Posts by Jeffrey Nonken

Re: ffs

Not a Geisel fan, I take it?

Re: Checks for anti-virus?

"Are there any PCs without anti-virus products which are not already infected?"

Yeah. Mine.

And no, I'm not running Linux or BSD. Running Windows 7.

Yes, I'm sure.

Re: The Terrible...

"Alas there's no equivalent of Outlook."

You make that sound like a bad thing.

Re: Only in America

RTFA. The threat was used to force the passenger to stay out of the vehicle and abandon him on the roadside, not to suppress the vomiting.

Some of us violent, simplistic, gun-toting Americans are nonetheless capable of paying attention to details.

Re: 10 runs perfectly on both my 1020 and my 640

"Instead of listening to the paid mouthpieces bash Windows 10 and Mobile, try it yourself. If you don't like it for any reason it is an easy roll back. My guess is you won't roll back."

TFA sez you can't roll back. Which mouthpiece should I believe?

(I'd do my own research on this first, but it's academic for me. I'm on Android, and Windows 7 for my PCs that run Windows.)

Re: Netflix is under pressure...

What I don't get is that the content owners think they can make more money by not selling their content and by alienating the fans? I guess this is some kind of advanced economics they didn't cover in university.

Re: On the other hand ...

I had a very nice Gralab timer given to me by my uncle, which was unfortunately stolen some years ago. I believe my wife has one she uses for cooking.

I actually have an entire darkroom setup, including long-since-expired chemicals, boxed up in my garage. I use the thermometer for measuring the air conditioner vents when I suspect under-performance. The print was last used to dry papers that had been soaked by a carelessly placed water glass.

It's a shame, really, but I lost interest in the hobby decades ago. I should organize the hardware and sell it on eBay or Craigslist or something.

Re: @ Shufflemoomin

It's been a while, but I believe you are correct, chemist: mint will require post-installation nvidia driver addition.

But that's also true of Windows.

Re: Pfffft . . . Human arrogance

I've perfected the maniacal laughter first, then bought the t-shirt. (http://www.offworlddesigns.com/fools-i-will-destroy-you-t-shirt/)

But I became captivated by video games before I found a secret lair. Never got to the minions or my plans to take over the world. I guess "neurotic computer scientist" is as close as I'm ever going to get.

Re: can you read my mind?

Irritated and disdainful.

Re: Hmmm

Athena: stop giving the enemy tactical advice!

Pickle: sorry, got carried away.

Re: 1970s coder here

Oh yeah. I program in assembly regularly. I don't indent, it doesn't feel natural to the language, but I use plenty of other visual breaks and clues, and I meticulously align the comments such that they're easily readable.

But 'C' and other structured languages, I indent. And use Artistic Style to clean up if I have to shift things around enough that they get crazy.

Re: Welcome to the Third World

"It would be really nice if we had options like that here in a major city in Northern California."

Neighbor of mine? I have the same non-choices, though it turns out that Omsoft in Davis covers all of Sacramento. They lease at&t lines but at least you get good customer service.

Re: Stop Using Skype

I only use it because my sister uses it to set up video chats between me and our aging father. But the bloody thing tries SO HARD to be my bestest buddy, hiding itself when I tell it to shut down, pushing ads in my face, and letting strangers call while I'm trying to play online videogames. Commercial calls that just keep ringing forever.

Lovely spam, wonderful spam!

Re: "11,000,000 km"

As anybody who reads Discworld can tell you, one-in-a-million chances always happen!

Re: Well since its

That certainly won't work for Payday players, we only know how to shoot guards and tie up civilians.

But I also play Killing Floor, so if there is a zombie outbreak, I'm your man.

Re: Oi Microsoft

"Go into Windows Update and uninstall KB3035583, then stop Windows from installing updates automatically."

Also hide it next chance you get, otherwise you'll re-install it by accident.

Re: No big deal

"Barring an obstacle, the Google car is supposed to keep right."

California counts lanes starting from the center of the road. I can't comment specifically on where that car was pulled over, I don't know the area, but #3 means there were 2 lanes left of the car in question.

On the other hand, slow-moving vehicles in the right lane cause backups due to people intending to exit the highway.

Re: Customer Disservice

I got around that by going through an MVNO. Redpocket's customer service is variable, but I've been satisfied overall. And it is a discount service. Funny how their discount customer service is better than what you get from the larger, more expensive companies.

Did the same with my internet. Local ISP uses AT&T pipes but provides a much better experience. And cheaper, with no artificial bandwidth caps.

...though the giant mutant star goat is a pretty good backup plan.

Re: Google Play immune?

If it turns out that Google Play is similarly infected, I'm sure Apple will sue them for copying core functionality or user experience or something.

Re: I used to love tech...

Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be.

Re: Answer

Ratfox, thank you for expressing thoughtful conjecture instead of just bashing Google.

"I also would have thought asking a question like "Tell me about nine eleven" could quite easily be sorted from a statement like "call nine one one," and the second layer applied only to the first, more ambiguous questions."

Pretty much what I was going to say. I've never heard anybody pronounce the two any other way; nine-one-one vs. nine-eleven. I'm pretty sure those are phonetically different; perhaps I don't know what "phonetically" means.