Posts by hplasm

Re: Et Tu, Virgin

That's because it was built by many small private companies, most of which went under and were bought out.

"Since when did a total write off classify as "seemingly limited damage"?"

No Crater.

Re: A new world - new puzzles

"no rays from carters..."

Carter's still on Mars...

The more cables, the more submarine tap points.

Do not open the submarine tap.

Water gets in.

Re: Utopias?

"And i know most right-thinking people would agree with me that Oz is much better than the old country."

Wait. Just a little while...

Re: Discount Cards

"My grocery store won't throw me in jail for anything I buy in the store."

The NSA might after looking at the purchase records on the card showing Chemicals that Might be Used in the Pursuit of TURRR!! Eg, Peroxide, bleach, steel wool, iodine etc.

er, I might have said too much...

Re: Good lord, you are hitting new lows

"Way to sound like a condescending fool."

Is that your expert opinion?

Tut tut.

Re: That MP...

Funny how you never see her and Palpatine in the same room...

Re: Hmmm

Jawas!

Oh- same thing...

Not on Shuttle-

That what happens when the Black Budget gets its way.

You mean

You know, the guy who can't tell the difference between the comms interception company (skype) and the comms interception company (the one that's linked to news international)

FTFY

Re: "now that it's well into Debian, Ubuntu really has no choice"

"Your argument falls on its face with the fact that systemd isn't "shite"."

You say shite, I say shit.

Let's call the whole Systemd thing off.

"How the heck do you manage to need a reinstall every month?"

"Overwrite system files with random garbage? "

Well it is about installing MS patches, so draw your own conclusions...

Plastic better than aluminium?

Less secondary radiation emission from fast cosmic rays- the hydrogen tends to absorb them better, IIRC. Also why lead is not a good candidate for this.

Re: thisnewsarticlesucks.com

It would be cheaper for MS to rename themselves as "Our Software Sucks Co.

"The fly-by-wire systems will be fine-

... because the RAT will pop out and leave the sinking plane."

FTFY

Re: Edge

Doing!

The Win10 version of Bing!

Re: Close, but still no cigar

"Why can't MS do this?"

Why would anyone want it?

Yeh-but, no-but...

If Windows goes down, what will they have to develop for...?

Re: système D

1000 Internets to you Sir!

Well-

"Or the IT guys in a hospital I was visiting a few months ago routing cat6 through a wall."

- perhaps that's what happens when the IT guys used to be builders?

Re: Religion - the source of all evil

"Really? What about The Quakers."

Changed their name from Earthquakers...

(Apologies to all affected by Nepal and surrounding areas.)

Re: Not shiny enough

"MS will have a hard time cutting it with this. Even with the 10% discount it doesn't approach shiny territory."

Pricewise it does.

Re: Death March

But at least their kit was good...

Context is important...

They do not sound like "it's almost finished" type bugs!

Windows- it's almost finished. (For good). {Hopefully}

/flame on

Re: Please come visit Fukushima. Seriously.

Nature. If it goes wrong, it really goes wrong.

FTFY

Re: To be fair...

"Two rules to live by:"

What if there IS a virus on the network?

Or do you mean 'Don't say it 3 times' sort of thing?

Re: Reducing Electricity Consumption???

"What about the bulb in your oven?"

I have a gas lamp in my oven...

Re: Senior management super powers widely misunderstood

Jebus. What a boring way to live.

I'm not surprised they have to get paid so much.

Re: You're damned either way

"Sorry children, the family trip to Disney World is indefinitely postponed …"

You say that like it's a bad thing. Have you seen the size of the mouse problem they have there?

Re: Hey Elon

Put your computer in the bin The Internet rejects you.