* Posts by wallaby

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If you won't use your brain our machine will use it for you, Nissan tells drivers

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It'll cost me a fortune

My car will be pulling into every pub carpark on the way home

Brazil says it has bagged Royal Navy flagship HMS Ocean for £84m

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When the Brazilians came to look at it did they bake fresh bread and put a pot of fresh coffee on ?

Works when you sell a house.

SuperFish cram scandal: Lenovo must now ask nicely before stuffing new PCs with crapware

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Re: 'I'm on my second Lenovo laptop at present and see no reason for using anything else'

"Installing Linux is a step to getting a life unless you consider waiting for all those painfully slow Windows updates/reboots to be a life."

Happy to install it in certain circumstances,,,, the life I'm talking about is the constant "ooh install Linux" to every flipping article that's published on here that mentions an OS, the constant "hmmm this article hasn't mentioned Linux yet, lets steer it that way", really its like a broken record and so tedious.

The world is a big place, multiple OS's exist, you may or may not like some of them - others do, but why the hell do you have to go on about it all the time and steer every conversation towards Linux.

sits back and awaits the diatribe from the diarrhoea tribe.

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"I have to admit to agreeing with Bombastic Bob above :-)"

never do that - they will put you on meds

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Re: 'I'm on my second Lenovo laptop at present and see no reason for using anything else'

Oh FFS

here we go again - once again a story not about Linux has been usurped by the Penguins.....

Install Linux ................................ BORING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

get a life

Now that's sticker shock: Sticky labels make image-recog AI go bananas for toasters

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Just in case

I for one welcome our new robot overlords

I'm the one hiding behind the banana with a glittery sticker in my hand

Nvidia: Using cheap GeForce, Titan GPUs in servers? Haha, nope!

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Rip Off

After an El Reg article about the Tesla cards and VMS we looked into building a VMS server with the Tesla 6000 card, the article said £5k for the card - alas no mention of the £10k per annum licencing charge. They really do know how to rip people off

To Puerto Ricans: A Register apology

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Re: anonymous coward

"I don't want to read political discourse on The Reg. I've been coming here for my tech news for at least 15 years (probably longer). It seems a relatively new thing, in the last couple of years, with Kieran a big contributed, which is a shame as he's actually a talented tech writer."

how is pointing out that Texas had every help chucked at it yet in this case the locals seem to have been all but forgotten in any way a political comment ? Simple fact, Texas is mainland USA and will always be treated better than offshore colonies, especially by a president who's racial leanings are quite obviously questionable. Maybe if there had been a large redneck voter population there they might have a better chance of service they deserve.

Ubuntu 17.10 pulled: Linux OS knackers laptop BIOSes, Intel kernel driver fingered

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Re: "Least(sic) the Linux fanbois..."

"To be fair, Windows doesn't have bugs, Windows IS a bug."

"To be fair" - on these openly belligerent penguinista infested forums

that'll be a first

Be nice to see a post about an OS that isn't Linux not defaced by them (I appreciate this was about Linux but as ye sow so shall ye reap). Don't like something guys - here's a though - don't tell the rest of us because we don't care.

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Re: Accidental Aardvark @Oliver Jones

"Yes, but it is a teeth gritting grin that you get when you know you're getting dry fucked in the arse, because that's all you can do."

OH TEDIOUS

get over yourselves

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Re: Accidental Aardvark

"Ideally Lenovo should provide BIOS reflashing tool which works under Linux :-("

Any why ?

A post further down states Ubuntu isn't supported by Lenovo, why should they expend resources? They support Windows and supply a BIOS flash tool for Windows - Sorted.

Physician Heal Thyself

you caught it, you fix it.

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Re: Blame

"I think if anyone should be sued, it should be Lenovo (and any other affected manufacturers), and they in turn may sue Intel because it's probably Intels fault. Some how."

FFS - If this was Windows you'd be blaming Microsoft alllllll the way down the line - there would have been way Intel would catch even the slightest hint of blame in these forums.

IT giant CSC screwed its 1,000 sysadmins out of their overtime – jury

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Re: "... a significant driver of CSC’s profits and success..."

Agreed,

when California State Circus took us over at British Aerospace it was plane (no pun intended) to see what direction things were headed in, best thing I ever did was jumping ship there.

Windows Store nixed Google Chrome 'app' hours after it went live

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Pint

Geoffrey W I commend you

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Oh Bob.....

CHANGE of Meds AGAIN?

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Pint

Damn, only one upvote allowed Naselus or Id be sending a bucketload

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Had Douglas Adams been alive today he might have re used his line thus :-

"who cursed and swore at him from a moral high ground that Linux users alone seem able to inhabit"

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Damn,

one day....... one day maybe someone will post a story about Microsoft that wont get usurped by the penguins and turned into a story about Linux

Nah...... have them keep quiet - never happen

Windows 10 Hello face recognition can be fooled with photos

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Simple fact of modern life, people will shout about protection of their assets til they are blue in the face, but when it comes down to it the simple act of typing a password or fishing out the challenge response device and using it is all far too onerous for them.

