* Posts by Chemical Bob

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Telegram chat app founder claims Feds offered backdoor bribe

Chemical Bob

Re: Secure Chats

The gazebo prances fluffy in the moonlight.

Swedish school pumps up volume to ease toilet trauma

Chemical Bob

Re: Why Does it Hurt When I Pee?

Damn! Ya beat me to it but forgot the youtube link...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vmPwZT-9zY

Apple gives world ... umm ... not much new actually

Chemical Bob

Re: High Sea Airer

Alternatively, Hi-C (tm) Error.

Chemical Bob

Re: Sign of a mature market?

"They're an American company, so probably GMC Sierra."

Or, for those who remember Oldsmobile, Cutlass Ciera (I *know* it's not spelt the same)...

Toyota's entertaining the idea of Linux in cars

Chemical Bob
Coat

Re: Ah but,

"does it need systemd..."

Don't you pay attention to the commentards here?! All the knowledgeable Anti-Penguinistas understand that the Real Problem is *drivers*. Where, oh where, will Toyota get drivers for it's cars?

Mine's the one with the driving manual in the pocket...

After reusing a rocket, SpaceX tries reusing Dragon capsule for ISS resupply

Chemical Bob

Re: a variety of gravitational and lighting situations

There is no such thing as gravity, the Earth sucks.

The moon sucks less...

Spacecraft spots possible signs of frozen water on the Moon

Chemical Bob
Alien

FAKE NEWS!!!

If NASA really had something orbiting the moon, they'd have found the WW2 bomber by now!

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jnCIg2scChU/TXJ_PzrqcCI/AAAAAAAACTQ/TCL5DSsVWRk/s1600/WWII+BOMBER+FOUND+ON+THE+MOON_ANOTHERPATHS.png

Chemical Bob

Re: GOD!

"I'd leave that bottle of moonshine and walk away slowly."

I don't think he is able to walk after drinking that stuff...

Edinburgh Uni email snafu tells students they won't be graduating

Chemical Bob
Boffin

Re: Full marks

Sure, the system they had in place to prevent stupid emails didn't work.

Boffins spot 'faceless fish' in strange alien environment

Chemical Bob

Re: One wonders ...

...would a fishless face eat a vegan?

Distro watch for Ubuntu lovers: What's ahead in Linux land

Chemical Bob
Trollface

Re: Now if just 1 major PC maker installed Linux by default...

"If they bundle Linux Microsoft cut them off."

You say that like it's a bad thing...

Walkers' Crisps pulls backfiring Tweet campaign that paired Gary Lineker and a bunch of nasties

Chemical Bob
Headmaster

Re: marketing people

Not people, they're marketing *weirdos*.

Biiig difference.

How good are selfies these days? Good enough to fool Samsung Galaxy S8 biometrics

Chemical Bob

Re: Best feature of the sensor

Oh, I'm good then...

What's got a vast attack surface and runs on Linux? Windows Defender, of course

Chemical Bob

Re: As ol; blue eyes sang -

Your apology lacks sincerity. Have an upvote!

After stiffing us with Trump, Weiner 'fesses to underage cock shot rot

Chemical Bob

Re: Truth or Consequences

"had society dealt with this the first time, Trump would not be President. And so the problems will continue."

Or it was the Clinton Campaign changing course the last 2 weeks before the election to hammer on the pussy grabbing thing instead of what was working - portraying Trump as a crazy racist. Among other blunders:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/02/clinton_election_loss/

Faking incontinence and other ways to scare off tech support scammers

Chemical Bob

Re: Quick solution

I just put them on hold and see how long it takes for the light to go off.

Man sues date for cinema texting fiasco, demands $17.31

Chemical Bob

Re: This guy is about to become a legend

I think the judge should sentence these two to marry each other to protect the rest of society.

We're calling it now: FCC votes 2-1 to rip up net neutrality on Thurs

Chemical Bob

Naw, Eeejit Pie 'cause he's a big damn dumb eeejit.

Leeds cops issue appeal for man-sized todger

Chemical Bob
Coat

Re: Every guy in the world is looking for a large penis !

Not *every* guy, just the gay ones...

MP3 'died' and nobody noticed: Key patents expire on golden oldie tech

Chemical Bob

Re: MP3 vs other formats

"One of the barriers to linux on the desktop has been the hoops that have to be jumped through to rip and store music in a format compatible with other devices."

What are you talking about? I've been ripping and listening to MP3s on my Linux boxes for over 15 years! No more difficult to download and install the relevant MP3 bits on Red Hat, Fedora, SuSE, Umbongo and Mint than on Windows.

Volvo is letting Android 'take over underlying car software' – report

Chemical Bob
Facepalm

Remember when carmakers used to make cars?

Don't know what this new shit is, but it ain't cars...

Just so we're all clear on this: Russia hacked the French elections, US Republicans and Dems

Chemical Bob

Re: Yup

Presidential immunity from prosecution goes way, way too far, unfortunately.

'Crazy bad' bug in Microsoft's Windows malware scanner can be used to install malware

Chemical Bob

Re: Use Windows 10 for the best protection

"Not sure what the correct answer is now, though!"

The correct answer is 'Mostly, Windows 10 protects you from Mostly'.

No, I don't know what it means either...

US Navy developers test aircraft carrier drone control software

Chemical Bob

Re: plummet

sort of like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg

Male escort forgot pregnancy protection, scores data protection instead

Chemical Bob

Re: easy pickings

Never apologize, we won't respect you!

Apache OpenOffice: Not dead yet, you'll just have to wait until mid-May for mystery security fixes

Chemical Bob

"copyleft licenses are all about forcing behavior that one doesn't expect to simply happen"

Apache didn't have to choose a shit license.

