Posts by Jamie Jones

Re: Meh

Didn't they say they'd stop releasing complete windows versions after 10?

Ahhh, you're too young to remember the free fax service by "the phone company" @ tpc.int !

https://hylafax.sourceforge.io/howto/tpc.php

Re: what about .home.arpa

Good point.

The IETF launched .home.atpa. because no standard existed under ICANN. (IETF controls .arpa)

I guess it's not really needed now that ICANN has announced .internal

Basically, 2 different organisations doing the same thing.

Wooosh?

Re: "DNS, however, can't prevent internal use of ad hoc TLDs"

Huh? By that argument, RFC1918 is pointless too.

Where the speakers have a sneaky grasp of foreign languages?

Those cunning-linguists...

No. Using .local in as a DNS TLD can cause problems because of precisely the reason you cite - it's officially used by mDNS and as mDNS configurations "own" that TLD, using it in the local DNS will cause issues if you're network also runs mDNS.

For this reason, it's already prohibited from being used in the DNS.

https://community.veeam.com/blogs-and-podcasts-57/why-using-local-as-your-domain-name-extension-is-a-bad-idea-4828

Re: Meet the New War....same as the Old War

No, Jumbotron64 is correct.

The Linux you describe is run in a virtual machine that runs on the main chrome OS.

If that counts, then you could also say that Windows runs Linux because of VMWARE, Linux runs FreeBSD because of KVM, FeeeBSD runs Linux because of Bhyve etc..

Next time you startup your chromebook environment, type "uptime". It will not be the same uptime as the host.

In fact, Android Apps are run the same way - the android-tweaked kernel and userland all run in a VM too.

P.S. Not my downvote!

Re: At one point...

I won a Merlin Tonto for my school at the time, from a BT sponsored competition!

Re: CP/M on VAX ? interesting...

I still remember the phone number of my girlfriend at the time:

"CALL ... PUSH HL"

*BLUSH*

Re: OPD

I won one for the school I was at at the time

It was never used, except by us pupils to try and make its rather limited vocal vocabulary say something rude.

I think "play under the table with my secretary" was the worst we could get out of it.

Re: I don’t buy this

I was surprised to find out that they only stopped printing it in 2019. I'm not sure the quality of their online version is though. Have you tried it? https://business.yell.com/yellow-pages/

Re: Not just lower quality..

I dislike Quora, but it isn't an aggregate site.

<rant>

I deleted my profile there after admin power abuse, After them twice putting me on the naughty step for invalid reasons, I gave them a final warning: "3 strikes, and YOU'RE out." - I'm not providing content to them for free for them to behave all shitty.

I had some quite detailed and well received tutorial posts there too.

Also, their posting rules are so draconian, that you won't find decent discussions there, because everyone is either too scared to be anything other than fluffy - either the non-fluffy posts are deleted, or the non-fluffy posters have left. I'm not even talking about things like swearing or personal abuse, just some of the stuff you need to be allowed to air in a scientific or other forum.. Don't you DARE tell someone they are wrong on a subject. It's not nice, or something.

</rant>

Re: The only real test for AI

Ignore all of cloudflare? Nice, but I don't see it happening!

Anyway, they must have found a way around things, because I have sites that resolve to multiple addresses (not for nefarious reasons) and google cononicalises them: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2019/03/how-to-discover-suggest-google-selected

Re: So who is building the successor to http and www?

It is pronouncable:

aitch tee tee pee.

Now get these young whipper-snappers off my lawn!

Indeed. It was shocking to read that they wanted to keep him because he'd done good work, but at the same time thought that he'd wreak revenge if let go.

Re: Trust them with your money?

Yeah, the same sort of ads as the ones on youtube. Seems the ASA are asleep at the wheel.

From: https://www.asa.org.uk/news/how-we-regulate-online-ads.html

"Online advertising in the UK is diverse, but whether its paid ads on platforms and the internet, claims on company websites and social media channels or influencer ads, we are the UK’s one-stop shop for regulating online ads."

I'd never heard of that either, but Amazon has a description:

From: https://advertising.amazon.com/en-gb/blog/what-is-full-funnel-marketing:

"Full-funnel marketing encompasses all levels of the funnel. When we say “funnel”, we’re referring to the marketing funnel, which outlines the most straightforward journey a customer might take in the path to purchase. Full-funnel marketing starts at the top of the funnel and continues to consider the needs of customers throughout all its levels."

Does that help you? No? Me neither!

Re: Are there containered versions of chrome ?

That's not the issue. It's all about IP tracking.

It would be the same whatever browser was being used.

Re: Ofcom...

Thanks. That's interesting to know.... Our dealings with the ombudsman went nowhere.

Now OVO have attempted to change my direct debit from £14 to £1,768 a month (!) (for a one person flat!) I will have to call on them!

(Original details here: https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/10/23/millions_of_smart_meters_will/#c_4747614

Re: I'll stick with a kernel panic message, thank you.

OK, This post is talking generally, I'm not applying each point to EVERY Linux user. etc.

The BSD's won't touch it with a bargepole.

One of the major differences always between the BSD and linux-gnu philosphies, is that with BSD's, the traditional unix way of doing things is preserved, unless there's a good reason not to (BSD developers aren't bloody minded, and are pragmatic)

Linux fans always used to call for programs to be portable, but they are quiet these days now that linuxism-lockin is affecting everything.

Sound driver not working? Write another one! To show how portable we are, we will put "Linux" in the title!

devd ? udev? Whatever is flavour of the month.

The whole linux thing (and I'm talking about userland etc. NOT Linus or the kernel or the other kernel developers) has been about sticking it to microsoft, not how to get a better Unix.

BSD's are maintained by UNIX engineers.

Linux folk have always been simply anti-Microsoft, which is ironic considering who Pottering works for, but no big deal, they are getting distracted by the new shiny shiny way of doing something else, whether its audio, video, or any other random piece of code that someone wants to wriite a new API for for everyone to use, because in their eyes, it's obviously much better than the one before.

Re: if your still on xitter

Not a good argument.

The ADL are not a government, or a police force.

That aside, they aren't even a valid group. To them, "anti-defamation" means, and only means, ANY criticism of anything to do with Zionist policy, They are the source of the Rachel Riley school of thought that criticising the current Israeli government policy makes you anti-Semitic.

I used to support them until I realised - and at that point, I miraculously went from being a friendly person who had lived in Israel with an Israeli Jew to being piled on from all corners as an anti-Semite.

Mind you, my girlfriend at the time was also critical of her government's treatment of Palestine, so I guess she's anti-Semitic too.