Face recognition, contactless pay, cheap fingerprint readers........

Use them - you deserve what you get.

HMS Queen Elizabeth has sprung a leak and everyone's all a-tizzy

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"Boris said so."

if he said so it must be right.....

right ...??

SCOLD WAR: Kaspersky drags Uncle Sam into court to battle AV ban

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Re: Windows

not an aussie and not in the US and never worked for microsoft,

just an average joe SICK of the whiners (note my BombasticBob moment there)

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Re: Windows

"and its "Defender" are similar. If I controlled any government I'd ban MS products. I seldom use them unless I have to, even as a US citizen."

SPECIAL OFFER ON TINFOIL HATS AT KMART AISLE 1

Tedium.................................. YAWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Windows 10 bundles a briefly vulnerable password manager

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Trollface

Re: I'd rather know

Noooooooooo

and step that far back in time - please !!!!

rather an etch a sketch, looks better than a Linux desktop

as purposefully crass and pointless as the post that spawned it Bob

Argy-bargy Argies barge into Starbucks Wi-Fi with alt-coin discharges

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Facepalm

Re: Mining is purely a process?

"retired AS/400s "

I so miss my old B35, mind you - showing someone how to power it down by typing PWRDWNSYS *IMMED at the command prompt and then accidentally hitting the enter key with your elbow is not recommended - Got lots of praise from the boss for keeping what appeared to be a poorly system from going down though :)

SpaceX to try reusing both rocket and spacecraft for historic ISS mission

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Re: Hope they include

"Therefore I withdraw my previous remark. Currently there is no authority on the subject, so we really can't say how high that "jolly old elf" might get."

Thank you,

lets keep this scientific and only deal in facts people

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Re: Hope they include

"All of that is moot, since the ISS is above the "reindeer ceiling.""

Citation needed

Lap-slabtop-mobes with Snapdragon Arm CPUs running Windows 10: We had a quick gander

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Re: Linux?

They just cant help themselves

Nobody has mentioned Linux yet - lets steer it that way.....

tedious

Linus Torvalds on security: 'Do no harm, don't break users'

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"There are lots of Microsoft Trolls out. They're either being purposefully obtuse or their obtuse :)"

Pot .....

Kettle......

Black.........

SurfaceBook 2 battery drains even when plugged in

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I had the same issue with the Nexus android tablets, recharge on them was abysmal

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Re: Remember back when Apple did the same thing?

"Full disclosure: I have multiple laptops at home, both Apple and several Wintel variants. In the last ten years one Apple power supply has gone TITSUP, I've lost track of the number of repairs and replacements for the windows machines' power bricks (the ThinkPad being the worst)."

So by Windows machines you mean ones that would have gone titsup running Linux as well or are you trying to imply Windows was at fault ?

Fujitsu was always the worst for me, not because of the power bricks but because of the fact they were so shoddily made that when you picked them up half of the screws underneath used to fall out.

Cops jam a warrant into Apple to make it cough up Texas mass killer's iPhone, iCloud files

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Re: Another fishing trip

If all that's preventing gun control is the constitution, then the constitution has some serious issues that need addressing.

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"Also, if an engineer at Apple refuses to work on this out of their personal beliefs, should they also go to jail? "

Yes, or Apple as a minimum should turf them as they are the ones being dragged through the courts.

I don't believe I should pay taxes which go to fund things like subsidising the restaurants in the houses of parliament or MPs second homes - but I have to - and if I don't I fully expect to be sanctioned by the courts system.

I can prove I don't own a Ferrari so wouldn't have to hand over my keys. The laws of physics say I cant levitate, so wouldn't have to prove that. If Apple can prove they have no physical way of doing the decryption then lay out the evidence, if Apple hadn't already worked out if its breakable or not before they put it out in the big wide world then they weren't doing their job back then as seeing if your system can be hacked is a fundamental in security design.

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Irrelevant to some point

if Apple are compelled to do so by a court then that's what they should do or face the consequences. The law applies to all of us, not just those who can afford expensive lawyers. If Apple are ordered by the courts and don't (assuming they can) then cell doors should be heard closing.

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Re: Wrong end of the crime?

"WHAT ABOUT THE WEAPONS? The phone didn't harm anyone!"

that's a rather puerile argument - of course the phones didn't harm people, but nut jobs that commit these crimes rarely commit them in a vacuum - unless its just they are a total nut job.

Wanting to check out the comms of these scumbags is a valid line of investigation - regardless of whether it eventually yields fruit or not it would be irresponsible not to and down right criminal to prevent them doing so if its possible.

Amazon launches Secret Region – so secret it's endorsed by the CIA

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Re: Ingenious Tradecraft Intelligence

I think the biggest secrets on there will be what's on offer at the staff canteen this week, cant see them hosting any real sensitive stuff -

no wait -

its a government agency -

scratch that - stupidity abounds

Microsoft's memory randomization security defense is a little busted in Windows 8, 10

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Re: yet ANOTHER reason

Hate to agree with Bob (third time in a year - maybe I need to start taking the tablets).

