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"or in this case a modern computer, which normally gets put to sleep, not turned off."
You kill your computer every night?
"YOU DO NOT USE JARGON TERMS UNLESS YOU KNOW THE USER."
Therefore, don't use jargon terms like 'user' ; use a term everyone can understand. 'Fuckwit.'
"If well written,..."
Aye, there's the rub...
Clap off!
Claptrap.
"...you'll find a man trying very hard not to say the word "phone"... and the word Universal."
There you go- FTFY
As long as The Register continues to spout hyperbolic nonsense, though, they’ll continue getting the coverage he needs to keep the show on the road.
Hyperbolic bollics, the whole thing.
No tech journos availabe?
According to the article- it's mac and windows computers that are vulnerable...
Did they have a Reverse gear?
...And remove Germany from the Geomaps, just in case...the USN have any idea where it is...
"...We are collecting our data and are looking to see how we can have equal pay for equal work.”
By cutting male wages to that of the female workforce. Job done. Trebles all round, etc.
Just make the kid an intern for Dido for 24 months.
No, no the singer, the Harry Enfield impersonator.
Kattomeat.
Admit it- You're a returning TT customer, aren't you?
And when it is (!) found, then it is important that this unlikeliness isn't bolstered by bad hygene.
i.e. "Oh it's probably from the probe- God says we're special in the whole Universe..."
Confused? I'm not actually confusing anything. I may be confusing someone* though.
*Seems like a few people... perhaps I should invest in some 'air quotes'...
Of course they never 'fail'... Schrodinger's backup tape anyone?
Backups never fail.
Restores, however...
"I might teach someone how to make and use a quarterstaff."
That falls under Outsourcing...
"You gonna kill me with your soup cup?"
"Tea, actually."
'Property of the Half-Blood Prince.'
Borax Substitute is an EU consequence. Ebayeee is one source of the real thing (a good soldering/brazing flux)
"And if they reply, "Yes you are..."
Rejoice!
If the 'pilot killer' starfighter is superior to the F35, then gods help the poor guys who get to fly them.
only"...too much current..." could flow through it...
Professor Kirchhoff --------------------------------->>>
"Brexit did not involve handing nuclear triggers to a narcissistic psychopath."
Just T May, who is not very narcissistic...
is a new oxymoron.
"Weird and wonderful glasses need to become a fashion"
To the '80s mobile!
Yes.
When did systemd turn up again?
"Everyone "
You keep using that word...
YKK, mine says...
"Nothing in this scheme has anything to do with established drivers..."
Yet. Like a discount? Stick with us! Oh- and give us your FB details...
"What's a faecebook?"
A notebook with a shit OS on it. Can you guess whose OS?
This has always been true- just not in the modern accepted meaning of the term.
"Windows users are potentially at risk and everyone and their dog now knows about it."
Old news...
"HotCity, the municipal Wi-Fi in Luxembourg "
Doesn't it just use 1 Access point* to cover the whole country? Luxembourg is quite small...
*and that has only just switched from Long Wave to Medium Wave (1951 is recent...).
But did they think to monetize (!) it?
"...so any changes will need to be thoroughly tested..."
That might lead to infinite delays- why test patches now- MS 'testing' seems to have been overlooked before?
Whoosh! The sound of compressed water being released.
'Magnus the Robot Killer'
"Citation needed?"
It seems likely-
I've noticed in Leeds that the peds tend to wait on the pavement at traffic lights until they turn green. Then they decide to cross...
Let's not.
Let's see first, eh?
When did MS get that title?
These use Bluetooth- out of range? No signal. Beep
job done- no cloud.
Tasty! Unlike most network fiddlers- who should all be incinerated on site. (sic)
Are prolific in todays 'echo chambers'.
People -like Dave, here- that should be listened to, talk in the wilderness.
"At least in IT you have colleagues in the same room most of the times."
Jeez- give me the humming machines every time!
feel the width!
I don't buy the long technical explanation in this article. I buy closed software.
"There are a lot of cunts around who cannot wait to make people's lives miserable..."
Anonymous Cowards, mainly.
Win 10 Evangelist- (U+1F4A9/U+E05A)
Yes, it's not .PNG, but all the kids are doing it!