Posts by Little Mouse

That's called "Plausible Deniability"

"Four suction modes and a tissue dispenser" would be so much more difficult to justify.

Re: Even them playing classical music ...

A couple of decades ago anyway, the main McD's in Melbourne city centre actually had a secure sharps-bin attached to the wall in the gents.

Re: [TI & HP] were allowed into college entrance exams and various standardized tests

* Casio FX-85N *

(Courtesy of a lazy lunch-hour & Google images)

Re: Bridge For Sale

If there are still hangers-on out there who want to upgrade to Win10, it can still be done for "free".

When it first rolled out, Windows 10 was officially available as a free upgrade for a year, for users with valid WIn7 or Win8 installations. But after that year passed, Microsoft never shut down the free upgrade path - and it's still possible to upgrade for free even now* (well, this time last year anyway, which was when I gave it a go)

There are plenty of How-to guides online to step you through the process.

A legal grey-area maybe (Or not - heh), but Microsoft are definitely turning a blind eye.

Re: What a load of cobblers

Dieting really is cruel if you're addicted to overeating. You have to both eat AND be in control of your addiction 24/7. Smokers and drinkers ultimately have the option to go cold turkey, but you can't just "give up" food.

How many recovering alcoholics would manage to stay sober if they had to have a drink each day, I wonder?

"Is it not the point of the journals...?"

Hah - It is, but only in the same sense that it's the point of estate agents to provide "quality" housing.

With enough people providing a product, and enough people queuing up to buy it, they can just sit back and let the fees roll in from both sides. Minimal effort required.

Re: It's the Ice Age/Jurassic Park crossover we've been waiting for

Besides, "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs".

Just sayin'.

Re: Don't forget mischief

Perhaps connect the switch to a trapdoor in the ceiling*, thus dropping an anvil, or piano, onto the head of the offender.

* Floor based trapdoors, with gravity time-delay, could also be considered.

Re: Charming

I quite like the United Kingdom. I also quite like the United States. But which one is best?

There's only one way to find out.

Re: Overthinking this now

Maybe they should store the buds on the strap so that they press into the inside of your wrist.

It'd be the perfect watch if you've "left the house with your smartwatch on, but forgotten your earbuds" AND get frequently get travel sickness.

Re: As an employer...

"I didn't care how stoned they were"

That'd depend on what they did whilst they were stoned, surely?

A coder who keeps his head down, only to re-appear a few hours later with a keyboard-imprint-of-shame on his face might be something you could turn a blind-eye to. A CEO actively putting off investors to the detriment of the company is quite another.

Re: Wider problem

I'm inclined to agree with you regarding Junior researchers - Those are literally schoolboy errors. The "deficiencies in informed consent and Ethics Review Committee approval" did it for me - You'd be unlikely to negotiate that minefield correctly the first time without some experienced guidance.

The falsification of data though - that's naughty no matter which way you look at it. No researcher goes down that road by accident.

If I was the client I'd definitely be wanting my money back.

Re: Upvote for the sub-head!

Not only the sub-head.

Isaac Asimov is probably spinning in his grave for not ending any of his stories with the "safe arbor" pun.

Re: US Authority

Nice - And that's your own opinion, yes? What's the going rate per tweet/post/DM/whatever these days?.

I can't decide whether you creating a brand-new online account specifically to post that anti-US authorities comment in a story about online covert operations is ironic, sad, or absolute genius.

Re: I declare the end of energy issues..

You've lost me with the 'seriously shady "Chinese police stations"' reference.

Are you referring to compromised Chinese tech, or something more literal?

Re: We recieved one as a gift from a family member

We have a couple of Fire TV sticks, and the mic is contained in the remote, not the stick itself.

You need to press a physical button to activate the mic, so I assume that means it's not permanently listening. It'd be murder on the remote's batteries if it was.

Re: WTF?

I'm pretty sure that this would have been completely expected and no surprise to anyone involved. But it's all just theory until you've got some hard-won numbers to work with. Which they now have, thanks to the big target in space.

Re: I hope it was only the WiFi

...apart from the screaming as all the rides span faster and faster out of control(!)

But anyway - Why were the public and staff on the same WiFi network?