Posts by Mark 85

Re: No fines collected?

Then, the directors, owners, etc. should be liable for the fines and the law should be amended to permit that. But this is 'Merica, the home of lobbyists and special interest groups so that will never happen.

Re: A win for the dark forces?

Maybe this is what you get when you have semi-baked support automation. No support is a guaranteed part of our service.

So the semi-baked support automation is just as bad at "outsourced support" then.

@jake --Re: "explain rustlers microwave burgers?"

Good point. But didn't rustlers only get the slow ones from the herd? The fast and healthy would get away?

Re: Clarity

Clarity to the willfully obtuse is ultimately provided by the Hot Enema of Enlightenment

Wow... thumbs up for an analogy worthy of at least a barrel of mind bleach.

Mostly true for most countries, but they're still finding a lot of medical waste in the ocean. Relatively, it's minor compared to other waste.

In what universe does sheet metal float? Or aluminum spars? Yes, metal can float if it's shaped to contain something lighter than water and the integrity of the seal isn't damaged. By your thinking, no ship (wood or metal) should ever have sunk.

Re: Phone contracts

If people stopped buying a particular brand from the carriers because of the lack of support maybe the carriers would apply pressure on the manufacturers

Updates, etc. cost the carriers money (bandwidth and managing costs) and thus profit. I agree that they should at least do some pushing for the updates but if it doesn't affect the bottom line, they won't do it. And here in the States, in most places changing carriers isn't an option.

It's the UN. They come out of their cocktail hours in NYC on a regular basis, look around, pontificate about their own importance and then go back inside.

Let's ask them a real question: Has the UN ever done anything of significance? What qualifications do they have for tech? Politics is one thing but tech is something they should just stay out of as they are not tech types and in reality, they have their own self interest in mind.

Side bar: Even their politics are screwed up with corruption amongst the delegates and a total lack of comprehension about problems and issues in the real world.

Downvote away, but UN has pretty much been crippled by politics and made meaningless for a long time.

Re: Can it be extended to...

You're doing it wrong. Don't bundle but post each one separately back to them... attached to a brick.

Re: Complete non-enforcement...

They pass laws thinking that the law will change human nature and also wipe out human stupidity. Hasn't worked yet and most likely will never work as it's doubtful that there hasn't been a law passed yet which hasn't been broken.

Re: Microsoft can no longer afford being like the microsoft of 20 years ago

"Humble"??? I don't think that word means what you think it does. Take a hard look at Win10 and their treatment of customers/users both in the way they deployed it and the way it's being "updated" among other things.

Re: Two more childhood heroes gone

I can only add "Amen". Sad times these days with little to spark the imagination of us humans.

Re: Deuterium-free Parafresh or Orthofresh

Either/or. I just use it as a chaser while partaking of adult beverages.

Re: I've got the Looney Tunes theme stuck in my head now

Better than Yakety Sax

Thanks for that earbug. <sigh>

Re: Wonder what would happen

I don't think that will happen as the stockholders will have a fit about the drop in income/profit for even just a month.

Re: Blah!

Is there any context to go with either of those statements or does Facebook think they can make self-contradicting statements and nobody will think about them

So far it seems to be working for them. Lately everything they state seems fit that category.

Re: OK, so they asked nicely

Well.... they did ask nicely. Job done and it's tea time. There won't be any more hacking now since the commission has spoken. I'm thinking they're the only ones who might believe this. I wonder if they'd be interested in a buying a bridge? It's one owner and has a nice view of the river.

Re: Fascinating insights about our lives!

That, plus they'll sell the data to advertisers. Though for your example, you might suddenly start seeing ads for various drugs or even firearms.

Let's face it, there's no benefit or incentive for any company doing AI to "help" you unless it improves their bottom line.

Re: Excellent BOFH

It does make me wonder what % of accidents in the workplace are caused *BY* Health & Safety....

IF there were no accidents, H&S wouldn't be needed, would they? So it's job security for them.

Re: Any NRA comment?

I should explain some things. Yes, I'm white. But this goes back to several decades ago when I lived in a rather large city and not in the "best" neighborhood. The cops got the address wrong and came pounding on my door late at night. I came damn close to being shot because of my actions and theirs. I learned a bit since then. Like if the cops pull you over, keep your hands where they can see them. Once the initial contact is made, then I'll step out of the car and maybe have a smoke. Depends on the cop. So my actions say more about me than anything else as the local cops where I live now are actually pretty easy going.

Yeah, there's good cops and then there are those with a power trip. We do have issues with the cops in this country but also with some of the citizens. We have a real mess on our hands especially in the larger cities.

Re: Let the experiment begin!

Well, bots don't read... so there's what will so be hitting his site to rate per the bot herder.

Re: What is the voice recognition version of "butt dialing" called?

The voice recognition version: A brain fart or a belch maybe? Or "intentional" if one never attributes to accident that which is malicious.

Re: Sea Wolf

The down side is "how many and how fast can you fire them?" followed by "how fast can you reload the launchers and do you have enough in stores to sustain the defense?"

I think there's a step 5a needed: "UK will threaten to hold it's breath until it turns blue".