Posts by DutchOven

@Steve Browne

Next you'll be telling us that since DOS was developed for "IBM compatibles", Microsoft should drop all support for PCs made by companies other than IBM...?

...and don't think that this isn't an exact parallel with what's happening here.

IBM are (of course) entitled to the fruits of their labours. They're maybe NOT quite as entitled to take away the fruits of their competitor's labours just because they feel like taking them.

Free bar?

You published their address, mentioned that there was a free bar and I'm still sitting here drinkless?

I must be losing my touch.

@Jusme

"They don't last anywhere near as long as they're claimed to.

They're nowhere near as bright as they're claimed to be.

They take forever to get going."

Really? Strange. An average light bulb lasts under a year in my flat. Only one of the energy saving light bulbs that I bought in 2000 has packed in so far. Total saving on bulbs (so far) is about £3.

They're nowhere near as bright as they're claimed to be? Well, the 14w bulb that I've got up is just as bright as the 100w bulb it replaced. Maybe my eyes don't work properly and energy bulbs have made me able to see in the dark?

They don't take forever to get going either. Have you actually seen an energy saving bulb since the early 1990s? The ones I have are up to about 80% brightness straight away and up to 100% within a two or three seconds.

The last 6 or 7 companies I have worked for have used energy saving lightbulbs in the stairwells, corridors etc. So there must be sone kind of benefit... Those arch-capitalists might be greedy but they know how to save money!

@Andy Goodair

We've got to buy this plane. Whatever happens, we won't stop our military spending.

We can't take our lips and tongue off the cock tip of the american military in case they go off in a huff.

If we upset them then they'll probably decide that we're part of the "Axis of Evil"...

@Alan Donaly

To some of us the concept of a registry seems unneccesary to begin with...

...and there's almost certainly software (oooo, can't think of *any*) that can remove malicious registry entries far more reliably and quickly than any human can even find them ;)