Posts by TheVogon

Re: We dont need .eu !!! :)

I dont see thousands of Americans dying from their chicken?

Re: You vill parle Amrecianish Da!

In Northern Ireland at least, more of the population speak Polish than speak Irish. Some of these niche historical legacies already in decline should just be left to die naturally.

Both contractors and Ltd companies have a significantly higher level of risk and lower level of guaranteed benefits than employees hence why the relative tax and NI rates reflect this.

Re: Only themselves to blame

Viruses dont contain DNA.

Re: @ Caustic Soda

Or Nation Shall Peak Six Unto Nation if you are at the BBC..

Re: Maybe worth the wait?

But if you need to support legacy apps it has full Linux integration and you can actually install user mode Linux to run under Windows 10?

Re: Microsoft support calls

Just forward the call to the Lenny bot.

No, that's not correct. Qualcomm's Quick Charge has a number of technical advantages such as support for multipath charging, Qi wireless charging interoperability, and 20 Volt charging support amongst others.

Re: Unknown number of people?

Going insolvent without paying it like all the rest?

Re: So, it's a PC, right ?

Not sure what you mean by "release Windows 10 for it". The Xbox One X already runs on the Windows 10 kernel.

Re: AWS vs Microsoft

Azure and almost all its infrastructure is based an an OS / Hypervisor image from a single manufacturer.

AWS is a bolt together of many many tool and systems - both in house and external.

Guess which is way way simpler to user and generally performs better? Clue - it isn't AWS.

Re: PowerPoint! Word! Excel!

You mean that you don't travel only in paid time?! Other than commuting to and from a base office anything else is on the pay clock.

BBC World Service has a TV news channel too.

Re: Why on earth...

Typically they woukd use Windows embedded due to: Loeer total cost of ownershio. zillions more applications. Far easier to manage, lockdown and update in an enterprise. Way more developers. Lower power usage. Better performance. etc.

Re: Stainless?

Its bulletproof. So the autonomous mode is clearly designed for school runs to replace those awful yellow buses that you see everywhere in the US.

And lets not forget that in America people so lazy that they drive from one shop to the one next door. They all have car parks and often you cant actually get between neighbouring stores on foot without walking back to the street!

Re: Perhaps more to the story...

Somehow i doubt that's going to audible through corporate double glazing.

Re: "Labor is pro-remain, right?"

We are all looking forward to laughing at the remoaners again when Boris wins and they have another loosers stomp through London.

Re: Windows 10 1909

1. Open Regedit

2. Go to HKLM\Components

3. Delete or rename REG_DWORD "pendingrequired=1"

They had better start paying the going salary + bonus for skilled permanent staff then.

Re: Sounds like a job for...

This is clearly a sensible attempt to avoid wasting our money on an EU regulation that isn't needed here.

Did you know that they had to chamge the title of "Harry potter and the philosopher's stone" for the American market because the average American was too poorly educated to know what a philosopher was?!

Re: Made In

So what's the issue? Chinese made kit is bound to be better quality than anything made in the US.

Isn't there an old saying? Something like one in a bush is worth ten in the hand?

Re: What advantage does AWS have

You mean AWS DNS being down globally this week?

Re: Finger Printing and The DMCA

We already do. It's called GDPR.

Re: It's no problem...

From this week's FT"

"Hundreds of German companies call for EU help as Brexit fears bite"

Re: More Unicorn Poop

"Still uses Oracle". Yes for third party software only. You can bet that it's on the disinvest list.