Posts by Teiwaz

Re: Nude Petanque

Real pétanque balls are made of steel and weigh approx 1.5 lb. Plastic balls are for kids or tourists.

I think the plastic is really meant for the beach and better sand visibility.

Re: I can hardly wait!

alternative versions of software made by people/companies that I've never even heard of

Good training for Linux then....

with fewer 'companies' though....

Re: Diddiums

Some of the other stuff like dealing in various forms of human suffering is going to be extremely hard to nail down.

It's odd, that the policing arms of various governments run around trying to remove those who deal in human suffering as private enterprise, while other arms dish it out in some parts of the world, or ignore it in others because politics,,,

Re: Assumption detected

Bipedal locomotion is an excellent

Hmm, quadrupeds seem to outnumber bipeds on earth I think for complex organisms anyway (not including birds, insects and others).

Intelligent life, maybe. I you might need an extra set of appendages not otherwise needed for locomotion for development of technology.

Re: Total Waste Of Money

The great British people voted for an end to farming subsidies.

That's actually a very good point.

When the British G.P voted to No to the EU, were they also voting out of all those 'classic' EEC programmes we (unless you schooled before most of them came in) learned about, like CAP and the Fisheries and all the others I'm too lazy to go look up as a refresher.

Re: Going back in time to modify history

Hindsight is wonderful, but mostly useless...

infer I am a worthless thicko rather than a socially valuable and intelligent IT professional?

You are up on the deal, society clearly prefers the thicko, nobody values intelligent IT professionals, not even the Gov. who should know better.

I didn't learn that until well after the opportunity to be a thicko kicking footballs around had passed.

optimistic, naive even.

If you have a system in place to deal with it then at least something gets done and people get held accountable for their actions or inaction.

Most corporations put a system in place so that things don't get done (seemingly)...

When have you heard the phrase 'We are putting a process in place....' and seen an excellent and working response to a problem.

May as well form a committee or put together a working group....

Re: "The UK has exceptionally high standards of data protection," she said

"The UK has exceptionally high standards of data protection," she said

The UK government does have high standards or data protection.....

Once UKgov has their hands on it, no one else is getting anywhere near it, if they could help it.

Re: Where is the Tax on Microsoft and IBM then?

Try to tax Microsoft and they will upgrade you to Windows 10 while you are not looking.

Just thinking about having to use Windows is taxing enough....

I need a lie down....and a drink.... make that several drinks and a lie down....

Actually, who produces these CGI images of human-faced white-goods-robots (isn't that anti-diversity?) showing their mechanical innards while letting inscrutable machine emotions mold their plasto-faces? One can see them everywhere.

You'd prefer a android version of Consuela (Family Guy) - or otherwise darker colouring...

That might too heavily hint at the new slavery to come should some corp perfect androids - it'll be ancient Rome all over again....

Re: Everything..

The Human race needs to breed in order to continue, you should have sex to reproduce. (Every man relaxes)

I think I read somewhere not long ago regular sex can stave off prostate cancer.....

Wonder what non-regular sex does.....

Re: Missing the point

Well there's the solution.

All meetings should come with one free course per (what'll we say, an hour?) - (Hobbits can have a course every twenty minutes).

Either the company will wise up and limit number of meetings or go into the red due to the catering expense or the more terminal meeting addicts will die due to obesity or have to spend more time in the gym and away from the meeting room.

Re: Meanwhile...

Brexit means do whatever you feel like doing.

I thought Brexit meant doing whatever May and other half-wits blithely building the foundation for a near future Ing-Soc think

Re: Dyson ain't quite wot it used-er to be

Wife loves her Dyson hairdryer. Blokes don't have to understand, just agree...

Hopefully not 'in the biblical sense', the mind squeaks more than the plastic at the thought.

Unless the hairdryers have a 'secret' second feature.....

The Communications Caper?

Sounds more like an episode of wacky Races or Top Cat

Re: I found it stupidly easy to 'give up' with vapes.

Gear?

Cheapo logic pro - Lady behind the tobacco counter at tescos knew nothing about the product for sale - despite being a smoker herself - Just plumped for whatever looked neither too expensive nor too cheap.

But I had been doubling up the filters in roll-ups for some months (a little like the cigs on the fifth element).

Re: In the days before the internet

newspapers were often archived either physically or on MicroFiche, maybe they still are in some places.

Does the whole right to be forgotten apply there?

Nothing more obscure than microfiche at your local library.

Even before the internet, it was used rarely. Not exactly as easy or instant as historical information retrieval today.

it's wonderful, isn't it?

They shouldn't sweat it since it takes someone with more dollars than sense at $50k a pop pup.

Still plenty of those about. Enough demand, and someone will manage to get the price down, even if it means cutting corners or ethics.

All that's needed is something like a cheap Max Headroom process for dogs (season 2 ep 2 : Deities)

Re: Looks like

They need this at their sub-contract factories to offer mental health support rather than suicide nets.

I suspect this will only be for Outer and Inner Party members.

Re: IT?

Bootnote !!

Maybe the reg needs to highlight these article headers clearer, people seem not to notice the small category text top left of title.

Maybe some flashing....erm..

I'd have liked the option of horrific green. That's my normal go to colour for devices I need help not to forget

A nice luminous dayglow green - even if it only glows when it's ringing - you'd not only never forget, you'd easily find it - we could call it the 'Orville'

That was the problem with the Lumia line, they didn't.

Re: Looks good

Make sure you trim your nose hairs. That camera though neat is at the ideal angle to look straight up your nose. That angle will also make it look like you are looking down on anybody at the other end.

Maybe people want nasal view cameras...

Re: What job will last forever

Any demand for Ed 209 Hooker bots?

Rather niche, and it'd be the Ed 209 Hooker bots doing the demanding.

.....hanging around street corners in short leather mini-skirts chewing gum.....

Re: Pr0n at work

Do you want to view porn with the misses and kids around?

Send the kids out to the cinema/round to the neighbours

Then 'go to work' on the missus