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Posts by Aladdin Sane
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Salon told to change ad looking for 'happy' stylist because it 'discriminated against unhappy people'
Mate, it's the '90s. You don't need to be reachable every minute of every hour. Your operating system can't cope
What would you prefer: Satellite-streamed cat GIFs – or a decent early warning of an asteroid apocalypse?
Thursday 27th August 2020 08:44 GMT
Hubble cost 4 billion USD for a 2.4 metre mirror telescope, Gran Telescopio Canarias cost 130 million EUR for a 10.4 metre telescope. Considering a shuttle launch at the time cost 450 million USD, we can surmise that satellites are seriously pricey. For what they're looking to do, ground based is still the best option.
Some lucky web developer just scored $20k to scour Facebook out of Neil Young’s website
'I'm telling you, I haven't got an iPad!' – Sent from my iPad
Google extends homeworking until this time next year – as Microsoft finds WFH is terrific... for Microsoft
From 'Queen of the Skies' to Queen of the Scrapheap: British Airways chops 747 fleet as folk stay at home
The reluctant log trawler: The buck stops with the back-end
Beware the fresh Windows XP install: Failure awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth
Friday 26th June 2020 15:41 GMT
Re: The Need For Chewed Wires...
My brother once had to tell our mum that the hoover went bang and tried to bite him. He'd tried cutting through the lead with the breadknife, fortunately he was wearing his wellies at the time. 30+ years later, they still have the knife with a perfect semi-circular hole in the blade.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
