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* Posts by anody

19 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Nov 2013

Jupiter has the craziest storms seen yet, say boffins

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That looks like one of those British satellite traffic circles...

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Nokia updates classic comeback mobe 3310

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Sign me up for that as well. I'd love to have a phone with a screen like one of those book readers: matte, and grayscale. Russian Yota phone was apparently like that but the b/w screen was a secondary, not the main screen.

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Blame Canada? $5.7m IBM IT deal balloons to $185m thanks to 'an open bag of money'

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Even what works in there is atrocious

When I, as a regular employee, log in to this confounded thing I see mess of menus that end in dead links or have options going nowhere. Or, they end up with an option which on clicking tells me that I am not allowed to look at what's in there. Why do I even see this then??? Why do I see the option called "Configuration for North America", or some such idiotic thing...? I'm just a regular employee who wants to see his last paycheck. It's like the concept of context-sensitivity haven't been invented yet. Looks like nobody really tested the user interface, they just left this confusing mess for people to figure it out.

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HP users moaning over 10-minute login lag during 'Win 10 update'

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I have an older HP and it ground to halt

The Superfetch and some other services had to go - I had hard drive activity at 100%.

I wish the MS did not push Cortana that hard; I have no use for it, and they seem to stubbornly re-enable it with the upgrades.

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Dish Network hit with $280 MEEELLION fine for relentless robocalling

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What's a Do-Not-Call list?

Well, it's a list of valid phone numbers, obviously.

Get it, use it.

When some years ago Canada introduced the do-not-call list, I signed up, and almost immediately started to get more robocalls.

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Avast blocks the entire internet – again

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Re: Dear El Reg editors

You report in the story that

==> An Avast update pushed out six years ago classified the whole web as malign

I would agree with this statement.

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Pennsylvania sues IBM for fraud over $170m IT upgrade shambles

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We have similar problem in Canada:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/28/doh_canada_canucks_bungle_payroll_system/

The problem is still ongoing, thousands of people have still messed up payroll.

Thanks IBM!

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US military drone goes AWOL, ends up crashing into tree 623 miles away

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Re: Impressive!

"I suspect they're now no longer permitted to launch any inside a 700 mile radius of the White House, the Pentagon, Trump Tower or Mar a Lago.."

Naaa, if it wasn't reported by FoxNews then it didn't really happen, so they should be OK...

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TV anchor says live on-air 'Alexa, order me a dollhouse' – guess what happens next

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I have a voice print recognition to authenticate me on my bank's IVR system. It's been there for several years now.

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US govt says it has cracked killer's iPhone, legs it from Apple fight

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Re: Do as we ask...

"Apple, as well as the rest of the world, now knows that the FBI wants access..."

And that was a surprise...? oh, boy...

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Let’s re-invent small phones! Small screens! And rubber buttons!

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Re: I'm still using my old Blackberry Curve

For me that was the only Blackberry that I could comfortably use. The keys were small but there was a little space between them so it was easy to press only one. The later models had larger keys but more tightly packed together and I usually pressed three of them. And I HATED it.

I think at some point I will just buy one of those phones for seniors, like the one I got for my father and I will be quite happy with it...

Regarding the quality of voice - that's why I still use my old Nokia. Number of people remarked on quality of voice they hear when they call me...

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Solution to tech bros' disgust of SF homeless people launched

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Re: Marketed under the Joo Janta brand name, no doubt?

It's peril to your relaxed attitude, so - yes.

Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses

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Google and pals launch Accelerated Mobile Pages project

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Re: Ironic then

"Does that mean I don't have flashy wanky graphics plastered everywhere flashing and moving about? yes.

Does that mean I don't have pop up windows blocking the site until you subscribe to the newsletter? yes."

I love you already

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Smartphones merge into homogeneous mass as 'flagship fatigue' bites

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So, time for the Project Ara? Buy only the bits you like/want/need?

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Canadian watchdog goes to court to probe Apple's iPhone deals with mobe networks

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Re: I'll bite

Run-up to the elections next year. Starting with relatively small stuff that sounds good, but won't be a big deal if nothing comes out of it.

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Japanese finally produce a ROBOT which isn't DEAD INSIDE

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Re: FFS

The best cure for headache is amputation.

(Am I a robot...?)

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I'm so depressed...

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Re: Does not compute

Oh, but maybe it does. Has anyone looked inside? Or maybe a brain in a jar?

Abe Normal?

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Microsoft, Facebook: We'll pay cash if you can poke a hole in the INTERNET

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Re: Flaws in the Internet ..

Well, they probably use Microsoftish instead of English... look at the IE: the IE options are called in Microsoftish "Internet options", so maybe they are still trying to find holes in IE...

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