Posts by Peter Simpson 1
520 posts • joined Wednesday 10th June 2009 14:14 GMT
I tried to use Alibaba once
Total waste of time; between the language issues, spam and inaccurate product descriptions, I ended up with nothing usable. Thankfully, it seems to have fallen lower in the returns from my Google searches recently.
So the angle of the dangle is key
How appropriate.
// and a very happy Sysadmin Day to all the BOFHs out there.
Do they have any tech people on staff?
Or is LightSquared just a collection of "big idea guys" and lobbyists?
// at some point, reality will intrude on their dreams of greatness (and greater profits)
Posted in Koreans produce $3m glow-in-the-dark dog
Maybe a mistranslation
The dog in question actually *grows* when bathed in UV light.
// it's the one with the fluorescent lining, thanks
Not *currently* true
but may become true, shortly.
Political ads
Sadly, here in the US, we don't have this kind of political ad (perhaps it would put some life back into a boring electoral process here).
However, if I lived in Moscow, this is one political rally I would attend.
Posted in X2 triplex super-chopper in final flight
Oh, good: more moving parts!
Which can then fail and cause this over-rotored abomination to fall out of the sky.
Helicopters are wonderful when all the parts remain attached and work as designed.
KT
There's only one KT worth listening to:
Ken Thompson.
Folks missing the obvious
Lester's
Outgassing
High
Altitude
Nosecone
If I can find my keys...
...we can both drive out of here!
Chlorinated *before* the (open) reservoirs?
Sounds to me like this muppet should lose his job. You should purify the water right before it goes into the sealed system, methinks. If it needs to sit, it should be sitting in a covered storage tank.
Posted in A sysadmin's top ten tales of woe
That would be...
...the self-destruct switch. That's why it's recessed and needs to be operated with a tool.
//idiot-proof design only serves to create smarter idiots
Posted in A sysadmin's top ten tales of woe
The real WTF is...
The damn UPS manufacturer "thought outside the box" and used a DB-9 connector with a non-standard pinout for a "serial port". Connecting a standard cable causes Bad Things to happen.
Poor design doesn't even begin to cover it.
Posted in A sysadmin's top ten tales of woe
It's usually the boss
or his relative.
//you can't even yell at them
Good for them
Now, maybe they can turn their attention to making sure the malware authors can't submit bogus ads containing malware into their ad serving networks.
Training mission
Next time, it might be a human. Good to know the pilot has some experience pulling loads off cliff faces.
Posted in BOFH: Ready for the Judgment Day
Embraces diversity
is one of the categories on our reviews. When reviewing my subordinate, who is of Hispanic (and other) extraction, I, of course, gave him full marks.
//only a once yearly event, thank goodness.
So does burial alive
(although it kills all other cells as well)
Triple Chaser/Triple Chanber?
Easy mistake to make, they simply pressed the wrong button...
//where's the grenade icon when you need it?
I remember when
the tech showed us which relay to pull out on the 402 accounting machine to make it run twice as fast. We were cautioned to replace it after finishing whatever rush job, because the motor in that unit wasn't as hefty as the one used in the 403 (which was the same machine, minus a relay and plus a heftier motor)
Counterfeit gear or unauthorized upgrades?
"JDC Networking Inc altered Cisco products by using pirated software, and created labels and packaging in order to mislead consumers into believing the products it sold were genuine Cisco products."
So, they performed unauthorized upgrades? Article makes it sound like the hardware was genuine, they just messed with the firmware. Probably still not kosher, and Cisco wouldn't like it, but not exactly selling counterfeit hardware.
a new and flamboyant abbot...Father Simone Fioraso
For those of us who remember the old, classic, Saturday Night Live...perhaps this is where Father Guido Sarducci finally landed?
Trumpets?
He must not be from around here. In NYC, that would be the sound of taxi horns.
//choir of angels?
//yelling very un-angelic things
Third time lucky?
More like 3 strikes and you're out!
There's a guestbook on his website
If he were a real Christian, he'd feel pretty awful about all the suffering he's caused with his silly prediction. Selling his media empire and doing something charitably worthwhile with the profits would go a long way towards balancing out all the bad karma he has accumulated.
// I bet he won't do that.
// I'd be very happy to be wrong.
Posted in Gates defends Ballmer's Skype gamble
Why Microsoft bought Skype?
Because NetMeeting never worked worth s#!t and people keep asking MS why, as the #1 business desktop software provider, they don't have a decent conferencing app.
