Posts by Dan Paul

Re: For the want of another IP ...

Pixl97, Please come back to reality along with the US government.

A person with an XP/IE8 box likely can't afford anything newer.

Just because you or Barry demand it does not mean it's feasible to change.

Just like an old car they both continue to work even though they might be obsolete and outdated.

Figure a different way to make it safe and stop telling people to change when they clearly are unable to.

Otherwise you are just being a dick about it.

Go back to watching....

Putin TV and smoking the opium bong.

Really, the previous "democratic election" in Ukraine had way too much in common with the "democratic elections" in Russia. The only thing "democratic" about it was you had a "choice" of handpicked Putin Oligarchs to choose from. The US had nothing to do with Ukraine or we'd have better relations with them right now. Nothing like the Russian invasions of eastern Ukraine and Crimea, all instigated by Putin the barechested and his cronies. Have to have someplace for the cronies to build vacation homes.

BTW Those "Islands" are out way beyond any concept of territorial waters that any sane rational country recognizes. They are there just to cause issues. This coming from the one country that has "good relations" with North Korea. Another indication China is off it's rocker.

Re: Doing a poor devil out of a job? @Charle Manning

No, the people who take those jobs really don't have much of a choice in careers like you or I do. That's why automated checkouts should be illegal. This is change that we as a society don't need because these people end up with unemployment benefits instead of a job and we ALL pay.

The prices did not go down because they have automated checkouts. The only thing that comes of them is a "slight" increase in "convenience".

When convenience trumps employment, everyone loses.

I assume you will feel the same way when someone or something takes YOUR job?

No? I didn't think so.

Re: Architecture

Bull, pure unmitigated fanbois bull.

Re: You never even read the announcement Shaun!

Sorry Grikath, that does not excuse the author from being completely incorrect, unable or too lazy to actually read the source of his article that he did link to and should have known if he only bothered to read it.

BTW 450 miles is enough to be off by a whole country in Europe.

Thanks for the compliment though, I must be above average since I have a better understanding of geography than you or most Europeans do.

Re: Interestingly...More lies....

You must mean those "Middle Eastern" men that got hammers and knives by themselves or got guns themselves and attacked people after they were inspired by ISIS?

Any FBI sting operation caught them before they could use them. The Fort Hood shooter did it on his own.

Re: Just as well...(You never got the US filmstrip version)

In the case of a nuclear emergency, please crawl under your desk, kneel on the ground facing away from the windows and cover your eyes (and kiss your ass goodbye).

Your glowing parents will be over to pick you up as soon as the half life of Plutonium kicks in. You can play a lot of Fallout 5 in the meantime.

Our sirens are still here but the "shelters" have all been demolished as someone figured out that that many MRVs meant there was no point unless you were in an underground bunker Terminator style.

Re: 14th Amendment @ AC

The 14th amendment does not apply to this case, never did apply and has no involvement here. The 14th amendment applies to the individual States (of America) rights, not international law and applies ONLY to American Citizens. If it applied to Kim it might actually be favorable.

The Constitution and it's Amendments only apply to the USA and it's citizens and Kim Dotcom is not one, he was born in Germany. Trade agreements are another thing and do affect international law.

That's why they should never be agreed to or signed without the involvement of the Public and our elected representatives. Obama is more of a cheating liar than Richard Nixon was for trying to pull this TPP deal in secret and all the other lies he told. He's the one in Hollywoods pocket, him and the whole DoJ.

I won't defend the FBI on this case as it is clearly overreaching and should have never been brought.

Kim Dotcoms issues are that he pissed off Hollywood and the MPAA and used encryption on his site. In turn, they manipulated the US legal system against him. He should be left alone as there is nothing he did that is ANY different than Google or Youtube do every minute of every day.

Here is the 14th amendment section 1. Read the rest at Wikipedia. How you could make that generalization up from reading the amendment I couldn't begin to say.

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Re: Why is there an AC trying to derail the comments?

Dear Sarah,

Is that any way to garner consensus across the aisle? Someone who is the very epitome of the liberal "running dog lackeys" of Obama calling someone else a "Teabagger-type fucktard"?

All I see from the posts is that he was trying to explain something and then he must have gotten REALLY high. All their education and ability to spell went right out the window along with your ability to form a cogent, reasoned argument and devolved into profanity. You should apply for Sara Harf's old job. You have a lot in common.

Re: The USA started all this crap ...

