Posts by Martin Summers

Re: Thank goodness for "tooted"

Since that pretty much means farted in the UK. I think they got it right.

Re: "not labor intensive"

Indeed. As soon as they let an activist investor call the shots to milk the profit, Alphabet will look like it's been dragged through a hedge fund backwards.

Re: an emblem to signify that certain digital resources are protected ...

"For whoever it was who downvoted a man from mars."

Downvoted because it's mostly senseless bot crap. I'm sure it's feelings won't be hurt, although it does reply in defence of itself when faced with criticism which is mildly entertaining. As with all aManFromMars posts, read it all twice and then try and say it made complete sense.

Re: Do you know...

I can't ever remember needing to pay for porn full stop!

Re: JWST is amazing

Have you considered that it might be because you posted a link to a news site that you 'might' have to log in to and not because of any homophobic sentiment in these forums?

I'm not wasting my time clicking on an article I'd have to pay to see, and that in turn makes it a pointless reference to back up your claims which most people may not have heard before.

This is what happens when people rush to think the worst before thinking.

Re: Let’s Go Brandon*

What datasets are they feeding you on these days? I'd go back to your normal brand, this one isn't doing it for you.

Agreed. As soon as I read the cost, saw the word celeron and saw how much had to be spent on extras, I just thought this setup was complete madness. As for docks being in the same price range, I think not...

Re: Have we made no progress?

I came here to say this. Why on earth so they not know, what's with the 'may'. If they don't know what will definitely work with the software they're responsible for creating then what bloody hope do any of us have? We seem to always have to deal with Microsoft Voodoo every single day, will this work, will that do what it's meant to, will that password sync to Azure update immediately or will even after manually running the connector will I still have to give up and wait for a few hours.

It's getting more and more frustrating to support Microsoft stuff and I'm tired of it. You don't need to spend time trying to make stuff that should just work, especially on their own bloody system, when you've got other more pressing issues. I find myself having to explain Microsoft foibles every damn day knowing to the user it actually just makes my department look completely incompetent.

Re: I'm old

Next to your slippers and your involuntary 'sample'.

Re: reboots dodgy network

Leet hacker: "bugger they've caught me and cut me off",

5 minutes later:

"Oh, nope, back again. Slightly faster too, bonus."

Re: There goes the prime directive... Murica Successfully Saves the world AGAIN with a bomb

"Keep taking the dried frog pills"

I've a feeling they're not actually working...

Re: Typical

Basically the way Virgin Media eventually came in to being. The likes of Comtel/Telewest becoming ntl then Virgin. It is history repeating itself. Infrastructure costs a fortune and the only sensible way out in the end if you're not covering your costs is to sell up to a bigger fish.

Re: Awesome

Boy George?

Does it say "Do you really turn me, do you really want to turn that way?"

Exactly Phil. They dig out this hyperbole about their job being so important just because it's related to the emergency services. I think being a content moderator for the likes of Facebook is probably more traumatising and challenging than 999 operator. It's the people on the business end of the calls who should be paid more, and even then they chose to do it as a job, they weren't forced.

Re: $100,000 and Government Panels of Experts

Well you could get quite a few KFC buckets for that to be honest.

Re: Not the only company....

Try not to take it to heart

Re: Everything green, nothing working

But sir, are you sure? That would mean changing the bulb!

Re: My favorite!

I had to look up what they were called, but we used Kwenchy cups where I come from in the UK or occasionally a discarded can. Both stuck between the rear brake and tyre. Can't have been good for the tyre but sounded great.

Re: Why has IT not locked Access to these back doors?

"But you can't stop "pondlife" from using their own phones or gov provided mobiles for their own purposes."

Yes, exactly the point of the article! Making your rant about IT departments not locking the apps down completely redundant.

Re: Ah, twitter

Mastadon has the same flaw as Twitter. It needs cash to run it. Hence why it asks for supporters on patreon. It has a CEO, it may well be a nonprofit now. How long will that last. Who will be able to afford to run the nodes it needs to function, those with money perhaps? It's never quite as simple as that. Nothing is free.

Not judging you, but you will never keep everyone happy and you will drive yourself and your team insane trying to.

Yes, which is exactly what the article says and you've just repeated it...

Re: Oh Lord!

"So is gonorrhea"

Gosh, had some bad Christmas and Birthdays have you?

Re: Just how would everything being internet addressable be helpful for china?

"Last time I checked, my National Insurance Number could not tell me where I am eating lunch at the moment."

Strange, it told me you were eating it at your desk.

Re: Thank you for your service. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

Because aManfromMars is a mostly senseless bot account that hangs around here, spouting mostly irrelevant drivel. Seems officially sanctioned though.