Posts by Roopee

Re: So, smart meter joy is continuing

I think the main point of smart meters is dynamic pricing, not dynamic use, to maximise profits. Sure, a few savvy customers will program their fancy washing machines, dishwashers and EV chargers to use cheaper electricity but the vast majority will simply pay higher prices for their normal usage pattern.

Incidentally in the UK you can hold out against smart meters as long as you like - currently they are not mandatory, whatever the barrage of automated texts and phone calls tries to imply.

Meanwhile the country is sleep-walking into a massive cyber attack that causes chaos, or worse...

I think you've just answered your own question.

Re: A gift?

@codejunky - there is a really interesting Radio 4 podcast that might enlighten you: "Sideways - Cognitive Dissonance".

You're welcome.

Re: No brainer

If only ecomomics were as simplistic as that! However, in this case I suspect your conclusion is correct.

Re: Trying To Stem The Tide Of Defections To LibreOffice

I would go further and say they actually detract from the product, which is why I still use Word 2000...

Re: New outlook doesn't keep replies in the same folder

I’d love to know why that one person downvoted my simple statement of fact!

Re: "The .. crime we uncovered here could threaten the integrity of our wildlife species in Montana"

Artificially introducing or, worse still, creating super-competitive species is very different from natural movements caused by environmental change.

However, the word that caught my eye was “trophy” - what kind of moron is proud of shooting a 5-foot wide sheep?

Duh

Yes, the article should be rewritten to say 6 UK gallons of water are required to make 1 UK gallon of beer.

Or perhaps 6 decilitres for 1 decilitre...

Re: The first one is free

That’s because people who look at packet headers are very strange! :)

I have a brand new 500GB IDE drive sitting in a cupboard - just waiting for the price to peak :)

Minitool

+1 for Minitool, I’ve found it the most reliable of the various Windows partitioning tools I’ve tried.

Re: Daily!?! RFC begs to differ

Note that PoA rules in Scotland are different from England & Wales, and in E&W you don’t need to involve a solicitor (you can DIY online) whereas unfortunately in Scotland you do. I have PoA for my aunt who lives in Scotland.

Re: Seriously?

I think your opinion would be radically different if you were one of the (sadly reducing) number of Marketplace customers who choose not to use FBA...

Re: Once upon a time....

You might want to check your maths on that… 20% off 200 is not 180 :)

Re: "Durable and rugged enough to go anywhere"

Actually there are a great many supermarket car parks it wouldn't stand a chance in! It's hard enough parking my large estate in plenty of UK car parks, and that thing is way bigger...

Re: Errors that *should* never occur

Probably the wrong forum - maybe try FetLife or ABDLmatch.com...

@cowhorsefrog That obviously does happen, but I don't see how you came to that conclusion in this case? It certainly wasn't in the article, and as has been pointed out, the CEO did step in for a bit of reputational damage-limitation...

Sickening

Imagine the smell down there - brewery + bull shit + bull sick...

Icon: free methane...

Re: Themes must live forever.

Perfect explanation of the idiocy called fashion! Thank you.

Also I totally agree about the return to a pseudo CLI (which I’m not keen on) - what’s the point of a GUI and a design language, however pretty, if you have to type to find things!!

For you ->

Re: Retire

I don't think anyone is worth millions a year, whatever their job!

Re: Easy or Expensive?

Most things are flammable if you try hard enough, but it's quite hard to set fire to a wooden chair with a cigarette - foam-filled polyester-covered sofas on the other hand... hence the labels to show that it probably won't burst into flames at the least provocation.