Posts by Teiwaz

here in Scotland it also coincides with the older festival of Beltane,

Sorry, neither Easter nor Midwinter coincides with Beltane, which is halfway between Spring Equinox and Midsummer (and usually calendarily celebrated in or around 1st May*).

But, yes, Beltane is a Fire Festival, fire doesn't necessarily mean winter, the Japanese prefer their fireworks for summer, not later autumn for example.

* Do the conservatives still want to abolish Mayday for it's acquired socialist associations and replace it with something tacky, empty and artificial like Trafalger Day???

Re: Optional

"government department in a decent democratic country should be a safe customer "

That seems a little niave,

Poster did specify 'decent democratic country' perhaps it isn't.

One might postulate that, Ideally, a countries institutions, bodies and departments should operate on the basic moral consensus of the people, not using tactics and methods that the majority would find distasteful.

But this is just weasel words.

A countries Institutions and bodies and Departments Should operate on the basic moral consensus, otherwise it is no longer serving the people.

Re: the gang

Really? I would have thought that a good knowledge of the subject, enthusiasm for it, the ability to engage with and inspire students, and to communicate concepts and principles would be more relevant.

You've been watching Dead Poets Society again, haven't you?

That type of teacher are rare anyway, even those with just a spark have that crushed out of them after a few years.

Also, teachers that over engage with students might be viewed with suspicion by onlookers as to being the 'P' word.

Re: Meteor, smoking crater, Twitter HQ.

Sit back, relax and enjoy it,

It's very therapeutic.

...Breath in and out evenly and regularly, allow the site of the salvo of ICBMs streaking majestically toward their targets to calm you.

As the missiles hit, allow the annihilation to banish your stresses and purify your spirit.

Lean back in your comfortable meditation chair and allow yourself a maniacal laugh.

Re: Your app has been replaced by Google Assistant

They're not really assisting in this case.

It's more hindering.

Re: Are you sure about that?

Communism or socialism are the ultimate left-wing

That's assuming that the left/right wing thing is a sort straight line or bar.

Might as well say the earth is flat.

Left and right are on a curve and meet at the far end, a safe, liberal, permissive society is a very narrow strip in the ring.

A one party communist state only differs from a one party nationalist state in the rhetoric of the propaganda.

Re: Would you prefer the slightly Star Wars Empire style of Italian smart meters?

Cult of the Gonk Droid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZSxGes5WT8

Re: Features? Bah!

(It really helps to be able to send the X-rays direct to the consultant, for example.)

Extraneous features like I'd have thought would cause problems. Sooner or later, X-Ray machines running Android, with Alexa hindering more than assisting and listening in when not butting in.

Why can't the consultant pop by on his way to the Golf course, like they used to?

I'm disappointed to see no mention of throwing pies

Quite right, and, given the rich British music hall, The Goodies, Tiswas and Crackerjack (Crackerjack???) traditions, they should be proud to take it in the face.

Re: "The paper didn’t mention any potential malicious applications of the technology"

Otherwise, best keep them out of spaces that are already minefields of piss-poor human interaction.

There's one possible beneficial use case - Youtube.

As a 'minefield of piss-poor human interaction', it's got a bigger problem than Somalia (that's regarding 'minefields', not piss-poor.... Ok, that as well probably). Letting a few thousand loose on the Youtube comments might actually dilute the god-botherers, racists and plain 'ole ignorant and ill-informed pontificating some.

Certainly couldn't make the Youtube comments sections any worse.

'Nedella' doesn't like the colour.

You could tell 'im to stick it up 'is nose, but there'd only be a short business case to investigate whether Windows* would benefit to being fitted nasally.

* Yes, Windows, not the customer.

Re: The English language includes support for lists

When I were a kid, used to be able to occasionally get the novel 'Barry McGuigan Nettle Flavour' in crisps.

Really not sure how they knew what oule' Barry tasted like combined stingy plant leaf. It was hard to get a comparison taste test.

Re: Just Tell Me...

With MS's investment in Linux as of late, I'm not sure that will work.

Currently, Ms are 'only investing Linux' to try to ensue it runs smoothly ontop of a Windows platform and under the 'security' of a Windows licence.

And I bet that bog roll was much nicer to use than the repurposed sandpaper we had to use at primary school Jeez, that was rough stuff!

I didn't mind slightly rough as much as the 'grease proof paper' I dreaded encountering in public lavvys up until the mid eighties - maybe it took Andrex to fully encapsulate the idea that more absorbant was better than less - but I fail to grasp the logic that concluded shiny and all but waterproof was a good material for toilet paper.

