Posts by Florida1920

Windows experience

Euphemism for "rape by corporation."

A man has to believe in something

I believe I'll start the with a beer and a can of Spaghetti-Os.

And so it begins

From the U.S., no longer able to VPN to Australian Netflix. Still able to reach certain other countries (ssssh). Now watching a movie made in 2007. Why on earth this movie isn't available to stream in the U.S. is a mystery, perhaps only understood by an MBA.

A marketing opportunity

Back in the 70s, when there were several successive commercial-airline crashes, Greyhound (a large long-distance bus company operating in the U.S.) started using the slogan, "Greyhound, in touch with America." Buses sometimes crash, but at least they don't fall from the sky.

The way airlines are compressing seat pitch and charging passengers even for using the overhead baggage compartments, added to the frequency of crazed passengers and safety issues, you have to be pretty desperate to fly commercially these days. I'll keep my shoes on, thanks.

Are the problems with aircraft automation a harbinger of things to come when AI reaches maturity?

Take it from the Colonel

Editor: Have a pint for the headline!

Was that an H-bomb?

Or did Young'un pig out on the kimchee again?

The smart tech solution

Kevlar® vests for all!

Outfit throws fit, hits FitBit's hit kit with writ

(Apple also involved)

Hope they don't choke on the pit.

more adolescent behaviours

That's much of what makes El Reg so charming, IMO. You admit to having millions of page views, so that behavior isn't hurting your credibility. Change for the sake of change is rarely successful. Best of luck!

Managed to make it

All the way through 2015 without seeing any of these. 2016 can only get better!

A Flash video???

Couldn't watch it.

A bridge too far

* Bridge for iOS (Project Islandwood)

* Bridge for web apps (Project Westminster)

* Bridge for Windows desktop apps (Project Centennial)

* Bridge for Android (Project Astoria)

* Bridge to share purloined personal info with NSA (Project Asthma)

Different sides of the same coin

Remember when Ralph Nader was threatening John Kerry's (ultimately failed) campaign in 2004? Instead of fighting Nader with better ideas, the Kerry campaign -- supported by the Democratic Party Politburo -- sued the Nader campaign to get him off the ballots in key states. The time and money Nader's campaign had to waste fighting the suits diminished his ability to present his ideas to the voters. On the Republican Party side we had the "Swift Boaters," trying to undermine Kerry's Vietnam War record. In other words, neither party gives a damn about the country, they're only interested in seizing control of it.

What gripes me is the American media's obsession with Trump. In a Sanders-Trump contest, polls suggest a Sanders win; and Clinton is also predicted to beat Trump. So why bother with Trump, if he can't win? Simply because he's a blowhard? People got degrees in journalism to tout that loser? Arrrgh. Where's some good-old anarchy when you need it?

Four rules for success

1. Never draw to an inside straight

2. Never play billiards against a guy named "Slim"

3. Never sleep with anyone whose troubles are greater than yours

4. Never invest in a company named Yahoo!

If they sold Alibaba

An hour later they'd want to sell something else.

You're fired!

"Civil servants" like Clapper fall into thinking they're our lords and masters. The U.S. Constitution begins thus: "We the people..." We the people are the lords and masters. Jerks like Clapper are only the hired help. He should be out on his ass for good. At least.

Zheng Xiaoyu

Was executed in 2007 for corruption and "possibly tainted products." A jackable laptop is a "tainted product" IMO. If I were a Lenovo exec I'd be working on an escape plan. Maybe go to work for Adobe?

Is there anything religion can't ruin?

That is all.

Wrecked Lotus

Sacrilege.

It's called Facebook.

Brilliant!

We have to work smarter, not harder

That was my cue to reach for the cattle prod.

Good to see Simon on form this week!

DuckDuckGo

& Chrome. My laptop battery could expire before FF loads, and I'm running only uBlock Origin, NoScript, FlashBlock and Self-Destructing cookies. The Start page is all text links. Chrome is much faster loading and crashes less often.

Furthermore, now that I'm full of turkey.... why anyone would have anything to do with a company named Yahoo! has always mystified me.

Where's the downside?

A terrorist hangout has poor security? Good!

No surprise

DHS was a bad idea from the start. 9/11 happened in large part because the CIA and FBI didn't talk to each other. Adding another layer of bureaucracy was stupid, but you'd expect no better from G.W. DHS folded in FEMA and the Coast Guard, but left CIA and FBI to carry on their pissing contest unaffected. The post-Katrina catastrophe in New Orleans was a direct outcome of demoting FEMA into subordinate status. Fear what may happen after a larger-scale disaster, which no government agency or official "could have seen coming," even though they will.

It isn't what you have, it's what you make of it

In every major terrorist attack against the West that I can think of, we always learn that at least some of the perpetrators were "known" to some security agency. That tells me we are gathering enough data. What's needed, IMO, is action. That suggests more people in dark raincoats out watching the potential perps. Listening to phone calls and reading emails isn't enough. You want to nail them before they pick up their weapons and head out to wreak mayhem.

Go get 'em Anon

The KKK historically isn't about free speech. Their legacy can't be escaped. It's one thing to disparage a racial group, but the KKK has in recent past gone well beyond speech. If they want to claim they're different now, they need to rebrand themselves with a new name. Good luck with that.

Had the same experience as Mark

As mentioned in another thread, I started here: http://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/17/how-to-remove-windows-10-upgrade-updates-in-windows-7-and-8/

and then did these Registry hacks: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-update/how-to-cancel-windows-10-upgrade-for-now/71a30488-8171-48fe-9a4d-728b4081bfd3?auth=1

So far, so good, after a few reboots and a Windows Update check (it's set to notify me of new updates, but installation is done manually).

Management Strategy 101

First, fix the blame. Then fix the problem.

Does not compute

That wildlife will re-enter an area abandoned by humans is a no-brainer. Anyone -- like me -- who has restored natural areas knows this. The life span of wolves and the short period of time (relative to the half lives of some of the material in the ground and water) since the explosion argue against assuming there will be no negative consequences for the wildlife in future. The fact of the explosion itself, especially as it was induced by a well-educated human, in no way justifies absolute faith in the nuclear-power industry as implied in this article. Lewis, you're better than this.