Posts by Robert Moore

Re: Lots of road containers.

I always thought they should keep the shuttle external fuel tanks in orbit. Lots of space, and they were already gastight.I guess it doesn't really matter anymore. :(

> because people know you have broken the law then that's your punishment. I think based on this we should just scrap all prisons as we clearly don't need them.

Your idea could work really well with a certain group of crims.

Also, your ideas intrigue me, and I wish to subscribe to your news letter.

Re: What I want to know.

> Any employer doing that in the UK would be breaking the employment rules on freedom of legal sexual preferences

I am sure they will call you up and let you know that your porn browsing habits are the reason you were not hired.

Since you will never know why they didn't hire you, the reason can be anything they like.

Didn't feel he/she would be a good fit with the company.

Didn't interview well.

Did not have (Skill X)

Re: A final throw of the Minty dice before

> But about your mom and pop? Or your uncle Ebenezer?

I put my 67 year old, VERY VERY nontechnical, mother on a Mint laptop.

My support calls fell from at least one a month to none after the first month.

There were a few calls the first month, asking "How do I do X?"

If all you are doing is browsing the web, some spreadsheets, and a little light word processing. Linux is SO much better than windows.

Re: Let me Google that new term "surface", was it?

> They are now standard for senior execs at the FTSE 100 where I currently work.

Why? Do you hate your execs?

Re: Permissions

> Permissions, sphermissions. I'm Batman at all company webinars from now on.

You don't need photoshop for that. Just go in costume. I personally prefer the 1960's Adam West Batman costume.

It is really fun to wear it funerals. When people complain about your inappropriate attire, tell them the deceased requested you wear it.

Re: Apple supported the privacy of its users from government spying

> The fact that another way was found to access the data on that particular phone

I seriously doubt that "they" accessed anything off that phone. It looked to me more like a convenient excuse to exit from an unwinnable situation. Also by dropping the issue, rather than pursuing it legally, no legal precedent has been set.

Headline five years from now: "Microsoft sells LinkedIn for $26"

FTFY

>"possession of a firearm in interstate commerce while unlawfully using a controlled substance."

>And littering?

No, if he had been littering at the same time he would have gotten the chair.

Re: What a coincidence!

How long did your coma last?

Re: Questions!

> Is it's inventor paranoid and do they have a brain the size of a planet?

Yes, and he also has a terrible pain in all the diodes down his left side.

>> "In which Apple finds itself in the water, wearing both a leather jacket and water skis, listening to a boat revving up."

Is there a shark nearby?

Re: Sorry to hear the project is on hold

I think you should just go ahead and do it anyway.

I have followed your progress for the past couple of years, and learned a lot.

Re: Whale oil beef hooked

I will give you $50 Canadian for your worthless last-gen MBP. But you have to cover the shipping. :)

Re: America

Having known several Transgender people. I can say without any doubt that they were all women. Regardless of their external genitalia.

Let's not overlook you feeble attempt to bury a "Won't someone think of the children", argument at the end of your bigoted rant. I will just point out that the VAST majority of pedophiles identify as heterosexual males.

Lastly, "Big" John sickens me.

Re: Hah Ha ha

> Is there another flavor of multi-national corporation shite which you prefer?

Omni Consumer Products (OCP)

I still want an ED-209

Re: Scope creep

I used to work with a PM who had a brilliant way of dealing with scope creep.

Client calls up and says, "We think it would be great if the software would do SOMETHINGSTUPID."

PM says, "Fantastic idea. Since it isn't in the original spec it will only cost $X to implement. Would you like me to send a revised quote?"

$X = several tens of thousands of dollars minimum.

Worked nearly every time. When it didn't work we got more billable hours. :)