really

"We've made a lot of changes in the team that stubbed its toe in the release on Backup Exec... This was our execution that caused us the problem..."

No shit Sherlock. Your latest product is a disaster. Tape Backup is not dead, and I'd rather not have to create a different job for each server I have to back up to one tape. Its so awful I am recommending customers to change product.

Hmmm

Some people do harass others (like altered pictures of the recently dead), but do we really need a hurt feelings police?

And what about people who pass on dead celeb jokes? Isn't that also RIP trolling?

Its an incredibly complex and difficult area to police, and the noise to signal ratio is enormous.

ouch

Its far too expensive. Only a fool would pay those sorts of prices.

80%

80% smells of bullshit to me.

Gyeonggi-do

Gyeonggi-do is a mass of high rise buildings, the casualties would be enormous.

The UN would flatten North Korean within 3 weeks, China would seal its borders against refugees.

What will be very telling is if the DMZ/JSA tours are still being operated at the moment.

scope creep

"Oh you work in IT. Could you design our website/newsletter/whatever?"

Sure, I could do it...badly. Get a specialist if you want it done properly.

365

Had a Facebook friend message me for help with her Word not working.

Finally got remote access, saw the error. Also saw how pisspoor her internet was.

Office 365 worked after Manx Telecom fixed the line (which they denied was the issue, even with noise on it).

If it needs to attach to the internet, its useless, like Sim City 5

Looking at how primitive their IT was when I was last in country, I'm not surprised.

Theymay have quick internet, but there are still an awful lot of CRT's and junk boxes out there.

Oh NOES!

What did KimDotCom do?

CEO Mike Lawrie and the rest of the board not getting a bonus or pay rise this year then?

tape

Symantec's latest Backup Exec disaster works on the premise that tape is dead.

Its far from dead, but Symantec's selling of Backup Exec might be if they don't take it into consideration.

'Lecky tech

'Lecky tech cars move pollution out of urban areas and into the places where the power is generated.

Its friendly to your local environment, but not necessarily environmentally friendly.

Norks

Having been up to the DMZ, you know the difference between the elite North Korean and South Korean guards there?

The South are about 2 inches taller.

The Elite Norks are still starving...

cruel

Pretty damn cruel taping it on.

That poor cat would lose a lot of fur, and may end up bleeding when the tape is removed.

The tailor was by far the most interesting character.

Andrew Robinson did a fantastic job with him.

Scrubbed again?

This launch has been scrubbed a good 4 times.

It was due to launch when I was at Kennedy at the end of November, but the scrubbed it :-(

Tinribs?

I'm Barbie, I love you very much

Too expensive for what you get.

I'm in the market for a fondleslab. I won't pay Apple prices, and the Galaxy slab has a horrible plastic chassis (and is too expensive).

I was looking at the Toshiba AT300 but need to see one instore to check if its flimsy like the Galaxy or not.

Any other suggestions?

Their comms are great, but when I was in country a few years ago, a lot of IT systems are very, very old. Lots of businesses are still using CRTs

Lucy Butler was the scariest villain ever...

But that was another series

Foolish

Foolish Julian, rich folk are no longer going to back him up.

"They are in such a hurry to beat everyone to the food they spoil everything"

This is why... If I had to put up with a pair of twats like them, I would stop going to the buffet too.

"suddenly the owner came to our table in front of all the customers and went absolutely mental."

I wonder if that was in response to yet another complaint... And do they have any independant witnesses?

Photos

TripAdvisor user photos of hotels are good.

Nice to see shots away from the official ones, gives you a better feel for the place.

I read the best and worst reviews, then the ones that are recent. Hotels can change, anything that is a year old is good for photos only.

money

Money changes everything.

The OS wars

Nothing pisses me off more than on a forum when you ask

"I have problem xyz with Windows application abc"

And some tosspot writes "get application xyz instead" or "get a Mac/Linux".

That's like saying "I have a problem with my petrol Honda starting"

and someone saying "get a diesel instead" or "get a Ford/Toyota"

That's not an answer people.

Win

"the chance to win £250?"

chance to win? So not guaranteed, and only one person gets it.

Yeah, fat chance that.

Free

Do free quality testing for MS only to have the OS die on me when the beta expires? No thanks.

Let me keep the OS and I might just help you out...

Streaky, done crisply on bread with butter.

Do not, I repeat, do NOT, ruin the taste of the bacon with tomato or brown sauce.

threats

The way some of you bleat on, its like you've never said "I'll kill you" or have that said to you.

Try arguing with right wing racists on the internet and soon you'll have a whole collection of death threats.

And if I went to the police with any of those, they would do fuck all.

The threat was never credible, just as the one for the airport. It was some little jizzrag puffing his chest, no more. And really he should have been laughed at, not taken seriously.