Just curious but have you forgotten about the Lockerbie bombing? THAT is the instance that started this data collection and the UK was a willing participant in providing passenger data.

You also didn't have the kind of attacks against buildings that we did either. Flight 93? World Trade Center? Pentagon? Might make you jumpy to fly.

Why record the meal type? Just one more piece of data to help determine intent. Did they also shave all their body hair off and wear white garments?

No, Jaitch your comment about "one hole" in the system does not pass muster. It is not a waste of money or energy to check airline passengers data when it is so easy to fool security on the ground, get on an airplane, take it over and use it as a weapon. ANY data is helpful.

The data is one part of a worldwide picture to tell where people have gone and what they have been up to. There is not enough caution in the world to prevent all the bad actors from causing harm. I for one think that most passengers that have been anywhere near the Middle East should be scrutinized further. One way tickets for foreign nationals without a long term visa and bought by a credit card for a known terrorist supporter are another. That info is part of the data we want from airline passengers and if you don't like it then don't come here.

Thankfully I have US Border patrol watching the river for illegals trying to cross into the US. They try it regularly and get caught. We also have the US Coast Guard doing the same thing. Can't say the TSA is even worth the powder to blow them to hell as they can't search properly anyway. The fact remains that some information is better than none.

Re: Microsoft is the malware cesspit (@ AC)

Businesses who stole said MS software and added their own malware to the ISO before they sold it on.

Re: Why not fix the root cause of the problem? (Yes, why don't we?)

The root cause of the problem is the lack of proper parenting. If you can't be a proper parent, don't EVER have kids.

The problems with education are that we teach to the lowest common denominator (The worst students hold back the rest who could learn at a higher level) instead of separating students by their abilities (that would be "discrimination"), we don't expel the ones that disrupt classes (Why do we protect them at the detriment of everyone else?), we have too many gutless teachers that can't control the class because they are too wimpy (That's what you get from the "Everyone gets a trophy" mindsets). We won't teach parenting in school because it would be too "sexist", and we allow and even accommodate the "hovering" parents that overprotect their children.

When parents have proper control over their children, those children already know how to act and they respect their elders and authority. Therefore those children will most likely be successful. The teachers of those children will be able to educate them and the students will be productive members of society.

This is not because these parents are rich or white, it is solely due to the fact that they were brought up right by THEIR parents and grandparents. This is true regardless of race or status.

The students of "absent" parents usually do not learn any respect for elders or authority as their "parent" are too busy caving in to their children's demands. Their "parents" let them do as they will and leave them effectively "crippled" as they will rarely be able to fit in and hold down a job or get a good education. Society labels them as "victims" and reinforces that until they believe it themselves. They frequently turn to crime as a means of "employment". The cultural "glorification" of drug dealers and thugs (the "easy" way out of the 'hood) only serves to perpetuate their downward spiral. Hollywood has rarely done anything to glorify the teaching profession, authority figures or a good education.

There is NO easy way out when you have multiple generations that are literally addicted to societal support systems and single parenting has become the norm in many inner city areas. The only way out is through hard work and determination.

Only you can determine your own future, stop being a "victim" and take control of your own destiny. Stop making excuses for bad or inappropriate behavior and speak plainly and directly. Reality TV is ANYTHING but real. The "Kardashians" or other shows like it are hardly worth watching let alone emulating and the only thing you'll learn is how to be a bigger idiot.

Re: Typical (Not really!)

BobRocket,

The balloon rocket idea is quite a bit older as I understand. I believe the same principle has been used for weather observations.

I wouldn't suggest that anyone from El Reg launch LOHAN without legal FAA permission as it will light up the radar like Times Square. They'd have to be able to outrun the military jets that would be "scrambled" to find out what happened. The old adage "It is better to ask forgiveness than to ask permission" does not apply to Federal Airspace regulations.

And I think you mean "Elmer Phud", not Pontius Pilate.

It DOES work that way...

It's called a "Shell", something that has been around since Windows 98 or perhaps before.

It makes Windows look like a completely different program. It can even change the way Explorer looks and acts. Usually affects the dll files.

Re: @R69: As Ive said before

That's also why people will not register their guns. When the Nazis took power, they took the guns too.

Great way to "pacify" the populace.

Re: Telemarketers

Define "Peaceful demonstration". Sure was not "peaceful" in Ferguson, NYC, or Baltimore (except in daylight for the most part) The instigators, looters and arsonists deserved Hellfire missiles.

