Posts by Mark 85

Re: Not Bad

It already has, with ad-blocking and script blockers.

Just an observation... not that many users use these tools. They simply don't care. Or when they do care, they end complaining that they missed a "good sale" or such similar stuff. Too many users I know don't even use the email spam bucket. They've been trained somewhere to just accept the abuse and other crap that comes onto their computer.

I have a friend that I installed an adblocker and modified her HOST file to block certain sites. Then she complained she was missing out on things. She is a FB user and started complaining she couldn't take quizzes or play certain games (all data slurpers). And then, I get a call...:"my computer is slowing down," or "my AV is telling me I have viruses". <sigh>

We in IT might be the biggest users of these blocking techs and the biggest complainers about the problems. The average user just doesn't give a crap. They want the shiney, the input, the feeling important enough to get this stuff.

Until we can change the mindset of the users, they'll continue clicking on click-bait, turning off or ignoring the protection settings, etc. and the malvertisers, advertisers, miscreants, etc. will keep doing what they do.

I'll stop ranting and go off to the corner to contemplate the human condition and why we got into this mess in the first place.

Re: "I didn't agree with it when I was writing it"

If he's doing stuff that goes against his "ethics" (does any exec know that word?) then really needs to move on. But then, bonuses, perks, etc. will not be his from FB. Someone else will jump right up, suck it up and feed at the gravy train.

Re: El Reg gets it wrong again

Toys-R-Us is/was a very niche market that catered to the baby boomers for their kids. The last 5 years so Toys has been headed downhill. Dirty stores, insolent even insulting staff, and many products that people wanted either weren't in stock or even carried by them.

@Pascal Monett -- Re: "Can you still be President if you're in the pen?"

Meaning : to put the President in the pen, you first have to de-President him, in other words : impeachment.

That's only partially correct. Impeachment is the first step. The second one is "remove from office".

In his eyes, the Washington Post isn't journalism, it's "Fake News". So the owner is getting the heat because he hates the WP and other "Fake News" sites. Which if I understand correctly, the only non-fake news site is Fox. Hmm.....

Re: Amazon? Postal Service?

We get them the same way you do. Small stuff via delivery service to USPS or straight USPS and bigger items via one of the delivery trucks. But we're not in a major (for value of major) city either. Only about 30,000 or so in the whole county.

Re: "Mangers feature prominently in the Christmas story"

I more puzzled about what context exactly can the word "manger" appear in a letter, and "manager" be substituted in and still make sense?

The customer made two mistakes. The first was trusting spellcheck. The second was not proofreading the document or having someone in the office proofread it for them.

Because a reasonably-attentive human wouldn't have.

It's the "reasonalby-attentive" thing I have a problem with. Given the number of accidents at this point of the road, it appears to be "Darwin Award Winner maker". Is it a magnetic for just "not reasonably-attentive" drivers? Or is there a problem with the road design? I suspect the later one.

@a cynic writes -- Re: It would take a heart of stone not to laugh...

If that happens, the worst thing that could possibly happen to him would be for the USA to ignore him.

Re: Rather predictable

Under various treaties, etc. I'm sure they can toss him to the curb since he was granted asylum. He should though be conforming to common decency regarding his hosts.

Given the comments about his phone, WiFi, etc... this sounds like a publicity stunt to get attention.. again.

Re: Could this form of censorship be applied retrospectively?

Maybe.. it's their software, their servers, their rules. And rules can be changed at any time.

Re: WTF!

So if I was writing a book using Word (Oh God!), I could have my account interrupted on the whim of some jackass in Seattle?

Not Seattle. Probably this will be outsourced to India. Much mirth and merriment will probably result if it is.

Re: It's a feature

This could be fun...say if the boss of a corporation writes a profanity laced missive to the troops. (I've seen it). Would they ban him/her or the whole company? The possibilities boggle the mind.

Re: it was a mistake, would we lie to you?

I think he underestimated MS's incompetence.

Re: Rule Britannia!

Planning on putting HMS Victory back in the water and setting sail to wave the flag are you?

Re: The heat is on

But apart from bolstering their own campaigns, what would be achieved by it?

Easy... he could be irritating Brits instead of saying here and irritating those of us in the US.