Posts by Rich 11

Re: Gee, what a surprise

That would require a week-long concerted effort by Fox News, the sort of exercise normally reserved for whatever Trump's blame-shifting tactic happens to be this week.

Re: Out of curiosity ...

Not 'politically incorrect' but 'politically convenient'. The UK government is taking every opportunity to hand contracts to their favourite businesses without tender or statutory review. This is how we have the delightful situation in which a big financial accounting auditor is responsible for designing and implementing drive-through Covid-19 test facilities, with unsurprisingly poor results.

Still, at least this time they didn't outsource the job to a ferry company with no ferries.

Re: I, as President, will not allow it to happen!

I thought Texans said "A ten-gallon hat on a two-pint head."

Re: Hacking hospitals costs lives

Some people just don't care. They'll see it as the medical institutions' fault for not having better security. Even if it was their mum who died as a result, they'd find some way to justify blaming anyone but themselves. It's like the bully or abusive spouse/parent who exclaims, "Now see what you've made me do!"

Re: Politically Astute Decision

I wouldn't mind them naming an Exo-planet after him, providing it's far far away.

And a shithole.

That effort is what makes it a backronym.

Re: User education

Perhaps the email should have been sent in Morse.

Re: Quelle Surprise!

* Went a bit unexpectedly Charlie Brooker at the end there!

Given the target I think that's only to be expected. It's the supportable default status.

Re: Highly sophisticated

A night at the opera and a day at the races.

I didn't fall for it at all because it's well known that HMRC prefers to employ companies based in Bermuda, not the Cayman Islands.

Re: This time, Apple gets it right

Left or right, it's basically anyone who isn't willing to listen to experts.

Occasionally, though, incidents like this will throw up a surprise. In this case it was the blinkered loon Senator Lindsey Graham, who started off on the party line but then swung around against a backdoor to encryption. It was fun watching him struggle with difficult technical words and concepts as he tried to explain this to his fellow Senate committee members, and fun watching them as they realised that for the first time in years he might actually be back on Planet Earth.

Re: Oh dear

In what way is 'buy Greenland or nuke a hurricane' not grounded in truth?

Re: So the technology is imperfect?

Unsurprisingly, evolution hasn't pre-programmed your brain to preferentially identify lampposts.

Re: sorry to be pedantic

Several years ago I saw a health foods stall at the local market which was advertising organic water. The stallholder was confused when I asked him what percentage of it was carbonic acid.

Re: @Paul Johnston - Life is more tenacious than you would expect

Alexa, what is life ?

"Life is what you make of it. Would you like me to order you another packet of crisps?"

Re: "He had made up the stories of his friends"

I suspect he made up the "friends".

Did they go to another school?

Re: Manufacturer???

I hope they add prominent "bomb shelter" signs.

Why would they want to provide somewhere for the bomb to shelter? Doesn't it work in the rain?

Re: FFS

"Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!"

Re: I don’t understand...

7: Because they control the website, they can register letsencrypt certs

Woah, hang on. I can understand Let's Encrypt issuing a cert for foobar.azurewebsites.net but can (and would) they do that for foobar.pwc.com in this situation?

What I've read about LE in the last two years hasn't encouraged me to use them at all, but I didn't think there was a gaping hole that wide.

Broadband hasnt reached Lambeg yet, it seams!

I'm sure you remember the old joke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking. We are on final approach to Belfast International. Please stow your belongings, fasten your seatbelts, and set your watches back 300 years."

Re: 8 hole paper tape

Check bit or spindle?

I can't honestly remember what paper tape looked like in detail now. The last program I recorded to tape ended up as Xmas decoration six months later.

because it's very hard to fiddle that

But expect the politicians to try.

Re: It's a decoy

Any Register measurements bureau standards for a house?

Yeah. One House (Hs) = 2 x net lifetime income (after tax, rent, bills, etc). One London House (LHs) = 3 Hs.

TrumpBleach. Kills 99% of all known truths, dead.

That was Roland Rat. You're thinking of Ronald McDonald.

I have my wheelbarrows lined up and ready.

Re: A few years ago in Cornwall

i was fascinated my vegan friend wasn't

Both of you thought 'Bacon!' at the same time.

They only 80% trust it.

Re: Give it a couple more decades

I wonder if a quantum smartphone will also be able to keep my glass of Scotch chilled?

Re: Sad to see it go

spending £50 to buy Internet Explorer

I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, but I think you got ripped off there...

Re: Cambridge Police are too busy with serious crime

You've been there too?