Posts by Mark 85

Shhh... some folks believe no one ever attacks when it's raining. I knew an officer in 'Nam who died believing that.

Re: I remember ...

As I recall through the mists of time.. the original stuff when the Colonel owned the company was pretty good. When Heublein bought the company, they kept him on for PR and also changed the recipes. HIs tirades while he was on the road doing "PR" were great as he railed about those "booze makers not knowing diddley about chicken. Yeah.. it's not good or even food in my book anymore.

Re: Prevention campaign

Hit them where it hurts. Confiscate their phones.

And have the parents cut off their allowances. The kiddies are paying with this from money from somewhere....

Meanwhile of course my company will still be using hardware from 2006.

And running XP also? Maybe a few machines with Win 3.1?

Re: Eek!

That aside, I hope I'm not the only one imagining a guy stepping out on a spacewalk with dirty overalls over his spacesuit and a length of rubber hose in hand.

Harry Tuttle?

Look for Trump impeachment early, followed by Pence presidency.

Having Pence in reserve is why Trump won't be impeached or assassinated. Pence is insurance, if you will.

Re: To the 2IC

2IC = Second in charge or second in command.

Re: Ad domains should use Do-Not-Track

A well maintained HOSTS file goes a long way in blocking ad sites. I can turn off my adblocker and still not see most ads. The average punter has no idea what a HOSTS file is so they're the ones at risk.

As long as Locky isn't used against Russian users, companies, etc. there's no problem apparently. It seems to me that the government is saying: "Do what you will to the rest of the world, just leave Mother Russia out of it.". <nudge><nudge><wink><wink>

Re: Organ payments

I didn't downvote you but maybe I should have.

The problem is "viable organs". Most people don't die under the conditions needed to keep organs viable, and then there are those that eliminated... certain diseases, drug addiction, etc. As one commenter said.. "cut up everyone who dies"(paraphrased).. Well that's just impossible. People die in accidents, shootings, at home. Their organs aren't considered viable after the first 30 minutes, if I recall correctly.

Legalized selling will make matters worse as only the rich will be able to afford it. It will be a seller's market as such.. sell to the highest bidder. It may be already... look at how fast certain celebs (millionaires and billionaires) get to the top of the list rather quickly. Steve Jobs and David Cosby come to mind here.

Insurers won't want to pay for them just as they don't like it now. The cost of the surgeries, the anti-rejection drugs can run into the millions over a lifetime (or what's left of the lifetime). To pay for it, premiums would have to one helluva lot higher than they are now. Tax based coverage... taxes will have to go a lot higher also.

It's a sad, pathetic situation but until we can figure out how to get dying people to a hospital and/or keep the organs viable, I don't see a real solution anytime soon.

Re: 25 years seems a bit steep

Well, he did say he was sorry and learned his lesson... maybe we should just let him off on that?

Re: Common sense required

I would add to your post.. what the fuckity-fuck are they thinking and what the fuckity-fuck was the Trademark Office thinking when they approved this? Prior art? There is if everyday conversation is considered. What's next..."this is the winter of our discontent".??????

Re: Wait what?

What is a Windows 10 computer and why does the baroque bullshit need to be found in a headset?

Two possibilities...

1) Having another Win 10 install helps MS's numbers.

2) Twice the phoning home and snooping and probably advertising in the middle of your session.

Re: Trade Secret Wars

Follow the money.. probably the buyers of the steel shook their heads "no" at the possibility of an investigation.

I'm still surprised that there's any steel-making industry here in the States at all. The Japanese certainly killed off lots of US Steel making starting back in the '70's.

Re: What's on the menu?

I'll bet you're the guy who goes into a restaurant alone and gives them the name "Donner" just hear "Donner, party of one."... right?

Re: Do they not have...

I just can't understand the mentality of wishing to stay in the role - I guess it is a siege mentality.

It's the mindset exhibited by many PHB's. The "I know best and rest of you are mental midgets."

Re: IoT devices need a universal logo

Maybe a "steaming pile" would do. I think there's an emoji which might be a start.

Re: Google Conspiracy?

Try this: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=the+circle+movie%5C I'm getting a lot of hits for it.

I need some mind bleach for that....

Re: Utterly shameful -- but pragmatic and it's our loss.

As a history buff, all governments are that way. Just look to the late 1800's and early 1900's at the number of wooden ships that were broken up and scrapped. Many should have become museums but upkeep is horrendous. Same for ships from WW1 and WW2. Very few have survived and as time takes it's toll, they'll soon be gone also.

Here in the States USS Olympia may very well be headed to the scrapyard. She's deteriorating quickly.

So, the pragmatics win... save the cost of keeping these old girls afloat and use the money on new ones. But for every one that's broken up, a bit more of history is lost. Even the ones sunk during WWII are now being picked apart for scrap. Very sad.

Pizzaria was used as a base for Child Pornography by Hillary Clinton and one deranged human decides to go in there and shoot.

Turns out it was a Trump "insider" (son of one, I believe) who started that story..err.... rumor. Reports are varying but someone got fired for story.

I do find it disgusting that the media picks up shit like this without ever checking to see it's a rumor or a well-placed lie. I guess "investigative" isn't a word use with "reporter" anymore.

Oops.. forgot that we got the Patriot Act BS first with certain provisions along the same lines.... Still, it's a race to the bottom and whether we in the US will get there first or someone else won't matter as we're all screwed. We won't know until we hit he bottom and by then it will be too late.

Re: I vote for "can't resist grabbing everything"

Well.. there's always the advertising angle..."I see you're wearing XXX shoes. Y store is having a sale, want to stop by on the way to the pub? The waiting fee will be nominal for this." And so it goes... profit from the ad, profit from additional charges.

Basically, I think you got it. Now if the owner of the video has a Middle Eastern type name... all bets are off.

Re: The real irony

Does that really warrant paying the bloody lawyers so much money??

The lawyers certainly think so...

Re: Someone got this the wrong way around!

I would suggest dumping every SVP and most of the VP's as they are pretty much all a waste of oxygen

That won't happen as the job of management is protect management and their bonuses.

As for here.. at least it's sales droids and the not the techies in the trenches. Usually it seems to be the other way around.

Re: 'Reaper' and 'Predator' were too aggressive

Every time I hear it called the Reaper, I get an ear bud from Blue Oyster Cult. Scary....

Re: Iowa is "empty"?

So, sorry if you have a beef against the state of Iowa.

One of the big beefs about Iowa is that being the first primary/caucus/etc. it's sets the tone for the for the other states. Some candidates drop out after they've done their thing. It would probably be a better system if all states held their primaries on the same day. Make the candidates speak for the country instead of pandering to the first few primaries.

Comcast is still behind the times, I see. Somewhat expected from I've seen of them.