Didn't so much as clean it off as spread it around more.

Re: Regardless of which side of the fence you are on.

Parliament writes laws as accurately as it can,

Which Parliament does that? It's not the one in Westminster.

Recent Bills have been full of vagueness with the expectation they (or more accurately someone will) work out how to do it (if it's even possible) at a later date. Provided of course, that bits of it aren't subsequently struck down by some higher court at some later date.

I run it on a (2011 era) Netbook

There really is not other sane option.

BSD is reliable, but often doesn't have the same hardware support 'Linux does.

Re: Franco was a Fascist. Period.

Anyway, to everyone today, I know you've been steeped in anti-communism, anti-trades unions and what have you from the cradle

Too true - The amount whatabouterist fearmongering concerning Labour of late and comparisons made of the EU and Germany by some, and the promises made to the public lately have just lacked stylized depictions of happy 'Volk' or joyous hard-working peasants in fields to look like early 20th Century propaganda.

I'd say we're ten years off the running war of politically charged gangs, but they'd probably all be stabbed in the back by drugdealing youfs eventually if they tried that right now.

They are allowed to operate within the boundaries of the M25, which as we all know is cursed and, by the machinations of the demon Crowley, a massive inscription of the sigil Odegra which translates as "Hail the Great Beast, Destroyer of worlds!"

Oh, this is a reference to another American TV show....

Thought for a minute is was a better read reference to Aleister Crowley and Thelema...or even something of Poe and Cthulhu. I was impressed for a moment.

Re: Unpopular opinion

maybe it is, but I actually really like the indentation in python. It forces you to structure your code in a readable manner.

It's just plain annoying though, when a program falls over just over the matter of a couple of lines out by or in by one space.

Seems to me, the difference between advocating a tidy desk and firing anyone who leaves a pencil across the top of the function key line.

Re: Here's a product idea for them.

Here's a product idea for them.

I visited this site to shop securely, but all I got was this lousy t-shirt.

I suggest an addendum to that, perhaps for the back

"..but three other people attempted to buy expensive shoes on my credit card"

I suppose at the very least it might panic MS into giving better rates for a new contract.

Re: In a normal universe

'Volunteer' and 'high quality' often do not get along. Why a very skilled developer should work for free, while others makes millions or billions from his or her work?

When 'Volunteer' is mentioned, there's the tendancy to think of a person or persons working from home/garage/parents basement.

The issue here is software companies releasing their product as Open source and failing to profit from that.

It was only a few years ago there was a plethora of articles encouraging more permissive licences and criticising the GPL.

I believe in Free Software, but I also believe if software is being used to turn a profit, there should be a cost to that. If you're dancing to the organ grinder for pleasure, great, if you are dancing and handing a hat, round some share should go to the grinder, or you are a naughty thieving monkey.

Re: We Don't Like Anybody Very Much

From the complaints, Google seems to be discriminating against all of their employees.

...Or just letting supervisors do it for them.

Too old, too female, too political...(and I've not really been paying attention).

Almost a full house. It's a wonder anyone would want to work there.

Re: Another way of looking at it

Maybe you like the "security" of employment, but should accept that others may get paid more for doing more?

Most probably, but I certainly can't gel that sentiment with TV presenters...

Re: You need to remember...

if the EU wasn't so annoyingly good at making me pay my taxes

In fact, it's so good at it that France, the UK, Germany etc. are all considering national laws so that Amazon, Google etc. pay the taxes that the EU lets them avoid.

Poster said 'People', not megacorps - who seem to manage to minimise tax payment on their massive profits.

Indeed, chuckles were had!

Look at that face!! News to me, I didn't know Trump was in Police Academy.

To late for FCUK

And certain Dutch Aircraft companies were decades ahead of everyone.

Re: So...

...who will walk away with £30 million in the bank, a knighthood for a failed project behind them?

...Find out on Tonights "The Price is So Wrong"

Blocked isn't the same as Flagging.

Which is exactly what flagging an application as a Potentially Unwanted Program does. So Malwarebytes is doing EXACTLY what you want them to do.

Well, if that is the case, then maybe the rivals case against them is unwarranted.

However, the article doesn't specify that's it's just a once only 'flagging' of a suspicious program staying resident. The article just says 'Blocked' like Malwarebytes software is refusing to share the system with this competitor program above and beyond user interaction.