos that only misidentifies suspects 96 per cent of the time

chivo243 Silver badge
Pint

Cue David Bowie!

Need I say more?

MIT apologizes, permanently pulls offline huge dataset that taught AI systems to use racist, misogynistic slurs

chivo243 Silver badge
Windows

Good Job El Reg!

Nice work.

I'm sure "old git" is a term in there, and next to it a photo of me!

Someone must be bricking it: UK govt website for first-time home buyers snapped up for £40,000 after left to expire

chivo243 Silver badge
Meh

Re: Some junior management grade messed up...

One shared calendar with early alerts to the date approaching is all it takes. Clearly someone unclear on the concept.

Apple said to be removing charger, headphones from upcoming iPhone 12 series

chivo243 Silver badge
Happy

Fitted yes, but connected or used, still a mystery to us all...

Macs, iPhones, iPads to get encrypted DNS – how'd you like them Apples?

chivo243 Silver badge

Better late than bleeding edge?

I thought there were reservations regarding DoH? I thought I read here as well.

https://www.theregister.com/2020/02/25/mozilla_turns_on_dns_over_https_by_default_for_usa/

Fintech biz Wirecard folds into insolvency like two pair against a flush. Good luck accessing your chip stack

chivo243 Silver badge
Facepalm

Not under the sofa

$2B is a hard pill to swallow, let alone one pill to fake. I would hate to work in the accounting department about now...

Beware the fresh Windows XP install: Failure awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth

chivo243 Silver badge
Thumb Up

pets and cables!

I replace a charger a week that has had some pet nibbling on it. One user even told us about the pet getting quite a jolt! I hope that pet learned their lesson!

There are DDoS attacks, then there's this 809 million packet-per-second tsunami Akamai says it just caught

chivo243 Silver badge
FAIL

Lightbulbs, doorbells\door locks and smart fridges?

Oh, look I got this new doodad! I can connect it to the internet! It was super easy and I didn't need to configure anything! I can control it from anywhere!

Sad truth is so can EVERYBODY else!

chivo243 Silver badge

Re: And the next step...

Many years ago, my ISP once blocked my connection, the missus had Win XP at the time.

Faxing hell: The cops say they would very much like us to stop calling them all the time

chivo243 Silver badge

Re: I called the cops

I'm from the US when I call home it;s 001 (xxx) xxx- xxxx and when I call the NL from the states it's 011-31(xx) xxx-xxxx What is the 001 and 011??

chivo243 Silver badge

Re: 555

The 555 exchange was the imaginary exchange for US TV shows.

chivo243 Silver badge

Re: I called the cops

001 = USA

011 = NL

chivo243 Silver badge
Thumb Up

Fat Finger!

The fingers you are using to mash the keyboard are too large, please consider using a stylus, or the eraser end of a pencil for precise keying, Thanks!

PC printer problems and enraged execs: When the answer to 'Hand over that floppy disk' is 'No'

chivo243 Silver badge
Happy

Re: No drivers.

LaserJets! Filled with concrete, a wonderful boat anchor! Workhorses for sure, but we out grew local printers, leasing MFPs now. Still have two or three LJ4700s in speciality offices, how old are they?

chivo243 Silver badge
Angel

Re: when a user doubled down ...

I'm going into pottery... custom coffee mugs for all my friends at the bar!

chivo243 Silver badge
Facepalm

IT Managers and GateKeepers

Once you get the power, it is hard to share it, or let it go...

chivo243 Silver badge

Re: "The IT manager turned up clutching a clipboard"

I'm not an IT manager, but I use a clipboard in lots of situations, namely locations I would never bring a lappy into...

Ex-director cops community service after 5,000-file deletion spree on company Dropbox

chivo243 Silver badge
Holmes

more to this story?

Defendant, a director, had access to documents in a in her old partners new company?

chivo243 Silver badge
Trollface

Re: Backups? We've heard of them...

yes! only users lose data! So do some Admins, but they'll never admit to it!

By emptying offices, coronavirus has hastened the paperless office

chivo243 Silver badge

Not here

People show up just to print and return home

Chrome extensions are 'the new rootkit' say researchers linking surveillance campaign to Israeli registrar Galcomm

chivo243 Silver badge
Thumb Up

Timely report

I've been trying to get my shop to manage our users extensions, it has had a bit of push back. However we have found that bad extensions are 99% of the problem with Google Meet and Google apps. I know some colleagues read El Reg, this report will catch their eye. Maybe we can move forward now.

Hey is trying a new take on email – but maker complains of 'outrageous' demands after Apple rejects iOS app

chivo243 Silver badge
Facepalm

Another App to save us!

As part of my job is to find new and interesting apps, I've seen enough mail apps that promise to save us from email. Just keep searching... Nothing checks enough of the boxes to pass muster.

No Wiggle room: Two weeks after angry bike shop customers report mystery orders on their accounts, firm confirms payment cards delinked

chivo243 Silver badge
Devil

colorful body hugging outfits!

Tell me again, which super hero are you supposed to be? I see you got the memo about no Capes!

Ex-eBay security execs among six charged with harassing, threatening bloggers who dared criticize web tat souk

chivo243 Silver badge
Coat

Re: Fake pig's head

Rank amateurs, back in the day, waking up with your horses head in bed with you was how the message was sent... Fake pig heads pfft!

Yes, Mario Puzo's coat!

Not so nice, we investigated them twice: EU opens double whammy of inquiries into Apple's biz practices

chivo243 Silver badge

I know why they take so much - The boxes are tough!

Do you know what it costs to box up any apple product?* I have boxes that 15" powerbooks came in now holding CDs and DVDs, they have survived longer than any plastic bin I bought in the shop. I've moved house 3 times too!

*When shipping, the cool apple box goes in a brown box for security!? They have a serious bill from Georgia Pacific, and we know Apple would never be so generous.

845GB of racy dating app records exposed to entire internet via leaky AWS buckets

chivo243 Silver badge
Happy

glad I'm done

I used dating "sites" 13 years ago... Not an App!