Posts by Happy_Jack

Re: Good thing too

I guess you've never heard of embedded systems, then?

It's quite common to run Windows Server without a Desktop. Also it might fail to start and you'll be stuck at a command line during the boot/recovery process.

Re: ZFS here we go again

Are hot-swappable disks not removable devices?

Re: Finally!

At least Windows (usually) manages to enumerate connected USB devices in the same order on every boot. I've not had that happy experience with the various Linux distros I've used.

Re: Next should be non consentual email

There is no bank called Nat West, so it must be a scam. There is a similar sounding bank called NatWest. These differences are important if you want to be safe online.

Re: I beg to differ

The shame is that Microsoft bought Nokia simply so it could destroy the company.

Re: Jira is the single source of suckage

Jira is useless for managing projects, like MS Project is useless for tracking issues and bugs.

Jira is reasonably good at what it was originally intended for (issue management), until the Pointy-haired Boss insists that all the permissions and workflows are locked down so nothing ever gets progressed to closure.

Jira can do Agile and kanban, but there are better tools for that.

Confluence has gone from bad to worse. The aforementioned Boss also decided that allowing everyone in the company to contribute to the Confluence wiki was a security issue and restricted pages to certain departments. We now use a secret MediaWiki instead.

The company standard build server is Atlassian Bamboo which is OK, but we were never given enough licences, so we use secret Jenkins servers instead.

Re: Is it comparable?

Ship backup tapes to secure off site storage? Really?

Re: Buy on price

It's an extra £8 per month for a fixed IP address with Toob, not £5, and it also frees you from the carrier grade NAT, which is the important point. It seems reasonable to me when you consider the base service is 900Mbps FTTP at just £25 a month.

Re: Web devs forget to check access perms :o

At last, a sensible and constructive idea amongst the usual sea of braggarts.

Re: Thanks, Gartner.

I usually dismiss anything from Gartner as the deluded ramblings of a self-aggrandizing parasite on the face of IT. This time, though, I think they are correct, although in the same way that a broken watch is correct twice a day.

Re: What about any non-GPL components?

That's not how the GPL works. It's designed deliberately to be invasive. If the GPL applies to any part of the software it applies to all of it.

The driver should take all the blame. Lying git.

USB-C to 3.5mm adapters are relatively cheap. It's not some mysterious conspiracy theory.

Re: DO NOT go on the Internet with XP

Have you never heard of intranets?

Re: Wait ... What?

I think the stuff about the architect was made up. Like the rest of this unlikely tale.

Re: So

"intersex adds a whole set of curve-balls to that". I wondered what it meant. Lol.

You go and get your coat.

Re: How busy are the devices ?

I'd be surprised if many organisations still bought spinning rust drives for boot disks. This is an obvious place to use SSDs given the smaller capacities needed.

Re: He only bought 98%

or if he buys an empty garage that could be populated with a second Corvette.

Re: Closed cooling?

The clouds of steam coming out of those cooling towers were just harmless acid rain.

Re: And Turkish Barbers where I live.

Gender-neutral computer pants, no less!

Re: Err....

Yes, the same bunch that made life-saving warning lights a paid-for option.

No, it's BS, like most El Reg fairy tales.

Re: Remember only 6 people in your Excel party

or 3 nights in a row.

Re: Banking isn't really a highly computational process

To be fair HSBC and First Direct are at the absolute opposite end of the technical debt scale compared to Monzo, Starling, etc.

Re: Teams...

Just disable it from the startup tab in Task Manager. Worked for me.

Re: Phone-based tickets

Dashlane can enter your card details into most browsers and other apps for you, then you just need to enter your fingerprint. I don't know if other password managers can do the same? Obviously you need to trust your password manager app, but it's probably safer than waving your card round in public.

Re: Capitalism baby

What's a "client changer"?

Re: Good riddance

The output from the BBC is certainly biased, but it's not as simple as left vs right-wing, or Labour vs Tory. For example there is an obvious bias against Brexit. Maybe it's just a London-centric view of the world? Good riddance indeed.

Re: "the settlement shields the company from responsibility"

When a criminal is caught stealing he will typically ask for a number of similar offences to be taken into consideration. If he's subsequently found to have committed another offence then he's already paid the price.

Re: Wow just wow.

According to the article it has been stripped of its assets, it hasn't vanished.

Re: I've chuckled over these for years

I Can't Get Past The Unnecessary Capitalisation In Those Demotivational Posters.