If *I* were doing it...
I'd add some kind of cryptographic hash to the coupons. That way, you'd need to know the key to make anything but a copy of coupon that's already been legitimately created. So you could make as many "5-cent off a bag of Doritos" coupons as you want, but you'd be very hard pressed to come up with a "95 cent off a bag of Doritos" coupon without knowing the crypto secret.
//Anyone want a coupon for a free pint?
If I was to scan an image of a bank note
Allow me to draw your attention to this fine article which indicates why your cunning plan is doomed to fail:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/15/adobe_anticounterfeiting_code_trips_up/
Now we know
They're not black...they're SILVER!
Was it well packaged?
We all know HP is known for its copious packaging materials. So what if it's missing a few letters, at least it's not damaged.
In addition to the interference issue
Powerline networking is unable to achieve the bandwidth of a fiber link. It's a bad technology for what it's being used for: delivery of internet bandwidth to the individual user. It requires expensive and large isolators,more closely located repeaters and high voltage precautions for maintenance. It's fundamentally a bad technology, kept alive only by "entrepreneurs" seeking to make a bundle of money on a scheme that can't compete.
Think of DSL...it can't compete in terms of bandwidth or distance with fiber or coax. BPL is DSL on steroids (and high voltage)...you're going up against the laws of physics, powerlines weren't built to handle high data rates, and so, not surprisingly, they do so extremely poorly.
Good thing
they didn't demolish that hangar at Moffet Field, huh?
// no blimp icon available
Flamewar imminent?
Let's hope it does not involve stakes.
(they don't do that anymore, do they?)
Who owns the patent?
Bedrock appears to have bought it from the inventor, a CS professor in New York. Bedrock is a troll -- they have no product, no research and no customers. Their business is buying patents and using them as a basis for lawsuits.
Posted in Doctor Who's Elisabeth Sladen dies at 63
Sarah Jane and K-9
The kids loved her, I admired her for standing up to the Doctor, and we will all miss her terribly...
A great loss, but we were so lucky to have had the chance to enjoy her work.
Posted in Gaddafi's missus joins Lads from Lagos
How long before
We get one from the Colonel himself, saying he's sent all his cash out because he fears his wives will steal it?
Posted in German prangs dad's £275k supercar
I'm sure the young lady was impressed
Right up until the point where she had to phone her parents for a ride home.
Leave it to the Libyans
To determine whether a crime has been committed. Did you notice that there's not been a lot of uproar about NATO attacking Ghadaffi? Even from the Arab press? That's because he's managed to piss off almost everyone except the North Koreans and the Venezuelans during his time as dictator. Pretty much everyone (including his own people) would like to see the back of him.
Posted in Lads from Lagos pop up in Libya
Remain Blessed!
And please top calling me "dear", we haven't even met!
Propane tanks intact
But are they empty? Sounds like a gas explosion.
Let me count the ways...
Not that I'd ever engage in something like this <cough> but a screwdriver across the pins of a random chip would pretty much kill the motherboard. But watch out for the chassis intrusion detection...long (insulated) handled tool through the cooling vents on the back would be my advice.
Posted in Vatican hails hacking culture, Wikis
Just last week
Didn't the same organization claim hat the Internet was a tool of the Devil?
Either trying to stay relevant, or distract you from any recent allegations of paedophilia, I suspect.
3 knots?
Top speed of 3kts is going to make it hard to maintain position in strong currents, isn't it?
Posted in Wanted: Nude female web coders
Proof that this is not for real
I have never seen a software developer, male or female, in that good shape. *Two* software developers, in excellent physical condition, as shown in the photo, vioates the laws of probability.
Posted in Arkansas governor spanks arse cleavage
Solving the wrong problem
According to TFA, the law prohibits exposure of "underwear, buttocks or the breast of a female".
Does it address the exposure of underwear or buttocks of males as well? The former is not an issue to which I necessarily desire a resolution; the latter most definitely is.
cost+small admin fee?
Which conveniently happens to be exactly the same as the price you paid for the first copy.
Every BASIC
was a port of Dartmouth BASIC.
Can't believe it
"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine"
either that or "remember to pick up milk, bread and eggs"
//mine's the one with the rotors in the pocket
Posted in HMS Ark Royal goes under the hammer
Engines?
I understand they (and the transmission) may be missing. Best to check thoroughly before handing over the cash.