Some 'security people are f*cking morons' says Linus Torvalds

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Re: inter-intelligence sex.

Nah,

just against c***ks like the chief penguin wrangler and those who follow his style of speaking to others - fair game in my books

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Re: Did Google implemented it on its servers to test it fully and at scale?

"If you don't like it, don't use it"

I like Linux

I dislike some of the penguinistas, and until they start acting like decent human beings and not a bunch of petulant children I will continue

and it says SOME (which side do you fall)

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Re: Linus Torvalds is a f*cking moron?

1. You didn't ask a question.

Well spotted I didn't - and nor did I say I did.

2. This isn't a linux forum. It is, however, full of people who know a lot about computers. And development. And how not to do things.

I know it isn't, my grasp of English is capable of understanding such things. With regards how not to do things it would seem though that some do not seem to understand how to relate to other people in a civilised manner.

3. The majority of whom disagree with you.

And they are welcome to do so - I have no issues with being disagreed with at all, I do have issues at times with the answers and attitudes to questions I have asked in the aforementioned forums.

What does get annoying really really fast is unwarranted abuse, I totally agree with the asking questions that can be googled in 30 seconds - pisses me off also, my posts in the forums have been far from easy - the first being about virtualising a Win95 installation (linked to a GC) that I was having issues with onto a Linux box - all I was greeted with (as is common when Microsoft is mentioned on here as well as the Linux sites) copious amounts of diarrhoea as to why I would dare to do such a thing..... its easy when to tell when its about to start - the M$s start appearing.

Funny thing is, you never get the same crap in Microsoft forums, plenty of idiots saying it must be a virus, or other inane comments, but on the whole no abuse - not even when its a question that can be answered by a quick search in 30 secs. Seems to be something about the mentality of some of the penguin community (the chief wrangler being one of them) that being an arse seems to be tolerated and occasionally lorded.

I use Linux, I like Linux, Id never install it at work purely because of the attitude of some on the forums.

Note - I said SOME users. If you find offence at that ask which camp you fall in.

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Re: Did Google implemented it on its servers to test it fully and at scale?

"I thought it only had victims"

same can be said of Linux - anyone who asks a question the penguin brigade think of as beneath them soon becomes one themselves. Looks like the wranglers attitude comes free with a Linux install.

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Meh

Re: Linus Torvalds is a f*cking moron?

I see 16 upvotes and 43 down to this so far

now I see why when questions are asked in Linux forums they are answered with abuse by the penguinistas

And people wonder why its never the year of Linux on the desktop

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Re: inter-intelligence sex.

Maybe he means his partner is

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Re: Linus showed extreme tolerance, as usual.

Linus eclipses all the worlds f*cking morons

nobody could ever hope to rise to such levels of advanced muppetry

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Re: Build statues in honor of Linus

"We should be building statutes in tribute to Linus."

It would give me something other than my PC screen to throw things at I guess - I'm in, saves me buying a dartboard

iPhone X: Bargain! You've just bagged yourself a cheap AR device

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Re: No thank you

"There are already at least 2 killer apps for AR: training and remote assistance.

Training as in learning anatomy...."

Hmmmmmm...... training killers in anatomy - I can see how that would make them more efficient

Pastry in a manger: We're soz, Greggs man said

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Re: urban legends that Santa Claus was invented by The Coca-Cola Company

"Any particular reason why you omitted Microsoft from your list of American Cultural Imperialists?

(Linux FTW (which of course is essentially international as an ecosystem))"

Jeezzz Louise

even for a Penguinista, dragging Microsoft into it and bigging up Linux in a forum post about Sausage rolls.....

OH PLEASE GET A LIFE.

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Re: Howay in a manger

I think we need to look for realism in these things

In future Jesus, Mary and Joseph should only be played by those of the Jewish persuasion

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Re: Spineless of them to give in

"Jack the Ripper (British)"

there are a number of theories about Jack, one with some evidence to back it up has him as a Yank not a Brit

https://www.biography.com/news/american-ripper-hh-holmes-jack-the-ripper

Munich council: To hell with Linux, we're going full Windows in 2020

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"I love how MSCEs repeatedly show their lack of understanding of Linux"

As a user of Linux since the early days, and an MCSE the only thing I can say in reply to that is its a pity some in the Linux community have a lack of understanding when it comes to dealing with people who ask for help.

The only thing keeping me from rolling out Linux here (and yes its my choice) is that if \ when something happens that is beyond my knowledge, I will have to deal with the complete f**kwits who inhabit the Linux forums. If they consider your issues beneath them they act like a bunch of 5 year olds with the vocabulary of a docker (no disrespect to dockers intended - sorry if you are one for labelling you as low as them).

No as usual, some will see this as a slur against all the Linux community, and - as I'm one of them - it isn't, just the ones who seem to try and emulate the lord high penguin wrangler himself.

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Re: Jeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I was living with an Ozzie once

Never again

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