Re: Excellent!

No, that's called backfill.

Mind your backs.

Re: share a drive app ?

Don't forget that taking passengers for money, in other than work type "car share" arrangements is a whole new insurance nightmare.

Don't even think about it...

HTH.

Re: £29 e-reader dodgy marketing?

I ordered one online with B&N, but without registering for an account. Failed after a couple of minutes with a "payment refused" message.

Tried again after registering, with the same card, and I now have a "scheduled to ship" email.

That'll do for me.

Mum will be getting my Kobo.

Re: Worthwhile charity

Not only that, but that £400+k was divvied up between just seven "employees", two of whom earned over £70k.

And WTF is Social Security payments about? If it's National Insurance payments, call it that.

Does the lowly secretary earn fifty grand a year?

This is not a "proper" charity in my book, and the ten quid I was going to sponsor Lester with will be going to National Coastwatch Institution's local branch. Nobody gets paid there. In fact, it costs them money to help.

Sorry Lester.

Re: Finished with ElReg

Thanks for registering, just to say goodbye. Mr city trader QAZXSW

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

P.S. Great article by the way Al. ;o)

@Loyal commenter.

Preferring to see Hawkwind over The Smiths or Mr. Zed is nothing to be ashamed of. I saw them in the late 70s, and they were feckin' excellent. The 50 odd Liberty cap mushrooms may have helped. :o)

Re: PREY ALONE

Cheers for that!

Not a bad use of 15 minutes of my time.

Not sure it would have needed a farm for the CGI. Maybe an allotment, or a small green-house? ;o)

Re: Ransomware and infected PC ..

As the screenshot clearly shows Microsoft Internet Explorer browser, that well known piece of UNIX software...

Back under your bridge!

@ Aldous.

I'd ask "Have you tried switching her off and on again?"

Re: Sounds like they asked for it...

Sounds more like they are a bunch of cunts.

Outrageous behaviour. Hope the twat who sanctioned this gets the gooner... (Colloquialism for "the sack").

So what, indeed...

So, almost as good as most linux distros then, who release updates to all repository software A.S.A.P.

It's a start, I suppose.

Now. About those re-boots...

Pope shits in the wood?

Which Pope?

The one who ducked out before the major shit hits the fan, or one of his illustrious predecessors who at least had the decency to die?

Re: Turning the question on its head.

Turning the firewall on its head might be a better idea.

e.g. US IP > /dev/nul

Re: Bunch of pretentious snobs!

It's not contaminated, it's adulterated.

Just like these delicious burgers.

@Mostly Harmless

Pfffffttttt... Cameltoe.

</Wipes tea from screen, desk, keyboard, phone and chin.>

Nice one.

That bloke, top right...

Looks like he's plotting something really nasty...

Like a paisley shirt.

WTF is a Mom?

Is it an acronym for something?

Massively Over-reacting Munters perhaps?

Re: A curious amnesia

The less said about those abominations, the better.

We had one in the works Simca van in the late 70s, and it ate tapes at an alarming rate. That and the constant track switching, frequently in the middle of a song. WTF! And you couldn't record on them.

We switched to the radio when it had eaten all my mate's cartridges...

Re: Scrap metal

I took a couple of old dead car batteries to my local scrappy the other week, rather than giving them to the local council, and they insisted on taking my name, address and car registration number. They then took my bank details as they could only pay by BACS.

The money was in my account before I got home.

An unscrupulous dealer would have difficulty (I presume), shifting any quantity of untraceable metals.

Assuming, of course, that any official checks are ever carried out without a complaint being made...

As an aside, a pre-1990 domestic copper hot water cylinder is now worth more as scrap than it cost new...

@FanMan

Most definitely not a 6310i.

The original article mentions an 8850.

Looks a bit pointy edged to me. Ouch!

Stool cat?

Rats!

Re: bark of Saint Peter

Not bark, 'B' ark.

HTH ;o)

@ Tim Jenkins

http://www.linuxmint.com/

HTH.

Re: Only satisfied customer?

I've been with TT since '08, and I'm just about to sign up for another year. They always give me a cheaper deal than the year before, and my 22Mb line has never given me any problems.

Until this weekend...

You are not alone, there's two of us! ;o)

P.S. Seems fine today, back to its usual nippy self.

Re: "you'll regret that"

"Oh dear."

Wasn't that Worms?

Multi-player Worms is the best game ever!

</Armageddon>

@Rawr.

Correct Sir. Certainly for your first paragraph.

I know that old Land Rovers had handbrakes that worked on the rear drive shaft, so if it was in 4WD it was a 4 wheel handbrake...

Re: It's amusing to watch...

Biter bit?

Re: If you want cheap

+1 for the emachines jobby. I'm using one as my general pc. Low power consumption, more than powerful enough for general net stuff, plus HDMI and optical audio output. Not too good for a build machine though. Apparently, it's an Acer inside.

I paid £120 for mine. Rats.

Optional title here.

Plop.

Glug.

Fin.

Re: No need for lots of base stations - leaky coax

Spot on David!

I worked underground during the construction of the channel tunnel, and can confirm that they used a "leaky feed."

30+ reception everywhere. DSC too.

Best money I ever earned.

@ David Hicks RE: Stemcor

Perhaps a more relevant question would be "how does a poorly paid MP manage to acquire £1,800,000 worth of shares in said company"???

Seems the obvious icon.