Chemical Bob

They can't do that. LibreOffice is released under a dual LGPLv3/MPL license and OpenOffice under the Apache license. The practical result is that LibreOffice can incorporate any OpenOffice improvements but OpenOffice can't incorporate any LibreOffice improvements.

Reg reader offered £999,998 train ticket from Cambridge to Horley

Chemical Bob
Terminator

Re: And supposedly Stong A.I. Is just around the corner...

"For god's sake don't let AI watch Jackass"

I'd love to see AI get kit's nuts whacked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnUYc8wdwRI

Hackers uncork experimental Linux-targeting malware

Chemical Bob

"This would never happen if you were using BSD"

Or CP/M

A very Canadian approach: How net neutrality rules reflect a country's true nature

Chemical Bob
Coat

given the endless efforts by Americans to cajole and rile them

That's not fair! I haven't done anything to rile the Canadians since Tuesday!

Oh, wait, *today* is Tuesday...

...nevermind.

CompSci boffins find Reddit is ideal source for sarcasm database

Chemical Bob

Re: able to understand when a person is being sarcastic

"Most humans don't get sarcasm!"

Are you being sarcastic?

Farewell Unity, you challenged desktop Linux. Oh well, here's Ubuntu 17.04

Chemical Bob

Re: I wonder how many people will return from Mint

What is this "return" you speak of? Mint has always done an excellent job of removing the baked-in stupidity one found in Ubuntu. Unity was just a huge increase in stupidity compared to earlier versions.

Will the MOAB (Mother Of all AdBlockers) finally kill advertising?

Chemical Bob

Re: nice reference

"Yeah, but what are electrolytes?"

Electrolytes perform the ceremonial duties at the Electrolial College, which is responsible for electing the President of the United States of Decay.

Guess who's back at Microsoft? Excel, Word creator Charles Simonyi

Chemical Bob

Re: Woah!

I thought it was sarcasm.

Boss swore by 'For Dummies' book about an OS his org didn't run

Chemical Bob
Trollface

Once had a boss dumber 'n a sack of doorknobs.

And was a Know-It-All too. Anything he couldn't wrap his mind around was bullshit as far as he was concerned. Couldn't talk about cars, astrophysics, regular physics or why women go shoe shopping without him jumping in and telling us why we were all Wrong. Even basic puns like the one about the dykes of Holland went over his head.

One day, with a little help from a co-worker, I got the conversation moving in a particular direction in which I told Mr. Know-It-All that down in Brazil the gauchos hunted the gazebos to the verge of extinction.

He believed it.

So I laid it on a bit thicker and told him that first they hunted the white ones for their hides and their horns (they used the horns to make nice inlays for their dagger handles) and, now that those are gone, they just kill the crappy looking ones for their horns and leave the carcasses to rot on the pampas.

He believed it all.

I figure it took about 10 minutes for the story to make its way around the whole company because that's how long it took before the Production Manager walked up to me and said "I bet you think your soooooo smart".

Far out: Dark matter bridges millions of light-years long spotted between galaxies

Chemical Bob

Re: "cosmic star goat"

What's with the quotation marks? The cosmic star goat is *real*, I play tennis with it every Saturday!

Embrace our cloud, damn you: Microsoft dangles 40% discount on Azure instances

Chemical Bob

Re: Requirements

No firstborn male child? You get Special Treatment!

Verizon's bogus bills tanked my credit score, claims sueball slinger

Chemical Bob

"Tell me again what's good about living in America?"

Every other Wednesday is all the dead rats you can eat night!

Prisoners built two PCs from parts, hid them in ceiling, connected to the state's network and did cybershenanigans

Chemical Bob
Devil

Re: The Shawshank Connection

I'm surprised no one already submitted this:

The Cisco Kid

Microsoft's new hardware: eight x86 cores, 40 GPU cores

Chemical Bob

I think I could heat my house with that hardware.

Aviation regulator flies in face of UK.gov ban, says electronics should be stowed in cabin. Duh

Chemical Bob

Re: re: I'm confused now,

Valvoline

Staff, projects shed as Ubuntu maker Canonical tries to lure investors

Chemical Bob

"Do I need a picture of a finger in a nose to start a program named Snoxxyfllu whose purpose, say to inventory wine bottles, is not given?"

Yes. You do. Really.

Put down your coffee and admire the sheer amount of data Windows 10 Creators Update will slurp from your PC

Chemical Bob

"we have reduced the number of events collected and reduced, by about half, the volume of data we collect"

In other words, MS can't be bothered to buy a bigger hard drive for their data slurping computer.

Chemical Bob

"Where does the owner of the document fit into this process?"

It ain't where the owner fits, it's where does the probe fit and how much Vaseline is needed.

Londoners will be trialling driverless cars in pedestrianised area

Chemical Bob

"That's too harsh. "

I never said I was nice.

Chemical Bob
Devil

Those would be the targets.

US border cops must get warrants to search citizens' gadgets – draft bipartisan law emerges

Chemical Bob

Re: Another political 'feel-good' move

"I'm a bit unsure what the correct answers would be anyway."

'Activia', 'glue' and 'Canada is my favorite European county'

Not sure about the order, but those are the correct answers.

Pong, anyone? How about Pong on a vintage oscilloscope?

Chemical Bob

Re: Enough!

"inadequate, uneducated, ill informed."

You are qualified to run for President.

Steppe thugs pacified by the love of stone age women

Chemical Bob

When will humanity evolve?

Thursday. Not necessarily this Thursday, tho...

Samizdat no more: Old Unix source code opened for study

Chemical Bob

Re: Bah!

There's SCO and The SCO Group. The SCO Group is the one full of people who drank too much bleach.

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