Posts by Uncle Slacky

Re: So....

It's possible for psychopathy and narcissism to exist in the same person, as two parts of the so-called "dark triad" (along with Machiavellianism): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad

Re: I'm sorry, but...

i think you need to get off that high pedal stool...

Re: Been there, done that

IMO if it can't be done in Fortran 77, it's not worth doing.

(BTW I'm another UKC alumnus)

Obligatory Futurama

DON'T DATE ROBOTS!!!!

https://vimeo.com/12915013

Re: Regardless of anything else ...

Verbing weirds language.

What if I don't have a smartphone?

There are still a few of us about with no use case for a privacy-sucking timesink.

Re: The encryption horse is free

In terms of civil servants, specifically, Charlie Farr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Farr

Re: fun article

I take it you don't live within the 100-mile constitution-free zone, then?

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights-governments-100-mile-border-zone-map

Re: Politicians do listen

Pretty sure Nixon did something similar, hiring mainly black people IIRC to call people during unsociable hours (often in the middle of the night) on behalf of the opposition candidate.

Re: Non-drug distractions

Boolean logic, certainly, but I'd've thought "neither...nor..." would be grammatically correct.

Re: Trump had better hurry up and ban Mint

Sod that - why doesn't somebody update Ubuntu Satanic Edition? http://ubuntusatanic.org

Sosumi

Hence the name of one of the first sound files available on the Mac...

Re: Vague Memories

System 7 handled colour pretty well on colour-capable Macs, the emulation is based on a (B&W) Mac Plus, though.

Re: Strictly speaking chemistry is a branch of physics.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

Re: Rehabilitation?

Things are indeed different on the left side of the pond, the 13th amendment specifically allows for slavery in the context of criminal punishment:

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, *except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted*, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Re: Embiggen

Not a Simpsons fan, I take it?

XP POS Embedded 2009...

...is supported until 2019 - the "POSReady" registry hack (or installing Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs SP3) will ensure you get updates for another two years.

Re: Bah!

If only he'd make like a tree and get out of the White House!

Not forgetting...

"The son of a shepherd who died before he was born" could be construed to mean the shepherd died before he (the shepherd) was born...

Re: Dr Havilland Mosquito?

The wood made them quite stealthy, too.

Re: So thats why

You could always install Linux on it instead - just remember to install TLP to maximise your battery life.

Re: Robot wars?

I too was disappointed (back when it first started) to find that there was no AI involved (unless it was running Craig Charles). It should be called "World's Deadliest Remote Control Vehicles" or something equally Channel 5-y.

The Stockholm syndrome is strong with Windows users...

Re: Who wants to bet...

Reminds me of the tale of Bill Hicks' old grey gym sock:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pXVr7N9_-c&t=17s

Re: jobs aren't entitlements

No so much "bombastic bob" as "Mad Max", then.

Re: Ah GEM - takes me back...

OpenGEM is bundled with FreeDOS nowadays - it would probably run well in a VM.

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/opengem.html

http://www.opendawn.com/opengem/

Re: More Magic than Goldilocks orbit distance...

But million-to-one chances happen nine times out of ten...(nods to Pterry)

Re: New technical terms.

Death's too good for you!

Re: Mmmmmmmmmmmm

25p and a packet of Rolos is the usual going rate where Sinclair products are concerned.

HOW many countries?

"I used to write security tools for a global entity that ran a secure isolated network spanning 400+ countries"

Quite impressive given that there are less than half that many in reality. From http://www.worldatlas.com/nations.htm :

"Depending upon the source you acknowledge, there may be 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195 or 196 independent countries in existence upon our globe today."

Boringly, it's...

...l'internet des objets.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_des_objets

Re: There's no grounds to sue

Better yet, just call it "Sex in a Canoe".

Grover Cleveland counts twice

So in reality only 44 people have held the office, Cleveland had two non-successive terms.

Re: He didn't sign it

His recent stumbling down a ramp (the reason Theresa the Appeaser held his hand) could also be indicative of dementia.