Posts by IceC0ld

can they not turn them off, then NOT turn them on again :o)

Stripped down to find .................

was sort of hoping that the finale of the piece would be you saying that the 'new' fat free version of Windows 11 install, would be Mint with Cinnamon desktop :o)

still. maybe next time eh ?

[quote] Huawei was building a research and development facility outside Shanghai aimed at accelerating development of homegrown chipmaking equipment [/quote]

to ME, that reads as Huawei are building their latest hackathon campus, to help them steal the next gen, wherever it may be :o)

how long before the 'secret' tech, is found to be 000's of Chinese kids :o(

just when you think BOfH is running out of steam, along comes a copious supply of booze, and all is well in the world, well, BOfH's world at least, as for the boss, not so much :o)

and from me to all you glorious regetards a very Merry Christmas, and a most Happy New Year :o)

I'm in work all over the holidays, my choice, but I will have ElReg to peruse throughout the LONG shifts :o)

[quote]eXposted Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS, because NASA loves a tortured backronym even more than we at El Reg)[/quote]

tortured backronym's :o)

so here we go again, with the El Reg special - TITSUP

T - omatoes

I - nsist

T - hey

S - tay

U - nusually

P - ackaged

ok, TBH MY 'collection' of data isn't that large, a few terra bytes is all, mainly movies / music, and a fair old number of photos too, add in the proverbial word .docx and for me, the search is too long in the taking, BUT, I was always one to imagine the issue was going to be the format going out of date

I HAD several files for AMIPRO, and LOTUS 123 hanging around, nothing major, just a collection of 'How To's' from a different age, doing a different job, which today, I am unable to access

and that is what I was always a little bit worried about

what DO we do once, for example, MP4 for my movies is hosed, how then are we expected to access our memories ?

I KNOW that storage is getting cheaper, but that too has to have a limit, but as I said, it was always how do I access a file when the format for it has long gone ?

TBH am glad I am not at the PETA / EXA scale of storage, because I DO understand just how large they are, and then, I too would be lost, as in not only able to read the file, but damn me if I could actually find it too :o)

the future is weird and wonderful, I just hope is still has MY pictures and mamories available so I can bore the tits off the grandkids LOL

that last sentence - just delete your Meta account and walk away

it's becoming easier by the day to contemplate this, I spend most of my time there now, just blocking accounts that want to show some 'celebrity' flesh, or sell you something AMAZING

I am just trying to keep in contact with friends, real friends, to check who is ok, and who will be where come the weekend

but really, the option of sliding back in time, and using the web as a contact point for a few websites and meeting up as and when has a certain charm, as well as some attraction to it

why can't they just be happy with being BILLIONAIRES, and make do with the meagre multi billion amounts pouring in each year :o(

T- otally

I - ncentivised

T -o

S - top

U - nwanted

P - processes

just a quick search for browsers available in EU :o)

and, at #2

Google Chrome: Google Chrome is a popular browser that is widely used in Europe. It is known for its speed, simplicity, and security. It also has a built-in ad-blocker and provides automatic updates to ensure that you are always using the latest version 2.

did Google write their own review at al ?

on work laptop, so using EDGE and BING :o)

when using MY kit, it's been Duck Duck Go for a long while now

YEA, I don't see this one aging well :o)

no surprise really :o(

the Musky one will do anything - bar the right thing - to increase visibility, and attempt to claw back some of the BILLIONS he has lost so far

I am still there, but just a small part of the machine [ >5k ] and even I can tell that the game is no longer what it was, the BLUE checks are meaningless now, and generally point to a prick with an extreme view, mainly right wing, and you can also tell by - blue check, and tiny follower numbers, low to no posts, all shite :o(

I cannot comment on the pictures released, as they are just amazing, but the thing that caught my eye .............

Here's looking at Euclid ...........

TOP copy writing, right there, made my day, and yes, I AM that feeble minded :o)

possibly the answer to the problem lies n the name - SPACE BASED

we may NOT be able to get the energy back to Earth for NOW, BUT

maybe they could be used to power the next generation of satellites ?

or for space exploration in general ?

then, when the tech to grab the power back down to us IS established, then we get our solar space based farms ? :o)

SO, reading through this thread, it would appear that in essence, people are for the idea of the act, but NOT as it is written at the moment, and the big one is the 24 hour response time, which, even to my non coder / developer eyes is WAY too short a heads up ffs

so, are the EU open to some form of dialogue ?

NO, seriously :o)

or does the EU just throw it's cap into the ring about anything it fancies, and expect everyone to kowtow and accept ?

maybe there is an opening for one of those UK type QUANGO's out there, one that has powers to set up the framework, and accept input, like, ooh, I don't know, an IRC :o)

that seemed to work for the entire net for quite some time IIRC :o)

I may be off centre here, but I really do not think the EU has ANYONE'S best interests at heart, but they DO like to hear their own trumpets being blown :o(

tries hard to figure out how to get AI to be as profane as possible, on the most awful of subjects, just to test the indemnity bit, and maybe try and see just how far I need to go to maybe actually bankrupt Google :o)

MAYBE there will be a button to allow the option of NOTHING :o)

maybe, but doubtful, and yes, I will be amazed if they actually do anything to stem the flow of data to their ever increasing thirst

but for ME, that option to BLOCK all HAS to be the one

SO, the BIG question here then, is this

Will AI help me to slot my enemies in Counter Strike better than I can do now ?

I mean, seriously, if it can't do that, why would I even bother wanting one, let alone NEED one :o)

UK thinking ahead

I, for one applaud the decision to do this

it shows we are committed to the future of our defence, from a Naval POV at least

now we just need to man up and sort the appalling levels of manpower and kit in the Army

maybe the RAF could rough it in 4* for a few years to cover costs on the new Gen6 fighters ? :o)

possibly the Royal Marines could make their LBD's last an extra season ? every little helps :o)

.

.

.

.

.

and I AM allowed to make merry at the expense of the RM's, as got family who were in there, until, of course, they figure who TF I am, then I will probably end up slightly bruised LOL

X

serious question ?

no, really :o)

but if the Musky one has done away with Twitter, would that make it available to use by A.N.Other ?

just curious

Now IBM sued for age discrimination

SO, without having to go all Google on it :o)

anyone know the ages of the C Suite people at all ?

fairly safe to say they are NOT kids, doubtful they even have any kids still at home, so how come the 'runway' only takes off from those below them ?

just another corp, making money to keep a very small band of nobs very rich :o(

Paper MCSE's :o)

oh yes, I remember it well, well, I sort of remember it :o)

I too was once the owner of a fresh out of boot camp MCSE / MCSA WAY back when, and yes, I too looked down on paper MCSE'ers as not being up to the job, so in MY defence, I took everything VERY carefully

NOT to say I didn't drop the odd bollock, but safe to say I mitigated the damage by always having someone else to dump on :o)

but seriously, the most basic of all our responsibilities was and is always the data

CIA ?

confidentiality, integrity and availability

SO as long as you follow that path, things SHOULD be good :o)

and if it ever fell over, we always have ElReg to 'confess' to :o)

seen subject, came straight for the comments :o)

And I am NOT disappointed LOL

Captain Pugwash is alive and well, and living on in the heads of us all - rent free :o)

[Quote]behind a six-month-long cyber-espionage campaign to steal Russian military tech.[/Quote]

err, the phrase, closing the stable door seems apropos here :o)

who, in their right mind, although this IS the Norks, so right mind is relative, but WHO goes after Orc military secrets, after seeing the trouncing they are getting on ALL fronts, Land Sea and Air ffs from the Ukraine over the last 20 months or so :o)