Posts by Florida1920

Deny them access to the press

That only worked when the targets of terrorism had media monopolies. Thanks to the interwebs, any fool can set up a media outlet. Trying to stop it is pointless.

The goal always should be to control the flow of information. Unfortunately, that turns against the people when their governments propagandize them!

As long as we have a free press, we're stuck with the likes of Fox, Ted Cruz and John "Bomb Iran" McCain. You can bet your last bitcoin they'll use the spewings of ISIS et al for their purposes at every chance. Mocking articles like El Reg's are one of several reasonable counterweights.

Re: Tandy Goes Bandy

I've posted about working p/t during the holidays at a RS in 1984. Now I've moved far away and only just found out that not only is the RS gone -- the whole mall is gone! Capitalism is a cruel and unforgiving master.

Re: Location, location, location?

Well, an "up your pork pie" to whoever downvoted my USA! comment. Check the user stats for El Reg. Cheers anyway.

Imagine an android 5 times more intelligent than a human, 10 times as strong and quick.

You've got a helluva movie idea here.

@Marketing Hack

That book was an allegory. The clown was supposed to represent hacker collectives, or Microsoft, or something....

The clown responsible for El Reg's site redesign.

@SuccessCase

Somehow,

The Register^®

Licking the hand that feeds IT

Doesn't sound like a site I'd bother reading.

Re: Won't cost them much...

I mean, who would buy 3 hours of TV theme music when sober?

The best themes in life are free!

Re: Sort your shit out advertisers

All you have to do in AdBlock Plus is click the ABP stop sign, click Filter preferences, and uncheck the Allow some non-intrusive advertising box.

Re: Doesn't sound datacenter related

AVG doesn't sound like a big company

Why not check?

AVG Technologies (formerly named Grisoft) is a Czech company formed in 1991 by Jan Gritzbach and Tomáš Hofer, with corporate offices in Europe and the United States. The company specializes in computer security software. As of February 2, 2015 over 200 million active users [the El Reg article mentions 197 million] used AVG´s software products and services, which include internet security, performance optimization, and personal privacy and identity protection applications.

Number of employees 1013 worldwide

Re: Hmmmm

Not at all.They're diverting attention from that "wet" stuff and trying to look relevant. After Sony, "digital" is all the rage, don't ya know. Out there in the Heartland, everyone who ever mistakenly installed a dodgy toolbar or a virus is cheering this further Balkanization of our government. Meanwhile, the band and the drones play on.

Re: Hypocrisy! Favoritism!

It's about whether Netflix is using it's deep pockets to disadvantage NON-NETFLIX VoD services that should be on the same level playing field.

Level playing fields are antithetical to capitalism. If that's what we want we have to change the West's economic system. Good luck with that. My objection is to the apparent shock and awe some people are displaying in the face of a corporation only doing what corporations do. This is newsworthy but hardly surprising.

Re: Okay, so they ask to see my laptop.

Okay mister border guard, what now?

You're going to seriously piss off the next caller from India, that's what.

Re: Last gasps of the battleship

Anyway, Cheney did his best to neuter the US Navy, and remove its long range weapons. Probably because it wasn't a good Halliburton customer.

Yeah, buddy. They want to do away with aircraft carriers. Cheney had "other priorities" during Vietnam so he has no idea what it might feel like to wait for a cruise missile to arrive. I remember waiting for DASC Alpha to approve Spooky missions, when the planes were less than 30 miles away at Phu Cat AB, sitting on the ground while the brass thought it over. Having aircraft on cap ready to go is very comforting. Even drones aren't as good IMO, because their use has to make its way through the bureaucracy.

Despite having the world's largest military budget, we were totally unprepared for Iraq, and neither Cheney, Rumsfeld or Wolfowitz gave a damn. We need to go back to the times when leaders rode into battle ahead of their troops.

Re: Don't tell Steven Spielberg

First comes "Saving Private Fortunes."

Re: Worthless chip manufacturing plant??

@FutureShock999

I worked in the electronics business for more than 40 years. I knew people who loved the business and knew their products inside and out, and others who were only looking for their next job, with better salary, perks and stock options. Over time the latter outpaced the former. Most of the companies I worked for over the years are gone; in another post I mentioned IBM, and another company still around is Fairchild Semiconductor.

Did the others -- Digital and Gerber Scientific among them -- fail because of women? No, because women simply weren't allowed into the Boy's Club on Mahogany Row. As my career advanced I spent enough time hanging out with the boys on the row to know they were little more than little boys in expensive suits. The off-hours conversations were reminiscent of fifth-grade locker room banter. No way they'd let the girls see them in their natural environment.

I knew a few female managers, some good, some bad, just like their male counterparts. When I had the opportunity I tried to fill open positions with qualified female candidates, and never regretted the decision. Some of the men, on the other hand, would try to play the "old-boy" routine. You know, we're all mates and all that. Never once did a woman who worked for me try to play on her gender to do an end run. Okay, I was a squishy liberal, but the diversity made work more interesting and I couldn't help noticing the men started wearing better ties.

I'm not claiming businesses would run any better if there were more women running them, but I don't think they'd run any worse, and at least they'd be more representative of reality.