Posts by AMBxx

Um, digital signatures for the last 20 years?

Re: Definition of fake news

When will politicians learn that insulting people who voted for your opponent isn't the way to change minds.

Re: Emergency call

And don't forget, if it's been a long day, the battery's flat so it can't call any body.

Re: Strongly beholden to the millenial vibe

I did a job where we had to convert the SQL result to XML for transport, then back again to a usable result set. Effing stupid idea foisted on me by a CV stuffing project manager.

Re: What a rubbish survey

It could also have been worded '2/3 of SIM only customers plan to change to a bundle', which would make bundles look really popular.

Like you say - crap stats.

Re: "Now all Intel can do is watch from the sidelines"

ARM From China? I think you meant Japan. I'm pretty sure Softbank would sell if the price was right.

Re: But we're taking about games here

Perhaps a better comparison would be the margins in retail stores?

Or for software sold through distribution?

Gross margins in both cases are normally higher than 30% even with the amount of competition on the high street.

Re: Is their hardware history better or worse than their software history?

Oddly, if you look at our history BEFORE we joined the EEC, it was a lot better. Jump Jet, Hovercraft, transistor etc etc.

Going forward, nobody can really know, but it's up to the likes of us.

You'll probably find that a lot of these outdated versions of Windows are being used because they're running really old software that can't be upgraded and isn't compatible with more recent versions.

Think of all the software companies that used to exist (plus contractors) in 2000-2005. Some of that software will still be important and can't be replaced wihtout significant cost.

Re: Forget the geeky stuff, sort out the user experience.

Often seems to be the problem with open source - everyone wants to do new cool stuff. That means you end up with a horrid UI and a product suitable for the most technical users. VLC has the same problem - I just want a big pause/play button.

I'd been using Photoshop Elements for years, updating last year to the latest release. It's now been dumbed down so much that I might as well edit picture is MS Paint. I downloaded GIMP, but it's all so complicated and awkward. Even duplicating a small part of an image is painful.

I miss Paintshop Pro.

Re: BS Bingo

It's all just a night down the pub

Have the businesses forgotten that the Internet was created by academics

Don't let the US military hear you talk like that. ARPANET.

Re: ...citing the Windrush scandal as justification.

Surely it would have just led to the earlier expulsion of lots of people?

Re: Shed computer

Problem with older monitors is they don't tend to have HMDI.

I had a Lumia 950 XL - did the same as DEX, but with Windows Phone. I have the unopened converter box (freebie) in a cupboard. Always seemed like a good idea except for the lack of support for anything other then HDMI.

Hopeless as a portable solution too - by the time you carried all the necessary cables, it was easier to just carry a small laptop.

I appear to be on version 12, but as I never use it, no reason I should understand wtf is going on.

Surely all this is going to get binned now MS Teams is free? I'm sure they could hack a consumer version out of Teams.

Re: Not just Azure

I sort of half agree. I'd like to be able to get the powershell script from a ui - so when creating a new user, I have the option to spit out the script to use next time. You can do it in SQL Server, not sure why you can't in the Windows UI.