The FBI did not care about the peaceful people. They were looking at everyone in general. But more than likely there was a "Stingray" unit in one of those aircraft as there were "flash mob" messages being sent to people that resulted in the local mall being looted.

Re: Why upgrade?

You would rather believe the PC vendor who only makes money if someone buys a new computer????

If a PC already runs Win8, it will run 8.1 and thus Win 10. If it runs Win 7 then all the others will run as a Win 7 machine needed more power. The only issue would be the PC OEM's bloatware which may not run.

The ONLY issue I see is with the total amount of ram in the PC. MS have ALWAYS lied about the minimum amount of ram needed to "run" Windows.

Re: There's a simple way to explain it to them... @ Charles 9

Your country's politicians are no different than ours Grikath.

ALL Politicians are by definition, uneducated fools and idiots.

Re: @Queasy Rider

You are absolutely right. He IS to blame for most of the political BS we have today because of his apologist views and wimpy responses to multiple crises. The Ukraine situation is only one such example. Obviously Putin is not afraid of Obama, but he sure stayed out of the way of every Republican President we ever had.

Go find another place to spout the communist rhetoric and leftwing crap perhaps someplace in Texas where I hope someone can treat you like you seem to think I should be treated.

Re: Six years? Anonymous Coward

Most of these so called "black teenagers" you mention are involved in the commission of a crime when they get shot. Very few are unjustified, the kid in Cleveland with the fake gun and the one in the Walmart with the airsoft rifle come to mind as examples. Bitch all you want about Ferguson but Michael Browns shooting was even cleared by the US DoJ as justified. Yes there are bad cops, but when it comes down to it, even a bad cop is better than no cops.

Almost 80% of crimes involving shootings are Black on Black crime. Cops are not involved. Legally registered guns are not involved, only stolen ones. Regardless of what you think you know from so called "News Services", WAY more cops get shot by criminals than the other way around.

Re: Cab drivers dont make a ton of money either ( at least in the U.S.)

I don't know why you got a downvote for explaining how all taxi companies (including Uber) perpetually shaft their "employees". Have an upvote!

Since many in the traditional Taxi services are also considered "contract" employees, they get screwed out of overtime and health benefits too.

There are not enough pejorative words in the English language to describe how I feel about these "employers".

Re: I don't think

Yeah, but the people that are able to afford the Escalades in THAT section of town ARE the criminals!

Re: "...Windows 10 to be delivered as a service, this milestone..."

Millstone AND Albatross around the neck.

SaaS will be the death of Microsoft.

Re: 1983 synthesisers! Watch it!

SOME of us discerning listeners in the USA were already well aware of those bands in the very late 60's and early '70's.

How about Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, early Genesis, Yes, Rick Wakeman, Strawbs, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Moody Blues, Gentle Giant, Kansas, Procol Harum, King Crimson, Eno & Fripp, Zappa, Jethro Tull, Van deGraf Genrator, Can, Caravan, Curved Air, Camel, etc, etc. The list is too long and these "boffins" are anything but boffins.

Still some of the best music ever produced and makes most of today's popular music look like the derviative excrement it is. Seen alot of these on the septugenarian tours and the youth of today that hear these bands are just blown away at how good they are. When I tell them these are 50 & 60 year old bands, they can't believe it.

Re: A right or wrong time to go?

It's the right time to go. The first indication is that you describe the place as a "charity". The cheapest people there are to have as customers are "not for profits", religious institutions and charities.

It seems they don't care about anything, express no loyalty and the new CEO who doesn't have any trust in the existing systems and made an end run around you, has an agenda that is antithetical to your own.

My advice is to make like a shepherd and get the flock out of there as soon as you can.

Green Mountain Coffee brand

I think that Green Mountain makes almost all of the K-Cup pods out there. What's their stock look like?

Bet they have some guilt in this game too!

Re: I read somewhere...

I agree with your statement that one should only be able to vote if you are employed full time as here in the US, the Criminal in Chief and his minions are buying the votes of all the "wards of the state" by trying to redistribute the middle class taxpayers meager income every chance they have, making promises they can't keep, printing money we'll never be able to get back and in general giving the farm away to foreign governments.

All while the truly rich still pay almost no taxes. See, it doesn't matter if you are Conservative or Liberal, our collective governments still "bone" you regardless of affiliation.

Maybe if you take away the temptation, politicians might behave better, but I doubt it.

Something keeps nagging me that this "great experiment" is going to come crashing down and we will ALL end up in the poorhouse.