Posts by getHandle

Turn it off?

I can't help feeling that turning autopilot off if the driver doesn't respond isn't the most sensible choice. What if they're asleep?!

Ever more strident warnings and alarms might be better...

So, cutting-edge technology

Yet their website is utter crap - slow as anything, clunky to navigate and like 10 bloody clicks to checkout!

And I'd question whether the intelligence behind their delivery scheduling is even present, yet alone artificial or not...

Interesting...

FPGA> "It looks like you are trying to write a letter..."

"likley"?

Is that near Ilkley? ;-)

I agreed to smart meters

Simply to avoid having to read them myself. Shame the clueless gimp from Lowri Beck failed to commission the gas meter, then said company failed to uphold a subsequent appointment and, finally after 2 1/2 months, they sorted it.

Ultimate irony is that the energy company is telling me that if I change supplier then the new one might not be able to work with the meters and they will effectively revert to being dumb!

You couldn't make it up... Money well spent? Definitely not! Glad it didn't cost me anything (directly)!

This again?

Grumpy dev is grumpy? Old news, move on.

Linux is a fantastic achievement, Linus has dealt with a lot of shit to help make it so. Sounding off at clueless devs is something probably more people wish they could do. And, er, are probably glad that their bosses can't!

13 seconds?

It can take windows that long to notice a USB mouse being plugged that it has seen before on the same port!

To detect, install and start using a brand new device? Probably need a reboot before it started working...

Warning!

DO NOT TYPE "GLOBAL THERMO-NUCLEAR WAR"!

Bah

Wake me up when the next article about the cockwombles who staff and manage Southern comes along. It'll probably be sooner than my next train!

Subheading:

All pay rises and promotions are cancelled :-)

Oh god

None of this bodes well. I'd be happy if they'd just answer the fscking phone...

On the flip side

If you want a good price for your second hand, thoroughly wiped hard disk, just imply it was used for sensitive data in a government department!

"When Apple familiarised me with the iPad Pro..."

There's the problem for me - none of this is revolutionary so you shouldn't need to learn new tricks to operate it. Just sheer hubris on Apple's part.

6GB of RAM!

According to the linked page...

Trouble figuring out how it worked?

And only now they thought to RTFM? Sheesh...

Facebook ain't leaving the browser

Not on desktop, not on mobile. They can shove their bloated, intrusive apps where the sun don't shine.

What's it got to do with the Australian Information Commissioner?

And why was it reported in the Australian section of the Guardian? Oh, hang on, which country's DPMC are we talking about?? Presumably not the one The Reg is located in!

Does "detained in absentia" count towards any future jail time?

At this rate he will have served a chunk of any sentence he may or may not receive for his alleged crimes.

I don't mind the weight of pages

My cheap broadband is just about fast enough - what really annoys me is the way badly designed pages jump around as unsized elements load and cause the layout to be refreshed. Especially on mobile. Muppets. And don't even get me started on auto-play video... My bandwidth - my choice. You barstewards.