Posts by Martin Summers

Re: Users, no matter how long they might use an application, never mind their instructions

My BSM driving instructor told me that I could just put my wing mirror down far enough to see the corner kerb I was reversing around. Which I have never taken advantage of after I'd passed.

Re: working … under the name of Manuel

Well I'm pretty sure he would have used the line "I know nothing" at least once during his career.

Re: I miss the jokes

"I've no idea how their comments made it from the users' living rooms onto the tellybox"

Imps, listening to everything you say.

If I recall correctly, it was actually done by post. I remember seeing PO box numbers. Could still have been imps too though if your TV was fancy.

"I won't bother naming the brand that failed"

Come on, we all know it's more than likely Seagate.

I think you can safely say if they don't care about those areas now, then they won't care about them 10 years from now either. Or it could make things better when deploying services becomes more cost effective. Who knows. At the end of the day, if the economics don't add up for the provider then they won't do it will they. Ofcom have mandated coverage requirements in licenses before, if you don't think the operators are living up to them where you're referencing then complain.

Re: Competition

"We get our Amazon next-day deliveries via Royal Mail."

Yeah cos Amazon are paying them to fill in a small proportion. Amazing what they can do for a cash incentive.

"What would you suggest?"

Anything but relying on your ISP. Go Microsoft 365 or Google Mail business. People may laugh at the idea but they're solid most of the time.

Re: YouTube Stunt

I put this link there and then a 1 million subscriber channel gets deleted shortly afterwards!

Basically he paid someone to CGI a guy in a jetpack flying near an airport and got the television news to air the footage.

Re: I was very naive in my early IT days ... and was caught be this

I have a feeling that Jenny was someone you wanted a less platonic relationship with. I was expecting that to end with "And we've been married 20 years". So what did happen with Jenny. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to know.

Re: "This should serve as a warning to any company that thinks it is above the law."

You should have told them that you could trace your lineage all the way back to 0.1. That would have shown 'em.

Re: The Bra Factory

No need to cause a bust up

Re: Paid adverts?

They're reporting valid and interesting news from them. I very much doubt they are being paid. El Reg are very clear when their sponsored stories are sponsored. Why so salty about it?

Re: words

The word blockchain is lube for investor wallets.

"whats the point, you'll never alert them in time to stop them."

No, maybe not,but you will have already deployed your fibre repair team.

Re: The C waord

If its Brian Blessed shouldn't that be

BOLLOCKS!

Re: When I see...

"How exactly did they raise the money?"

Generally the rich ask those poorer to put their hands in their pockets.

Don't get me wrong, I give to charity and I earn an average amount. What I don't do is give to charity based on appeals from these people. The rich should fund raise amongst their friends and leave it at that. I'd feel so bloody hypocritical asking ordinary people for money for a good cause of I could donate more than most of the people I was asking.

Re: AI technology and absolute censorship, no escape from this

"Many people can be fooled by the results"

And indeed I think you've just proven that.

"If you listen carefully, you'll be able to hear the conductor's asthma."

That's on the lossless [of breath] version.

If you keep an eye out on Amazon (and sometimes Argos) it is very frequently at least £20 cheaper than that for the family pack. I've never paid £80 for it.

You're damn right you'll get your coat!

Re: He needs to migrate to Andrews and Arnold (AAISP)

"But then if Zen also matched the A&A prices, they could probably more easily afford it :)"

Well yes, unfortunately its a race to the bottom with ISPs trying to attract customers. If you want decent anything then expect to pay a reasonable price. I would have signed up with AAISP years ago but I'd regularly blow through their caps just on streaming. I've got a 500mbps Virgin connection and thankfully they're actually reasonable now compared to when I left them some years back when YouTube used to buffer.

Try enabling your processors in built TPM. On Intel processors this is called PTT. It is tucked away in the BIOS settings. Once I did that on mine, the Windows 11 requirements checker I still have a copy of was satisfied that my PC was good to go. Remains to be seen if that stays the case of course. It may just save some pain for some of having to get price gouged TPM's.

Re: Windows 11 TPM

I turned it on in my BIOS and both windows insider and the checker tool that I still had a copy of both said my PC now met the hardware requirements. Doesn't hurt to try.

Re: that forever cut...

I was with you an annual fee. Then you lost me at only covering cost and having that facilitated by a not for profit. Apple are perfectly entitled to make a profit and they shouldn't have to just cover costs.

Re: Thanks I hate it

"Don't worry - getting any sort of radio to work in those tunnels is an engineering nightmare"

Channel Tunnel managed it. Leaky feeder cable, as previously mentioned.